38 weeks and the girls...

Here we are at 38 weeks...

Both girls went with me to the doctor yesterday and they did really well. Madilynn was excited to hear the baby's heartbeat on the monitor. Goldfish and magazines kept them entertained during the appt. Everything is still looking good. My belly has been measuring exactly on track. I've gained 24lbs. so far and ONE WEEK to go!!

So this morning Madilynn was at preschool and Elizabeth and I just hung out and read some books. Then we decided to go outside and walk around and check out the flowers.
It was good to have some relaxed alone time with Elizabeth before the baby comes.

smelling the flowers

the hydrangea has some new blooms

Elizabeth has been interested in her pockets lately or "pock, pocks" as she calls them

She's been saying everything lately, and I mean everything! If we are talking then she'll just repeat like a whole sentence of what we say. She has lots of words more than I can count or identify, and she is working on learning colors. She's almost 2 and I can't believe it! What I really can't believe is everything she is doing and saying and she's not even 2 yet!! I know that once the baby is here, Elizabeth will have seemed to grow up overnight.
Then we had to do some sidewalk chalk before leaving to go pick up Madilynn from school. All of the lines are "A's" she said.

Madilynn loves school and as soon as we picked her up we got an immediate lesson on blue whales. She said they measured with string the length of a blue whale (100ft) in their school and it was longer than their hallway. She said she got to help her teacher and run down to the end. She has learned so much this summer about bugs, spiders, pond animals, and now sea animals. It's so fun when she comes home and tells us everything she's learned! Next week is the last week of preschool for the summer and she'll have a couple of weeks off before she'll start back again for the fall. She won't start Kindergarten till next year since her bday is Oct. She'll be REALLY ready I'm sure!! Right now she just can't wait to turn 5 and she talks a lot about her birthday party. It won't be long till we'll be planning her party!