I did this with Maya so thought maybe I should try it again this time.
How far along? 20 weeks Best moment this week? We had the anatomy scan on Monday. Found out it's likely a girl. And she looks "perfect" but she's stubborn and wouldn't move. I seriously was wondering if she was alive for the first 15 minutes or so of the scan. She was crammed up in the corner with her face buried. I was actually the same corner that Maya liked. But this little one was head up. After 45 minutes or so of trying to get the measurements the tech asked me to empty my bladder and then hopefully she would move. She tried for another 15 minutes or so and had me roll onto my side. She then left to talk to the radiologist. She came back with new tech to try to get more shots of her face. Fortunately she had moved. Unfortunately, she then looked like this
That's both hands in front of her face. I guess she's camera shy. After an hour and a half we finally had all the pictures they needed. But we didn't really get any good ones of her.
After the appointment, we went to get Maya from a friends house. I told her she was getting a baby sister. She replied "or a baby brother. We don't know yet." I tried to explain that the doctor took a picture and said that it was probably a sister. At the end of the week we were talking about it again and she said "I picked! I picked!" That's exactly how it happened I'm sure. But I think it's finally sinking in. She's been talking about how baby sister can wear the clothes that are too little for her or play with her toys when baby sister gets bigger.
Movement? I've been feeling her move sporadically for 4ish weeks now. I'm hoping for consistent movements soon. Thanks to Maya I'm a little paranoid about movement. At least she's kicking me as I type this. She had me a little worried yesterday.
Food cravings? Salad, salad, and more salad What I miss? Sleep. And yes I know it's only going to get worse before it gets better. What I'm looking forward to? My OB appointment on Tuesday Milestones? Nothing major this week. We did purchase some baby stuff yesterday. Got a matching outfit for Maya and #2.
Since my last Maya picked up her first cold since this past cold/flu season. I think she got it from the airport. It was pretty nasty with fever, sore throat, coughing, etc. Fortunately though, she didn't need the nebulizer. Derek got it a few days later. And then I did a few days after that. No one really slept for a few weeks. Derek and I are still coughing some. And I'll just say coughing + pregnancy = bad news.
After Maya got over that cold she picked up another. It thankfully just involved a snotty nose and nothing else really.
In the midst of all the germies (on 8/30), Maya started climbing out of her crib. I knew that she was physically capable of it for a while now but she hadn't really shown any desire to do it. Unfortunately, once she knew out how easy it was she wouldn't stay in. We decided it was time for a "big girl bed". On 8/31, she picked out her new bed and was excited to put it together and sleep in it. I was a little sad to see her nursery change, sniff sniff. I felt like it was still a work in progress. And I'm not ready for her not to be a baby anymore. Although maybe that shipped has long since sailed. Along with her bed, she got a pillow and also got to sleep with a blanket for the first time. The first few weeks with her bed were rough. She was up multiple times throughout the night and wanted one of us in her room or she wouldn't stay in bed. I'm not sure how much of that was sickness/teething/new bed but she seems to be improving now that she's feeling better and her second lower second molar popped through yesterday and she's gotten comfortable in the new bed. She will still sometimes come into our room in the night but usually can be sent back to her room or simply tucked back in. On Friday night, I checked on her before I went to bed and found sleeping in the floor. And it wasn't like she simply rolled out of bed because she was in the middle of her room perpendicular to the bed. I laughed about it, showed Derek, and then scooped her up and deposited her back in bed. She didn't really even stir.
I had an OB appointment on 9/3 at 16 weeks and a couple days. It was a pretty standard boring appointment: weigh, blood pressure, listen to the heart beat. I feel like the weeks are flying by. I have my anatomy scan next week. We are almost halfway through.
Pictures of the nursery right before we build the big girl bed. She's a little excited
Somehow I blinked and the summer flew by. My sweet little peanut is now 2 and a half. She's not so little anymore. She's about 30 lbs and last time we measured right around 36 inches. I think she has probably grown since then. Maya is definitely a bit more sassy now than she was 6 months ago. But usually still sweet and quite hilarious. Since she's so verbal, she's fond of word play, making silly rhymes and the like. I think she knows all of her books word for word. And we have a lot of books. She will frequently correct us if we misread something. In the last few months, she realized that letters form words. Since then she will sometimes go through a book point at each word individually and asking what it is. I'm curious to see when she will read, but I'm not pushing it and I am by no means rushing or wishing away these toddler days.
Maya has a few challenging behaviors that I think are just related to being two. One is that she is terrified of noisy things or things that she thinks may be noisy. She had gotten over her fear of the vacuum now she is terrified again. The fireworks on the 4th were quite traumatizing for her. She like the pretty colors she said but not the noise. I made the mistake of telling her we were going to get the oil changed in the car. She had a 30 minute meltdown while we got ready because she was afraid it would be noisy despite my best efforts to convince her otherwise. She was still in tears when we got there but after a few minutes decided it was fun. We went to a park with a kiddie train and carousel. She cried in line because they might be noisy. I told her she had to ride both one time. She seemed to enjoy both after the rides started. Made me feel like a horrible person for torturing her though.
The second is her fear of being alone. She won't let me out of her site 99% of the day. If I leave the room she's rushing after me saying "mom, where are you?", "don't run away", or some variation of these. I talked to her about it and why she was afraid. She said "I'm afraid I might lose you". Sometimes it's endearing. But sometimes it would be nice to walk from the living room to the kitchen and back (in our very open floor plan house) without someone yelling after me. I'm sure I'll look back and this in a few years when I'm way less cool and miss these days.
Here's a recap of our summer. Just for posterity's sake. I'm pretty sure any readers have already heard about our summer or given up hope that I'll ever post again. Or perhaps both.
I last left you in May so we will pick up in June. June was somewhat of an exciting month. We celebrated Father's day along with the rest of the country. Derek got his present a little early though. You may remember from past years that Maya and I did this and similarly this the following year. This year was more of the same. But after taking these on the 13th, I decided to give them to Derek the same day.
Like her new shirt? In case that's too subtle and you haven't otherwise heard (don't feel bad you are in good company) (or you have heard and just like to see pictures)
this is from 8/6
Derek didn't pick up on the shirt right away. I mentioned if it was to subtle for him there was something else (a pregnancy test) in the bag. Speaking of pregnancy test, with Maya I think I took at least 8 tests. And I have pictures of at least one of them. This time I took two test and no pictures. I'm either slacking on the second child already or just less in denial this time. Also, the "morning" sickness that this one caused is largely responsible for my lack in blogging. I'm finally escaping that haze. Yuck. (Thinking about food made me gag, as did being hungry, eating to much, brushing my teeth, washing my hair, washing my face, etc. The nausea was almost constant but worse at nights.) My due date is Feb 16th. I'm hoping I don't go late enough to hit Maya's birthday on the 22nd.
June 16th Derek got waffles and coffee in bed. Maya thought it was lots of fun.
June 21 was the first day ever that Maya didn't nurse. She nurse a couple of times in the following days. But was pretty much weaned from that day. She had dropped down to twice a day even before I got pregnant. And I had a feeling that the end was near. But I think getting pregnant was what pushed it. She told me the milk tasted funny. I thought I was ready to wean her but it made me sadder than I expected. We'll blame the tears on my hormonal pregnant status rather than me being that mother.
The week of July 4th, Dereks parents came to visit. We gave them a double frame with a picture of Maya wearing the shirt from above. It took them a little while and several shirt hints to catch on. I had my first prenatal appointment while they were here. It worked out well since we had a babysitter and Derek was off work for the holiday. A week after they left, my mom and two of my brothers came to visit. They got the same frame and picture. I think my mom noticed the shirt with less hinting. It worked out well to have family here two weeks in July since I was feeling so crummy. They helped entertain Maya and cooked. We managed to do some fun stuff while everyone was here. I didn't get too many pictures. I need to get some from the grandparents.
From the 4th. Waiting for the fireworks.
7/19 Beach w/ two uncles. It was not the best day for the beach as you can tell from the sky.
Looking for crabs.
My mom brought this dress and doll from my grandmother when they came. We lost the dress until 8/2 when it was discovered in the bib drawer.
This is why there are fewer pictures these days. She can't sit still.
On July 26th, I had my second prenatal appointment. We told Maya the next day that she would be getting a brother or a sister. I don't think she really gets it. I mean she knows what brothers and sisters are. Several of her friends recently got baby brothers so she can somewhat relate to that. But she has no idea whats coming.
July 30th, Maya had her first dentist appointment. She did a great job. She watched me get mine cleaned first. Then she sat in my lap in the chair. They gave her sunglasses to wear since the light was bright. She let them take a look, polish her teeth with a little zebra head, and paint on some fluoride. She got a cool new piglet toothbrush and a bouncy ball. (Almost forgot to add. When I was getting prepped for my cleaning Maya replied loudly "she put a napkin on mom's boobs")
New shades and goody bag
This brings us to August. I feel like August was all doctors appointment and travel. We did squeeze in a visit to the park of torture on 8/7.
The non noisy part of the park
We visited Derek's grandparents and brother 8/13-8/17. My mom and brothers were in town as well since my youngest brother was moving in. He is starting grad school at the same university as Derek's brother attends.
Chickens at the zoo
Fun day with uncle C
On 8/17 we hoped over a couple of states and visited with our dear friends uncle J, aunt J, G and E. We returned home on the 20th.
Another zoo, another bird
Maya and E
On 8/22, Maya turned 2.5. She cut her first second molar (The bottom right. The other bottom one is about to poke through.)
Ever front lawn and photo shoot needs a laundry basket.
So that mostly brings us up to date. Stay tuned in the coming months, err I mean days, for more. We had an eventful weekend.
