8-30-12

We are having a blast on vacation this week! We are at a house on Lake Eufaula that one of our church families own and have graciously allowed us to borrow! It's been wonderful to just relax! Especially this late in the pregnancy, when I'm already exhausted and easily fatigued! I've cross stitched and even worked a puzzle, couldn't tell you when I last did that! Haven't cross stitched since AC was born! :-)

Weather has been just okay, since Hurricane Isaac nearly missed us, but even though it's been cloudy, we've played in the water, gone on lots of paddle boat rides with daddy, watched movies galore and just chilled out! We've cooked here to save money, but I've kept it very simple so as to not have a lot of extra cleanup to do. I look forward to improving in this department---need to get better about planning for enough food and snacks so we don't have to run to the store repeatedly-haha!

Just as a note of interest, check me out at about the same age as Anna Claire is - look at our body shape.....

Man, is she built just like me, or what?! Hilarious!

(Yeah, Brandon and Dara are pretty hilarious in that photo also!)

More pics of our fun week!

8-23-12

I'm so overdue for an update!! Anna Claire has been learning and developing mentally SO much! It's like an intellectual growth spurt!

Ever since we got home from Jax in July though she's been SUPER clingy to me. For WEEKS she's been mean to her daddy, not wanting him to do anything for her at all. It's been pretty rough, honestly. She's just now starting to come out of it. I'm so thankful! I don't know if it had something to do with him being gone two separate weeks or what....not fun for any of us though.

Having to start disciplining her more than we were though. She's smarter now, so there is more for her to get into! The more she learns the more creative ways she finds to test us! Haha!! Andy had to pop her little hand at Piccadilly the other day for standing up in her chair and turning around. A
few min later she started to do it again and he told her to sit down. She replied, "no, no ow dada!" of course then we bust out laughing. She's so unexpected!

AC is learning to try to manipulate us---before bed if we tell her it's time to go night night she will say "I sit! I sit!" (she knows that if she sits still with one of us on the couch that she usually gets to stay up a few more minutes...) :-)

I kept Ian Gluck last Friday night which was interesting. He has learned to shove and kick and tried some of those tactics with Anna Claire. Although she is 6 months younger, she didn't let him bully her!! Unfortunately she just responded in kind....not sure whether to cheer her on or scold her for being bad. Especially when last night at church she was extremely aggressive with Autumn Clark--usually its the other way around but I had to severely scold her and make her give Autumn a kiss after I caught her trying to grab her face and push her in order to take her toy....oh the joys of two year olds! :-)

Still our precious girl--she loves to cuddle and thinks that when she wakes up the first order of the day is to cuddle on Mom's bed and watch Disney Jr!

8-2-12

Baby Juliana is about 3 lbs 4 oz according to the ultrasound today--perfectly on track!

Spent morning with daddy--went to radio shack and ate Chick-Fil-A. It was fun. AC is pushing her boundaries but I think it's normal stretching behavior for her age....she will definitely have some adjustment to learn when Juliana comes!