Fifteen more days -- reposted

Not sure why Blogger deleted my post! Here's another one with my big ole 37 week (now 38 week) belly. :-)

Hey, little baby

I had an ultrasound this week, and got to see baby boy again before we finally (finally!) get to meet face-to-face! So much fun getting another look at the little one who's been kicking me all this time. :-)

Here's his little foot:


And here's a profile shot, with his toes right up next to his face:


Sweet little boy, I can't wait to look at you, hold you, and snuggle with you!! I know I'm not the only one, either. :-) We are so excited about welcoming you into our family!

Bumping along

Poor third baby. I've only taken 3 belly pictures this time around, and we're getting close to the end! So here he is, or rather, here's my whopper of a belly at 34 weeks.



I'm at the point where only my large maternity shirts come close to covering my belly. Everything else looks ridiculously small. Actually, I only have one shirt that totally covers my belly. This is not it, obviously. :-)


Buttercup likes to pat my belly and say, "Baby brother get real big?" :-) Yep, and it's hard to believe that he and my belly are going to get even bigger. Grow, baby, grow!


P.S. Please ignore the water splotches on the bathroom mirror -- life is too short to Windex every day. ;-)

What have we been up to?

I've been pretty lazy about posting lately! I rarely get up early these days and have been reading during the kids' naps, which cuts down on my computer time.

Things are going well here, though! I'm almost 32 weeks pregnant now. The baby is growing fine and my belly has been measuring ahead of schedule for the past 3 OB visits. I can't remember if my belly measured big with Oliver, but I know that I started measuring small with Buttercup around 36 weeks until she was born at 39 weeks. At any rate, the baby seems to be healthy and perfect, and he's getting bigger and stronger every day! He's so big now that his movements are mostly uncomfortable for me, but I still love feeling them. It's also kind of funny when he pokes an appendage out really far and it distorts my belly -- it's really neat. Actually, baby movements are the only thing I'll miss about not being pregnant again, ha ha!

Oliver and Buttercup are both doing really well. Buttercup is turning out to be such a sweet little girl. Lately she's been more inclined to be a good friend instead of picking fights at the playgrounds. :-) She still has her feisty side though, and she's not going to let anyone push her around -- which is a good thing! It also seems like she's going to be a tomboy, not really caring for sparkly pink princess stuff (not that we have much or even any of that at home). I'm pretty relieved about that so far, since I'm not exactly a girly girl myself. Funny story -- we ran into an old friend the other day, and my friend's daughter was decked out in a matching outfit with coordinating hairbows, her hair neatly fixed, and wearing sparkly shoes. In comparison, Buttercup was wearing an outfit of her choice (pink "running" shorts and a t-shirt), with purple socks, beat-up tennis shoes, and her hair was all ratty because she doesn't like me to comb it. Awesome. :-D

Oliver is doing great at his preschool, and is always so excited to tell me about his day when I pick him up from school. And this past weekend, he looked at me and said, "Mom, I wish today was a school day." He's never said that before! I'm so happy that he loves his school so much. I think he's really going to miss it this summer. He's also continuing to do well with swim lessons. He's still nervous before his class, but he's so proud of himself and excited after it's over. And, of course, he's still really into Legos and building with them. Aunt Anna bought him a small Lego kit the other day, and he put the entire thing together by himself!! Very impressive. I don't think I could have put it together as quickly as he did. ;-)

In other news, since we have a 3 bedroom house and a baby on the way, we moved Buttercup into Oliver's room in January. I anticipated a looooong adjustment period, but it really only took a week or so for Buttercup to get used to being in a new room! They both love rooming together now, and it seems like it's brought them closer together. I'm so glad we made that decision!

That's it for now, more pictures coming soon!