Late For a Very Important Date

Well we are 2 days past the due date and waiting in excitement. For whatever reason I feel less anxious now than I did right before the due date. She will eventually arrive...right? Its feeling closer to the fullness of the time and I am looking forward to it.

I feel so proud of my tummy. I felt like showing Abby off today :). Here are some pictures of the three of us girls from today at the park.

Birthday Party

Eva had a birthday party this weekend. Her friend Chris turned 5! She went primarily to be a companion for Gabriella, but the two were set loose and were independent most of the time. I was so proud of Eva. She was not only independent but perfectly content despite being the littler kid. In the bounce house she jump just as good as the older kids (not quite as high) and wasn't phased when they would bump her. A couple moms at first told their kids to be careful of the baby, but they quickly took that back! She is no baby :).

Daddy's Are the Best!

Justin always has the best ideas! He made a tunnel with pillows and our comforter on top of the bed for Eva. She loves it when he does this. She grabs little things to bring in there and hide :).

Yesterday Justin had the idea of propping our hose in the fence in such a way that it sprayed continuously overhead for him and Eva to run in. I wanted to run too, but it was a little chilly for me and I wanted to get pictures :). Next time! Eva loved it. If you click on the pictures they get bigger.

Learning to Write

Eva is quickly losing interest in her crayons and wanting to write on pads with pens and pencils like we do :). check out how well she did on one her first try at making letters.

The letter "C"

Making a "V" in my letter "C"

She made the little "o"!

She did her "V" in crayon on the first try!

Daddy

Justin and Eva have been spending a lot more one-on-one time lately and Eva has really been enjoying it. He is such a great Daddy. His Daddy's girls are always going to be Daddy's girls. I know it.

Trying to gain momentum and swing on her own.

Eva eagerly anticipating Daddy to get off of work.

Funnies

Girlfriends

Sick!

All of us are almost better! For Eva and I we have been out of commission for 2 1/2 weeks! Poor Justin has been for about 10 days. We are all happy :). Sorry that I have been slacking on the updates.

This is the first day that Eva really started looking sick. We went to the park and after playing for a little bit she laid down on the ground - tired. We have watched Alice in Wonderland way too many times! At first Eva would ask to watch, "Salad." But now she does say Alice.

Sisters

Eva is getting excited about having a sister on the way. Today she came up to my tummy, gave it a kiss and said, "Hi Abby" then happily scurried away. Tonight while getting ready for bed she was sitting next to me drinking her water as we rocked in the glider. She patted my tummy, "Abby, my sister. She's comin'. Sister...Abby".

I love and enjoy Eva so much, I am excited to see what Abby is going to be like. I can't believe it will be any day now. I feel so anxious that I just want the day to be now! But the other half of me is terrified and I know I don't know the best timing and I am comforted by the thought that God will bring her at the proper time and relieved that I don't have to figure all that out.

Eva wanted to color on my tummy. She kept giggling and saying she was tickling Abby. It was so cute. Check out my b-ball.

According to Eva, She Can Do It.

Saturday afternoon I gave Aimee a break and took Eva to the park to play. This park has three play areas: Really little kids (1-2 yrs), kids Eva's age (2-4) and kids age 5-8 or whatever the cutoff is.

Eva is no respecter of age, so when we go it is a free for all. Sure I may need to help her a little here and there, with the rock wall for instance, and making sure she doesn't try to slide down the fire pole type things, but in all she can handle it. In fact she'll tell you so.

I was up on some obstacle with her, and two other kids about 5 years old looked at her, and proceeded to tell me that she is just a baby and she isn't allowed to play here. Before I could answer, Eva proudly and exuberantly said "I can do it!" and she ran over to the tallest slide, grabbed the bar and swung, then went down the slide. Yeah, I guess she can do it!

This makes Aimee very proud too, because Aimee always encourages her in everything she does.