waiting

So this is kind of a nothing post. Certain family members want more pictures :) Unfortunately what you see here is all we've taken recently. So here goes....

I'll start with a really cute picture that I found from our trip to North Carolina that I never posted.

Eleanor in the bathtub (she is learning how to smile for the camera-kind of). And don't worry we don't use that spatula in our kitchen anymore, it melted and Eleanor decided it would be a fun bath toy.

Next up, I know you're all dying to see what I looked like at 37 weeks :) Sweat pants are the only thing that fit me right now (name that movie).

I'm now 38 weeks and I've been 3cm dilated since my last appointment at 37 weeks. Exciting to think it could be any day, but I guess I could just stay like that for another 3 weeks. Eleanor was almost a week late and 9 lb and 4 oz, so hopefully this one comes a little sooner and a little smaller! Now we just play the waiting game. The name we've picked out for her means patience, so hopefully I can learn a thing or two about patience as I wait for her arrival! I'm a pretty patient person when it comes to my interactions with other people, but I'm not very patient when it comes to things (like electronics, traffic, waiting for events, not knowing when things will happen, stuff like that). I'm hoping this little one will just be all around patient, I think that's a great trait to have! When do you think our baby girl will get here and will she be as big as Eleanor was??

Back to Eleanor...here she is on her first day of swim lessons. Doesn't she look excited??


To help kill some time while we wait for baby, we decided to put her in some swim lessons at the university rec center. One of us has to be in the water with her, but I don't really mind, it's nice to get a little physical activity and being in the water really makes me feel much lighter. My only other source of exercise comes from going up and down the stairs at our house to use the bathroom about 19 times a day. We don't have a bathroom on our main floor, just upstairs and in the basement, so that's been my justification of a work out for the past 9 months :)

And here's one more shot of Eleanor in the pool at her swim class. She hasn't necessarily learned how to swim, but I guess the goal is to make the kids feel more comfortable in the water. She's gotten pretty good at just floating around on a noodle. She also really likes to pick up rings from under the water.

Here's a video of Eleanor talking on the "phone". These days she turns just about anything into a phone and has a full conversation with whoever is on the other end. I tried to catch her doing it, but once she saw me she stopped. Notice her great fashion sense, too. She chose her bracelet and necklace all by herself for the day. And she even did her own hair.

She cleans up pretty cute, I think! We discovered a little nature center at playgroup this week and she was loving it.

So Emily, there you have it :) There are some pictures of what we've been up to lately.

Let's hope my next post has some pictures of a newborn!

oh what do you do in the summertime

We've been staying pretty busy this summer. Here's a rundown of what we've been up to. On Friday, June 25th Andrew's work had a party at the Akron Aero's baseball game. After the game there were fireworks, so we got our fill before the 4th of July.

Yes, this is my child, sippy cup in one hand, diet pepsi in the other.

Eleanor loved hanging out with her besties Katherine and Jared.

We celebrated Andrew's birthday the next day and went to Benihana's. If you haven't joined their birthday club, you really should. You get $30 off your meal during your birthday month. We went for Lunch. So we were both able to pig out for just the cost of my meal, about 8 bucks.

On Monday, the day after Andrew's bday we got together with some friends at the park for some cake and ice cream. This picture kind of looks like Andrew hijacked some kids birthday party because he's surrounded by all the little kids. :)


Eleanor has discovered trains, and she loves them. Andrew's parents sent us home with a bunch of Andrew's old toys, including some trains and train tracks. This has been Eleanor's go to toy ever since we got back from North Carolina which is fine with me because it has really kept her attention! This is a video of one of the first times we set it up. She's gotten much better at putting it together by herself (kind of) and moving the trains around.

Last weekend for 4th of July we went out to a little man made beach with some friends and then went to a BBQ afterward. Eleanor was too tired so we headed home before the fireworks. My camera died, so these are the only shots I got of the day.


Earlier this week we went up to the Cleveland Science center with some friends. It was a really fun place. They had a whole preschool area, which is where we spent the majority of our time. Eleanor really got a kick out of this contraption and loved putting the balls in and watching them roll all the way down.

She is just growing up so much and learning so much everyday!

I can't wait to see her be a big sister... Just about 4 weeks left (but who's counting??)