I am back!

I was just realizing how much my life has changed when I looked at this old blog page… how life goes by so quickly, I will never know. I blinked and am now proudly raising a 15 month old walking, talking, teething, sassing toddler. What? How did this occur?

So, I decided to try this blogging business one more time. I didn’t do so well the first year of my little p-man’s life, but I figure we all deserve second chances, yes?

Rather than go over old news (like the teething, walking, talking) lets skip right to the good stuff.


P-Man now roars like a lion. It’s quite amusing. If you ask him what sound a lion makes he says “roar”. I find this funny no matter how many times per day I ask him to do it.

He also discovered the sheer joy involved when you take out all of something and make mommy or daddy put it away. Like removing all the books from the bookshelf, or all the dvd’s from the shelf, or all the blankets from his dresser… yea, you get the picture. Totally drives Ryan batty – I find this behavior also, amusing. Though I do know I will have to eventually discourage this mess making tendency. Or I shall be the maker of my own evil little monster.

I think we have all seen that Ryan is already turning him into a lawn obsessive weirdo… check facebook to see Ryan directing Parker with a little man sized lawnmower, ensuring he drives in straight lines.

And finally! I have started doing things that will embarrass him when he is a teenager. For example: I put him in pajamas that make him look just like Woody from Toy Story. See reference.

I then share these photos with people… sort of like I just did on this blog.

Oh, Parker how you will roll your eyes at me one day. Love Mom!

A Tooth!

My little Parker has offically started teething!

He has his first tooth poking through on the upper left side. I was so excited I almost wet myself!! (Although this now means sleepless nights and feeling terrible when he hurts...)

My sister found the tooth in the Taco Bell drive thru when she was visiting. We stopped to get some yummy tacos - and she shouts out from the back "Hey, do you know that Parker has a tooth?" Then I (ME THE MOMMY) had to wait until we pulled into the driveway at home to see the tooth for myself.

So congrats to my little guy on your first tooth at just shy of 4 months!
Mommy loves you!

I am back!

So talk about being a lazy blogger… sheesh! Hahaha, in fact I was still pregnant last time I visited my little blog world. Ooopss!

Well skip past the ‘entrance’ of Parker into this world, because he was quite a stinker and I don’t wish to relive that business. Let’s talk current here folks. Parker is my little ray of sunshine, and just the perfect little man. (Except when he poops everywhere, pees everywhere and spits up everywhere all in the same 20 minute time span… then he is just plain being a booger!)

Here is today’s ‘Parker’s Top Ten’

#10 Parker’s sound of choice is ‘ow’ (believes it is very impressive to the ladies)
#9 He thoroughly enjoys chewing on his own hands
#8 He has already seen his first little league baseball game – with Daddy as a coach
#7 He enjoys wearing plaid pants & shorts
#6 He finds it extremely funny to pee on his mother
#5 He finds it extremely funny to spit up on his mother
#4 He likes to watch t.v. – mostly sports with his daddy
#3 He enjoys taking baths in his ‘personal tub’
#2 He already has a girlfriend… sigh, such a ladies man!

And the number one ‘Parker’ tidbit of the day…
He still sleeps in his bassinet because his overprotective mommy refuses to give in and move him. (Daddy & Parker both think I am looney!)


I promise to keep writing again… although I am relatively sure no one reads this, so I don’t have to worry too much.

More about baby...

It’s interesting… our “things to do list” is getting longer instead of shorter!

Greetings everyone (or the two people who care to read this little Baby Blurb) from the giant pregnant lady. Today was our original "Baby Due Date" but baby doctor moved us back. So instead today we are 16 days away from Baby’s “Due to Arrive Date”, which I must say to me – seems an eternity away. However, I have heard endless times how much I will want to go back to the easy pregnant days once he gets here. Maybe those women don’t have swollen feet, constant back pain, 25 bathroom visits a day, not to mention some “unmentionable” troubles I won’t gross everyone out with!

Ryan & I are both feeling anxious but ready to meet our precious little person… Ryan falls asleep lots of nights with his hand on my tummy, making sure ‘Barney’ knows he is very loved. We spend extra time cuddling with the Mooks so she doesn’t feel left out, and she often spends an hour or two cuddled next to my tummy. I think she is letting baby brother know she is ready to meet him too! As for me, I still talk to the little guy – while in the car or shower. Lately we have been talking about when he might feel like coming – and how big he is! I am trying to get him to stay small… but I don’t know how that’s going either.

We are still having weekly doctor visits and all is well. Baby has a strong heartbeat and doctor believed he was head down (yea!) at our recent visit. I lost one pound over the week which doc says is a good sign, so we are hopeful we can meet baby soon. I am still doing fine also – my most recent test was negative which means no antibiotics during labor, another piece of really great news.

That’s all from this rambling “MTB” – catch you on the flip side!

Baby brings so many things...

I am sure everyone heard by now about my little accident at the office… oopps! I slipped in our hallway and fell on my left side. Of course, it was in front of LOTS of people – and boy was my face red! Skip a little bit to my boss recommending me calling my doctor & me finally saying “okay, couldn’t hurt”. Then the doctor saying “come in just to be safe”. Then skip to “actually, you are having contractions and we don’t like what we are seeing… we are sending you to Bryan”. Then spend hours hooked up to machines & get medicine to stop said contractions (happening every 3 minutes). Wowza, what an afternoon!

My co-workers, boss, friends & family were all very supportive & concerned, and I love & appreciate you all! Baby and I are doing just fine once again. He is still in there cooking right along.

I do think I am growing a bit every day though. I swear every time I put on a sweater or pair of pants they are all tighter than the time before. And Ryan loves to tease me about my t-shirts… they would now be appropriate for a belly dancer when I wear them! Baby must be working on putting on the pounds in there, since his daddy was 8 pounds & 12 ounces! I am hoping for somewhere in the 7 range, but we will see.

I had another baby shower on Sunday (the 17^th) and it was the most wonderful fun I ever had! We enjoyed Lazlo’s food (the best in Lincoln there is!) and I chatted with lot’s of friends. I wish I had hours longer to talk to everyone because I was having such fun. I didn’t even mind sitting in the center of the room to open gifts. Plus, I got my diaper bag – and I had been waiting months to see it. Let me tell you, it was worth the wait. I am so in love with its adorableness I can’t even describe it to you. I need to learn how to sew – and create beautiful things like this! My lovely Brianna & Anna were in charge and I owe them huge for creating such a great memory for Ryan, Baby & me!

Follow the fun Lazlo’s shower with a shower at the office. I shared the spotlight with another pregnant office-mate, Amanda. She is due just a week after me. Whoops, we didn’t plan so well… need to remember that for next time. We had a delicious lunch and some time to gossip a bit with other female office members. They generously gave Barney a Target card which he will get some nice things with.

We have a check-up appointment on Thursday and we will see how things are going then. We are at 35 weeks now so not too much longer before Baby Aerni will greet everyone!

Love

Ryan, Jill & Baby ‘Barney’ Aerni

Man blogging! I need to learn to keep up with things!

A few Aerni baby updates…

I feel baby kick lots now – all throughout the day. Ryan has felt him several times too – and even seen the movements from outside my tummy. He got a real kick out of that!

1) Our nursery is coming along really well! Ryan and his dad put together the crib & dresser so we have furniture. We just need to get our rocking chair in there and we are in business. Darn Jill forgot to take photos of the men putting together the items and I was not very happy about that ‘slip of memory’. Argh! However I have included a couple views of the new things – we love them! I do still need to do some wall decorations and final touches but we are moving right along.

2) Classes! We took our breastfeeding class and are finishing up our Prepared Childbirth (Lamaze) and Baby Cares classes. We both find the baby cares class really awesome – we learned to take baby’s temp, give him a bath, all about circumcision, swaddling the baby, white noise, and so much more. We are in the last class BryanLGH is offering – next year they are putting some information in their Lamaze class and then some when the mom’s actually have the baby. So we were grateful we signed up before they squished all the information down. Lamaze is tougher for Ryan to sit through – more about the mom and how childbirth will go. But he is a great supporter every week – and the class clown. He actually made a joke the first week about how much “practice” he got in before we got pregnant in front of the entire class!!! Talk about Jill’s face turning red as can be. Ahhhhh!

3) Baby Aerni update: Doctor thinks think’s everything is going well. We had a temporary scare when I failed my first glucose test, but after the three hour version (which totally sucked!) baby and I were in the clear. I am growing at the right pace and gaining weight like I should be – but a lady never tells how much she weighs! As the third trimester started, I have some interesting symptoms cropping up that I am not terribly happy about. But I guess that’s what I signed up for!

4) Mookie Update: Mookie seems to sense the changes are coming closer. She loves to cuddle my tummy now and lay as near to me as possible. She sniffs me more often than usual too – a little weird. She hangs out in the nursery whenever Ryan & I are working in there, wanting to be close to both mom & dad and her new baby brother. She has been a good doggie the last months and will always be my little princess.

Baby is at 30 weeks as I write this so we are nearing the finals – can’t wait to introduce little one to the world!

Merry Christmas
Love Ryan, Jill, Mookie & Baby.

Baby Showers

Oh my goodness the things that have happened!

Let’s start with a little information about my baby showers. I had two wonderful showers in November and felt very spoiled. I am sure baby felt that way too!

1st was a shower thrown by Keysha & Alivia Aerni in Papillion with both Aerni & Urban women in attendance. It was so much fun! We had margarita flavored punch (non-alcoholic so I could try), delicious dessert and fun gossip. I had a great helper with opening all my gifts – let me tell you that Alivia is a gift opening champion. I could hardly keep up! We also played the classic “melted candy bar in diaper game” and I did okay, but I am sure by this time next year I will be able to recognize lots of kinds of number 2’s. Yick! I got lots of great advice from everyone who attended and it was a pleasure to visit with all. I did miss some family who couldn’t join us but I hope to see them around the holidays or when baby arrives and catch up!

2nd was a shower thrown by Donna, Jennifer & Jessica Helt with Helt & Boyle women in attendance plus a few others who I was truly THRILLED to see & visit with. I can’t describe to you how much fun it was. The ladies decorated an entire hall in my honor, including candies, matching tableware and diaper/blanket cakes! Then they surprised me with TWO flavors of cake provided by my very favorite baker in Lincoln – EnJoy. You must have eaten her cakes to know how yummy they taste. The other big surprise was CHICK-FIL-A!!! They had nuggets at the party and I might have eaten about 3 meals worth. SO GOOD! We played some really funny games too – ask Jennifer about her answers to the questions! Baby & I were again spoiled at this shower with gifts & truly wonderful advice from the other ladies. I feel so very loved and appreciate all that happened.

Here are two photos, one from each shower.
First I am at Keysha’s posing with some gifts.
Second I am with Jessica cutting one of the EnJoy cakes.