double-digit baby countdown just in time for triple digit heat

last week was cousins' camp and we had five of the eight cousins in town for the week.  asher, caroline,  carson, nathan, and link.  we had a blast.  water park, swimming, kayaking, top golf, a special girl lunch with caroline at the american girl store (that place is pretty overwhelming, she loved it!), went to see the movie "brave," and on and on.  lots of great memories were made.  it's so fun watching link bond with these precious cousins of his that i love so very much.  they are all a very big part of the reason i couldn't wait to have kids, because they are pretty special kids themselves!  sunday we topped it all off when the older cousins and their parents came to pick up their campers with brunch at breadwinner's.  good times!

playing in the pool with link

nap time :)

american girl store - i don't know who was more excited, my mom or caroline.

lunch with my sweet care bear.  she and her sister, audrey are two of the BIGGEST reasons i can't wait to have a little girl.  love, love, love my sweet nieces.

trouble.

campers in the arts district

use the force, link!  (playing at the children's museum)

morning playground time.  because i told link parks without water are closed after lunch in the summer.  and they probably should be in texas.  it's HOT!!!!!!!!!!

i had a sonogram and 25 week appointment tuesday to check in on baby girl.  good news all around.  baby girl is doing great, and placenta has moved up and in place.  she is all limbs in there!  she looked like a baby deer on the sonogram, dancing all her limbs around like she wasn't quite sure what to do with them!  ha. as it went with link, we are starting to measure a couple of weeks ahead.  they are estimating her weight at about 2.5 lbs and she is already 15 inches long.  looks like we may have another long and lean baby on our hands.  and as of today, glucose test is complete.  now we are on the heels of the third trimester, and the REAL countdown begins!

26 weeks today!  down to a double digit countdown.

updates

updates:  we are closing in on 25 weeks pregnant and it feels good!  i think last time around i felt pretty good until about week 36, so i am hoping to stay the same this go round.  it has helped that dallas isn't TOO insanely hot quite yet (knock on wood!).

we are getting pretty excited to meet baby girl p.  and really focusing in on names, but just not to the announcement point yet, since we just can't seem to make up our minds!  jay is a lot better at coming up with girl names than i am.  this is TOUGH!  i like a lot, but it's just such a big deal, you know?!  i want to LOVE her name.

we have also decided to postpone our house addition.  long story short, this process took a lot longer than we thought, and now that we are down to it, we have figured out that we cannot get it completed before the baby gets here.  since i REALLY don't want to bring a newborn home to a dusty construction site, we are just going to wait a few months and re-group early next year.  although i am a little disappointed the timing didn't work out, i'm also secretly kind of relieved?!

link is busy with swim lessons, summer session of school starting this week, and four of his cousins coming in town for cousins camp on wednesday.  we are all so excited!!  i'll be sure and update with pics soon.

swimming lessons are going swimmingly!

link rode the big boy slide at the pool!  he "finally" reached the 42" mark so he is big enough!  he was so excited!!!!  he rode it at least 10 times.

our sweet little goddaughter and link's bf, finley moved to san antonio last week - i got this good bye hug captured and pretty much cried.  so cute.  we are going to see them in a few weeks in SA, can't wait!

mo-se-cy-cycle

24 weeks, 4 days - she and i are both growing a little more every day!  :)