Our visit with the Smith's

This weekend, Avery and I are in Tampa spending some wonderful time with my high school friend, Liz, and her son, Jacob while they are visiting in Tampa from Las Vegas. Jacob is 3 yo and so sweet! Avery seemed to really enjoy her time with them as I know I did. Here are some pictures at Liz's parents backyard and house. Avery went down a slide for the first time today, and she even did it by herself. I am so proud of her. Jacob did so well with her, I was impressed. He helped Avery use the slide and was very patient with her when waiting for his turn. He is going to be a GREAT Big Brother some day. :) We can't wait to see the Smith's again - hopefully sooner than later!

Avery loves the purse Aunt Karyn gave her for her birthday. Here she is wearing it as a hat - her new favorite use for it! :) SO cute! She also loves her "Big Girl" chair. Every day she sits in it about 50 times.

The best concert EVER!

15 years ago they walked away - and I am SO happy they decided to come back! Sarah, my sister-in-law, and I went to the NKOTB (New Kids On The Block) concert in Tampa Nov 2nd and had a BLAST! Even Baby Hall was dancing the whole time! :) Out of all the concerts I have been to, this one has been the best. If I wasn't 28-29 weeks prego, I would have danced and sang the ENTIRE concert! Ahhh - I can't stop talking about it! Anyway, since Avery couldn't come with us, Sarah bought her a souvenir. 2nd generation "Block Head" in the making. :)

28 weeks prego

Yesterday I had my 28 week appt. All is well with the baby and I which we are glad to report. I had to take the glucose test and passed just fine. Above is one of the ultrasound pictures taken. One side is her profile in 2D and the other is her in 3/4D. Though she was being pretty cooperative, the umbilical cord was in the way most of the time. This caused us not to get a very good 3/4D picture. Luckily, I was being a guinea pig as my Dr just got this new machine. So, I am sure I will be getting others done in the future. He actually wanted me to come into the office last Saturday when he got it, but I was in Tampa at the Neil Diamond concert with my mom. :) As I made my appt for the Wed before Thanksgiving, I realized how close we are to meeting our little one. I will start going every 2 weeks and then it's every week. Wow, I guess we should be finding that perfect name sooner than later! ;)

Well, as most of you know, it was Halloween yesterday as well. Since I ended up being at the Dr's office for about 5 hours (my appt and then I went back about an hour after so the Dr could play around with the 4D), we weren't going to get back in time to "Trick or Treat." She did wear her pumpkin costume to the Dr office though! To be honest, I really wasn't worried about "Trick or Treating" since Avery, being almost 13 months, doesn't really need the chocolate (though Mommy and Daddy wouldn't have minded it!) and she seemed too interested in her little sister anyway. She loves to watch the screen during the ultrasounds. Anyway, a few weeks ago Avery had her 1 year photo session and we got a few done with her costume on. Once I get them, I will post them so you can see. We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Please be sure to take our Name poll while you are here. It will be up until Nov 9th. Thank you!!