It's a BOY!

Chris, Cindy, Jordon, and I went to my doctor's appointment on Monday. It was the big day of finding out the gender of bump Alleman. Everything so far with the doctor's appointments are going well, my blood pressure is pretty good and i have plenty of amniotic fluid. Jordon was pretty concerned for me when he saw me lying down on the table. He started to cry when they put the jelly on my belly. Our little sensitive son. It was as if he was asking Daddy, "what's wrong with Mommy?" It was very sweet.

It took the ultrasound dr about 10 minutes to finally be able to tell us what we would be having. The baby just would not cooperate and wanted to keep all curled up in the fetal position. But finally HE cooperated. Yes we are going to have another little BOY! We are so excited, we thought for sure it would be a girl but ultrasounds these days don't lie. But it will be nice since we have everything we need, clothes and all. If anyone would throw a baby shower it would just be for diapers, wipes, and maybe a few other things that would be nice this time around. Jordon will have a lot of fun having a little brother around.

Here are the ultrasound pictures we got.

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Thanks for all your support, we sure enjoyed telling our great news!

Birthday and Easter

Happy Birthday to our 2 year old. Can't believe it's been 2 years. Here he is at a week old, so tiny, only 5 lbs, totally in need of our constant help.

Now I'm 2! I'm going to be a BIG BROTHER! I am becoming more independent, sometimes i don't let mommy put my shoes on, of course i just can't seem to get it. Daddy thinks I have mommy's smile, cheeks, and eyes, but i've got the Alleman heighth, hair, and hips! Did i tell you, i'm almost 3 feet tall and a whopping 26.5 lbs. I'm still a tall skinny boy according to my doctor. I like my doctor.

I love my Megan! She reads nice stories to me. thanks for coming over and spending time with me!

Easter Egg Hunting at McKinney with Laura, Jeremy, and Kirsten. Right now i'm in my happy state of mind, just got to the park.

The Easter Egg Hunt in my age group already went and I missed it by just a few minutes. Getting a little annoyed!

Ok, so not just a little but very! I want to go get my EGGS!

Well, at least i got one! I snuck an empty one into my hands!

Oh so happy, very happy, elated!

There's my mommy, had to tell her everything!

Birthday Pancakes! I know it's supposed to be waffles, but Jordon loves pancakes so much more, don't ask me why. I really think it's all about the syrup!

Welcome to my birthday party! i had such a good time, of course i couldn't think about taking a good nap that day, so i'm already tired by the time it started, but not trying to show it. I had my best buddies over! Thanks for having a water party with me!

We made cupcakes this year, thought it would be easier for all the toddlers!

Opening up all my cool presents. I got a little people airplane, bubbles, lego mega blocks tiny and tuff buildable car city (way too cool), outdoor chalk, a cars chair, and way too many other things at this party and at gramma and grampa's. Daddy and Grampa made me wooden blocks, Laura got me a Pooh Bear cup with straw that i love. I sure got spoiled this year, i guess everyone wanted me to know how special i am before the baby comes! I sure feel spoiled!

I'm still not sure about this whole cake thing and the candle.

But it sure tastes good, had 2 cupcakes, couldn't get enough chocolate. Just ask my parents how hard it was to get me to go to bed.

My cars chair and I.

My new kitchen!

Kirsten and I getting ready for an Easter Egg hunt at Gramma and Grampa's.

We are all so excited!

Mommy and I doing the hunt. I just couldn't help opening every egg. And then i found candy. I like the candy! Heehee!

And puppy!

I love my presents, but now it's time for bed!

Good night everyone! Thanks for helping me enjoy a great birthday!

2 year checkup

This morning Jordon had his 2 year checkup, i know i should be posting birthday pictures first but i'll work on that tonight. I have a bit of stuff to do while he's napping. I thought i'd just do a quick update on his appt and progress. They had to measure him several times since he kept running away and squirming. But his final measurements are 27 pounds with clothes on(so about 26 without), he was able to stand up on the scale this time. And he is 35 1/2 inches tall-almost 3 feet! i think he'll be close to 6 feet tall by the time he grows up. He is in the 75th percentile for heighth and still in the 25th-50th percentile for weight. Still a tall skinny boy!

The doctor said he looks happy and healthy with big smiles! He had 1 shot today, but the funny thing is is that he was more upset about having to lye down still then getting the shot. But he still clung to me, he's understanding more about the doctors office giving shots at every visit. He doesn't need any more shots thankfully until he's 4 years old and he won't need another checkup until 3. Feels kindof weird he's at that age where it's just yearly visits.

The one thing that Chris and I have been concerned about for a while is his lack of communication and speaking skills. I asked the doctor since Jordon only says about 10 words at a maximum. He referred us to a speech therapist and a audiologist to check his hearing, so we'll be trying to set that up pretty soon. I think his hearing is fine but just for peace of mind we will go that route. My sister thinks it would be great, her son is with a speech therapist right now and doing a lot better. We know he's a smart kiddo just need to get his speech moving forward.
I feel this is the best thing to do for him, we don't want to see him fall behind in his development. So we'll go and get him tested and start it up. I'm also going to take him to the library for story time for 2 year olds and hopefully interacting a little more with other kids will help. We also have playgroups every now and then and he's in nursery. He's around other kids just not all the time, so i'm hoping maybe with the intervention program there will be some classes and playgroups with kids in his developmental range too. We sure love our Jordon, he's such a sweetheart, gives the biggest hugs and kisses. We are so proud of him!

We are also taking a break on the toddler bed at least for a couple of weeks. Too much stress and frustration on everyone's part. We'll post b-day pictures soon!