meet the birth team...

just in case you had forgotten who was responsible for creating this sweet life in the first place...kit & kat (and god!) and just in case anyone was wondering, griffin is the not only the most wonderfully loving, nurturing and supportive husband and father ever, he is an incredible birth partner...we are hoping that he will be able to catch (midwife-speak for "deliver," which, as any mom knows, is actually the MOM'S job) little sister (with the midwife's help) as she makes her entrance.
get a picture of that, you say? enter auntie kate...(pictured here with a smaller ivester)...amazing friend, awesome mama, amateur photographer, and soon to be midwife-in-training (go kate!!)...seriously, what more could a laboring mama want? kate will be my second support person/photographer/all-around gofer. most of you either know kate b/c you live close by or met her at griffin and my wedding (she was also one of my bridesmaids).
...but where will ivy be?...why, with auntie megan (pictured here with ivy's cousin/brother/boyfriend tristan) and all three of the bridge/price gang (peter, megan and tristan), who will be playing the VERY important role of ivy's drop-off family...they have graciously volunteered to watch ivy at their home during little sister's birth and then bring her out to the birth center (www.thebirthcenter.org if you'd like to see where we are planning on little sister's arrival) to meet her little sister afterward. how great is that? shelley (not pictured here, but known to most as ivy's wonderful caregiver) is our emergency back-up, if for some reason the bridge/price gang is otherwise indisposed. by the way, both kate and megan get teary quite regularly when talking about said birth and meetings afterward, so i know they're both perfect for their jobs. in all seriousness though, i feel QUITE blessed to be surrounded and nurtured by such amazing people at such an incredible time. i hate being so far from my biological family, but friends like this (and ALL of our amazing friends around here...you know who you are!) make it soooooo much easier!

WE ARE READY FOR YOU, LITTLE SISTER! WE LOVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU! xoxoxoxo

sunday in the park with ivy

this weekend was positively gorgeous, so outside we headed! here are some shots (and video) of boo bear having her run of the playground with mommy & daddy!

happy easter!

i have no clue as to why the easter bunny would leave jelly beans in our shoes as a kid, as i have never heard of anyone outside the terrill clan for whom mr. bunny would show this favor, but when teresa asked me the other day if i, i mean the easter bunny, was going to leave ivy jelly beans in her shoes, i certainly didn't want to break the tradition. ivy was of course thrilled to peices to discover the jeeps (her pet name for jelly beans) in her new sandals this morning. anyone know where/why this tradition started? any non-terrills have these carnuba wax and sugar delicacies deposited in your footwear as a child as well, or am i a part of an oddly blessed and chosen clan?...(the answer to the latter obviously being 'yes,' for a variety of reasons :) )
jeeps first thing in the morning?! these crazy traditions are great!
ivy literally tackling her easter basket to the ground...she had a few jeeps and a cadbury egg, but her favorite part was her spankin' new pink soccer ball - you might think that i snapped a few shots of her kicking it around the house nonstop, but getting ribbons in hair and diaper bag packed for church & dinner at grandpa & grandma's took precedence.
the explorer delving into every last nook and cranny of the beloved basket...

sorry for the sideways-ish-ness of this video...she just kept laughing and i grabbed the camera and was just happy to capture the moment - this was this morning as she was on the phone with cousin lexie - for some reason she thought it hilarious when she would say hi to lexie and lexie would say hi back...could have been the jelly beans (or jeeps, as she sometimes calls them) talking...either way, it was too cute!

sitting pretty after easter din-din at grandpa bob and grandma barbara's


as sweet as a box of fresh peeps
stinkin' cute!...i seriously can't beleive we are going to be welcoming our second stinkin' cutie next month!

ee-tew buddy coo-kees

i'm beginning to realize that a lot of my posts include pic's of us cooking - i'll try to broaden my horizons, but yesterday we embarked on an easter bunny cookie-making journey. it began with making the dough in the morning (am also realizing that a lot of pic's of me are in my pj's with no makeup and bed head...again, will try to remedy that, perhaps for my own sanity & vanity more than anything!)
the journey continues with icing making (and ever-important tasting)
...and picks up after naptime (note that we have made it into clothes at this point) with decorating - needless to say, ivy quickly became more interested in putting the frosting in her mouth and shaking the sprinkles absolutely everywhere - sugar high, anyone???
mmm...you might think that here would be an appropriate place to showcase the fruits of our labors...you might think...i however, did not notice the copious absence of easter bunny cookies in this photo collection until now...guess you'll have to stay tuned