Sneak Peek

We had a 3D sonogram this week that gave us a sneak peek into what this baby is going to look like when he arrives in November. We had a 3D sonogram when I was pregnant with Karsten and were surprised at how much he looked like the sonogram pcs when he was born!

3D sonos are always this orangy color - not sure why. The sono technician told us that the noses are distorted because of how she can turn the images, so don't pay too much attention to his nose!

He was all crunched up in a little ball with his feet and hands way up by his face. He didn't want to move them away from his face so we could get a good shot of his face, but luckily she managed to get a few!

Here is a good view of his face.


Another view of his face. We compared these to Karsten's sonogram and newborn pics and they definetely look a lot alike!


Here is a good shot of his foot - it was likely near his head. :)


A little hand all curled up.


This picture of his face isn't too clear but you can see that his toes are above his head!


We also asked her if she could tell if he had hair. She looked at the back of his head and sure enough, we could see hair!

Can't wait to meet this little guy!

Shades

Karsten loves wearing my sunglasses, so when I found these (fashionable 90's shade of electric blue) sunglasses when I was cleaning and organizing this weekend, I knew they were perfect for Karsten.

When he put them on this morning, Scott and I were laughing at how cute he looked. He said 'Me cute and fun.' Hilarious - no clue where he comes up with these things!

Catching up

Sorry friends - I've been an absentee blogger lately. It's been a bit busy here and I'm woefully behind on blogging.

Now for the excuses: This baby is still making me uber tired all the time so it's not unusual to find me asleep watching tv shortly after Karsten falls asleep. Also, it seems that our house is at 'that age' when lots of things decide to break. So rather than spending my evenings blogging, I've been researching new air conditioners, dishwashers and garage door openers. The good news is that we now have a wealth of knowledge about these topics, so feel free to ask. :) My fingers are crossed that the rule of 3 holds true and nothing else will break!

We're also working on Karsten's new room - hoping for the big unveil sometime in September. Stay tuned!

I'm going to fill in some missing blog posts with the cute things Karsten is doing these days.

More things he says

I recently had a birthday, so Karsten heard people wish me a Happy Birthday several times. He quickly caught on and would say 'Appy bird day mommy'. Then, Scott taught him how to sing Happy Birthday and he now has a favorite new song.

We were getting dinner ready the other night and Karsten climbed into his chair at the table while Scott and I finished getting ready. We looked over and Karsten had his hands together like he was saying grace before dinner; however, this is what we heard 'Appy bird day to you, appy bird day to you, appy bird day dear mommy, appy bird day!'. It was SO hard not to laugh out loud as he was praying/singing because we didn't want to interrupt him. When he got done, he tapped his hand on his chest a few times like he does when he watches me make the sign of the cross after saying grace. Hilarious.

We were driving to Gail's one morning and were talking about his 'daid daid' (aka band aid). He's become quite a big fan of daid daid's and since he's an active little guy, there's never a shortage of bruises or scrapes that could use a band aid. This band aid had a red car and yellow car on it. I said something to the effect of 'wow, aren't you a lucky boy to have TWO cars on your band aid?'. He said 'Yes, and tute (cute).' I laughed and said 'you're lucky AND cute?'. He happily said 'yep!'

We were getting ready to go to my parents house last weekend and Karsten was excited. Madison was running around excited because she heard someone mention the car and was hoping she was invited. Karsten ran up to Madison, took her face in his hands, got really close to her face and said 'puppy, want go to papa and mama's house? excited?' Madison was so excited to go in the car I don't think she minded how close he was.

Picnic

Ever since Karsten turned two, he's been more interested in pretend play. It was as if someone flipped a switch and he started to pretend. It's been great to see his creativity as he comes up with scenarios and ideas.

Lately, he's been using a container to 'make' us applesauce. He'll tell us to be careful because it's too hot so we'll blow on it then we can 'eat' it. He's also made coffee a few times - he usually 'makes' his coffee and tells us its for Gail. Guess he knows that Scott and I are not coffee drinkers.

The other day, Karsten grabbed his quilt and put it on the floor. Then he grabbed the snowman coasters that he's been using as plates and told Scott to sit down and have dinner with him. We told him that was called a picnic and he said "OH! Yes, pinic".

Not sure what they're eating here, but when Karsten finished he said 'mmmm, yummy dinner'. :)

Here he was sharing his dinner with Scott.

Can't wait to see what else he comes up with in the future!

I draaaaaw

We are combining my craft room with Scott's office in order to make room for the baby. When we found this big pad of paper hiding behind a bookshelf, Karsten wanted to draaaaw.

So many colors, which one to start with?

O's are Karsten's favorite thing to draw.

I thought the big paper might be a good way to practice his letters (see the K) - nope, drawing o's and lines were far more interesting. :)

Things He Says

I wanted to share some of the cute and entertaining things Karsten has been saying lately. The picture isn't related but I just thought it was cute. :)

• 'Mommy, no talk my daddy' - he'll say this when Scott and I are talking, usually at dinner. He often follows it up with 'Talk me Mommy".
• At church the other day, there was a guy sitting in front of us that had a huge tattoo on his arm. Karsten saw the guy's arm and said "UH OH MOMMY. That boy BIG boo boo on arm". I said ok and tried to distract him with a toy, but he was intent on making sure we knew. Again he said 'UH OH MOMMY, BOO BOO'. Unfortunately, he doesn't yet have a whisper voice so the guy definitely heard him but didn't react at all - oops! :)
• When Scott walked into Karsten's room this morning to wake him up he said 'Morning Daddy'. I can't think of a better way to start the day!
• He loves to sing 'Happy Birthday' and pretend to blow out a candle at the end of the song.
• When we clean up toys before bed, we sing 'Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share'. He's started to sing along and it sounds something like 'keen up, keen up, budddy chair'.
• He came to the chiropractor with me the other day and you can see the adjustment table from the waiting room (odd, I know...not my favorite thing about that office). Karsten said 'Mommy, what that boy doing?'. I told him he was making the lady feel better. When it was my turn, he said 'Mommy, what that boy doing you. okay?' I told him I was getting all better and he kept asking - my answer obviously wasn't convincing.
• My nuvi will ding when there is traffic information to be aware of. There is a lot of construction going on near our house, so as soon as we get on the highway, the nuvi dings. Karsten says "What that noise Mommy'. I said that means that there are tractors ahead. Not sure why I chose those words, especially 'ahead', but now when he hears the ding he says 'tractors head mommy?'. LOL
• If you tell him he can't do something right now, he'll say "In a mimute?". Hmmm, think we say 'In a minute' a lot? :)

Such fun - I love hearing what he's going to come up with.