Getting ready around here...

In the remaining days of a family of three, we are busy getting things ready for our new addition and also trying to savor time with Hadley. We made the comment last night that this weekend is going to be about having fun...no chores, no lists, nothing like that...Since moving into a new house, we have spent a lot of time getting settled (which I love), but it is time to sit back and just let it all stay untouched for a bit...even if it is only for two days (bc knowing my personality, come Monday, I will be back on another project).

If I didn't know it already (which I did), we have a helper on our hands. This little lady is going to be working double duty when the baby comes...taking care of the baby, herself and me. I love that she wants to help so much and hope that I can encourage it in the right way...

Sometimes she helps so much that she reaches a point where she just can't do it anymore and falls asleep from the car to her bed...I understand completely Hadley and if your daddy could pick up me and my pregant self, I would probably have him carry me around too!
We have learned that with spaghetti, clothes must come off. Not that she lets a noodle not make it to her mouth, but somehow between bowl and mouth, it finds every other spot of her body and my table! And in this case, Bobby's mouth too...he was shirtless shortly after this picture!

I can't help but laugh at this picture. It says more than you know...at this point, Hadley has more than likely gotten her shoes on by herself, put a clean diaper in her bag, found her drinkcup and asked for refill while I am searching the house for car keys, my purse, my drink, etc. She is starting to talk up a storm lately, but she didn't need words here to tell me, "Momma, get your act together and take me to school."

And a little disclaimer, baby #2, we love you. We may not talk about you, but I sure do think about you and wonder what in the world is going through your little mind as you karate kick my ribs. I wonder if you are spitfire out of the womb too. I wonder if you will have hair when you are born. I wonder what your name will be. I wonder how these past 9 months have flown by before our eyes. I wonder if you will be as patient with me after you are born as you have been with me thus far. I remember thinking about you long before you were born, actually right after Hadley was born. Your daddy said something to the effect of, "how could we ever love someone or something as much as we loved her," and I remember talking about the next baby (you) and saying we would surely find a way to love the second one as much as the first...and little one inside me right now (apparently doing jumping jacks as I type), I can't wait to hold you and tell you how beautiful you are.