i give you - my belly & old beach photos

Matt and I are not very good at taking the "belly growth" photos. In fact, this is the first one and I'm 30 weeks already. And I think I was this far along with Lottie when we took one with her. Oops. Anyway, I give you - my belly.

front and center

side view

And since my last post on the beach, I've been feeling nostalgic and found these old photos of the very first time I went to Ocean Isle Beach with the Venables. I think it was in 2006 or maybe 2005? Matt couldn't make it but Cera did, and this was pre-LS - so wayyyy back when...

cera and megan on the beach on evening

here i am (a blondie) with megan hamming it up for the camera
(megan is cute here, me - not so much)

the group photo - we all fit in one house,
unlike this year when we had two homes

me, cera and megan riding bikes on a HOT morning (safety first!)

That's all I have for you now. I am going to wait until we finish up a few things in Lottie's room before I post the photos. But I can go ahead and brag on her, she transitioned into a big-girl bed like a rock star! She's all about "her new room" and her "big-girl bed" - we are so proud of her. She will go into the nursery and point to the crib, telling us it's for "baby brother" - she's such a sweetie. She also stays in her new bed and doesn't crawl out, she waits for us to come and get her. It. Is. Awesome.

PS - I tried to take a quick shower today and Lottie Sue was hanging out in our bathroom chatting with me and reading books. By the time I was finished she was gone and upon exploring I saw that her bedroom door was closed. I opened the door and saw her sitting at her stool (that had been moved to the window for better lighting I assume) with some of my make-up. She had my eyeshadow pallet in one hand and my eyeshadow brush in the other and she was applying black eyeshadow to her eyes using the mirror.

I said her name and she popped up and panicked, she started talking enthusiastically about us reading books and was trying her darnedest to keep me away from the make-up. It was funny, she was really sweating it. I wasn't mad and was honestly impressed that she was using the correct tool to apply the eyeshadow.

she's so goth

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