Sleeping beauty

I left for a doctors apt this afternoon and returned to find gwyneth asleep in our bed at 5pm. I guess she fell asleep sitting on a stool with her chin resting on the kitchen counter while Jeremy was making dinner. she has been wearing her princess dress all day. This princess craze is pretty new. It was inspired first with the shrek movies(thank you papap) and subsequently all other Disney princess movie we have been suckered into renting. I don't know how dreamworks would feel about this ironic twist on their anti fairy tail.
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Auntie's Sleepover

Gwyneth spent last weekend with her Aunt Christina while Corin and I drove down to Portland to meet up with Jeremy. You can see she is exercising her toddler right to dress in a way all her own. Auntie Christina took this picture and I can only assume the umbrella and Totoro picture being together is no accident. Those of you who have seen "My Neighbor Totoro" will understand.

There is something anxiety inducing in driving hundreds of miles away from my child. I left my sister a novels worth of instructions and talked her ear off before leaving and still hyperventilated for the first 100 miles. Although to be fair Corin's screaming was the real cause of about 30 miles of hyperventilation. Seeing these pictures when I get back and knowing that at this moment and probably every other moment of the weekend Gwyneth was in blissful land of anime pretent with her beloved Auntie helps me to remember that I am not and cannot be the sole source of my child's feelings of love, security and happiness. And I actually got to eat a very nice meal with adults while leaving Corin with a babysitter at the Hotel. See I can let go every now and again.

ouch

Gwyneth got her biggest "bonk" on Saterday. The front sidewalk jumped up and grabed her while she was running around. She was pretty brave, after getting cleaned up she promply asked to go outside again. She can't wait for nicer weather, she's definitely an outside girl.To make matters worse a couple days later she slipped inside and landed right on the bump on her forehead...double ouch.

Look who's smiling

Okay I probably should have an introduction page on this blog, but it feels way too late for that now. So I'll just dive in where we're at.

Corin started smiling around week 5 and just hasn't stopped. He'll talk back at us in those cute little coo's. I forgot how mesmerizing that is. He smiles at Gwyneth too when she's not squishing him. Jeremy even gets a giggle out of him at times.

It's a boy!

So you've all heard by now that the littlest Febus is a boy, acording to the ultrasound. The technition said the baby was very 'sono-genic' and everything looked good. He is very healthy, and a bit on the big side. Which will not surprise anyone who has seen me lately. I'll have to have jeremy get a profile photo for those of you who have not. We are pretty excited. I cannot believe that I am already more than halfway through with being pregnant!

The Kitchen is Finished!

...Well almost finished. There seems to be some kind of issue with the floor, but that's a long and not interesting story.

If anyone reading this is contemplating a kitchen remodel while pregnant, I would strongly recommend against it. At first I thought it would be perfect timing because the last pregnancy the first trimester I didn't even want to be anywhere near the kitchen. So I thought this would be a perfect time to be eating out all the time. Kind of, but not worth the chaos times the not feeling so good.

Gwyneth wants to know what has happened to the 'noisy guys'. I think she thought they were a new part of our house. But she also thinks that 'kitchen, so nice' (she listens to everything everyone says now, so watch out).


We are mostly completely satisfied with our new kitchen, though there are a few things that did not turn out exactly the way we thought/hoped. I do have to say that I am glad that we didn't try the do-it-mostly-ourselves-home-depot route. The professionals ran into enough snags, that I can't imagine what we would have done. And can I say that I have MISSED having a dishwasher for the last six months.

My favorite part is the granite work station right next to the refrigerator. It is so nice to have plenty of room for the food prep part of the cooking. The pictures keep going and going so you will see what I am talking about.

Now onto more baby news: We heard the heartbeat for the second time last week. That is always amazing and mysterious. We will find out the gender at the end of the month so check back in after July 29th.

Okay, that's it for now. Still exhausted.

Christmas Baby

Okay, the pictures have nothing to do with the post, but I promised the Grandparents cute pictures of Gwyneth, and well, there's not a lot to take picture of with the lil' babe yet. So here's Gwyneth at our friends the Richards House having BLAST on their trampoline.

So the news is that we had our first appointment with the doctor and the official due date for FB2 (Febus Baby #2) is December 12th. Also we will be at the same hospital that Gwyneth was born at (University of Washington). Only this time we will start out there. There is a group of midwives that work together there and I really enjoyed meeting a couple of them. Alright, that's it for now. I now remember why there is so little written in the aforementioned journal during the first trimester. I am soooooooooooooo tired.