A Week of Pictures

Last week was a fun filled, busy week for us. Lucy and I had loads of fun together during the day and the fun didn't stop once Daddy came home from work. I wanted lots of fun stuff to do for Lucy, but also wanted to stay busy so that time would go by a little faster to get us closer to d-day. Let me just say the week flew by and I can't believe we are just barely over one week away from meeting our second little one!

Let me just say, Lucy is an outdoor kiddo, and Ben and I wouldn't have it any other way! I feel like the majority of the time coming inside or leaving the park results in a meltdown. And girl plays hard out there! So here are some snap shots of her in her happy place :)

So Hollywood cruising down the sidewalk in her shades ;)

Playing "soccer" with Daddy

Gorgeous day at the park

She's thinking about it...

And decides she can totally take it on ;)

Ice cream outside after dinner one night

Daisy got to go for a swim before getting an over due bath.

Lucy was pretty upset that she couldn't get in the water and swim too :(

And I am pretty sure this is the only picture I got of her sitting still all week...testing out the baby seat. She loves to sit in here! She points to it, gets really excited, and says "bebe"! :)

Excited for another fun week with this sweet little munchkin!

Solo Weekend + Baby Countdown

Another week come and gone already! This week was really busy around here and seemed to just fly by!

We are officially less than 3 weeks away from meeting this baby, and it is blowing my mind! I looked at the calendar and told Ben we have 2 weekends left to hang out as a family of 3 (this weekend will be dedicated to finishing up some projects around the house). We are totally ready at this point...hospital bag packed, nursery complete, my new pump just arrived from our insurance company, so come on baby!

I am very interested to see if I go into labor before my scheduled c-section. This would be new territory for me because I had to be induced with Lucy. Not that I have a say in the matter, but part of me wants to know what it would be like for my body to go into labor on its own and the other part of me loves the idea of having it all planned out and going in for my surgery. Time will tell :)

Last weekend Ben and Lucy headed back to Tennessee for a couple days to see a family member who is very ill. I wanted so badly to be able to go back with them but after a week of some true contractions off and on I knew I needed to stay back "just in case". So that meant a quiet, possibly relaxing couple of days for this momma! I immediately thought of all the things I could get done, but Ben reminded me that I needed to take the time to really relax and kick my feet up.

With that said, here is a look at a few things that went down over the weekend...

First things first...homemade pancakes with some yummy iced coffee! I made a nice big batch so I could freeze some for Lucy too. It was so so weird sitting down to eat breakfast in the quiet!

I read this verse from my devo in the morning and decided to post it up on the chalkboard. Good reminder :)

The dreaded washing of bottles and pump parts...ay-yi-yi...so glad this is done!

I wanted to get Ben some sort of "hospital survival kit" that was filled with goodies for him so I went out and bought a ton of sweets and treats that he loves with a couple things thrown in there for me. I ended up putting it aside in our pantry because I realized our hospital stay will look a bit differently this time as Ben will be back and forth a lot to care for Lucy. I decided to throw it in the pantry so that he has easy access to it as he is coming and going, but truth be told, he has already gotten into one bag of gummy bears, go figure ha!

It felt great to be so productive, especially in that short period of time. There is no telling when that will happen again. But I missed my two babies!! I actually sobbed like an awesome, hormonal pregnant woman as I said good bye to them at the airport and continued to have my sob fest about 20 more minutes into the drive back home. I have never been away from Lucy for more than probably 18 hours and that has just been for one overnight here and there with Ben when our family is in town to stay with her. It's crazy how a kid can sometimes make you want to pull your hair out and you sometimes day dream of having some kid-free time, then it comes and you miss them like crazy! Man oh man, that little girl has my heart! 

Here are some pictures of her while she was away...

Needless to say, I was ready for some one on one time with her and thankfully she missed me too and was incredibly attached to me all week...melt my heart!

So there was an awesome park play date to be had...

Love this sweet angel oh so much...so much that I couldn't tell her no when she wanted to go down the big slide in my lap 47,852 times, no matter how hard it was to crouch down and fit through the opening, or how bad it hurt my tail bone every.single.time. 

And just for the record, I missed Ben pretty bad too. Just sayin' baby! :)

Life Lately...

Man oh man, time has flown by since I last posted. There have been a lot of home projects, nursery decorating, getting some of Lucy's stuff out of the basement to get ready for the baby, and just general "nesting" going on around here. Now it's time to come up for air so we can be rested (if that's possible) and ready for the baby to come in about three and a half weeks.

Ben and I lay in bed at night and wonder where the time has gone. We can't believe that our sweet Lucy is turning into such a big girl, and yet we are about to go through the newborn stage again with another one when it seems like we were in it with Lucy just yesterday. Friends did tell me that the saying, "time flies" brings on a whole new meaning once you have kids, and boy is that true!

I am savoring every last minute with my precious Lucy in these next few weeks before she gives up the title of "only child'. As I've said before I can't wait to add another bundle of joy to our family and see Lucy in the role of big sister, but as d-day draws near I find myself having more and more bittersweet moments knowing her and I's time together will look different once our family grows.

She is at such a fun age (I think I say this at every age though)! Here is a glimpse of what she's been up to lately.

As we pulled stuff out of the basement we also packed away most of Lucy's winter clothes, but she didn't want to part with everything ;) 

This was a fun afternoon at the park. Daddy came home early from work, which we love so we got to go on a little park date as a family. This little girl loves her daddy! I think he gets bonus points nowadays too because he can fit down the slide and in the swing with her and has endless energy like her to keep up ;) This park date also ended with a trip for some fro yo...BEFORE dinner! Whoop whoop! 

Speaking of her love for her daddy :) We really need to buy her a play lawn mower so she can follow him around in the yard. If daddy is doing it, and it involves being outside its a double bonus!

She looks so grown up in this picture...and just like daddy's mini me, which we already knew.

She also finally got her first haircut! Yay! I procrastinated getting it done because her hair is long enough to put in pigtails (which is freakin adorable) and I didn't want someone to butcher it. She did awesome though, and the lady that cut it just cleaned up the ends so mommy was still satisfied with the length. Win, win!

Can we talk about how much we love sweets in our house?! I have always had a huge sweet tooth, tack on pregnancy and look out! Ben has a sweet tooth too, but I definitely give him a run for his money ;) So our kid...yep, makin' momma proud! She just about took down the entire drumstick! Since this photo, I have gone to Costco to buy the big box of Nestle desserts. We don't like to share when it comes to dessert ;)

This picture almost doesn't need words. It really describes her spunky little personality pretty well I'd say. She is my little firecracker! I can't wait to have my energy back so I can keep up with her and join in all her shenanigans! 

A Day In The Life...

I really enjoy reading other people's "day in the life" posts so I thought it would be fun to do one of my own.

I have really been trying to focus on soaking up all this individual time with Lucy that I have left over the next 3 months. As excited as I am to have another little blessing coming along, I am really going to miss my endless time with Lucy. It has made me want to do so many more fun things with her in the next few months.

Here is a typical day for us right now...while the Colorado weather has been gorgeous! ;)

7:00am- Force myself to get out of bed, Lucy has typically been stirring around for about 10-20 minutes now.

7:15am- Lucy and I head out to the kitchen to get breakfast going for both of us. This morning, oatmeal and fruit for her. We are currently working on our spoon skills ;)

8:00am- We get out a bunch of toys to play with while momma drinks her coffee.

9:30am- By this time, we are both usually dressed and we tidy up a bit before we get out of the house to play. We either walk around the neighborhood or go to the park for some fresh air. Yesterday was a park day so today we take Daisy and stroll around the neighborhood for a while. Lucy could do this for a long time. She loves picking up rocks, pine cones, and sticks and throwing them into the street. 

11:00am- Lunch time! We both sit down and somewhat eat together. My kid inhales her food so usually by the time I finish making my lunch she is done with hers, but we try to have that "family" lunch thing going for us. After this we do some type of activity that allows her to wind down a bit before her afternoon nap. We'll do puzzles, read books, or color for a little while.

12:00pm- Nap time! Lucy is down to one nap a day now but we are still working on pushing back her nap time. I would love to get her nap time pushed back closer to one and I know we'll get there eventually, but for now she is usually pretty wiped out and ready for a snooze at noon. During this time I try to get done what all moms do (everything right?!) but this afternoon I decide that I can't keep my eyes open either so after a little laundry I lay down on the couch to try and snooze. Lucy is pretty consistent at sleeping an hour and a half right now so about 30 minutes into my nap I hear her on the monitor. 

1:30pm- As soon as I hear Lucy on the monitor I want to kick myself for taking my little cat nap because now I feel super groggy, but I go in and greet my little munchkin with a smile and she returns the favor :)

2:00pm- Groggy feeling is not going away so I convince myself that it will be ok if I have a second cup of coffee just this one day! Time for a Starbucks run with all the girls!

2:30pm- We get back home and since the weather is still nice we head out into the backyard for some playtime while momma sips on her yummy iced coffee and feels the baby doing crazy back flips from  the extra dose of caffeine. 

One of Lucy's favorite things to do in our backyard is step on and off our patio step thats right off of our back door. She gets a big kick out of it and could do this for an hour.

Gotta love that sweet little hand reaching our for momma's finger every time she wants to get down.

4:00pm- We head inside, play some more, and rehydrate while momma catches her breath. Good gracious, am I getting easily winded these days! 

5:00pm- Usually around this time, I start on dinner. Recently, we discovered Lucy's love for the movie Finding Nemo. I'm not big on letting her sit in front of the tv to watch things but this is great for while I'm trying to cook dinner. It really only holds her attention for about 15 minutes but that allows me enough time to get food started and figure out another activity for us to do while I try to finish up dinner. 

Tonight, she doodles on the chalkboard for a bit, then mostly puts the chalk in the bag and dumps it out and repeats ;)

5:45pm- Ben is home from work whoo-hoo!! We usually have a little dance party when he gets home. Currently we play Thriller and Daddy and Lucy dance while I get dinner on the table. Ben taught Lucy how to put her hands up from the Thriller dance then they move back and forth across the kitchen doing it. It's quite possibly the funniest thing ever! 

6:15pm- Lucy gets in the tub for her bath. She loves taking a bath and usually cries when it's time to get out. After this, we brush teeth and read books before bedtime.

7:00pm- Bedtime! Lucy sacks out pretty quickly then Ben and I have some time to relax before my tired, pregnant self calls it a night around 9:30. Kind of lame, I know. 

It's only been a few weeks since I stopped working, but it has been fun so far and I'm loving my time with my little Lucy!