39 Weeks

Yep, you read that correctly, 39 weeks, that means 1 week until the due date and up to 3 weeks until the little one is here in our arms. We are so excited and can't wait. I am still feeling really good, even despite the heat here in MN. Yesterday Mike and I went to the Como Zoo with his brother, my sister-in-law and my niece. It was probably up to 88 degrees, with god knows how much humidity. Outside was fine, but it was inside the buildings that was tough, since those were sauna's. The MN Zoo would have been better, but since we didn't last long this worked out. Tomorrow is supposed to be 90 + degrees and with the humidity it will feel like it's in the 100's. Not sure I will make it, but we will see.

Today I had an Ultrasound scheduled to see how big the little one is - at least an estimate, since it's hard for them to tell exactly how big she is. But the tech said her head is average (thank you!!) and not too big. She also said that she is weighing between 7 1/2lbs and 8lbs. So average. If I go on time she will be about 8 to 8 1/2lbs and if I go late she could be up to 9lbs....I am thinking the diapers we bought might not fit if she is that big, but we will see :)  Below is her profile picture, she barely fits on the screen anymore. You can see her mouth, nose and her hand.

On another note my niece is a walking fool. She is 14 months and walking like crazy. Mac wasn't quite sure what to make of her, but did really well with her. I am not worrying about mac and peanut getting along at all. I figure by the time next year rolls around and Peanut is walking that Mac will be used to it and laid back.

Mac also had a great time playing with the neighbor dog yesterday evening Tucker. We haven't had Mac around bigger dogs without being through a fence (at my parents) but last night Mike thought she was ready and sure enough she was! We couldn't ask for better. Tucker and Mac sniffed and hung out right by each other and there was no barking, growling or anything. Tucker is a 3 1/2 year old German Shorthair Pointer (Jager's boyfriend). He is a lot more laid back than Jager, but it worked out. I am hoping that we can bring Mac up to the dogs up at the kennel and have them around each other more often to get her used to dogs. It will make walking a TON easier! We might even be able to leave the neighborhood. Mike and I were super excited about it! It's been a good 2 years since that's happened. We couldn't ask for a better end to a great weekend.

Party with Crunch!

It was Alyssa's First Birthday Party today and it was such a great time. My in-laws have season tickets to the Timberwolves Basketball team and they won a free party for 20 people with the Mascot Crunch. So he came to Barrett & Leah's house! It was a great time.

Here are some pictures and videos from today

Alyssa & Crunch - The basketball was her gift from the Timberwolves

Crunch & His Assistant getting the Hulu Hoops ready - That's the hubby in the background - probably wondering what he was getting himself into :) Anything for his niece.

Alyssa's Cake

Messy Baby! Enjoying her cake. She stuffed the entire cake in her mouth.

Happy Birthday Alyssa!

My niece turned 1 today! I can't believe it's been a year. She was born on June 2nd, 2009 and has blessed my life along with all the others that she is around. She is such a cutie pie and growing so fast! I can't believe it's been a year since she came into this world.

The picture to the left is her in the hospital, next to her dad's pop bottle. She was about 3 weeks early and was only 5lbs 9oz when she was born and under 5 when she left the hospital.  Such a tiny tiny little girl, so precious.

When she was born she had black hair and a whole lot of it and now it's completely different. Blond, although she still has a TON of hair!

Here is the two of us just a few weeks after she was born. I couldn't get enough of her, still can't :) My Sister-in-Law and Brother-in-Law had to buy some small preemie outfits for her because all her clothes were way too big on her.





And here she is now. These pictures are from this weekend at the lake, where we all were for Memorial Weekend.

This is her playing outside in her pack and play. her allergies were bugging her a lot and she actually is getting two more teeth in (will have 8 soon)

22 Weeks

Another week down and another week closer to Peanuts arrival. It was a good week. We got the nursery started, we are going to put up the border later this week. I have started the search for the dresser, so far the ones we like aren't the right dimensions, so we will have to see what we can find. I am sure we will figure something out :) So any of you out there that have dressers that you use as changing tables please let me know the height of it...as right now that's the problem we are running into I have a inch dimension in my mind that I think might be right, but who knows.

We had a great weekend with the parents. Saturday was with my parents (see my post about Peanuts' first game). We had a great dinner after the game with them. Mike made some awesome ribs and Mom had made a great dessert! It was overall a great night. Yesterday we were at the in-laws for Easter dinner. It was really good to spend time with everyone. My niece Alyssa is still pretty sick, the poor thing will probably have to get tubes put in. I feel so bad for her. She had a great time though, got to have potatoes, although she didn't like the sweet potatoes much.

Also at dinner last night I felt the little one move for the what I think was the first time. I am sure she has moved before and I just didn't know it was her, but I am pretty darn sure this time.