Big Girls!

Last week I had my first real day out since Harper was born. I have had short jaunts out by myself but have never taken off for a whole day so I was well overdue for this! My sister is moving to China in a few days so we went out for brunch and then went to IKEA and shopped around for a bit. We also went to see The Help the next day. We had a great time together and it will be a very special memory to hold on to through the next year while she is living away from us!
While we were out having fun Josh took the girls to the zoo and they had a great time!

Here is Harper looking so big in the stroller at the zoo.

 

Avalyn got a big girl bed last week and she is sleeping so much better at night! Josh did a great job building the bed too. He is such a talented guy, I am surely blessed to have him as my husband and dad to our sweet girls.

zoo!

Last week we finally went to the zoo. We all had a great time! Avalyn loved seeing all the "big" animals since she has only seen most of them in books. She got to feed the giraffes and has been telling us since we went that the "g'affe eat hands". Hope she is not scarred for life! We saw monkeys, zebras, fish, snakes, chickens, turkeys, a pig, goats, rabbits, lions, mountain lions, bears, kangaroos, snow leopard, moose, birds, and elephants. I think there was more but I can't remember them all now.

First look at the giraffes

Feeding the giraffes lettuce, she enjoyed it but was a little freaked out at first

Koi...Avy loves her some fish, she tried to climb over the edge

Sprinkler/mister in the kid's section

Me and my girls...Avy is distracted by the chickens and Harper is hiding in the ergo

great deal today!

If you are interested in babywearing or know someone who might be, please share this link today!

Baby Steals

They are selling Moby D Wraps for only $29.99!! We have a Moby already and cannot wait to use it. The different ways you can wear your baby are amazing. Also, the Newborn Care Class that we took at the hospital recommended a Moby wrap for babywearing so that is a plus! I have only heard great things about them.

surprise!

Yesterday we got a very special surprise in the mail. A Moby wrap! This came from Uncle Brian and Aunt Tamara who used it for Ethan and are sharing the good with us now! We were so excited. Well I was more excited at first because Josh initially did not know what it was. Then we both tried it on and I wore it around the house while I was getting dinner ready. With a stuffed animal inside it! Ok we are dorks but we are excited to wear our baby and be able to get work done at the same time!

Here is a preview of me wearing a monkey...

I doubt our baby will be this small but that's ok!

Have a great Friday!

have heart

We got to hear the heartbeat today. It is always so reassuring to get these reminders because I get so worried in between the doctor appointments that something is going to happen. And would you believe I didn't even ask what the heart rate was so there will be no guesses if this is a boy or a girl. We will find that out by ultrasound in January! Other than that, everything else looks good and the doctor said that Josh can help out with the delivery and hopefully will be able to "catch" the baby! Is there a better word than catch for this? I feel like saying catch means it is trying to get away. HA!
In other excitement, I just saw this today and think we will need one. Josh said he doesn't want a wimpy looking stroller, I think this will do it!
Have a good day!