I guess you can say, I have been doing as much as possible before this boy arrives. We have been going non stop... Here is a little recap since June~
Ellie started MDO! She has done really well. It is a small little church program, less than 5 minutes away from our house. She is in a room of mostly two year olds on Tuesday & Thursday from 9-2. This was her on the first day!
She was so excited & had been talking about school for days! As soon as we got out of the car, she wrapped her arm around my leg & would not hardly say a word! We got to her classroom & put her bag in her cubby. Mrs. Tiffany & Mrs. Amber were so sweet & showed her right to the babies... her fav! I was so proud when she didn't cry, then I got to the end of the hall & teared up! She is such a big girl now & about to be a big sister!! Just look at this face~
we have had some HOT weather! Thanks to MoMo & Grandaddy, we have a little pool in the back yard! Ellie loves to swim.
& lay out of course, like any diva ;) haha... this lasted all but 2 minutes!
June 8th was the chiefs graduation. Chad & I got all dressed up for a nice dinner with the whole surgery program. Hard to believe it will be him graduating in two years. We had a really nice time & then had a fun lake party Saturday!
Before we left for the beach, we rearranged furniture. Ellie is now in her big girl bed & doing great!! She has been napping everyday there with panties on. Her bed time routine is good too... she wants me to lay with her for a few minutes & say prayers, when I get up to leave she says "rub my back one minute, mommy?" Well, ok~ of course I will!!! She is so sweet!! potty trained except for night time.
Maddie & Ellie are best buddies, with a little girl drama thrown in! They even have matching swim suits! We missed them so much on vacation~3 weeks with no play date!?! We had water day while Maddie's little brother went to the dr.
Barrett & Ellie love each other too!! He calls her Ellie Ma. His dad & Chad work together. B came over one morning & they shared breakfast before school~ they are really sweet little friends. We found out that his dad, Ryan matched a liver transplant fellowship in Memphis! So, I do think a weekend trip is in store to show them around the city!! YAY~
& of course July 4th!! We had a cookout at our house. Ellie got some bubbles for all her friends coming over & helped me decorate red white & blue! I did not think she would be a fan of the fireworks, so we didn't go down to the big show. But we could see several small shows from our deck... she LOVED them! She sat & watched until we made her come in for bed time. It was so cute how she called them sparkles & then would say 'wow, that was loud!' We had a fun night with some friends & unfortunately I did not get a lot of pictures:(
The next night was a meet & greet with new resident families... Jon Michael, Maddie & Ellie had a great time with all the other kids at Rita's ice!
so here is a belly shot... 37 weeks & counting. I was 1 cm dilated last week, but not holding my breath for spontaneous labor. looking like we will be going with a repeat section on the 20th... I will be 39 weeks. With all the anxiety from week 14-19, I was just looking at one week at a time. Until finally, we hit 24 weeks & things were still going well... he was growing on track & I wasn't bleeding. Once we got into the 30's I was really feeling good & had a sense of 'everything is going to be ok'. Patrick is one tough little man & we are SO excited about meeting him. Our bags are packed & we are ready!!
This week we went to play at Wallabies~ Ellie & Maddie had a great time climbing, jumping & sliding!! She came home & took a 3 hour nap!! We only have a few more days of just the two of us during the day... just us girls while daddy is at work. I treasure our moments together & look forward to adding baby Patrick to our family too! Hard to imagine how it will be with a boy around, & Ellie sharing attention, but I am sure it will hit me soon enough!
Happy Summer~
