37 Weeks

Here is a little update about little Isaac. Tomorrow I am officially full term at 37 weeks! YAY!! We made it. I have been having minor contractions for quite a while now...about 4-5 weeks but it has never amounted to anything serious or worth counting between contractions. Last Thursday, I was dilated to only 1 cm and have only gained 10 pounds! Don't ask how I managed to do that...I crave ice cream every night too! My doctor thinks that he will come early so my Mom just bought her ticket and will be here next Tuesday, March 30th. I am excited to have her come and help me out before Isaac comes and to be here to watch Ava while I am in the hospital. I will try to keep the blog updated as much as possible.

Isaac's Baby Shower

My good friend from church, Erica, threw me a baby shower last weekend for Isaac. It was so nice of her. It was a great shower and she did a great job! Thank you so much! I got some really nice things and had a great time with all of my friends. My Mom and Mother-in-law even sent little gifts for me to open...so sweet of them to do that!

Erica and I
Guess the big day! I have the finished copy in the nursery.

One of my best friends, Shari.

A bunch of the girls from church.

Visit from Lydia

Last weekend, my best friend Lydia came down for my baby shower and to help me get everything ready for Isaac to come. She was so much help. After the shower on Saturday, we did a ton of shopping, which included me forgetting a million things and having to go back out shopping on Sunday afternoon to get the things I forgot! The joys of being pregnant! :) We had so much fun and I am completely ready for this little guy to come. We finished his nursery and also finished decorating Ava's room. I will put pictures of those up soon. Thank you so much Lydia for coming down! We love you!

Lydia and I outside after the shower.
Ava loves Lydia! How sweet!

After going out for pizza one night, Lydia was entertaining Ava outside so we could finish paying the bill. She was so excited to be eating her breadstick outside! :)

A Day in the Life...

...Of an Almost 2-Year-Old!

We started the day looking like this... Ava being goofy in the morning with her bloomers on her head (she did this all by herself... doesn't she look proud!).

...and we ended the day looking like this. This was after falling down the front steps of our porch going to get the mail (poor little thing!). Looks worse than it is (thankfully!). It was an all-around adventurous day! Let's see what tomorrow holds! :)

Hair Goodie Giveaway!

If you have a little girl, you want to enter THIS giveaway! A bunch of bows, flowers, and hats from Leslie at "One Day at a Time".

Hyper Girl!

Just a crazy little girl dancing. She refused a nap today and this was after I got her out of her bed after an hour of playing and talking. I don't think she really needed a nap today if she had this much energy. This all started with her standing on her head and doing summersaults. Then as soon as I got the camera out, she wouldn't stand on her head anymore but wanted to dance. She wouldn't let me stop taking pictures of her and loved seeing herself on the camera and computer.

I LOVE MY DADDY

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ava eating popcorn with Daddy.

Uncle Mike and Aunt Char

My Uncle Mike and Aunt Char were in the area for vacation so they stopped in at our house for a night to spend some time with Ava and I. They live in Estes Park, Colorado so unfortunately, we don't get to see them very often. But hopefully we will see them more since Papa and Nana only live 30 minutes from them. Ava really liked them and even cried after they left. They were very generous and brought her many gifts...and most of them were Mickey Mouse which she absolutely loved! We had a wonderful time visiting with them. Thank you so much for coming! We love you!

Aunt Char reading Ava a book.
Coloring her Mickey Mouse valentine's from Aunt Char and Uncle Mike. (I think Shadow wants to help!)

Putting her valentine's in her new purse.

Ava with her new purse. She loves anything that she can put things into and take them back out.

Ava with all of her gifts...Mickey and Minnie plates, valentine's, Mickey and Friends calendar, purse, and a Max and Ruby book. She still hasn't stopped carrying all of this around the entire house! She's 1 happy girl!

Baby Isaac Belly! :)

Well, some of you have asked for a belly picture. Here you go! We realized that we have completely forgotten to take pictures of the stages of my quickly growing belly. I guess it's because I started showing fairly early and we are so busy keeping up with Ava. On Tuesday, I will be 31 weeks along. It has gone by pretty fast so far but I have a feeling the next 9 weeks will not go by so quickly. I have already started having some contractions...nothing to be too worried about but I have been ordered by my doctor to "take it easy". That's hard to do with a 21 month old running around. We are slowly getting ready for Isaac to get here. Some of my good friends here are throwing me a little sprinkle in March to help celebrate. My best friend Lydia will come down that weekend to also help in the celebration and we can't wait! It's getting close and he'll be here before we know it! Can't wait for everyone to meet him!

Ava's New Table

While Grandpa and Grandma were here, we went shopping for her Christmas present. We wanted to buy her a table and chairs set and we found the perfect one at IKEA. Ava loves it and does everything at this table now, including cooking, coloring, play-doh, eating, tea parties, etc. We put it close to her kitchen and she will go back and forth pretending. It is the cutest thing ever. I will try to get a video of her soon.

Playing Tea Party with Grandpa.

Grandma's turn now!