A belly update, a photo walk, a galloping pup, and a ladybug Oreo.

On Friday I turned 32 weeks!

Here's some fun with numbers:

32 weeks = 224 days

..which means I have 8 weeks left, or 56 days.

I'm not craving egg salad sandwiches anymore, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like one right now.

My non-maternity pants were wearable up until this week. They're extremely uncomfortable now, even completely unbuttoned and unzipped.

I went to bed at 9:00 the other night with a smile on my face knowing I was going to get some great solid hours of zzzzz's, but I woke up at 1:30 to some major baby aerobics going on in my belly. She was fluttering her fingers on my right side while she danced around with both feet on my left.

It was pretty stinkin awesome to feel the bottoms of her feet with my hand..

..then it went on for more than an hour..

weight gain : 24 lbs

stretch marks : none

excitement level on a scale of 1 - 10 : eleven

favorite form of exercise : long walks with Matty and Kobi

Speaking of long walks, we took off the other night after work and didn't make it back home until almost 8 pm!

It was wonderful. I brought my camera and here's some of the randomness I captured.
 

I love love love the way the rows of lettuce look. They line the roads around our house.

 

Matt let me stop and feed every horse we walked by.

Kobi went absolutely crazy looking at them.

Like he just realized there's another animal in the world that gallops like he does.

A green spikey ball.

..because it's green.. and spikey.

Why wouldn't I take a picture of it?

The cutest puppy in the world.. who doesn't run like a dog, but gallops like a horse and hops like a bunny.

I'm not kidding.

Isn't he handsome?

Dorky, but handsome.

And I almost forgot! I had a baby shower in Visalia last weekend. This little girl is so loved already.

Loved and well-dressed.

I'll take a picture of her closet soon, she has more clothes than I do.

I called Matt into the room after I hung everything up and his reaction was:

"I feel so outnumbered already."

My lovely friend Jennifer made these precious ladybug Oreo cookie favors.

And that little pot had some fun flower seeds inside. She had one for every guest and asked them to say a little prayer for Paige whenever they saw it on their window sill.

I think she was trying to make me cry.

It pretty much worked.

Oh, and yes, we finally decided on Paige Ellen.

"Junebug" is cute and all, but she may have been teased eventually.

We got the middle name from Matt's mom, Mary Ellen.

I was trying to make her cry.

It pretty much worked.

;)

I would love to bore you with details tell you all about the start of my summer garden, but I'm up way past my bedtime.

Plus, I took so many pictures it deserves a post of it's own.

Yes, you read that right. I took so many pictures.. of plants.

I know. I'm out of control.