The Pre-Children

The animals of the Rueckert-Downey household - aka the Pre-Children are very curious about the behavior of the humans.  Especially my behavior.  You can see I'm starting to get big.  There is now no question that I'm pregnant.  As you can see in the picture Logan is trying to figure out why I'm standing in front of the door and not taking him for a walk.  He also can't figure out why I don't play tug, chase or other games with him.  I guess this is just a preview for him of the future.  He has been a very good boy over all.



Cleo loves all of the new furniture and has claimed it as hers.  We set up the pack n play (to prove that we were smarter than it) and Cleo love the bassinet, as you can see.



She also thought that the changing table was an awesome hiding place.  She has applauded my behavior as it is more quiet and I have tons of pillows on the bed now.  All hers.



Max is the only pet that has interacted with Junior.  He loves the tummy.  As soon as I sit on the couch he is there waiting to lay on it.  The other day Junior gave him a huge kick.  A second of airplane ears and no more kicking and he decided that he's comfortable and not moving.  We'll see if this symbiotic relationship holds.

Happy New Year!

I have hit the point that people are not afraid to declare I'm pregnant.  Maybe it is because the belly sticks out farther than other features or the roundness it is getting.  It is starting to get difficult to do some tasks, my arms are getting too short to reach the sink, my knees now hit my belly on the stationary bike, and my feet feel father away.  And I'm only going to get bigger!

Jeff and I have made progress on getting things ready.  My craft room is no more (which is a little sad) it is now an empty room ready for painting.  A lot of stuff went down to the basement and a huge pile for donation.  (We realized that we didn't need 20 duffel bags among other things.)  If you visit you will have to share the guest room with my sewing stuff now.  We have also picked out the theme (forest animals) and now are deciding on paint color.  Hopefully we can get that picked out without too much trouble.  Let us know if you want to help Jeff paint!  :)  I will be avoiding the fumes and not much help.

Jeff and I went to the DC area for Christmas with the Downey family and new cousin to Baby Rueckert-Downey, Julian.  Chris set up his camera to catch the entire crew.   We had a lot of fun in DC eating good food and getting to go down to the Mall to see a couple of museums and the Washington Monument.  See more pictures here.

Here's to a great 2010!