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Well I finally got smart about at least something :o)

Tonight we had falafel for dinner. That itself is not so impressive. What's more impressive is that I actually figured out how to make week night dinner prep a fun Mom & C weekend activity.

Rinsing the chickpeas was probably her favorite part, but using the food processor and getting our hands dirty shaping the balls were also hits. Bonus is that I have another dinner's worth down in the deep freezer ready to go.  Now to hunt up a few more recipes that are this much fun.

Hanging with the big kids

Yesterday was a big day for our dear little C. Beyond the usual Saturday gymnastics we had TWO parties to attend. 

First up was Rochelle and Josh's oldest's 5th birthday party. Not surprisingly, the group was mostly comprised of 5 year olds, and was held at "pump it up" (a warehouse filled with giant inflatable bouncy/climbing structures). C was super shy at first and a little overwhelmed by the whole ordeal, but slowly warmed up to the idea of bouncing. One of the older siblings (I'm guessing ~10) took C under her wing, and from that point on she was off. Climbing with the other kids, sliding with the other kids, bouncing with the other kids, posing with pictures with the other kids, and then finally (pictured below), eating pizza in a glow in the dark room with the other kids. I swear if not for being short you would have never known the other kids had three years on her. Crazy stuff.

After the party a bunch of friends from my old team at work go together for dinner out. C seamlessly transitions from 5 year olds to charming 30 year olds (mostly men for the record). It was such a pleasant change from the monster she was the first half of the week.  Ahhh, the joys of two :o)

Baby A's first photo shoot

It is pretty remarkable just how clear ultrasounds have gotten. Here are a couple of my favorites from what I'm considering Baby A's first photo shoot...

I think she might have big feet like her daddy and sister :o)

And the cycle begins again

Alright enough slacking - back to the blog. Time to shape up an catch up in a lot of ways, both blogging and yoga, because apparently I blinked and went from finding out I was pregnant to 20 weeks...

Yes, I am using the same maternity clothes as last time and did plan on wearing that shirt tonight as a throw back. At least the lighting's better this time around.

Big news for the week is that we found on Thursday Baby Awesome is a girl! I'm so excited Charlotte is going to have a sister. And the fact that we get to use little awesome pieces like this again is fun

Prep for Baby A so far has included officially getting C's old clothes out of the guest room this weekend in preparation for turning it into C's "big girl" room, and lots of online furniture shopping for a big girl bed (with shockingly little actual progress towards getting things set up). I'm hoping to get C moved over long before Baby A arrives so it feels more like she's getting something new and cool, and less like Baby A's stealing her space. We'll see how it goes...

One of life's little mysteries explained

So for YEARS I've been tripping over Alex's giant shoes left in inconvenient locations. Turns out it might not always be his fault after all...

The state of C today

I haven't been doing a great job of catching up on the blog recently, so I wanted to at least get down the super cute things C is doing right now.

• Counting like crazy, but consistently leaving out five (1,2,3,4,6,7... every time)
• Showing the first sign of empathy ("You ok mommy?" after hearing a bang or crash)
• Sleeping in a toddler bed and mostly staying in there until her light turns green in the morning, and then pointing out the light as soon as someone comes in
• Going all day without a pacifier (yahooo)

Also, eating edamame:

Getting ready...

...for Alex's big day tomorrow :o)