Number Two

I have a problem with typos.  Not so much in writing letters or papers, but whenever I am making a sign or something for presentation where I'm focusing on how it looks a little more than what is says, I have a habit of leaving out a letter or making some other mistake.

In high school, I stayed late one night to make a big 10 foot sign for student council to advertise the musical chairs lunch time activity later that week.  I was very satisfied with how it turned out when I hung it up at the front entrance of the school that night.  It wasn't until the next morning in Mr. Downs class that I was brought to the realization of my mistake as he informed the class of the stupidity of whoever made the sign advertising "Musical Chars."  I was lucky Mr. Downs didn't tear the sign down, which he usually does when he finds any spelling or grammatical mistakes that are displayed in public.

So this brings me to my latest mistake on the shirt I made for Ezra...

And just like the "musical chars" sign, I didn't realize my mistake until after I made the shirt, and after I took a million photos of Ezra wearing the shirt, after I used the photos to design announcements online to send to our family, and after I even put on the announcements "Baby Number Two: due May 1, 2012."  No, it wasn't until later that night after I had ordered the announcements to be printed and shipped that I realized lying in bed that I had put my due date as May 1, 2012.  And only then, did it even occur to me that I had also put the wrong year on the shirt!  Codi said it is probably just my "pregnancy brain," but I know it really is just my brain.

So yes, all of this is just unimportant intro to the more important news that we are expecting our second baby in the beginning of May--May 2013!

Our Big Boy

Life is so much fun with Ezra.  He is constantly keeping me entertained and surprising me with what he can do and understand.  Lately his favorite song is "Book of Mormon Stories."  He requests it quite frequently by holding his hands up in the shape of a book.  He especially gets excited when Marc and I sing it together and he has even started doing all the actions.

He is still just a crawler, but I really think he could walk if he wanted to.  He can stand on his own very well, but not for too long because he doesn't want to fall.  He does really well  walking with us holding one hand and he also likes using his new bike as a walker.  He'll walk the whole length of the hall with it while ringing the bell--thank you Codi for the great birthday gift!

He loves to play by the window when the sun is shining onto the carpet.  Sometimes he'll just lounge over there in the corner until I come looking for him.

Last month we experimented with finger painting at his friend Emma's house.  Niether of them quite knew what to do with, but they did have fun getting messy!  We'll have to try it again when Ezra's a little older.

Now my biggest dilemma is figuring out a Halloween costume.  I've been thinking about it for a couple of months, but the problem is I'm so indecisive, and realistically I'm past the point of making anything myself.  So I really just need to find something online soon.  Yeah, I'm a boring mom, like that.  Hopefully Ezra won't be scarred for life by wearing a store bought costume, because as much I'd like to think I'm a crafty and creative person, I have a feeling we'll almost certainly go the store bought route many more times in the future. :)