So contractions started today, yikes.  Our family of 3 might be a family of 4 in the next couple of days, we'll see. 

This week we've done a lot of last minute stuff that I wanted to get on my blog before my life disappears! lol

First Hair Cut

We'll start from today.  So I gave Alyssa a bath this morning, got her dressed and we were brushing her teeth when I decided to trim up her bangs a little.  She migrated into the sink so I decided to cut the back too.  So then I had to give her another bath! But she really needed to get those long bangs out of her face.  Here's some pictures of her new hair cut...aw what a cute little boy. :) hehe

                       Before

                         After

Family Studio Picture

I've been wanting to take a family studio picture for a LONG time now and well let's just say I was finally able to convince my family members to be in the picture. hehe  I had a coupon for a free maternity picture at Babies R Us and so Sunday we made the trek into the studio and got our free pictures.  Good thing it was free because the lady taking our picture was in training and although she cropped the pictures she printed for us, the original pictures have terrible centering to say the least!  Especially since they are supposed to be "Maternity" pictures and there is barely any of my belly.  lol But I really just wanted a nice picture of the three of us and the prints turned out great.  We printed the first picture and the one of Alyssa and me.

Last Family (of 3) Outing

Matt and Melissa are in town visiting Melissa's parents so on Saturday we went to the Locks to hang out, watch the boats come in and see the salmon swim up the ladders.  It was fun, but it totally wore me out...maybe that's why this baby is coming sooner than later.  But I guess I am due on Saturday, so it's not that early.

Alyssa wasn't in this picture because she was being a brat. hehe  Brats don't get to take pictures with Mommy & Daddy.  Hopefully she'll learn that soon.

She finally shaped up, so then we decided to let her be in some pictures.

They have this really cool art display above the fish ladder viewing room so we took lots of pictures in front of it. 

Here is Alyssa, Me, Rebeccah and Elliott

There was also a really large grass area outside of the botanical gardens where we let the babies play on the grass.  So cute - the boys had matching pacifiers and Alyssa couldn't get enough of touching Elliott's head...it's really soft. :) hehe

The grass was pretty uneven and so Alyssa had a hard time walking in it without falling down.  I love this picture of her where she looks like she's about to do a cartwheel...but she's just trying to keep her balance! :)

Finally Walking!

In the last week Alyssa has changed so much!  For one she began walking!  One day she just decided to take about 4-6 steps multiple times a day.  Then the next day it was a few more and by the 3rd day she was full on walking around the house without falling down.  I think she is really enjoying her new experience in the world above the knees. She still crawls once in a while, but for the most part she's up on two feet...except for when she first wakes up.  If you try to stand her up when she first wakes up her legs wobble and she walks like she just got off of a cruise ship.

She especially likes to walk and carry things.  She sometimes attempts to carry things that are too heavy for her.  For instance the white basket with the green liner usually holds her toys and so we have to help her dump them out so that she can carry around the basket. 

Snotty Attitude

Unfortunately I think it also makes for a more frustrated toddler.  I was in JoAnne's Fabric's a couple of days ago and she threw her first full on snotty fit in the store because she wanted to get out of the stroller and walk or crawl around.  I had to escort her out of the store on my hip with her wiggling and crying.  One lady walked by me and said, "Been there done that!" and gave me a 'bummer' look.  And I was thinking 'I'm too pregnant to be doing this.' lol  I think she actually might have been acting like this because it was a really busy day and she was super tired.  Once I got her to the car she fell asleep in like 30 seconds.  Serves me right to try to push her nap further out.  Ah well. 

Snotty Nose

OH!  Just the other day she found her nose.  I'm not talking about "Alyssa, where is your nose?"  She'll show you that, no problem.  I'm talking about "UH!  Alyssa get your finger out of your nose!"  I think she found it on accident.  She was sticking her finger in her mouth and then missed or something and once her finger was up her nose she looked at me like, 'uh, what's this?"  I laughed and probably shouldn't have because then she kept wanting to do it.  Yikes, I'm a bad mom. 

Then to make matters worse.  Today she was riding in the double stroller with Elliott, my friend Rebeccah's 1yr old, and she was attempting to feed him a cracker, but then decided instead to put her finger up his nose!  Wish I had pictures of that!

Playing With A Friend

I do have pictures of them playing together though.  Here they are holding hands and then waving to each other:

Elliott uses a pacifier when Alyssa saw him with something in his mouth she found something for her mouth.  She walked around with that ball putting it in and out of her mouth for a good 15 minutes!

We're also learning that boys are VERY different from girls.  They play with toys so much differently than girls!  I don't think Alyssa would have ever thought to try to get inside her walker. :)

I would first off like to apologize for those of you whom are receiving notice of my blog almost every day!  I don't know what's going on, but Luke is trying to figure it out.  So since my blog is being sent out I might as well try to write something new. :)

2 Weeks!

I'm now under the 2 week mark for the arrival of Evan Michael.  Yes, we've finally decided on a name...finally.  We've named him Evan after this guy who goes to our church and who is in our bible study and the middle name Michael is after my dad.  My dad was always glad he had girls because he didn't want our last name of Coco to be carried on, but we liked the idea and legacy of Michael carried on.  So here is a current picture of Me, Evan Michael and Alyssa:

The church threw us a baby shower, which was very thoughtful, and one of the ladies made the cutest cake.  Here's a picture of that too:

Church Talk

Speaking of church.  Our pastor was out of town this week and so they asked a few people at the church to give a testimony or talk a little bit about how God is working in their lives and I was one of the ones they wanted to talk.  I was trying to convince Luke to do it with me, but he thought I should just do it.  I was kinda nervous, but I've spoken in front of lots of people before no problem.  Well so I get up there and I totally get all emotional talking about our transition from San Diego to Washington!  Uh! should have picked a different topic! I was actually feeling fine until one other lady was talking before me and started crying and it got me all emotional.  Uh! I hate these pregnant emotions (which is what I'm blaming it on).  Everyone said they really liked it despite my shakey voice, and I was actually surprised at how much people were laughing because I wasn't trying on purpose to be funny! lol Ah well, with them laughing it actually made me feel more confident.