The Fighter's

Can't forget Baby Fighter...the girls and I trekked to my 24 week appointment today and got to hear his/her heartbeat! It was strong and perfect!! Yay ! Although this little one likes to move as soon as the Doppler hears the heartbeat...stage fright? Ava was enamored by the whooshing sound and Kate just sort of sat there, unimpressed:-) So far, outside of a few minor aches and pains this pregnancy has been good. My BP was 116/58...no swelling...and on track as far as measurements. And my energy has been up lately so I'm praying this continues ( although we'll see how "cheery" I am 8.5 months pregnant, in the middle of August. All about the attitude...right??)!! And let me just tell you how funny it is to take a 3 year old to the OB office...Ava is going through a "why" and "what's that" phase and it definitely added some comedy to the doctors, nurses and my day:-) So excited for Baby Fighter's arrival!!

The weather here this week has been sort of rainy during the day (and chilly). So we've been trying to find some fun inside stuff to do. Yesterday we made pizza for lunch, did some artsy stuff and went to the rec center. The girls had a blast making the pizza and were so proud as we ate the pizza that they made (especially Ava!). Today we set up a Little People Village and the girls had a blast. I love watching them play and use their little imaginations. I love Ava's little voices she makes up for the people and my favorite today was her singing the "I Know You" song from Sleeping Beauty as she was playing with her prince, princess and castle. Kate gets so intent on what she's playing with too...repeating the same process over and over again (baby going down the slide...putting the apples in the tree, etc.). In between Little People they played Thomas the Train and raced them across the kitchen floor. Ava can be a little bossy...always telling Kate what to do, wh