Aleena's visit

Here's a post that was in my drafts before Benaiah arrived.

Well, Chris's unit decided to go to the field two weeks before I was due (Oct20-24). So, I had my friend Aleena come over to be on "babywatch" as she called it, so that I would have someone here in case I went into labor. Aleena works 12 hour shifts on the weekends only, so she was free all week!
She arrived Friday and John & Tess immediately took to her. It probably helped that she had food. Both of them mooched off of her.


She was a tremendous help all week. We prepared food and froze it, went shopping for some things needed for the birth, and worked on getting my house ready. But most of all we talked and caught up on long lost time. She also kept Kebap busy with bubbles and throwing his balls. Every time she would go outside Kebap would dutifully follow her. Poor guy didn't know what to do when she left. John also enjoyed the bubbles as you can tell from the videos!



She also helped out with dinner time and bath time, the times that were the hardest for me. And the best part, she took John and wandered the mall, so I could get a much needed haircut. Here are the pics from the day.


Had to get some belly pics in there, plus, the last one shows some of the layers!!


Nope, sure doesn't look this good anymore. I don't have the time to straighten it daily, so I just leave it curly, or up in a ponytail!