35+ weeks Cont'd.

April has gone quickly! The first weekend Kenny's family came for the long weekend and I had another incredible shower. Ashley did an amazing job with sweet details and delicious food. The following day we enjoyed a beautiful day in Cambria at the beach and always scrumptious brunch at the restaurant. Easter was another fun weekend with nanny here! We got a lot done and again, yes, more yummy food. Can you tell a prego is writing this? Nanny made a really cute carseat cover that is perfect for my girly girl. We also designed Elle's bedding, can't wait to see it. Pictures soon to come! We've been busy nesting and preparing for Elle's arrival. We have been fortunate to see a ton of family the last couple of months and we are hoping that by the end of the year we will have been able to see Grandma Sugar and family up north as well. Rylan is growing up more and more by the hour. He just moved into his new big boy room, so fun, but a little sad for mommy that her "baby" is not really the baby anymore. He will be such an good big brother. He loves his little friend Kealani who is about two months old. At my shower he just wanted to kiss her and show her his toys and pat her gently! So funny to watch... I have been feeling great. Getting close to being done with a huge belly though. Everything is right on track with both of us. I'm not having any of the complications I had with Rylan-hooray! One of my midwives said if labor starts anytime after the 26th of this month they wouldn't stop it. That is exciting! We are anxious to meet our little girl. The last few days we've had a gnarly heat wave that we were not ready for at all. Time to bust out the fans and shorts! I think it's been in the 80's and 90's since Friday. We are really making the most of our active and adventurous little boy with lots of outside play time, trips to the park, the children's museum, the beach, avila barn, and much more. We are making a point to be purposeful with our days as a family of three. We are so looking forward to having our daughter join our family. A few of our friends have had babies the last couple of months and it's so fun to see all these families growing. Rylan's group of friends is growing by the week :) I don't know how many more posts there will be before Elle arrives but hopefully I've caught up on the happenings of the Pulliam's. If I've left anything out, it's not for lack of significance or importance, just lack of solid sleep. Just a taste of things to come-right?

35+ weeks

So here it is a few weeks late, but since it's almost May I might as well update on the last two months. Eureka was great! Rylan was a total champ on both flights. Fortunately neither flight was full so we got the two back row seats on each flight. Although I was exhausted and glad to be done, it went really well being solo without a stroller and a short layover in SF after a decent delay out of SLO. We had a fun week with Gramps taking time off to play and shuttle us around for errands and visits. My mom and sweet friends threw a beautiful and sweet shower for me and I was truly spoiled. Thanks ladies! It was so nice to catch up with friends. One of the best parts of the trip was that my old friend from elementary school who moved to WA when we were young surprised me and flew down for the shower. We hadn't seen eachother for over seven years! I never would have guessed she would be there, but I was absolutely shocked and so excited to see her. What a wonderful gift. On Wednesday we stopped in Ukiah to have lunch with family on our way down to SF. That night Bekah meet up with us after a fun dinner on Pier 39. Thursday mom and I went to the ginormous Old Navy on Market st. and that afternoon we all went to SF Zoo. The zoo was awesome, I had no idea it was so huge! Rylan had a great time, as did we. We will go back for sure, but now that we know how huge it is we will make a full day rather than an afternoon. Thursday night Uncle Joel meet us at Rainforest Cafe. I think this was Rylan's absolute favorite. He was so excited and loved the gorillas coming alive. I thought it might scare him, but I was wrong. He kept looking up at them trying to imitate their sounds and beating their chests. It was adorable, wish I had caught in on camera. Friday morning we were the first appointment and the treatment went so much better than the last time. Thank the Lord for that!!! We were out of there quickly and on our way home. It was a busy but wonderful week. We were spoiled by nanny and gramps for sure! P.S. Rylan slept perfectly in the packnplay in Eureka and the hotel, what a blessing that was! He's such a sweet and gentle boy. He is my sunshine!!!

March

Our sweet sweet friend took a few pictures of our last days as a family of three. I posted just a couple, but they are so good and she was soooo fast. Thank you Ashley. How wonderful it is to have such a talented and willing friend just around the corner. I wish I could return the favor...I will post later about Rylan's first flights, our time in Eureka, the SF Zoo, and the rest of our week. I don't have many pictures, but hopefully will get some from Nanny and if I can figure out a video I will post that. We love our Flip and take it everywhere. The weeks are flying by until we meet our baby girl, hard to believe I'm almost 31 weeks pregnant!

A Fun Visit on Friday/ Belly pictures

Almost 29 weeks!

Shannon is pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl! She is due one week after me. It was so great to hang out for a bit and we are anxious to meet the Peters' babies. Congratulations Josh and Shannon! It is so fun to have friends pregnant at the same time. Doesn't she look so good?! Hard to believe there are two little ones in there :)

My boy

These are just a few pictures of my growing boy. He's so fun and I love him so much. I even miss him when he sleeps sometimes and can't wait for him to wake up! Sometimes...Other times I am glad for him to nap because then so can I :) It is funny to see him in out in his playing with daddy in his "play" clothes, is he that big already???

Oops, found these too!

I forgot that the day we found out it was a girl I took a couple belly shots myself so I could remember the day. Here are a couple from 20 weeks. To see any of the pictures on the blog larger just click each one.

Ultrasound

This are not nearly as clear as Rylan's but at least it's something. She is quite the mover so the Dr. had a hard time getting some good images. Maybe I don't remember but she seems to be much more active than Rylan. I guess she's just gearing up to keep up with him. When the Dr. was trying to count her fingers it took him about five minutes because her hands would dart back and forth and hard making it hard to see. I think in one of the images she may be sucking her thumb.

Elle-25weeks

Don't mind the silly face, I asked Kenny to just get the belly and surprise!

25 Weeks

So I FINALLY took a picture of the Elle belly. I think we will be spelling her name Elle instead of Ellie. I have felt terrible that this baby girl would not believe that I am actually her mother because I had yet to take a picture of this growing belly. It seems like she was hiding and then overnight she appeared. All is going well, so far no signs of preeclampsia. I have my glucose test in a couple weeks and that will be pretty much the last hurdle until the big push, no pun intended. I feel great and hungry all the time.

On a random note it snowed here today. Well not Paso, but Templeton and Atascadero. It was a beautiful drive from Paso to Santa Maria between the snow and green hills. We just ordered the new convertible crib for Rylan's new room. I don't know if we will ever have it be a crib or have him transition straight into a toddler bed.

Rylan is so adorable. Walking almost running everywhere and never sitting still. The boy is on the move every waking moment. He is communicating really well with quite a few words and some signing. He went through a rough month and a half of being sick with an ear infection that lasted too long and then he and Kenny had the stomach flu for about a week. That was followed by about a week of terrible sleep for all of us and retraining the little guy that he was not getting out of bed once he was down. All that to say we are now healthy and sleeping fairly well. Just like her big brother, this little girl likes to be awake from about 3-5am. At least now I'm somewhat used to night after night of interrupted sleep and it's "good" preparation for the coming months right???

Kenny is still staying busy with Fintelo and subbing. Rylan and I are flying up to Eureka next month for a short visit while Kenny has a conference in Reno and then my parents will drive us to meet Kenny in SF for Rylan's third treatment. The last treatment went pretty well and we did see some results so we are hoping for just a few more.

I know I have been delayed and have not posted nearly as often with this baby, but it is not for lack of joy or excitement for this child just the lack of time from keeping up with a toddler while being pregnant. This pregnancy has gone so fast it's hard to believe that in just a few more weeks we will meet our daughter. I can hardly stand the waiting to see my baby girl and learn all about her. It is just as amazing as the first time yet so different. The hopes and fears for each child are different. Of course there are some commonalities but being a women I feel like I know what she will struggle with, cry over, desire, etc...As Kenny will know the same for Rylan. We are so blessed to be parents to a son and a daughter.

My heart is so full but I don't want to overshare or set myself up for criticism. I will say this, I am so grateful and know the privilege I have been given to mother these children and hope to not take a second forgranted or wish a moment away. Our blog is simply to share some photos and updates. I hope to never come across as bragging or being over opinionated. We love our family and hope our blog reflects that and keeps you up to date as random or as frequent as that may be.

Rylan should be up soon and we are going to take advantage of a break in the rain and let this guy play outside finally. God is good!

It's a bouncing baby...

GIRL!!! Everything looks great and we are so excited! Rylan will be a great big brother...We will post more later.