Where do babies come from?

I was talking with Axel today about the baby in my tummy. He just kept looking at my tummy weird and tired pushing it down. (since I have already sprouted quite a bit!) Here's our little conversation.
Me: Where do babies come from?

Axel: Walmart!

Me:Well then how did it get in my tummy?

Axel: Belly button Mom. (Dah I guess!)

Me: How will the baby come out?

Axel: We'll have to break your tummy!

Me: How do we do that Axel?

Axel: I'll do it with my crane Mom!

Whoo..I hope that's not how the baby will come out! It's funny to hear what he thinks about all this baby stuff. I can't wait to see what he likes when my tummy gets really big and round!

Movie night

We brought Axel to his first movie tonight. We saw the movie Megamind. It was cute and Axel did really well. Snacks and soda helped. He had only 3 potty breaks and sat the whole time. He got a little restless towards the end but not to bad for his first time! It was fun actually going to a movie again. It's been a long time since we've been to a movie.

On the baby front I am 11 weeks pregnant today. The baby is officially described as a fetus. The baby is 1.5 inches long (about the length of your thumb from knuckle to the tip). It sounds so small for how tight my pants are lately! I have been feeling great just tired all the time. I haven't had any nausea for all most two weeks now. I am enjoying that even with being so tired. I've already had a little heartburn but I do eat a lot of spicy food, so I'll blame it on that! All in all things are good!

Hiking to a waterfall

Went hiking to a waterfall today. I would have never thought hiking in the winter would be so much fun.



















































A snowman (made by Axel and dad) for each one of us. Dad, Mom, Axel and baby #2! We are due June 5th, which makes us 10 weeks along. I haven't said much about it yet but I couldn't hold it in any longer! We are going to be a family of 4! I can't wait.

more snow

Axel in the snow
The view from our deck
Playing in the front yard
Our house

More snow already? We woke up today to find about 3 inches for snow, but later in the day it was 40 degrees and melting. If you go to Anchorage-which is only about 15 minutes from us they have no snow yet. Here's a few pictures from this morning. Thankfully we have a friendly neighbor that let's us use he snow blower in exchange for doing her drive way. Deal! (we'll for Brian any way)

craving pumpkins and the enchanted forest

Axel and the witch during the hike
Axel's pumpkin



Axel and dad walking on the trails

Axel playing in the yurt
Axel and mom on the way to the yurt
Hi Mom, the party is here!
Axel went to a party at the Eagle River nature Center. He got to dress up in his costume, play games, have snacks and hike through the enchanted forest. He had a great time. He wore his Ratatouille costume. It was nice and warm for the hike. The party was in a Yurt. My pictures are sorta out of order but you get the idea. We also craved a pumpkin tonight. Axel thought it was fun but the pumpkins guts were yucky. On the potty training front-we had an accident free day! Even at the party, going to Wallmart and pumpkin craving! Way to go buddy!!! I'm sure I'll have more Halloween pictures tomorrow.

Potty training!

Axel showing off his undies!


Finally I think Axel is starting to really want to potty train. He has been using the potty on and off for a while but would rather just use a diaper. When I would ask him if he wanted to use the potty he would say "No, I pee in my diaper mom." Then when I would change him he'd say "I poop in this one!" So I've been pondering if he's smart enough to verbalize all this he is smart enough to use the potty. On Sunday we just put him in his underwear and haven't used diapers since-except for naps and bedtime. He's actually doing really awesome! He had a few accident's on Sunday but the last two days he's only had one or two. He's been telling us now when he has to go! Yeah! I hope he keeps it up. The next step is to see how he does once we are busy doing some thing away from the house. I'm almost ready to do the no more diaper dance!!!

Winter boots and spiders!

Dad and Axel sporting their new winter boots!
Axel's spider and web that he made in class this week.
I'm 2!
He sure loves his new Sorel's.

Playing with his cow puppet.
Axel and dad got their winter boots this weekend. I hope they don't have to use them any time soon, but just in case we have them now. I can't believe how much Axel's feet have grown since last winter. Axel had his Kneehi Naturalist class today again. This week we learned about spiders and webs! He thought it was fun counting all 8 legs that spiders have. He does really good counting to 5 then he'll get quiet and suddenly say 8! It was cute watching him count on his hands with the teacher. We went outside on the trails and found spider webs in the tress and hanging from different signs. Axel thought it was really fun.