Tator Tot Last Picture....

Well believe it or not I have only gained 10 pounds in this pregnancy and the last two weeks I had not gained even an ounce and I was measuring at only 31 weeks versus the 35 that I was. The doc ordered an ultrasound to see what was going on. Thankfully we are very blessed to say that Mr. Tator Tot is doing great. Funny enough the ultrasound tech said, that given his measurements and size, she would put me further out than 35 weeks. He's about 6 lbs and everything looked perfect. Hope you enjoy the pictures...

His arm is right by his chin. He's definitely a mover and groover and I think wants out as much as I do :)

Good face picture....

The object that is above is forehead is actually his foot. He is pretty jammed pack in there and a pretty flexible little man to have his foot to his forehead ;)

Torin's 2k race...

I did a Mom's on the Run club this Spring and Summer that ended the class with a 5k race honoring Shawn Silvera a Lino Lakes Police Officier who was killed in the line of duty. His wife, Jennifer Silvera, puts on this race in memory of her husband and also is a member of the Mom's on the Run club. I've posted a link to her book Believe and would highly recommend it to anyone.
http://believenow.net/

Seeing as though I'm 9 months pregnant I opted out of the 5k race and we decided to do the family 2k run/walk. Well with the sound went off to go Torin took off and Vaughn wanted nothing to do with it. Being that I wanted to see Torin I decided that I would try and at least keep him in sight and Bjorn tried running with Vaughn on his back. Torin got into first place and pretty much held that until the half way mark. I then caught up with him because at that point he had started to walk. A boy came up from behind us and of course Torin started up again. We pretty much ran together the last half. Once we saw the finish I told Torin to leave me in the dust and get his kick out. He took off and spent whatever he had left to cross the finish line.

He ended up coming in 2nd for kids and 5th overall. Even though it was only a family fun run/walk I of course was VERY proud of him. Craziest thing of all...I forgot the camera :( Oh well hopefully there will be more races to get the pictures but I will have the memory in my head forever....maybe there is hope in having a running partner :)

Batting Cages, go-carts and Sister Bay Beach

Well it was a jammed pack day of fun. We started off at Al Johnson's for a yummy breakfast and then headed to Sister Bay Beach to wonder around and look off the dock. Vaughn of course wanted to throw rocks and while I was paying more attention to him to ensure that he doesn't jump off the dock I noticed that Torin was behind a tree. A tree that was close to the main road in Sister Bay. As I noticed him behind the tree he jumped out from behind it and when he got to me I asked him what he was doing. His monotone response was "peeing". We then had a long talk about how public urination was not something that we could do. Our backyard is not public but pretty much everything else is. Oh those boys!!!

We then headed to Johnson's Park for the batting cages and go-carting. Torin was tall enough to go on the mini-carts by himself which he was pretty pumped about. Vaughn got to ride in the big go-carts but had to ride with Bjorn. This is a good thing for everything that was on the track. The last thing that I can imagine is Vaughn out in a go-cart by himself. Scary thought. Torin got the "slow" car but wasn't afraid to bump into the other boy who had the "fast" car. I knew that he had a competitve side but I didn't think that it would be in go-carting. As Bjorn told him rubbing is racing. All in all it was a great day for all of us :)

Fishing....

The highlight of Torin's Door County trip was fishing. My Mom has a trout pond in the community where she lives and Torin just thought that was the best thing EVER. He stayed with her for a week and that is what he wanted to do everyday. He is quite the fisherman in that each time he tells the story of what he caught the fish gets bigger and bigger. Also, he is definitely not afraid to hold the slimey things...yuck!

My favorite place with my favorite boys

There is a very small park that is basically a rock that goes out into Green Bay. It's a very serene place that I have always loved. The view is breathtaking and because it is just a rock there are never really people around. The boys loved it more that they could be out on the rock throwing things into the water. They are boys, aren't they. Torin was good enough to let me check some good pics of him and Bjorn. Vaughn was on a different agenda.

Door County - Fish Boil and Shopping

We had a great time visiting Noni in Door County. The boys even loved shopping with us. We didn't do a ton but there favorites were the ones the art shop that let them do chalk on the sidewalk and then Al Johnson's was good for the yummy Swedish Pancakes and meatballs then of course they loved the Viking Helmets...seems wrong that they sell these horrible things in Wisconsin :)

The fish boil was on the list of things to do as I knew that the boys would LOVE the HUGE fire from them. I was definitely right about that but I didn't think that they would love the fish as much as they did. Torin ate more of it then I did and Vaughn ate as much as I did. I didn't know that kids could love fish that much. I know I sure didn't as a kid :)

Backyard Pics

You will all be very proud of me in trying to save some money in taking my own photos this summer. This is the first that I have not taken professional pictures of the boys. I figured that with this new baby there will be tons of photos sessions to come :) Torin was great to photo, very patient, still and willing to "pose". Vaughn on the other hand was not easy and just a little monkey. We are doing a photo shoot for maternity pictures this Friday so hopefully Pam will be able to get at least one of him.

How time flies by....

Today was a big day for the Larson boys....Torin had his first sleep over at Noni's without Vaughn or Mom and Dad being close by. It's his first week vacation at Noni's house. Of course there was a lot of nerves going on for Mom and Dad too but in talking with him this morning they had already gone fishing and according to him he was having the time of his life. Good to know and definitely easing up the fears. Of course you know I'll be calling him again to check in within minutes :)

Vaughn had his first day of daycamp. He's been SO excited to go to daycamp as Torin went a couple of weeks ago and well anything that Torin does that Vaughn gets to do is SUPER exciting. We pulled in and he had his mucho walk and talk going until it was time to actually interact with people and knowing that Mom and Dad were going to leave him there. He did REALLY good but you could tell that he wasn't quite sure about what was going to happen. Bjorn picked him up today and he had a fabulous time. It did help that one of his little buddies was in the class too so at least he knew someone.

As I pulled away and started driving to work it just amazed me at the boys are having these experiences. I feel like it wasn't that long ago that they were babies or toddlers at least and now we get to start the experiences all over again. I'll admit that there was a lot of excitement for this baby and now I think that I am getting into the nervous phase of will we be able to pull this one off. Time will tell and I know that God will be there to help us through it...Lord knows I'll need it...