Friday, July 23, 2010

March-July 2010

This is a post I did right before Natalie was born but never got finished up, so here it is! I'll get Natalie's birth pictures posted soon.

I'm seeing a trend here: wait a long time between posts and then just post a bunch of pictures with a bit of commentary. Ah, well. It's hard being pregnant with a 2-yr old while working part-time! At the end of this month I'll be done working at WRCC, and I'll have so much more time when I'm just being a wife and the mom of 2 girls, right? Right?! Hmm.


We're mostly just getting ready for Baby Girl's arrival. We've got Analise's big-girl room finished and she's all moved in and settled, so we just need to finish washing a few clothes for Baby. Our other bit of busy-ness is that my brother, Dan, and his wife Marnie just moved in down the street (for which we are extremely grateful and excited!!), but they don't have a kitchen yet so they've been over at our place for suppers for the past month or so. It has been really fun to see Analise fall in love with them!


On with the pictoral update!


Here is Analise's new Big Girl room. This used to be our office/guest bedroom.

She had a really hard time adjusting to sleeping in a big-girl bed, but I think she likes it now!

Analise and I made a trip to Dallas this spring to visit Gram and Papa. This is her second time in an airplane and she did wonderfully!
Every morning, she would go out with Papa to bring in the newspaper and put out the flag.

She still has this hat at home and has dubbed it the "Papa Hat".
She loved "helping" Papa with the yard work.

Especially when it involved water!



She loved being with Gram, too!
She loved "helping" Gram cook and do things around the house.


Analise has a fascination with bubbles.

Working on Natalie's baby blanket.
We had a really nice visit and Analise often asks to "talk Gram Papa on 'puter" (Skype).
In April, I and my good friend, Kati Pessin, took a work trip out to California. We were right in Irvine, so we got to spend a day with Aunt Mary Ann and got to see my cousins Jenny, her husband Matt, and Stephen. It was really good to see them all again...it had been too long!

Around 25 weeks pregnant.
Sweet Big Sister kisses!




Analise's second birthday.










Daniel's birthday! 36 years old... :)
Our now-annual Easter picture. Actually taken on Easter this year!
Our beautiful new nephew and cousin, Ethan Gabriel Sewell. One of God's miracles.
We discovered sidewalk chalk this summer. Analise almost always asks for her colors now when we go outside!



I love this picture of Analise and Bella, Dan and Marnie's dog. Analise's new name for Bella: bella-button. :)

37 weeks:


Analise also discovered a love of "simmin pools" this summer.
One last picture of her beautiful face!

1 comment:

Jeni said...

Great pictures! You were really busy right before Natalie was born!

Wendy has that same bedding, but in a purple/green combo instead of pink/yellow. It's cute!