grandma & grandpa’s visit

my parents came out to visit in mid march.  it was great!  we were super spoiled with everything from shopping & snuggles to laundry, groceries, & delicious home cooked meals!  chris and I even had our first getaway (all the way to coronado) while anabelle had a slumber party with grandma & grandpa.

thank you for every little bit.  can’t wait to see you again once emilymae is here!

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anabelle teaching grandpa how to use my iphone.

a chilly breakfast out at seaside cantina. 
grandpa showed anabelle how to warm her hands on his coffee.

still not interested in the sand.

checking out the pacific ocean with grandpa.

me, my baby girl, and my belly.

a windy ride on the beautiful carousel at balboa park.

chasing

flying

post flight wardrobe malfunction.  oops!

enjoying a walk on the beach by the del

we went to the lady antebellum concert. watched a movie. got to sleep in and i just got to ‘be’ right there next to my handsome husband.  thanks muggy for being so patient waiting until I was ready to be away.

only called to check in twice a day (hee hee).

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last treat before heading home to see our jellybean – the bluegrass brunch at urbane solace. 
food and live music . . perfect!

M&R, thank you so much for coming.  we miss you. 
see you soon!

around the house & at the park

enjoying a little down time watching her show.

borrowing papa’s beanie. 
i found her wearing it when i came back from my room.

         

my sleepy girl.

bananas are a favorite treat right now & she wants to do it all herself.

trip to the park with leng & emma.

anabelle showing emma the way

loved seeing them giggling together on the swings.

on the way home – all played out!

fun with papa

chris is super busy as always, but i’ve been able to catch a few fun clips of him and his jellybean lately.

a new favorite - ring around the rosie

(my oh my!  have you ever looked up the meaning behind those lines?)

we’ve been helping anabelle work on her front roll here & there when we are at the gym.  chris took her this morning while i stayed home to get some work done.  she came home ready to show me her skills.  tadah!

video time

i didn’t realize how many videos were hiding on my phone.  i surely won’t post all of them but here are a few sweet ones.  anabelle is becoming more and more verbal, learning new signs each week, and continuing to crack us up!

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i try to make sure to send i send chris little videos of anabelle while he’s away.  this one is topped off with a bit of spaghetti face.

here is anabelle’s version of ‘sshhhh’.
it’s not very quiet!

a fun afternoon at the park, busy busy!  she’s still not a fan of sand though.

just a little snack and some sweet faces.

not much sitting still

been waiting for a chance to sit still long enough that I can get a couple things up on the blog.  I manage to keep up with the pictures, but it is just getting harder to find the time to get everything downloaded and transferred from my brain to the computer.

here are the belly pics from the last 2 weeks

Had a check up and ultrasound last week.  everything seems to be right on track.  Emilymae is on the smaller side like anabelle was.  petite babies work just fine for me!  my mom was able to make it to my check up and heard the baby’s heartbeat, pretty sweet.  I was also glad to have a chance to show my parents around the birth center so they could have an idea of where I’ll be.  chris managed to get time to come to the ultrasound which was great since he was away on training for anabelle’s.  it has been confirmed that emilymae is still a girl (yah!) and all her organs appear just right.  we’ll get the official report from the dr next month.

oh & I’ve started to feel emilymae move!  the ultrasound tech showed me how I have an anterior placenta so most of baby’s movements are being absorbed by the extra cushion.

zoom!

here I am, 20 weeks along and getting gently reminded that I have absolutely no control of time.  Swoosh and there it goes!  I swear I was just getting ready for chris to deploy, wondering what it was going to be like to have a baby without him here.  now?  we have this incredibly joyful and entertaining 20 month old and I am half way through the pregnancy for baby #2! 

so happy, so blessed – so need things to slow down. 

with work requirements, a go go anabelle, keeping track of chris schedule, and just life in general, I’m trying to figure out some time (hopefully soon) where I can just be with this baby inside my belly.  I want to be able to focus on her, send calm and soothing good vibes her way, just to better connect with her.  next week I have a check up and my big ultrasound so I’m anxious for another peek.  since I haven’t felt her move quite yet I just want a quick ‘I’m a-ok momma!’ from our tiny emilymae.

as a start for my focus-on-your-baby-belly plan, I’ve scheduled a lovely massage for myself & EMA for Wednesday.  I think I feel better already!

I’m pretty sure my newly acquired hips and bum are starting to make my dress a bit shorter.
could be the belly too, I suppose.

work

this was so me today!
conference calls and software support while on speaker phone with an awake and busy anabelle can be a little tricky. 

nothing crazy or dramatic - just not very graceful.

calls are all done and anabelle is asleep.  suppose i’d better get back to it – i have plenty more work to try and get done today.

bonus - besides time later with my cutie husband and sweet babe . . .
my parents are flying in tonight, hooray!