27 weeks

I'm 2/3 of the way through this pregnancy! Yay! We can't wait to meet this new little baby in about 3 months. It's almost 2 pounds now and getting nice and heavy. I can kind of feel body parts now, like a foot or a head or something. I'm not really sure what. :)

Sleep has been going a little better for me lately. I only got up one time to use the bathroom last night, and once or twice more to turn over. The Olympics are currently going on, so I've been staying up a little too late. Maybe that helps me sleep better though. I'm still napping every day for about 30-40 minutes, and that is so nice.

I've been all into keeping our house clean. Organizing drawers, figuring out cleaning routines, etc. I'm afraid that will all change once the baby comes, but it's so nice now. This weekend we had a big snow storm (10 inches!) and then ice on top of it. So we've been kind of home bound. Church was cancelled today. We made ravioli and didn't go anywhere. I'm getting a little stir crazy, so hopefully it will melt soon and we'll be able to get out.

Next week we're going to go through our relaxation practices from our birth class last time. I think that will help prepare for labor again. I haven't been walking as much this time, but I'm way more active instead of sitting in a chair at work all day. So hopefully that will be enough. I'll start walking more once it warms up a little outside. Ruby really likes going on walks.

Changes this week: I've been having tons of Braxton Hicks. Hopefully that means that when the time comes, the baby will just fall out. :)

Cravings this week: Nothing really. Milk, I guess. I always crave milk.

Link to Ruby's 27 week post

Snow!

This is Ruby in my sister's shirt she had when she was little. Go Huskers. :) 

We had a pretty good week this week, aside from Ruby getting a cold on top of her cold. :( She's got a dry cough that won't go away, and on Monday she got super snotty again, right when she was seeming to get better. Poor girl. She has done really well without her paci though. She asked for it for about one day at bed and nap, but then did really well after that. Naps were a little hard to get her to sleep for a few days, but now she does great. I'm glad it was so easy!

Ruby has this thing where we think she is scared of things. If I tell her to go to her room to get something or put something away, sometimes she shakes her head and says, "baby shark" and I think she's scared of it. So I moved baby shark (her shark towel) to the bathroom and that seems to be fine. I wonder if she had a bad dream about it or something.

One of my current favorite things is that she will say something like, "Ruby go outside because Mommy go outside." Often times she says because, and the second part of the sentence doesn't even go with the first part. It's so cute. She also says, "I think so might be in Ruby's bedroom" when I ask her to find something. And then she says, "Just a second," or "Be right back."

 On Friday Ruby woke up from her nap really early and was obviously not done sleeping. So Andy brought her out to me and I laid down with her on the couch while she finished sleeping. It was so precious.

 This is right after she woke up. She always says, "Ruby awake."

Snuggles with Mommy. 

 Some new silky jammies.

 Playing with her kitchen in the morning.

 On Saturday we had some friends over for dinner, so I made Carnitas with homemade salsa fresca, refried beans and guacamole. It was so good.

 We apparently don't have enough volunteers in our nursery currently, so Ruby sat in church with us on Sunday. Karley and Penny were with their parents too. Starting this next week she can go into the class above though, so that will be nice. We want to have her with us in church eventually, but it would be nice if that could be when she's 3 or 4 instead of 2. :)

 She did really well though. She had lots of fun with an activity book thing my Mom made when we were little. So she brought it to us filled with fun coloring things, and that kept Ruby occupied really well.

 We went to the high school super bowl party after her nap, and she had fun. She stared at the tv for about the first 30 minutes (we don't watch much tv, and this one was pretty huge), and then she wanted to play.

 Lounging.

 On Monday we went to see some baby lambs at a farm of some people from our church. They were so cute! We had to duck under a tree while some huge hail came down.

 This one was born that morning, and it's umbilical cord was still wet. It was all wobbly and cute!

 These little twins were adorable. Ruby loved them and called them "baby lambies."

 We got a new memory foam rug for our kitchen (to help my feet) and Ruby likes to go stand on it and say, "feel funny."

 Andy came home on Tuesday with flowers for me and a balloon for Ruby. <3

 Ruby got some new toys in the mail from Uncle Randy for her birthday. She has fun with them.

 Ruby loves her little sibling, "Baby Heartbeat."

 We had a little dinner party yesterday.

 This is how she waits for Daddy sometimes. So cute.

 Styling with her skinny jeans, boots and scarf.

 What a cutie.

 We woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow, and then it continued to snow all day! We have about 5 inches right now and more is expected tonight and tomorrow. Ruby was supposed to go to the dentist this morning, but we cancelled because of the snow. Apparently there was a 20 car pile-up on the freeway near Albany, and we didn't want to risk being in something like that. So we had a fun day at home (and a coffee date to Starbucks).

 Ruby got a 1/2 pump vanilla steamer and loved it!

 We sat for a long time while we had our drinks. It was a ton of fun.

 We'll have to do it again! I love my girl.

 She had lots of fun with this cash box and some coins this afternoon. Then she said, "I need a dollar."

 We made the bed, and Ruby always likes to pretend to take a nap when we do.

 All ready to go out in the snow!

 She loves measuring the snow.

 We went in after about 5-10 minutes because I was cold. She was way more bundled than I was and had lots of fun. I had to carry her though, because the snow was about up to her knees. I had her walk behind me for a little bit, and she liked that. So fun.

26 weeks

This week we get into the 3rd trimester! The end is starting to come into sight. I can't wait to meet this new little guy/girl. It's been really active, which is super fun. I feel little feet a lot. Ruby puts her hand on my stomach and says, "Feel baby!" but she really doesn't. Hopefully she will soon though. Andy likes to feel it squirm.

The baby is almost 2 pounds by now. I'm starting to think about all of the stuff I have to do still before it arrives, like go through all of our baby clothes, wash the diapers, figure out where it will sleep, etc. Becca and Janelle are throwing me a baby shower in April, so that will be fun. I can't wait. I'm really starting to get uncomfortable lately. Sometimes I just want to unstrap my belly for a little while, but I can't. I will be done soon enough though, and I have to keep reminding myself that I'll only do this a few times and I should enjoy it.

Changes this week: My feet were a little swollen after we threw Ruby's birthday party. I was on my feet most of that day, so that's probably why. Not much other than that. I've been sleeping pretty well except for waking up at 6 or 6:30 every morning.

Cravings this week: I got my donut on Wednesday and it was delicious. I have to be honest, sometimes I crave corn dogs, but I haven't eaten any. :)

Link to Ruby's 26 week post

Ruby's 2nd birthday!

Our Peach turned 2 on Sunday!! We had a very busy, fun week celebrating and doing all kinds of other things. She was so excited about her party and kept saying "Eat caterpillar birthday party cake" all week before hand. This past year has been so much fun. We've gone from seeing her take her first steps and say her first words to running and talking in rather long sentences. We love being her parents! And we're excited to see what this next year will hold and to see her transition to being a big sister soon. 

We got on WIC this week. It's a huge blessing to get free groceries. I think we could have gotten on it before now, but I didn't even think about it until some of my friends mentioned it. So glad they did! We decided to say goodbye to Ruby's paci's today (they had holes and I don't want to buy any more). We'll see how that goes tonight and tomorrow for nap. Then in a few weeks I think we're going to get out her toddler bed. She's growing up!

Here are a ton of pictures from our week. Enjoy!

 She loves riding the horsey at Safeway pretty much every time we go there. She's gotten really good at putting the quarter in herself.

 She loves helping Mommy cook, especially stirring.

 She said, "Ruby do dishes for Mommy." <3 If only...

 Lounging on the potty. She doesn't really go that much, but it's a start!

 Having Lupe play Legos.

 Big tower!

After lunch on Sunday we ate birthday ice cream... homemade strawberry. It was yummy.

 Opening up her present. She kept saying, "New water bottle," because that's what she got for Christmas.

 We got her a new train set.

 I'm not sure who likes it more.

 Annual photo with Mommy.

 She likes to put the tracks together.

 Grandma Debbie and Grandpa John came the night of her birthday. Grandpa made her this cute little play kitchen. She was so excited to take the blanket off and hasn't stopped playing with it since.

 Measuring with Grandma Debbie.

 Grandma and Grandpa took her to Motion Monday.

She sure loves singing and dancing.

Playing with Karley.

 Birthday pie for lunch.

 We made this caterpillar birthday cake. She loved it!

 It was Andy's idea to do the leaf. It turned out pretty cute.

Here is the decorations and craft I made the night before, inspired by one of Ruby's books.

Ready for her birthday party.

 Birthday girl!

 Crafting with Grandma.

 <3

Blowing out her candles. She got them both!

 Cake! Needless to say, she did not sleep well that night after all of that sugar and excitement. Good thing she only has birthdays once-a-year.

 Playing with her new play food and kitchen. It was a little crazy with all the kids!

 Deep in conversation with Aunt Becca.

 Family photo.

 Crafting caterpillars.

 Karley, Hannah and Penny eating cake at Ruby's new table from Grandma Patty and Grandpa Del.

 Cool new shades from Aunt Becca.

 Play time.

 She loves her new little table. She takes the chairs around everywhere.

 On Wednesday Ruby got her first hair trim by Janna! She did great.

 Before... she had a little mullet.

 She only cut about an inch off of the very back. It's nice and even now and looks great.

 Look out Woody!

 The last few days they have been doing work right outside on the water lines. It's great entertainment... except when we get to nap time and it's loud. She's been sleeping pretty well anyway.

 Tea party with her French monkeys... Jacques, Pierre, and Jean-Philippe.

 Waiting for Daddy to come home.

 Silly girl.

 She runs over to my pregnancy photo spot for me to take pictures of her. Daddy joined in on this one.

 She clocked her head pretty good this morning and got a big goose egg. Ouch!

 I'm not sure what to make of this. Charred Disney characters.

Train time!