Mini Photo Shoot

On Tuesday night Riley and I were playing outside and she started posing in the grass. I asked her if she wanted me to get the camera and she said yes. She was just too cute!! You will see that some of them get kinda silly, but hey, that's our girl! She came up with all the posing on her own...she can be such a ham when she wants to be....

37 Week Appointment

I am proud to report that I still am checking out healthy! Added a few more pounds...not sure how...and my blood pressure was still good- 118/78. Baby sounded healthy and starting next week we will see if I am getting ready or not for her arrival. To be completely honest, I don't know what I want the doctor to say next week. On this weekend's agenda....lots of fun and maybe I will finally pack my bags and at least put the carseat in the back of the truck:)

I also survived a full day at the zoo today!!! A little tired now, but not even too exhausted with all the walking around:)

4 Year Checkup

Today Riley went for her 4 year checkup and doc said she is SUPER healthy. And woohooo this is our first visit since her 3 year checkup, so I would say that is definitely true. She weighs 33.2 pounds and is 39 1/2 inches tall. Still around the 40th-50th percentiles for height and weight, but that is pretty much where she has been her whole life. Guess we are doing some things right:)

Here is a picture from this weekend of her and Diesel. In the past few weeks she has been OBSESSED with him. She calls him her buddy and hugs/hangs on him at least 1000 times a day. It is so good that he loves her too. I think if she could, he would sleep in bed with her.....but let's not give her any ideas. Maybe they both sense change on the horizon....
(and of course we took another pic today with her buddy, but I will admit, I am too lazy to go downstairs and get my card from the camera. Maybe I will add soon.)

Baby's Room!

Baby's room is almost all ready for her! This weekend we finally bought the drapes and Mike was so nice to put them up already:) All we have left to do is hang her letters which we have but just need to be painted. Guess it makes it possible to take these pics and not formally share her name with everyone yet too. (They will be going over her changing table...) Mike has done such a great job in here and it has turned out so cute! And I am getting anxious for her to be in there. Now I guess I just need to find the inspiration to pack our bags....yes everyone keeps telling me to do this...and make one final trip for the evryday supplies. Soon she will be here!!!


(sorry this picture is so dark....I took them all at the exact same time. I was also afraid that if I opened the blinds, it would cast a glare.)

And if you have not noticed, you can cast your vote as to whether she will be early, on time, or late.

36 Week Pictures

And I am not sure if you can tell in the picture, but if my maternity clothes could talk, they would probably say "can't quite reach the pants:)"
(Weeks 8, 12.5, 16, and 20)
(Weeks 24, 28, 32,and 34)
(Week 36)
Moving right along....36 weeks and counting. Guess technically we are at full term now and she could decide to come whenever. Still feeling pretty good, although things are definitely getting harder to do. And sadly with the heat and my weight, etc. my ankles have decided that they will start to swell and my feet have been pretty sore, so having to make myself take it a little easier and possibly going to begin a hiatus from the treadmill. We will see though, I do have a zoo trip planned for Wednesday and we will see how that goes. Just figure that Riley still needs to be active and out and about.

Miscellaneous June Pics

Here are some pictures from the last week. Unfortunately I never had a chance to blog about them all or add them to the appropriate post, so I figured I would just do one generic post. The pictures are from Riley's birthday cupcakes, her first trip to the nail salon with mom and Grammy, and her second swim lesson.

36 Week Appointment

Yesterday I had my 36 week appointment and am proud to report that things are still going very well. I also survived having Riley with me alone.....she did not want me to leave her at home with Mike while he cut the grass. I only gained a few pounds and Riley was once again a big helper finding the heartbeat. I think that I have also taken my last test of this pregnancy and now move on to weekly appointments and in 2 weeks they will begin checking me. Yeah....in the home stretch now! Think we are pretty much all ready for her to come....well besides a few little things...and although I do not remember these things with Riley, think that my body is also starting to get ready too. Now if I could just get myself to take it easy for these next weeks:)

I will try and take an updated picture this week and also will try to create a poll where you can make your guesses as to when she will join the family officially.