Susan Komen 5K

Yesterday was Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in St. Louis which was sponsored by Z's company, Wells Fargo Advisors. St. Louis has one of the largest races in the country and they estimate that 65,000 people participated!! This year both Z and M ran in the 5K and they had a great time. He pushed her in her jogging stroller and it was tough at times navigating through the crowd, but once he got through the large pack of people they did quite well. M enjoyed saying hi to everyone and she mercilessly waved 'bye-bye' to people as she and Z passed them.

We didn't make it to her swim class in time after this, but that was ok because they really needed a break after all the commotion of the race. If the weather cooperates this week, M and I can go swimming during the week.

We are still plugging away at the nursery and getting the house ready for the new baby. My mom will be here for a week starting on Tuesday and she will be a great help in getting the room ready. Z will be gone for a few days to attend a SigEp conference in Richmond, so she will be helping me with M, too. She better bring comfortable shoes! :)

Anniversary!

Today Zar and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary! We had a nice candle lit dinner at home with some takeout from a fabulous Italian restaurant...it was perfect!

Here's a toast to many more!

Today is the start of a very busy two weeks for us, and all that I can think is 'the calm before the storm'. M and I are having some great playtime in her room while the nursery is being painted down stairs. She is so curious and learns new things everyday. We can no longer keep track of all the words she knows (maybe 100+ at this point) and she is now putting together 3-4 words. We are trying to encourage her to sleep in her big girl bed, but she just isn't ready yet. She likes to read and snuggle in there, but asks to go to her crib for sleep. Hopefully she will be ready soon so that baby will have somewhere to sleep!

Yesterday she discovered her shadow while climbing up the stairs and it was adorable. First she said 'hi baby!' then when she moved and the shadow disappeared she said 'where are you?'. Finding it again she told her shadow 'there you are! Let's go.' and proceeded to climb the stairs up to her room. It just doesn't get much cuter than that.

Swim Class

M has now started taking Saturday morning swim class at the YMCA. She is in the beginner class for 6mos-2 years and the first class went really well. She loves the water, has no fear and really enjoying singing, splashing and getting thrown in the air by Z. I will be in the water with her in the next couple of weeks and she will likely be disappointed that I can't throw her around.

Here she is practicing her floating and kicking with Z.

This is a group shot of the class. As you can see, swim instructors look a bit different in St. Louis than they do in Florida. I'm also not the palest person here... finally.

Baby Shower!

I was so lucky to have a SURPRISE baby shower thrown for me by the wonderful ladies that I play Bunco with (a.k.a. Bunco Babes)! I was so stunned when I walked into Debbie's house that I was tearing up and completely overwhelmed. It was such an unexpected and really sweet thing. Baby Boy received a ton of new clothes and we are excited that he won't be wearing Maeve's pink hand-me-down's. Debbie went all out with a ton of balloons, cupcakes and a delicious dinner. It was so fabulous. Pictures to come soon!

33 weeks and counting

One week into June and we are really starting to get busy! I am 33 weeks pregnant and really starting to feel the 'bulge'. All of my Doctor's visits have been very uneventful (yay for that) and despite the fact that I think my belly is huge, at my last visit I had no weight gain and my belly was on the small side. My Doctor was not concerned, and she said if she is worried, they can do an ultrasound to check on the baby. His heart rate is strong, and he is QUITE active. M is now 19 months and is active as ever. Her favorite things to do now are to swing in the backyard (thank you Papa!), color pictures, play with her 'guys', sing/dance and go to Gymboree.

This week we are very excited to have a painter come and paint the nursery (I'll show pictures when it's done). We will also be celebrating our 6th anniversary on Friday!

Welcome!

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