When one gets something the other wants it also...

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After...

When we picked up Madalyn from school the other day and she saw Loraly's hair, she loved it! So ever since then she has been asking if she can have hers done also. She even asked me if I would do it before school this morning! So tonight we decided to do it.

LOOK WHAT I DID TODAY!

BEFORE...

AFTER!!!

Is she cute as a button or what?!
Mark is going to kill me when he finds out! I told him we were going to MAYBE have it done this weekend but he said he didn't want to. She has real fine hair that has to have conditioner EVERY time you wash it or you will not be able to comb through it and I also have to use a detangling spray on it. She has had one hair cut before, a little over a year ago. Ever since then, her hair has taken off growing! I wanted to get the last of the baby hair off so that it can start growing more healthy and all one length.
What do you think?

She looks kind of sassy like her personality now!

I had to find it!

26 weeks

30 weeks

Well, I couldn't stand not seeing exactly where the 8 pounds that I gained were---so I uploaded the pictures that my husband takes every month to figure it out! Looks to be that Sophie has grown!

30 weeks---10 more to go!

Or so we hope! Both of my girls were a week late so I am assuming just from previous experience that this one will be late also. So as to 10 more weeks, I don't know how true this will be in my case.
I went to the doctor this morning and I think that I may have beat everyone----I GAINED 8 POUNDS IN ONE, yes one, MONTH! Very depressing!!! The nurse practitioner came in and told me that I was the cutest thing! Well, I don't really feel all that cute right now especially after she told me how much I had gained. She then proceeded to ask me if there was anything that I had done different this last month-----YES--I have been getting up and walking after I drop Madalyn off at school!! and I also told her that my new favorite snack was powdered donuts! She said it would probably be best if I laid off those for a while! HA...
Later this afternoon my mom was telling me that her friend, whose daughter in law is pregnant also, is upset because she has gained a total of 7 pounds all together and I think she is around 21 weeks! I would love to have only gained that much especially in 21 weeks!
When the doctor came in, I told him can you believe it--8 pounds!? He said no problem because I look great and I have only gained a total of 24 pounds all together. Still very depressing...
Hopefully I can keep the weight gaining down to a minimum in the next 10 weeks!

Taking Pictures of my girls

So first of all Madalyn CAN take beautiful pictures but most of the time she gets this crazy awkward smile going on and can't get rid of it! Now Loraly on the other hand--to get a decent, GOOD picture of her is a rare day! Loraly has refused to go to the studio (any studio!) and take pictures since she hit 2 years old! So I usually have to take them at home or we go to the arboretum, or we will go to a studio that we love and she just has to crop and paste Loraly as best she can!
So here are Madalyn's pictures in her leotard that Emily monogrammed for her.

Our Little Ballerina

We actually now have 2 ballerinas. I will add a picture of Madalyn on Monday when she goes to dance class. Loraly actually started dance class last week but pretty much sat on the floor the entire class! Tonight I bribed her with a snow cone if she would dance and do what the teacher says. SHE DID AWESOME! Both of my girls are great dancers!

Madalyn is starting her 4th year in ballet and tap. When she went to class on Monday, you could definitely tell she missed it over the summer. She did every move plus some!

A good friend from MDO embroidered the girls leotards for me. Don't they look awesome? THANKS EMILY!

***Update on the baby bedding---they are mailing me replacement bumper at NO CHARGE! (not even shipping charges!)

Contractions ALREADY and the eBay downfall

The night before last I had one small contraction. Not a big deal except that this never happened with either of my other 2 pregnancies. Then last night for about 2 hours I had some pretty hard contractions. I am only 29 weeks---this should not be happening yet!

Hopefully just Braxton (sp?) Hicks or a fluke...

Let me start of by saying I am a huge fan of eBay! I love getting great deals!

I am not sure if I wrote about the girls tearing Sophie's crib bumper.

YES--they were in trouble! She is not even here to enjoy her beautiful bed and it is already torn! So I contacted the maker of the bedding to see if we could purchase a replacement bumper. I got an email back this morning and come to find out the girls actually did us a favor by tearing the bumper! IT WAS RECALLED because of the beautiful sheer overlay tearing and choking babies! So they are now in the process of seeing if they can get me a FREE replacement because of the recall. Can you believe the luck of things!?

Please pray for no more contractions and for a replacement bumper to be heading our way!