My Marina

Yes, it's been forever since I've posted, so I'm not even going to try to catch up. Instead I'm just going to post a few things about my wonderful little Marina. She is such a fun little buddy. I love playing with her and just watching to see what she'll say or do next.

Here she is getting ready in the morning. She loves it when dad is home and can help her do "crazy hair." Also, you  may note that her towel is around her waist (like daddy wears it). She sure loves her dad!!!

Marina also has really good dental hygiene. She especially loves flossing. Sometimes she even likes to bring a thing of floss along in her purse- just incase she needs it during the day.

A few weeks ago Marina, Branden and I had a little lunch date at the mall. She was really interested in some people who were getting their picture taken in the photo booth. As soon as they were done she shouted, "My turn!" and ran in there. She sat down and just started smiling. Such a cutie. 

We don't really encourage this activity, but Marina loves to jump from the couch to the ottoman. I think we might need to get her a trampoline when the weather finally turns warm because she loves jumping on everything she can find in the house! (as a side note, Marina's friend Emery was not harmed in the making of this photo)

Another activity we are looking forward to when the weather warms up for good is going for walks and having picnics outside. For now, we have been having many "picnic" meals on the floor in our kitchen. Marina is such a good "mommy" to her little baby dolls. She loves to feed them, rock them, push them in the stroller and take care of them. When they get sad she cuddles them and says "don't cry baby." She is going to be such a good big sister!

Speaking of Marina becoming a big sister... We are working on getting everything ready for baby Drew. I have been a bit of a slacker with the nursery but should finish things up this week and hopefully post some pictures (although at the rate I'm going with this blog it will probably be Drew's first birthday before I actually get the pics posted). It has been kind of weird for me to get used to all the boy stuff instead of the girly stuff. Hopefully I can figure this boy thing out.

We are super excited to meet baby Drew, but I'm not doing all the crazy stuff I did to try to go into labor with Marina. I am good with waiting until my due date or around that time- I learned last time that babies are much easier to take care of inside than outside. (By the way, my due date is May 8th, but according to the ultrasound and measurements it could be closer to May 3rd.) Also, Branden has finals on April 30th, so he's really hoping the baby doesn't come too early. I guess we'll just wait and see!