Ultrasound at 17 weeks 4 days!

Just an ultrasound we did at work for fun... trying to see if we have a little girl or boy baby in there. Little one was not cooperating. Anyways.. it's fun to watch. The beginning is harder to see...mainly a belly and legs but towards the end you can really see the whole body and how much the little one is moving and shaking in there. Hope to get a better one soon!

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Pregnancy Woes!

So this has not been the best week. This pregnancy is so different than when I was pregnant with Mateo. With Mateo, besides some nausea and being tired.. once ~14 weeks passed, things were great and I loved being pregnant. Given at this point, I am 13 weeks today.. but this little one is kicking my butt! I have had 2-3 colds and this week has hit me with a full blown, on my back, cold. Can't stop coughing, sneezing, blowing my nose and feeling like crap. If you know me, I never call in sick to work. Well I caved in on Thursday night and called in. My mom was here with Mateo so that helped. With Jeff working and having a class on Saturday, I sent Mateo home with my mom so he could visit my dad. He was excited to go, and it gives me a few days on my own. Just to lay in bed and get some much needed rest. I saw my Dr on Friday and he gave me some antibiotics, so hopefully they will kick in soon. Hopefully once I am back to my normal self and beginning to enjoy this pregnancy, I will keep this blog updated with pics of our cute little man!! Off to rest.

Yay Mateo!

Yesterday I decided. It's time. Mateo is a big boy and he needs to start going potty like the big boys. Well we started out the morning by sitting on the potty every hour. And he then decided he did not want to wear a diaper. Well about 20 min later, he told me he had to Poop! Pulled his pants down, sat him on the potty.. and he POOPED! Ok could that be so easy? Or just good timing. He got a "special treat" ~ a girl scout cookie and we have been sitting on the potty every hour since. We will see how this goes. It is time though. Given we have 5 months, but he has to be pottytrained for preschool which starts at the beginning of August and I am not going to have two children in diapers!!

Good job Mateo.. Mommy is so PROUD of yoU!!

Time for preschool all ready?

Today we signed Mateo up for preschool. He will be just a few weeks over 3 when school starts and I think he is ready. He is a little sponge that picks things up so easily. Plus he needs the interaction with little ones his own age and to be in a situation where Mommy is not around. I am hoping he does well. Right now sharing is not on his list of things to do. We are working on it though. I think that will be his biggest obstacle. Where has the time gone? Timing is perfect too because this way by the time the little one arrives he will have been in school for a month. Hopefully be settled, look forward to it, and have something to look forward to that is just for him. This will also give me some quiet time with the baby. At least thats the plan... we will see how it all pans out!

Baby Williams # 2 is on it's way!!

Due to arrive ~ September 2009!!

We are all very excited. It took a little while for the announcement. I wanted to make sure things were progressing well and we got to see a picture and see the heartbeat of our little sweet pea before we spilled the beans. I feel like crap. I dont remember morning sickness being like this the first time around, but I also wasn't chasing a toddler. I am just looking forward to the next few weeks when the m/s is gone, I get a much needed boost of energy, and am past the 12 week mark!!

I started a baby site (as I did when I was pregnant with Mateo) for this little one and will post the link soon! There will be most of the updates, doctor appts, ultrasound pics etc.

Telling daddy!

The big brother!!

I have been so terrible at this!

Wow... time goes by too fast and I have been horrible about posting. Mateo is 2 1/2 where has the time gone? I got a CD of his babysite that was so worth it! It looks exactly as it did when you logged in. Such a great keepsake. I am going to continue the site but fresh all new and will probably be doing it now by calendar year to make things easier. As for Mateo.. he is 2... and yes he is Terrible~~ Sometimes I am ready to open the front door and loan him to the first taker and other times he is so darn cute and sweet I can't believe he's our little man. Currently he is playing with water in the kitchen sink. He LOVES water and loves to wash his hands.. it has become an obsession..good thing though..stinky little boy hands are yucky! A funny...tonight when I asked him what we were going to do.. he looked at me and said "vacuum". yes my son loves to vacuum.. wonder if it will last?
His favorite word is "NO" go figure.. he loves to play with friends.. although he shares better at other peoples homes or when we are out. He does not sit still... at home or out. He has constant ants in his pants. He is still a picky eater...cereal, waffles, pancakes, pb&j, cliff bars, YOGURT, pudding, McDonalds chicken nuggets, apple dippers and chocolate milk.. he can order that off the menu.
He now has "favorites", like his favorite car and commercial. It took a while for his toys to entertain him.. but now he loves his hotwheels and ramps. Finally! Favorite cartoons - Still Tarzan, Mickey, Caillou and now a bit of Tigger and Pooh and Little Einsteins. That's all for now.. mainly just want to chronicle some of the fun stuff!

Congratulations Daddy!

This weekend BIB - Daddy's Bonsai club had their Anniversary show! And one of Daddy's Trees won an award. We are very proud of him.

The winning tree (and daddy made the stand too)




A big cheese ~ Look at my 2 boys all dressed up

Nonno and Uncle Pete turn the big "60"~

Today we celebrated Nonno and Unlce Pete's 60th Birthdays! We had the party at Nanna's house so she could be there with us. As are all parties at Nanna and Auntie Rita's house ~ we celebrate in the garage! (same place I had my baby shower). It was good food and fun times, especially for the little ones. Unfortunately.. Jen,Jeff,Brennan and Meredith could not make it because Brennan got sick (we hope you feel better). The kids had a great time though. They played, and ran, and played and ran the whole time... seriously almost 4 hours straight. And the fun part, most of it was without toys. They just chased, giggled and giggled some more. We went to the park and played some more! They had a great time playing. It was fun for Mateo to be able to play with Tyler and do boy stuff and Katie was the perfect big sister, little mommy. She took such good care of him. I pretty much didn't have to worry! Hope you enjoy the pictures.. as you can see, they are all of the kids!




One of the things that keeps them entertained at Nanna's~ all the airplanes flying over. Some of them are HUGE and so close!







Winding down watching Sponge Bob after a long day!

Welcome Baby Alyssa!

One of my co-workers, Diane, had her baby on Saturday. A beautiful baby girl named Alyssa! The best part, I got to be her labor nurse for the first 12 hours...then came home to sleep for a bit and back to the hospital for the delivery! I must say, there are definitely perks of delivering where you work! I took pictures of everything all along the way, including in the operating room. Pictures of the baby delivering via c-section and all. Way too cool! Here are a few pictures of her baby girl. I had to share being that I have been on stand by waiting for a phone call for the past month!! Congrats Diane on a beautiful baby girl!!





every baby needs bunny ears.. leave it to the nurses

A pic of mama with Liz... one of our sweetest nurses!!

Photo Contest ~ Please vote!

Our little Mateo is in a photo contest. The photographer who did our family photo shoot last June is having a photo contest and Mateo is one of them! We would love it if you would give us your vote. He is number 8! Thanks so much, it would be fun if our little guy won!

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So Cute!

Tonight Jeff gave Mateo a late bath, primarily due to the fact of him having a horrible diaper. Well when he was "clean" and dressed for bed he ran downstairs into my arms and said "mommy smell", he wanted me to smell his hair to smell how clean he was, then he looked at me with the cutest face and biggest smile and said "brushed teeth too" and showed me his pearly whites!! It was too darn cute!

Happy New Year 2009! & Nonno's Birthday

The Williams Family ~ 2009 ~ Happy New Year!






This year "Nonno", my dad turned the big 60! So for his birthday (New Years Day) all he wanted was a yummy prime rib dinner at home with the fam. We had a nice dinner, followed by yummy ice cream cake and Mateo had a blast. He loved wearing the hats and blowing out the candles.. he wanted to do it "again" and "again" .. but try explaining to a 2 year old that you only blow out birthday candles once!! He was a trooper and stayed up til after 11! Happy Birthday Nonno!!

New Website

One of my goals for the New Year is to keep this blog updated regularly. I know people have asked for videos as well so I am creating a different site just for videos. If you click the link on the right titled ~Mateo Lee's Funspot~ it will take you to another blog where I plan to regularly upload videos. I have found a site that will make it easier and quicker to upload which is usually half my battle. So I will do my best to keep things refreshed. Hope you enjoy watching our little man grow as much as we do!

Christmas Day ~ Santa has arrived

This Christmas was so much fun! Watching the excitement and fun thru Mateo's eyes made it so much more special! On Christmas Eve he left out some carrots for the reindeer, which mommy almost forgot but Mateo made sure I didnt, and instead of cookies Mateo wanted to leave some "toni" for Santa. Toni is short for Pannetonne, one of Mateo's favorites right now. He woke up to find his carrots eaten.. which actually left his speechless and a bit confused, we then went to see that Santa had eaten his "toni" and drank his milk.. and left a ton of presents!! He was so excited to open them all! Wishing you and your family all had a very Merry Christmas~~!









One of my FAVORITE pictures!!

Enjoying his new tool bench.. isnt he too cute with his goggles!



My handsome little man!