Geo...

Dave was leaving for work this morning and in his early morning slumber was trying to say bye to Lil g and somehow Giles came out as Geo and it kind of stuck. Before anyone gets any ideas... :) As much as i love the name Giovanni! Geo will only be lasting while the baby is in my belly :) i just think it is humorous because when i was a camp counselor one of my little 8 year old boys who was quite a handful of pistol and vinegar was named Giovanni and he preferred to be called Geo! so no point to this story except to say we have a very active Lil Geo!

A little fun in the sun

I JUST COULDN'T RESIST...

Just look at those faces...PRICELESS

30 weeks! only 10 more to go...

The latest... Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

Baby Moving..

Belly Laugh :)

Camping Trip

We enjoyed a wonderful camping trip up in Oregon with Dave's family. All the aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins were in attendance. It is the annual 4th of July camping shin dig. It was such a fun time just hanging out at the lake and swimming, going for a canoe ride at sunset and almost tipping over, and being able to hike and explore the beautiful Crater Lake. Unfortunately I only took pictures one day. Oops. But it was the most scenic day that is for sure. Crater lake was amazing and beautiful and to top the great day off we all enjoyed delicious ice cream! Chocolate peanut butter all the way :)
So beautiful!

A fantastic resting spot. Once I was down it was very hard to get back up.

My cute hubster.
The Giles Siblings.

It was a little bright out.

Mary and Craig. So cute.

All belly and cute hubby.

27 Weeks

"This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle."

Breadmaker

So I am getting home from work and trying to unlock the door but I hear some music piping through the door. Well actually maybe blasting...I am just thinking to myself "um, what is going on" Kimmy must be doing something in there. Turns out she was in the midst of a pumpkin bread festival. I got the full details later on what happened but as I entered I saw that the shindig had been in full swing for quite awhile. She was covered in speckles of dough (not kidding literally her entire green shirt had orange specks all over it), hair frizzed (hey it was hot in gilroy ~over 90), preg-o belly looking so nice (that was my fave), disney soundtrack blaring (anastasia kimmy's fave)- oh boy. I would post a photo but it is probably not the finest domestic diva moment. Or perhaps it is...

Turns out that Kimmy was making up pumpkin bread. Double batch since we had enough pumpkin. well turns out that is the only thing we had enough of.... Not enough oil, not enough cinnamon, baking powder looks the same as baking soda so have to dig out and replace (done that so many times). Usually a single batch fills two pans halfway, well we only have two pans so the double batch made some supersized loafs. Probably took an extra hour to cook and the pieces turned out huge. She was actually trying to finish cleaning before I got home so I wouldn't know what had happened.

That wasn't the end though. Next up was oatmeal muffins. Poor muffins. Supposed to sit for 30 minutes with milk and oats. Well turns out premixing all the dry ingredients and then letting soak still gives the same good results. Who needs a recipe when you just got that innate sense for cooking!

In the end, so tasty and yummy. Maybe it was that extra baking powder.


In other news, the wrights visited this past weekend. Among other things was a candid photo shoot performed by the husbands. One can definitely see the 26 weeks! And notice my super flower in the background!