Emmett Matthew Zak!

More info to come...

Miller Time?

We have a joke on my side of the family (my parents and sister) and we call it "Miller Time". The norm for our family is to be late...and that's Miller Time. My dad and sister severely suffer from this. I on the other hand have done pretty well, on my own without my family's influence to keep a new on time tradition :-) ...until now. Today is my due date and no baby. It's clear this little guy is made up of my family's genes. There is an end (rather beginning) in sight. Next Wednesday at 6:30AM I will be induced. HOPEFULLY he won't suffer from extreme Miller Time and come at least a little earlier than that!

to whom it may concern...

Dear baby brother,
We are anxiously awaiting your arrival. Mommy wants you out of her body, as you are wreaking havoc on her ribs, bladder, and skin. We know it's five days early, but you're ready! Aria's ready to play with you! Loads of people want to meet you!

But there's one thing—we're still not sure how to spell your name. It'll either be spelled like this

or this

what do you think? Emmett or Emmitt?

Oh and please don't pee on me.

Love, Daddy, Mommy, and big sister Aria

Weekend at Grammy's...

and Pop Pop's cottage.

Aria spent her first weekend without both Mom and Dad. We dropped her off at her grandparent's house on Friday morning and they all drove up together to the cottage. She had a weekend of playing in the sand, fishing, and more fun in the sun. We were all a little nervous about how it would go, but it worked out fine. Aria didn't miss us one bit and everyone enjoyed themselves! She's such a big girl now.

Aria on Pop Pop's boat - look how happy she is!

Meanwhile...Kevin and I had a really nice, quiet weekend of catching up on chores (cleaning/laundry/weeding/you name it), watching movies, sleeping/relaxing, hanging out with friends, and even car shopping (this will be a future post). It was great working on my nesting activities without interruption :-)

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH Mom and Dad!!!

Here I am ready to pop!!! We're waiting on baby...

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to Goofy Daddy! You are a good daddy and we love you! Also Happy Father's Day to my Dad who we missed today since my parents were out-of-town. We went to dinner with Kevin's parents this afternoon and it was a lovely time. Before they left to go home, we took a couple pictures.

Aria shared lots of smooches with Daddy and Grandpa

random pictures, March–May

helping daddy shovel the snow in March


inspecting geese

having fun at the Baltimore Aquarium

playing in the cave that Grandma built

Mommy, Aria, Aunt Jennine, Grammy

swinging with pop-pop at the farm near North East, MD

making a "forest" of sticks and river junk (ew)

painting!

tea time!

our little couch potato :-)

Baby Brother's Room

My mom, Kevin and I finished baby brother's room after a lot of hard work! I'm so happy with it :-) Kevin helped me with the wall painting. I did the painting details and helped my mom pick out fabric. And my mother was the talented seamstress who made the matching bedding, curtains and diaper holder. THANKS MOM!!!! I really enjoyed decorating Aria's room and I had just as much fun with this one. I hope baby brother likes his room as much as Aria likes hers. Here are some pictures of the finished product:

Now on to his current living space :-)

22 wks

28wks

35wks

We have about a month to go! We're getting ready, but I don't think we could ever be fully prepared!