20 weeks

I'm terrible at keeping up with my posts. Sorry about that. So here's an update:

We made it to 20 weeks on Wednesday.

Last week, we had our anatomy scan. Everything looked great. She had all her arms and legs, fingers and toes. The coolest picture that the sono tech took, but we didn't get a copy of, was her spine. Being able to see every individual bone in her spine was awesome. 

Here she is. Sorry about the reflection in the photo.

R is quite excited to be having a daughter. I have no idea what he plans to do with her once she's here, but he lets everyone know that he can't wait to hold her.

At 20 weeks: she measured about 10 oz. Her due date was estimated at Jan 28th, one day before the due date from my doctor. Her heartbeat was averaging 151, which matched the one the doctor got at our appointment the day before. She was moving her arms around and kept her legs tightly crossed at the knees. I have a proper little lady already.

I've been feeling her move since week 17. Right now it feels like marbles bouncing around deep inside. She likes to tap dance near my bladder though not directly on top of it yet.

The whole family is quite excited about the little girl. My mother-in-law has already gotten us some cute pink hairbands and hats. =) My mother is working on a quilt.

Even P has changed his mind about being allergic to baby girls. He loved that fact that she is the size of a banana or a cantelope. He decided that she was a baby fruit salad.

Here he is "talking" to her. He gave kisses and hugs too.

I love my family =)

We've come so far in two years

Two years ago I attended the baby shower for a dear friend from highschool.

Here we are:

This weekend I got to see these lovely ladies for another baby shower... hint: it's the one in the middle.

The baby I am holding is the second daughter of ER... she's on the right.

Here's a few more pictures beacause everone was so cute!

Here is baby I. I got to hold her before she was partied out and had to go home. Very cute little girl. 

The baby-momma. She was laughing about something, I can't remember. At least I got a good picture where she wasn't making a strange face. (Sorry QE2)

This desert was fantastic!!!! Oh my goodness. I wanted to eat three more of these and I was full before lunch was even over, thats how good they were. The shower theme was Bumble Bees as you can see. But at the bottom of my tea cup was a cute little buggy painted on the cup. I thought it was adorable.

Yay for babies!

I got my fingers crossed for July 4!

He did it!

Friday marked the end to a rather long journey. R got hired for a new job at the beginning of February. For the past eight weeks he has driven 70 plus miles to the training academy for Montgomery County, known by me as MoCO. He would get up around 4am every day, pack his lunch and leave, making the drive with a fellow hire who lives even father away than we do. But Friday was Graduation Day. I was joined by R's parents and two of his close friends from QACo. We got to listen to the MoCO Pipes and Drums and a few speeches.

The recruits were sworn in and then received certificates for completing the academy.  It was a very exciting day for everyone involved. 

Congratulations!!

Happy Birthday Grammy

It was my mom's birthday yesterday. She got many well wishes from her children, but these take the cake.

Here's a Birthday Story:

Its time for a change

About a month ago I realized that I would be spending the next eight weeks in a house by myself. What was I to do? I could laze around and re-read all my trashy novels (done this already once) or I could make myself a project. I dumped my plans on R. I was going to paint the house! In a WEEK! Oh, and I was going to hire my brother who would be on spring break. After a few months of trying to pick out colors (I didn't want to paint my house green to match my green couch and chair) we settled on a turquoisish-light green for the living room and hallway and a periwinkle blue for the kichen. I wanted to have each room a different color since our house is so small. I needed the separation. K came on monday and we started with the ceiling. We painted all day and even had to call in back up in the form of my mom and youngest brother. It was his first painting experience and we let him do the ceiling all by himself. For the most part. We finished the day by starting the cut-ins for the green walls. After three days of painting, the ceiling was done, the walls were done, the trim was done, and half of the doors were done. I spent all day Friday putting the house back together and putting the pictures on the walls.

Here is our kitchen before. Forgive the fact these are from 2008. I forgot to take "Before" pictures. Some things have changed. Alot.

The laundry/ Kitchen after

The hallway. Very bare and blank and boring.

The hallway after.

Because I had to actually go to to work and stuff, and K decided that after a week of being home he really wanted to go back to school, I didn't finish everything in a week. It took me two. But if you counted up the days I actually spent painting, it was five. I finished the doors by myself and by bestest Fellow North County Gangsta came and helped me with my bathroom. I managed to lock us in the bathroom. Good thing there was a window cause we would have been stuck there till six pm when R got home and could let us out. Yes, I jumped through the window to save our lives. It was only five feet off the ground. N kept painting. We giggled about it later.

I painted the last bathroom by myself. It took me three hours. But now I am done. .... Until I tackle the bedrooms. Ours is painted. The other two are not. But they are full of office stuff and bedroom stuff and will not get painted for another three to five years, I'm sure.

Here's my boys

How about some up-to-date pictures of the boys? Yes? OK!They like playing the basement together. P runs around and J gets into everything
This is what happens when you sword-fight with Aunt Bobby. She skewers you. This baby LOVES his puffs. And also the camera. He wanted to touch it and eat it.
And here is proof that the baby is talking.

It's time to change.

Since this summer, or maybe even longer, R has been in the porcess for a new job. It is the same type he is doing now, just a different county. Yesterday he took and passed a physical agility test. It was the last step in getting this job. I had planned a party for last night thinkging he would be done with the paperwork and such by 4 or 5 at the latest. Ha. Poor guy didn't get home until 9pm. Good thing he has such great friends who sat around and chatted and ate snacks until he got here.

Along with this job comes a new schedule for both of us. Right now R and I work the same day every four days. The new job requires him to work one every three days. We mapped it out... we'll work three days a month together, have three days where one of us is going to work as the second person is coming home, and the rest are a mix of days when one works and the other is off. Good thing we have at least a year to get used to this schedule before any babies show up. (No, no babies yet.)

I guess I've gotten pretty spoiled being able to come home and know that my husband will be home the same three days and we'll be able to get things done around the house, go on trips or just hang out. It will take some adjustments, but we can do it.

On a happy note: wouldn't you love to live here?

This is St Thomas. First port of our honeymoon. It was really hot that day.

This boat is owned by the owner of a pharmacudical company on St Thomas. More photos to come soon.