Beach bum

Katie is starting to adjust to the hot weather (as we all are) and was very excited for her first beach visit. She's gone before, but wasn't yet walking and didn't really enjoy sitting in the mushy sand. This time, she still wasn't thrilled with the crashing waves, but loved that there were thousands of shells for her to collect.

She is very methodical in everything she does and the shell collection was no different. She picked only certain ones and then had to "put them away" back in the ocean. Once we get things more organized, we'll pack up the beach umbrella and go for a longer visit. Below are some pictures of our little beach bum.

"Here Daddy, you hold this one"

"Hmm..this one is no good...back it goes!"

"That was tiring, carry me home." (Mommy wishes someone would carry her too!)

A couple videos

Haven't had much "alone time" to work on the blog, but I thought I'd share a couple recent videos.

4th of July block party

Enjoying the neighborhood pool (please ignore the other child screaming in the background - it detracts from the video)

Countdown - less than 100 days!

According to the online counter, I have 96 days left in my pregnancy. Since I will probably have another c-section, that makes it closer to 89 days!

I can't believe that little "Josie, Megan, Evelyn, Emily, Lauren, Gertrude, Carol, Christina, Isabel, Violet, Amanda, Olivia, Anna, Madeline, Addision, Elmo, Grace, Abigail, Melissa, Ruthie, Elizabeth, Amber" is arriving so soon. Yes, her name is somewhere in that list...good luck figuring it out!

I know, I'm mean :)

Welcome to NC

We made it and are trying to settle in...amidst many boxes and not knowing where we are going, half the time.

Will post more of an update when things settle down!

My growing bump

I've been pretty good about keeping up with my normal pace, considering my growing baby bump...but tonight made me sad. I always look forward to relaxing with Katie in her rocking chair, before bedtime. Unfortunately, tonight had to be cut short. My protruding bump is starting to get in the way and it actually causes some pain to have her against my stomach (and the occasional knee as she tries to snuggle in closer). So, I had to put her to bed after just a minute of rocking because I couldn't hold her anymore. :(



I'm assuming it is only going to get worse over the next few months...then I'll have a couple months of recovery where I definitely can't have her against my stomach. Hopefully she'll still want to snuggle in about 5 months!



It is sad.

June update

I took my first business trip since Katie was born. It was hard being away from her for 3 nights, although I did get to talk to her each night. She was a good girl for Daddy and I enjoyed going out for "adult" meals and sleeping in a fluffy king sized bed!

While I was on travel, I got a call that Katie had been bitten at daycare. Well, it happened again this week...same boy! I feel so bad for her and am trying to tell her that biting is very bad, in hopes that she doesn't learn that is the way to deal with things.

Other than that drama, we've been busy packing packing and packing. We have 6 days left until our move date and have been making some decent progress. We had our "farewell party" over the weekend and it was great seeing everyone before the big move. I'm going to miss all our great friends! Katie and Jamey were best buddies at the party and it was so cute seeing them together.

She was very concerned that he was not drinking enough and kept trying to put his sippy into his mouth. It was adorable and she was so good with Jamey and Baby Silvia!

New house

The contract is signed...and our move date is set (June 17th). Unless one of the contingencies falls through, we'll be in NC this time next month. It is hard to believe!

I'm not sure how we're going to get everything done, but we're just trying to take it one day at a time. There is still a lot to pack, along with turning on services in NC and shutting things off here in VA (not to mention doctors, day cares, etc). I know that it will get easier, we just have to get through this hectic time!