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The above photos were taken this morning, while trying to soothe Liv. Quite funny, I think! Olivia is not happy being a baby anymore. She doesn't like her swing, her chair, or even the floor much either. She has decided that being a non-mobile baby is a drag. She now likes to be in her bumbo and way up on her tummy to see the world. She also doesn't mind being held either...that is her favorite! Below are some photos of her being content and happy...I like her much more this way! | View Show | Create Your Own
Lately, as Avery is growing up, I find myself very sad. Every birthday that comes around, brings her one step closer to not being so little anymore. I once was a preschool teacher, and I never understood why parents were emotional leaving their children at school for 2 1/2 hours, 3 days a week. Now, after having kids of my own, I understand. Any normal parent would probably already have their 4 1/2 year old in some sort of preschool, or play group, or something...not me. I am the over-protective mother that doesn't want either of my girls out of my sight, unless they're with daddy. Part of it is that I don't want to share them...selfish I know. A lot of it is anxiety about how they are going to be taken care of, will they be given enough attention, will they miss me?, etc.This summer, Avery will be turning 5. I tear up just writing that...seriously. Just talking about her going to preschool in the fall is emotional. I shed some tears with PG the other night while thinking about her playing on the playground at school, getting hurt, and me not running to her. No "playground aide" (sorry mom) is going to take care of her like I would. No teacher is going to kiss it better like mommy. No one at school is going to be able to hug and kiss her till she's okay like me. Such a large part of me wants to pause life right now, and not let her experience these things. I don't want her to fall down, or get her feelings hurt, or go through any of those icky things alone, without me. My husband, kindly, tells me that it's part of her growing up, and I have to let her experience these things without sheltering her. I know this, but knowing is easier than doing.
How I'm going to get through sharing my child with someone else is beyond me. Lucky for me, it's not until the fall. And, this next school year it WILL only be 2 1/2 hours a day, 3 days a week. And, I will only be a call away, right? I need to keep gearing up for this day, as hard as it will be...my baby is growing up...
Last week, Avery has decided that she wants computer time like mommy and daddy have. I hear, "Mommy...it's my turn" quite a bit. In the past, she has played computer with us here and there, but never really on her own. I didn't know she knew enough about how it all worked...she is only 4 ya know! I was suprised last week when she learned how to use the mouse and play games on playhousedisney.com. She did this for an hour straight, and would have longer if I would have let her. Now, during the day I have someone new I have to share the computer with. Shortly I'm sure I'll be saying, "Avery...it's mommy's turn now!"
It seems that ever since Olivia was about 2 months old, she has been having a number of poopy "accidents". For the last month or so, there is at least one outfit fatality a day. PG and I both agree that Avery never had these kind of accidents daily...maybe once or twice a week. We buy the expensive diapers, that by the way, are 10 cents a piece. We put them on her the right way, after all, there's not really much you can do wrong there. You'd think that we were in the clear, but no. It just keeps happening! When I hear a BIG noise coming from this adorable LITTLE girl, I just know what is in store for me. I walk over to her, and she's all smiles, and then comes the stink. I pick her up, and look at her back, and sure enough...another explosion through 2 layers of clothing. So, needless to say, I'm getting tired of the explosive poop already...
Avery once saw some men on TV playing chess, and I guess she thought it looked like a fun game to learn to play. She calls it "chest". Here she is with her fisher price little people animals on a tv tray in our living room. She lines them up in rows, they switch places, along with saying "check". She loves it when we "play" chess with her. There is no logic to this game, just moving animals and saying check. I don't even know how to play real "chest" anyhow...
Our friend Matthew, and his adorable daughter, Isabelle, came to visit us on Friday! It was a fun day and a half filled with 3 girls...busy household! It was great to see Matthew and catch up with him. Avery liked having another girl to play with, and Liv just kind of "lived"! We hope to see them again soon! We love you guys
Well, yesterday Liv discovered that her hands can hold an object, and when she moves her hands, the object moves as well. You can see from the pictures, that the first place that her toys went to, was her mouth. It is really fun to see her grow, change, and learn new things daily...I love how she gets cross-eyed...
This photo was taken after an "accident" happened in our house. Avery tries so hard to make Liv happy throughout the day, and she really does a great job at being a helper. Yesterday, she was trying to move one of Olivia's hanging toys, and it fell down and bonked her in the nose. Liv started crying, and Avery ran to her room crying as well...feeling awful, I'm sure. She is so sensitive! Here is Liv going into her sisters room to tell her that it's okay, she's fine, accidents happen, and she still loves her... All better... P.S...nice smirk Liv!
I thought that since many of you have not seen Avery's room, I would give you a sneek peak into one of my ONLY works of art...if you even want to call it that. When we purchased our home in April '05, the first room I tackled was Avery's. I had seen an idea in a Pottery Barn magazine, so I thought I would attempt it on my own! My mother and I spent quite a long time measuring out each wall to figure out the square size, then putting up the blue chalk lines...it was a long night, let me just say that. The whole job of painting it took about 12 hours. By the time I was done, I decided that as long as we live here, this room will NOT be repainted again! I like how it turned out, and it seems like Avery thinks her room is pretty cool! Job well done, I would say!
This is Jerry on the left, Dustin on the right, and of course-Avery! Jerry is the guy who has taken photos of the girls for us, and just re-did my blog!
THANK YOU JERRY!
Olivia likes to eat. She likes to eat a lot! We remember Avery eating 4 ounces every 4 hours at this age, but not Olivia. She eats 3-4 ounces every 2 hours, so we are pretty busy around here. I took a picture of her today as I was feeding her. Just thought you'd like to have a look at what I see every two hours of my day...precious, isn't it?
This is what the back of Olivia's head looks like right now. Yup, she has rubbed off a whole section of her hair, and yes, it looks pretty comical...
I keep track of almost every move the girls make in their baby books. Their first bath, first time sleeping through the night, rolling over, etc. The discovery that Olivia has been fasinated with lately is her hands. It must be such an odd thing to go through the process of learning you have hands. When she was 7 weeks old, she began to notice her hands. If she moved them, they would hit a toy hanging in front of her. By 8 weeks she would touch her hands to her mouth. At 9 weeks she started looking at her hands. At 11 weeks she realized that if she watched her hands, she could watch herself move them over to touch a toy. And now, she is obsessed with sucking on her fingers. Not only one or two fingers, but I once caught her with all 5 fingers in her mouth! You can hear her chomping on them from across the room. I remember with Avery, this is the time where their cute and soft little baby cheeks are no longer. Now, we have the wet, soggy, and at time chapped, cheeks. I guess she even likes to fall asleep with those delicious fingers in her mouth. So, Liv is obsessed, to say the least...
Last night, I was nice enough to take Avery to the movie store to rent a movie. PG and I wanted to rent one, so I figured it would be nice if she was able to have one. We searched the store, and she found not one, but two movies to get. Again, nice mom lets her get both of them. We get home...she's super excited to show Daddy what she picked out. Then, off to Mommy and Daddy's room to watch them.
First comes "Charlotte's Web", and next "My Little Pony...The Princess Promenade". PG and I were out in the living room playing with Liv, and watching the SAG awards. After her movies were done, Avery came out and began whining about something or another. I told her that I would talk with her when she was done whining, so she should go back to her room until she was ready to talk to me. Again, I spoke to her fairly nice.
Five minutes of crying and "Mommy" calling goes by, and finally she comes out. Then she says, "Mommy. You need to come with me to your bedroom...there's something wrong with your bed." I told her to just tell me what was wrong. She said something was wrong with the movie, so I told her to go get it and bring it to me. Well, turns out, while she was in my room crying and whining, she decided to maul the DVD case and insert from the movie store. She brought out the DVD case, and PG and I just looked at each other. She has NEVER done anything like this before, so we didn't know quite what to do. I went to my room, and all over my bed was the remains of the My Little Pony movie insert, ripped up. I brought out the pieces to show PG, and he was in shock. Avery, of course, began crying, and I told her to go to her room until daddy and I decided what her punishment would be.
I called the movie store to tell them what happened. Turns out this sort of thing happens a lot, and we were not in trouble, so that was good. We had a hard time coming up with a punishment. After all, she is 4. We decided that Avery had to take back both of her movies that she rented, along with an apology to the movie store guys. So, 9:15 at night, I bundled her up, while she was distraught and in tears, to go to the movie store. She cried the whole way there. I was suprised that when we gave the videos back, she did mutter an "I'm sorry" to the clerk. Then, she cried all the way home.
I guess this is the not so fun side of being a parent. Avery has always been such a good kid, so it is such a kick in the gut when she made such a bad choice. Let's just hope she doesn't make a bad choice like this again...
Oh yeah, when she wasn't looking I snapped a photo of her ripped up piece of art...
shhhh...don't tell her!
First comes "Charlotte's Web", and next "My Little Pony...The Princess Promenade". PG and I were out in the living room playing with Liv, and watching the SAG awards. After her movies were done, Avery came out and began whining about something or another. I told her that I would talk with her when she was done whining, so she should go back to her room until she was ready to talk to me. Again, I spoke to her fairly nice.
Five minutes of crying and "Mommy" calling goes by, and finally she comes out. Then she says, "Mommy. You need to come with me to your bedroom...there's something wrong with your bed." I told her to just tell me what was wrong. She said something was wrong with the movie, so I told her to go get it and bring it to me. Well, turns out, while she was in my room crying and whining, she decided to maul the DVD case and insert from the movie store. She brought out the DVD case, and PG and I just looked at each other. She has NEVER done anything like this before, so we didn't know quite what to do. I went to my room, and all over my bed was the remains of the My Little Pony movie insert, ripped up. I brought out the pieces to show PG, and he was in shock. Avery, of course, began crying, and I told her to go to her room until daddy and I decided what her punishment would be.
I called the movie store to tell them what happened. Turns out this sort of thing happens a lot, and we were not in trouble, so that was good. We had a hard time coming up with a punishment. After all, she is 4. We decided that Avery had to take back both of her movies that she rented, along with an apology to the movie store guys. So, 9:15 at night, I bundled her up, while she was distraught and in tears, to go to the movie store. She cried the whole way there. I was suprised that when we gave the videos back, she did mutter an "I'm sorry" to the clerk. Then, she cried all the way home.
I guess this is the not so fun side of being a parent. Avery has always been such a good kid, so it is such a kick in the gut when she made such a bad choice. Let's just hope she doesn't make a bad choice like this again...
Oh yeah, when she wasn't looking I snapped a photo of her ripped up piece of art...
shhhh...don't tell her!
I am having fun doing this blog. I know my mom, my husband, my sister in law, and my friend Jennifer read it too. Just curious...who is reading? Sign my comments below...I'd like to know if anyone else is reading this...
Olivia sure has changed in her 3 months of life.
She doesn't even look the same as when she was born!
What do YOU think???
Here is our Avery with her Bible boards. When Avery was about 2 or so, she became a walking "movie player". She would play out whole scenes from her princess movies, and even use different voices for the characters. Her memorazation skills were, and still are, astounding! We found a series of bible movies, from the Beginners Bible, and she LOVES them. They are so much better than the Veggie Tales movies that we also have. Avery is able to relate the bible stories to actual people, and not vegetables! Well, her facination with the bible has gone to a new level this last year. We have enjoyed watching these videos with her and playing the stories with her also. Being a former preschool teacher, I have always hated flannel boards. Well, I gave in. We found the bible characters from her videos at the christian book store, and she was WAY too excited. So, we bought some of the stories so she can play out the stories with the real people, and not her barbies!
These are some chalk drawing I HAD to do for Avery this past summer. Suprisingly, my daughter does not like to color, or do much with chalk. But, again, I had to draw her bible friends on our driveway so she can play with them outside too! You can see the Nativity, Moses, and some of the Noah and David and Goliath stories above...I tried.
I hope that Avery shares her enjoyment for bible stories with Olivia. We just can't say enough how it puts such joy in our hearts to see her so "into" bible stories. I hope it stays that way...
My husband will not like this post. After he saw these photos, he wanted them deleted right away, but I told him I want reminders of this day forever.
It was a nice day in November at our house. While I was pregnant with Olivia, I planned out the perfect matching sister dresses, and purchased them online for the girls. I was so excited to put them on them, and start taking pictures. It took me about an hour to get them all dressed and ready. You know, tights, shoes, bloomers, onsies, shirts, dresses, hair pretties...the girly stuff. Plus, I had to plan it at a time where Avery was in a good, helpful mood, and when Olivia was fed, happy, and awake.
By the time I began to get the girls in their places, my patience was already almost gone. I took 30 pictures of them...this is what they all look like. I was in tears, they were in tears, and the whole thing was a BIG dissapointment. I even called PG at work and begged him to come home because I was so stressed and upset. He didn't, so I was faced to deal with all 3 of us crabby girls. It was by far, a no good very bad day.
This is what we all felt like at the end...this was the last picture I could bear to take...
I called a friend from church who took Olivia's birth announcement pictures and begged him to help me out. Boy did he ever. Below is our Christmas card picture...I am speechless....
I called a friend from church who took Olivia's birth announcement pictures and begged him to help me out. Boy did he ever. Below is our Christmas card picture...I am speechless....
What did I learn from this experience? Never attempt to take pictures that I want to turn out alone...I need help. Thank God for Jerry, the amazing photographer! WE LOVE YOU JERRY!
I just couldn't pass up this outfit for Olivia. After all, it had a matching hat (that, of course, she hates)! Little did I notice that instead of snaps in the legs, there are buttons...who in the world made this outfit? Why in the world would anyone, in their right mind, put buttons in the one place of an outfit, a pooping-all-day-infant-outfit, that has to be undone at least 8 times a day??? Needless to say, after I took her 3 month pictures, I took it off, and will never put her in it again...
These is a photo of the day we came home from the hospital with Olivia. It was October 26th, two days after her birth. Avery was facinated with the fact that mommy's chest made milk for the baby. She then decided that she was going to give birth as well...to twins. She had them in her shirt, and then "pop" out they came. She then proceeded to go over to the couch with them, and undo her overalls. I, along with PG and my mother, watched her trying not to laugh. She put the babies up to her "tummy" and just sat there. I asked her what she was doing, and she told me that she was feeding her babies, Jesus and Jamie. She also informed us all that her chest made sprite for them. Logical, I guess for a girl who is allergic to milk, so how could she make milk for them? Ever since this day, she has been giving birth left and right and now has 9 children...8 girls, and 1 boy...she sure is a busy girl!
One of the greatest things that a newborn can do to brighten up your day, is to smile. Next, comes the laughter. Olivia has been smiling at us since around Thanksgiving. It has been wonderful to see this little smile get bigger and bigger. I notice that when she hasn't seen me for a while, when we first meet each other's glance, there is a smile so big, that I think she is going to burst! We have been waiting for the laugh to come. Avery laughed at 3 months, and Liv will be 3 months on Wednesday, so we knew it wasn't that far off.
When I came home from work yesterday, I went over to her in her chair. We looked at each other, as we always do, and the huge smile came out. We did the normal silly mommy talk, and some "coochie coo's", and then, she did it...the laugh that we were waiting for...PG, Avery and I all were able to hear it, and Liv did too...although I think she was a bit startled at this new noise! I can't wait to hear more of this precious laugh...
When I came home from work yesterday, I went over to her in her chair. We looked at each other, as we always do, and the huge smile came out. We did the normal silly mommy talk, and some "coochie coo's", and then, she did it...the laugh that we were waiting for...PG, Avery and I all were able to hear it, and Liv did too...although I think she was a bit startled at this new noise! I can't wait to hear more of this precious laugh...
You would think that a yummy chicken nugget dipped in ketchup would be a child's dream, wouldn't you? I had hoped that I'd have a picture to post of Avery eating her new foods. No such luck. I have tried on 2 separate occasions to feed this to Avery, and twice, no luck. The first attempt, she touched it and licked it. Tonight she touched it, licked it, and pretended to nibble on it. One step closer, I guess. Maybe by the end of the week I will be able to report that she actually consumed the chicken nugget...
To most, this would look like a normal picture. Just a little girl playing in her room. When I look at this picture, I see so much more. This is Avery. Since birth, she has had a lot of health issues. At 4 months, a milk allergy. At 18 months, allergic to milk, soy, wheat, eggs, peanuts, animals, molds....you get the picture. Well, this is Avery yesterday, January 19th. This is Avery after getting her allergies re-tested. This is Avery NOT allergic to wheat and soy anymore. And, this is Polly...her gift from Toys R Us for being such a good sport. This child has never known the joy of eating...it has been something she has not really enjoyed. Avery and I went shopping for groceries last night. It was the most joyful day I have had for a long time. We spent $37 on "new foods". Cereals, crackers, breads, chicken nuggets...the world of food has now begun to open up to her....let's just hope she learns that food is a "joy".... 
This is the culprit...this is why I am doing this! Jennifer is her name. We have just gotten back in touch after years. She was my church buddy growing up back in Onalaska. She now has 2 adorable boys, and an awesome husband, who I also grew up with too! After seeing her blog, I thought that with all my time at home, maybe I too should "blog" too. After all, PG does it. So, I guess I will attempt this after all...thanks in advance Jennifer...
Today was Olivia's shots...she was such a "toughy" as the nurse said. A couple of cries, but after that, she was all smiles like usual. Here are her stats:Weight: 11.8 lb, 57%Height: 22.14 in, 25%Head: 15 in, 16%
We had a wonderful Christmas with both families! We spent Christmas Eve and Day in A-TOWN with Gavin's family, and then had my parents here for a few days. Avery LOVED Christmas, and now is sad that Mommy took down her tree and the stockings. Olivia just slept through all of it...wish I could have stolen some of that sleep from her! It was such a wonderful time to spend with family, and we hope that you all had a wonderful time as well! Liv has her 2 month appointment next week, so I'll be back then with her stats!
Christmas is in the air here at our house! Avery and I are doing Christmas crafts and wrapping gifts! What a fun time of the year! We are doing well here. Olivia has been responding to us more and more with smiles and coos. She seems to be really close to laughing, which will really be fun! 2 nights this week she slept from 11-5, so that was a very nice treat for mommy! She even rolled over a week or so ago! Avery didn't do that till she was 3 months old, so we weren't expecting it at all! I have been back at work all month, only like 6-8 hours a week, so that has been a little adjustment. Avery goes with me, so Daddy only has one of his girls to look after. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season!
Today was Olivia's 1 month appointment...She is 10 lbs! What a chunk! I guess we're doing something right. She's at the 75th % for her weight, and 50th % for height and head. So, she's growing, and no longer a little "peanut" anymore. She is smiling a lot more these days, and also making more cooing noises to let us know she is a happy girl. Avery is still doing well. She decorated her own little tree at our house this year, and is very excited for the Christmas season. She especially likes to touch all of mommy's "breakable" decorations! All in all, we're doing well, and starting to either catch up on sleep, or get used to not having as much sleep. Olivia is only waking up once at night, so that makes it a little easier.
We're still alive and kicking here! Trying to catch up on sleep here and there, but we're still very tired! Last week we had to battle the gas that Olivia was having, which was lots of fun! Some gas drops and some new bottles, and we're good to go now! She seems to be gaining weight, as we can tell her cheeks seem to have filled out a little bit. Avery is still doing well. We have noticed her acting out a little bit, but who can blame her when she was her parent's world for 4 years, and now she has to share it. We are all still adjusting, but are a very happy little family! We are looking forward to visits this coming week from both our families for Thanksgiving! God has blessed us this year in countless ways....
Things are going well around our home. PG and I are a little worn out, but I guess that is to be expected. Avery still loves having a sister, and is showing NO signs of jealousy at all, which is wonderful! Olivia is a crazy hungry girl, and I can barely keep up with her. The last couple of nights have been rough, as she seems to just want to be awake all night. Today Uncle Josh and Aunt Kathryn are coming from MN to meet their new little niece, so that will be a distraction from the normal daily life around here!
WOW! Finally I have some time to sit and write! The last week has been great, and we are so in love with our little girl Olivia. Avery has enjoyed it just as much, so far with no jealousy. Olivia is such a good baby. I think I can count on one hand how many times I've heard her cry. She sleeps all the time, and has been adjusting to our family schedule great! She naps with Avery and I every afternoon, and only gets up to eat twice a night. So far, so good! She changes so much each day, and I don't think she looks the same as she did when she was born. Looking at Avery's pictures, their newborn noses are the same, but everything else we're not sure of yet. The general thought is that she looks like Daddy. We look forward to continue watching her grow!
2 days away...how crazy is that? Our household (Mommy) is busy busy busy getting all things organized and packed for baby day! It is so nice having a repeat c-section, because then we are able to plan everything out, which is nice with Avery. We are lucky enough that my mother is coming to stay at the hotel across the street to take care of her while we are in the hospital, so that is very comforting. I still have yet to spend a night away from Avery since she was born, so this will be emotional for me I think...not to mention everything else that will be going on! At least she'll be in town! I'm really nervous that we are going to be surprised and that this will be a boy instead of a girl...it's a thought that stays in my head all day! I'm not at all worried about the surgery, or the recovery, so that's good I guess...Just can't wait to hold you in our arms baby Olivia!
We had our last appt. today with our Doctor. The baby was looking great again, and it's crazy that it's coming up so soon! We've been preparing Avery about what it's going to be like for her to visit mommy in the hospital, and what happens to mommy on that day. Today she asked Daddy, "Are you gonna be scared on October 24th when they take a chunk out of mommy's tummy?" So nice that she's concerned with how her daddy will be handling it all! We're getting all things ready around here for baby Olivia....WE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU!
Today marks the one week mark till Olivia is in our arms. We are so excited, and we are busy preparing our bags to take and getting Avery all excited about the new member of our family! It's so weird to think that in one week, we'll be holding our little baby...what a miracle life is!
We had our 37 week appt. today, and baby is doing great. Her heartrate was in the 130's, and I am measuring right on! It's hard to believe that it's only 12 days until we meet Olivia. I am packing, and re-packing my bags almost daily, there are to do lists left and right, and the weird thing, I find it hard to want to sleep! Ah, the pregnant woman...I'll never understand how it all works! We did get some bad news today, which is that the trip to the Hospital here in town will not be covered by the program that we're in at BIG TOWN Hospital. We're stressed about that, but glad that Olivia and I are doing well......
We had quite the scare this morning! I tried to go to sleep last night, but woke up with a terrible sideache and back pain...not to mention flu like symptoms...so much so that there was no way I could handle it. I didn't know if I was in labor or if the baby was okay...very scary. We ended up going to our Hospital, where they monitored the baby and me and she was fine, and gave me some tylenol with codine. PG and I decided to try to manage the pain at home, since Avery was with us and the whole insurance stuff. We came home, and after an hour or so of the worst back pain ever, I called my BIG TOWN doctors, and they told me to go back to the hospital here in town ASAP. They weren't sure if it was kidney, baby, infections, or placenta issues, so off we went again at 4 am with Avery with us, and that's when it all got a little crazy...I was contracting every 2 minutes, in horrible pain, and so they gave me some medicine to stop the contractions. The placenta and baby looked great on ultrasound, so no worries there. The cause of it all....a kidney infection. That was what made the back pain horrible, and the infection was causing the uterus to react and contract...putting me in pre-term labor. So, lots of medicine, and tears, and no sleep later, I was able to come back home this morning, free of pain...PRAISE GOD! My poor husband and daughter had to go through all this with me with no sleep. PG had like 30-45 minutes of sleep, and he had to preach this morning...If there is an award, he deserves one!Please pray for the contractions not to come back, and the kidney infection to also be treated with the meds. We are very excited to meet Olivia, but we'd like to keep it on the 24th if at all possible!
Today was a big day for Avery...we went to a BIG SISTER class at BIG TOWN Hospital! She got all dressed up, and brought her little baby, a blanket, and a photo of when she was a baby! She learned how to diaper, feed, and swaddle a baby! Plus, we went on a tour of where we will be having the baby, and the recovery floor. She even got to see a brand new baby! She is very excited, and now very prepared for you, Olivia!
Today is 36 weeks! We had our dr. appt this morning, and all is still well. I've gained 20 lbs, so hopefully that will come off easy...I think I gained around 30-35 with Avery, so I'm happy with just the 20 lbs. I'm still having backaches, and the contractions have picked up in intensity, but besides that, no big problems. 19 more days, and we can't wait!
35 weeks today...the back pain is awful, and I'm having a hard time standing, sitting, walking, sleeping, etc... We have almost everything ready for Olivia, and we are really excited! Only 3 1/2 weeks to go!!!! YIPPIE! I hope my back survives....
We met with Dr. Weirda, my OB surgeon today, and she set the c-section for October 24th at 7 am! VERY EARLY in the morning, but we're excited to have a date and time to look forward to! We can't wait to see this little girl!
Well, we are at 33 weeks now...I don't think I have much room left in this tummy of mine. I remember feeling that way with Avery too! The backaches have begun, and I don't even look forward to going to bed at night because there is no position that doesn't hurt. AND, Olivia's bottom and her legs are right under my ribs...there are times I feel like she's going to burst through my skin because she's pushing so hard! I am just very anxious to feel her move around in my arms, and not in my tummy anymore!
Today was my 32nd week appt, and we are still trucking along. I am measuring at 34 weeks, and Olivia's heartrate was right on...he said she was very "re-active" today. We have our OB appt. in 2 weeks to decide when C-Section date will be, so very excited to finally have a day to count down to!
We had to get up bright and early today to get to BIG TOWN for our ultrasound by 8:30! Olivia looks great, and they really looked over her brain and her heart to make sure she's healthy, and SHE IS! She is head down and face down right now, so that explains a lot of the crazy kicks and punches! We were lucky enough to have a couple of those new 3D images of her, so that was a suprise! It's amazing how you can make out the features so clearly! After the ultrasound, it was on to my dr. appt. We're still a little concerned about the amount of contractions I'm having, so I'm supposed to "take it easy". We're at 30 weeks today, so we need to hold on till at least 38 weeks! We will know the c-section date sometime in Septemeber...it's coming up!
Things have continued to go pretty well. My mother has been here this weekend and has helped take care of Avery a lot! Lots of trips to the park, and lots of fast food! She's had a fun weekend, that's for sure!I've been having quite a few contractions these days, so I don't know what that means. I hope it's nothing to worry about, but I'll keep watching them.Looking forward to the next ultrasound. I really hope it's still a girl, otherwise we'll be busy the next couple months replacing pink with blue!
We had our 27 week appt. today, and all is still going well. Today was the day where I got to drink the wonderful orange drink to test for diabetes. Our dr. scheduled us another ultrasound on Aug. 24th, so we're looking forward to seeing Olivia again! Her heartbeat was 153 today, and she had the hiccups! How cute! He also informed us that the c-section could be scheduled as early as 38 weeks, which would be Oct. 19th! Pretty weird to think that it's coming up that soon!
Today we are 25 weeks, and Olivia is LOVING to be active! She has a lot of the same traits that Avery did while in the womb. With both girls, whenever I put someone's hand on my tummy to feel the movement, they both would stop performing. It's quite funny I think! Avery is adjusting to being 4, as are mommy and daddy. I wish I could keep her this age forever! She told us the other day that Olivia is going to have yellow hair, and be a painting Barbie when she grows up. What shoes to fill! Our next appt. is August 3rd, and hopefully at that time they'll schedule our next ultrasound!
We had our dr. appt., and all is still going well. Heartrate was in the 150's and I am measuring just fine. All of the family was here this week/end, so we had a lot of fun celebrating Avery's birthday. She got to go to the Zoo, Chuck E Cheese, and have a birthday party! Needless to say, we are "partied out"!
It has been a productive week in my house. The nesting bug hasn't went away yet, and I have been preparing Olivia's scrapbook. I've been feeling really good, and she must be too considering all the moving around she's been doing. Time seems to be going very slow, and I really wish October was just around the corner.....
It's been over a week now that we've know we're having another little girl, and it has been fun preparing. I am SO in a nesting mood....evident by the baby boxes up in the living room from storage. It is so fun to go through all the clothes that Avery wore when she was that little. Baby Olivia sure has a fun wardrobe already! Both Grandma's are helping with that! I'm feeling good, and Olivia is moving around a lot more in there!
Avery and I just got back from a long weekend in Onalaska visiting my parents. We had such a blast, and shopped for baby Olivia, and Avery of course. Daddy sure missed us, so now we're finally back home with him...
Today was the big ultrasound day! PG thought for sure it was a boy, and I was not quite sure. It was so neat to see the baby on the screen, and we enjoyed every moment! We'd like to think Avery did too! At the end, they looked to see if it was a boy or a girl, and baby was being very shy...just like Avery was for her ultrasound. BUT, the "3 lines" that mean a girl showed up, so we were told we're having another girl! Good thing, Avery really wanted a girl! We are very excited, and are looking forward to meeting baby Olivia Lynn
You can tell I'm pregnant by the random emotions I guess. Tonight Avery and I were watching a Disney channel movie about a life size barbie doll, and for some reason, I was moved to tears...I'm gonna regret even writing that some day! :)LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ULTRASOUND ON THURSDAY!
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