Gymnastics Pictures!!

Noelle and I have been going to Mommy and Me gymnastics for three months now. We have a pretty good time and she LOVES it. She is always talking about when we get to go again and seeing things that are like gymnastics everywhere. The week of Christmas we ended up being the only people that showed up so Noelle had coach Emily to herself. It was great for me to sit back and take pictures and video since normally I have to keep a tight watch on Noelle. She gets pretty excited and runs around all crazy so my camera isn't a active part on a normal day. I've had these pictures for a month now and thought I better upload them before it gets too late!

Class always starts with warm up of running in a big circle around the cones, then they all help pick up the cones.
And pass them on to Coach Emily.
Practicing her somersaults on the block.

Showing her stuff on the balance beam.

This is the "wobble" It's rounded on the bottom so it wobbles all around when they get on, it cracks Noelle up.

Going through the obstacle course.

Climbing the "tall mountain"

Jumping on the trampoline, which is for sure her favorite!

More blurry jumps.

Some pointed toes on the high balance beam with Mommy.

A somersault on the beam.

Holding herself up on the bar.

Here's the video of her day. We always have a course set up that all the kids go through a couple times and then we do something else. I had to start the video with her at home that morning. I put her braids in little loops and showed her in the mirror. Her response was "I look like a monkey" I thought that, mixed with her little monkey sounds was pretty cute!

I had my baby shower last weekend so I'm for sure behind on my posts, I'll try and get that up soon! We are also almost done with turning "Noelle's room" into "their room". Pictures of that will be up too. Only 8 days left on my counter. I still know I probably won't go early but can't help waking up thinking "Maybe today will be the day we have our son!!" We all can't wait!

24 Days to Go!?!?

It's getting really exciting to see our baby counter get into such low numbers! I try and keep myself in check remembering how late Noelle was, I need to be prepared to go late but I can't help but have a hope of him being early or on time even though I think the chances are small! I realized last week that my due date was four weeks away and I might want to actually get some things ready for the little guy! I've been organizing everything I can and still cannot figure out where I'm going to put his stuff! I felt like we didn't have room for the three of us and now I'm making room for a whole other person to join in. Nick set up his crib a couple nights ago, we registered and have a baby shower coming a week from today, I got out anything Noelle had that was Gender neutral, organized her dresser to try and make room for his clothes, rearranged their whole room to fit the crib in it, I went through all my old clothes and got rid of a ton to make more storage room in our house and I rearranged their entire closet. I still need to order fabric for his crib bumper and then make it, make basket liners from the same fabric, get wooden letters for name to go above the crib, wash anything we get at the shower, try and rearrange our room to fit the bassinet we hope to have, get the car seat out but we probably won't install it till I go into labor, I need to make a list of what to bring to the hospital but feel silly packing my bag yet, get some special things for Noelle's bag so that she can have some special new things to play with and have while she spends time with family while I labor, and probably a million other things. Noelle is getting really excited now that his crib is up. When I first asked her about a crib for him to sleep in she started crying saying that she wanted to share her big bed with him so she could sleep with him. It was very sweet. I've found a lot of babies and stuffed animals in the crib over the past couple of days. I am pretty pathetic these days, complaining a lot. I've found pregnancy a lot harder this time and I'm started to feel like he is slowly moving down because I'm feeling a lot of pain in my pubic bone. Makes me complain but at the same time excited that my body is getting ready to give birth again! It's such an amazing process to me. I don't really fear labor, I know I can handle the pain and relax through and have a wonderful experience but I am nervous at the same time. It's like a big test that I feel that I know I can pass but can't help feeling nervous. I just hope that his entrance into the world is smooth and free of complications, I can't wait until he the moment he comes out and gets handed to me so that we can begin life as our family of four. Anyway, this is just some ramblings of a crazy pregnant lady. Next time, fun stories and pictures!