Baby Bump:Week 25

So here is my current baby bump picture! It is not the best picture of me... LONG busy but awesome DAY! But I wanted to make sure that I got my picture in on the correct day. 

Looking at this picture you may not believe this (and honestly I don't either), but I still have people say to me "oh, I didn't know you are pregnant!" when I mention number three. In the past five days along I have 3 people say this to me...people that see me on a weekly (or more) basis. I know I am tall but I feel like at this point the bump is somewhat obvious...Well onto the past months' pictures...I think Elliot has grown a lot over the last month. I was just saying last month I didn't see much growth in the belly, but look at her now.

I also thought I would share the comparison to my previous pregnancies. This is Reese and the next one is Brady. I carried so small with Brady even though I still gained lots of weight. I also find it interesting that my hair is close to the same length at this point with all three pregnancies.

Now for Elli's big sister cuddle time. The girls love love love Elli. They can't wait for her arrival and ask if she can go ahead and come out. They both give her hugs and kisses at night. One night Reese even told Elli Dew she misses her. LOVE IT! My three musketeers.

 I love the matching shirts for the girls. I was pretty excited they had them in onesies and big girl sizes. Reese has a second one that says big sis but she wanted to wear lil sis until the big day.

I have to add this...(edited from original), my pregnancy brain forgot to do it before. Karl felt Elli kick for the first time on February 1st. On that particular day she was doing some pretty violent kung fu moves so I placed Karl's hand on my belly. Sure enough she gave him a big ole kick! I have been trying to get the girls to feel it but they move their hand or get inpatient. Well finally yesterday they both got a little kick, I told them and waited for the excitement to follow. They both gave me the oh ok response and went back to their playing. Elli Dew, I love the love kicks you give me everyday!

Orthnerisms: Figuring out how the world turns

Conversation about difference between public and private schools spurred from the sight of a school bus and Brady's question of why she doesn't ride one. Enter the middle of the conversation...

Brady: "Oh, so we go to a private school."

Yes

Reese: "We go to POTTY school!!!"

Huh?

Reese: "yeah, private school means potty school"

Then the conversation continues to describe the MULTIPLE meanings of private(s). Oh the English language...

Remember when Brady thought a 'rescue' dog is a superhero dog?

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Brady affectionately rubbing my belly..."Is Elli going to have dark skin or light skin?"

Karl (kidding) says "Yes, mommy, what color skin will Elli Dew have?"

I explain a (biological) baby has a mixture of their mommy and daddy's skin color.

Brady: "So can it be dark like your friend's baby in college?" Again, I get the eye from Karl ;)

Yes, Kathy, your sweet girl is still a topic of conversation in our family, Brady loved playing with her SO much...10 months ago! But this honest innocent inquiry allowed me to explain the beauty of adoption once again!

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Watching American Idol with Reese, she asks me...

"Do they have CDs in their mouths?"

I love this...which came first, the voice or the CD ;)

Missed my calling?

So I love doing the girls' hair in a tight bun ob ballet day when they let me...

I slick their bangs back in all. I had one mom ask me how I do that so well...water and hair spray. She was SHOCKED I used hair spray on their hair...

Anyways, recently the girls had princess day at ballet and got to wear their favorite princess dress. Brady choose her Ariel wedding gown and wanted her hair to look like a bride. I had five minutes until it was time to leave, so I whipped this up for her. The natural curls helped a bunch...

So did I miss my calling for being a hair dressers specializing in up-dos on little girls? HAHAHA no...I am doing my calling spot on....raising my girly girls and loving every minute of it!

Fat Tuesday

Sorry, I am lagging in posting lately, I struggle to stay up past 8:30 most nights, which doesn't really leave me spare time to post on the blog. This past weekend we celebrated Mardi Gras in downtown Pensacola. The wonderful thing about Pensacola (and Mobile) is that they have a couple day time parades that are kid friendly...no boobs and beer. I love exposing my girls to the fun culture of the deep south. Like last year, we found our spot and enjoyed another Mardi Gras tradition...King Cake. 

The weather was sprinkling or rainy the whole time but that didn't stop us from having LOADS of fun, but it did stop me from taking loads of pictures. I did get a picture of one of the AWESOME necklaces Reese was 'thrown' during the parade. Yes, she was fully clothed the whole time ;)

Interestingly though, she was also thrown a liquor bottle (empty) necklace. Yes, a necklace made out of 5 airplane liquor bottles. I told you I had to expose to the classy culture of the deep south!

 Here are the girls having fun with all the beads...notice the background too!

 Brady loved this bobbly head band she was thrown!

 Since we were rained on the whole time we had to spread out our goodies on towels to dry them off. Pace is staking out a moon pie ;).

I love the girls reliving the fun they had at the parade...

Produce Art

I got another idea from the Family Fun magazine that I JUST had to do. The best part is again, I had all the materials on hand...so this is another fun and FREE craft. 

We provided a cut veggie plate for the girls' school. When you cut celery about 3 inches from the bottom is makes the most AMAZING flower stamp! Therefore we made our own stationery. I suggest practicing a few times scratch paper first to get the hang of it. 

Pull one of the outer pieces off, cut off the painted part and then it makes the perfect stamp to create a leaf!

We had so much fun with that we decided to make apples and carrots stamps too. When you cut apples horizontally the seed holes create a perfect little star. 

Here are the final products! First picture is Brady's handiwork and second pic is Reese's. Remember these celery flowers were done by a 3 and 4 year old... I can't believe how awesome it looks from just cut celery!

When I want A photo...

I tell the girls I want to take A (singular) photo of them...this is what I get. Girls who look like they have been at model shots for the last 15 years of their life. And if I stop taking pictures of them, I get 'the look' like why do you not want more pictures of me!