prepin' for baby eli

here's myah and i in our matching dresses-the ones i made for my baby shower. we wore them to church the next day and just HAD to take a pix :) the background is in eli's room-kevin did the painting and our friend neal helped him with the beadboard. it looks stinkin' awesome! i think kevin's still shocked at how good it turned out; see! he's the best! cuz that room was definitely a labor of love! we've just got a few more things to hang on the walls til it's done, then i'll post pix of it.
the pix of kevin and i was after our long day of the birthing class. wow, that was already five weeks ago-time's a flyin' for sure! anyway, kevin keeps trying to tell me i need to practice my breathing; last nite, he had his boxers pulled up as high as they'd go, his t-shirt over his head like a head-dress, dancing around doing the hee-hee-hee-hoo's. cracked my butt up! he loves making me laugh, i just hope eli doesn't mind me jolting him around in there when i do! and hey, even tho i'm not practicing the breathing, kevin will be a pro! OKAY YOU GUYS...be nice! the one of me, yes-that's me, not a blue-striped whale, was taken just this past sunday. i'm now 36 weeks and ugh, it ain't too pretty. obviously, the water retention has set in!
i think this is going to be the last pix i post out there for all to see. and i won't EVEN tell what the scale at the doc's office said yesterday; let's just say i've more than made up for my lack of weight gain from my puke-days and the extra water weight is NOT helping. i'm only 50-60% effaced and at zero dialation. bummer.
but, eli's head-down, his heart rate is perfect and altho i'm a bit on the miserable side, he's doing great; thank you Lord! so, consider this your last pix of me like this; i'll be keeping all the rest OFF the internet :)

more 'around the house' pix

the one of her outside has her 'chalk' footprint next to her. love it! (yes, i know-it needs to be turned!) anyway, the one of kevin and her is under eli's bed, in their 'secret hiding place.' i have THEE best husband! he is so good with her and esp since i'm so exhausted these days, it's great to see him play so well with her-that way i don't feel as guilty! the one of kevin and myah from the back is them in the garage-myah 'helping' daddy change the litter box! the ones with her in her rain boots and 'rain hat' are when she plays pretend in her room. one day she says "it nowing" (snowing) and the next "it's raining." she will get out every hat she owns and put it on each of her stuffed animals. so cute to watch her imagination!

fun around the house

the picture with her in the tub and the ducks lined up was kevin's funny thing. there's a pilot duck (daddy), a mommy duck, a chinese duck (myah) and then a baby duck (eli)!

couldn't resist these...

i am so kicking myself...we went with our friends, the newells, to a DCI contest at the stadium right by our house on tuesday nite; did i bring my camera? nope! ugh!
myah LOVED it! the newell kiddos had some play-dough-like-stuff, which they let myah play with as well...well, she was so exicted as each band took the field and would say 'make drum, please' or 'make trumpet' or 'make flag' and pretend she was playing/waving right along with the bands. hilarious! the kids were all dancing and being quite the entertainment for everyone sitting around us. so fun to watch them. they did great the whole two hours, even tho it was past their bedtimes; guess that's what you get when you load them up with cotton candy, m&m's, coke, popcorn and peanuts! woo-hoo! so the pix of myah in her jammies and boots-was the next morning; she wanted the American flag to wave around like what she'd seen at the contest. :) PS even tho the weather was perfect that nite, i don't suggest being almost 7 months pregnant and sitting outside on metal bleachers for two hours!

baby shower time!

even though this is really baby #2 for me, all the girls in the squadron felt i still needed a shower-and since there are going to be SO MANY showers in the next few months, us 'second-time-mommies' decided to have double-showers. so here's some pix of my friend Therese and i's shower from this past saturday. there was a big turn-out and we really got spoiled. in the group picture, there are obviously the big-bellied therese and me; as well as the hostesses, which happen to all live on our street. oh yeah, ginger is the one on the very left-altho pregnant, she was just a hostess; her shower is next weekend! ha! and the reason why my shower was so early is cuz therese is due in a week, and since i 'doubled' with her, we had to have it early. oh, the dress...okay, i made it-SUPER EASY and because of that, i went and got more material to make one for myah. we'll add those pix later-cuz we're going to wear our matching dresses to church this sunday :) also very obvious; i'm carrying eli in both my tummy AND my bootie! the pix of myah in the tissue paper was after getting all the gifts home and out of the bags, she loved it!

OSU friends in OKC

one of our good pals, angie and her hubby darrin flew in from AZ, so why not get togehter and EAT?! myah and i drove up to OKC to meet some of my college friends to see angie and eat at the Hideaway, oh yum! new babies, pregnant mommies and lots of calories were enjoyed greatly!

popsicles and pool time

i promise i rotated the pictures when i uploaded them...obviously i didn't do it correctly...

something's in the water...

well, not my water, since ours was from a lab and all :)
but there are about 11 of us in kevin's squadron alone that are pregnant. we are standing in order of our due dates...obviously, it starts from the left. and check out how low i'm carrying...interesting!

HAPPY BDAY, AMERICA!

here's the 'american girl' at a local parade, waving her heart out at the floats and cars, and LOVING the candy that was thrown! we went to our friends' house that afternoon for a cook-out, swim time and fireworks. FUN!

i, too, am growing fast!

i can't believe i'm actually putting this out there for everyone to see. oh well. here i am at 27 weeks. (last week) and i already feel like i'm bigger just since this was taken. getting a little on the uncomfortable side, having a hard time sleeping, but praise God-i finally have a perscription that WIPES OUT my heartburn entirely, so that's a HUGE relief! did i tell you the doc said eli is measuring to be in the 97th percentile of weight! OH MY! no wonder why i'm having hard time catching my breath and bending over! the doc said not to buy too many newborn sized clothes, ha! well, it's funny NOW...ask me again when i'm in labor! ugh! oh yeah, myah likes to 'open' my shirt, say "hi baby eli, i lub you" and share her snacks with him; via my belly button! too cute!
(KELLY! YOU MUST TEACH ME TO ROTATE PIX! AHHHHHHHHH! :)