Baby Shower

I know I've mentioned the mommy group that I'm a part of. It has become a group of some really good friends for me. AND, it helps us to never get bored :) There is an activity we could go to nearly every day!

Thursday evening my friend Wendy hosted a shower for me...and my soon to arrive baby :) Don't I look happy? :) I had such a wonderful time-I stayed and talked with friends until well after midnight. Felt kinda lousy the next day, but it was worth it :) I also received some beautiful gifts. It was such a blessing!
This was the group of ladies that came. Wendy (The lady that hosted...she's in the back row with the black & white dress on) is due the day after my C-Section...so we might be neighbors in the hospital :)

Another look

Today Edgar and I got another look at our baby girl. It was so fun to see her :) Jennifer watched Eli, which was nice-Eli tends to freak out when mommy gets on the exam table. Anyway, here are a few pictures followed by the same picture with labels, for those who have a hard time seeing ultrasound pictures :)

(Isn't that hilarious that she has her foot all the way up by her head? I was amazed she could be comfortable like that!)

Isn't she beautiful? Ya know...in a weird alien sort of way :)

I can't believe she will be here in 5 weeks...it's coming soon!!

A little bit 'o nothin'

Today was a pretty low key day. I got up, and voted in the primary election. I always feel so American when I vote...ya know...the three times I've actually voted.

We hung out around the house, and, since it was rainy, I thought we could go out on the back porch. Eli enjoyed a little change of scene.
We stayed out there for about an hour.

The fans helped keep us nice and cool :)

When I say 'us', I am including baby girl :)

Eli throwing a fit about something...I have no idea what. Is it bad that every time he throws a tantrum and throws himself on the floor, I laugh and want to take his picture?

He eventually got over whatever was bugging him and went back to playing. I thought he looked like SUCH a big boy in this picture! He's getting so big!

There was really no rhyme or reason for these pictures...I feel like I haven't been taking many pictures lately...I think it's because we have been confined to the inside so much lately because of the horrible heat. I don't like the way indoor pictures ever turn out-still need to work on that with my camera...Anyway, when we headed outside, I figured I'd just take some...just for the fun of it :)

After Eli took a (3 hour...yay!) nap we went to the grocery store. (Side note...when Eli woke up from his nap, I heard him yelling in his room-'Edgar! Edgar!' Apparently he wanted his dad...) I got all of my groceries, was in the process of getting checked out, when I realized I didn't have my wallet. UGH. Sometimes I think I have completely lost my brain. Fortunately Edgar was only 5 minutes away, so he came and rescued us. We now have lots of (paid for) food.

And that was really the bulk of my day. I've been fighting with the computer for the last 2 hours trying to get some pictures backed up on disks...for some reason my computer is not cooperating. I think it's time to re-boot. Hopefully this post will load succesfully.

I'm sure to have some fun pictures tomorrow...

Before & (Almost) after

This is a rather long overdue post. I've got some before & after pictures of the kitchen. The kitchen is not completely done, so there will probably be another post on this, but you can see the progress we...I mean Edgar...has accomplished so far. We still need to do some painting, and all of the tile work. Anyway...here is our kitchen...before & after!

















We LOVE the way it turned out. I am completely enjoying all of the counter space. I actually have cupboards that I have nothing to put in them! I'm sure that will change, but it's nice to have room for everything.

Oh...and the chandelier in the Dining Room is gone...so sad, I know :)

Happy Birthday Uncle Eric!

On Friday night the family got together to celebrate Eric's birthday. I think it's just more fun to have a birthday when you've got your own kid on your lap :)
The happy family

Katie & her daddy :)

'Give me some cake!'

Edgar was trying to get the kids to smile for a picture with Abuela & Abuelo...yes...this is the man I am in love with :)

The kids were amazed at his faces!

Eli thinks his daddy is SOOOO funny!

Eli gave Isaac a goodnight hug. I LOVE that Eli gives hugs now. He'll hug you and pat your back while he hugs you. SO cute. He'll even say 'I love you' when he gives you one...it sounds more like 'lud lu', but I'll take what I can get.

Sleepy Isaac :)

Great food, great cake, (yes, I know cake is food, but it deserves its own accolades) great conversation, great evening! Happy Birthday Eric!!!!

When was the last time...

...you sang into a fan?

You know you want to...

Learning to Share

On Wednesday Isaac came over to play with us while his mommy went to work. Isn't he getting big?!
I just want to eat those cheeks...but I won't. I promise.
Isaac was missing his mommy, so we decided he needed a little distraction. We loaded up the car and headed to Gator Fred's for a fun morning of playing. Eli just wandered around and played for 2 hours. I always kept him in view, but I think he forgot that I existed for a couple of hours...

Eli also got to meet Gator Fred himself! He was pretty excited. Isaac loved watching all of the kids play. He was so happy while we were there. Both kiddos fell asleep on the way home-they were wore out!

After a nap the boys played with the toys. Eli is in the process of learning to share...Isaac wanted the star...so did Eli. Eli got the yellow one,

but he wanted the pink one too...can you see how much Eli likes to share?

It's so hard when you don't get your way!

Oh the agony!

This literally was the look Isaac gave Eli the entire time he threw his little tantrum...and his mommy didn't try and comfort him...she just took pictures.

Eventually Isaac lost interest in the pink star, and all was right in the world again.

Isaac had a great afternoon. He played and talked and smiled. He was pretty fun.

It's like he's posing for this one...

So cute!

Eli tried to push Isaac around in the walker...Isaac didn't like it much. I have no idea why Eli is crying...crazy kid.

We had a lot of fun playing with Isaac. As I was loading up the car I kept thinking that soon 2 car seats would seem like nothing...and watching 2 kids instead of 1 would be second nature...well...in a few months anyway :) Less than 6 weeks left!