Happy Messy Friday

No, a bomb did not go off in my living room =) Today is tote organizing day!!! Can you see why I have been dreading this? Fortunately, my super organized sister has come and volunteered her time to help me sort through the mess.

Getting ready for baby!

I had my 34 week Dr. appointment today and everything is looking good! I have one more 2 week appointment and then I go every week. The Dr. told me that I would more than likely have this baby earlier then I had Ella so if that is the case I need to really hurry and get all of my stuff done! That would be great if I did have the baby sooner but I won't get my hopes up. I have been having lots of random contractions throughout the day that are actually kind of painful,so I know my body is starting to get ready for the big event. I feel like I'm much more impatient this time and I want to hurry up and meet this baby! The baby is very active, sometimes I think it's going to kick through my belly!

I'm officially in "nesting mode." I have finally started on my long "to do" list. We got the bassinet and the swing out of the garage and put together. I have started rearranging Ella's drawers and closet. We went and looked at car seats last week at Babies R Us which resulted in me seeing a ton of other things I want to buy =) How is it that there is way cooler stuff for babies now since I had Ella a year and half ago? Ella has been having fun playing with the swing and putting her baby in it. She also likes to walk by the bassinet and say "baby night night" which is really cute. So I still have a lot of things to do but at least I'm starting to cross things off the list. It's already May! June will be here before we know it!

Ella putting her baby in the swing




Giving her baby some of her sippy


Testing out the bassinet

Happy Friday!

I just wanted to share my new favorite picture of Ella. She looks so cute today in her little sun dress and I actually caught a smile on camera! She has a lot to smile about today too, because when she wakes up from nap we are going to go for a walk down town and get ice cream! After that we get to go meet her cousin's new puppy!

Back to the zoo

We bought our zoo passes last week and have already been twice! Ella LOVES going to the zoo and mommy enjoys walking around enjoying the beautiful 75 degree weather =) We went today with a group of friends from church, we had a fun time!

Getting ready to go


Making a quick call to my friends to let them know I'm on my way


A little stop at the gas station


I love the elephants!



I also love the fishies!


Where is the real tiger!?

Enjoying a beautiful day

Scrapbooking, tests, and babysitters!

I have spent the most part of today at a huge scrapbooking party! My creative memories consultant was throwing a "national scrapbooking day" fundraiser event at the high school down the street so I have been busy FINALLY finishing up Ella's baby album. I'm actually home right now taking a break because my back started to hurt really bad from sitting for so long. (oh the joys of the third trimester) I thought I would post a blog while I'm laying down and Ella is watching "Little Bear."

Paul drove to Cincinnati this morning to take an important certification test. He has been studying for this test for a while now and they kept changing the date on him so he's glad he was finally able to take it. We have to wait for a few weeks to find out if he passed since somebody actually has to sit down and grade it.

So, since I was gone, Paul was in Cincinnati, and my sister is out of town for the weekend we hired our first babysitter! I had somebody come highly recommended by my sister that we used. She did a great job and Ella loved her! It's so strange because I feel like not that long ago I was babysitting and now I'm hiring babysitters.

Anyways, sorry this isn't the most exciting blog post. I will finish it up with some cute picture of Ella.

Here is Ella at the zoo yesterday staring at the Tiger that was right up against the glass.


Just being cute


here is a video of Ella practicing her phone etiquette

8 months pregnant! 55 more days to go

We have less than 2 months left before our baby arrives! I'm going to be pretty busy these last 2 months. I have so many little things to get done and so many things to buy! I have to basically rearrange all of Ella's drawers and make room for the baby's clothes. I also have to get all the totes of clothes out of the basement, go through them, reorganize and wash them which I'm dreading. I need to try and get all of this done while taking care of a toddler full time so it's going to be a bit of a challenge. Is there somebody you can hire to do all of these little tasks? =) I guess I need to just do a few things each day and slowly cross off my long to do list.