i love to scrapbook...


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Brandon was entertaining himself (and us) at the doctor's yesterday. We watched this video so many times last night and every time we just laugh. He was seriously doing this for like 20 minutes straight!!



paper crazy!

By the way, I put more pictures in the Jan album over at webshots!
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Well, we are 22 weeks pregnant now. Over the hill and on the way down. I'm at that stage where I'm definately pregnant looking, but still just feeling bloated! Juan thinks that while I'm gaining weight he can too!! Who is bigger??? OK so he's pushing out and I'm not, but still!!




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It's been awhile since i've posted pictures over at webshots, and I guess that's because I haven't taken many lately. It's so hard to get a good picture in now. Every time I get the camera out, Brandon crawls up to me and tries to grab the camera, so every picture is like an extreme close up. But I did have a few on the camera and today I tried to take as many as I could to make up for the lack of pictures. There are also some pictures in there of a playdate that we had with some of the girls (and their kids) from my online mommy group. We went to Downtown Disney and had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. It was really fun to have the 3 kids together. Brandon had a crush on pretty Gabrielle! It was kind of funny, because every 22 minutes the "lightening and thunder and rain" goes off and every time, all three kids would get so scared and start crying. It was cute though! Anyways, click on my webshots link and see the latest pictures in the Jan album!
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here's another one that i did a few days ago!!



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I was just looking thru my photobucket account and found a bunch of pictures and "signatures" that I have made and some friends have made for me over the past year. It's kind of fun to look at them, so I thought I would share!




































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So, we have been on the waiting list for a bigger house for a few months now. They gave us a 3-6 month waiting period. We started out at number 46 and today when I checked we were down to 29! Slowly but surely, we are making progress. So anyways, I have been packing a box here and there so that way when it does come time to move we can be a little prepared. We only have 3 days to get out of this house and into the other one, and we will be doing the move ourselves this time.

I just wanted to share a picture that I thought was so cute...Brandon was helping me pack!


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OK so tomorrow I will be 21 weeks pregnant and I thought I should show you pictures of the growing belly!


(brandon just HAD to be in the picture)



And here's to compare, this was me at 8 weeks pregnant (maybe it was 10, i can't remember...)


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Yesterday Brandon had a playdate with Olivia. She was born about 10 days before him. I met his mom Shara thru our online "Mommy Group" and she lives only about a half hour away. We also met up with Kerri because she was in San Diego for a business meeting. She is also part of the group and unfortunately her daughter Gabrielle didn't come with her. Gabrielle is about 10 days younger than Brandon. Anyways, the ladies had a great time chatting and Brandon and Olivia had fun playing. Olivia kept trying to kiss Brandon, it was so cute! There are a few more pictures over at my webshots gallery, so don't forget to check it out!
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yep...all three of them!!

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I can't believe I am halfway thru this pregnancy!! it really has flown by fast. Much faster than the first pregnancy. I guess because I've been so busy with Brandon. It could very well be more than half if this baby comes early like Brandon did.

Our project right now is to figure out a name! Any suggestions??
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My friend Brandi
made this awesome scrapbook page for me! I love everything about it! Isn't it cool how she made it look like the baby is in my belly!! And I love the equation! Thanks Brandi, you are so creative!!


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#1. Brandon has been babbling da da da for months now, and recently he has added na na, la la and ba ba. i have been trying to get him to say ma ma forever now and today he said ma ma over and over again. ma ma ma ma ma....This is every mother's DREAM!!! Yay Brandon!! Also, he has this toy that say Yummy, and i think he said that today, right after the toy says it, but maybe it was my imagination???

#2. I think he's finally showing signs of teething. I felt his gums and I don't feel anything yet, but he just started trying to gnaw on the corners of hard furnature. And he has been chewing on his toys more. So we'll see...
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My mom just sent me the link to the funeral home's website with Grandpa's obituary and it has a nice slide show with pictures of him on it.

Grandpa Just click on Joseph Francis Browne.

And to everyone that could be there this week to celebrate his life, I'm sorry we couldn't make it. We are blessed to have been able to spend the holidays with him and the rest of the family. Our prayers are with you all...
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I finally added a January album to my webshots. There's only a few new pictures (since we went picture crazy over Christmas), but check them out. Don't forget, I have a link to the page over to the right------>
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I did this for a contest, the theme was "use journaling on your layout to tell a story"


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We had our big ultrasound today and yes, 100% it is a boy!! No second guessing on this one! We are so excited that Brandon will have a little buddy to play with. Everything looked great on the ultrasound. He looked so beautiful in there, swimming around, kicking, dancing...a very active baby. And last night I FINALLY felt movement!! Here are a few pictures and (very) short videos. Enjoy!!












Waving:



Dancing:



The Heartbeat:



Yep, it's a boy:


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I had my 18 week appointment today and everything went well. We heard the heartbeat (140) and all of my tests so far have come back great. I asked if my midwife would do an ultrasound and she said she wasn't planning on it, but she had a few minutes before her next patient, so she went and got the machine and gave me a quick 30 second ultrasound. She "THINKS" she saw boy parts there, but also said the umbilical cord was right there too. Luckily, I don't have to wait long though because I have my "BIG" ultrasound scheduled for Friday where they will measure all the body parts, check the heart, lungs, etc and they will give us a more clear picture as to if it's a boy or girl. So right now, it's looking like it's going to be another boy, but ya never know!
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You can see all the pics at webshots, but I thought I would post a few of my favorites here...

On the airplane ride out. It started out all calm, but a few minutes later, brandon was into EVERYTHING!!





Visiting with Aunt Erica & Santa:



Great Grandma Claire and Brandon got to meet for the first time:



I got to meet one of my friends from my online pregnancy group, Deniz, and her son Jace who was born only 10 days after Brandon. They were so cute together:




Tim and Michal came all the way from Richmond to visit with us, even if was only for a short visit, we had a great time! Congrats to you two with your pregnancy! Can't wait until April!!



We got the whole Toole side of the family from Pittsburgh together. That was GREAT! It was nice for Brandon and Morgan to play together, they are only two months apart in age. We got to see Cousins Mike, Suzie and Matt, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Dave, Great Grandma Claire and Morgan. And of course in the picture are Grandpa, Abuela, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Jen and the three of us, one big group shot!!



It was a great opportunity to get Great Grandma and her two great grand children together:



And the 4 generations of Toole's:



We took the kids to see the horses and the lights, but brandon didn't want anything to do with the horses:



Oh yeah and we put Morgan and Brandon on Santa's lap there and they both squirmed and DID NOT like it! We have cute pics from that, but I need to get them from Aunt Jen!! (hint, hint!)

Aunt Jen and Uncle Jeff enjoyed giving Brandon his bath. They are expecting a girl (we think!!) on May 14th. I know they are going to be wonderful parents and Brandon can't wait to get another cousin!!



Brandon, Kylie and Kira were finally reunited! Cousins!! I wish we lived closer, because they had so much fun playing together!!



Brandon and Kira are almost the same size now!!



Grandpa finally changed his first diaper! We were so proud of him!!



Brandon got to meet our good friends Nathan and Nina:




And "Uncle" Robbie!



The old lifeguard crew got together for lunch at Cheeseburgers in Paradise. I can't believe that it's been almost 10 years since we all lifeguarded together and it seems like just yesterday. It was great to see everyone again! In pic: Juan, Joe, Robbie, Ira, Keith, Brandon, Robin, Erica and Michelle. Wish we could have spent more time together!!



Sissy Babes Reunited!! I miss my sisters SOOO much! I wonder when we'll ever live in the same town again??? At least we get to see each other a few times a year!!



Here are Aunt Erica and almost Uncle Ira with Brandon. They are getting married Oct 4, 2008, we can't wait. We are so happy for them!!



Another big event of our vacation was getting the whole Browne and Dillon crew together. The Dillon's are my dad's cousins. All the kids finally got to meet each other, we had a great time and it was great to see everyone again:



And a pic of almost the whole Browne side of the family, minus Juan who was in bed with a sore back...hope you feel better soon Juan!!




Phew! What a busy vacation. Those weren't even half the pictures, but some of my favorites! We had a great trip!!
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