10 days or less!

Baby time is getting very close now! 10 days until my c-section...or less if babycakes wants to come sooner! I am sooo excited! I didnt want to have any baby showers this time around because I got so spoiled by having 3 showers for Lily (not that long ago!) and because we dont know the gender it would be harder for people to shop. But over the last month, I was suprised by a diaper shower from my girlfriends and from my work! Mamas cant turn down diapers- these were a great suprise! I didnt do a great job taking pictures....but here are the cupcakes we had at Andrea's. Of course I had to eat one of each color. :)

    About 800 diapers...should be good for at least 3 months- YAY!

My unit decorated my cubicle at work after breakfast and a diaper shower.

Thanks everybody!!!

My large and in charge belly at 37 weeks

                     
           My baby girl and I before church on Sunday, Aug 26th

On Sunday afternoon, we took Lily to Fun Station Jr for the first time. We're trying to get some fun activities in for Lily before she will have to adjust to big sisterhood.

Lily walking down the long, creepy Fun Station Jr hallway..not sure what to expect!

                           Oooh a giant slide, this will do! :)

We met some friends there, which made it extra fun! Somehow I went all summer without seeing Lisa or Rosina (or their kiddos!) It was great to see them! Below is Lisa with her son Connor and her niece Abigail.

           Lily enjoyed tokens and all the lights on the machines.

These next 3 pictures are our attempts to get all 5 kids in one picture. In my head, they were all going to be lined up smiling...here's the reality!

     Jamie attempting to get Cooper to come down for the picture

Fun station Jr was a lot of fun and Lily had a blast! However, I need to go back when I'm not 37 weeks pregnant and sluggish as all get out. This place truly exhausted me. :)

Sometimes I just think  Lily looks too cute in her school clothes. She finally learned how to say "Elmo" this week, so this shirt is perfect. :)

We asked Lily to dance in her chair. It helps for bringing out her smiles!

Last night, I put Lily in one of her two Big Sister shirts for bed. You mention "big sister" or "baby" to Lily and she kind of gives you this look like, "Who me? No, thanks." We are hoping Lily warms up quickly to her new baby! (I've been told to call the baby hers, and maybe she'll resent it less??)

 I know I already posted Lily's 18 month milestons and such, but she finally had her 18 month check-up yesterday, so I wanted to add her height and weight stats.

As of 8/30/12 (18 months, 20 days).....

Weight: 25.4 lbs, 65% percentile

Height: 32.5 in, 70% percentile

Head circumference: 47.1 cm, 50%

These stats were actually suprising to me because Lily has always been 50% percentile for weight AND height...she shot up (and out!) in the last 3 months. Maybe Lily is going to be tall like daddy after all. But lets hope she doesn't have a size 13 shoe. :)

The pediactrician asked Clint how many words Lily can say. Clint guessed 15-20. That made me wonder how many she knows, I feel like it has to be more than 20. And just over the last two weeks, Lily will try to repeat almost anything you coach her to say. That doesnt really count as words she knows and says on her own, but it is a good step in vocabulary building..and super fun for us!

This morning Lily said "I love you" for the first time!! We were both there to hear it, but I guess technically she was being held by Clint and talking to him. Its ok, I think it counted for me too, and we made her repeat it....so an "I love you" for each of us!

So at 18.5 months, Lily's vocabulary now includes: Mama, Mommy, Dada, Daddy, Papa, Grandma (she just learned this one), bubbles, baba (bottle), wawa (water), ball, wee-wee (swing/wagon ride), uh-oh, oww, potty, Elmo, I love you, Nilly (Lily), yes, yah, no, this, drink, me, night night, eat, more, please, cheese, eat, yummy, blanket, banana, car, hat, tree, and she keeps saying "Ah meee" which we can't really decipher.

So I think she's closer to 30-35 words, but she is adding more each day! This is a really fun age for that reason.

Today is my last day of work before maternity leave (Hallelujah!), and tomorrow is Lily's 2nd tailgate. Daddy already had her in her nole gear today to get pumped (And he says its National Collegiate Attire Day- or something like that!). Happy Friday!!