22 weeks

i can't believe we are already more than halfway to meeting our little girl!  i had a doctor's appointment and sonogram again this morning and she looks great.  she is measuring just ahead of schedule a couple of days, which is how this (being a 9 pounder!) all started with link, and then it just slowly kept inching up and up until he was the big baby he was!  we will see how baby girl does.

pic of her little face from the front, and up top is her arm, reaching behind her head...she is just chillin'!

at 23 weeks with link his estimated weight was 1.3 lbs, and today, at 22 weeks, baby girl's was estimated at 1 pound exactly, so they are similar in size thus far.  but all is well and it was great to see her sweet face, feet, heart, hands, just all of her cuteness, and get a good report on her health.  this was our true "anatomy" scan, even though we found out last month she was a girl at that sono.  early on i had a "low placenta" so i will get more sonos to keep an eye on that - although it is moving up as they would like, so no problems to report.  and, we are pumped to get to check in on baby girl more often!  all is well, we feel very blessed that she is looking good and thriving.  keep it up, little mama! :)

summer is here, which means link is out of school and we are keeping busy with play dates, friends in town, swim lessons, and finding other ways to beat the heat (which isn't too bad today, right now it's 70 degrees.  it's almost june.  in dallas.  amazing!!!!!).

my sweet friend mollie was in town this week with her girls, so the baylor gals had a play date with our kids and got to catch up.  we had lots of fun.  it's extra fun that mollie's in-laws just moved in a BLOCK away from us...we get lots more play time when she is up from austin!  YAY.

cuties on my couch!  love these kids!!

we also got to meet another sweet friend, mary's baby girl, maren, for the first time this week.  link was so sweet with her.  these sweet kiddos have many a play date in their future!!  i am so blessed to have college friends that are still such an important part of my life.  i treasure their friendships so much!

link and baby maren, exchanging their first glance...adorable

if you have read this blog anytime in the last year, you have definitely seen pictures of link with his little bud, finley.  these two have such a sweet and real friendship...and so do we, with her parents, garrett and cameron.  sadly, they are moving to san antonio (well, happy for them, because garrett has landed a great head pastor position in SA...sad for us because they are moving!!!) so we are squeezing in as many play dates, lunches, and nights out as we can in the next few weeks before they head south bound 35.  we love you guys!

link and finley at coffee park

and last issue of note, our house.  we have finally decided what we want and moved to the final stages of the process to add on to our house.  we had an appraisal today, and as long as our builders, appraiser, and bank can all agree, we should start construction in the next couple of weeks!  we are pumped.  well, not for construction, but for the finished product - an upstairs with two additional bedrooms, another laundry area (b/c what mom doesn't need two washer dryers?!), a play room/open area, and another full bath.  if this all works out, we will be sooooo happy to have all the space we will need (or want, i should say) for our growing family and for our family and friends to visit us!

so there's a lot going on over here - and in the coming weeks, my parents newly renovated dallas home will be ready, nephews and nieces are coming for cousin's camp (YAY!), and i will hopefully have pics to post of a progressing construction project on top of my house!  say a prayer that this all goes well, if you will.  it's been a long road to decide which way to go on this, and i hope we are almost to the decision point.  :)

hope you are all having a great summer!!!