March 27-28

March 27th: Our anniversary was a couple days ago. Our unofficial gift to each other was new carpet. They came today to install it. Here is the brand new carpet on our stairs. It is actually a little lighter than it appears in this picture. I LOVE it. Best anniversary present ever!

March 28th: My beads from my Due Date Club Bead Swap came this week and I was finally able to get them strung up. I'm so excited to wear this necklace during my labor. Hopefully it will be soon. =)

March 24-26

March 24th: 38 weeks!! Come on Violet!

March 25th: Here is Figs, he's almost four months old!

March 26th: Jude always ransacks the "treasure chest" at Trader Joe's. Here is his treasure! I also discovered that you can purchase these organic lollipops. I bought a box, he LOVES them.

March 23

March 23rd: So I'll be 38 weeks along tomorrow and as of this morning Violet was still in the breech position. We had an ECV this morning (External Cephalic Version). This is where the doctor manually turns the baby to a head down position. We found an awesome doctor in Statesville (about an hour away) that would do this procedure for us. She also has a birth center and my midwife uses her as a back up for all sorts of problems. She was great and was able to turn Violet!!! So I finally have a head down baby. At first I was really worried about her turning back, but so far so good! Dr. R agreed to let me record the procedure for this blog! Jason recorded it but we cannot figure out how to rotate the video so it is sideways but you can still get the gist! Here is a link. It's pretty cool! We're ready for you baby, come anytime! **considering my past experience with Jude we really aren't expecting her arrival for at least another two or three weeks =)

March 20-22

March 20th: I swear he can sleep anywhere, Mama was napping right beside him (until I woke up and took this picture =)

March 21st: Fun day at the playground before Mama's prenatal appointment. This is a really fun playground but it was crowded and HOT! Jude had a great time. I can't believe how much he's grown up, he can climb everything all by himself.

March 22nd: Fun times on the scooter with his best bud Colin. I have to wait until we are in the car enroute to Colin's house before I tell him we're going because he gets so excited and doesn't understand the concept of "later". He also wondered why Colin was "naked" (he didn't have a shirt on)? He also asked me earlier why all the fish in the tank were also naked. I think he is very interested in nakedness =)

March 17 - 19

March 17th: Figaro update!! He's getting so big. He was 24.2 lbs at his last vet visit, about a week ago. He is also making good progress on potty training, thank goodness. We love this little ankle biter =)

March 18th: Today we went to the Mint Museum's family fun day. The topic was super heroes. Here is my little super hero!

March 19th: We met some friends at the park today. Jude was sandy, sweaty, and snotty (allergies, oh my!). Here he is refueling with some ChickFilA.

March 14-16

March 14th: Jude is very concerned when the dog's bowl is empty. He thought Figaro was hungry so he decided to feed him. The food was not in the pantry because I had just cleaned it and I wanted to mop the floor before I put the stuff back on the floor. There was approximately three cups of food scattered around the house. Figaro was finding food for days!

March 15th: Jude found these new shades at Old Navy. He keeps saying, "glasses cool, I like glasses" over and over!

March 16th: Everyone is enjoying the unseasonable weather. Here's Opus, Bela was right next to him on the window seat. It's a little hot for my liking, it's only March!!

March 11-13

March 11th: Jude hates riding in shopping carts unless they are this particular style, offered only at Target. He sometimes likes the race car ones at Harris Teeter too. I guess this one is pretty comfy. I turned around to get something and 90 seconds later this is what I find. I guess this is what happens when you don't take a nap and 5PM rolls around, LOL.

March 12th: I posted a while back on facebook for a gently used sandbox. My friend Patti let me know she had one that we could borrow for a while and I was so excited. This past we

ekend we got the sand to fill it and here is a pic of Jude enjoying his first jaunt in the sand.

Here he is in the bath after he played outside by himself for an hour and a half!! The water was SOOOO dirty.

March 13th: I have really been nesting lately. I feel like I'm even doing more this time around. Here is a pic of my lovely pantry. I'm so proud of how it turned out. I can see everything in it. I wish I had taken a before pic...