Baby Jade - 25 weeks

These are pictures from my second ultrasound. Midwife wanted to make sure that Baby Jade was measuring properly as I am measuring a little on the small side. All is well...Jade seems to be a small sized baby but she is puportioned properly and all her body parts are functioning well. :)

25 weeks and the latest on Marcus

Oh my...it has been several weeks since I posted a picture of the big belly. Well here I am at 25 weeks.
Life is moving even faster these days...between keeping up with our "always on the move" wonderful 2 yr old Marcus, dealing with the remodel, working part time, taking care of family business and normal house duties; I feel like I don't have much time left or energy to do much more than SLEEP! Oh and I think I forgot to mention that I am busy making baby Jade too!

The pregnancy is moving along nicely. I have my monthly check up tomorrow so I will know more then. At my last appt, Jade was measuring a little on the smaller side. I am not surprised since Marcus was a little newborn. I am sure she is just following suit. She is kicking like crazy and moving around. I notice she wakes up about 9:30pm just at the time that I want to sleep...figures! Curtis got to feel her for the first time this past week. It is so WONDERFUL! I missed that feeling of a baby inside me...appreciating it all over again.



Marcus is growing up sooo fast! He is doing things, saying full sentences and new words, and understanding new concepts everyday that we are utterly amazed with. He has memorized many songs...he loves to sing, to cook, play monster (basically hide and seek while roaring), tell stories, watch tv, and have our undivided attention (of course). Here is a picture of him at Avila Barn from yesterday. I wanted to go to the park but he wanted to go "feed the ducks, the roosters, the goats, and ummm the peacocks" (his words exactly).

San Francisco Trip and Easter Sunday

We went up to San Francisco on a Smith Family vacation...something we have not done since I don't even remember how long! It was super fun! We stayed downtown at the Palomar hotel courtesy of Albert and Heather. We did all the tourist stuff...went to Fisherman's wharf and Ghiradelli's square and Marcus got to ride his first REAL trolley. It was quite an amazing trip with NO drama! :)
Alexa and Marcus in the electric street bus...pretty cute how much they bonded on this trip.

Here are the pictures from Easter Sunday. We went to Brunch at the Ritz Carlton. They had an indoor Easter egg hunt which was quite nice considering it was raining. Alexa and Marcus got to enjoy that together.

Marcus trying to steal one of the BIG eggs. :)

Looking for more candy... Enjoying his thousandth piece of chocolate...I seriously stopped counting...it just wasn't worth it!
Checking out the petting zoo they had there...super cute baby animals.