Cycling Twins

Anders always wants to be "just like Daddy." So lately when Adam asked if he wanted to go on a bike ride, Anders replied "But I don't have bike riding pants?" He has a red jersey we bought him months ago, but he has just realized that he doesn't have any official cycling shorts. So, I went on Amazon and found some kids shorts (complete with padding!). The day they came in the mail Anders was so excited! He ran upstairs, found his jersey, put on the shorts, and then made Adam get dressed in his gear too. He was more than happy to pose for these shots...what a cute boy!!

NESTING!

The only good thing about the last few weeks of pregnancy is nesting. I am not sure what happens or why it happens, but I get so productive right before the baby comes. It is probably a subconscious desire to have everything organized and all projects completed because you are the exact opposite once the baby arrives. Here are a few of the "nesting" projects I have completed in the last few weeks...

My cousin Marian cut these letters out for me and I painted and modge-podged them...so fun! We got the crib and changing table set up and all the decorations on the wall...I love this new crib!! I hung letters over Ella's and Anders' beds. I also finally got the matching dresser so Anders has somewhere to hide the mess he makes of his nicely folded clothes every day! I hung some tiles that I bought last summer over our bed and they are actually all level and equally spaced! I framed a necklace I bought in Hawaii over a year ago to hang in our room. There was a similar hanging in the hotel Adam and I stayed in during our vacation in Maui. So when I went to Oahu with my girlfriends, I picked this necklace up to re-create it.

There have been a few other things I have done, including packing my bag for the hospital. Now it is just time to wait!! My official due date is February 23rd. Ella was 2 weeks late, born on July 21st and Anders was 2 days early, born on November 21st. What are the odds of this one coming on February 21st? It would be cool for them all to be "21st's" but I wouldn't mind him coming as early as he wants...how about today!?!

Okay, fine, here it is!

Quite a few people have requested a prego picture of me. Besides Demi Moore, I don't think there are a lot of women who want to be photographed while they are pregnant and I am no Demi. But, then I realized that maybe this kiddo will want to see me when I was pregnant with him someday, so I finally broke down and had Adam take my picture. He was really sweet about it and even posed me (gotta love the "holding the belly" pose!). After he took the shot and saw it on the preview screen he said "Perfect!" He probably meant my eyes weren't shut or my head wasn't cut off, but it still made me feel really good for him to say I was "perfect!"

So, here we go...me at 35 weeks! Only a month to go! Yahoo!!!!

My Little Girl

Now that I am only 5 1/2 weeks from having kiddo #3, I have been thinking more about kiddo #1...our little munchkin, Ella, who isn't so little anymore. She is 6 1/2 years-old now, but it just doesn't seem that long ago that she was a tiny little baby...I still remember thinking how perfect her hands were when they first gave her to me. I still love to hold her hands!

So, even though she can't tell me she loves me, I know that she does when she looks me in the eye and there is a little twinkle there as she smiles at me. I have never been able to make her laugh like her Daddy can, but she saves a special smile just for me!

I love you, Ella! (I added the naked picture of Ella at the top because of Heather's comment...it is one of my favorite pictures and is still in the plastic case where I keep her immunization records. She was such a little chunk!)