22 Weeks

Here's my 22-week picture! I had a doctor appointment Monday; I found out that the 19-week ultrasound results were normal, and everything else looks great! It was my last appointment before we move and I have to find a new OB. :-(

21 Weeks (for comparison)

22 Weeks (big shadow)

Final House Pictures

I FINALLY took pictures of our bedroom/bathroom, the downstairs 1/2 bath, and the kitchen and dining area. Good thing I did, because soon I will start packing away things and it will not look "normal" anymore! I can't believe I'll be posting pictures of our "new" house in 4-6 weeks...

Here is a picture of Syd to get us started. This is her "This popsicle is cold!" face.
Hallway leading to the master bedroom.

This is what you see when you're standing at the door. To the left is my closet (we have separate closets!).

Another closet shot (and a family portrait).

The rest of the pictures are taken around the room, clockwise.

Foyer leading to the bathroom (because those are necessary!), and Chet's closet door. There is a linen closet across from Chet's closet.
Bathroom foyer/door to the master bathroom.

Syd.

Master bathroom (nothing special, but nice). The rest of the pictures are taken around the room, counterclockwise.

The bathmat looks dirty, but I promise it's not! It's discolored from getting wet. I will buy a darker one next time.

Little hallway leading to the downstairs 1/2 bathroom. It's all done in a Texas theme!

The pictures are taken around the room, clockwise.

Hallway leading to the kitchen, dining area, and Syd's play area (which you've already seen pictures of in a previous post).

Kitchen.

Kitchen, looking over into the dining area.

Dining area.

Didi's Visit

This past weekend, Didi (my mom) visited! She flew in Thursday and left Sunday, and we had a wonderful time (although it was too short, as it always is). We did lots of shopping while she was here: we bought a couple of items for Baby Girl's room, and went to a huge sale (70% off!) at the children's consignment shop that I love (it's so much easier to shop there when you have a helper, and no Sydney...she went to Gander Mountain with Daddy). Chet and Sydney accompanied us on a trip to Super Target, where Sydney had fun helping us test out double strollers and running around the children's clothing section. Even though we did a lot of shopping, we didn't do a lot of buying...just lots of "market research", which is just as much fun. And, of course, Didi spent lots of time with Sydney...they went on walks around the neighborhood, watched "Sesame Street", read books, etc. We only took ONE picture the whole weekend...shame on us...but it's a good one!

20 and 21 Weeks

Here are my 20- and 21-week belly pictures, as well as a picture of Baby Girl sucking her thumb (taken at our 19-week ultrasound). (I included the 20- and 21-week pictures from my pregnancy with Sydney for comparison...perhaps a little disheartening, but at least I like my haircut better this time around...) I can't believe I'm already halfway there! I'm feeling her move around quite a bit, and my next doctor appointment is next Monday, June 20th (the doctor only wants to see me every six weeks, so this will be my third appointment, not counting the 19-week ultrasound).

20 weeks

20 weeks with Syd

21 weeks

21 weeks with Syd

in case it's hard to tell what you're looking at, she's "laying" on her back and her head is in the left-hand side of the picture

Really Late Easter Pictures

I don't have very many good pictures from Easter, but here are some. Syd didn't do an egg hunt or anything, so here she is just playing with plastic eggs around the house Easter morning before church. By the way, Chet's dad made Syd's Easter basket -- it looks just like the one Chet and his sister and brother had when they were little (and all of the cousins have one too)!

Serve 5 Years in the Navy = Check!

Yesterday was my last day in the Navy! It is so nice to be finished, but I don't think the reality of it has fully sunk in. The next few weeks are going to be very busy for us, and I don't think I will feel like I'm a true stay-at-home mom until we are settled in Mississippi. Sydney will continue to go to daycare this month so that I can have the uninterrupted chance to purge things we don't need and to pack things we'd rather the movers don't touch.

last day in the Navy (Syd was fascinated with a paper towel tube)

At work yesterday there was a little ceremony where I was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for the work I did the past two years (I received a different medal when I left the ship), and a picture with people's signatures and messages on the matting. (In the photo I am holding said picture and standing with the Commodore.) Some of my coworkers took me out to lunch afterward.

Today I got a haircut. Since I have been wearing my hair in a bun for the past five years, I figured I had better start fixing it on a (mostly) daily basis, and to do that I should acquire an easier-to-manage hairstyle. (When I see pictures of myself I'm still shocked at how dark my hair is!)

Baby Girl (!!!) and 19 Weeks

For those of you who don't know, today we found out we're having a baby girl! Sydney will have a little sister, which absolutely thrills us! We aren't going to keep the name a secret like we did last time, but Chet and I haven't decided on one yet (we stopped all name discussions a couple of weeks ago because we decided it was semi-fruitless until we knew the sex). Here I am at 19 weeks (two pictures again, because Chet doesn't like the shadow, but I like for all the pictures to face the same way):

18 Weeks (for comparison)

19 Weeks (front shadow, which Chet doesn't like)

19 Weeks (but there's a back shadow on this one!)