Scianna Family

First CSA Delivery

I'd heard about CSAs awhile ago (Community Supported Agriculture) and had always been interested in trying it out. It's basically fresh, organic produce from a local farm that they either deliver or you pick up each week. The past few weeks I've been trying to simplify as much as possible, and what could be simpler than a weekly delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables?

I've been researching, and a lot of the CSAs around here require a year-long membership that you can only join when someone else drops out, or only have produce in the summer, or have a designated place where you have to pick up your order. I also found one that will ship it to you through UPS. But my friend recommended one that she said was awesome, and they will deliver it to your door. I checked it out, and it's the best one that I've found in the area! It's called farmfreshtoyou.com. The farm is located a few hours north of Sacramento, yet they still deliver it by hand to my house in Campbell.

The produce is amazing, and it had to have been picked that day - the cuts on the broccoli and greens were fresh. I signed up for deliveries every other week to start out, just to see how we like it. Since right now it's only me and Aubrina, it's plenty for the two of us, and I even had enough to share. Can't wait to see what we get in our next delivery!


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The Jungle

Today we went to the Jungle with Grandma and Auntie Amy. Aubrina LOVED it! She spent hours going up and down, through the obstacles, down slides, in the ball pit, riding on the kiddie rides... it was a good thing Grandma and Auntie Amy were there because I couldn't keep up! Here are a couple videos from today:

A few cute pictures

Here are a few pictures of Aubrina from the past few weeks that I thought were super cute.

This is at school, scooting along on the scooter.

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From Aubrina

This is one of Aubrina's new favorite activities - standing on her head. She's also learning to do somersaults, and she surprised herself when she did it for the first time by herself.

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From Aubrina

She's also climbing onto and into <italic> everything </italic> now! She climbs onto the tables every chance she gets.

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From Aubrina

I survived!

I survived my first weekend as a "single mom!"

Being 8 months pregnant, I was really nervous about my first weekend taking care of Aubrina all by myself. Who would I complain to about my pregnancy pains? Who would reassure me that I'm doing the right thing in the middle of a toddler tantrum? Who would take care of Aubrina while I pass out on the couch from exhaustion at 2pm? I usually rely on Mark for all of those things.

Of course I could always call my mom or Mark's mom for help, but I also really wanted to see if I could do it without help. Saturday went by in a flash - Aubrina was a big helper as I rearranged her room to make room for Robby's things. Nana and Papa came over for a bit and Papa helped me babyproof the bathrooms! We even made it out to Babies R Us to get the last few things I needed for the baby. Sunday was great too. We went to a friend's house to watch the Superbowl, and Aubrina got to play with her friends Matthew and Madison.

The only trouble spot during the whole weekend was making dinner on Saturday night. She's going through a phase where she wants to do EVERYTHING that Mommy does, especially in the kitchen. It was very exhausting trying to keep her happy while preparing the food and making sure she didn't get burned. It was a test in patience, but I learned a lot from that experience too, and now I'll try to prepare dinners after she goes to bed for the next day.

Overall Aubrina and I had a great weekend together, and now I'm confident that we're going to do well even if Daddy isn't here.

3D Ultrasound

A few weeks ago we went to have a 3D ultrasound done. We did this with Aubrina and it was a cool experience - they projected everything on a big screen and we were able to invite all the grandparents. We also got a DVD with a movie of the ultrasound, which convinced me that we should do the same thing for this baby.

We always swore that we wouldn't be those parents who take less pictures of the second baby just because we're busier, but the baby isn't even born yet and we're already slacking. With Aubrina, I took a picture of my growing belly every week, and this time I've taken about 6 pictures total! Yikes!

But anyway, I'm getting off track :) We decided to have a 3D ultrasound done for Robby, but this time it was just me, Mark and Aubrina. It was interesting because Aubrina acted really concerned, which I've never seen before. She was very protective of Mommy and didn't want the technician to touch my tummy.

The pictures came out great. His nose looks funny in some pictures because it was squished against my belly.

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From Robby's 3D Ultrasound

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From Robby's 3D Ultrasound

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From Robby's 3D Ultrasound

I was amazed at how much he and Aubrina look alike. Here's one of her 3D pictures:

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From 3D Ultrasound 8-12-08

We also confirmed that he's a boy. :) I can't wait to see him in person!

Baby Names

Today I'm 33 weeks along, and have 6 weeks left. The scheduled C-section date (March 17th) is one week before my actual due date (March 24th). I'm getting really excited to see this little baby! He's been kicking the heck out of me... I love it!

And after careful consideration, we decided on a name a few weeks ago. We will name him Robert Anthony Scianna. Robert is my dad's name, and Anthony is Mark's middle name. We'll call him Robby for short.