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.
How is May almost over already? We had a busy month. Maya and I left on the 7th to go home home for my "little" brother's graduation. Maya did well on the flights as usual. Lots of snacking, some sleeping. She even used the potty on the airplane even though she was a little freaked out about it. She was fascinated by the pilots and cockpit.
Maya enjoyed playing in the rain (as you saw in my previous post) and petting my mom's chicks. She also enjoyed playing with my nieces and nephew and playing at my grandma's house, especially jumping on the bed (a mattress on the floor).
Entertaining ourselves prior to the graduation ceremony. Maya fell asleep right at the end so all the post ceremony pictures have me holding a sleeping peanut and I didn't get any with my camera.
We spent mother's day with my mom and grandma.
The following weekend we spent with Derek's parents. We played at the park, had breakfast at Gram's school, had lots of fun. We came home on the 21st.
We spent the rest of last week trying to adjust back to the time zone and get back into our routine. Saturday we went day "camping" with some friend. Sunday we checked out a different farmers market after church. And Monday we were lazy and hung out at home all day aside from a trip to the store.
Some funnies from May:
Derek's parents have a bird feeder hanging outside their back door. Every time Maya saw a bird on it she'd run over and scream "aah" and they'd fly away. They told her not to scare the birds away. She replied, "Maya is just helping them fly."
I painted Maya's fingernails while we were away (well only on one hand because that's all she wanted). She also watched my niece put on makeup (confession I think I've only worn makeup once, maybe twice since Maya's been born). We were playing with her doll after we got home. The doll had something on it's eye and I tried to rub it off. Maya said "maybe it's eye polish, to help her blink better."
A few days later, Derek was helping Maya get dressed. Maya was poking/rubbing her eye. Derek asked her if her eye hurt. She said, "no, I'm just looking at my eye pits."
When we were camping we walked up to the bathroom so Maya and her little friend P could go potty. On the way back P says, "this is an adventure." Maya replies, "actually, it's a hill."
Why you shouldn't read to your kids installment 2:
In the bath one night, Maya was trying to squeeze in behind me and said "there's no room for fat little peanuts" thanks to Peter Rabbit. She also says things like "she called out" and "taking sand/sticks/etc to her family" from this book.
She sometimes finds it necessary to knock all the magnetic letters off the fridge a la chicka chicka boom boom.
She unrolled a roll of toilet paper after reading love you forever.
Other Maya funnys.
She asks us to sing wheels on the car ALL THE TIME. It can't be bus, must be car. One day I sang the babies in the car... Maya pipes up with "actually, there's only one baby in the car"
She was trying to do something and it didn't go as she had wanted so she said "that didn't work out so well".
Since I'm a slacker here is a video from March for your enjoyment. Don't laugh.
April was apparently a busy month. On 4/6 Maya woke up a little snotty. She seemed to feel ok so I left her with Derek while I went to a baby shower, for which I made cute little fondant faces.
Maya got progressively worse over the weekend. By Monday morning she had a pretty high fever and I thought she was having trouble breathing again. I gave her some ibuprofen and a nebulizer treatment and called the doctor. Of course her doctor isn't in on Mondays. By her appointment in the afternoon, she was definitely having retractions. The doctor thought that she sounded worse on the left side and was concerned that she had pneumonia. He prescribed her a antibiotic on top of the nebulizer. We made it to two without needing any antibiotics so I guess that's not bad. I got what she had this time instead of Derek. But I wasn't as sick as she was.
On 4/11 we started our garden. Hopefully things will go better this year than last.
On 4/19 we went to the mountains for the weekend . On Friday night we lost power in the cabin. The neighbors were like yeah it usually is off for a few hours or weeks when this happens. Fortunately, it was only off for a few hours. Unfortunately, it was during the time we were trying to do Maya's nebulizer and get her ready for bed. We did the nebulizer in the car and found enough candles and flashlights to get around the house. Maya was really concerned about the lights being broken and wanted Derek to fix them. On Saturday we went to play in the snow. Maya really enjoyed it this year. She loved sledding. Her mittens wouldn't stay on though and her hands kept getting cold. Our cabin had a hot tub. We turned the temperature down to bath water temp and used it as a kiddie pool. It was also right across from a small "lake" that had a sandy beach area. Too cool to play in the water but Maya had a blast throwing stuff in. Sunday afternoon Derek wanted to go on a hike. The two trails he had in mind though were covered in snow. We ended up walking around a lake, having a picnic, then taking the scenic route home. Maya slept for over 3 hours on the drive home.
Maya on 4/22. She refused to stand still at look at the camera. How has she been two for two months already?
On 4/24 we had a bit of excitement. We were at our usual Bible study when we noticed cops right outside, then the big guns they were carrying, and then the whole swat team. They were appaerently there for a guy across the street. Maya's still young enough that she didn't understand what was going on. She was just upset that she had to sit in the corner with everyone instead of running around playing. Gave me a bit of a scare though.
Derek's birthday was Monday. Maya and I made cupcakes and picked up balloons and a present. We had to sing and light candles for three days until the cupcakes were "gone" (don't tell Maya that I froze some for later). Birthdays are more fun now with Maya. She greeted Derek with a "it's your birsday!!" when he came home from work.
I told her to smile
Cupcakes with sprinkles by Maya (never thought I would own so many bottles of sprinkles)
Dad's flower book (or never tell a 2 year old what a gift is)
It's really a hiking book in flower paper (and Derek had already seen the book store in the bank statement)
