Introducing...

Look at this handsome little man!

 I LOVE how fuzzy he is.

He was making some funny faces.

And he kept trying to eat his hand.

Then he fell asleep.  Such an angel.

 Lucas and Paige were all over the place while we were trying to take pictures.

 But then we let them join in.  They love their baby brother.

Pictures of Lucas and Paige

Paige and Lucas will be sharing a room soon so I wanted to take some updated pictures of them to put up on the walls in there.  I just barely thought of this a couple days ago and was planning on taking the pictures at some point after the baby comes because I figured I'd have more time then, but seeing as how this baby has decided to take up permanent residence in my womb, I apparently have all the time in the world right now. 

It was so hard getting them both to hold still and look at the camera.  I thought for sure Lucas would be the easy one but he is in the phase where he likes to smile and look at anything but the camera.  And move around - A LOT!  Anyway, those things aside, I think we got a couple good shots.  I want one of each of them and then a group shot.  What do you think?  Which ones should I use?

Paige 1 

 Paige 2

 Paige 3

 Lucas 1

 Lucas 2

 Lucas 3

 Both 1

 Both 2

 Both 3

Both 4

38 Weeks

38 weeks!  I'm finally almost done!  I overlapped these three pictures on top of each other so I could compare the bellies and they are actually all pretty close to each other.  With Paige I was a little smaller than I am now, with Lucas I was a little bigger, but overall I guess this is just the size I get when I'm pregnant.

On the one hand I know the baby will be here pretty soon, but on the other hand I don't feel too different than I have for the last month.  With Paige I had braxton hicks contractions all the time for the whole last month.  I've had some this time around but not nearly as often and not as painful either.  I had some pretty bad ones with Paige, and this time I've only had a few that made me stop and think about them.  And I'm hot and tired and feeling huge, but I've been feeling that way for about a month now.  I just don't feel very different than I have been feeling.  I know at some point I have to go into labor, but it doesn't feel like it'll be any time soon.  But I really want it to be soon!!  

I'm trying to not plan on him coming before my due date so I won't be disappointed.  But I am getting everything prepared ahead of time just in case.  I've been cleaning and organizing and making lists.  I LOVE making lists.  And something about having a baby makes me feel like I should deep clean the whole house.  We're talking cleaning baseboards and blinds and stuff.  I'm about 80% done.  I think part of me is hoping that with all this cleaning and being busy I'll put myself into labor.  :)  Once I'm all done with the house I'm not sure what I'll do to distract myself.  I'm thinking a pedicure!

Any guesses as to when I'll go into labor.  My due date is the 23rd.  For some reason I'm thinking the 19th - not sure why.

Business Trip to London

Here's the last of the catch up posts.  Ryan took a business trip to London a few weeks ago.  We had known about this trip for a while but when it actually came time for him to go I was a little worried about having the baby early, or just not being able to manage the kids and being hugely pregnant all by myself.  Everything worked out pretty well, though.  My mom came and stayed with us for two days, and then we went down and stayed with her for two days.  Playing with family kept us distracted and entertained.  My dad made yummy shrimp for me to eat.  We never have seafood at home because Ryan hates it.  We spent most of our time just hanging out at the park or at my brother John's house in their new playroom.  Here's Joseph entertaining the kids.  They all thought Joseph was the best ever.

One of the days we were down in San Jose we went to Happy Hollow.  The kids had so much fun going on the rides and seeing the animals at the zoo.

 The park wasn't very busy so the kids got to ride the rides over and over again without getting off.

 Paige thought she was awesome getting to ride this car all by herself.

 Paige has been super in to babies lately, and her cousin Jonah is no exception.  Despite the fact that he is about the same size as her, she kept trying to love him and hold him.  He liked it for the most part so it was okay.

They had this roller coaster there, and Lucas has never been a fan of roller coasters and usually refuses to go on them, but for some reason he decided to give this one a try and it was mild enough that he liked it.  He rode it 4 times in a row, because there was no one in line behind his group.  Then we went back and rode it again later and he rode it another 4 times.  I couldn't go on it with him so Joseph had to.  Poor Joseph got a headache from riding it so much but Lucas thought it was a blast.  Here's a video I took of our group on it.  You can see how excited Lucas is.  Don't be distracted by the person waving at the beginning, our group is in the first three cars - Lucas and Joseph are in the second car.



We spent the rest of our time at home, getting ready for Lucas's birthday and going to the park.  We did alright, but the kids were definitely a little grumpy without their dad.  Paige took a few days to realize that daddy wasn't just at work and coming home soon, once she did she was pretty clingy and sad.  We made it through, though, and I told Ryan he's never allowed to travel again.  :)

Ryan was mostly going to meetings the entire time he was in London, but he did get to go sightseeing the first two days he was there.  He packed a lot into just two days.

 He took the Tube everywhere he went.

St Paul's Cathedral

 The National Gallery

 The Tower Bridge

Big Ben and Parliament

 Westminster Abbey

 The London Eye

View from the Eye

 Changing of the guards

 Windsor Castle

 Stonehenge

 London Temple

We're glad he had a good time, and we're glad he's back again!

37 Weeks

I wanted to take a few pictures of my huge belly with the kids.  They weren't really very cooperative, but oh well, there's not a lot you can do about that.  Either Paige was grumpy and Lucas was smiling...

 Or Paige was smiling and Lucas was grumpy...

 There were a lot with both of them being grumpy, and then this one where both were laughing but neither was looking at the camera.

 And this is pretty much as good as it got.

 So we gave up and took one of just me.

I'm feeling very ready to be done being pregnant!!