Random

A few random moments of us soaking up the last month before the Baby was due. In April right when I was almost 34 weeks along I went into pre-term labor. We had been worried about this happening because of Ella's exciting entrance to life and so I had been doing a progesterone shot once a week during my pregnancy which is supposed to help with preventing preterm birth and they had been monitoring things more closely this pregnancy. This time though b/c I was just shy of 34 weeks they were able to stop the labor and give me a shot to help the baby's lungs develop. It was scary for us at first b/c we felt like we were reliving our experience with Ella but thankfully I was able to go home that night and I didn't continue to progress like I did with Ella. They put me on bed rest for the next two weeks (it sure felt a lot longer than that!) and then I still hadn't had any more progress so I got taken off bed rest and once I got to 37 weeks I felt ready to just enjoy the blessing of extra TIME. Made a bunch of freezer meals, and took some time while my Mom was here to take each of the girls out on a date with me. We did fun things like visiting the dollar store, and doing some grocery shopping but b/c it's so rare that it's just me and ONE child, I saw each of them in a whole new light with the one-on-one time. I need to remember this for the future!

Doing a puzzle with Ella while on bed rest. She LOVES this United States Puzzle so she found my lack of activity the perfect opportunity to do it over and over. I think she knows the name of almost every state and can tell you where every piece goes. She also found out where every person in the family was born and loves to tell everyone about it as well.  And using my growing belly to hold the pieces was even MORE fun. :)

Mom and Mia Date

Getting to the end!!!

Grandma and Ella

My Date with Maddi

Little Buddies

Ella and Mommy going on a Date

Mia finding creative ways to get Ella to help her with her chores. This time I think she told Ella that she was a "Shoe Monster" or something of that nature and loaded up her pockets, hand, and MOUTH with shoes to take upstairs.

Washing Barbie clothes with their wash board and drying them on the drying rack. :)