Hillary Week 16

 So when I said Hillary popped, I guess I could have exaggerated a little bit! I see her at least once a week so I see all the little changes that happen, so for me, she had popped, haha! She wrote "tiny nugget" another letter for this week, but she forgot...typical Hillary  ;)  So I'll update it to this post once I get a photo of it. In my opinion, Hillary was feeling pretty excited this week. Whether she needed them or not, she had bought some maternity clothes, and planted some flowers to spruce up the house a bit. So here's week 16. We'll have a surprise guest in two weeks in some of the week 18 photos!

Photoshoot: 3 BFFs

My friend Jenny, who I used to work with, had me photograph her and her two best friends from Ohio last week when they were here visiting. I haven't done this exact kind of thing before, so it was a fun opportunity for me. We chose to go downtown, 16th street mall, and I kind of just followed them around for about an hour. Three best girl friends = some great moments!  Enjoy...

Hillary Week 14 & 15

As I posted a couple weeks ago, I didn't photograph Hillary's 14th week since I was out of the state. Then, we had some scheduling conflicts and we didn't get to do a good 15 week. But we did get some simple belly shots of week 15...

Still not much belly to speak of, but I saw Hillary a couple days after these pictures and she had popped! Obviously still not huge just being in week 16 but definitely a difference! We'll be taking the 16 week photos tomorrow and I'll get them posted no later than Thursday of next week.

:)

Hillary Week 13

Hillary didn't grow much between weeks 12 and 13. Her and Jake didn't do much baby stuff this week either, but Hillary did write that adorable note to their "tiny nugget." It was nice outside so we had a little photo shoot with the boys...Serius and Jasper!

  

  

Getting back to "normal"

I am sad to say,

but my trip back to Illinois was the last one to visit my grandpa.

He passed away on the morning of April 1.

I am so glad that I was there for a few short days before, that I was there when he went, and that I was able to stay and be there for the funeral.

He is the only grandpa I've had, so it's going to be strange now.

Unfortunately, dementia/Alzheimer's is a terrible disease that makes someone into a new, unrecognizable being of that person.

My grandpa wasn't in much physical pain until the very end, but he was not the same person as who his family knows him as being.

It was hard to say goodbye for the last time. We've all been saying goodbye for 3 years.

But now it's final. 

But, we know we will see him again. My hope is in heaven. I know my grandpa and brother are livin' it up together...fishing, camping, singing.

I believe these things are in heaven, and that we know who our loved ones are.

I know it's not the same as earth, but I also know that my God will allow me to see my loved ones again and know who they are.

So...I'm finally getting back to "normal"...whatever that means.  :)

I'll be posting Hillary's 13 week photos either today or tomorrow. And then once I figure out how to get pictures off of my phone, I'll be posting my 2nd week of my photo-a-day challenge. Which, being in Illinois, it was a challenge! But I managed, using my phone and ipod at times, to fit in a photo!

I have some kind of random odd jobs that I have/will be doing, so I'll post some from those too when I have them.

.over and out.