a little update

I've noticed I don't talk about baby#2 very much on this blog.. I save most of my whining for my thoughts blog, lol.. but I thought I'd give a little update here, for those who care. :)

Well, I'm now 35 weeks preggers. So weird. It's getting so close. The little one is moving around tons. Almost non-stop. It's good to know she's doing well in there.. but it's hard to sleep while she's squirming, lol. I'm starting to really get ready. I've ordered pretty much everything I needed/wanted to get for her and it's starting to slowly arrive. I love ordering stuff online. Checking the shipping info, waiting for packages.. when they get here it's like a little Christmas every time! :) I still need things like diapers, nursing pads, diaper cream.. it's weird the things you run out of, or forget you need. I feel like I'm learning all this stuff all over again. It's been 3 years since I did this last! So crazy.

We also made another important decision regarding the baby. We've officially picked a name! :)
Our little squirmer shall now be known as Eleanor. :) Little Baby Nora. Don't ask about a middle name.. We still don't know that, lol. Ainsley is getting very excited. I think giving her a name made the baby more real to her. She talks about her 'sister' all the time. She calls her Baby Nora and always wants to hug or kiss my stomach. We had a midwife appt yesterday and Ainsley got to help measure her, and find her heartbeat. While playing with the toys there, she found a little stethoscope and came over to me with it on, and lifted up my shirt and started 'listening' to my tummy. It was pretty cute. The appt went well all around. I'm measuring a week ahead, but I've been measuring ahead for months, and it doesn't really mean anything.. so I'm trying not to read anything into it. She's still head down, heart rate and everything looks good. Here's hoping for smooth sailing and another quick delivery. *crosses fingers and toes*

Besides that, not much else going on. Tom's working away in the basement. His dad came up last weekend for his brother Richard's graduation from USU, and spent a day and a half helping him hang sheet rock. They are almost all the way done and we are having the carpet people in this week to measure and give us a quote for flooring. Tom swore it wouldn't be done before the baby got here (which is what I wanted) but now it's looking more and more like it could definitely happen. Makes me very excited. :) It's been so nice to just be home for a while. We made our quick trip up to see Richard graduate on Saturday, but other than that we've just been sticking around the house. I like my house, I like my neighborhood, I like my friends.. it's fun to just be for a while. :)

Here's us with the new college grad..
I know, I look like a total dweeb, just please ignore it.

Disneyland!

Last weekend we made a trip out to Sunny California as a kind of last hurrah family Vacay before we grow to a family of four. Grandma Baba spoiled us like crazy and took us to Disneyland. THANKS GRANDMA!!

First stop was 'It's a Small World' :) She never made it to this ride last time, so we decided to give it a whirl before the lines got long.

Ainsley loves her cousin Jake.
He's 9 months older than her, and he cracks her up all the time.

"Look, a Mermaid!"

After that, I went to stand in line at the Princesses, and Tom took Ainsley to ride Dumbo. She had a blast and got to ride the carousel too before it was time to meet up with me to get in to see her current obsession.. PRINCESSES!

We rounded the corner, and even tho it wasn't our turn yet as soon
as she saw her Ains yelled out 'HI SNOW WHITE!!'

She got to dance with Sleeping BeautyWaiting to see the next princess.

Jasmine!
We had just watched Aladdin for the first time the week
before with a friend of hers,
so she knew who she was, so thanks Meira!
After the princesses, it was back to Dumbo
then Casey Jr.'s circus train (we rode in the Monkey cage)
We ran over to California Adventure for a couple hours and saw
Donald! Ains loves Donald.
Again, best buds Ainsley and Jake..
they're so cute, I couldn't resist taking another pic
Bumper bugs w/ Daddy

after that we headed back to the Magic Kingdom,
and I went and stood in line for the Princesses again.
There wasn't much else I could, and she was so happy the first time, I didn't mind.

And I was glad I did, because we saw Cinderella!
they had a great talk about Gus Gus and her other Mousey friends.
It was so great to see her so happy.

We also got to see Sleeping Beauty again, which she loved.

It was a long fun day, and she was sure one happy girl.