Thursday....A morning at the library.

Thursday:  

Even though I'm a Souther California gal, I love my overcast summer mornings.  

Elianna and Marley are having some quality time.  Well, it's more like, Elianna is invading Marley's space.  

This Thursday was our library day.  Off to SFS library.  Elianna gets a big kick out of this statue each time she sees it. 

After letting her feet go, Elianna states, "Poochie!"

Some coloring....

After the library it was lunch time and I had a craving for a Big Mac.....and I got one.  It was very yummy!

Bath time!  Since I was about 5 months pregnant Mark has had to take over the baths.  My belly is too big, which makes it hard to get to her, especially when she wants to get up and walk around.  Bath time is now called, "The Daddy Dip."  The first few times Mark was done given Elianna a bath, it felt as if he done it in two minutes.  

Me:  You're already done?

Mark:  Yup.  I don't know what takes you so long in there.

Da-da and Elianna were camera shy.  

I soon got a smile...from both!

Our evening walk before bed time.  The whole group.  Elianna's favorite saying during our walk, "Come on!"

Wednesday...at home

Wednesday was a nice easy going day spent at home.  I'm not sure how most Mommies do it, but I usually get out of bed at least an hour before Elianna's usual wake up time; getting ready and I try to do few things around the house.

Here's my 5 minute grooming regiment.  

Today during our gross motor time, Elmo and "Woof" joined us for yoga.

Elianna sat on the mat for a bit.  Giggled will while we were stretching our legs and touching our toes, but she did attempt to touch her toes and then mine.

Soon after she retreated to some book time.

After yoga and our morning walk, it was some tabletop activities (fine motor).  Play-doh was the choice for today.

Since it was a hot day, after Elianna's nap, we  had some water play.  

Elianna notices that "Da-da" is home from work.

Kiss- kiss!

....and for a snack, ice cream!

Tuesday.....Busy Tuesday.

Yesterday, Tuesday, turned out to be a busy day.  It started with getting Elianna up and ready for the day....

Good Morning!

Someone is done with breakfast.

While I clean up our breakfast mess, Elianna has some free-play time, and why that clothes basket is one of her favorite things, beats me!

Throwing in one chore for the day....the bathroom!

Elianna was going to help, but she decided to get into my things instead.

....and applied some blush.

Abuelita (my mom) came over to babysit for a bit while I went to my doctor's appointment.  After my appointment we headed out for lunch....

.....and the beach.  Elianna was trying to enjoy the sand, especially on her hands.

She spotted the ocean...charge!

....maybe not.

Elianna got her feet wet and did not care for it.  As you can see, her face says it all.

After dinner, Mark was washing the dishes and Elianna and I needed to relax.  I almost fell asleep.  

Monday

This week I will post what our daily life looks like.  My friend Samantha did this on her blog and I thought it was a cute idea (thanks Sam!).  So here is a snapshot of what Monday was like.....

After our morning walk and quick stop to Fresh and Easy, it was Elianna's TV time.  

....and she was enjoying her favorite "friends."  Elmo.....

and Ernie.

While she was enjoying some TV fun.  I got started on dinner.  It was orange chicken via crock pot.

Someone is hungry and came to supervise.

Even though I cut up some orange slices for her lunch she wanted to dive into the uncut 1/2.

The orange mixture for the chicken.

Before the chicken is cooked.

Dinner is ready!

After dinner and Elianna's bath, we headed over to Central Park for a live Reggae Band.

Mark got to catch up on current events.

Elianna did some writing.

 Overall, our threesome group had a good time and enjoyed some tunes!

Cheese! (I call this Mark's "homie" look)

Let's do some yoga...or maybe not.

As part of our gross motor time, I will at times, incorporate some yoga.  Nothing too complicated, it's really for me to stretch out this "baby-making" body of mine and if Elianna happens to enjoy it...perfect!  She will usually do a few poses/stretches with me and then have her giggles.  Today there was no yoga for her.  She preferred to play with "Rocko" aka - rocks.

The name Rocko came about from Sesame Street.  One of the characters, Zoey, has a pet rock, Rocko.  Elianna has not taken in a pet rock, but every rock's is named Rocko.

The only "mat" time that Elianna had was placing the rocks on it.  

7 Months!

I'm happy to say, we are 7 months along.  This pregnancy has been a bit harder, but at the same time, a bit easier.  Harder, because I've now have a toddler to care for and easier, because I've been through this before and know what to expect.  Everything seems to be going well, except for the plantation of the placenta.  It seems to have planted itself on the lower part of my uterus, which makes it dangerous for a vaginal delivery.  The risk of hemorrhaging during and after birth is high.  We were planning on a C-section anyway, but the just kinda sealed the deal.  Luckily, it is not too low on the placenta, because that would have meant, bed rest!!!!  

The major difference with this pregnancy is this little guy has some strong kicks/punches.  Elianna was also very active during my pregnancy with her, but this little guy will stop me in my tracks or wake me up at night.  I'm experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions.  They come about once every other day or so.

Here are some pictures of my growing bump.

3.5 months

6 months

Today, at 7 months (28 weeks)

This last picture I took right now.  I wanted to have something current to post so I took a quick shot on Photo Booth.  I'm not looking my greatest right now, so the cut off face was not an accident :)