Cousin Playtime

Last Saturday night, Tara and Jason cashed in their babysitting coupons with Coral and Mia and Kayla came over to my mom's house for a couple hours. I decided to stop by to snap a few photos of all the cousins! Got a few good ones, but I'm not as fast as Mia's Mommy so she was probably wondering why she had to hold her "cheeses" so long!

The Benchwarmers

Aiden's first T-Ball game was Monday night and it was quite a sight! I call him "Clark" from the movie The Benchwarmers, because when he's in the outfield (which he doesn't enjoy very much) he might as well be catching butterflies. But, he is very good at hitting the ball and just needs a little instruction on running after he hits it, but then again most of the other kids do too!

Coral is anxiously anticipating Baby Hoffman's participation in some form of organized sports or activities so she can equally make fun of her every move as well...

Neighborly Love

For the most part, we have great neighbors, and we'll really miss them when we move! Monday night we had such great weather that I hung out with two of our neighbors Carmen and Bridget and just had a girly "chat-fest"  until after 9 o'clock. The neighborhood kids (L to R, Jordan, Anna, and Joey) were out playing for as long as they could as well. Earlier they found what appeared to be this big, long wrapping paper tube and they were obsessed with it, as you can see above! They are great kids and I will miss them!

This picture isn't upside down, really! Just Miss Joanna! Joanna is Carmen's daughter, and she joined us for our girly chat fest, but got a little bored, and kept trying to do hand stands in her stroller. Eventually Bridget helped her out and she couldn't have been happier! Joanna would have been Baby Hoffman's BFF had we stayed on Grant Street, but hopefully they'll still get to know each other and be friends!

"32 and a New Home"

Week 32 just started today, but we didn't want to forget to take any pictures like we did for 31. But admittedly, the past two weeks have been very hectic, because we finally sold our house!! Eric has been working all day at Harner's and then goes to our new house after work (and spends all weekend there too) so he can get the house ready for us to move in and make settlement and hopefully bring baby home to! Settlement will be May 20th (cutting everything very close with my due date being May 29th) as long as everything works out. So far, so good. We're so happy.

All old carpets (and I mean, OLD...they were the original carpets from the 70's) are out, walls have been primered (kitchen and dining room have been un-wallpapered) and painted, except for our master bedroom and bathroom, the main bathroom, and the hallway. Eric is doing a lot of the work himself, but has had a lot of help from his friends and his Dad. 

Today, Mimi thought it would be funny to re-create the same picture with Boo Boo that we took when Coral was pregnant with Aiden to see whose belly was bigger. I think he was sucking in...

Aiden also wanted to be a part of a picture this week...

We're still working on his smile...

...And the 32 week belly photo...taken for the first time by Mimi since Eric has been working on the house and I didn't want to forget 32!

"30"

This was a special week for the Hoffman/Harner Families. Baby Justin, who is Eric's cousin Jodi's son, was baptized on Sunday, March 20th, the same day I reached 30 weeks in my pregnancy. Justin is a sweet little baby who sleeps more than any baby I've ever seen! We were with him almost all day on Sunday and he was only awake for about an hour the entire day!

Justin was born with a cleft lip and was baptized on the 20th before he went down to CHOP for his corrective surgery on Monday, March 28th. He'll be as good as new, even though he was perfectly healthy and very cute before!

Happy Anniversary, Mimi!

Today we celebrated Mimi's 27th Anniversay of being cancer-free! We went out to dinner at Anthony's Trattoria and had a very nice celebration of life with our family! Hopefully in July we will celebrate year 1 for Coral! While we were there Mimi insisted on taking some pictures since she didn't have any belly photos.

"28"

Week "27" was so busy that we missed our picture, but I'm trying my best to not forget from here on out! On March 2nd, we started Childbirth classes at The Reading Hospital, and they have been great. Our instructor, Amy, an RN at the hospital during the night shift, is very nice and I'm hoping the rest of the nurses are as nice and pleasant as she's been!

We learned breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, and learned all about dilation, effacement, and station. Most things I had heard about but was not too famililar with! Not that I am a pro now, but I at least will know what the nurses are talking about when I'm in labor. The classes have made me feel more ready than I've felt the entire time I've been pregnant. Now I just need to get Baby Z's room ready, and then I'll really be ready for her.

Eric and I are both so excited to meet her, but I've been having a lot of people lately asking me if I'm having a boy (due to my basketball shaped belly), so we're also looking forward to the ultrasound we have scheduled on March 24th to check the placement of my placenta, so we can also "double check" that Baby Z is really a girl!