Update on Baby, Pregnancy, Home & Family

Holy Smokes! How in the world can we be at the end of February already...and how can I be that I'm a day over my due date!!! I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to see what progress I've made. Depending on her assessment I will either go to the hospital Thursday night or Friday morning for the induction process to get under way. My mom flies in Thursday night so it could be ideal if Baby Girl wants to wait...which is how it's looking. No need for a picture of me. I'm carrying just like I did Kendall; it looks like I am smuggling a basketball in my shirt. :-) I've gained 35lbs with pregnancy which is only 2-3 more than with Kendall. I've allowed myself many more treats this time around as I've been craving sugar much earlier in this pregnancy! I have been nesting! We have gotten many home projects done around the house before our lives get a bit more complicated. We did some updates to our living/dining room with a new dinning room table that now seats 12 and chairs and curtains. I love how it turned out! Troy installed a new toilet in Kendall's bathroom and moved the nursery into what use to be our office. I am working on getting all the finishings for the room done but have come to terms with the fact I will not finish it all until after she arrives. Troy then moved the office into our guest bed room so it will now function in two capacities. We then rearranged furniture, cleaned out closets and decluttered the room. We also got a new mattress for our guest bed which all our guests will be grateful for. Troy put new shelving into the garage and sold our old washer and dryer unit because he got me new ones at Christmas...yes! Kendall's room with big girl bed is 3/4 of the way done. We are planning on getting new bedroom furniture and handing down our current stuff to the girls...so until that purchase is made Kendall's room will be a bit bare. I purchased curtains for our bedroom but struck out so I am still on the hunt! As far as Kendall goes, she is a cute little ball of fun and feistiness. She is really good with names and loves to name each of her friends to me along with all the princesses and sesame characters she knows. Mind you she has only seen some of Tangled staring Rupunzle and no Sesame Street. She gets all this from books she's been given. She still loves the park and being outside, loves to dance and boy can she move, ride her tricycle, repeat after her parents, eat suckers every once in a while for treats and swim. She is doing so well in her big kid swim class. Troy and I no longer are in the pool with her so her class consists of 3 little boys and her teacher, Miss Samantha. Troy is well and working hard. He has put it late nights this week to gear up for baby's arrival. His girls love him like crazy. Kendall loves to hug him and do his P90X work outs with him in the morning. He is so patient with her getting in his way and trying to climb all over him while he tries to get through the workout...I don't think I would have the same amount of patience.

Christmas in Dallas 2011

I am so so behind on updating this blog but here goes. We spent Christmas in Dallas this year and had a lovely day. We started off the morning with our stockings, then our traditional Christmas coffee cake, then present opening and then hosted Troy's family for Christmas Dinner! Kendall got a ridiculous amount of gifts this year so I decided to hold several of them back for a later date. Though she loved all her gifts, the absolute favorite was the Disney Princess Pop-Up Castle given to her from Uncle Jon & Aunt Lou. Those two spoil her like crazy, but what are aunts and uncles for right. This castle has been amazing in promoting independent play. Kendall LOVES to go inside and recite all the names of the princesses: Bell, Arial, Punzle, Rella, White, Beauty, and T. She reads books in her castle, plays with her dolls and stuffed animals and puts her Fisher Price Door in the castle so she will have music and practice her dancing of course.

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Thanksgiving at Ma & Pa Lap's

Our family switches off Thanksgiving and Christmas between Texas and California. This year Thanksgiving was with the Lapachets. We had so much fun seeing family and friends. We spent Christmas Day at my Aunt and Uncles in Elk Grove and the following day with my mom's side at our house. What this equates to is two awesome and huge meals back to back plus left overs so lots of eating.

Kendall had the best time playing with Uncle Jon and Aunt Lou, dancing with Pa Lap and snuggling with Ma Lap..oh and I can't forget the star of the show Jon's beloved dog Mac who Kendall can't stop talking about. It's always so great to see my girlfriends and their kiddos and catch up on what's new in Livable Lovable Lodi!

I didn't get any photos from Thanksgiving on my camera so below are pictures from a trip to the mall. Kendall's ride in the Mickey Mouse car, pictures from the park where we visited often. I tried several times to upload two videos but I couldn't get them to post.