27 weeks, 3rd trimester, CLOSER AND CLOSER to baby #2

 Today(ish) marks 27 weeks of pregnancy for me. I cant believe that I'm already in my third trimester and THAT much closer to meeting our new little one. 

Life has been so crazy and of course never slows down, so it has been hard to grasp this pregnancy. I hate that it is flying by now. Since things haven't slowed down any it hasn't allowed much time to (sadly) get super excited about this pregnancy. Now, I am by NO means saying I'm not excited. I TOTALLY am. I'm very excited, Lydia already loves the concept of her sister that she grasps, and Nathanael loves the thought of another daughter. Its just been very different from the first time around. I guess every pregnancy tends to be. It is just hard for me to be okay with that. 

Lydia is growing by leaps and bounds. Its scary to think about how fast shes growing but its amazing to watch. Just in the past couple of weeks there have been SO many things she has learned. August 6th marks the first time she pooped in the potty. All by herself. Like a big girl. Okay, okay so I put her on her potty after she had a little poop in the diaper. However, August 8th (yes these are marked down in her baby book ;D) she WILLINGLY pooped in the potty. We have also had two successful peeps (yes peeps) in the potty. Its amazing because she is so interested in the potty. We bought it, set it out, and she has taken off with it. I figured there would be no way she would be super interested in it but if this mommy can have one in panties before number two is here, she wouldn't complain! HA HA HA! Now, if that will actually happen, who knows? But the more interest she shows the more we encourage her. She will even sign poop and potty now! Yesterday she also did her first water color painting. She loves to color so I figured I would bust out the watercolors. We had a blast painting! And her first painting came out beautifully (but I'm biased!)

The last few days have been pretty difficult. Not anything bad just tired mommy and fussy baby days. Lydia has been working on her 2nd I tooth (which was almost the death of me... A little bit exaggerated but not by much and yes, my baby sort of looks like a vampire! Whatever! :D) which finally broke through TODAY!! That means we have 4 teeth now. 1 a month since May!! She also decided to climb on one of her chairs and do a face plant on the tile as I was telling her to get down and coming to get her. It was one of those slow motion, just out of reach moments. No blood thank goodness but she did end up with a pretty fat lip and a slight bruise on her cheek. Nothing she didn't shake off. Pretty sure I had a harder time with it!

Baby's fat lip

Fun after bath time

Lately, she has taken off with her walking. Its funny because shes so tiny and then you see her speed walking down the hallway. She cracks me up. 
We've also noticed the she has awesome fine motor skills. She studies EVERYTHING and knows exactly what shes doing and what she wants. I ask her if shes hungry and she will sign food and yes and then I'll tell her to go to her chair and she will walk over to her highchair with bib in hand and wait for me to put her in. It just amazes me how much they learn and how quickly they learn it!! She will hold up one finger when shes asked how old she is, she dances more than ever, she yells bye when anyone leaves the room, and her chattering is so much more now. She definitely has an opinion and WILL be heard (I have no idea where she gets it from).  

The next few months will just be getting ready for our lives to change dramatically. I've been a cleaning (or nesting... whatever) fool and Nathanael has been working hard at work and to make his wife happy! HA! What a good man he is! The next few months are going to be a whirlwind. But again, like my last post, change is good and welcomed (as much as I don't want to welcome it.) 
Time for cleaning, organizing, last minute preparations, resting up (HA), and a little extra loving on my booger time!
We cant wait to meet you Leonora! We know its close and it will be a huge change but we are ALL SO excited to meet you, love on you, and watch you grow.
Lydia, you continue you to amaze me with how smart and sweet you are! You have such a beautiful soul! I love you to the moon and back my punkin butt!

BIG blue eyes!