Due date...and beyond...

Well, my due date has come and gone. As has the day-after my due date. But, that's okay. This time around I am feeling quite happy about each full night of sleep I get before the baby arrives (something I totally took for granted before Ezra was born)...and truthfully, a "full night of sleep" now means getting up to go to the bathroom at least twice in the middle of the night...and then one of those times not being able to fall back asleep right away, so reading in bed for a half hour or so.

My mom is in town, so that has been a nice distraction from just thinking about going into labor constantly...and also super nice to have an extra set of hands around the house to help with the ins and outs of every day living. The other morning she got up from the breakfast table and Ezra said, "She's pretty"..."She likes to play with you" (which, is his way of saying, "she likes to play with me"...we still have trouble with pronouns :). It's true, they make great playmates.

We are finally loving the sprinkler (it was super scary for a loooong time!).

Grandma's "Welcome to Arizona" concert

Playing at the indoor playground at Park Mall (NOT the place to go at 4pm on a Friday :)

Painting with Josiah (somehow Ezra painted his own back...as well as his armpits :)

Josiah on the other hand got most of his paint right on the paper...imagine that!

I love how much Ezra wants to give the baby kisses...always has to be on my belly, over my shirt will not do. 

Ezra declared this to be his "diaper" and "hat"

Making birthday cupcakes with grandma

...for the baby's birthday that is

I'm cherishing these days of having lots of Ezra time...but also looking forward to seeing him as a brother...he is so excited for the baby to come home!