Layla's First Christmas!!!

I still can't believe that Layla's first Christmas has come and gone already.  Seems like only yesterday when I was opening presents with a giant belly.  She definitely enjoyed all of her Christmas'.  First we had Christmas at home the weekend before with just the three of us.  It was perfect.  Presents in the morning, breakfast, then since it wasn't actually Christmas, we went to the store to take back Pete's remote control helicopter that was faulty.  Then the rest of the day was spent relaxing. 

Layla got her very own laptop, so hopefully she will stop trying to use mine all the time. She also got a big, fluffy giraffe she can use as a pillow, and she absolutely loves him. He is so soft. And she got a little sea turtle that has buttons like a simon says toy but they play music and light up. It is such a great toy. I find Pete playing with it just as much as Layla does.  For one of Pete's gifts I took a picture of Layla, Audrey and me, and while I was setting up the space I caught this picture of Layla.  Too cute.

After our Christmas, Layla and I headed up to Vancouver to spend Christmas with the rest of the families. Layla was awesome on the plane flights again. I was a little worried since she is much more mobile than she was on the first flight. We had a great time up there, and even lucked out with the weather for the most part.

Watching the mountains out the window just before landing.

Helping Grammy pick out her new dishwasher at Lowes.

Her cousins decorated her head. =)

Loves for her giraffe!

Enjoying her oreo from Uncle Erik

Layla made out with tons of loot. So much that we had to ship home a box because we couldn't fit it all in. She is a spoiled little munchkin, but she so deserves it! =) It was fun to watch her play with all of her gifts. She didn't quite get the hang of tearing open the presents, but once we got them open enough she was very excited about what was inside. My brother took some adorable shots on Christmas Eve that I had to share.

So excited about her corn popper toy!!!

Not sure what to do with that giant bow!

Loves for her dolly.

Thanks Uncle Erik for the Oreos. =)

Christmas

Christmas this year was a bit bitter sweet. I had a great time opening presents in the morning with Pete and Danny, watching Elf, then heading out to our friends Bill and Becky's for dinner, but I so missed spending it with mine and Pete's family. This time of year is really hard to be away, and I think being pregnant makes it worse.

We did a small Christmas again this year, and we got some pretty great gifts. Mom got us a Flip Video, which is going to be so great to keep everyone updated on Baby Heikes. Momma Heikes painted us a beautiful Tuscan themed picture, which I love, and Pete got me Mario and Sonic Winter Olympics for the Wii. I love that game. We also got some great gift certificates and of course, the gift that everyone loves, cash! Baby Heikes got some cute outfits and bath stuff as well as a sheep skin from my Aunt Sally! I am so excited about it. It is going to be so great, especially for taking pictures on.

Pete's birthday was today and before we went to dinner I asked Danny to take our picture because besides the one with ugly Christmas sweaters, we don't really have any.

Aren't we just cute? Danny and Pete were messing around so we have those giant laugh smiles going on. Only a little while longer and that belly will no longer be that huge! There are definitely things I will miss about being pregnant, but I am so excited to see our baby girl!

35 Weeks

35 weeks along now and I can't believe how close it is getting. I'm starting to feel somewhat uncomfortable more often these days, especially if I get that awful ligament pain that lasts forever. But overall I'm still doing quite well. Pete and I went to our friends Ugly Christmas Sweater Party over the weekend, which was such a good time, as always. Baby got a lot of love from everyone.

My sweater was perfect because baby made the tree look somewhat three dimensional. I swear I can actually watch my belly getting bigger now. Just when you think it can't possibly get any larger you wake up, and it has.

She has been a little easier on my ribs these days, which is so nice, and she gets the hiccups all the time, which is so cute. I wish I knew how she was situated inside there so I knew what it was that was moving around. I think my doctor said at my last visit that she was head down, but I don't know if that means she will stay that way or if she is still moving all over.

My friend, Stacy took some pictures of my belly up in Santa Barbara over the weekend in the gorgeous weather we were having. I think she got some really cute ones so I will be posting those up as soon as they are ready. I can't wait! Thanks so so much Stacy!

34 Weeks

I have hit the 34 week mark and with it has come some pain in the form of round ligaments. Now let me tell you, these pains suck! I literally thought I had appendicitis because the pain was pretty intense and it was so concentrated on my lower right side. Fortunately, no appendicitis just painful round ligaments. Apparently this is the number one complaint of pregnant women, so I am not alone. It hurt for 12 hours straight last night, so between that and my worry that I was going to have to go the emergency room I didn't get a whole lot of sleep. Now if the pain hadn't been concentrated on my right lower abdomen, I probably wouldn't have worried much, but since it was and I take after my father, who is quite the worrier, it freaked me out. Fortunately today was my usual checkup and Dr. Murphy put me at ease. He is so great.

Other than that everything is going quite well. I got Baby a Christmas present. A baby swing! It is too cute and I hope she will like it. I got a smokin' deal on it on cyber Monday on Amazon. Regular $160, I got it for $89 shipped and no tax either! Woohoo! How I do love Amazon.

I've got the house all decorated for the holidays now, which I love. There is something about the glow from the little white lights on a tree that is so cozy. The tree was quite difficult to decorate as it is so full, but I definitely got the important ones up. And Pete got the outside lights up too, which I love cause the half of our street that we live on doesn't really do lights, so I like that we break the mold and are the only happy house!

I'm excited because this weekend my friend Stacy is taking some belly shots of me! I wanted to make sure I got some before it was too late, so I will be posting some in the next week or two. Hopefully they will turn out cute.