Maternity Pictures

I have always loved seeing other people's maternity pictures so I was pretty excited when I found a photographer in Laramie whose style I liked.  I talked to Eden about pictures for at least two weeks, hoping that if she was familiar with the idea of pictures, then she wouldn't freak out.  She HATED pictures!  Milan loved hamming it up for the camera.  I am very glad that I had them done.....even though I do not feel cute while I'm pregnant and this pregnancy has been the most challenging, I am glad that I have pictures of this special time.  I love the girl's excitement....Eden loves to kiss my belly and talk about how she will share things with the baby, while Milan likes me to open my mouth so she can talk to the baby in my tummy.

Here's our growing family at 34 weeks.

Sharing a Room

In preparation for our new little girl, we bought Milan and Eden some bunk beds and put them in the same room.  They LOVE the bunk bed, but it makes for some late nights.  They stay up late talking, playing, and laughing.  Well, Milan tries to go to sleep so it is mostly just Eden.  Some nights, I find that Milan has tied her blanket around the ladder and put all her dolls in front of it so Eden can't come up to her bed.  I am very happy that Eden adores her sister, but don't really appreciate bad days with tired little girls..... 

 This is Eden throwing a fit and trying to get me to put her Tinkerbell jammas on in the middle of the day. (Eden does not like it when we break out the camera or video camera during her fits, but Dave and I can't resist :)

Eden is also night potty trained in her big girl bed, so she got to pick out a new doll at Wal-Mart.  The girls have dozens of dolls, but they always want to play with Milan's "Boo-Boo," which is our oldest doll with the craziest hair.  Eden was very happy to pick out her very own "Boo-Boo."

We have started hanging up their favorite art work behind their door, taking pictures when it gets full, then displaying the next batch.  We have quite the little artists so we have an endless supply of art.

Every once in a while I have house withdrawals so I decided to distract myself with a little dresser refinishing project.  Dave's mom gave us this dresser....it's old and solid wood so Dave really didn't want me to paint it.  I really couldn't handle the orangy stain or the hardware.

So, I sanded it down, stained it a pretty walnut color to match the girl's bed, and added some new hardware.  

Curious George

Yesterday, we got to meet Curious George at the library!  Here are the girls waiting with their friend Jamie.  Eden just recently started sitting with her sister for story time....I think she looks so big!

The big monkey himself. 

 Milan was the only one brave enough to meet Curious George.  Afterwards, she told me she thinks he was wearing a costume because his mouth stayed open....hmmmmm.

 

Playing with Daddy

The girls LOVE when Dave gets home because they know they will get to play some fun games.  One favorite is tickle monster....they have several bases throughout the house so they have the odds stacked in their favor and love it when daddy chases them.  Other times, they beg to be thrown around (in a girly way, they do not like when games get too rough!)  I love to watch them having fun together (and rest; I'm exhausted by 7:00!)

Milan closed her eyes on purpose for this one....little nut! 

Ants

Milan's preschool class participated in a little musical program about bugs! They sang, "When the Ants Go Marching," so here's our cute little ant!

Milan had a solo....."when the ants go marching 3 by 3," Milan pretended to climb up a tree.  (I didn't get a great picture of this part....she's the red headed blur in the front :))

The whole thing was pretty funny, but I loved the ending.

We stayed for the rest of the school program and the girls loved watching the other classes perform.

Spring

We have had BEAUTIFUL weather for the past couple of weeks so we have been outside enjoying it as much as possible!  There have been lots of trips to the park, walks (well, I pretty much just waddle at this point), bike rides, Rhino rides in the mountains, sunscreen, more freckles, throwing rocks in the river, dirty bathtubs, and chalk drawings!  So, it's pretty much been great!

Easter Fun

As with most other Scott family holidays, we turned Easter into a week long event with three egg hunts, three awesome packages from grandparents, tons of candy, egg coloring, and the Easter Bunny! 

We didn't get many pictures on Easter, but it was great!  Easter morning we heard.....pitter-patter, pitter-patter, "AN ANT FARM!!," then the girls came into our room to tell us all about the Easter Bunny's deliveries.  (Yep, the Easter Bunny brought an ant farm and it has been a huge hit.)  We enjoyed church Easter morning (and my girls looked pretty cute in matching dresses) then we headed over to a friend's house for a yummy dinner and more Easter festivities.