Only in Colorado

Only in Colorado can we get about a foot of snow in 1 week then have 60-70 degree weather the next. I love it!!! Today since it is so beautiful out and 60 degree's outside, my friend and I took Sydney and Avery to the park. However, when we got to the park it was covered in snow.. so typical. So I put Sydney's snow boots on and she and Avery played for about an hour or so. Tiffany and I were laughing how funny this situation really is. This can only happen in Colorado, having your children play outside in 60 degree's with snow boots on. Anyways, since my bags are all ready to go to the hospital ( camera included) we have no pictures. It really doesn't matter anyways, Sydney had a blast playing outside and that is what matters to me.

Don't Laugh...

So this is me at 38 weeks. Okay, now I can officially say that I am huge!!! It seems like the entire pregnancy has gone by so fast, but these last couple weeks have been going by soooo slow. Is she ever going to come? Not only is the time going by slow, I am slow as well.  I have the energy level of a 90 year old and even get exhausted by just taking a shower. I  forget how big I really am ( from where I am looking at myself I don't seem that big) that is until I actually look in the mirror and go ...WOW. Even in going through the drive through I am getting comments like " Wow you are really big". Seriously, that is what she said.... um thanks? But we are completely 100% ready now. All the bags are packed and ready to go and I am secretly hoping that my doctor will just send me over to the hospital after my appointment on thursday, but we will see. As of last week I was 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced, so hopefully there will be more development this week. Either way hope everyone is doing well and we will let you all know when our little girl Bella wants to make her first appearance to the world. Only 9 more days to go... yeah!!!

4 Year Anniversary

On Thursday was Quinton and I four year anniversary. Actually, we both were really busy on thursday so we celebrated on Saturday. It was perfect, we got a babysitter ( thanks Nana and Papa) then went out to a really nice romantic restaurant called The Craftwood Inn. Our table was right next to the fireplace and we had a fabulous 4 course dinner. Soooooo good. It was wonderful to just have a nice evening with Quinton to just talk. This date was also our last before we have our sweet little Bella, so it was perfect timing. Quinton is the perfect guy for me and an amazing father. Thanks sweetheart for 4 fabulous years and an eternity more!!!

I am getting huge!!!!

This is my belly at 36 1/2 weeks. Only 2-3 more weeks left. So far everything is going great. I am still going to my doctor every week ( which Sydney loves because she get's to stay with Grandma during my appointments). Bella is still down and I am pretty sure that she has also "dropped", but who really knows right? Our bags are 90% packed ( I am paranoid since they induced me with Sydney right after a doctors visit so I am starting to bring everything down with me for the appointments just incase they do that again). It still amazes me that this pregnancy is so different from Sydney, I still have no swelling on my feet and no Carpel Tunnel. I have no idea how I managed this but hopefully I can do that again with future pregnancies. We are just getting so excited to see our little Bella soon. We will let you all know when she starts coming. And yes, they are still planning on inducing me at 39 weeks if everything is going well.

Some very exciting news

Yesterday was my weekly doctors appointment and I found out that Bella has Turned!!! For those of you that did not know, she has been breech until now and my doctor was starting to talk about "turning her" or a "C- Section". Personally neither one of those sound good so I was over ecstatic when I found out that she turned. I guess that exercise that he told me to do really works. O Thank you Bella for doing that. Mommy loves you so much!!! However, they still plan on inducing me at 39 weeks or around April 1st ( An April fools baby). Only 4 more weeks to go...

Story Time with Dr. Seus

               Today Tiffany and I took the girls to the library for a Dr. Seus story time. They read and acted out Dr. Seus books then had a cute activity for all the kids to do after. Sydney and Avery loved it but probably their favorite part was after when most of the kids left and they just went around got all of these books and sat and pretend to read. It was so cute. I think we will definitely take them back to the library.

The lady acting out "Horton hears a who"

Sydney pretending to read a big chapter book

Such big girls reading

                                                  Inspiring a life long love of reading

Bella's Baby Shower

Over the weekend my dear friend Tiffany threw me a baby shower for Bella. It was so sweet and nice of her to do that ( especially since this is my 2nd girl). It was small but wonderful shower that I had. The food was great.... parfaits and brownies... yummy. Bella got some really cute stuff and I can not wait until she get's here. Sydney had a blast and was just so excited to be going to a "party" even though it was not for her. It was a great day and thanks to Tiffany it was even a better day. Thanks Tiffany, you are great friend.

Tiffany, baby Aric and I

My mom and I

Me and my sweet Sydney

Sydney and her BFF Avery... what great smiles

                                                     The great food that we had

A new Baby girl

So one of the best parts of this pregnancy is that my sister and I were pregnant at the same time. Well, she is actually 4weeks ahead, but still that is close. Anyways, she just had her little girl today. Welcome to the world Kirsten Elizabeth weighing at 9 lbs even and 20 1/2 inches long. May I add that my sister had her at 38 weeks or 2 weeks early and Kirsten was still 9 lbs... wow. We are so excited to have little Kirsten in our family. Congrat's Tara and David and we can not wait till we get to see her. We love you guys



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Sydney's Dance Class

This week I took Sydney to a "Creative Movement Dance Class" for toddlers. I was unsure how she would do at first but after the first 5 min. she was great. She loved the class and I think I will definitely try to take her back again. I love all these little toddler classes that they do now. I think they are awesome and help little kids in so many different ways. It was so much fun seeing her dance, move and jump. But most of all I was happy to see her having a good time.

Not quite sure on what is going on

Time to move and run... go Sydney

I have no idea what kind of smile this is

Jumping through the hula hoops... she loved this the most

Dancing with the pretty ribbons

             A great big smile at the end of class.... yeah!!!

Taking it easy....

So last week I had a really busy day, going to my doctors appointment, help make curtains and a whole bunch of stuff. That night I started to get some Braxton hicks ( fake contractions for those who don't know) and low and behold I had 9 Braxton hicks in 30 min. That is not good, so I called my doctor just like I was suppose to and basically they told me I have to take it easy from now on. Is that even possible with a 2 year old? So I have limited myself to do 1 busy task a day. This may sound easy for some, however, I am having the hardest time with it. It seems like as soon as I sit down to rest my mind comes up with more things for me to do. So frustrating. I feel the worst for Sydney, I am trying to give her as much of my attention and love as possible before Baby Bella comes but a 2 year old does not understand "taking it easy" to well. I have come up with a couple of games that I can do sitting down and we read lots of stories. Anyways, I am getting better and besides that everything is going great with the pregnancy.

 At my last ultrasound ( yes, I still get them weekly from now on) they told me that Bella's weight was 4 lbs 8 oz. I about had a heart attack. She is going to be huge is what I told the lady and she predicted that if Bella continues to grow at the pace she is, she will be about 7- 7 1/2 lbs. I know that is average for babies but when your last child was 5 lbs 11 oz, 7 lbs seems huge. But I guess only time will tell. We are just glad that she is a growing healthy baby girl.

Hide and Go Seek

So one of Sydney's favorite things to do right now is play hide and go seek. I love how her little brain works.... "Maybe if mommy can't see my face she can't see me at all". It is so funny and literally she could do this all day. Can you spot Sydney where she is hiding? We love you baby girl.

Lost

So Quinton and I have a confession. We have heard from so many people that the series "LOST" is really good and addicting. So we decided to try it out ourselves, we started from the very begging renting from blockbuster. Let me tell you, this is the way to watch a series, no commercials, and you do not have to wait a week for a new episode. Needless to say we are halfway through the 5th season. As soon as we get Sydney down for the night, it is like we can not wait to get it started. Quinton says it is like a movie that never ends. My point is that we LOVE LOST and can not wait until the Final season comes out on DVD. Anyone know how long that actually does take?