Playing in mud

Grandpa and Michael

Beach vacation

Evan Loves the Beach

An only child....

....until tomorrow!! I figured I should update the blog that I have neglected before we bring home baby #2. So, I decided to post a few pics of our first baby, Michael Rory.

First corn of the cob of the season

Baby #2

December 21st - 15 weeks, 2 days

22 weeks

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12 weeks, 2 days

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19 weeks, 6 days

I recently realized that I am not as up to date on sharing belly pics, ultrasounds, and other baby news on the blog as I was when pregnant with Michael. So, I finally scanned our ultrasounds and took a belly pic to post here. This pregnancy is completely different than the one with Michael. My first trimester definitely saw its fair share of nausea, but not quite as bad as with him. Instead, I had headaches everyday until week 14ish. Thankfully that is just a distant memory to me at this point. Other than that, I have felt pretty good minus possibly passing a kidney stone two weeks ago. The Dr. couldn't say it was definitely a kidney stone, but rather it was "most likely" one. The past week and a half have been really good. We are thanking God for a healthy baby and for good blood pressure stats so far.

December

I figured December, specifically Christmas time, deserved its own post. We were able to put out more decorations this year and Michael did really well with everything. His favorite thing to do each morning was to turn on the Christmas tree lights. This year was really fun with him as he enjoyed opening presents more, seeing lights, drinking hot chocolate, watching my favorite Christmas movie (White Christmas), and so much more.

The first snow of the Winter.

We took Michael out for a walk and he insisted on going down the slide. We were laughing so hard when he came down the slide into a major snow puddle. He thought it was great!

Decorating the Christmas tree

Michael really enjoyed helping decorate

The star is up...only a day later than the rest of the decorations!

Michael and his girlfriend, Kaylie, making eyes at each other. Although, it looks like Michael is staring off somewhere else.

Santa visited our neighborhood. Michael wanted nothing to do with him. Maybe it was because this guy was skinny and young....Michael knows that Santa is neither.

Hot Chocolate in his own mug

Big snow

Michael sitting on the car before we cleaned it off

Our "sleigh" or wagon! Michael discovered throwing snowballs. He loves to especially throw them at mommy.

Self-family portrait

Sledding without a sled

Playdoh with Kyle

Putting baby Jesus in the Manger on Christmas morning

Ripping open gifts - slowly but surely

Notice the monkey pajamas and monkey slippers - his Christmas Eve gift

Pretending to eat his play food

I love when he sits like this....so adorable!

Playing on his new lego table

Eating overnight surprise (sticky buns) after opening gifts - the Kanaly family tradition

Michael and Aidan playing with the fish magnetic puzzle

Playing peek-a-boo

Jason's parents came up from MD yesterday. This dump truck was one of the cool toys Michael got from them. It talks, dances, snores, does push-ups, etc. It's entertaining for all of us.

Michael and Grandpa watching Daddy fly his new helicopter that he got from his parents.

Michael with Grandpa and Granmere