28 Weeks

I really am happy about this 28 week belly, I don't know why I am not smiling.

Week 27

I cannot believe that I am starting my seventh month and my third and final trimester! There were a couple of days last week when I felt uncomfortable and had bad indigestion, but those days came and went, and now I feel really fantastic. If this sweet baby didn't move so much and if every time I walked by someone they didn't look right at my tummy, I could almost forget that I am pregnant. Pete and I feel like we have almost decided on a boy name, but the perfect girl name is still alluding us both. My mom and granny both feel confident it is a little girl, so we definitely need to get to work.
On a separate note, Lillian Hope Sapp was born yesterday,7-17-10, to our wonderful friends Paul and Megan! We are so happy for you all and can't wait to meet little Lilly.

Mom's visit

On Tuesday mom came back to Fort Myers with us for a mini vacation. On Wednesday we went kayaking in Ding Darling were we caught a couple of fish and saw several manatees. One of the manatees came up right in between mom and my kayak and nearly scared us to death. Pete paddled right over the top of another one and was able to pet it before it almost tipped him off of his kayak. On the way back from Ding Darling we stopped at Turner beach on Captiva to do a little swimming.

Thank goodness for this umbrella or I never would have been able to take the heat.

Thursday we spent the day cleaning out the baby's closet. Although this does not sound like a whole day affair, some how it did end up taking a good majority of the day. However, the closet is now clean and organized and ready for little baby things. Thursday night we drove down to Naples for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and to watch a production of Annie. We went to the Player's Club on 5th and enjoyed an outstanding performance. Pete said when he went to the restroom during the intermission all of the men were either humming or singing the songs from the play.

Pete was such a good sport, and we all really loved the musical.

Friday morning we finished up the closet and then took mom over to the the Six Mile Cypress boardwalk. It was a beautiful day, we saw an armadillo swimming and a bobcat. We met dad after lunch so that he and Pete could go back to the house while mom and I went to Elizabeth to get mom's hair cut. After the hair cut we had a wine tasting on our back porch and then went to Pizza Fusion for dinner. We finished the night watching Stranger than Fiction.

At the slough, my belly looks very strange in this picture and I don't know what is up with my leg.

There are fun quotes all along the boardwalk.

The bobcat

Hawaiian Pizza at Pizza Fusion


Saturday morning we went to the ECHO research center for a tour. The facility was incredible with an amazing amount of plants and animals. The tour was a little long and hot so we were all grateful for the shady areas.

After the tour we went to Famous Dave's for some delicious BBQ and then back to our house for a nap(dad) and to relax before mom and dad headed back to Homestead. It was so nice to spend some time with mom and I am very grateful that she took the time to come.

Homestead

Last weekend Pete and I went down to Homestead for a little visit. We stayed with Don and Delores and visited with lots of different people. We got down on Friday and that night and Saturday night we had dinner with Don and Delores. Saturday we visited with Granny and Bun and then went swimming with Tray and Melinda. Sunday we went to Miami with Clay and Marysol to watch the World Cup final. We had planned to go to Espanola Way but it was so incredibly crowded that we ended up in an Irish Pub on South Beach. The pub had two rooms, one room was cheering for Spain and the other for Netherlands. We ended up on the Netherlands side even though Marysol was definitely going for Spain. We had to stand the entire time as the place was completely packed out but we had a lot of fun. After the game we walked out on the beach and then went to eat at Swenson's. Monday we had breakfast at the Royal Palm with mom and dad and then spend the rest of the day with mom at the Fruit and Spice park, and looking for sinkholes at Owaissa Bauer. That night we had dinner with Donald, Lindsay and the boys at their house. On Tuesday we headed back up to Fort Myers with mom in tow for a visit.

Marysol and Clay

This is just a small protion of the pub

The best part of the day was on the way home when we passed this guy coming from the beach. He was stopped at a light and his dreads were touching the ground!

Clay said this guys dreads changed his life! :)

Eli and Amelia

Elie and Amelia came for a visit last week. They got here Tuesday night late and stayed until Thursday afternoon. On Wednsday Pete and Eli went fishig with Billy and his dad. Amelia and I bummed around the house most of the morning and then went shoping. That night we wanted to do something fun and were trying to decide between the Dinner Train, a play, dinner on Captiva, or cooking at the house. We ended up going to the Melting Pot and then to play putt-putt. As always, we had a wonderful time being with our friends.

4th of July

This year for our 4th of July celebration, Pete and I started off the day by visiting the Six Mile Cypress Slough. We walked the boardwalk and marveled at God's beauty. Later that night we made a fabulous dinner of shrimp and scallops and then decided to watch a movie instead of the fireworks. As we were watching The Book of Eli, our neighbors began setting off fireworks. We went out into our back yard and discovered that we had a perfect view of the city of Cape Coral's firework show. It was so wonderful to stay at home and watch such a beautiful show. As we were standing there I was thinking that next 4th, God willing, we would have an eight month old baby. I wanted to make sure we would remember what we were doing the last 4th before we became parents.