Oh Brother!

So.. a few days ago.. after I put the new "rainforest sounds" in Evan's crib, I go in the room to vacuum and out of the corner of my eye I see Evie IN the crib playing with it. I had to take a picture.. she knows that she's not allowed in his crib.. but she can't resist... Today, I put a new mobile on the other side of the crib, later I go looking for Evie and I find her laying in the crib again, this time with a pacifier in her mouth and looking up longingly at the little bears.. she looked as if she could be falling asleep, so I quietly got the camera out but once I took the closeup picture, she was ready to get out. I should have let her fall asleep first.. that would have been a funny picture! (Not to mention I could have napped)




She's getting pretty excited about the baby coming.. My sister sent a package of things that she bought and made for Evan, and she wrapped the diapers individually in ribbons, so Evie wanted to take all of the ribbons off and straighten and stack the diapers by herself. She said that she needed a big sister job to do.. I was more than happy to let her do it! And she did a great job!

I don't think it's gonna be too much longer.. in the past couple of days I have been feeling pretty miserable.. the movement in my belly has gotten very low and painful.. last night Joe and I went out for dinner and I thought I was going to pass out at the table.. got pale, had contractions every half hour for a few hours... then they subsided. This morning, after Joe left for work, I spent the morning on the toilet.. (too much info, I know), but again, I'm not feeling so well.. I don't think I'm getting sick, I think my body is getting prepared. Who knows... a mother's intuition is usually the right one.. (Joe always says that to me :o) )
Lots of lower back and abdomen contractions.. although they always go away. (Just had one) Anyway.. Evie is playing in the house right now with Evan things.. pacifiers, plastic keys... didn't know those things were so much fun for 4 uear olds LOL I still have to wash everything anyway.. so I figure.. play with them now, Evie.. you're not doing it after Evan gets here! LOL

Which one is the real girl?

I thought this was a funny image so I took a pic with the camera phone... Evie with her "girls" at Kohl's LOL
What a freak!

34 weeks

This is a pretty terrible picture of me.. we had just gotten home from the pool, but I wanted to snap a quick shot..
34 weeks now.. almost there.. I have one more visit to the doctor this Tuesday before I start going every week. I'm getting so big and uncomfortable at this point.. the doctor says I am maintaining my weight well and not gaining too much, but I am definatly getting bigger! It's all baby! We have decided on a name, for anyone that we haven't told yet.. It wil be Evan Matthew. So we will have our Evan and Evie... too cute, huh?
He's so active in the womb, makes me nervous that he will be a hellraiser.. but the doctor says that just means that he is very healthy.. and I'm glad of that.
I have decided that I will only work two days a week the next three weeks and then take my leave.. unless I just can't handle it anymore.. everyday that I get to work, I feel like I can't do it. We just get so busy there and it seems like there's no time to relax. I feel under pressure to perform at my regular speed and then I'm hurting when I get home, not to mention my ankles and feet are swollen. On my days off, I can at least take a short nap, or sit with my feet up.. I've actually been spending alot of time in the pool with Evie. Her swimming has gotten so much better (it was already great), and I am getting a killer tan! The heat is a bit much for me, but I just get into the pool and relax when it's too hot.. it's the walk back to the car that gets me.. I can never wait to get home and climb into bed for a nap while Evie watches a movie or takes a nap herself.
Anyway.. pregnancy is going well.. but I can't wait for it to be over!

Happy Father's Day

Hello everyone!
We had a lovely day in this 93 degree heat. We took Daddy to Cracker Barrell for breakfast, then took Evie to the eye doctor for a checkup, then to the pool.. which was wonderful! Dads got in for free today and it wasn't all that busy.. the water was perfect.. and we forgot just how hot it was outside.
Then we had an ice cream at Dairy Queen and dropped off a card to Grandpa Hoctor.. then home to relax.. Evie and I are sitting around listening to songs from the movie "Chicken Little".. not sure if there is a soundtrack for it, but I found a few of her favorite songs from the movie on Limewire to download.. we ended up with "Don't Go breaking my heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee, "Shake a Tail Feather" by the Cheetah Girls, and "If You Wanna Be My Lover", (really called "Wannabe"), by the Spice Girls.. I was kinda hoping to find the versions sung by the cast from Chicken Little, (Steve Zahn and Joan Cuzack), but had to settle for the origionals.. Evie still thinks it's great.. she's dancing around me as I type.
It wouldn't be a good blog if I didn't add a few pics of Evie! I took a few yesterday after putting her new ponytail in from Libby Lu's.. it's an awesome hair extention that matches her hair perfectly.. we wore it to breakfast this morning, too.. and to the eye doctor.. everyone there commented how long her hair was getting.. (he he heh)..




Here's the one from breakfast this morning.. we were sitting outside of Cracker Barrell.. Daddy is smiling for the camera, but Evie wouldn't look at me.. I used the camea phone so the quality isn't as great.. but you get the idea! Hope everyone had a nice day!

Libby Lu's.. again.. with a friend

Well.. we went to Libby Lu's in Chicago again, this time with my friend, Dee and Evie's friend, Brynn. The girls had a great time getting their makeovers.. they both picked the "Disco Diva" hair this time.. complete with pink and blonde hair extentions. We also took them to the Rainforest Cafe, where they loved the "thunder and lightening storms"!

Best friends

Evie played with her friend, Brayden this morning.. the two swam in the pool, ate lunch together, and swang on the swings together.. I snapped a few shots but the best shots of all were the ones that I found on Kylla's blog.. she managed to find a picture of Evie and Bray when they were babies in almost the same pose! I hope she doesn't mind, but I had to post them here as well.. I was in tears when I saw them!



Just priceless!

Here are the ones that I shot today.




And later, Evie and I went to the Sholem Pool and her friend, Brynn was there.. I thought they looked cute in their goggles together swimming underwater..

A Baby Shower

Today while my little girl was fishing with her Daddy and Grandpa, friends of mine threw me a baby shower! It was a lovely day and fun to just hang out with the gals!
Got lots of cute and much needed things for the new baby boy! We saved a few of the large things that we had when Evie was a baby, but most things, after 4 years, we needed to replace and since this is a boy, most things of Evie's were not gender appropriate anyway :o)
My friend, Dee was kind enough to open her home up to our friends and a few of my coworkers, as well as getting the most beautiful and best tasting cake I have ever had, Kylla headed the games and helped with decorating, Amy made the punch, my mother-in-law brought food, and Donita took pictures for me! It was certainly a group effort and I appreciate everything that was contributed.. I couldn't ask for nicer friends and family!
Here are just some of the pictures that Donita took today!





The beautiful and delicious cake!


The clay babies that we all sculpted as a shower game.. mine was TERRIBLE!



Pictured are Katie, Kylla, my mother-in-law, Dori, and Juli.