Life and Third Trimester

Life!
Last night we all attended Karleigh's first Daisy Scout Court of Awards ceremony where the girls received the 3 petals they have earned so far this year. Her leader did a great job making it special by obtaining use of the stage at the school and having refreshments afterwards. It was a very short ceremony and at 7 pm, with a group of nine 5 and 6 year olds... that is a very good thing! The girls did great and Karleigh had a blast being the main "speaker" while leading the ceremony.

Such a funny group of girls. Nine girls, about 20 cameras, poor things! This was about as good as the group shot got. :) It's so much fun to watch them develop friendships with each other. During refreshment with their families, the girls all sat at the same table with each other instead of hanging out with the families. It was hilarious to listen to them chatter away.

And can I say, I thought the way that her leader attached the petals to the foam flowers was brilliant and so cute! Of course we'll give them back so she can use them again but I thought it was such a great idea. I'm a sucker for stuff like that!
Also, this gaggle of girls, it's hilarious to try to keep everyone straight: Karleigh, Kayla, Kelly, Laney, Chloe, Kenzie, Trista, Kailey and Juliann. We do a lot of "hey"-ing at the meetings. :) Anyway, it's fun to watch the girls experience life and the friendships that go along with it.

Third Trimester!
I also realized (because I've been trying to take things day by day) that I'm happily there! I promised myself that I was going to take more belly pics this time. I have a few from Karleigh and Rylan, one from Collin and I was so upset that sadly, I deleted all of my belly pics from when I was pregnant with Eli. Dumb. I wish I could change it but I can't so I'm making sure that I have them this time. I don't think I really look much different this week but she feels bigger and spends a lot of time with her feet in my ribs so I can tell she's growing and stretching!

While I was taking these pics, Rylan (the poor soon to be middle child) wandered in. He asked what I was doing and I told him that I was taking pictures of my tummy. So, he said he wanted to too. Who am I to argue? I got one good one from him and then he remembered the beeps for the timer on my camera and it went downhill from there with lots of last second ninja moves, but this one is a keeper :) Just him being his sweet self without his fake, cheese, smile.

This was one sneak attack that actually turned out pretty cute too. It was his favorite so I decided to work with it for him.


I always feel bad when I do a post without pictures. So hopefully this makes up a little bit for my last post!