Awaiting Baby Thomas

Our days as a family of 3 are winding down and I feel so incredible fortunate to be blessed with such an amazing family and a beautiful life. Joel has been incredible supportive of my needs/wishes and that allowed me to take the 1.5 off before Baby T comes. Mailande and I have had so much fun spending time together. With other recent changes, I was a little hesitant about giving up the paycheck, but the memories we've made the past 1.5 weeks have been well worth more than any paycheck DCPS could pay me. We've enjoyed snuggling, the zoo, the art museum, art projects, dance contests, walks, cooking, and seeing various friends and family.

We are so excited to welcome our little man, whenever he is ready to come. 3 days until his due date and we are looking forward to all the changes we have ahead of us :)

In lieu of a picture, here is a list of new things Mailande has been working on:
1. ABCs....Mai can say almost the entire alphabet (minus about 2-3 letters each time)
2. She can count from 1-10 (although she prefers 2, 3, 6, 9)
3. Mailande loves naming colors. Mommies favorite is Lello (yellow) and Mai's new favorite color is purple
4. Mai has gotten really good at naming all her friends and family and is not nearly as shy as she had been. She has finally taken to her Uncle Tommy and Mattie and loves to play with them and talk about them.
5. Mai can't go to sleep at night/naptime unless she reads Goodnight Moon and can say Goodnight to all her friends and family-so sweet- and she even remembers to name the dogs and cats

(tempoary) Stay at home mom

Mai and I are having so much fun doing all the things we don't normally get to do while mommy is at work. Having so much fun painting, coloring, eating, drawing, sliding, swinging, dancing, biking, walking, shopping, and snuggling with my sweet baby girl. She'll be a big sister in no time and mom will be tooooooooo tired!

The Foxes

Ma and Randy come to visit!

38 weeks

On Monday we went to the doctor and they said our (not so) little man is already 6lbs, 14ounces. Mom is doing well, weighing in an extra 19lbs, although a little on the small side. How did that happen? I don't know, but I'll take it! I am finishing up my last week of work this coming week and excited to spend some time enjoying Mai and resting up for big changes. In other news, my aunt Carey sent Thomas the most beautiful box of knitted goodies. Can't wait to snuggle with him and the softest blankie. So lucky to have such a crafty and generous family.

Bike Rides

Mai loves bike riding with Mommy and Daddy and we all love being outside together in this beautiful 70 degree weather.

Baby T is spoiled

We were spoiled, yet again, by the wonderful staff at Mandarin Oaks Elementary.

I am so lucky to have such an amazing group of colleagues.

Diva

Mommy and Mailande enjoyed the 2 weeks off of work. We ran lots of errands and played lots of games. Its exhausting training to be a big sister :)

New Years Eve

Mai and I went out running errands on NYE, with nothing special on the agenda. We went out to Atlantic Beach to check out a few stores and were blown away by the beautiful 75 degree weather. We decided to ditch shopping, rolled up our jeans, kicked off our shoes, and went down to the beach. Mai loved running in the water and playing in the sand. When we left, we cranked up the radio, rolled down the windows, and sang our way back to Mandarin. It made mommy wish she didn't have to go back to work. It was an incredible day and we even stayed up to snuggle with daddy before bed.



Only 6 weeks until Baby Thomas. Some days its just so hard to believe that life can be this good!

Christmas #3

Christmas with the McKeebys