Sitting, Waiting, Wishing...

We are ready. It's official. I went from "This is so fun, I could be pregnant forever" to "Get out of me, you sweet baby girl" in a matter of one week. The change coincided with us finishing the nursery, me quitting my job and suddenly having too much time on my hands, and the baby "dropping," making life just a little less comfortable. No worries, she will come soon enough!

Emily and Beau, our cousins on Brady's side, came to Kauai and brought with them the best part of our nursery! Emily painted the canvases to match our bedding, and we could not love them more.
When Zachary was about to arrive, people would ask if we were ready. We didn't do much to prepare, especially after our failed adoption, and picked up odds and ends after he was born. This time around has been so much fun, except somehow I'm still feeling anxious. What if this child is not a girl? We even had an ultrasound to check on weight (she's aprox. a healthy 7 lbs!) but they couldn't verify gender with her positioning.

Zac has been a dream child at doctor appointments, primarily due to this Memory game. He's also had to do a lot of sitting lately....
...due to the fact that every adventure we plan lately gets RAINED OUT. I realize that most readers have terrible weather right now, but that will not stop me from whining about the fact that most of our weekends--including 2 camping weekends--have been wrecked by rain. This may seem like a little matter, but there's a big part of me that feels a need for a final "hoorah" before baby comes! So much, in fact, that a couple weekends ago, we still went hiking in the poring rain. We lasted a whopping 20 minutes with our boy who was not thrilled about the mud puddles.
On those days when it is not raining, we've spotted dozens of whales (with some of the closest breaches I've ever seen!) on this walk behind our house,
and when this water overflow area is not chuck full of water, we spend quality time watching Zac roll down the hill.

Beau and Emily came to visit a little over a week ago, and we couldn't get enough! We only wish they stayed with us the entire visit instead of just a few days. They were the perfect visitors, who found something to be excited about every day even when it was lousy weather and also made our kiddo feel like gold. We played lots of games, stayed up late, and joined them on excursions to Poipu Beach and Hanalei.
This pic was stolen from Emily, who just got her camera and already knows 10 times more about photography than I do.
Last weekend, Brady ran the Captain Cook Fun Run: his first 10K. He pulled in 7:04s and was happy with his time and race.
The thing I didn't like about this race is how they had 5K people mixed in, so it was hard to tell who was ahead, etc. The dude in front of Brady is a 5Ker...
Thursday night, we got 2.3 inches of rain, and our camping plans for Friday were once again dashed. You can't drive on a dirt road after a day like that! I've given up on hopes to camp again before baby comes, because I don't want to deliver her on the west side of the island (in the hospital that seems like a one-man show). I guess we will just wait a couple months! Instead, we got together under a pavilion and grilled up our dinners and s'mores.

I love these toddler s'mores pictures. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only people who ate s'mores were me and the kiddos.









Our outdoor adventures might be lacking a bit, but we are certainly excited about the baby adventures coming up! Zachary keeps caressing my belly, saying, "Mom, baby Kate! He moved!" We keep correcting him, and he then says, "Sh.... He moved!" I am really going to miss his little belly kisses and our time as a mommy/son duo during the day, so yeah, two more weeks is not a big deal.