My big girl!

Meredith got her first major haircut last week (she's had two trims in the past) and absolutely loved it! I had an appointment scheduled, so made one for her at the same time. She sat really well while I got mine cut and then it was her turn. She kept saying she wanted it short, so we settled on just below her shoulders. She didn't even flinch when the girl cut off a 9" ponytail (we're donating it)! She just grinned and grinned and looked at me and said, 'Mommy, I look like a grown up!' She really does look a lot more mature and it almost makes me sad. I guess there is no denying that she is growing up since her 5th birthday is less than a week away. I even went and toured Chris' school today to do the whole parent thing to see if we want to send her there for Kindergarten. Knowing that my baby is old enough to be going to Kindergarten in the fall is a hard pill to swallow. It seems like I've wanted this for so long, but now that it's here I wish I could back peddle a bit!

Here are a few pictures from her haircut:

Beautiful baby!

Last Friday I had an extra ultrasound and we managed to get some great views of our baby girl's face! In past ultrasounds you couldn't see much of anything because of her placement, but now she has moved head down and she couldn't hide any longer! We just got print outs, so no digital images, but maybe I can try to scan them and post later. We could see her scrunched up nose and lips and her round full cheeks that look just like Meredith! Yes, it appears this baby will look just like her daddy too :) She measured at approx 4 lbs, 12 oz, which places her in the 66th percentile and one week ahead. Everything looked great, so I can't complain! The only hard part was that Chris barely made it, but the ultrasound tech was really sweet and kinda took her time and wrote up her report so we could wait for him to get there. He finally made it and we were happy to get some of the best pictures after her showed up. Guess the girl was waiting on her daddy to perform :)
I'm 33 weeks tomorrow! We're down to 6-7 weeks! WOW!

Good Wheels

We have gradually been cleaning closets, the attic, drawers, going through bins and bins of clothes etc in preparation for our impending arrival. We've only recently gotten really serious about it though and it has entailed multiple trips to Goodwill to drop things off. It's amazing how much of a packrat I used to be...my wonderful husband who moved like 8 times before he graduated high school has taught me the beauty of getting rid of stuff and boy does it feel good! Chris and I both had the day off yesterday for the MLK holiday and we really dug into the attic to a) start getting baby stuff down and b) to purge and make some room in the attic in general. So, we ended up with a massive pile in a short period of time and Chris was packing up the car to drive up to Goodwill and Meredith kept saying something and we realized she was calling Goodwill, 'Good Wheels'. At first I thought it was just a major southern accent, but no, she has renamed it Good Wheels :)