Interview with a 2 year old

Now that Anya is talking a lot more, I thought it would be so cute to hear about some of her responses to an interview about her favorite things.

 

1.)  What is your favorite food?  "Orange"

2.)  Do you like chocolate or vanilla ice cream?  "Banbilla" (vanilla)

3.)  What is your favorite dip?  "Blue cheese" (says clear as day!)

4.)  What is your favorite color?  "Orange"

5.)  What is your favorite lovie?  "Elmo, Minnie"

6.)  What is your favorite animal?  "Geof" (giraffe) and "roar"

7.)  What is your favorite number? "eight"

8.)  Who is your favorite pet? "Charnie"

9.)  What is your favorite song? "Bar"  (Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around)

10.)  What is your favorite drink? "Juice!"

It's so cute to hear her answers to these questions!  She has definitely starting to have favorites and opinions about things, especially when it comes to clothes and Mommy's singing!  xoxo her!

33 Weeks: Baby #2

Oh this picture.... tired Mommy

Words can't even express how quickly this pregnancy is going!  In just 7 short weeks (+/-) our little guy will be in our arms.  It is still so surreal to think we will be a family of four, I will have a son, and Anya will be a big sister.  Our whole family and the way we do things right now is going to change so soon.  I'm cherishing every moment with Anya being my only child, and loving every moment I feel this little one make.  I am blown away by these blessings from God! 

How Far Along: 3rd Trimester, 33 weeks

Size of baby: over 4 1/2 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Of course!

Gender: It's a BOY!!!  I will officially reveal his name the day he is born!

Movement: It's so obvious when he's awake and when he's asleep. And he loves to be awake and active in the middle of the night. 

Sleep: The past few days I've been waking up to go to the bathroom and have trouble going back to sleep.  Stinks!

What I miss: I love being pregnant so I don't miss anything!  I wouldn't trade this for anything.

Cravings: Salty and sweet, fruit:-)

Symptoms: TIRED!  I have to take a nap after lunch when Anya sleeps.  I can't even keep my eyes open.  It's a lot like it was first trimester.

Best Moment this week: My friend Jessica and sister Katie threw me a "Sprinkle" to celebrate the baby.  It was so much fun seeing friends/ family.  We now have blue things for this little guy!

                                                         

32 Weeks: Baby #2

This photo was taken at 31 weeks, 2 days

How Far Along: 3rd Trimester, 32 weeks and 3 days

Size of baby: On Wednesday at 32 weeks, I had an ultrasound that showed he is 4lbs 7oz, 68%.  So it looks like he might be smaller than his sis as long as he comes on time and not late!

Maternity Clothes: I'm all about the comfy summer dresses right now!

Gender: It's a BOY!!!  I will officially reveal his name the day he is born!

Movement: My little night owl.  Seriously this boy is going crazy every night.  Last night I woke up at 3am because he was moving so much.  I actually felt his foot pressing out several...very cool/ weird feeling!!

Sleep: Sleeping is going great.  I take daily naps again, only now Anya seems to only want 1-1.5hr naps:-(

What I miss: I love being pregnant so I don't miss anything!  I wouldn't trade this for anything.

Cravings: Holy nectarines!  We just bought some and they tasted amaazzzing! And of course the usual sweet and salty cravings.

Symptoms: Tired

Best Moment this week: My 32 week ultrasound went so well.  My placenta moved up and is no longer a concern!  And he is head down...I was convinced he was still breech. I saw an awesome profile shot of him during the ultrasound and saw his adorable nose and lips. He looks a lot like Anya!  I am so thankful to God for hearing my prayers and blessing me and this sweet boy with great health and no pregnancy complications. 
                                                              32 weeks with Miss Anya

Chicago

My hubby is going to be 30 in a month and we went to Chicago to celebrate!  With the baby coming soon after his birthday (and our weekends are packed with weddings), we celebrated early this year while I'm still feeling good!

We stayed overnight in Chicago.  It was so nice to getaway and be kid-free!  This was the awesome view from our room:

Special treats for the birthday boy:-)

 Lucky me got to enjoy them too!!

 The best red velvet cake I've ever had...with cream cheese frosting. 

 

We had lunch right there inside the hotel and it was so good!  We had such a funny moment too.  The menu was like a foreign language so that made ordering kind of difficult. I ordered "avocado, gulf shrimp, chickpea" exactly how it was written (fairly certain this was the salad course) and a ricotta ravioli-type pasta dish with lamb.  While we were waiting for our food to come out, we started talking about how we might have ordered too much food but couldn't tell because there were no descriptions in the menu.  I was picturing this huge salad with jumbo shrimp, and avocado slices, and chickpeas sprinkled throughout.  We thought it might be tacky to take a box with us back to our room, so I was hoping I'd be able to eat it all.  When the server came to our table he said "something, something, shrimp something" so Josh said "ahhh, Lisa" and sat the tiniest plate in front of me.  And that spoon is a doll spoon. 

We laughed so hard!  Was this my gulf shrimp salad that I was afraid I would get too stuffed on and not be able to eat my entrée?  Josh just kept telling me to cherish every bite.  LOL!!!  I wish I put a quarter next to it for comparison!  Now I was thinking I didn't order enough food. 

Fortunately my real "salad" came out shortly after I finished.  I guess it was a palate cleanser?

It was so incredible too. Then Josh and I pretended we were judges on Chopped and described the scrumptious taste of our dishes to each other. 

 

My ricotta, ravioli- type pasta dish (I don't even remember what it was called, but it could have been called "Heaven")

 

 

Josh had the best chicken we've ever had...ever!  We couldn't believe how moist it was.  I ruin chicken every time I make it if this is what it's supposed to taste like!!!

 

Later we met up with Diana and Joe and got to see the famous "Maxine Salon" where Diana works.  Maxine (the owner) lives above the salon and her house is so unique and modern, and it has the best patio/ deck area.  Maxine is such a sweet lady!

 

 

(Not pictured here are the floating stairs.  I was actually nervous walking up them.  I hate heights!)

 

For dinner we ate at Gibson's Steakhouse and had the perfect seat outside right on the sidewalk.  Josh was so spoiled with his fave....blue cheese (salad, potatoes, and even dip for bread).  Some would say he is neurotic about blue cheese.  The waitress even liked blue cheese and highly recommended dipping the raisin bread in it.  Surprisingly it was very tasty.

 Josh's huge steak!!!

 

Celebrating a great man on a great night.

 

On Sunday we went on an architectural boat tour.  We've always wanted to do something like that and finally can say we finally have! 

 

 

 

It was the perfect way to end our Chicago get-away and now we actually know about the history and facts of the great city we live by.

 

Happy almost 30th Josh! Don't worry, I'll still refer to you as a 29 yr old.  You still have a month:-)

Lake Geneva

We've done SO much since summer started only a week ago today.  We had a Groupon about to expire for a stay in Lake Geneva at a Bed and Breakfast that we used last Thursday.  Anya came with us so we referred to it as our last family vacation before our baby boy is born. 

The place we stayed at was called French Country Inn and it was right on the lake.  When we arrived we were warmly greeted by the staff.  They gave Anya bubbles to play with, which was perfect and gave her something to play with.

 Our patio was right on the lake. 

 

 

 

 There restaurant just opened and the wait staff needed to be trained so we were invited to dinner free of charge!  We had a few hours after checking in before dinner started at 6:30 so we headed into town to get appetizers from Popeyes (not the fast food place!) if you are familiar with L.G. then you know which restaurant I'm talking about.  By the time we finished our appetizers Anya was on melt down mode and was definitely ready to leave.  We were nervous about how dinner was going to go with her at the restaurant back at the B&B, but couldn't pass up on free dinner!  By the time we were seated and started ordering our food it was 7:30 (Anya's normally in bed by 7:00...totally risky grounds we were walking on, I know!)  She was exactly how we thought she would be; throwing things we tried to distract her to play with, moving the table cloth, whining....good times!  We also got soup/ salad.  Anya ate almost all of my soup, but at least it kept her satisfied!  I got a spicy shrimp pasta, and Josh got a pork chop entrée.  I left around 8:30 with Anya to get her ready for bed, while Josh tipped our server.  I was pleasantly surprised when he came back with a slice of Key Lime Pie and an order of 3 different mini pie samples, also for free. The Key Lime Pie was so yummy!
After all of our travelling Mimi's house, Cindy's house, now Lake Geneva, I was amazed at how well Anya went down at night.  We brought along her crib mattress for her to sleep on and she fell right to sleep and slept until 7/7:30 the next morning.  She is handles change very well, and I am grateful we are able to getaway with her with no sleeping problems. 
The next day we had brunch at the B&; B.  My favorite were the cinnamon bread pastries that they had, and the mango was great too.  Afterwards we did a little shopping in downtown Lake Geneva, went to our favorite food/ wine sample shop, got ice cream, and let Anya run around in the grass by the lake. 

 Anya fell asleep right when we got in the car, slept the whole way home, and then slept more at home.  She was one tired Bubs.

Brookfield Zoo

We wanted to make this summer extra special since it will be our last summer with one child.  Because Anya loves animals so much we decided it would be fun to get a season pass to Brookfield Zoo.  We went last week and took Auntie Katie with us!  We got there right when it opened and it was perfect.  We got a great parking spot and hardly no one was there yet.  The storms that were predicted held off and we enjoyed the perfect summer morning with nice breezes.  It was the perfect morning for the zoo.

 

 

 Auntie Katie took Anya on the Carousel.  I was so proud of Anya.  She was scared at first and wanted to sit with Katie on the bench, but then saw a little boy hop up on an animal and then she wanted to also.  She picked the frog to sit on. 

We are excited to bring along the grandparents next time!