Being quite the gentleman, Tommy pushes Carissa around the family room and kitchen in his wagon. I think I’ll require helmets next time!

Tonight we finished decorating Baby Girl’s nursery. A *VERY* special thanks to Daddy for all his hard work (not to mention putting up with Mommy’s indecision on where to hang things). I’ve had so much fun working on this project! I’ve certainly learned a thing or two on my sewing machine…I did the diaper stacker, ruffled pillow, rocker and ottoman cushion covers and curtains and I’m still working on a cornice box or valance. (Patting self on back…look out Martha Stewart!)

Here’s our little girl’s “Hot Air Balloons Over Paris” bedroom. I’m still looking for a few more French-inspired items to put here and there, but those will come in time. The Eiffel Tower lamp was expertly selected by Big Brother Tommy, who loves spending time in his Baby Sister’s room. He’s already tossing Hot Wheels into the crib so she can play cars with him right away.

This is probably the best representation of the paint color, as I think it’s a great muted green that looks pretty yucky in the other photos. Hiding in the corner is the diaper stacker I made…my pride and joy! Ha ha! In lieu of a mobile I found some really cool hot air balloon ornaments to hang over her changing table. By the way, if you ever want to hear James curse like a sailor, ask him to hang something from the ceiling!Here’s a slightly closer look at the curtains, knick-knack shelves (map of Paris in the frame) and rocker in which I’ll log hundreds of hours in the coming months.And here is a close-up of the fabrics we used.

So there you have it. Don’t tell James, but seeing the finished product almost makes me want to start planning #3′s nursery already!

After several months, Tommy’s grown a little tired of his soccer class, so we’re trying something new: gym class! (He’s my little BOY, so I just can’t bring myself to say he’s in gymnastics…what’s next? A leotard? But whatever I want to call it, they wear themselves out!)

Anyhow, he joined the Desert Gymcats with several of his buddies and they have a ton of fun bouncing, jumping, climbing and playing. He likes the balance beam and trampoline best so far and we’re trying to convince him to hang like a monkey from either the rings or the bars…he’ll get around to it when he’s ready.

Climbing the “firemen’s ladder” to swing from the parallel bars. His teacher, Ms. Trish, helps a friend ascend while Tommy’s right on his tail (in the red shirt): Teeter-tottering with his buddy, CJ:Lots of climbing! He loves to go up and down, over and under, here and there…all over the place!A video of Tommy on the trampoline:

All is well this week…except I’m hungry ALL the time and I have no room in my crowded torso for food! This is causing a mild case of heartburn after most meals…just part of the whole pregnancy gig, really. Baby Girl continues to flourish, and at this point it’s safe to say she’s growing by leaps and bounds. She has been wiggling, kicking, punching and rolling around a ton in the past week. I have a feeling we’ll have a very busy girl on our hands from day one!

We’re looking for a little input on Baby Girl’s name. There are no guarantees that the “winner” will be what we end up naming her, but I figured this would be a fun way to put our finger on the pulse of our loved ones’ opinions. Her name won’t be officially decided upon until we see her sweet little face in the delivery room, but this might help us whittle it down to one or two. Have fun!

This poll is also open to the general public on twiigs.com, a neat little polling site I came across.

Around 6:40 this morning Daddy went into Tommy’s bedroom to get him up for the day and found our little buddy playing outside his crib. James asked him “What did you do?” and Tommy replied “I fall out of crib. I hurt head.” Upon inspection we found no bumps or bruises, but what a surprise! Looks like we’ll be heading out to the furniture store to purchase a big boy mattress for him this weekend.

Here’s a quick picture of the daredevil catching up on The Wiggles after his escape:

It’s time to start guessing when Baby Girl will make her official debut! We’ll name her after the winner! Not really, but you’ll get bragging rights.

Click the following link to hazard a guess:
http://www.expectnet.com/games/babywedewer

Good luck!
James, Andrea & Tommy

Here are a few shots from Baby’s 32 week ultrasound. Now that she’s so big it’s difficult to capture more than one appendage at a time, so we focused on her cute little face. The ultrasound tech kept commenting on what chubby cheeks she has at this point. We can’t wait to meet our little chipmunk! Her estimated weight is 3 lbs. 14 oz. (based on measurements from this ultrasound).

Profile. Her forehead is the bright white curved line on the left. You can also see her upper arm extending up like a little chicken wing next to her body:

Pretty cool, eh?

Here are this week’s belly pictures. I’m growing out of everything that isn’t completely elastic. I can tell she’s growing leaps and bounds because the skin on my stomach is starting to itch from the stretching…time for lots of cocoa butter in hopes that I don’t get too many stretch marks.

Here are a few new videos of Tommy. I’m working on uploading more from our trip, too.

Tommy playing piano with James:

Tommy helping James wash the car (sort of). The giggles are the best!: