Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Baby Update
I don't know how I did this every week when I was pregnant with Claire, but I'm lucky to even get some sort of an update on here with this baby!! I need to do better and hopefully can start making it a priority! And I promise to post some belly pictures....we haven't even taken any yet, so I will work on that! Funny how different things are the second go around!
I had a regular checkup appt today and everything went good. I've gained 8 pounds so far, my BP is still good & low, and that sweet little heart beat was busy and loud at 150 bpm. It even gave a few kicks into the Doppler when we were listening as if to say, "hey mom, I'm here!"
We get to go back in 3 weeks to have our big anatomy ultrasound. They will check the baby over head to toe, check the heart, brain, all the major organs, measure all the limbs, do head and body circumference and just make sure all looks healthy and normal. And of course the best part, if it cooperates, we'll get to know if there is a boy or girl in there!
We get more excited after each appt and cant wait to start calling it he or she! We are really anxious to start getting the new nursery all set up, pull out those adorable newborn clothes (or start buying blue ones) and of course all the fun accessories....swing, bottles, blankets, burp clothes etc!
I have to say the best part about today's appt was sitting with Claire at breakfast; I told her that Daddy was coming home early because Mommy had to go to the doctor. (That word immediately makes her uneasy, no matter who it is going). So when she gave me her "not so sure" look and asked, "mama sick?" I smiled and said no love, mama is fine, I get to go hear the baby's heart beat today and make sure everything is ok!
So that was that and we went on about our morning....fast forward to lunch and nap time. We're sitting at the table again and she looks at me and says, "listen to heart beat baby today, make sure everything is OK." I said, yes, you are exactly right, that's what I get to do.
Then as I was rocking her she lifts up my shirt (which is the only way she'll talk to the baby, she thinks I have to be "naked" to see it, ha!) and says "come out baby, need to rock you!"
It was so precious and made me smile the rest of the day. Of course I told her, it cant come out yet, not for 5 more months, it's still growing! So she told her Daddy later that night, "5 more daddy, still growing!" We just laughed and said yes, you're right!
It's so amazing to watch this process through her eyes. Even the things that we explain in the simplest terms that we have no clue if she really takes in or not, she seems to know exactly what we're saying! She is so cute with the entire thing and we cant wait to see how adding this new little person to our family makes us feel even more whole!
Stay posted....pics to follow and big news coming on the 23rd!!
I had a regular checkup appt today and everything went good. I've gained 8 pounds so far, my BP is still good & low, and that sweet little heart beat was busy and loud at 150 bpm. It even gave a few kicks into the Doppler when we were listening as if to say, "hey mom, I'm here!"
We get to go back in 3 weeks to have our big anatomy ultrasound. They will check the baby over head to toe, check the heart, brain, all the major organs, measure all the limbs, do head and body circumference and just make sure all looks healthy and normal. And of course the best part, if it cooperates, we'll get to know if there is a boy or girl in there!
We get more excited after each appt and cant wait to start calling it he or she! We are really anxious to start getting the new nursery all set up, pull out those adorable newborn clothes (or start buying blue ones) and of course all the fun accessories....swing, bottles, blankets, burp clothes etc!
I have to say the best part about today's appt was sitting with Claire at breakfast; I told her that Daddy was coming home early because Mommy had to go to the doctor. (That word immediately makes her uneasy, no matter who it is going). So when she gave me her "not so sure" look and asked, "mama sick?" I smiled and said no love, mama is fine, I get to go hear the baby's heart beat today and make sure everything is ok!
So that was that and we went on about our morning....fast forward to lunch and nap time. We're sitting at the table again and she looks at me and says, "listen to heart beat baby today, make sure everything is OK." I said, yes, you are exactly right, that's what I get to do.
Then as I was rocking her she lifts up my shirt (which is the only way she'll talk to the baby, she thinks I have to be "naked" to see it, ha!) and says "come out baby, need to rock you!"
It was so precious and made me smile the rest of the day. Of course I told her, it cant come out yet, not for 5 more months, it's still growing! So she told her Daddy later that night, "5 more daddy, still growing!" We just laughed and said yes, you're right!
It's so amazing to watch this process through her eyes. Even the things that we explain in the simplest terms that we have no clue if she really takes in or not, she seems to know exactly what we're saying! She is so cute with the entire thing and we cant wait to see how adding this new little person to our family makes us feel even more whole!
Stay posted....pics to follow and big news coming on the 23rd!!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sick Days & Snow Days
Well pretty much after Tuesday evening the rest of the week went down hill fast! A yucky cold virus hit our house and then SNOW. So needless to say we are all a little stir crazy and along with sneezes, snot and coughs have a case of cabin fever! But we have found ways to keep ourselves entertained and have made the best of our week at home. And a big thanks to a fun art package that came from Grandma & Poppa that saved the week! Lots of paint, stickers, glitter and glue- what more can a 2 year old ask for!!
Watching Dora with Caitlin & Carson Tuesday night
Enjoying my first experience at water color
What an easy fun thing, just water and my minnie book!
I still dont feel good though.... 
Making some Valentines with Daddy and Mama
Watching it snow
Just playing around...it was full jammie day!
Showing Daddy how this works, I love my art easel
Watching Dora with Caitlin & Carson Tuesday night
Enjoying my first experience at water color
What an easy fun thing, just water and my minnie book!
I still dont feel good though.... 
Making some Valentines with Daddy and Mama
Watching it snow 
Just playing around...it was full jammie day!
Showing Daddy how this works, I love my art easel
Saturday, January 23, 2010
22 Months
So we're on the official countdown to her second birthday....8 weeks and 3 days! I can't believe it every time I think about it! But if you spend more that an hour with her, you definitely know that it's right around the corner!
She is the talker of the house....never stops, always processing and constantly repeating! She loves to say anything new and is up for the challenge of something difficult. Her new favorite movie is Charlotte's Web and not only does she say and do what she sees in it, her favorite word she picked up is salutations. We laugh and think of all the words for her to choose, she decided on that one! A long 4 syllable word that she already knows the meaning of!
She is out of her high chair and sits in her new booster seat at the table for every meal, which she loves. She feeds herself with her fork and spoon and is still very adventurous in trying anything new. She loves any type of "sauce" and wants you to "dip it" for her.
She enjoys talking about and trying out her new potty. We sit on it whenever she asks to and every night before bath time. We've started a sticker chart and every time she goes, she gets a sticker and after 10 stickers she gets a prize. She is very proud of it!
She still enjoys the library, it's one of her favorite places. She will sit at the little table in the children's area and read books for hours. She and Daddy went to story hour this morning and made sock puppets for her craft. She was excited to tell me all about it when they picked me up afterwards!
She is quickly outgrowing her playroom and over the next couple of months we are going to move it into the bonus room. One for more space and two the playroom will soon become the nursery. She is excited about getting her new big girl bed and big girl room. It will be much for interesting for us to see how she adjusts to staying in a bed without rails to keep her in! We're hoping for a smooth transition and that we wont lose our 12-13 hour a night sleeper!
She still loves playing outside, taking walks and the park, however between the cold temps and all the rain, that hasn't been possible over the last couple of months! She likes to color, paint and do crafts though, so we've been filling our afternoons with some fun indoor activities.
I think her absolute favorite thing is talking on the phone...she loves to pretend and do it for real. She will tell her pretend phone all she has done that day and just talk away. And of course when she's on the real phone, it's nonstop no matter who is on the other end!
She can sing several songs, which are absolutely precious to hear! She knows her ABC's, can count to 10, and we are still working on colors, she knows them, but lately everything is red. Ha!
We are looking into preschools for the fall and are anxious to see how she does with that. She will just go 2 mornings a week for several hours. I think it will be good for us all, especially once the new baby is here.
Well there is a quick and condensed Claire update, but stay tuned for some more baby bump pictures and baby #2's gender...we're hoping to know in a few weeks!
She is the talker of the house....never stops, always processing and constantly repeating! She loves to say anything new and is up for the challenge of something difficult. Her new favorite movie is Charlotte's Web and not only does she say and do what she sees in it, her favorite word she picked up is salutations. We laugh and think of all the words for her to choose, she decided on that one! A long 4 syllable word that she already knows the meaning of!
She is out of her high chair and sits in her new booster seat at the table for every meal, which she loves. She feeds herself with her fork and spoon and is still very adventurous in trying anything new. She loves any type of "sauce" and wants you to "dip it" for her.
She enjoys talking about and trying out her new potty. We sit on it whenever she asks to and every night before bath time. We've started a sticker chart and every time she goes, she gets a sticker and after 10 stickers she gets a prize. She is very proud of it!
She still enjoys the library, it's one of her favorite places. She will sit at the little table in the children's area and read books for hours. She and Daddy went to story hour this morning and made sock puppets for her craft. She was excited to tell me all about it when they picked me up afterwards!
She is quickly outgrowing her playroom and over the next couple of months we are going to move it into the bonus room. One for more space and two the playroom will soon become the nursery. She is excited about getting her new big girl bed and big girl room. It will be much for interesting for us to see how she adjusts to staying in a bed without rails to keep her in! We're hoping for a smooth transition and that we wont lose our 12-13 hour a night sleeper!
She still loves playing outside, taking walks and the park, however between the cold temps and all the rain, that hasn't been possible over the last couple of months! She likes to color, paint and do crafts though, so we've been filling our afternoons with some fun indoor activities.
I think her absolute favorite thing is talking on the phone...she loves to pretend and do it for real. She will tell her pretend phone all she has done that day and just talk away. And of course when she's on the real phone, it's nonstop no matter who is on the other end!
She can sing several songs, which are absolutely precious to hear! She knows her ABC's, can count to 10, and we are still working on colors, she knows them, but lately everything is red. Ha!
We are looking into preschools for the fall and are anxious to see how she does with that. She will just go 2 mornings a week for several hours. I think it will be good for us all, especially once the new baby is here.
Well there is a quick and condensed Claire update, but stay tuned for some more baby bump pictures and baby #2's gender...we're hoping to know in a few weeks!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Such a big girl
We got back from dinner tonight with some friends and started playing around and Claire was being such a little performer that we had to break out the camera!
She was patting and kissing my belly and saying, "oh that sweet little baby!" as she calls it. I'm still trying to squeeze into my regular jeans, so I just realized how much that little bump actually looks like a gut over a tight waist (ha, or it was my full belly of pizza!).
She was patting and kissing my belly and saying, "oh that sweet little baby!" as she calls it. I'm still trying to squeeze into my regular jeans, so I just realized how much that little bump actually looks like a gut over a tight waist (ha, or it was my full belly of pizza!).
Just being silly, sassy and somehow looking like she's 3 or 4 years old!! She just seems like such a big girl today, I can't get over that my baby is gone! And yes, we have on matching outfits and I didn't even realize it until I started looking at the pictures!
She got another hair cut last week and if you look closely at her hands, we had to get our nails painted again too!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Back into our routine
Whew, this week has finally felt like a normal week! It seems like it has taken us all month to get back into our routine and into the swing of things!
We have started back to our Kindermusik class for this semester and also had our big mid year show at Little Gym to show off all of our tricks!
We finally got unpacked from our trip last weekend and enjoyed a short week at work for Daddy!
We are starting a new class at church on Monday mornings for people who have just moved to Knoxville. So I'm looking forward to meeting some new women while Claire has a chance to meet new friends and have some time away from mom! She is finally back to enjoying church and what that means as far as going to play for a few hours without us. Hopefully between Sundays and Mondays she will start to feel more comfortable and things will seem more and more familiar.
We are looking forward to the weekend and hopefully we'll see the sun at some point!
We have started back to our Kindermusik class for this semester and also had our big mid year show at Little Gym to show off all of our tricks!
We finally got unpacked from our trip last weekend and enjoyed a short week at work for Daddy!
We are starting a new class at church on Monday mornings for people who have just moved to Knoxville. So I'm looking forward to meeting some new women while Claire has a chance to meet new friends and have some time away from mom! She is finally back to enjoying church and what that means as far as going to play for a few hours without us. Hopefully between Sundays and Mondays she will start to feel more comfortable and things will seem more and more familiar.
We are looking forward to the weekend and hopefully we'll see the sun at some point!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Here we are 2010!
So I know in a previous post I made the comment about hoping that this new year would be a little slower, less stressful and not as chaotic....but I'm quickly learning, don't speak too soon!
I sat down the other day and starting filling out the calendar & I realized that just the first few months were already busy! We are hoping the winter comes and goes fast, we are all ready for spring! We enjoyed our trip to CLT this month and are looking forward to meeting up with our group of friends from Queens in Feb.
Then in March somehow our little baby girl will be turning 2!! I'm already thinking about her party and how we want to celebrate. Then 10 days later another big event happens in our household....I will cross over and join the 30's! I'm still coming to grips with that, but hey, how bad can it be, right??!! My 20's were fantastic, so here's hoping it keeps getting better!
Then the biggest event of 2010 will happen this summer....we will be adding another person to our family in July! We are all super excited and can't wait to see how we transition from 3 to 4. Claire is really happy, loves to "see" the baby when my shirt is up and gives it pats and kisses all the time. We will get to find out what we're having next month, however, Claire is sure it's a "baby boy" and she says we're naming it, boy. So we'll see if she's right...
Stay tuned for many more baby updates and of course funny Claire stories!
I sat down the other day and starting filling out the calendar & I realized that just the first few months were already busy! We are hoping the winter comes and goes fast, we are all ready for spring! We enjoyed our trip to CLT this month and are looking forward to meeting up with our group of friends from Queens in Feb.
Then in March somehow our little baby girl will be turning 2!! I'm already thinking about her party and how we want to celebrate. Then 10 days later another big event happens in our household....I will cross over and join the 30's! I'm still coming to grips with that, but hey, how bad can it be, right??!! My 20's were fantastic, so here's hoping it keeps getting better!
Then the biggest event of 2010 will happen this summer....we will be adding another person to our family in July! We are all super excited and can't wait to see how we transition from 3 to 4. Claire is really happy, loves to "see" the baby when my shirt is up and gives it pats and kisses all the time. We will get to find out what we're having next month, however, Claire is sure it's a "baby boy" and she says we're naming it, boy. So we'll see if she's right...
Stay tuned for many more baby updates and of course funny Claire stories!
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