Zoo (in March)

We decided to take advantage of the nice spring weather and take the kids to the zoo yesterday (can't believe we're wearing shorts in March!) Here's our little girl looking really grown up!

Hungry, hungry hippo. (This one was actually making noises...can't say I ever really knew what a hippo sounds like until now)

Riding a hippo (statue, not the one from the previous photo :-)

Isaac, me, my belly & a goose!

Riding polar bears on the carousel.

Isaac & Tessa are officially bigger than penguins!

Hide & seek!

Now all we need is a baby

3 weeks from today we'll get to meet our new baby! I think the essentials are all ready. Car seat is cleaned up (from the last 2 kids) and ready to go, my bag is partially packed for the hospital, and the nursery is all ready - now all we need is a baby! Here are some photos of the nursery (formerly Tessa's room).

Sharing

With baby #3 arriving soon, Tessa graciously gave up her room and moved in with her big brother. The whole arrangement went surprisingly well and they really love sharing a room. If we have known how much they would like it, we would've done this sooner!

Tessa's side of the room....

....and Isaac's side.

I finally got around to doing some paintings for the kids and John put up this great shelf around most of the room.

35 Weeks!

I haven't really taken any belly shots during this pregnancy - but you can see here that this little baby is getting quite big (and me too!) 35 weeks today and 4 more to go until we get to meet this new member of our family. I'm scheduled for a c-section on the morning of April 13. Yes - I know, it's Friday the 13th. It's a good thing I'm not a superstitious person! Here's some items from a list I read in one of my magazines yesterday - Things we love about preganancy. Some of these are definitely true:

- Work is so much more bearable when there's a private dance party going on inside you.

- You have a place to rest your ice cream bowl (and an excuse to use it).

- For nine months you don't have to suck it in.

So, I'm going to try to enjoy these last 4 weeks.....and eat lots of ice cream!

Kids Jam

Each week before Sunday School Isaac & Tessa go to "Kids Jam" where they work on some songs. Here's their performance from the worship service yesterday. As you can tell, Isaac (second from the right) is really enjoying himself. We're really proud of Tessa too(on the left) - she's the youngest one in the group by a couple of years.

Buttons

I know that every parent says this - but its crazy, really, how fast these kiddos grow up. One day you're doing everything for them and the next they somehow know how to button their own buttons - or in this case, their little sister's buttons.

Back to Blogging

After a long break from blogging, I decided that I really do miss writing here and updating our friends and family about what's happening here at the Nap house. Hopefully you like it too! I'm not a diary-keeping sort of person, so this is a great way for me to chronicle our family life. I actually have quite a bit of fun sometimes going through the archives and rereading old posts.

Here's a little update on the kids:

Isaac is now 5 (going on 6) and is our curious little learner that doesn't miss a word we say (especially when we don't want him to hear). He's finishing up his last year of preschool and is excited about starting kindergarten in the fall. Math and reading are very exciting to him right now (if only we could get him that excited about writing!). He's such a kind and patient big brother (most of the time) and has so much fun playing with his little sister.

Tessa just turned 3 last December and we like to joke that she's 3 going on 6. She keeps us laughing everyday and tries so hard to keep up with her big brother. She also goes to preschool twice a week and loves it - especially all the crafts and cutting with scissors! We recently moved Tessa & Isaac into a bedroom together and they adapted and like it better than I thought they would.

Baby #3 will be arriving in 5 weeks. We still don't know the gender and the kids are having fun guessing. So far things are going smoothly and John and I are doing pretty good with our list of things to get done before he/she gets here. All of us are getting so excited to meet this new little one.