oh what a life!

it's been another fun couple of weeks for us browns. my sis in arizona went on a week-long cruise and left the kiddos at home for my parents to watch. i decided to go out for a few days and play with the kids and help my parents. raine and emmett are such cute boys! raine is on the go all day long, and emmett just hangs out and enjoys watching his big bro. emmett was teething and fussed a bit throughout the night so i didn't get much sleep, but i guess that's just good practice for when november comes around, eh? and it was well worth it. it was so fun cuddling with that cute little boy!

 

 

 3 generations of boys. love this picture

i'm also really excited because my parents sold their beautiful house in northern cali this week and are planning on moving to arizona too! there aren't going to be many lake family members left in california. but it means my parents are going to be a lot closer! which also means i'll have another babysitter not too far away ;) 

in other exciting news, this week we had our big anatomy scan and got to see our little girl! this is the ultrasound that most people find out the gender, and it was nice to hear the tech confirm that we're still having a girl! we got to see all her fingers and toes and watched her kick me. it's always such a precious experience. 

she's a belly sleeper like her dad. and just look at that teeny perfect foot! melts my heart. the most exciting thing has been to feel her kick this week! it's just been the last 5 days or so that i feel her 2-3 times a day for a couple minutes at a time. people say you usually feel flutters first, but i must've missed that stage cause what i'm feeling is more like she is just poking me with her finger, or maybe she just always has the hiccups. but i'm loving it and it always brings a huge smile to my face. can't wait for ryan to be able to feel it.

this week i also went shopping with denene and malisa for denene's wedding next month. i'm so excited for her to become mrs. trevor brunner! then i found out my other best friend tahnee had her baby girl lila jeanne yesterday! i'm so proud of her and happy for her cute little family. can't wait to meet her next month! ryan and i also took the brown's boat out yesterday for a romantic ride in the sunset. we saw some dolphins and just cruised around. then to top off my week, i played beach volleyball today and am definitely feeling the results. i've been walking a lot with my mother-in-law paula, so i'm not completely out of shape, but it felt good to hit the beach today. 

19 weeks!

one last picture and i'll be done for this week. i have been pretty good at taking belly photos, so i thought i'd share one to compare how i was when i first got pregnant to how i am now. i'll continue to add to this as my belly gets bigger. 

5 weeks/18.5 weeks