And as requested, here is a new "belly pic" of the new baby. This was taken today at 25 weeks (or 6 months). I can't believe I'm already that far along!
We have been having movie night every once in a while on a chilly weekend. Violet loves to get ALL snuggled up on the couch to "watch! watch! watch!" the movie. Here she is all snuggle-deed up with a very pregnant looking me!
We watched "A Bugs Life" and I forgot how scary it is. We had to calm her down a lot and she gets very emotional when she can tell that something bad is happening. It's sort of funny and cute but I had to say "It's okay! He'll be okay!" about 278,384 times during the movie. Of course today she wanted to talk ALL about the bugs. Hopefully it didn't give her any bad dreams!Here is a cute pic from today.
And a few videos...1) Since we didn't find out the gender of this new little person at our ultrasound, we have none-the-less been curious about what it might be. A few people have suggested that their other kids were great guessers, so we have been asking Violet. She CLEARLY has a favorite!
BUT here is the funny thing. Her word for "Boy" is very similar to how she says "Porter" (she calls him "Porty" or "Poh-ee" in Violet-speak). Boy. Pohee. We're pretty sure she thinks I have a small black puppy with a long snout in my belly. :)
2) Violet was playing this morning and talking a lot so I thought I'd post a video to show some of the words she's using lately. Yes, she has on a shirt, undies, and socks. It's toddler dress code! She's still not potty trained but getting closer and LOVES her undies! Anyway, you can hear her saying lots of things in this video. She calls bananas "menyas" and feeds that to her babies (along with a carrot) and asks the babies if they want more. Then when she's trying to get into her seat she says "hepeese" (help please). It's so fun to know what she's thinking lately and to understand better what she wants!
Another funny word-trick that she is playing lately is that her word for banana (menya) is very close to her word for peanut (meenyut). She is on a peanut kick and I never know if she wants peanuts or bananas! Who knew!
And LAST but not least, it looks like it's official - we're moving the first week of April! Both Jon and I are SO excited to have our own place again! Here are some pictures of our new brick ranch:
It was built in 1960 and has had one owner the entire time. What we like best is that he didn't touch a THING on the main floor. The house comes complete with "retro" EVERYTHING! We love the little details like the window between the dining room and living room as seen here...
And the VERY retro kitchen. When we first looked at the pictures of this house online I said "No way! The whole kitchen needs to be redone! Too much work!" but when we walked in and saw the details and the awesome gold-flecked countertop.... we were in LOOOOOVE! We're not touching a THING! And it even has a 1960 vintage Kitchen Aid dishwasher that works great. Let me tell you, after a year of hand-washing dishes in our rental, the dishwasher might be the thing we are looking forward to the most!
AND a retro bathroom complete with turquoise tub and sink.
Nope, we're not remodeling a THING! :) We love it! The basement is actually not finished yet so we're planning to redo that with 2 more bedrooms (one of them being my sewing room), a full bathroom (i.e. "Guest Suite") and a huge rec room, along with a storage room for all the crap we lugged across the country :)Upstairs it has 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. We're going to have a ton of room when the basement is finished! Plan your trips to come visit for next summer!!
Oh, and it also has a great big backyard which Violet already loves, and a cute little red barn/shed that I see becoming a playhouse in the future.
2 comments:
Congratulations on your new house! Jason and I bought a house that was built about the same time, and although a lot things HAD to be replaced, we love the retro feel that we tried to conserve in the process.
And I totally understand Violet's fear of A Bugs Life. I put on Snow White for Sophie forgetting how scary THAT is...even for me:-)
Thanks for all the great pics of Violet and the house! Congrats!!! I LOVE the retro bathroom. It reminds me of our old retro bathroom back in CA where the bathroom counter and tub were tiled in pink-flecked tile. I love the turquoise sink!
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