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Best Hubby Award
BRENT WILLIAM CONVERSE.
yup its true, he always wins.

Well when we were trying to get preggo we were aiming for a post-busy season baby. Lucky us we are crazy fertile. Lets just say Brent could breathe on me and I would get pregnant ha ha.

Anyways baby is due at the start of Brent's busiest season at work. With Audrey, Brent took on the bulk of the chores when she was a newborn. Brent and I were both feeling stressed about how the first six weeks were going to work. He was going to be working long days and we both won't be sleeping well.

Well yesterday we decided and booked a cleaner to come clean and cook once a week. What a hubby. It'll still be hard but won't be nearly as hard as it would have been.

This is why Brent wins best hubby award, so thoughtful and sweet to try and make this hard season just a little bit easier on this mom of two under two to be!

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I found the perfect fall cardigan. I found it online. $44 but I have a 30% off coupon. I am thinking that means I should buy more then one. I think sweaters are going to be the way to go this fall in order to hide the blubber that is always left over post baby. So excited. I am going to sneak out after Brent gets home and go try them on! So pumped! I know this is a silly thing to blog about but seriously when you are tall and you find a sweater that you think will be long enough it is something to write home about, something to sing about, something to go on and on about. So excited!

I'm SO excited to not be pregnant! It sounds like an absolute dream! I know its going to be hard at first but honestly we will make it through the hard part and then we will have our little family and things will just get better and better.

I am so excited to meet this babe. It is sneaking up so fast (so slow at the same time!)

Hip hip hooray for cloths!

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It's official I now can technically say when people ask me how much longer...twenty some days...yup sounds way less then 29!

Last night Brent and I went on a hot date and it was bliss, dropped Audrey off, had Dinner at the morgan creek milestones and did a little shopping, headed down to whiterock for icecream and a walk and spent time just chatting about what this next chapter will be like. So refreshing just to get out just the two of us. Something I enjoy every single time! What a exciting week. Friday we are also heading down the the Vancouver Chocolate buffet. We are going to spend the afternoon downtown and finish the day with all kinds of tasty treats! Two hot dates in one week, I think this week is looking mighty good!

A slightly cool week means more days at home spending time with the little girl instead of taking advantage of the small amount of sunshine this summer has had to offer. Sometimes when I look at the weather network and it says its going to be a cloudy week i'm not sad because there is something so refreshing about just staying home and playing kitchen and reading books with my spunky monkey!

It's 10:50 and Audrey is napping, why oh why does bed call my name everytime she sleeps. The chores the chores...always saved for the afternoon nap ha ha. Another perk of spending the day at home!

30

Checked one thing off the list.
Finished Audreys headboard
Woohoo...
Now for the rest of the list (what a joke i'm such a procrastinator when i'm preggo)

Honestly as the days tick by I get more and more lazy and more and more ready for baby.

We had maternity pictures done. So i'll add one to the post, just for fun and just because I don't have anything interest to add. Unless by interesting you would like to here how I try and mooch off our parents lately. Finding ways to get out of cooking ha ha. Its beauty. Brent laughs.

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I'm soooo glad its friday!
I can't wait to curl into bed tonight. I feel like this week went so fast but was SO busy!
Audrey is napping and so I am going to go lay down and try and do the same...
Soon I'll have a newborn and won't have that option so I am going to take advantage!

BABY#2 guessing baby pool

Win a $10 starbucks card if you get the closest guess!

ever have the urge...

just cleaned out the fridge...
instead of cleaning out all the nasty tupperware I have this burning urge to simplify and just through everything in the garbage. That would make my sink full of dishes disappear might fast!
I'll be mature and go clean everything (bleck, barf, gag) ha ha.
Just one of those days were it would be easy to take the easy way out and not the sensible way....

32

How is my 15 month old traveling at super speed. When she takes something and runs I look at her in desperation knowing that even if I was to run I could not catch her. How sad is that.

32 days. I realized yesterday when my husband pointed it out that I actually don't believe I will go that 'long' I believe I will be early. His words were...'you're going to be really disappointed if you actually make it to your due date and you are going to be super miserable if you go late aren't you...' It's true he is 100% correct. There is just something inside of me that believes that I will go early.

I had Audrey on her due date...it might be cute to have this one on its due date...BUT really...I want to have this munchkin EARLY! There are many days I way up and say 'today would be a good day' and I know that is bad because I am still 32 days away. I have big babies though so chances are this baby is already over 8lbs ha ha.

This week we have goals;
finish last coat of paint on Audreys big girl furniture
put together the headboard for audreys big girl bed
buy new 'pulls' for the drawers in audreys big girl bed
finish audreys big girl quilt (pressure my mom into 'hurrying up')
NAME OUR CHILD...gasp...we just need to get it done!

Those were also all the same goals we had last week and we didn't even check one single thing off..shoot! This is the week...this is the week!

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I think my body is preparing me for the newborn stage because man oh man I have been up sick so many nights in a row. Its deeply discouraging. I am so ready to push this baby out and stop the 'hurling'. Sometimes I swear the newborn stage is easier then the pregnant stage.

My new favorite activity is judging those secretly while they try and 'freak me out' about having kids close together and how different two is. I am not quite sure what the point is. Its not like they could freak me out enough to change my mind...hello...past the point of return upon conception.

While they go on and on I secretly think bad things about them, its true I do and I don't feel bad. I smile and nod not because I value what they are saying but because I am having my own private conversation in my head that they aren't invited to join. I have noticed that the people that express there concern almost always have really bad shoes. Whats with that. Check it out next time someone is frustrating you ...look down. I bet they have bad shoes. I'm just saying.

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New words in our house
Pee-well usually when she says pee she has found out I am in the bathroom and she is throwing her potty seat at me yelling 'pee'...not my favorite word. Note to self...always lock bathroom doors...
Poop (When she poops she says 'poop' runs to were her diapers are and lays on the floor, legs up...yup she for sure knows what that means) She then says 'Yuck' ha ha.
Beep
Nose (sounds like 'ose') we know that she is saying nose because she is usually ramming her finger up one of our noses or her own
Dip She loves to dip EVERYTHING at dinner!

Phrases Brent and I are often caught saying
'Be gentle with mommy' apparently my new baby belly is a jungle gym and SO fun!
'Sit in your chair' getting ready for time outs in her time out chair
'Be nice to Prada (our dog)'
'Don't spit' apparently spitting is hilarious to a one year old
'Sheena don't laugh' I admit it when she does something we shouldn't encourage I am usually the first one to laugh
'Listen to daddy'
'Listen to mommy'


One incredible thing is Audrey is doing a FANTASTIC job at learning how to clean up and put things away. What a dream. I am having a hard time bending lately (pregnant+my crazy back problems=bending is a nightmare). I am hoping this is a skill that sticks around. She puts her small toys in her small toy bin, her legos in the lego bin, she stacks the book (putting them in the shelf properly is still to hard), I'm so proud (sniff sniff)

34 days...coming close!
So this little baby is still nameless. Loved but nameless.
We will decide. We will figure it out!

I am really starting to feel large. I am really starting to feel swollen. I am really starting to feel like I want this baby out. I know I know 34 days is still to early. I am just saying that I am ready.

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Camping while pregnant,
I owe my life to a certain ziploc tupperware
A tupperware that was sacrificed
A tupperware that did not make it home
There was an outhouse
I don't know how I would have 'squatted' this pregnant
I chose not to try
Outhouses are scary enough when you aren't pregnant
Thank you ziploc tupperware
You saved me
I am so glad you were there to be sacrificed.
You will be remembered, always.

We went camping with our churches young families group and had a blast. Sadly we got rained out. It went from beautiful sunny weather to a monsoon downpour! We went home early but had such a great time with all the other young couples and there kids. So great being with other people in the same stage of life! It's just so refreshing talking about all the things that are relevant to you (silly kid moments, bowel movements, diapers, bad parent moments and all the stuff that makes parenting what it is the GOOD, the BAD, and the CRAZY!) Sometimes with our single or married without kids friends I feel lost because I can't remember how to relate. So every once and awhile it just feels glorious to not have to worry about boring someone about talking about your kids or any of that kind of stuff. What a great time we had!

'There was lots of wagon riding'

Hope you all had a great weekend!

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So today we are going to church and then right after church while Audrey naps we are packing everything up and going camping. We are going with our churches young families group! Should be fun, the forecast has rain so I'm a little nervous. Also being so close to my due date I feel like I am a little hardcore ha ha.

So today is a new days.
There will be no playing in poo
There will be no playing in lipstick
However cute and memorable those moments were we will not be reliving them...at least anytime soon ha ha.
I'm good with dirt...we are going camping.
Dirt is totally washable.
Dirt is not disgusting.
Heck I'll play in dirt with Audrey!

Hoping and praying for a good trip.
I know last week I was blogging about her peeing on the potty. I thought I would post a picture! She is quite proud every single time!
36 days, we are good to go! I am ready for two little monkeys. (I think!)

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We like to call this a parents worst nightmare
I would like to say...Are you kidding me?
Just been one of those kind of weeks.
37 days 37 days 37 days
then...two lipstick monkeys? Eeeek!

38

Oh dearest me.
This is how today started.
(I didn't mention that when Prada ate our dinner off the counter yesterday...the meat part was raw...)
Well this morning Audrey was running around, I was heating up her bottle. When she came to get her bottle she had poop smeared hands...WHAT?
I checked her...nope not her...
Then it dawned on me...I prob have a sick dog.
I find the poop...I find that Audrey has been playing in the poop (NOOOOOO....)
I find that Audrey had been smearing it with her blanket that she sleeps with.
Oh man...
Prada is caged.
Audrey is bathed.
Disinfectant is EVERYWERE...because there are little poopy handprints everywhere!
Barf, gag,barf...are you kidding me...
it is only 8am ha ha.

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Wow, in the 30s. (yippea)

Today, lets recap
We started off with some breakfast, yum
then the most wild poop explosion in Audrey's history..intense!
Then a nap for Audrey and a chick flick for me (Something Borrowed), my pregnancy hormones + my hate for cheating made me dislike this flick from the start...so I turned it off and then my 'funk began'
When Audrey woke up to early I felt tired, exhausted and just well...ready for bedtime...yes it was only 11am ha ha...long way to go!
We did some grocery shopping and returned some library books
When I got home I realized that I am far to tired/pregnant to carry heavy groceries up the stairs so I left them for hubby when he got home from work
Then I looked on the counter and then I looked at my quivering in fear dog. Yup she ate dinner...I had it out prepped etc and she ate it all...
SHOOT, not I have to figure out dinner again.
Audrey goes for a second nap
I prep tacos (yup, had to resort to an easy peasy dinner)
I cleaned
I tried to nap but feel 'crazy' in the head
Brent comes home.
We eat dinner...I more or less swirl it on my plate and pretend (bleck, meat, so nauseous)
Audrey is hyper
Brent is hyper
I look at them
'I'm out of here'
I went out by myself to chapters and the fabric store...
Came back with sundaes....I turned that frown upside down
Just in time for bedtime...
It's been one of those days but man oh man I am so glad that I have a husband as sweet as Brent to curl up next to on days like this!

40

So, today I heard from my midwife, fraser health and my doctor all in the same day. Apparently when your iron is as low as mine is it is important for everyone to call you. If I don't correct it apparently I was told I would have to go in for 'IV iron' for the next few weeks before baby. Oh man, are you serious? This pregnancy is hilarious. I have been pretty faint, and weak, and exhausted. I thought it was all just normal though. I'm not super impressed with this situation. Oh well, breathe in breathe out...go eat some red meat (barf)

Today Audrey and I were having a chat. It went a little like this...

'Audrey when you're a teenager will you still think I'm cool?' (me)

'coo?' with head cocked (audrey)

'Will you still think Mommy is cool?' (me)

'No' (Audrey)

Shoot, guess I better pick up on my 'coolness'

Another thing we have been doing lately is were is your...
So far she has mastered toes and bellybutton.
This morning she figured out nose but not because she wanted to instead because she found out she has nose holes...

Audrey were is Mommy's nose?
She bursts into giggles and rams that sharp little finger up my nose. Ouch. I guess we'll take a break from learning about were the nose is for now...for the sake of my nose.

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Midwife appointment
Audrey was born on her due date
Audrey was 9lbs 10oz

They think this baby is going to be bigger so between 10-12lbs

My midwife said they would do there best to make sure I don't go late and have a UBER huge child. Especially since I like to birth the baby naturally (no drugs). So today from my appointment they wrote me a prescription for something that helps you not go late. I have to take it three times a day. Also in a couple weeks they are going to 'stretch my membranes' multiple times a week. Go team ha ha!

I love my midwives, they are so sweet. Hopefully starting this early will help me even go early. That would be lovely. Can only pray, eh?

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Leg cramps, potty peeing, and great deals.

Let's just say that my leg cramps in the middle of the night have increased. I am leaping what seems to be every single hour and sometimes both legs are cramping at the same time. Once I wake up with my leg cramp my body goes, Hey Sheena, go pee. Shoot. So now i'm up stretching my legs and peeing. Usually when I'm pregnant I only pee once in the night and i'm totally fine with that. I am not fine with waking up every hour to stretch and then pee. Man oh man, good thing I have a doc appointment today I'm going to ask if there is anything I can do to prevent this!

Potty Peeing
We are not potty training. Audrey isn't even 15 months yet. With my pampers points I ordered a potty seat for the 'future' for free! Free is such a great price. Little did I know that this would become on of Audrey's favorite things to do. All she wants to do is sit on the potty and read a magazine and she is as happy as can be...FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME! Audrey only pees a couple times a day so to catch it seems almost impossible. When she pees...she PEES. Yesterday while she was chilling on the potty reading my style magazine (that currently depresses me since I can't fit into any of the cute things, BOO). She peed! Brent and I were both in the bathroom. She then said 'Pee' and tried to touch it we stopped her ha ha. We cheered for probably 5 minutes and gave her some chocolate! She was in her glory. We are not potty training. I am not ready to potty train, she isn't either, maybe after the newborn starts sleeping through the night we'll take it serious ;)

Great Deals
So i'm a cheapskate, it's true.
I got such a great deal yesterday I just had to share it.
I used some random coupons and there happened to be some amazing sales so that helped

20 cans campbell soup
5 cans chunky soup
3 loaves of bread
4 12-packs of THE GOOD toilet paper
$21.22 Oooooog ya! Best deal ever!

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If today was mirror day it was be 34 days and that sounds lovely...34 days.
Ah, if only.

One thing I didn't mention was that on saturday morning Brent sent me out for a pedicure and then when I got home I found the house...SPOTLESS and LAUNDRY folded, yes BEST husband award. It was such such a treat!

As I woke up this morning. I woke up exhausted from the wedding festivities. Sadly, Audrey did not wake up tired. ha ha. I look outside and its blue skies. I guess that means I should put my good mom shoes on and take her outside for some fun in the sun. Unless she miraculously decides she just wants to go lay down and have a nap with me ha ha. Ya, right.

I could use some sunshine as well!

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W-DAY
B-DAY
(wedding day and bridesmaid day)

Started at 7:40 at the spa for hair and makeup
Then pictures at 11:30am
Ceremony at 3pm
More pictures in between
Reception at 5:30
Send off at 10pm

It was a beautiful day filled with kisses, love and beauty. I am so excited for my girlfriend to be married to her prince! I wish them and pray for them that God will bless there marriage and that there love will endure forever and grow stronger throughout the years.

On another note there were multiple times I thought I might die. Maybe since we had a 'snack' at around 11am and then didn't eat again until almost 6pm. I felt faint, swollen, fatigued, nautious and all that lovely stuff. Lets just say though that it was a blast and I DID IT! I did have many many many many strangers approach me and tell me many different things...

-I was really worried about you on stage and thought you might be having contractions (ha ha, it was a man that told me this)
-When are you due? (I reply '40 some days') the say...Oh you look like you're due today (are you joking...ha ha)
-When you were on stage I thought you were going to faint and I was ready to leap up and catch you (ha ha...this Man was seated in the back...not sure how he would have managed that but props)
-I commend you for being a bridesmaid when you are this far along (Um, thanks)
-Wow, you look just about ready to pop
-Don't worry you are glowing you don't look swollen
-As the MC introduced me...'This is Sheena Converse aka. the pregnant bridesmaid and husband of Brent Converse" yup i'm pregnant and a husband


These are just some of the things I remember but honestly every 10 minutes at the reception someone came up to me and either touched my belly or commented ha ha. It was pretty hilarious. My smile and nod rocked and I kept my giggles locked inside.

Dear Baby,
Mommy wants you to come out so I can get skinny again so people stop commenting and touching my belly. Thanks so much.
Mommy
'

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Today we went out to coquitlam for a birthday party with some friends. Hit up the park for some good old fashioned picnic fun and then back to our friends place to let the kids play and once they were in bed we had cake and fellowship. So great, love good nights with good friends.

I have to admit when people ask me how much longer I have to go I fib a little and say something along the lines of '40 something days' its part true. Technically 45 is closer to 50 then it is to 40 thought because you are supposed to round up, shoot.

45 days sounds so much longer then 40 days.

Dear Baby, you do not have a name but I feel very ready for you to come. I know its best for you to stay inside for a couple more weeks but please don't be shy after that. I'm okay with you showing up a little early. Your sister really wants to meet you. We have practiced being gentle all Summer in anticipation for your arrival.
xoxox Mommy

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As I sit here at 6:30am I am saddened by the fact that my daughter won't even wake up until at least 7:30am. How sad is it when you are awake when you could really be sleeping.

This is why I joined Pinterest.com I'm hoping that it will liven up my awake time when I really want to be sleeping. I have used it randomly for recipes etc. but have never really gotten 'into' it. I am pretty easily addicted to thinks like that so I'm sure i'll get sucked right in.

Oh today, it's going to be a stay at home and catch up sort of day. A little boring as I hope to catch up on every single chore since this weekend will be filled with wedding wedding wedding. Your house might be clean with a one year old but one this you learn quickly is that the tidyness is a daily battle. A daily battle i'm losing. I no longer enjoy bending, in fact if possible I use my feet when tidying, yes it's possible. I used to clean up the toys at least three times a day. Now it's more like once. That once is right before Brent gets home. That way I can smirk at him and pretend that I kept it this clean all stinking day. Yup, my fib :)

I have a love hate relationship with this mild Summer. On one hand this preggo could probably swell up and die of heat exhaustion if it was to hot, but 22-24 degrees really doesn't do it for me. I am a little disappointed and a little nervous that Summer will come in September when i'm due and huge and uncomfortable and I think that would simply be tragic.

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On days like today Audrey gets the most random and silly breakfast.

Started with
A 8 OZ bottle of milk
Toast and peanut butter
Then some cheese
Then some crackers
She's still hungry...ok..
Rasberries
Then some digestive cookies
Ok, were does my one year old put it. She is nuts! That is a TON of food. Sometimes in the morning it takes a whole hour to feed her because she just keeps going and going and going. She kills me a lot of days because I am still constantly shocked at how much she eats.

Meanwhile on pregnancy I feel so big and so swollen and so done. I feel like I have no room. I feel like the only room I have is for chewing ice to help me feel less like barfing. Man 47 days...I think I can I think I can I think I can...

Did I mention I had a rehearsal dinner for the wedding last night. The brother in law of the bride was like, 'Sheena how much longer until you're due?' I told him, '40 some odd days' (I wanted to make myself feel better by not saying high forties, because come on this babe could come early).
He then said, 'Oh you look like you're due today.'
Great self esteem booster.
Go team
Yay, for men digging holes that make pregnant women feel like poop. Boo. ha ha

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Matthew 19:4-6

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."


As a fresh nineteen year old I promised myself to my best friend, highschool sweetheart, and the love of my life. To be honest many people questioned my decision because of my age, even close family. Five years later I can honestly say that everyday I make mistakes, I fail constantly and have gone through many ups and downs. The one thing that I can promise is that the best thing I ever did was marry the one God made me for. He is the best choice and best thing that ever happened to me. He has been my best friend, he has been there for me like no other, he has held my hand through the hardest times in my life. I thank God for creating a man that is not perfect but that is perfect for me. He has been the best father, provider and love that I could ever have dreamed of. In the last two years we have gone through some really hard times. I have been in the hospital for six months of the last two years. That is 25% of the last two years. And 18 months of the last two years I have been very sick and not quite the Sheena he married. It has probably been the hardest time for both of us yet honestly I can say that I have never felt more in love and more passionate about the man I married.

God is good.
God is so good.

I feel like I am on the last inning in this life battle of pregnancies. I am coming close to not having to fight any longer and just enjoy life to the fullest. I have a lot of people that I could thank but in my heart the one person that stands out is my husband. He has been the biggest support system I could have ever dreamed of.

So fun that during this dark time we were able to take time to celebrate five years together. I am so excited for the next five, and the next five and the next five! The things I'm not excited for are wrinkles, and grey hair but I think i'll persevere. If we can make it happily through the last two years I think that we'll be able to handle wrinkles and grey hair ;)

Excuse me as I got prepare for the next five years and apply my wrinkles cream, suntan lotion and go dye my hair. You might think i'm joking but i'm probably not ha ha.

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Wondering what this baby will be like. All I have to compare is Audrey.
My firecracker
Slept through the night at 5 weeks
Rolled at two months
Crawled at four months
Walked at the end of the seventh month
She's kept me busy that is FOR SURE!

So far this baby is much more mellow in the womb then Audrey was. With Audrey I constantly felt like my ribs were broken and bruised. I have 49 days left and I haven't felt that way yet. She was a kicking machine, this little one is more calm and moves more in 'stretching' rather then jumps and leaps like Audrey.

So fun to see 'personality' differences already. I am SO excited to meet this little one and figure out all the fun things. I'm praying for one thing only...Please oh Please be a good sleeper like Audrey, the rest is all meaningless in my eyes. Wink wink...this mama needs her sleep!

50

Last day in the 50s ready to bring on the 40s
This baby is starting to get really squirmy.
Starting to feel pretty pooped and uncomfy.
A little nervous about how pooped I'm going to be after being a bridesmaid this weekend.
It'll be so much fun, and I am pretty excited about celebrating CHRIS&NICOLE!

51

Today we went to a heritage farm in Richmond, played in the petting zoo with some friends and their little ones. It was a great time. Audrey and her friend Meeka play so well together. There was some hand holding, wrestling, some kisses and all the lovely things that go with lil ones learning to play.

We had a little Summer BBQ, a little frozen icecream dessert! So yummy! It was a great day.
51 days
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Wow, its 10pm and my bed is calling my name. I hope one day I can write something meaningful. My blog has turned into more of a checklist of what I did each day ha ha. Maybe I should write down all the chores I do....I bet I would feel proud...or embarrassed!

52

42 jars of jam made.
enough said, this pregnant girl is pooped

53

This weekend is jammed back with fun things,
BBQ's with friends, Petting Zoos, Maternity pictures, Swimming in grandmas pool with cousins, and much much more.

Sleep has become something that I 'dream' about. So sad, i've been up sick a lot of nights and only getting one of two nights maybe a week of a 'good sleep'. I'm so ready for this baby to come. At least when the baby comes when i'm up at night I won't be 'praying in front of the toilet' ha ha.

My incredible husband just got home with the groceries...oh he is my love.Gotta go help.

54

Bridemaid dress fiasco has been solved
dress has been altered
I can breathe
all is well in the converse well for this reason...
It was 'weighing' on my shoulders
It was such a relief to get the dress back and see it on.

Being a bridesmaid when pregnant is not nearly as fun as being a bridesmaid when skinny and not pregnant ha ha.

54 days, that is not a lot.
Getting excited to meet our baby
Getting nervous for two under two

55

Today is a day of efficiency
10am
dinner is prepped and put in the crockpot
dessert for the stagette is made and ready to go
dishes and cleaning is complete
I am now sitting on my tush eating crushed ice to distract me from the nausea
Audrey is napping

Next on our list...
enjoy the sunshine!
Ah, bliss!

56

Today,
a stay at home type of day.
Cuddles on the couch
Reading books
Playing dolls
Dancing with my girl
Naps were I get to crash while she sleeps
A big dinner tonight
These are the types of days I cherish.

So we still haven't named out baby...the numbers are getting smaller.
We'll have to figure this lil ones name out pretty quick
With Audrey it was so easy, can't say that it has been easy this time.
Hope everyone enjoys the sunshine, we are going to enjoy the A/C today

57

A day filled with
baby kicks
waterparks
baby pools
and great friends

Sometimes a nice and easy day is all you need to feel rested for the upcoming week ahead.