Fall

3D Ultrasound of Bean #3 at 12 weeks, 4 days

I had my first ever 3D ultrasound today. I've never had one with any of my kids until now. It was a nice surprise! They are definitely interesting looking. The baby measured just under 3 inches. Too funny how tiny/miniaturized the baby is, yet still looks so formed. Here is just the regular 2D ultrasound:



The rest are 3D:

Sweet girl

I love hats for my kids. Just trying a new one out on Miss A.

Happy Halloween!

I can't believe how much Ava looks like Richard. I felt like I was reliving the past all over again on Halloween when I put her in his old costume. He wore this Lion costume for his first Halloween at just 3 months old.

Richard's 1st Halloween (2005 - 3 months old):



Ava's 1st Halloween (2008 - 7 months old):



Plenty more Halloween pictures to come soon!

Christmas cards will be tough this year!

Lately, I can't get a good picture of Richard & Ava together for the life of me! She likes to look all over the place except at the camera. When she does look at the camera, it puts her right into a trance! It's funny cause she is the most smiley baby. Richard on the other hand, likes to talk a mile a minute while I'm trying to take pictures of him. So his mouth is moving in almost every picture & when I tell him it's picture time, no talking, I get these kind of looks:





Then the tears:



Miss A in a trance:



I hope I can pull off at least one good shot of them together for our Christmas card this year! I plan on taking them for a little photo shoot within the next couple of weeks in hopes to get that Christmas card shot.

I've been picturing this shot

You know me when it comes to shoes and socks and feet. I have been picturing this shot for awhile of Richard's very cool shoes with a touch of black & white. I think I like it. Cute feet just dangling.

Just a few from Ava's Christening Day

The yummiest part, courtesy of Amazing Cakes:

More summertime faves

These are all from July 2007. He's always loved the water, but we've had a couple scares. Thankfully this summer he learned to swim on his own without anything. He can't swim very far without getting tired, but at least we know he can get from point a to point b if anything happens.

Some blasts from the past

These were all taken in July 2007. I can't believe how much my little man has grown up.

An old fave

I love his little mischievous face in this one. This is from November 2007. He was 2 yrs, 4 mos.

First Day of School

Getting ready to leave for Richard's first day of pre-school!! After wearing his Cars back pack around the house for days, he was so excited to finally be able to wear it to school! He wouldn't stop talking in these pictures.

Meet Bean #3!!

I had my first ultrasound today! I am 8 weeks, 4 days. My official due date is May 23, 2009. Baby is growing right on target. Here are the 2 pictures. I had to take a picture of them with my camera as my scanner isn't working.

I'm Back.....I think!

It's been a very long time since I've posted on this blog (oh, over 1 year with the last entry being April 2007!!!) I hope to change this going forward! It's very important to me to journal my kids lives & this is kind of my way of bookmarking/keeping track of everything, including important events in our lives, etc. So, I'm hoping I can maybe start filling in the blanks since it's been so long while keeping this blog up to date as I've fallen pretty behind (picture wise) on the babyjellybeans.com web site. I still post updates here & there about the kids, but I haven't posted pictures in months! I hope you enjoy the blog!!

Some Fall Faves

Ava has recently become enamored of the kitty. I remember Richard coming to the realization around the same age. She goes into hysterics at the sight of him.

2008 & 2007 Apple Picking

One of my favorite things to do in the Fall. We went to C.N. Smith Farm in Bridgewater last year, but this year we decided to try out Honeypot Hill in Stow, MA. It was a great time, but very hot, about 80. What a difference one year makes. I was pregnant with Ava last year in 2007 when we went Apple Picking...glad she was able to join us this year!

2008 (Honeypot Hill):





2007 (C.N. Smith):

Belly Laughs

She has the cutest belly laughs. Seriously, this is what her face looks like most of the time. She is always happy.

Already 3 months old.....

Where has the time gone?

Sweet Sleeping Girl

My Things

I stumbled across this t-shirt & outfit for the kids while we were in Florida. I couldn't resist!!! You don't think they will hate me, do you? Richard looks as proud as can be!

Reese & Richard