Embrace the Camera

 This week I am Embracing the Camera with Emily from The Anderson Crew:

I've become keenly aware of how little I put myself in front of the camera. Especially after this week. I have exactly two pictures of my new daughter and I together. And that is a shame, because I am holding her constantly!

I'm going to really try hard to make it a goal to get in front of the camera more often with my children!

I have a picture with Grace, from Friday night, right before I walked out the door for the hospital. Sophia was nice and snug inside and Grace could comfortable sit on my bump!

And, exactly 36 hours later, baby Sophia is outside my stomach and we are leaving the hospital!

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Embrace the Camera

Today I'm Loving...

Today, I'm loving:

•  That I am 37 weeks (plus one day!) pregnant. Baby Sophia could join our family any moment now!
• That the heat has broken....it's only 105 as a high, as opposed to four months of 120+!
• That my sweet husband let us have cereal for dinner instead of the chicken and potatoes that I was planning... I was just too tired!

Today, I'm loving:

• That I finished The Three Musketeers! It's a whopper of a book at 650 + pages, but it was AMAZING.
• That I get to choose a new book! I think I'm going to go with It Happened in Italy, a nonfiction on the resistance movement in a village in Italy during WWII.
• That my sweet, baby girl is learning so much every day. Today she perfected "Touchdown!" and started working on "apple," "milk," and how to get down from a step.

Today, I'm loving:

• That tomorrow is going to be as equally as awesome as today. Day date with my husband to pick up the crib and see a movie!
• That I got to talk to my sister! We don't chat very often but I love it when we do!
• That I started my morning off with a run out to Krispy Kreme. And by "run," I mean loading my one year old in her car seat and driving the 10 minutes there and back. I don't mean a literal "run."

Today, I'm loving:

• That we are less than 2 weeks away from Ian's mom coming to visit! She'll be here through the birth and I can't wait to give her a big hug! It will be her first time to meet Grace as well.
• That my daughter knows how to make a camel sound but isn't too sure about a cow sound. That's the life of a desert baby for you!
• That we got a package in the mail today. I love mail and it always makes the day seem brighter.

Today, I'm loving:

• That I am getting to use my teaching skills again. It's been fun to come up with some lesson plans and activities for the kids I'm tutoring. Oh. And I'm tutoring them in Arabic. Which is pretty awesome.
• That my fridge is full once again., We had let it go to empty so that we could up a bunch of older items (considering our fridge is only 3 weeks old, "old," is a relative term,) and we had been scraping by for a day or two with next to nothing.
• That my husband gives me a foot rub. Every. Single. Day. He's awesome. Physical Touch is my love language and Ian does great at adding to my "love bank," through foot rubs, shoulder massages, and snuggles.

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Wondering

Ian and I have been home sick for a couple of days now, him with a sinus infection and horrible cough, and me, well, I believe the Dr said laryngitis, but sometimes language barriers make even a diagnosis misunderstood.

I get fever chills pretty badly when I'm sick, so bad, that I compared them to labor contractions, in that you know when they are coming on and you dread it! Anyone else regularly get horrible cases of the chills when they are sick?

So, as I'm sitting at home, exhausting my many technological avenues (joined Pinterest, read The Hunger Games on Pinterest, watched two episodes of Terra Nova,) I've been pondering doing a question and answer post.

Several of my bloggy friends are in the middle of question and answer series right now, and I was going to wait as to not rain on their parade (or steal their proverbial thunder,) but I figure being bed ridden for several days on end is justification for for going ahead with something I was putting off indefinitely.

SO....what are your questions?

Do you have a question about my story, family, and friends?

What about my marriage, pregnancy, or motherhood?

Or maybe about living overseas and all of the baggage that goes with it?

Likes, dislikes?

I've got loads of opinions on other things as well, so seemingly random questions are fine as well!

Can't wait see your questions!

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Wondering