You know what stinks about being back at work...

Ely just rolled over for the first time and I missed it!!!
At least Brian got it on video so I can watch it when I get home.

Yesterday was my first day back at work after having 12 weeks off to stay home with my family.
Sorry no picture right now, but Ely now weighs 15 pounds 5 ounces (94th percentile) and is just over 25 inches long (92nd percentile). In one week he will be three months old. I will try to post some pictures soon!

A few pictures

Ely hit the two month mark on December 3rd. He is growing so fast. As you can see from this picture, he is not starving!! He weighs 14.5 pounds. He is a great baby and we love having him in our family. Ely has started to laugh and he has a great smile. It has been so much fun staying home with Eva and Ely. I'm not really looking forward to going back to work after Christmas (even though I love my job). It's just so much fun being with these two kids all day and seeing Brian more often. Here is Ely with his new cousin, Mataya (Jeff and Megan's baby). She was born on November 30th. She is a cute little girl. My sister Becky also had a baby last week on December 4th. She had a boy and his name is Adam. I don't have his picture yet because they live in California, but they are coming for Christmas. Yippee!!

Here is my Dad with Mataya. What a proud Grandpa!! He just loves having so many granddaughters. (12 granddaughters and 4 grandsons)

We put up our Christmas tree yesterday. I was letting Eva put most of the ornaments on. If you can tell from the picture, they are all in the same place! She was a great help though and had lots of fun putting up the decorations.

Eva's 3rd Birthday...and 1st Haircut

Our baby girl is three years old!!

Eva is such a joy to have in our lives. She makes us laugh every day. She has a great imagination and spends alot of her day pretending to be a horse! She loves horses. Eva is very smart and we are amazed at the things she says. She likes to take things apart for some reason. If she finds a string or a rope it will most likely end up being tied around one of her stuffed animals. She loves hot dogs. She absolutely adores her Daddy!! Whenever she looks at words she always points out her letters - E, V, and A. If we get upset with her she tells us to be happy. Then she says, "I love to be happy." She is just the cutest little girl I know!! We love her so much! Happy Birthday, Eva!!Aunt McKenzie helped me with Eva's cake. Actually, all I did was bake the cake...she did the hard work of decorating. Eva had been telling me for two months that she was going to have a pink cake for her birthday and she loved this one. Aunt McKenzie gave Eva her very first haircut. She cut off about 3 inches and it made Eva look older instantly!
This is how she shows she is 3 years old...and she came up with that herself!

Ely's Blessing

Ely was blessed on Sunday. He wore the same thing Brian wore when he was blessed. It was made by Brian's Grandma. Ely is bigger than Brian was, though; the vest part barely fit around Ely's belly! He looked very cute. We had lots of family come to support us. We had lunch at our house afterwards with 48 people!! We were grateful to have everyone here. Thank you!!

Happy Halloween from the Grimms

Eva made a very cute little Tinkerbell. She had fun dressing up and getting all the treats she got!

Ely didn't really have a costume, but he did have some vampire pajamas and a pumpkin onesie that he looked great in!Ely is 4 weeks old today and growing quickly. On Tuesday (the 26th) he weighed 10 pounds 15 ounces...I am sure he is well over 11 now!!

Two Weeks Old...and Brian Got a Deer!!

Eva loves her little brother, Ely

(pronounced Ee-lie for anyone who wasn't sure).Ely had his two week checkup yesterday (was two weeks old on Sunday). The doctor said he was perfect; of course, we already knew that!

He weighed 9 pounds 14 ounces. He is in the 78th percentile for weight.

He measured 22 inches long. He is in the 88th percentile for height.

Ely is growing so fast! He is a great baby. He loves to sleep and eat and is on a pretty good schedule. Thankfully, he sleeps really well at night. We are very blessed. Brian got his deer, so we'll have something to eat for the next year! Hope it's good!! Now he has moved on to pheasant season. Besides hunting and hanging out with us, Brian is studying hard for his classes; that keeps him pretty busy.

Ely (1 week old) and Mommy.Ely (1 week old) playing cards with Daddy.

Chalk one up for the Grandsons!!

Here are a few pictures...

I walked in the Run With the Big Dogs 5K on Saturday and pushed Eva in the stroller. (Brian ran the race with Dutch.) I think that might have helped me start my labor! We went down to Hazelton Saturday night and stayed the night at my parent's house. Sunday morning I woke up to a contraction at about 3 a.m. I started having them about every 15 minutes, trying to sleep in between. Brian woke up at 7:30 and I told him we should probably go home. So, we left Eva with my parents and headed back. We were at home for awhile and then went to have my midwife check me at 11:30. She said I was a good 5 and 100%, so we walked over to Labor & Delivery to check in. Everything went well and I was able to make it with no medication or anything again, so I was very happy...not that it was easy! At 5:02 p.m. on Sunday, Oct 3rd, Brian announced proudly announced that we had Ely Thomas Grimm. Good job to everyone who guessed boy!!

He weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. He is a good eater and a good sleeper. He has all ten fingers and all ten toes and is a very healthy boy. The new big sister. She is warming up to the idea! We are so blessed to now have two beautiful and healthy children.

Make Your Guess!! I'm 39 weeks!

I am now 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant!! My due date is Sunday. We are way excited to meet this new little one, but are waiting very patiently.
If you would like to make a guess at the birth date, gender, height, weight, etc. of our new baby, you can click below. Just a game, I don't have any money for the winner, but if you come visit I will let you hold the baby!

Here are a few details to help with your guess:
Our due date is Oct 3rd.
Eva was born five days late.
Eva was 7 pounds 13 ounces.
Eva was 20.5 inches long.
We did not find out if our baby is a boy or a girl.

Have fun!

Simplot/Greenway 5K & 38 weeks

We did the last 5K in the Fun Run Series on Saturday, the 18th. Brian ran for a time of 25:58. My Mom came and walked with me and Eva. I thought I might die pushing Eva up the first hill, but we made it and finished with a time of 59:16. We enjoyed the beauty of the Portneuf Greenway. Crossing the finish line.

The Grimm family after the race.

I know, my belly is huge!! In this picture I am 38 weeks pregnant (technically 37 weeks and 6 days). So, now it is the 22nd and I am 38 1/2 weeks pregnant. My due date, Oct 3rd, is coming quickly. Knowing me, it will come and go and you will hear a few days later that we finally had our baby...we will see!Thank you Mom for coming to walk the race with me. You did awesome!! Eva had lots of fun playing with you during your visit.

Yummy - Mud Pies

I remember making mud pies in the field when I would go out with my dad to change the water. Now I really do make things without sugar...hopefully people don't think they taste like mud!!

Hunting at 36 weeks

Ok, I wasn't actually hunting, but Brian was. On Saturday morning Eva and I did get up at 5:30 to go out hunting with Brian. We all got on our camo and went out looking for deer. Right now Brian is bow hunting for a deer in an area around Pocatello. We did see a few does and a nice buck Saturday morning, but Brian didn't get to harvest anything. Hopefully he will before the baby gets here, which is only in about 3 1/2 weeks!!!

Lindsay at 36 weeks.
Brian and Eva hunting.

The Rush Triathlon

Brian did the Rush Triathlon last weekend (the 21st). He did a great job and improved his time from last year! Brian says I need to do the trithlon next year. Crazy! I ran a half marathon five years ago and the thought of doing a triathlon kind of scares me. I could do it with a team....I volunteer for the running part! Me, Eva and Brian right before they took off on the swim. My brother Jeff also did the triathlon. Good job!! Brian coming out of the water from his 1/2 mile swim. Brian coming in from his 14.2 mile bike ride. Eva, Kierra, and Mel waiting in the stands to cheer in Jeff and Brian. Brian just crossing the finish line from his 3.1 mile run. Eva and Daddy after the race. My sister Marcy is the one that got Brian started doing triathlon's last year. Brian and Marcy both did this triathlon last year. She is on a mission right now in Alabama, but she still pushed Brian through this race!

Sleepy Bones!!

Eva was apparently pretty tired on Sunday evening. She fell asleep like this around 5:30 p.m. Brian took her to her bed and we had to wake her up the next morning!! I thought it was so cute when I saw she was asleep there.

The Derm Dash 5k

We did our monthly 5k race on Saturday. Brian did the run and improved his time to 25 minutes flat. Brian's sister, Melanie, came and did the walk with me. We took our sweet time and enjoyed the nice weather and took almost 53 minutes. I pushed Eva in the stroller and she fell asleep about half way through. Lindsay and Mel crossing the finish line.

(Eva is not with us because Brian walked back to us after he finished and took the stroller.)

Brian & Lindsay after the race.
Mel & Lindsay after the race.
Can you see my nice round belly? 33 weeks now...only 7 weeks to go!!!

Brian & Mel after the race.

Eva after the race just hanging out in the stroller watching Up on the iPod.

Brian and I both won prizes, too!!

The next race is September 18th for anyone who wants to come and run with Brian or walk with me and Eva!!

29 1/2 Weeks Pregnant

Only about 10 weeks to go till our baby will be here!!

Here is the 29 week belly shot. ;)Okay, really Brian's belly looks nothing like that. They had this pregnancy belly at the Motherhood Maternity store. That is pretty close to what my belly looks like now, though!

I had training in Boise on Wednesday, so Brian and Eva came with me. We had lots of fun. We went to eat at Joe's Crab Shack Tuesday night. Of course, I had a plain old cheeseburger. I am not a seafood person. Eva and Brian went to Zoo Boise. Eva had lots of fun seeing all the "aminals." I thought this was an interesting photo. Yeah, that's Eva in the pink shirt climbing into the back end of a giraffe......really it is a big giraffe slide. I love these two and was so glad they got to come with me!!

The Life Run 5k

We ran in another 5k on Saturday. It was a good run. I don't think I did too bad for being 6 months pregnant! My time was 35 minutes 44 seconds. I walked for a bit of the uphill part, but that's okay. I am pretty sure I will be walking the whole race next time. As you can see, my belly is getting pretty big now! Brian improved his time from the last race and finished in 26 minutes 51 seconds.
The next race is going to be August 14th at 8 a.m. Let me know if you want to come and walk with me or run with Brian. It's only 3 miles and it is all flat!! And I'll probably be pushing Eva in the stroller.Eva helping us stain the deck. She wants to "help" with everything these days. She is getting really good at putting away the silverware. She likes to group similar items together.

Eva in the Newspaper

Eva had her picture in the local paper yesterday. This is what the article said:

Appreciation banquet held

Mariska Smith, 3, and Eva Grimm, 2, were enjoying their afternoon at the recent 10th annual public service appreciation and veterans appreciation barbecue hosted by Jared and Michelle Clinger of Colonial Funeral Home. This year’s menu was especially tasty due to the culinary talents of John Perkes, owner of FAT BBQ and full-time employee of Colonial Funeral Home.

Each year, all law enforcement agencies — Pocatello Police, Chubbuck Police, Pocatello Fire Department, Chubbuck Fire Department, Idaho State Police, Idaho State University public safety, and Bannock County Sheriff Department, as well as all Pocatello veterans and their families — were invited to come and enjoy brisket, ribs, pulled pork, and chicken.

Perkes has won regional awards for his barbecue rubs and sauces. This year he is looking forward to a national barbecue event in Kansas City.

Clinger added, “We should be grateful to all public safety personnel and veterans who have made and continue to make this country the greatest on earth.”

Heart & Sole 5K

Brian and I ran in another 5K on Saturday. I was really happy with my time...33 minutes. The race started and ended at the new hospital they are building up on the hill. The first half was great because it was all downhill, but then we had to go back up...which wasn't as great. But we made it. I let Brian take off ahead of me in the beginning since we didn't have Eva in the stroller this time. He finished five minutes before me. I'm so grateful he wants to run with me. It helps me stay motivated! Here we are after the race. Thank you to Brian's sister, Charmaine, for bringing Eva to meet us at the finish line. I think we would have died trying to push her back up the hill in the stroller! You can see my belly in the picture. I am now 23 weeks pregnant (around 5 months). When I was pregnant with Eva, I ran until I was 30 weeks and then stuck to walking.

The next race is on July 10th, so if anyone wants to come and run and/or walk with me and Brian, that would be awesome!!!

Eva and Aunt Charmaine after the race.

20 Weeks and the Ultrasound

Here I am, 20 weeks along. That's halfway!! Everything is going really well and we had our ultrasound yesterday. The baby looks great.The profile.

The arms/hands.

The feet. And no, we didn't find out if the baby is a boy or a girl, purposely. We can't wait for the surprise!!