Uh-oh, we're in trouble!

It seems as though our little girl is growing up a little too fast! She got into my make-up last night and this was the result (and she was really quite proud of herself too!)

 

This was less than an hour after she'd painted her nails with her markers... We're not ready for nails and make-up yet!

It's Christmas time in the city...

Ok, so we technically don't celebrate Christmas, but you've heard my spiel about New Year's Eve and that the way we celebrate is nearly identical to Christmas (except for reindeer, overdoing it with presents, and the whole "naughty or nice" thing - I can't even begin to wrap my head around that one to be honest). So we went to see the Christmas tree in the city last night. It was so much fun: Sasha had the best view from her papa's shoulders and didn't want to leave, we saw the Saks Fifth Avenue windows, the angels, people ice skating (now, naturally she wants to go ice skating herself), and even tasted some (overpriced) roasted chestnuts!

Big girl bed transition

I've been dreading it for months. I've been preparing myself (and the kiddo) for months. She was so excited that she's not a little girl anymore and can sleep in her "big girl bed". In fact, before we moved, she wouldn't want to go in her crib for naps and bedtimes! The first night in the new house and in the new bed went so well:

She went to bed with some fussing and complaining, but slept so nicely! Nap the next day was a piece of cake! This continued for two weeks: cranky at bedtime, but slept great, easy naps; I was beginning to wonder why we put this off for so long. Then one morning, after Z left for work and I fell back asleep (instead of getting Sasha up), I woke up two hours later to a quite house: turns out kiddo was in her room, having changed out of her pull-ups and pj's, reading. Great!! Except that it wasn't. She refused to nap the next three days and made a giant mess out of her room. In the mornings, she's venture downstairs (oops forgot to lock the gate on her door), sing songs super loudly, or bang on her gate with her sunglasses. Bedtime continued to be hard. Then she napped (poor kiddo was exhausted by then). Then she didn't nap again.
Today, she ran around her room opening and closing closet doors for over an hour; then all was quiet - she was finally exhausted enough to fall asleep. And this, my friends, is how I found her when I went to wake her up:

Yup, she's on top of her comforter, wearing a swimsuit, flip flops, a hairbow in her hair, half covered with her baby blanket, and no pillowcase on the pillow (with her Teddy which her cousin Emily had given her)... I'm honestly waiting to walk in on her sleeping in her closet or half on her bed or under the bed or something. Sigh. I'm hoping it's just the excited of the new bed and she'll get used to it and stop climbing out/playing soon.

Update on baby Honeydew

First off, I'm 24 weeks today. Which means viability. Which means the kiddo will likely do just fine if he were born at this point (not super duper, probably stay in the NICU, but the lungs are developed enough to survive! Yay!) I know it's a weird thing to get excited about, but it makes me feel relieved.
I saw the new OB (since I won't be delivering with my old one) and she was so nice! Sasha came with me and behaved like an angel (why couldn't she act like that at home, I wonder). She kept asking me what the dr. was doing and then listened to her little brother's heartbeat on the doppler with a giant smile on her face. It was so precious! I really can't wait for him to get here!!

See? I'm telling you she's excited!
Still no name for this kiddo (and don't even get me started on how badly I feel about it, with Sasha we had a name before we were even married!!) Going back and forth on a few alternatives, but none of them feel like our son's name, if that makes sense.  So we're working on it; hopefully we'll decide before he's born!
The next big thing is the GD test in a month, when I get to drink some lovely sugary drink and get blook drawn to make sure I'm not developing gestational diabetes. Then after that nothing too exciting for a while.
I cannot wait for March to get here!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

So much to be thankful for this year! Wonderful family and friends (who have been nothing but amazing, especially during these past few months), our health, our perfectly healthy growing baby, not to mention our amazing "big girl" (her words, not mine), my husband. We spent Thanksgiving at Z's aunt and uncle's house with many of our loved ones and it was so much fun!

How we spent the first weekend in our new house

We spent the entire weekend unpacking, washing windows, painting bathrooms, insulating the attic, vacuuming, ordering take-out, discovering a new park, and putting together a doll crib for Sasha. We even managed to squeeze in a swimming lesson at the Y for the kiddo! Oh, and we now own a leaf blower, yup, definitely the suburbs.

Pictures of the house to come later, once (at least) the boxes are unpacked. We still have a lot to do in terms of decorating and really making the place "ours", but with the holidays coming up, I think I might slack a little on that.

Home sweet home!

Just a quick update: we're all moved in, as of this afternoon. Still have a few things in the car and boxes, boxes everywhere (will this ever end?) Sasha's room is bright and blue with light pink curtains and butterflies on her comforter (which she picked out herself) and is the only room in the house which is unpacked. Baby boy's room might just be the last to be unpacked, sigh. Master bedroom is cozy and warm with a king-size bed and many boxes (but if you close your eyes and imagine the boxes aren't there, it's really cozy and warm, I promise!)
I do have a few pictures, but, alas, not the camera cord, so whenever I locate it, I'll be able to upload some. Tomorrow, Z is going back to work, and Sasha and I will explore our new neighborhood a bit. More on the house to come, I'm sure!

Las Vegas in pictures

OMG, we really needed that break! I came back feeling refreshed and ready for more packing (but don't even get me started on that!) Vegas was a bit chilly, but we made the best of it and had an amazing time. Went to see the Grand Canyon, gambled (and lost a lot of money, sigh), ate at wonderfully delicious restaurants, walked around, and, yes, shopped. It was great!

Half baked!

I am officially half baked, as of last Wednesday. I'm feeling pretty good, just really big (I'm pretty sure I looked like this at 24 weeks with Sasha).

I had another anatomy scan today and I took my mom, since she's never seen one before. I swear, she was sitting there smiling the entire time, it was wonderful!

How cute is that little kiddo? He's got the same little button nose that Sasha had too! Can you see how he's sticking out his pinky as if drinking tea? Ahh, I love it! Kiddo weighs approximately 1lb right now, measuring about 5 days ahead. The doctor said he wanted to see me in a month to monitor his growth (he said they were mostly concerned about slower growth with the meds I'm on though, so so far so good).
As for the name, we're still very much undecided. Discussing a bunch of different names, all of which are really nice names, but none of which seem to feel like our son's name quite yet. I just hope we come to a decision before we're at the hospital!!

Vegas bound!

Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I'll be on my way to Las Vegas! Z is there for a conference right now, and I'm joining him (well, I'm not going there for the conference). I am so excited for a chance to get away from all the craziness of the past few weeks and recharge before our final week here!
November is looking to be quite busy: Vegas this week, then packing all of next week (with a little break for an anatomy scan to which I am sooo excited to take my mom!), moving all our stuff that weekend, and closing on our current apartment on the 14th. It's a good thing November ends with loads of family and food (Thanksgiving and our niece's 6th birthday), or else I think I'd go crazy!