The belly shelf

Allie has discovered that a large belly makes a handy shelf for food. Great for morning cereal and the paper.

Baby Shower!!!

Auntie's Chelsea, Michele and Ann threw us an awesome baby shower on June 14th!! They not only decorated it with love and care to match our baby room, they not only had all of my favorites like bagels and lox and chocolate covered oreos (handmade by Rob - yum yum) BUT they also ordered an amazing Kalua Fudge Snoopy cake from Tiki's Tasties, the same woman who did our wedding cake!! I am doubly blessed to have had so many friends there - some who drove in from Jax and Panama City - and even Vince and baby Natalie joined the fun! It was truly, the best day ever!! Even without all the presents - which I confess, I had a bawl opening, all that baby stuff is just so dang fun to play with -- it was just a fun party and I'm so grateful to all who joined us and of course, to the three most amazing baby shower planners in the world!!!

The Snoopy gang

Fran got us these at the shower. WW I fighter plane pilot Snoopy is the coolest of course. Now I'll be scouring toy stores for a Sopwith Camel to complete the set. We are still trying to translate the Chinese newspaper they came wrapped in ...

Sol's kicks

Because a man ain't complete without a pair of chucks in the closet.

Allie's dinner

For the record, this is dinner: ice cream cake and a Breyer's ice cream cookie sandwich, topped with caramel and mini chocalate chips. Doc says we've got to gain a pound a week from here on, and doctor knows best!

8 months and Baby Room Done!!

Daddy test pilots the baby chair!!


Changing table and Dresser!


Meet the newest member of our family - our lovely leather rocker recliner :)


Cozy reading area, accented with the handmade quilt from Aunt Michele!


View from the doorway! The wall is not that dark green, its just the way it photographs with the flash. The green wall is more of a sage green.

Well, pretty much - all the major things are in and set up - minus the actual baby!! We are thrilled with how fun and cozy it is and cant wait to accent it with little touches that will make it even more of a perfect new home for our little one. Today marks 32 weeks - 8 months!! Crazy to think we are here after those first few rough months - but man, we are excited and ready for the next two. So is Sol, he spends a majority of his day bumping and thumping around - in the morning he has his yoga routine, afternoon comes his play time, then late afternoon/early evening is his karate or tae kwon do and of course, as mommy is falling asleep, baby is tossing and turning himself :) Most of the time we love feeling and even seeing him - he does have a habit of stretching or kicking into my bladder - that gets a bit, um, uncomfortable, but again, its all worth it. He even "punches back" when you poke the tummy - pretty darn cool. Can't wait for grandma and grandpa to visit this weekend and see the tum-thumping!

Snoopy test pilots the car seat

Dad and Lynne surprised us with the car seat tonight, so we decided to test it on Snoopy. Close fit, but Fleming boys actually have larger noses.

30 weeks - the home stretch!!

A 30 Week Belly!!


Sol's Girlfriend Natalie - isnt she gorgeous!!

Vince discovered that tickling Baby Natalie's feet was funny indeed!

John is getting some pre-Solly practice!!

This week was a great milestone - 30 weeks means we have 10 weeks ( or less!!) to go!! Doc appt went great -- all on target and as my doc likes to say, "Perfect!". I did ask him if there was a way we can make this 6 weeks since its already super hot and I'm already having to camp out in front of air conditioner vents. He just laughed with that " oh, you poor stupid woman" kind of laugh. OY.

I thought at the point it would be a nice juncture to take a look back on the pregnancy cravings and food milestones that have peppered this experience. Here goes, in order of craving:

Morning sickness phase:
Milkshakes ( had to be made by John)
Chocolate cake ( had to be homemade)
Grapefruit (whole grapefruits, many at a time)
Cracker of choice - water crackers, then Vanilla wafers, then cheez-its
Ginger ale (staple of any sick pregnant women)
That was pretty much it - nothing else really stayed in the tummy

Post-morning sickness:
Melon (any kind)/grapes/fresh fruit ( still)
Double stuffed oreo cookies ( 15 bags later - just tapered off)
Ruffles potato chips, ranch dip, baby snack carrots (still going on - great pre-dinner snack)
Coffee icecream or Chipwich Icecream Sandwiches (still)
French friends (brief, but intense)
Coco-krispies cereal, then Coco pebbles, then Cookie-crisp, then back to coco-krispies (for breakfast, lunch or dinner!!)
Tunafish sandwich/Tuna melt (perferably made by John - first animal I've eaten in 16 years!)
Bagels and Lox ( second animal eaten - that's all Sol!!)
Cranberry juice (could drink gallons if I let myself)
Milk (do drink gallons -esp with any kind of cereal or a good PB & J sandwich)

John could prob add a few to the list and of course, there are cravings that I cant have - margaritas and raw cookie dough -- it has certainly been an adventure!!