March Madness!

It seems we are getting traveling out of our system for awhile as we have been gone almost every weekend this month. Things will calm down (traveling-wise) in April with plenty of time to allow us to 'prepare' for munchkins arrival.


I was in L.A. the first weekend of March to celebrate Liliana Grace's first birthday and dedication. It was so wonderful to see so much of Liliana's family and friends in one place to celebrate such an important milestone for her and her family. Its always great to see one of my dearest friends, Christina, and her husband and family. And Liliana sure enjoyed her first taste of cake!

The mommas and their kiddos

Liliana just can't get enough

The following weekend we headed to Atlanta for a short, long-weekend visiting our Atlanta friends. We stayed with our close friends Miriam & Seth and their pup Ruby for the weekend. On Sunday, Miriam & Seth and Katie & Shaun hosted a get together so we could see many of our Atlanta friends and celebrate munchkin. It was so wonderful to see everyone, especially since it might be a little while before we make it back to Atlanta. We are so grateful to them for hosting!

During the only weekend we have been in town this month we were super busy with our garage demo project. Every year the city of Santa Clara allows residents to dump any non-toxic garbage on the street for pick up. We took this as an opportunity to tear out the ugly, old shelving in the garage (the house's kitchen countertops from back in the day - we think) and put in garage storage units to get us organized. Jeff and Chris worked hard all weekend, and I, of course, stayed out of it. My contribution was organizing everything into large storage bins for the shelves and even that wore me out! I'd say we are about 85% done but will definitely finish up before munchkin arrives.


And there's more...this past weekend we were showered by family in friends in L.A. More to follow in a separate post.

Yup, there is definitely a munchkin in there!

We have been super busy (and productive) the last few weeks. Here's what we have been up to:

• Putting together the crib and nursery furniture
• Painting the baby's room YELLOW :)
• Finally getting our crib bedding
• Signing up for birth classes
• Meeting with our doula
• A few other house projects
• And all the other normal life stuff, of course - work, friends, family, dogs, etc., etc.

FYI - we plan on posting photos of our nursery, but you will have to wait a few more weeks until we are done :)

Here are my 27 week stats:

Best moment this week: Finally getting our crib bedding!
What I miss: Wine :)
Movement: Lots of it! This munchkin is one active kiddo! Not only can you feel it but boy (no, we do not know what we are having) you can see this baby move. Thankfully, munchkin settles down at night and lets me sleep.
Food cravings: Still no food cravings (or aversions, for that matter)
Sleep: Still sleeping well - thank goodness. Hoping this will continue.
Maternity clothes: I have outgrown some of my early maternity wear but have enough to get me by. I much rather save to buy clothes for when the munchkin arrives.

Lauren @ 27 weeks