Annalise finally felt her brother move!

This afternoon Annalise and I shared a special moment. We were snuggled on the couch together, and Ryan (her baby-brother-to-be) was having an aerobics class in my tummy. He was so active that I could see my belly moving all around. So, I rested Annalise's hand on my tummy and she felt him move (up until now, she'd never been patient enough to wait to feel his kicks). She looked at me with big wide eyes and a dropped jaw, and then she started to giggle. We sat there for about 10 minutes with her feeling him bopping around. When he'd stop, she's bend down to my tummy and say "Ryan!!!" and move my belly around to get him going again. So cute. It was such a fun moment. I can't wait to see her reaction when she meets him in person!

Playdate Fun!

This week we had playdates with two friends we haven't seen in a while. We saw my friend from college, Tera, and her little boy, Ben, who was born only a week before Annalise. Even though we only live just over an hour from one another, we only manage to see each other a couple of times a year. We met at the Mall of Georgia and rode the carousel and had lunch. Unfortunately Annalise was being whiney and not very agreeable, so we had to cut the day a bit short!

The next day we saw our friends Natalie & Lucca. We met early last year at the local library program, but a few months later they moved to Sacramento. Natalie has become my long distance email buddy, a modern day pen pal, I suppose. We were happy that we got to see them while they were in town visiting. We also saw their new addition, Sienna, who is SO cute! They came to our house for lunch, and despite a few sharing/crying episodes, we all had a good time!