Addy and Daddy Day

On Saturday my two favorite people had a special day together.  It was an Addy & Daddy day!  T

They covered a lot of territory in one day.  They worked on their list for days prior to going out.  It all started with a breakfast sandwich and a trip through the carwash - at Addy's request.

Addy went to Twin Star to make her very first deposit in her Dollar Dog account and got her first Dollar Dog Bucks.

Books . . .

 And looking for Big Foot at TJ's.

They even hit Charlie Safari!!  Addy was super brave and went on all the big slides and activities.

What a special day the two of them had.  They returned with some great memories and very tired.  Addy is so lucky to have Scott!  He is a great Dad!

26 weeks

For me pregnancy goes so fast and so slow.  I feel like it goes so slow when it comes to the physical difficulties of it.  Each day seems like a very long trek, this time my hips hurt each day by the end of the work day and at night I struggle to get comfortable - even this early on.  But on the other hand, when I think about getting ready for Charlotte the list is huge and the weeks seem short. I think I made our first dent in the list this weekend, but there is still so much I'd like to do.

I am at 26 weeks.  I feel good overall, and feeling blessed that I am doing okay.  Since I'll go at 39 weeks, I have 13 weeks left.

From what I can recall, I am about the same size as I was at this time last time.  I am definitely carrying a little wider, but for the most part the same way. 

My Mom and I tackled Ikea this weekend and good grief can that be like a taking on the olympics.  I was proud we made it out alive - although we had a blast.  I hadn't been in years and it was so fun to browse - and buy more then I should have. :)

Next is the glucose testing and then I'll have another ultra sound to check growth in about 4 weeks.  I am already on to two week appointments. 

Things are good here and if I sometimes complain I am big and clumsy, it is with a full heart!  May these next 13 weeks be good to us and we'll be meeting our little one soon.

Big Seat

Last weekend Addy got her new carseat - she is so excited about being able to get in and out of it and buckle herself in.  And she loves that her carseat isn't yucky gray anymore - it is very pretty!!

Later that day we got to celebrate Gracie's 10th birthday.  I can't believe we are talking double digits.  Gracie is a lovely, caring, beautiful girl!!  Addy is so blessed to have such a wonderful friend.

And Addy got some play time in with Gavin too.  This cracked me up!  Poor guy, she kept making him push and pull her up.  He was a trooper.  Some day they will laugh at these shots.

He's pretty brave using his head.  She was laughing so hard when he was shoving her up with his hand she tooted on him.  It was a train wreck waiting to happen.  What are best friends for right?

The Dream Machine Scooter

We stopped by goodwill last night to look for any great baby finds . . . which didn't amount to much.  But Addy spied this scooter and fell in love.  It is a pink plastic spectacle . . . and she is totally head over heels for it.  I loved the 3.99 price.

 She was really excited when the neighbors came by with their scooters. 

Tea Party Playdate

We got to invite our friends Lexy and Hillary over for a tea party playdate a couple weeks ago.  It was a great success.

Love the girls attempting to do the slide together - and tumbling out on the bottom together. :)

A present for Charlotte

Addy picked out this present for Charlotte (and Addy too)!

 They are all ready to go again!

Girls Trip

We just got home from our girls trip to Disneyland.  We had a blast!!  The weather was lovely - so nice to wake up to sunshine days in a row. 

We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, and despite a lot of remodeling, we enjoyed it a lot.  Addy was pretty excited to arrive and see all the Disney themed style.  Keeping a tight hold on her baby Minnie doll.

My favorite Disney touch were these pillows . . .

Highlights of the trip included getting dressed up (in her Belle costume) to see the princesses, meeting Tinkerbell, riding the Matterhorn with Grandma twice, and riding on Pirates over and over again. :)

Grandma got Addy this lovely Rapenzel dress.  Addy was totally in love with wearing it around the park.

I was a little nervous about going while 5 months pregnant but it wasn't bad.  There were some rides I had to avoid, but overall I don't feel like I overdid it.  Now Charlotte can say that she has already been to Disneyland - she'll definitely fit right into the family.  Addy was all about getting baby Charlotte some reminders of the trip.  More on that later.

How pretty is princess Belle?  She even had Belle light up, high heel shoes.

 There were a couple of new rides this time.  We were able to use special resort fast passes to avoid the two hour line and check out the new Little Mermaid ride.  It was very cute.  Addy really enjoyed it.  We did not stand in the 4 hour line for the new updated Star Tours.  (The good news for my Mom and Addy is that although I am a huge Star Wars nerd and totally wanted to check it out, I get very sick on motion simulation rides - so they were totally saved from the monster lines.)

 And of course pool time is as big a hit as park time.  Addy was putting her face in the water and going under - big milestones for this girl.  I see swim lessons again in her near future.

Happy weekend all!!

Sunshine

Just enjoying the lovely sunshine and warm weather . . .

She has a name

We had decided on the name Addison long before we even knew we were having a girl.  If I remember it was within a week or two of finding out we were going to have a baby.  It was an easy choice that we agreed to immediately.  We were a bit nervous because we didn't have any boy names.  It was a girl - and therefore she immediately became Addison. 

This time around we didn't even talk about names until we found out the gender.  Immediately we realized our girls name lists didn't match up.  (Lets be clear, not that big of a deal, since in this household the person that carries and births the child is the final decision maker.  Oh yeah, that is me. Lucky me. )  But of course we wanted to decide on a name that we could all live with. 

Addy's name was Sally . . . she's never waivered.  Even though we have a name and she's approved it, she's decided the baby's nickname for her will be Sally.  Sounds like a plan to me!

I quickly laid out my very important name philosophy points in order to establish the important factors.   It is so fun to hear how other people decide.  I love to hear them all, the fun, traditional, new age . . . I really love all names.  I just am weird about the criteria for my own name selection process.

Here are the three most important ones:

1) Must be presidential (I stand by my comment that a girl named Gidget isn't going to be voted President.  Don't get me wrong, I am not saying my child should be president, but darn it I am not going to break her dream because of a name I picked out). 
2) No backseat cheerleader names.  You know the kind I mean, they are cute, but they could result in a less then desirable outcome of being seen as stupid or cheap. 
3) It must go with Addison.  Pretty simple, but effective in ruling out many options.  Some of my favorites got ruled out because of this.

(And there are about 5 others that I won't bore you with since they made Scott roll his eyes.)

And this is all really just a cover for my real name issue . . . I am obsessed with old, traditional names.  Give me a Harriet, Margaret, Betsy any day.  All names on my list that Scott crossed out by the way.

My very favorite name ever is what we decided on.  Scott took a little convincing, but after trying it out for a week or so, it won him over.  (Of course it did, it is a great name.)

To me it is sweet, traditional, old-fashioned and most importantly for me a strong and confident name.

Charlotte Leila is the name we have chosen for our daughter.  I couldn't be happier with our choice.  She has been Charlotte to me for a while.  Leila is my mom's name.  I can't think of a better middle name then the name of the most strong and worthy woman I know.  (It is pronounced Lee - I - la)  She would be a lucky girl to grow up to be a woman like my Mom.

Now that we have a name we need to get started on all the other things we need to get ready.  Wow, the list is pretty long!