20 Week Picture of Ruth!

Ruth is almost 20 weeks and we got an ultrasound today. We saw her yawn a huge yawn and she is a mover! The last two times we've had an ultrasound both technicians found it hard to get pictures because she was constantly jumping around. I feel her move all the time!

I have a funny J.R. story to tell. The other night J.R. and Scott were working on a project together and I asked J.R. to let Tootsie in from outside. He let her in and she must have wanted to play and tried to jump up on him because he told her, "Tootsie, stop bothering me I have to work!". Tony and I died laughing, Tony uses the same phrase on J.R. but it was so funny to hear him use it with his doggie!

J.R.isms

What is J.R. Zaino like at 4 1/2 years old?

Things J.R. is obsessed with: sports, specifically baseball and hockey, superheros (he has tons of superhero underwear), balls (he took a football to school this week so he could sleep with it at nap time), bugs (he's interested in what they eat and loves to look at them), hummingbirds (we have a hummingbird feeder that J.R. watches every morning when he wakes up), cuddling (especially at night with his mommy, I'll be so sad when that changes), ranch dressing (he will eat ranch on almost anything especially french fries and pizza), traffic signs (he loves to read the speed limit signs and tell me when the red light turns green), talking (this kid never stops, he will talk to himself if we're not talking to him), laying in mommy and daddy's bed (this is a treat for J.R. but he must be in the middle of mommy and daddy), numbers (J.R. loves to write numbers, say numbers and do simple math, I know this is from watching sports on tv), Adventure Time (this show is J.R. and daddy's show they always watch it together) and Tootsie (it's so great to see how much J.R. loves his dog and honestly Tootsie loves him, she use to only sit on my lap but now she'll sit on J.R.'s lap)These are just a few of the things J.R. loves!

J.R. always comes up with the most funny and amazing things. Just in the last few days I tried to remember some of the one liners:

My brain works better than your guy's brain.
Mommy hasn't hatched Ruth yet.
After vomiting: Mommy, I tried to keep the vomit in my body but it had an secret escape plan.
Come over here mom and dance with the party.
Daddy, if you tell mommy sorry, it will make her feel a little better.

J.R. is such a sweet little boy. He cares about his friends they are very important to him. He likes everyone to be happy, if you are sad he'll try to make you smile and give you hugs. J.R. is also VERY competitive. He's even competitive about going to the potty. He always tries to "win" and be the first one done going potty. Everything is a competition with him. I know he gets this from his mommy and daddy since we are both pretty competitive.I love this little boy more than I could ever express or could ever have imaged. I love to sit and talk to J.R. it's amazing to see how his mind works and the amazing and sweet and funny things that he comes up with. I love to lay in his bed at night after reading him a book and listen to him talk and answer his questions. J.R. was worth the wait so far he is one of the best things I've done in my life.

J.R. Happenings

I got a call from Candilhall today around 2pm and they said my little guy vomited after he woke up from his nap. Ms. Gabby said she knew something was wrong because he took a nap today and he never takes naps. He's been at home and only got sick once and has a low grade fever. We are suppose to go to visit grandpa on Wednesday so I hope he has a speedy recovery.

Tonight was the finals of the voice. This is a show that J.R. and I watch together, it's kind of "our thing". He LOVES music. Last week J.R. said the Voice was his favorite show of all time. I have so  many videos of him singing and dancing, they are SO hilarious. Whenever he sees singing on tv he thinks it's a competition and asks who's going to get voted off!

A few weeks ago, J.R. and I were looking at dogs at the the local dog shelter on line. J.R. said that he wanted another dog but I told him we had a baby on the way and couldn't get another dog. J.R. promptly said, "Well when the baby leaves our house then we can get another dog." I had to let him know that Ruth would be staying with indefinitely.

J.R. is happy he's going to be a big brother. He always asks about Ruth and talks to her. Today he was telling me to eat sugar 3 times today because Ruth would REALLY like to taste sugar.We have her room ready to go, well kind of... we have her furniture in the extra bedroom downstairs. We'll see how that works out, Tony thinks it will be perfect while I'm not so sure.

 Last Thursday J.R. finished his swim lessons. He is CRAZY about being in the water right now. Everyday he asks to get in the pool. It's so great to see how comfortable he is in the water, two years of swim lessons have paid off. He can swim the entire length of the pool doing a recognizable american crawl and he's even better at the back stoke.

I have been feeling Ruth move, little flutters. She should arrive in about 20 weeks or so, we're all getting very excited. I just felt her kick and it's 11:30pm, I hope she's not a night owl like her daddy!