Summer Post

I realize that I didn't finish updating on the summer!  I had a few posts from Florida but then I seemed to fizzle out before completing what we did all summer with Mike away.  So, here's a post with 1,000,000,000 pictures and some captioning to tell the story of our summer.  

Before we left for Florida, the kids and I had the unique opportunity to go to a screening of Despicable Me 2!  It was fun to be able to see it before anyone else did AND to see it free.

This was a couple days before we left for Miami.  The kids took pictures almost daily to send to daddy while he was away.

Then we drove down to Florida where we spent a TON of time in the pool.  If I had to give an estimate, I'd say they spent 3-4 hours daily in the pool.  It made for fantastic naps!

Brody's favorite part of the summer was eating dinner at the airport restaurant.  We were able to sit and eat and watch the planes take off and land.  They also had headphones where we could listen in to the air traffic control tower!  Brody was thrilled and asked daily to go back there.

This next picture was taken on the 4th of July.  Brody and Tita snuggling on the couch under the blanket that Tita made for him.  It was such a special time!

 Before we left, I picked up this massive pregnancy pillow to help prop me up at night.  The kids have both LOVED being able to snuggle up into it.  Brody spent a lot of his naps in Florida cuddled up next to it.

Here's a little extra picture from our AG store trip!  Logan with both of her babies.

Grandaddy picked up a Woody doll for Brody.  I think he must have randomly pulled on his string one naptime or night because I heard it go off and I know it scared him.  He now likes for it to sit on his bed during the day but throws him under the bed before he goes to sleep.

More pool fun!

Brody and Logan went to their first baseball game while we were in Miami!!  We watched the Marlins play the Nationals hoping that Mike would get to watch it on TV in DC but it wasn't on.  The kids had a great time, though!!

I think Brody could have stayed the entire game and been perfectly content.  We did have to bail at about 9pm before the 7th inning so they could get some sleep.

Logan, on the other hand, loved the pregame festivities (eating and music) but enjoyed taking pictures more than she enjoyed watching the actual game.

Here are the kids one night expressing their disdain at the inability to talk to their dad that night.  They have the pouts down!

They spent a LOT of time snuggling their daddy dolls while he was away.

Then of course, there are the pictures from Disney that haven't made it up yet.  This was my favorite princess picture from our lunch, Logan was SO taken with Cinderella.

Getting ready to ride Toy Story:

On the ride with Brody:

Here are the kids before we went to Disney on the second day:

Carousel riding:

Brody taking a massive nap after a rainstorm (in the wet stroller):

Cooling off after his nap:

Logan in line waiting to meet Tink:

And both kids waiting to watch the evening parade:

We had SUCH a fun summer.  We were sad to see it come to a close but are excited about the things that we're looking forward to this fall:  a trip from Papa, picking apples, making costumes for the fall festival, cooler weather, sweaters, leggings, and of course, a NEW BABY!

Family Pictures With Bump 3

We had some friends of ours go out with us to our favorite pictures spot in Wake Forest last night and snap some family pictures.  I know maternity pictures aren't everyone's thing, but I like to have them as a keepsake.  It's nice to have pictures of this time in our lives that aren't snapped quickly with the phone, and to actually have the whole family in them.  :)

Logan and Brody made their own big sister/big brother signs (B with the help of mommy, but Logan wrote hers out all on her own).

Both kids did such a good job with all of the pictures!

I really wanted the family highlighted and I think they did a great job of making sure we did that!

We're definitely getting ready for some more blue in our lives.

My baby (for now) boy is looking less and less like a baby and more like a little boy.  It's such a bitter sweet time!

And Logan hasn't looked like a baby in years but it really seems like just yesterday we were taking maternity pictures when she was still inside!

Big brother, little brother and big sister.

Again with this face!

We're counting down the days until the new little man invades our world!!

Thank you, Wilsons for taking time out of your schedule to help us capture these precious moments!!

Bump Update: 27 Weeks

We've gone under the 100 day mark!  Baby is due in 91 days (well, 91 days tomorrow, technically).  It's funny how with both of my other pregnancies when I hit this milestone it seemed like it was so close but with this one it still seems so far away.  

How many weeks: 26.6

Weight gain?  13 lbs.  

Morning Sickness?  It only strikes once and a while, anymore.  The zofran I was so reluctant to ask for has saved me from more than one night of being sick this week.

Cravings:  No big cravings.  I don't kill for anything.  Things I'm always up for having: Mexican, pizza, tomatoes.  Things I don't really want: chicken breasts (unless really tender and grilled).

Sleeping well?  Better the last two nights, only up once each night as opposed to the 3-4 times a night I had been doing.

Labor signs?  Lots of Braxton Hicks.  It happens mostly at night after the kids have gone to bed (particularly if they have an up and down night).  They're pretty painful, which I'm not used to.  The Dr. thinks he may be posterior (turned toward my spine) and said that could account for painful BH contractions.

Things I miss:  Feeling healthy and/or normal.  There have been so many random "complications" this go around, it's left me feeling worn out and ready to have this one done.  While my other two pregnancies weren't complete walks in the park, I was able to take time to really enjoy the pregnancies, this one has left me feeling worn out.  But, I know in the end this will all be over and we'll have a wonderful little blessing in our arms--it's not all in vain!  

Things I'm looking forward to:  Thanks to Mike's travel rewards, we're going to take a trip to Charlotte at the end of this week.  Just a nice time to get away as a family.  We'll also hopefully be able to pick up a couple of things for the nursery while we're there.  :)