36-weeks

36-weeks! The edema is kicking in. My doctor explained it to me that edema is a side effect of our body preparing for the birth. Because you loose so much blood delivering a baby, your body prepares itself by increasing the blood supply. Thus, swelling! It's kind of a beautiful thing. So I am enjoying my fat fingers, toes, and face... It will be all over before we know it. 

Eli says: I'm going to run away

Eli just asked me if I ever ran away when I was a kid. I told him no. Then he said, "I'm going to run away. I need a bah-cation."

Belly button problems...

A recent discussion with my sis' re: my belly button. (Pregnant lady problems).

Bump, there it is!

Eli likes to sing to the bump. Such a sweet guy.

Eli says - "Cause she's cute!"

On our way to school this morning I asked Eli which of the girls in his class were his favorite to play with. He responded, "Sophia. Cause she's cute!" This is the same girl he told me a few months ago that he is going to marry. Oh, boy!

Eli says: Chuckie Cheese-its

"Mama, can I go to Chuckie Cheese-its someday?"

Flashback Sunday...

I was looking through some old pictures recently and found these two... 

Eli was about 4-days ol in this picture...

This was Christmas night. Eli was about a month old. He STILL loves napping with his Daddy...