another day...

another day... more baby stuff.

went to walmart on saturday to pick up a stroller/car seat set we saw online. they didnt have it then. but of course, i go today without andy and they have it. i was really excited though, this is the last thing we absolutely had to have to be ready for Ava Marie. as you probably know, you cant even take the baby home if you dont have a car seat. so that was really exciting.

i had my first mothers day yesterday. andy couldnt have done any better for me. all i wanted was to spend time together with him, considering it'll be the last mothers day with just him and i. so we had what we call "fat girl sunday" and just sat around, watched movies and pigged out all day. it was PERFECT!

not too much else going on around here... it's getting hotter and hotter by the day. but i'm ok as long as i have ac (wall unit), and the pool.

andy and i have baby classes coming up, one is budget for baby (thank you Jesus), breastfeeding (which i'll be going alone to, haha), and baby basics. so that'll be fun! something to look forward to until she gets here. only 15 more weeks... more or less. i'm getting more and more excited every day!

that's all for now, sorry it's so boring... hopefully i'll have something good soon!

take care

day of relaxation

so today... andrew and i did absolutely nothing!!!

well, he put up a shelf in the kitchen to hold spices, but other than that... we've been watching movies and laying around. it's been pretty amazing. it's ridiculously windy outside... and there are really good movies on TBS. sooo.... i'm in heaven basically.

only down side is i find myself eating constantly while sitting here. i think andy would be a little upset if we ran out of groceries a week after we just went shopping. haha.

i've been craving chocolate all weekend. i think i'm going to go buy some chocolate cereal AND ice cream tomorrow. because i deserve it. (this is what i tell myself to make it ok).

ava has been having a good ole time today. andrew laid his head on my stomach for a little while and she was kicking him in the head. obviously she's getting him back for all that poking he used to do to her. :0)


well, it's almost time for dinner... then to bed early. i'm still trying to get back on west coast time. maybe if i stop waking up at 7 am, i'll get there.

nighty night!!

back in crappy cali....

i've decided...

going home was kind of a bad idea.

only because now that i'm back in california,

all i can think about is how badly i want to be in SC.

it's so true when they say you dont know what you have until it's gone.

i always used to complain that it rained too much,

it was too humid, the traffic is bad, bla bla bla.

i now live in the middle of the desert and let me just tell you

i PRAY for rain d a i l y.

it hasnt rained here in months. and i need it. please.

not to mention that i miss everyone terribly.

the food is always delicious, and people are so much nicer in SC.

ANYWHO...

i had the best time back home. we stayed with andy's parents.

i seriously lucked out with the in-laws.

they would do absolutely anything for us

and i couldnt love them more!

his ma threw me a baby shower and it turned out wonderfully.

we got tons of gift cards from family and friends.

this will help greatly when buying things for *ava*.

i'm so excited to get all of her things here and not worry anymore

(that's pretty much impossible... wishful thinking).

his mom is also an awesome photographer.

she took pictures of andy and i (and ava).

they were beautiful, everyone i know wants to know

where i got these professional pictures done.

well let me just say... she will have her own

business soon enough! she's definitely got talent!

when we got back to cali, we had another ultrasound.

we got confirmation that it's a girl.

so if she comes out with male anatomy...

God has a sense of humor.

we got to see everything.

everything BUT her face, because apparently she

takes after her mother and is ridiculously shy.

everytime we got even a little bit

close to her face, she would throw those hands

right up there and cover her eyes. it was funny.

she's one pound and four ounces,

and might possibly be a week before what we

thought she was (we're at 24 weeks now, she might only be 23).

but we'll find that out at our doctors appt

on wednesday.

other than that she's perfectly healthy.

heart rate is at 141 and she's

starting to pack on some pounds.

cant ask for anything more than a healthy peanut!

in the meantime, we're spending lots of time with

hank. i have a tiny feelings he's

going to have a liiiitttleee jealousy problem

when ava gets here.

we're already trying to get him to understand

that he cant be up on the couches anymore.

he's not too happy about that.

well i think i've written enough for tonight,

dont want to bore you too much :0)

goodnight everyone!