Oh my!

After I made my last post, I saw the number of days left on my baby counter...and freaked a little. I can NOT believe how fast this pregnancy has gone. Although I am extremely excited for the new baby to get here...I'm also nervous about how everyone (ahem, carmen) will adjust. But most of all, I'm really looking forward to not being pregnant! (just kidding I'm mostly excited for her to get here. however, it will be nice to not be pregnant any more ;)

Swingin'

Why is it that swingin' on swings is one of the funnest things to do when you are a kid. Well, Carmen is no different. Everyday when we pick her up from school, she races to the swings and makes us push her for a little while before we go home. One time, she even cried, because Shay didn't push her high enough. Here is a video Shay took today while she was swingin'.

Sneak Peek!

Today we went to get a 3-D ultrasound to get pictures and a dvd of the new baby. We did it for Carmen, so we figured we should do it for this little sweetie. She kind of looks like Carmen, but she looks a little different too. I think she has more of Shay's nose, but I guess we'll know for sure once she gets here. And this baby is quite the mover and shaker. 2 weeks ago when we went to the Dr, she was all in position. Today, she's laying transverse across my belly. Hopefully, she'll move back into place before her grand entrance.







Her eyes are open in this one and she clearly looks annoyed that we are trying to get pictures of her.

gross

I can not think of anything more gross than this:



They are cute and eco-friendly, but i don't know,
I think this is where i draw the line.

Let's Rock-N-Roll!

Last night, Carmen wanted to play with her yo-gabba gabba guitar. But, it was getting late, so we told her we couldn't get it out. We then encouraged her to just go and strum daddy's guitar since he already had it out. This made her happy. She then screamed out, "LET'S ROCK AND ROLL!" grabed her recorder and proceeds to rock. It was so cute, we had to get it on video. So, the below video is a little coherst, but she fell for it and it ROCKS! My child is a rocker and that makes both Shay and I very happy. I just caught it on my MacBook video camera so, it isn't the best quality and thus i had to apply an effect to make it as cool as it could be, since she totally took down the house. Enjoy.

If you're happy and you know it

Wednesday, Carmen had a summer concert with her school. Her class sang, "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." She did a great job, and ironically enough, her favorite verse was, "if you're mad and you know it stomp your feet." where they were directed to do mad faces...and her mad face, was by far the best. Cute little thing. Unfortunately, I did not get that great of pictures, but shay got some great video.




Her mad face:



Shouting "horay!":



After the performance:



Our happy family:

I'm a sucker

We were supposed to go to Phoenix this weekend, but my sister ended up having to get some surgery unexpectedly, so we decided it would be best to stay back and make sure she was doing well. And, she is. Surgery went great and she seems to be healing fantastically. Now, we just hope it all goes well from here.

Sunday was my birthday, and since we didn't go to Phoenix, we decided to go to Disneyland and take advantage of my getting in free. I seriously had so much fun despite the fact that i can't ride any of the thrill rides.

First we went to see the princesses. Carmen met her favs:







Toward the end of the day, Me and Carmen hung out riding the carousel and various fantasyland rides while Shay and my brother rode Space mountain and such. At one point, Carmen was in no mood to wait in anymore lines, so I decided to check out the Bippity Boppity Boutique with her. And, oh my. It is so fantastic. I highly recommend treating your daughter to this princess treatment. The Bippity Boppity Boutique, for those who don't know, transforms your little girls into Princesses with hair, make up, nails, princess attire and pictures - should you get suckered into all of it, which i did. I couldn't help myself. I first just signed up for the hair, makeup and nails. But Carmen got so excited getting the princess treatment and it was so thrilling to see her loving it, that well, I went all the way. And I think these pictures speak for themselves:














It was a blast. I think I may have had more fun watching her than she had being made into a princess. And it totally shocked me because I am not the "get my daughter dolled up" type. But watching her totally get excited about getting made up, just put a big huge smile on my face. It was ridiculous fun. And as we walked out of the park that day, tons of people stopped us to say how cute Carmen was, total strangers took pictures of her (which is a little creeepy) and she just beamed with every step.

Until of course, she got tired.



She didn't even make it to the car.



I think it may have been my best birthday yet.

In other news. My belly is getting huge. It is almost as big now, at 22 weeks, as I was at 36 weeks with carmen. It's both depressing and scary. Even thought I've heard, your belly gets bigger faster after your first, I'm still freaked.

Me, now, at 22 weeks:


Me, two years ago, at 36 weeks: