Twilight of Pregnancy

I have entered that phase of pregnancy (10 days til due date!!!) where every time I call someone, they think--is this it? Where when I see people they think, "this is probably the last time I will see her before she delivers." Where everything we do, we think, "this might be the last opportunity to do X before delivery."

We aren't making plans, and we have done just about everything we needed to do before we give birth. So, we have been spending lots of time hanging out with Robby and just enjoying the last days of having him as an only child.

Here is a re-cap of some of what we have done:

Tah brought Robby cupcakes. He didn't think he could wait until Mommy was ready to give him one:



We went to the Dallas Aquarium. Robby loved seeing "Nemo" and "Dorie." He did not love moving on to the next exhibit (even though it was the super cool shark tank).


We took Robby to his first dentist's appointment. I can tell we are really going to like the practice we chose, and Robby loved the toys in the waiting room.


We have gone to the park almost every day. Robby is becoming more and more willing to play with other kids, and he loves meeting the neighborhood dogs:



We went to the zoo and saw all of the animals that we talk about in books. It was very fun.

(you are welcome for the late preggo pic)

We have cuddled on the couch and watched football:

Who knows, maybe this is my last time to post before I can put up the first pics of my daughter...

Updates....

Wow, how did I go so long without any update on this page? I guess I will just have to do bullet points:


Robby:

• We had his birthday party two weeks ago, and it was really fun! We had choo-choo train cake, homemade decorations, and lots of family. He got trains, cars, and trucks. It was heaven for him! Afterwards, the grownups had fun with barbeque and fantasy football draft night.


• Robby had his two year doctor's appointment last week. Bryan and I got a 30 minute lecture on the importance of disciplining him (it is her standard 2 year appt talk) as he proceeding to throw a minor temper tantrum the whole time she was in there....good times. He is just under 50% in weight and 80% in height. He was not impressed with getting in a shot but very impressed with his Curious George band-aid.


• Robby promoted to the 2-year old classroom at school. It is a room of 10 boys and no girls. I cannot imagine. His teachers must have unheard of stores of patience. While he misses Miss Anna and Cocoa the Frog, he also loves his new room. They get to play on the big playground outside and they have their own chairs with their pictures on them. When I went to pick him up the other day, he didn't want to come home!


• Here's a pic of Robby and Daddy at Chick-Fil-A on Monday to get our free chicken sandwiches for wearing our sports gear. We took it to the duck pond and had a picnic lunch. It was so fun, but Robby got filthy! He had to have a shower before nap and then a bath again before bedtime.
  
  
  
  Juliet:

• She is due in less than a month! I start my weekly check ups on Monday. Those are always fun. Go in, hope lots of progress has been made, get told that there has been none. Go home, wait for next week, repeat. I got 5 weekly check ups with Robby. Here's to hoping that Juliet will not be so stubborn!


• We put together the nursery last weekend. My parents were super sweet and came to help us get it all together. It took a full three days, but we are almost completely done. We still have to hang the curtains and hang one more picture. My favorite part of the nursery is a collage of Juliet's initials that Bryan and I made. We got three really pretty pieces of pink patterned cardstock paper that Bryan drew her initials on using charcoal. We then framed them and added pink ribbon to hang the frame. The whole nursery is black, white, and bright pink. It is hard to find pink and black together these days, but I love the effect it created. Here are some pics of the room: