39 Weeks

I think there were enough baby bump pictures from yesterday's post, so I'll spare you from another one today!  Welcome.   

Baby's size:  She weighs a little over 7 pounds and she's about 20 inches long -- like a mini watermelon!  At least this is what she's supposed to be at this time; Scarlett was born under these measurements, so I'm curious to see how big little Miss #2 will be...!

Sleep:  What sleep?!  J/K!  I fell asleep at 7:30 last night and aside from my 4 nightly trips to the loo, I slept the whole time until 6:45am!  MAGIC!  (and yes, I wish I was British!  don't judge!)  

Maternity clothes:  Yes.  And I've stocked up on black yoga pants for after the baby to start the move from maternity to regular clothing again!  I'm hoping for an early Spring, so I can bring the babies on the loop and to the playground/toddler time and shed this baby weight!  Pipe dreams?!  Maybe... 

Food cravings:  Same as before, but Mexican seems to be especially tasty!

Food aversions:  Vegetables and beef.  Still.

Symptoms I have:  Heartburn, exhaustion, hip pain.  Fun stuff!

Doctor's appointment:  The baby dropped last week, but then at my appointment yesterday, she hadn't dropped any more and seemed to be happy and content to stay in there.  That works for me -- I want to have a November baby!

Movement:  Still a wild thing, but seems to be moving less often.  I think she's squished!

Belly button:  Photographic evidence.  Sorry for that!

Gender:  I hope she's still a GIRL!

What I'm looking forward to:  Going for walks with the babies.  Scarlett's already planning on taking her stroller filled with baby dolls for walks while I have baby 2 in my stroller.  She's psyched!

What I miss:  Feeling like myself.  

At this point in my pregnancy, this is completely accurate!  Also, pulling on maternity jeans could be classified as "doing yoga" too.

Truth!

I Won!

EXCITING!!!  I was not expecting to win this raffle, so I was so happy when I got the call!  Turns out, it was filled with baby formula and bottles, but it was still fun to win!  Tyler knew some co-workers who were using formula that had a use for it and the rest was donated, so it was a win/win!  I feel good being able to give the formula away and those who need it will save a few dollars!  (Actually a lot of dollars!  Have you seen the price of formula?!  Whoa!)

On top of the formula and bottles, the basket did include a $25 gift card to Walmart!  I used it to buy a new pram style baby stroller for Scarlett from baby 2 that she'll get at the hospital -- yippee!!!  She saw a picture of a kitty in the same stroller in her Turtle magazine and has been eyeing it ever since then; Rexy has no idea what's coming...!

The best part about this basket was that Scarjo and I had a blast sitting on the kitchen floor together tearing it all apart to see what was inside -- it was like Christmas!   It was a great tension-breaker because we looked through all the goods after our sticker trouble.  A happy ending to a very chaotic morning!

Baby Belly...you've been warned!

Scarlett was finger painting one rainy afternoon and I got this crazy idea that it would be fun to paint my baby belly.  We didn't have a plan, I just let her go crazy!  While it wasn't pretty, Scarlett had fun, and now I have photographic evidence of my bare baby belly.  Eeek!!!

Belly painting is serious business!

Honestly, I wish I'd been more creative with it, but at the time I was really just in it for the messy fun!  In the end, my baby bump was covered with paint-- Scarlett was having a blast!  I think she was a little shocked that I was all, "Suuuure, paint all over my skin!"  She was going to have fun with it while it lasted; smart lady!

You can thank me later...

I stumbled upon these sites on pinterest.  They're just pure awesomeness!

Little Texts -- a fun way to spend a quiet evening.  And it is pretty much like reading a book!

happy pretty sparkles -- 43 pages of pretties -- how can you go wrong?!

Here are a few of my favorite tidbits:

I am a huge Marilyn fan and have never seen either one of these pictures!  LOVE.

YES!

The last line is my favorite.

So What! Wednesday

• All I want to do is sleep.  Always.  This has been cutting into my free time majorly.
• Scarjo mixes her play-doh colors.  This annoys me immensely.  I should probably let that one go! 
• Scarlett knows the name of all the fairies in "Abby's Flying Fairy School."  
• Shannon may be on to something here, but I just cannot give up the control yet.  And I know it's coming, but I still picked out Scarjo's halloween costume again this year...maybe next year!  But then I'll have two ladies that will be so fun to coordinate costumes, so we'll see...!
• I haven't read a book for as long as I can remember.  (other than Scarlett's bedtime stories)  I'm so embarrassed!  I just keep falling asleep at night!
• I have started Christmas shopping!  Actually, I started a while ago, but now someone is officially checked off the list!
• Feeding Scarlett healthfully is an everyday struggle for me.
• My hair appointment is today and it's pretty much the highlight of my week!
• I say, "I have to go potty," on a daily basis.  Welcome to life with a toddler...

Gingerbread Man.

Hehehe!

This pretty much made my day!  Well that, and the fact that right now I'm blogging while Scarlett is playing beauty parlor and brushing my hair.  Hea-ven!

Scarlett and her kitty!

No matter how much Scarlett abuses Mr. Rex with her "love," he never lashes out at her and he always comes back for more.  We try to keep a close eye on them when they're together because I don't want Rex to get hurt; the other day I snapped a few pictures of their friendship in action!

Kisses!  She starts out so gentle...but he knows better!

She's serious about giving love!

"Frex!  Freeeeexxxyyy!  Come 'ere!"

Oops!  She slipped and fell on top of him while bending down to give him love -- yikes!

Scarlett is snapping a few shots of Mr. Rex with her phone!

"Frexy!"  She's trying to lure him closer for more pictures!

Time out for posing!

Sad times.  Rex had had enough!