Almost 34 weeks

Had a checkup today for Baby boy.  No kicking the doctor today like he did last time.  Everything looks good and his heartbeat was nice and strong :).  We go back again in 2 weeks for another checkup and then we will start going weekly.  His arrival is sneaking up on us now!

Big sister Jillian is very excited to meet her baby brother. She gives my belly plenty of hugs and kisses. Such a sweet girl!  A couple nights ago she was snuggling up against my belly and her brother "kicked" her three times. The next night she wanted to snuggle up again and was hoping he would kick her again. 

Dance Class

Big girl ready for her first Tap Dance Class in her new "stylish" dance outfit!

 

Jillian had her first tap dance class Wednesday (8-13-14).  We had gotten her shoes just before vacation and she has been wanting to try them out.  She was very excited to go to her class last night.

After a very slight hesitation she went right into the dance room with her new dance teachers.  She listened well as far as I could tell from watching and was trying to do all the dance moves.

They had them pretending to be Sheriff's or cow girls so each child was given a pretend cowboy/girl hat to wear.  They galloped across the floor chasing cows as I was told later by Jillian.  They had given them each a spot to stand on a little no-stick place mat looking thing.  (good plan tap shoes are slick!)  As they did what I would call cross the floor moves the girls each went back to their spots instead of all the way across the floor.   I have no idea if this is what they were supposed to do or not, but it sure was cute to watch.

Lining up for her first class

Dancing around waiting for class to start.  She liked spinning on the slick tap shoes.

When we got home Jillian had to show daddy some of her new dance moves!  She did expect me to remember what all they had done.  Good thing I was watching so I could help her out on that one.

I think she was a little sad when class was over because she was having so much fun.  She will be happy to go back again next week :).

Pre K

Monday August 11 Jillian's papa took her in for "orientation" for pre K.  She was a bit shy for him that day, but did stay in the classroom when he ran some papers down to the office.  She has one of the same teachers as last year and then one new teacher.

Wednesday August 13 was Jillian's first day of Pre-K.  Daddy reported that she went in confident and he left as she went to find her name at her seat.  She has a new place to hang her book bag this year vs. last year.  As daddy tells her because you are a bigger girl.  This made her smile :).

When I picked her up she was a happy girl :). I even took her picture by a sign the school had out.  Of course it is best she couldn't read it since it said first day of Preschool!  She would correct you and say that she is in PreK!!

I asked what she learned and she just told me how to write her name.  She already knew how to spell it, but is still working on using upper and lower case letters correctly.  She also reported that she had time to run in the gym.

After her first day.

Vacation 2014

Crooked Lake Delton, MI - the view from the backyard of the rental. Our retreat for a week.

Countdown to Vacation Calendar - she loved crossing off the days

First Time fishing - she had fun and stuck with it for quite a while

Fishing with Grandpa - she caught 4 little fish!

We had fun checking out the local library where they had a chalk table you could draw on and two library cats!

She loved "driving" the boat.  She would randomly stop us to look at stuff in the water.

Swimming time, there was lots of swimming!  Our little fish loves to play in the water!

Attempts to make sand castles didn't work out to well the sand was too wet.

At the Kalamzaoo Nature Center - she enjoyed checking out the indoor rainforest and the few exhibits they had in the main building.

Nature trail walk - it was 0.6 miles long and she did make it, but just barely.  She was hot and tired by the time we finished.  But of course still had plenty of energy for swimming back at the house ;).

Plenty of relaxing time.  Grandpa and Jillian playing on respective size ipads.