Poll Results

Just to recap, more for myself than anything else...

Poll on Blog:
Girl: 27 votes
Boy: 19 votes

Comments on Blog post:
Girl: 7 votes
Boy: 0 votes

Comments on Belly pictures post:
Girl: 6 votes
Boy: 1 vote

Grad board:
Girl: 14 votes
Boy: 2 votes

Facebook:
Girl: 6 votes
Boy: 5 votes

And although I'm sure some voted in multiple places since I posted in so many places (thanks!!!!!) :) :) I think it's safe to say that the girl votes far outweigh the boy votes!

Will you guess?

I know a bunch of you have voted on the left hand side as to what gender you think Hall baby #3 will be! Thank you!! It's fun to see what everyone thinks! It's a pretty close race every time I check...currently at 13 for girl and 15 for boy!

Now, anyone care to leave a comment so I know who thinks girl and who thinks boy? :) PLEASE! :) :)

Let's see if I can help you with some old wives tales, if you'd like (thanks to my pregnancy journal, I looked up the details where I've started to forget!):

Brookston:
Never felt sick, gagged a few times brushing teeth, but maybe because I thought I was supposed to! :)
Tired starting 8 weeks, but really tired starting 10 weeks, felt better around 12 weeks.
Had about a week long headache, twice in 1st trimester.
My hair, nails, and skin looked pretty good! :)
Heartrate was 122bpm at 6 weeks.
Heartrate was high 160's, low 170's at 10 weeks.
Heartrate was 150's at 15 weeks.
Heartrate averaged 140's from 20 weeks and on.
Felt first movement at 15 weeks, 3 days.
Richard felt movement at 18 weeks.

Kaisley:
Had a few food aversions, but never the least bit sick.
Tired from about 5 1/2 weeks, but felt better around 8 weeks.
No headaches!
Bad skin!!
Heartrate was 115bmp at 6 weeks.
Heartrate was 164 at 12 weeks.
Heartrate was in the 140's-150's from about 15 weeks and on.
Felt movement between 15 weeks, 4 days.
Richard felt movement at 20 weeks, 4 days.

Baby #3:
A few food aversions, but never sick at all.
Tired from about 5 weeks and thought it was better about 12, but summer heat disagrees!
Bad headaches for 2 weeks, from about 15-17 weeks.
Bad skin!!!!
Heartrate was 135bpm at 6 weeks.
Heartrate was 160's at 9 weeks.
Heartrate was 172bpm at 11 weeks.
Heartrate was 160's at 15 weeks.
Heartrate is 150's at 18 weeks.
Felt movement at 14 weeks, 6 days. But not a very active one so far.
Richard has not felt movement yet.

Hmmmm, I think if you go by symptoms this one is a girl. Will my symptoms stay consistant? Mommy's instict first said girl, then went to boy, and now I think is back to girl. Mommy's instinct was right with both Brookston and Kaisley, so this time, I'm just confused! :)

On Tuesday, July 6th we will find out which gender rules this house...at least for a few years! :) Stay tuned! :)

Posting of belly pictures

I've finally added belly pictures to my blog:

http://geauxhalls.blogspot.com/2007/05/belly-pictures.html

I've included pictures from Brookston's pregnancy, Kaisley's pregnancy and now this one.

I like to compare...as some of you already know! :) :)

I will continue to update this page...you can find the link on the left hand side. It's below the pictures and tickers...under the part that says, "Links to the details"! So go visit every few weeks! :)

The word explosion

At Kaisley's 15 month appointment when I was asked if she had 6 words (or something like that) my answer was a quick, No! I was still questioning if she said "Mommy", I was pretty sure she said "Daddy", but otherwise I think "uh oh", and well, that's probably it! But, it was not a big deal since she did seem to communicate with us by pointing, following directions (like, "go get me the ball"), and she did have a few sign language words (eat, more, all done, up, please). So, we weren't really worried, just waiting. Oh, and some of our favorites were:

We'd say, "What's a tiger say"...she roars!
What's a monkey say...ah ah.
What's a doggy say...woof woof.
What's an elephant say...brrrrmmmmmeh (with the motion of the arm raising!) :)
What's a snake do....she sticks out her tongue over and over. Love that one!

Well, now at 16 months, it seems like she may have had her word explosion. I think some words will still take some clarification, like ball is a little more like ba. Doggy is daugeeee. Water is wa-wa. All done is awe du. You get the point. But, I wanted to write her list, just to be able to count..or have an idea! :)

• Mommy
• Daddy
• Bubby (Brookston)
• Baby
• Car
• Ball
• More
• All Done
• Thank you
• Doggy
• Ducky
• Bar (as in a breakfast bar)
• Water
• Bubble
• Balloon
• hi
• bye bye
• Bottle
• Paci
• Bed

I'm sure I'm missing a couple, but not bad for a month right? :)

A First: Bowling

Today we went bowling for the very first time! I'd say it was quite successful for two 3 year olds bowling and a 16 month old and 7 month old watching!

Ready...PUSH!

After most balls, Brookston immediately turned around and ran off. He didn't remember to watch until we reminded him!

Kaisley enjoyed being a cheerleader!

The later frames, the boys started needing a little help, to make sure the ball made it all the way to the end...

See why...1.13mph! I think they peaked in the low 2mph in the first frame or two!

Little bowling shoes!

Kaisley took one turn too..she also immediately darted away!

Checking out the controls

Not bad for 3 year olds!

The happy boys after bowling

Corn on the cob

We've enjoyed corn on the cob in our house a few times in the last couple of weeks. When we realized how much Brookston liked it, we certainly wanted to take advantage!

Kaisley enjoys it as well, although she doesn't get too terribly far with getting anything off the cob!

The Pool

We went to a birthday party at our neighborhood pool over the weekend. Finally, Kaisley was able to have some one on one time, while in water. In the past it's been either me with both kids in a big pool or just in the backyard pools. So, Kaisley really has NOT enjoyed the water. She likes to splash and play in sprinklers, but not a foot of water.

Well, both kids were having a blast at the party...so, we joined our neighborhood pool this summer. We've committed, bought stock in it, and paid our summer dues! Better late than never I guess. We just joined on Tuesday and went that night. Now we know we'll go back tomorrow. Hopefully we'll make it a regular thing and feel like it was worth it!

I guess I should bring my camera and take some pictures of the newest fishies. ALL Brookston wants to do is practice his swimming. Although he even jumped off the diving board! WHOA! I was impressed. And Kaisley so far REALLY enjoys jumping in off the side. Although she insists on only holding on with one hand...oy!

It didn't bump up my journal?

Bummer! I added to my pregnancy journal and even changed the date to put it at the top...but, it looks like it didn't show up anywhere in the blogger world as being updated! That stinks!

Well, I added a link on the left side of my page to take you to the journal (under the "links to the details"), so if you're ever interested in reading, that's where it will be....

I guess!

Swim Lessons!

Brookston just finished 2 weeks of swim lessons at Crawfish Aquatics. He went from basically freaking out when water touched his face (yes, even in the bathtub....still!) to doing quite well, for a beginner! At this point, he worked a lot on kicking while floating and adding in a little of the arms in the last couple days.

Parents were not allowed into the pool area, until the last day. A lot of kids freaked out, including mine, for the first day or three! But, on the last day, it was show off day and most kids seemed pretty happy and ready to show off their newest skills!

So, the deck was filled with tons of observers snapping pictures and video...including me! And again, Daddy was able to join us for the 40 minute lesson! YAY!!!!

Brookston and Ms. Danielle, his teacher

Between his turn, he was all smiles!

I love this survival skill...

Jump in...

Turn around...

Reach for the wall!

Okay, a couple of videos...out of my 12! ;)

Spray Park and Little Gym

I'm a little behind in posting. Last week we went to the spray park for the first time this season. Now we've been 3 times in one week! :) This place is great! It was Kaisley's first time being able to actually play and I'm pretty sure she's a fan!

Okay, lots of pictures....

Last year Brookston was all about cups and buckets, so I came armed, 2 cups and a bucket. This time he really had fun with some cars...figures, time to go to Target!

She got pretty brave going through the water!

Waiting for the water to pop back up!

BIG JUMP!

Okay, next was Little Gym, show off day! It was today! Look at me blogging the DAY something happened! ;)

Anyway, show off day is the day you invite people to come watch, so it was crowded! Daddy was able to come, so Brookston DID show off, which was great!

As usual, Kaisley trying to be like the big kids!

Okay, here goes the forward roll on the beam....Go Brookston!!

Tada!!!!!

And then a flip over the bar...

I just thought this was adorable! Love my little girl!

Brookston and his friend, Ashlynn, playing on the bars together.

Brookston with his medal and award!

Strawberry Pickin!

About 45 minutes away is a great strawberry patch. We've never been to visit, but tons of our friends have gone yearly and we knew we were missing out! So, this is possibly the last, maybe the second to last weekend since strawberry season is already coming to a close here, so we enjoyed a morning of strawberry picking, followed by lunch and a visit to the fish at Bass Pro Shop! :) Brookston's request!

Brookston was ready to find some yummy strawberries

He went straight to work!

And when we told him he could eat them, he sure did!

Kaisley went straight for eating!

And she never really stopped!

Daddy picking strawberries with the kids!

Break/eating time!

Kaisley finally pitching in

Mommy with the kiddos in the strawberry patch

Proof that Kaisley enjoyed herself!

And now we have TONS of strawberries, in the freezer, fridge and thanks to friends, tons of ideas of how to use them in cooking! Hmmm, what all will we be making? Maybe we should have gotten 2 flats afterall! :)

Happy 3rd Birthday

Hard to believe it's been THREE years since we had Brookston. He's growing up so fast and it's been so fun watching him grow into this sweet, fun, loving, and awesome 3 year old!

When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, I showed him a Nemo and a Lightning McQueen...well, I was not in the least bit shocked when he chose Lightning McQueen, but I was VERY nervous as red and black are the two HARDEST colors!

I did a practice cake, red turned out great (after adding in half of a bottle of icing dye)...however the black tasted terrible! So, for party day, I made the black out of chocolate icing, so not only did the chocolate flavor take over any possible bad taste, but it also started out brown, not white, so I only had to add a very little, instead of TONS of black. I was so proud that I got black to taste good! Hahaha!

Anyway, here are some pictures from Brookston's 3rd Birthday Party...at The Little Gym!

The kids having fun

The kids warming up

Kaisley is really loving Little Gym! Or maybe she just loved it extra special because Daddy was there for the party!

Crab walk

Poor boy...playing so hard he was a bit hot! :)

Special ride for the birthday boy!

This seemed to be a favorite for Brookston...especially when he got to go first climbing under and finding feet to tickle!

Richard with Kaisley and Piper (our niece)!

For anyone without kids or only girls...Lightning McQueen, from the movie "Cars" is red, his number is 95. The other cars in the movie are The King (blue), number 43, and Chick Hicks (green), number 86!

Thus, the cupcakes!

The CAKE!

Kaisley enjoying pizza...such a big girl!


Brookston blowing out his candles!

Happy 3rd Birthday Brookston!!!!