April 28th.

I'm at a loss for a better title for this post. Sorry. I'm 38 weeks pregnant and every twinge of my belly makes me wonder, "Is this it?" There haven't even been many twinges, just Eliana Grace- yes, we think that's her name! moving around and around like a breakdancer, spinning on her head, which is down! Yay! She's getting ready! And it's getting harder to walk. So... stay tuned! 8)

Trot old Joe! Whilst "helping" me sweep, Adessa started riding her broom like a pony, so we made her horsie the hood ornament and viola! hours of galloping fun.

Adessa's language has exploded! She's stringing sentences together, telling stories, using proper verb tenses, and avoiding dangling participles. (Just kidding about the last one.) Some of my favorite phrases she comes out with are:
"Play car, minute?" -she loves to climb around the seats and strap the seat belts and "play" in the car when we get home from anywhere.
"Hold you, minute?" -when she wants to be held.
"Adessa do it!" -when she wants to entirely mess up my schedule and make me crazy and do things her self.
She adds things like "how about..." or "little bit?" or "right now" to her requests for things, which makes it pretty funny. I'll try to capture more of her funnies, they are cute!

Our Mama's group friends Les and Shanon adopted their sweet boy, Danny, and we celebrated with them the other weekend. Gorgeous day, happy occasion!

Danny and Adessa playing in the water.


Gwennie and Adessa playing in the water.


Naked Adessa riding home after playing in the water. She seems okay with it.


Danny and Adessa trying out the double stroller, as I "practiced" having two. I learned a lot. Like...don't have two. Just kidding. It'll be great!!! 8)