32 Weeks: Pineapple

Jane is about the size of a pineapple!

Only about 2 months to go!

So crazy!

Speaking of crazy...

These hormones sure can make you feel a little off kilter.

Nesting has definitely begun.

I pulled out all of Alice's baby clothes and baby stuff, organized it all and put it in the dresser all ready for Jane.

Alice loves clothes and wanted to put on some of it and I had a hard time explaining to her that it was much too small.

I am hoping that seeing the baby clothes and things helps Alice understand that Jane will be coming out of mommy's belly, not sure she gets that yet.

We can't wait to meet Jane.

It's hard not to imagine her being just like Alice.

I have to remind myself that Jane could be completely different.

Though I am pretty sure she will be born with a head full of hair like Alice, judging by all the heartburn I am having.

(Supposedly there is a correlation between heartburn and your baby having lots of hair, may sound kinda crazy but was so true for Alice)

Other than the heartburn and the general, mild discomfort that comes from being so large, things are going great!

Christmas in Napa

We went to California for close to two weeks over Christmas.

We spent the first half in Napa with my family and the second half in Brentwood (an hour away) with Stephen's family.

It was really nice having a seat for Alice on the plane instead of having her on our lap.  Unfortunately, for some reason during the descent she refused to eat or drink anything (I even had suckers and candy for her), so her ears hurt and she just screamed for like 20 minutes.  When we landed she stopped and seeing out the window how fast we were going she said "Oh, woah!" really loud and everyone around us laughed.

My parents, of course, soaked up as much Alice time as possible so there were a lot of moments like these:

Trips to the park.

As well as much needed date time for me and Stephen.

We went to dinner, saw movies in the theater, and spent one lovely morning driving up valley and stopping at a couple wineries for Stephen to taste wine.  Sure made us wish we lived closer to family!

We, of course, spent some time with our friends the Dunnes while in Napa.

Alice and Evie playing piano together.

Best buds!

We spent one day in San Francisco with my parents and my niece Kalynn.

Alice LOVED ridding on the ferry.

All day and for the rest of the trip, and even now occasionally she will say "Alice in the boat... Mommy in the boat....Daddy in the boat...."etc.

After the ferry ride we went to the Exploratoruim (a kids science/play place).

Most of the stuff is for older kids but even though she didn't understand the science, she still had lots of fun.

She loved this smoke machine thing.  I think she would have stayed there all day if we let her.

The boat ride back.

We did a big Cooney family Christmas one day.

Tried to take pictures in front of my parents tree but 2-year-olds are really not good at taking pictures.

Alice with her cousins Kalynn and Haylee.

 My dad pulled out a bunch of bubble wrap and Kalynn and Alice had a blast with that.

Haylee and I.

We spent one day baking with my mom.

Alice enjoyed that :o)

Then part 2 of our trip began Christmas Day...