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The Brunsy Bunch has grown!  Roman James was welcomed into the family yesterday!  Mark and I left the house at 7am for a scheduled induction.  It was a slow morning, watching Sports Center and listening to the OSU Football news over and over again!  My water was broken and a few hours later I was ready for my epidural and an hour later I had baby number two, gloppy and crying on my chest!  Yes, those were my first spoken words to my little peanut..."you're goopy"!  So loving, I know =)!

Roman is our little peanut, weighing in a 6lbs 12 oz and 20.25" long!  (I suppose that's what happens when you don't eat millions of chicken nuggets and OREOs!  (This pregnancy, it was lots of peanut butter!  Yum!)

Gramma brought Jack to meet his little brother today.  He wasn't very impressed!  He touched his blanket with a finger and spent time playing with new cars.  And my little momma's boy was clearly mad at his me!  (Mark went home for the night and as he was putting Jack to bed, he said I hurt his feelings =(.  Poor guy!  It breaks my heart!  I'll have to spend some extra time watching Cars 2 with him tomorrow when we get home!)

Sharing Cars!

What does a Hippo Say?

According to Jack:  "Bomp Bomp".  Well, bomp bomp is how I feel with every step I take!  This 9 month pregnant thing is for the birds.  Or, Hippos, Rhinos, Elephants, and Cows!

Almost 39 weeks

I am seriously cranky in my almost 39th week!  Last week I apologized to my coworkers daily.  Thankfully, they just laughed, and made me laugh!  Mark and I have bickered, over nothing.  (He doesn't get an apology, he made me this way!)  And my patience with my super sweet toddler, is short.  And, of course he gets oodles of kisses and tickles after I take my moment and take a deep breath and realize, he doesn't know any better.

That super sweet toddler did refer to be as "Big Mom" this morning as we were waking up in bed together.  And, to add a little sting to the comment, referred to Mark as "Super Dad".  Although, both are true, I can't help but want to be "Super Mom"!  (Maybe I too need a "Super" cape for Christmas ;-)!)

So, we'll just keep on trucking through our days until the newest member of the family makes his appearance. And, if you curious to know just what is on our to-do list until then, let me fill you in (aside from the normal weekly chores)!

The leaning tree that gave our front yard character lost its battle to the wind this week.  Thankfully 2 of our neighbors have chain saws we (Mark) can borrow!

The leaning tree is no more!

And, we finally have painted walls and carpet!  Hello functional playroom!  We pulled up tape (yes, that is actually a we) this morning and we (all 3 of us) started moving toys downstairs!  Now, onto the decorating =)!  I think it won't be quite as much fun as I was originally anticipating...I'd forgotten about the Bruns Coldwater Cavalier sports paraphernalia we had collecting dust in a closet, not to mention some of the other Nagel, McNick, and Anderson team items we have.  But, atleast I won't have to wander around Target deciding if I want cars, balls, trains, or dinosaurs to decorate with.  Sports theme it is!

The first round of cars!

Gobble Gobble

Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go...

Well, that song went a little differently this year!  For one, the Bruns Thanksgiving was celebrated two weeks early, and there was no traveling to Grandmother's house...rather, Aunt Erin's house it was!  And there was no white and dusty snow, but 60 degrees and sunshine!  

The kids got along great!  And Jack shared much better than he did 4 months ago at his birthday (which not only included his toys, but also his sweatshirts).  The space around the table was cozy (soon there'll have to be a kids table) and the food was delicious!

And now that Thanksgiving is done, I considered decking the halls.  That thought lasted about a minute, as I can't quite grasp the concept of hauling out all of our decorations.  Hopefully Gram and Pop will happily help us!  They did such a great job last year ;-)!