It's been a while...

So, I've been really absent lately. I'm 7 weeks out from having a sweet baby boy, and to be honest, blogging hasn't been high on my priority list for quite some time. Nevertheless, here are the highlights (that I've actually taken pictures of) of the last few months.

Ab got her hands on a blue permanent marker (not exactly a highlight, but it was one of those frustrating moments that I thought to take angry pictures of!)

We had Easter dinner with Spencer's family.

Made myself a car seat cover:

Abby turned 3! Here she is unwrapping presents from my parents with my mom on Skype.

She wanted a Piglet party (not Winnie the Pooh and Piglet--just Piglet.) We had a party with pink, dark pink, and silver colors, and a menu of Piglets in a Blanket with Hunny Mustard sauce, Tigger's Twisted Pasta Salad, and fruit.

Also Piglet's favorite treat-acorns made of Nutter Butters and Hershey's Kisses.

Those boys, always wearing their Boston gear.

My 3 year old!

 At 40.5 weeks pregnant!

... And here is Brady Marshall Lythgoe, born 6 days past his due date on May 29, at 6:12 pm.
A full birth story will come later, but the short version is I had mild, infrequent contractions during the day, which didn't become regular or painful until 5 pm, and he was born naturally w/out an epidural less than an hour later. There was (again) mecconium in my water, and so Mr. Brady needed lung therapy and oxygen treatment.

As well as the bili lights!

Abby was SO excited to have her brother home.

More to come, I hope!

Slacker

So, I need to get my act together and post about crap before this baby comes--4 weeks or less, people!!
I've been working a ton, and there have been a lot of changes going on around here- including a new job for Spencer! I've been (barely) on Insta and that's about my social media these days. Oh, and FB stalking.

This also happened a few months ago:

Big girl loves her big girl bed. She just turned 3 on Saturday, and we are still so in love.
Hopefully I'll have some interesting things to talk about soon, and some time to do it in!

Now that it's February, here's the rest of our December

We did festive things and on Christmas Eve, went to Spencer's parents and participated in their annual nativity and talent show.

 She thought she was soooo important just because she was an angel!

The rest of the night, Ab wouldn't let go of Andrea's baby Jesus, aka birth educational doll that she uses for her classes. (What was his name? I can't remember!)

 Abby's talent was singing her ABCs and The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Ab had a poop incident Christmas morning, which meant she got a bath, and Dad ended up showering too... leaving me as the only one un-showered and still in PJs all morning.

 Later that day, my mom and dad came over, and further that night Robbie and Hannah came into town. We were so happy to have everyone over here (Carrie and kids came for the day the next day) but I literally couldn't keep anything down so I only got a handful of pictures with Mom and Dad, and none of Robbie and Hannah. Sorry!
There is a theory that I was morning sick with a touch of flu, because Hannah was struck with it right after they left our house, as did Carrie. Probably. It was crazy how terrible I felt.

Did any of my family get any pictures while we were together? Oh well. I love you guys!

Should I even try to catch up??

I am really asking!

I have had, it seems, a lot going on, but truthfully I just don't think about posting much anymore. For one thing, every time I get the camera out, Abby wants to take pictures herself, or will stop whatever it is she is doing to complain about my photographing her.

I can't Instagram around her anymore, either, because she learned (eventually I knew this would come) that she can play on the iPod. Her favorite thing is the YouTube app- she drops whatever she is doing to ask to "listen to some songs."

 Anyway, here is a re-cap of the last few weeks, in a small dose:

I did get more pictures of Halloween, but they seem so irrelevant now! I was newly pregnant and not feeling too hot.

 Our first big snow, whenever that was. Look at her smile!

 

There was a phase where we checked out a lot of Hanukkah books right after our decorations went up. I'm glad to know Curious George and Corduroy are Jewish. We don't discriminate against other religions in our household.

 

 

The pictures taken two weeks before Christmas are still on my camera, but I'm afraid I missed most of the festivities. Most of my family were in town, as well as most of Spencer's family, but I was pretty bad at taking pictures. Maybe I can get around to them in another month or so?