elmo

Camille is obsessed with Elmo. Not sure how or why it started. She never sees him on TV. The only time she watches him is when we take trips we have an Elmo video she watches. Av had a few Elmo books that she never really liked but Camille has. I guess that’s where it started. We happened to have 2 Elmos at the house. A smaller one that she started carrying around with her a few weeks ago. Now she found a bigger one and added that to her pile of must haves. She gets in her bed and hugs them both and says “Elmo.” It’s just the cutest. Now she has 2 Elmo bibs that she wears everywhere. It was a good find for me though because for a long time she would not wear a bib. She would pull it right off. I wanted some that you slipped over the head and when I went looking I found Elmo! Now you can’t get them off of her. They are boy bibs too so that just compounds the “boy” look that she has. When Av was Camille’s age she loved Mickey Mouse. She had 3 small ones I rotated though her and the wash. It’s very cool to see the different personalities they have and the different things they pick to love.

parade

I took the girls to the Derby parade by myself last week. Yes I am proud. We were meeting friends but I had to find a place to park and our friends in very heavy traffic. We were meeting on the north side of the street on Broadway between Preston and Jackson streets. I did it! Not the biggest deal I know but John is a great husband and father and I have really learned to rely on him for this type of stuff and have taken for granted that I never have to do it. Just ride in the car and follow his lead. I still have it though! Anyway, the girls loved the parade. It had a lot of horses in it and some big blow up horses. Whenever the horses would come through a few people would follow them with a big roll garbage can to clean up after them. Av thought this was hilarious. Every time she saw someone rolling around a garbage can she had to point it out to me. For over an hour they both sat in their seat on the bleachers and watched the parade (someone had brought tootsie lollypops, a first for Camille). Once they started getting restless though we left. I walked them the million blocks back, loaded them both into the car, loaded all our stuff back into the car, and then the big jogging stroller back into the car. And that is why I barely look pregnant.

18 week ultrasound

We had our big 18-week ultrasound today. It was nice to see little ncb. He is so cute. He wiggled so much it was hard to get any good pics of him. We saw his heart and all 4 chambers clearly but didn’t really get a good pic of it for the dr. He just kept moving. He also was not shy at all about showing off his boy parts. Didn’t want to be called/mistaken for a girl. Not sure we would have missed them had we not wanted/known the sex. He is looking great. Growing well although I am sooooooooooo small. People are shocked when I tell them I am pregnant and 18 weeks at that. I was not this small with the girls but I think just taking care of them and chasing them is keeping me small. Our ultrasound was with the CVS dr. Since he is a high risk they really check the baby over. Looked at everything. They did not see anything concerning. We got a good look at his face and lips. Hehehe John’s lips are pretty non-existent as are both of my girls but I think ncb got my lips!! I hope he looks like me. I am sick of these little John clones. Hehehehehe kidding, I have the 2 most beautiful girls ever. I am one lucky momma. Oh one funny thing though, his size makes his due date Oct. 1st. Poor Camille.

oaks

Oaks was a blast!!!!! For being pregnant and not having a sip of any alcohol I still had a total blast. Huh, fun with no hangover. Something to think about. The babysitter and the Shuman kids arrived promptly at 9:30. Av was so excited she had been standing at the window since 9 waiting on them to arrive. The kids were all in a great mood and Camille even let Heidi hold her before we left. We left to go to Marci and Brent’s house to “pre-game.” They had mimosas and bloody mary’s and some breakfast. A bunch of people ended up coming and we hung out there for a bit. A limo came to pick us up around 11. hehehe That was a surprise until the night before. Marci and Brent are friends with this couple that is very well off. They got our tickets for us and came in their limo to pick us up. So fun! Off we went. We were dropped off right at the front gate and told the limo would be waiting for us when we were done. The weather was perfect! The girls and I found a mojito maker guy that made them fresh fruit mojito’s and me a virgin one. So nice, felt like I was enjoying a yummy drink. We had 2 of those before we even made it to our seats. Once we got to our seats we started betting. The first race we were able to bet on there was a horse named Lou something running in it. I told John to for sure bet on it (Avery Lou). He placed 2 different bets on it and we won them both. Started the day off nicely. We won on most of the races. We will not be quitting our jobs or anything but it still made the day a lot more fun. Brento came out about half way through the day. So funny. Marci knew and was worried but we all thought it was funny. She had right to be worried. He started vomiting during the last race and all through the limo ride home. Since the limo picked us up right in front we sat in a lot of traffic. That was a lot of vomiting time for Brento. We had a lot of fun in the limo making fun of him as did the cars around us. Had to be very entertaining for them as well. When we got home the kids were waiting outside for us. All in their matching PJ’s. They had a great day but I think Camille was a little out of sorts. She would not let me put her down for the rest of the night (she had taken a very long nap so was up till 10). It was nice to have the attention from her though. I soaked it all up.

oaks

the bell(s) of the ball

or the derby.

Avery loves this dress. She looks so grown up in it. She did not get it dirty on Sat so she wore it again on Sun. She is obsessed with dresses. That's all she wants to wear. She does not sit like a little lady in them though which does not make her daddy happy so we all compromised on shorts under the dresses. Works well for everyone.

again take notice of Av's smile and also notice the backpack straps. That’s her baby that I think we will have to get surgically removed from her when she is ready.

little sis doing just what big sis does