35 weeks (tomorrow)

So my friend Melissa reminded me that I need to cherish this time while pregnant and document it! And I have also heard from several friends that they think I look much smaller this time than when I was pregnant with Will. So I thought I would compare how big I am at 35 weeks compared with Alivia and Will.

Top photo (Alivia ~35 weeks)

Bottom left (Will ~35 weeks)

Bottom right (Baby #3)

Tag

My friend Amy tagged me!

Here are the rules:

1) Open your first photo folder.

2) Choose the 10th photo and tell the story behind it.

So, this would be summer 2002. Matt is driving across the country from Washington, DC to Portland, Oregon with two of his buddies - Daryl and Colin. They were both dropped off at different spots along the way. Here they are in Moscow, Idaho at Daryl's parent's ranch. Matt has his Texas t-shirt on in honor of me! I had been living in Portland for about 6 weeks (without Matt!) starting my Internal Medicine Residency at Providence Portland Medical Center. I remember I could not wait until he arrived. Our new house was filled with boxes while I was living with a family (The MacKays - they were awesome!) waiting for him to arrive. What an amazing time we had in Portland. It is hard to believe we were there from 2002-2005.

Date with Fancy Nancy

A new department store opened today in Austin and as part of the celebration they had Fancy Nancy come. Alivia and Aubrey liked meeting her but the hit of the celebration was the balloon guy making all sorts of balloon shapes. Alivia requested a pink sword!

Snow Day!

After several nearby snowfalls, Austin FINALLY got its own today! The kids were beyond excited. We tried to build a snowman, but eventually had more fun eating the snow and throwing snowballs in the water that always collects on our driveway. Ahhhh, a real taste of wintertime. I love it!

Paige's Baptism

Today we celebrated Paige's baptism at Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was an angel and looked so pretty in the gown. All of the kids have worn the same gown and afterwards Mia monograms the inside with their name and date of the baptism. Afterwards we went to Mimi and Grandpa's house for a great brunch.

A Day at the Ranch

The whole Taylor clan was headed out to the Ranch on Saturday, so the Risingers decided to tag along. Will had never been out there and it has been a few years since Alivia had been as well. We had a blast! I think it will get even more fun as the kids get older. It is so nice to get away from TV and telephones and just get outside. We walked around the property and marveled at how full the river and tanks were. The highlight was when I caught a frog and showed the kids. They were thrilled. We had to drag Will away from the tank - he just stood there for the longest time. . . until he walked right in!

Date night!

Matt and I had a fun overnight date night thanks to Mimi and Pa. We took the kids over to them on Friday after naps and picked them up 24 hours later. We went to eat at Fleming's in The Domain (yummy!), then went to a movie, slept in, went out to eat breakfast, ran a few errands and topped it off with a nap. Heaven!

I am 29 weeks preggo at this point! (More pics later)