GUESS WHAT?! GUESS WHAT?!

We did it! The Dewsnup family has conquered Mt. Pisgah!!! I think we may have set a new record for how many rest breaks it takes to reach the top though. =) ...a lot of them were for pictures =) =) here's some...

I did not join the run to the top...

Hey look! 2 days shy of 38 weeks preggo! wahaha!!!!"Lizzy"

Only because it's been so long...

One of these days I'm going to do something super exciting and blow all y'all away... but not today.
Hmm, this past month... we got Danica's pics taken at JCPenney. That is a major accomplishment. The last time I took her in she was 2. And I still don't know how to get my scanner to work so you get a pic of a pic. I was nervous about taking her in because we had a war when trying to get her ready. Bribery, however, saved the day.
The 10th was of course Mother's Day but it was also Rob and my anniversary!!!! How exciting is that?!?! I'm not big into holidays- AT ALL- but we did have a very pleasant weekend. We got to go to a movie friday night. We saw Star Trek which I really liked. I think Rob thought it was good but a little silly. It bothered me the whole time that Spock is played by the Sylas actor. Creepy! We went for a walk at Alton Baker- it was gorgeous! Saturday morning we went out to breakfast with my folks and then wandered around Saturday Market. I'm fairly certain I haven't been there since high school or earlier and was really excited about it... I had no idea it was so expensive! I was kinda bummed. Saturday night we went out to dinner. We made plans to hike to the bench on Mt. Pisgah, mainly because Rob said I wouldn't be able to so I have to prove him wrong! But...we ended up sleeping all afternoon on Sunday. Which is good too. I only recently started getting any decent sleep because I finally caved and got some Zantac. Wow! It's wonderful. I can lay down! Here's a pic of Danica from Mother's Day. I haven't been one for pics lately for some reason ;)

Danica played with her play-do the other day. When getting it out she was talking about wanting to use "this color and this color." I think she has a limit of two colors at a time at Grandma's. So I just told her "fine, whatever you want" and went to sit down. This is what she did... with ALL her play-do. The front row is Rock"stars". I thought it was cute.

Things have been good. I've been nesting like crazy. I think we might set a record on how long the house is CLEAN. This past Wednesday was my last day of work. I've had backaches daily for the last couple weeks so I'm relieved to not have to deal with the killer one I would get after work. I'm trying to convince baby if she wants to come early I certainly wouldn't be opposed. Oh, but then I'd have to figure out a name for her! Do they let you leave the hospital without naming the child???

I saw the sun...

We went to Hendrick's today with Gma Cindy. Twas pretty! I slowed us down horribly though. Danica loved picking which path to follow. I don't know how much she enjoyed the flowers vs. how much she enjoyed exploring. It's so weird to have spent time outside for 3 days in a row!

Life is not currently very exciting...

Hi! I know I haven't had a decent post in a while but there is just not anything exciting going on. I think Rob is probably pretty happy that he gets a short break from school. Danica is still the happy kid she always is. She does not ever stop chattering/singing, etc. I just hang out and whine that June is so far away ;)

Let's see if we have any interesting recent pics...

Danica made cupcakes. They were yummy delicious.

Rob reading to Danica...

The baby's quilt I did so good on for the first few days and then it's been sitting half quilted since. and I'm machine quilting so I'm just really being lazy =)

Here's a pic of our chubby cheeked child that was taken today. =) =) sorry it's fuzzy- I couldn't get our scanner to work so had to try my best with the camera. (28 weeks 2 days)

Baby Girl Dewsnup

I always thought these pics made the babies look like burn victims but Rob says wax molds. I'll have to agree =) Poor thing looks like she has a black eye. but anyhow... Here she is! Hopefully we'll be meeting her in 16 weeks, so far away! =(

The doctor was pleased with the ultrasound findings today so we don't need to see a peri anymore. =)

The Land Before Time

I needed a title, this works. So Danica is movie obsessed. I don't let her watch any cartoons on tv because I haven't seen them and I'm totally over protective and choose to shield her from junk. We do however own plenty of movies =) As much as she loves Disney Princess stuff her favorite Disney movie is still Fox and the Hound. I think I've blogged before that I simply don't get it. Well she also loves The Land Before Time and was watching it yet again today. A theme in it is the friends sticking together. So this evening Danica and I are sitting down side by side brushing our teeth and she starts talking...a difficult feat while using an electric toothbrush ...
her: I love you.
me: I love you too.
her: I love you!
me: I love you too...?
her: We'll always be best friends right?
me: sure!...well, maybe not when you're a teenager. Teenagers tend to not like their parents...
her: (all teary eyed!) We'll still be best friends! We'll always be together!
...Do you think maybe I shouldn't let her watch sad movies? Or ones where the mom dies like in both Fox and the Hound and Land Before Time? haha. It was so cute! I wish they stayed young forever. I was telling Rob later that I am going to be so sad when she gets older and isn't so sweet and he says that's why we have more kids. Boys!

I got nagged at for not blogging but I simply do not do anything. =) Danica and I have turned into Wii addicts after buying the Animal Crossing game(thanks mom for getting us hooked!) It's pretty sad. haha. but fun! I only work Wednesday afternoons so we are just home hanging out all the time. It does sound super pathetic that I hardly work but I literally can't hardly walk afterwards! I have to take baby steps and it hurts so bad. I'm broken.

Pregnancy wise things are calm right now. Talk about the most drama filled pregnancy. It's been a mess. We had our big ultrasound 3? weeks ago now. They found a couple abnormalities so we got sent to a specialist. They were concerned baby might have Trisonomy 18 and of course I hadn't had my quad marker screen done because I HATE needles and wouldn't have done anything anyway if there were any chromosomal abnormalities so why get stabbed for nothing? So we had a nerve racking couple days. I did get the quad blood test taken after the ultrasound appointment and the peri's office was able to tell me when I went in that the test results were back and looked totally normal. He didn't think the abnormalities were related and wasn't really concerned. I'll go in for another ultrasound there next tuesday. It'll be my 5th ultrasound and my 5th appointment. Sheesh!

Boo winter!

Many who know me know that I HATE snow so I was very sad to see such blinding whiteness one morning. Danica however (thankfully) does not share most of my likes/dislikes though so we ventured out. And by "we" I mean I sat bundled up sitting on the only surface not covered with snow(a manhole cover) and asked Danica if she was done yet about every 3 minutes. Sure wish I had a backyard =(
BRRR!

She was heartbroken when I said we weren't going to make gingerbread men because she had so much fun making them last year. I vetoed the gingerbread because I simply didn't like it-and making yucky cookies is just so sad- so we made sugar cookies instead. ...and yes, some in gingerbread man shapes. While many people's holiday plans were messed up due to the poor weather conditions concerning flights and such, I was ecstatic. We got to have Danica for Christmas this year! We had an early Christmas with Nana Mykie and then spent Christmas day at both the Dewsnup's and Vance's.

Danica is lucky to have such great uncles. Uncle John played several games of memory with Danica using her new cards...she cared naught that they were for old maid, go fish and crazy 8's...

Cute new pj's.

Our Christmas tree and short-stuff. I took down all the rest of the decorations right after Christmas but couldn't bear to take the tree down yet. It just seems so sad to think it lived it's "purpose." I shall mourn it's passage. Perhaps I should look into getting a fake tree? ;)

If you can't tell my hubby doesn't like getting pics taken so he halfheartedly humors me.

Grandpa Dan reading Danica a new book she got for Christmas. She LOVES being read to.

Ah, two of Danica's loves. Wilbur and Penne. (she doesn't get that from me)

So now that we've passed all the exciting parts of winter...

I'm done! Can summer come now???

oh, and if you're wondering why there aren't any pics from my folks house it's because I had a dead camera battery by then but I'm sure they'll post about Christmas...