One Month!

Can't believe my c-section date is ONE MONTH from today!  So crazy...

In honor of this countdown, I was called into the doctor's office to ease my mind of some pre-labor symptoms.  I seem to think I've done this with all 3 pregnancies now... around this time, I'll start to freak out when I get those regular Braxton Hicks contractions and other lovely symptoms.  But, thankfully, I'm not dilated one bit... I was hoping Parker would not make an entrance this early! (and was also hoping I wouldn't have to be on bedrest... this girl's got some things to take care of at work this next month!)

I don't really have anything exciting to talk about.  We've been "nesting" with friends- seeing friends who don't live near us, since we probably won't be able to easily meet for dinner in the next, oh, 10 years.  Our last few weekends have been packed with that, so it's been great!  Next is my "to do" list of things to get done before the baby gets here.  This includes a good house-scrubbing, getting ready for Sydney's b-day party, and getting all the baby gear out and washed.  Stephen has installed the car seats, and I packed most of my bag.  Guess you can never be too prepared.  Thank goodness for a 3 day weekend this weekend, what better time to accomplish things?

This is really random, but I thought I'd share the latest with Sydney.  Bless her heart, one day last week, she tapped me while I was sound asleep in my bed, around 4 AM.  She was breathing really heavily and said she'd had a bad dream about a black cat.  We put her in our bed and all went back to sleep.  Ever since then, she cries when we leave her in her bedroom at night to go to sleep, thinking the black cat is going to get her.  I have no clue where this is coming from.

So, we are playing outside this past Saturday, when Stephen saw something moving way back in the woods in our backyard.  Guess what?  It was a black cat.  What are the odds????  (and geez, I hope that's not bad luck!)  So, you can only imagine how seeing that cat totally did NOT help the situation.  Poor Sweet Sydney... guess we'll start getting into the nightmare-stage for her soon.

That's it from here!  Here are some random phone pics of late.

Sydney, Landon, and Taylor. enjoying some red lollipops.

BFFs.  Ashley (left) came all the way from Cali just to see us.  She is 6 weeks behind me in pregnancy (no comment, I know you can hardly tell!)

Look what a great first week of school Sydney had!

Semi-annual dentist trip.  No cavities!

Creating a disaster at Tin Lizzies.  We were sure to leave a good tip.

Sydney was moved to the 3rd row... she seems so far away!

A couple of bags I got embroidered for Parker.

Comparison

It's funny how much can change in just a few months...

Week 13

Week 34

 

Gotta love maternity shirts.  Look how much that bad-boy stretched!

Crazy Dance

Check out Taylor's version of her and Sydney's "Crazy Dance".  Aptly named.

Where did the weekend go?

Time has been flying by for us in the K-Bash household.  Especially the weekends.  Seriously, can we consider doing 4 day work weeks?  I think three day weekends are in order.

We had a really fun and busy weekend.  My two BFFs from childhood and I got to spend a girl's day out in Atlanta.  Erica lives in Atlanta, and Ashley was in town from San Jose, CA.  We ate lunch, got pedicures, hung out at Erica's house, went to Ashley's mom's house to meet up with the hubbies and kids, and then went to dinner.  The girls crashed late and thankfully let us sleep in a little bit until 7 this morning.

Today, we went to church and then Stephen and I tackled getting our garden together.  We replanted some things, pulled weeds, trimmed hedges... you know, things that go by the wayside.  I'm trying to tie up some loose ends here at the casa before the baby gets here.  We went to Target for some things, and then went to dinner with some good friends. 

Speaking of the baby, I am 33-1/2 weeks now!  Only 5-1/2 weeks to go, or 39 days, or 26 more days of work.  That's a little crazy.  I took a belly pic this morning- the baby is definitely growing leaps and bounds.  He is a mover and a shaker, too.  Did I mention in this blog that the doctor is predicting him to be bigger than 10 pounds??

So, I'm going to go enjoy the couch for a little bit before hitting the hay, but I wanted to talk about our fun and busy weekend.  Monday, you're here again so soon!

33.5 weeks

Ashley and the girls.  Looks like they all got the same memo for clothes.

Me and Meg.

Moving on up

Sydney started Pre-K this week, and she has been so excited!  She's going to Pre-K at her current daycare (since technically she's young, I've talked about this, yada yada) and it's a little amazing how differently structured this class is from her previous ones.  Another weird dynamic is that several of her classmates, who have gone to daycare with her since the ones class (or even younger) are now going to public Pre-K... so they are no longer at Sydney's school!  A little strange.

But, going back to Sydney's class.  It's run very much like a classroom.  Why that surprises me, I'm not sure.  They have folders, assigned seats, school supplies, backpack hooks with their names on them.  They do calendar time, they've been learning how to read a clock, and probably a heck of a lot more that Sydney doesn't tell me about.  She gets stickers in her folder at the end of each day (well, if she does a good job!) and so far, so good.  They have classroom incentive programs that Sydney explains to me in great detail.  It's like a whole new world in the wild world of education!  I'm excited about what she's done in just 4 days... I can't imagine how much she's going to learn in 9 months!

I tried to snap some shots of Sydney on her first day of Pre-K.  Her faithful sidekick wanted to join in, too.  Taylor didn't move up classes, but she's now the "big girl" of her one's class.  All her little friends from Infant B just moved up this week.

Busy Day!

Today was one of those busy days, where Stephen and I literally just want to sit on the couch tonight and not move/lift/clean/do anything.  I'm exhausted for obvious reasons; Stephen's exhausted because he is sick!!  We took his temp tonight and it was 101+.  :(

But, before we knew any of this, we had a fun-filled day.  It started off by going to Matteson's 1st birthday party.  Matteson is the baby girl of one of Stephen's good fraternity brother friends, Chris (I actually knew Chris before I met Stephen!).  He and his sweet wife, Jessica, live in Vinings, and we went there to celebrate and see lots of friends.  It was fun.  They just moved into their house, and I had some major envy... their house is beautiful, and their backyard is... amazing.  See below for the coolest part of their backyard.

Anyways, here are some pics from the party.

Taylor swinging with Liam.

Sydney loved this swing!

Yes, please!

Happy birthday, Matteson!

Yum.

Attempting to get a kid shot.

My silly girls.

We came back home, and Taylor and I napped from 3-4.  We  headed out to a Block Party, held at our church.  Our church knows how to throw a party!  There were bouncy houses, games, firetrucks, hotdogs, sno-cones, Bruster's ice cream, popcorn machines, chili cook-off, bike parade, watermelon eating contest, and more! 

We left sweaty, sticky (thanks, ice cream cones!), happy, and tired.  We came home, bathed the girls, and they were out!

Busted!

Taylor wanted the same as her sis.

Sydney providing moral support.

And, I want to give a shout-out to my sweet friend, Jackie... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!



Big Girl Kind of Night

Last night, we attempted Taylor in her big-girl bed (AKA our former queen-sized guest bedroom bed).  She looked like such a little thing on it!  She was initially scared when we all left after reading a book in her bed, so I ended up laying with her for about 30 minutes until she fell asleep.  Of course, I'm checking on her every hour or so, paranoid she's going to fall of the end or something.  But, thankfully, she did just fine!  She did wake up crying at 4:30, and I went in there and slept with her until about 6, when she was up for good.

I spent this morning transferring all her clothes in her closet/drawers to her new room, and moving Parker's clothes to his nursery.  I guess that makes it official!

Taylor and I both took a nap in her bed today.  Tonight, after a long day, she crashed hard without anyone laying next to her (thank goodness, I was hoping she wouldn't expect that every time she laid down).

Such a big girl... (and a squirmy sleeper, apparently!)