32 weeks

32 weeks

The torpedo is starting to emerge

As it says on my Lilypie counter at the top, I am just over 32 weeks now. I can't believe how fast it has gone by, but I sure am glad the end is in sight. The aches and pains and difficulty sleeping have officially started now. Kendall should be around 4 1/2 pounds now and she is putting on weight rapidly. In the coming weeks the doctor will be looking at her weight more closely to help us determine if I'll need to have a c-section or not, given the rough delivery I had with Avery at just 7 lbs 14 oz. Now that Christmas is over, I can get back to decorating the girls' rooms and getting everything ready for Kendall. Just for fun, here's a pic of Avery's latest silly face, which she will now do on command for us. What a ham--just like her Daddy!

Christmas with the Bedicheks

"Christmas" morning at our house

Christmas was a lot of fun this year since Avery had some understanding of the whole Santa concept. She kept saying that Santa was going to put presents in her stocking and she even helped make cookies that we left for Santa on a special "Santa" plate. Santa came to our house the night before Christmas Eve, and Christmas Eve morning we had a quick family Christmas with just the 3 1/2 of us before heading over to Coppell to spend time with our families. When we asked Avery if she wanted to see what Santa brought she replied with one of her favorite phrases, "I do!" and ran into the living room, tripping when she got about halfway over to the presents! Unfortunately, Scott just missed getting that part on video. It was definitely different this year just driving across town instead of 3 hours from Oklahoma. On Christmas Eve day we had a big lunch with my family and opened gifts, and then went over to Scott's brother's house that evening. We stayed the night with my parents to minimize the amount of driving back and forth, and then spent Christmas Day with Scott's family at his brother's house (they live about 5 minutes from my parents--so convenient!) Avery got WAY too many presents of course, but she is enjoying playing with them and I guess they'll get used by Kendall eventually too. It took me all day yesterday to reorganize and put everything "away", or at least not in the middle of my living room floor. Scott and I got some nice presents too, some of which include a cleaning service for the house and a gift card to "Super Suppers" to help us out when Kendall gets here. And speaking of Kendall, next post will include belly shots for the curious ones out there. . . the belly is getting a little scary in proportion now, so watch out!

"Play it DJ Avery"

Crazy hair from Uncle Doug and Aunt Sheila's trampoline

Playing cheerleader in her ACU uniform given
to her by her cousins

More pics from the park

Well, after much debating I decided to go with studio pictures of Avery for our Christmas card, which hopefully, you will actually receive before Christmas. So in light of that decision, I can now post some more pictures from our little portrait session at the park a couple weeks ago. We have been super-busy it seems like this month, and for the first time in a week I'm just now feeling like I've got a grip on things again. I spent a good part of my spare time last week and this past weekend making homemade hot cocoa mix for all of Scott's referring dentists (48!) and for Avery's teachers as well. It was not difficult to make, but the mass quantity thing does make it quite time consuming. So now that that's done, I can get back to finishing my x-mas shopping, wrapping presents, and hopefully decorating the girls' rooms. On a positive note, staying so busy is making my pregnancy fly by-- I'm down into single digits of weeks left now! I went to the Dr. yesterday and everything is looking good. Kendall is looking so big on the ultrasound now and I can tell from her movements that she is getting bigger and stronger every day. I'll try to remember to post a 32 week picture sometime next week.

"Cozy Bed"

This past weekend we moved the crib and nursery furniture out of Avery's room and set up her "big girl" bed and furniture. It looks really good and she is loving it! At bedtime and naptime now she always asks to get in her "cozy bed" and then says "This is cozy!" once she's in it. I don't have any pics to include at the moment, but I will soon. . . I promise! We just haven't had time to hang things on the walls quite yet, but hopefully we'll get around to it this weekend. She has slept in her bed for 3 nights now and has done just great. We are hoping that she doesn't just all of a sudden realize that she can get in and out of bed now as she pleases! I'm sure that day will come, but hopefully it won't be a major problem when it does. Watch future posts for pictures of Avery's and Kendall's rooms!