Warning! - Belly shots

My mom took some belly shots of me today. I will be 35 weeks tomorrow. She did a great job especially considering I was a crab the whole time and she didn't know how to use my camera! I absolutely LOVE the first one! After my mom took the pictures of Sydney and I, I took some Christmas pictures of Sydney. Enjoy and P.S. thank God for photoshop ;)

Picture with Santa

We went to the mall yesterday to see Santa. Yes I know that it is a little early but I didn't want to take a chance on Sydney missing out with all the baby stuff to come. We waited in line for all of 5 minutes, yes I said 5 minutes. Sydney got a really cute picture and actually got to sit on Santa's lap and talk to him for a few minutes. It wasn't the assembly line of kids being rushed through. I know she loved it but I couldn't stop smiling watching her. My heart just melted listening to her talk to him. She has grown and changed so much this last year. I put her Santa picture up from last year to show you all how much.

Brunch with the girls

I have to say that I am blessed in this life with the friends that I have made. I had brunch on Saturday with some of my favorite people to celebrate Hayden. Jamie and Kate, Kristi, Annie, Nerissa and Giada and of course my mom were all there. We met at The Farm at South Mountain. It was a beautiful day, great food and even better company. The girls got me the high chair I wanted and some big sister jammies for the big sister (she has been wearing them since yesterday!) They also gave me a Target gift card and I finally got some belly shots! I will be 32 weeks on Monday and am so grateful to have made this milestone. Thanks girls for celebrating my baby with me!

Halloween!!!!

Sydney was Supergirl, something she picked out herself. We got a costume magazine in the mail and saw it and had to have it. When we went to pick it up it was like I handed her the moon she was so excited which more than made for my slight disappointment in her choice. It actually ended up being super cute (haha) and even more special because it is the first costume that she picked out herself. We were invited over to my friends Erica and Keiran's house for Halloween festivities. We had a blast. Good food, good people, great neighborhood for trick-or-treating. Everyone was sitting out in their driveways handing out chocolate. That's right folks Sydney got a whole bucket full of only the good stuff after going around the block. There was even a house with a HUGE pirate ship. I felt like I was at Disneyland in the Pirates of the Caribbean it was so amazing.










Here is a picture of Keiran's cool new garage floors that I thought all of you ASU fans would appreciate. I know Sydney and Addyson enjoyed it!

School picture

So sorry for the lack of updates! I pretty much have enough energy to work and lay on the couch. Anyway Sydney got her school pictures done about a month ago and we finally got them. I think it turned out pretty cute, especially since the brilliant people who scheduled the pictures thought it would be a good idea to do the preschoolers at noon. Yes at noon, after they had played for 4 hours and had lunch! Whatever. On the baby front, she is getting bigger and bigger and along with my belly so are my butt and thighs. Ugggg! Oh well what do you do. I have been having alot of regular contractions, but was thankfully blessed with a cervix of steel. We are all starting to get really excited to meet this little girl. She just needs to stay put for at least 7 more weeks.

An early morning conversation and random updates

Sometimes the conversations I have with Sydney just floor me. I have no idea where she comes up with some of the things she says. This is one we had on Friday morning before school.

Me: What kind of sandwich do you want in your lunch today, turkey or peanut butter and jelly?
Sydney: I want peanut butter and the jelly that looks like blood.
Me: The jelly that looks like blood? I guess that means strawberry!

Seriously.

Sydney also went to the dentist on Wednesday and she did an amazing job. She sat so still while they cleaned and examined her teeth. I was very proud of her. She also got to tell the dentist that she doesn't suck her thumb anymore. That's right folks! After about 2 months of wearing thumb guards and lots of tears we have broken the thumb habit!!!!!!!!!!! She got to pick out a special prize and got a lot of praise from everyone at the dentists office.




For obvious reasons we are a little obsessed with babies and pregnant tummies at our house. I took this one this morning after Sydney saw some adorable baby scrubs that my sweet and very generous friend Nerissa got for Hayden as a viability gift (24 weeks is a big milestone in our labor and delivery world). Thanks Rissy for everything! Don't you just love the expression on her face! She is toooo funny.

My poor baby :(

Look what Sydney did last night! She decided to see what happened when she rammed her face into the corner of my dresser. Talk about drama! She has a pretty deep puncture as well as a lovely bruise. This happened after I spent all day in ACLS and was in desperate need of some study time. So much for that. It was pretty funny this morning when I was getting her ready for school she looked in the mirror and started crying because she wanted me to make her black eye go away. She didn't like how it looked! I am also including some much cuter pictures from the last couple of weeks! On the baby front, Hayden is growing and moving like crazy and I'm feeling pretty good.