Wanted: A Girls Weekend

No kiddos. No husbands. Just good food, good shopping, good pool, good book, and good company.

If interested, call me, email me, send a telegram, hire a sky writer... I don't care, just let me know!

18 months old

The stats:
~ weight: 22 pounds 15 ounces - 29th percentile (Dr. S said this is totally normal... that it's part of being a picky toddler)
~ length: 32 inches long - 60th percentile
~ head circumference: 19 inches - 90th percentile

The words (new words since 15 months are bolded... she's basically a little parrot and will repeat anything you ask her to... if she feels like it!):
Allie (my sister)
ball
balloon
bottle
bubbles
bye bye
chair
clap
cold
cracker
Da (my dad)
Deeda (my grandfather)
drive
ears
E-I-E-I-O
Elmo
eyes
fishy
flower
hair
head
hot
hot dog
Itsy (as in the spider)
juice
ketchup
keys
MiMi (LC's mom)
monkey
mouth
Nanny (LC's grandmother)
no
Nonnie (my grandmother)
Nemo
nose
oh no
Pa (LC's grandfather)
PaPa (LC's dad)
shoes
Taco (my brother in law, Michael)
trash (and must throw any speck of anything in the trash can)
water
yes
yogurt
airplane
baby
bath
brother (what we call Scout)
cat
cheese
Dada
Daddy
diaper (will usually tell us when she needs a new one!)
dog
doggy
drink
duck
eat
hello
hi
light
milk
Momma
money
more
nana (banana)
night night
pretty
Scouty
sock
teeth
thank you (and uses it appropriately)
this
tractor
tree
uh oh
yay
yum yum

The sounds:
what does a ____ say:
bird: tweet tweet
whale: oooo aaaaa
horse: neigh
doggy: woof woof
monkey: ooo ooo ooo
snake: sssssssss
tiger: arrrrr
duck: quack quack
cow: moo
santa: ho ho ho
cat: meow

Able to identify and match colors: pink, green, blue, yellow, purple

Loves The Wheels on the Bus... favorite motions: the babies on the bus say waa, waa, waa; the mommies on the bus say shhh, shhhh, shhhh; the babies on the bus play peek a boo, peek a boo, peek a boo; the wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish

I'm sure I'm forgetting something... It's so incredible to see the difference in just 3 short months. Watching her take in the world around her and seeing her learn is one of the most amazing things of being a mom!

16 weeks

Baby C #2 is doing great! Heart rate was 156 bmp. Next appointment is the BIG ultrasound!!!

I had blood drawn for the Quad Screen and should have the results by early next week.

Great news.... I've only gained 2 pounds the entire pregnancy (total shock what with all the Chick-n-Minis). I'd gained 8 at this point with Miss Priss.

It's true about there being more aches and pains with subsequent pregnancies. I'm already having tremendous round ligament pain... it sometimes feels like there's knives stabbing my belly and other times, it's a dull ache, but there's always some sort of pain. My OB wants me to get a maternity belt... I'm sure that will look oh so cute under tighter tops. Can you imagine what Michelle Duggar must feel like? I bet they conceive and she's in pain!

Feedback

from the showing last night....

My Clients enjoyed your home & wanted to know if you currently have any Offers working on this property ??? Please Advise & Thankyou for the opportunity to show your property. Tae

WTH does that mean? I have a call in to our realtor, but I realize it's past 8 and I doubt she'll call me back tonight. I DON'T want to get my hopes up, but that has to be good, right?

Can We Get a Break?

Seriously! I know things could be much, much worse, but we can't seem to catch a break with P!

She's cutting her last 2 cuspids...nothing we can do about that.

Friday and Saturday morning she was consistently running a 102.something fever, not sleeping, not eating, etc....

This morning after church, she fell and BUSTED her lip. It's bruised between her lip and her nose and is super swollen.

And now, to top it all off, I think she has pink eye. She had a little gook in her eye this morning when she woke up, but I didn't think much of it... when she woke up from her nap, there was more, it keeps regenerating, and it's green!

LC is leaving for Vegas on Wednesday morning and won't be home until Saturday. P has her 18 month appointment, complete with shots on Friday.

All I want is for her get healthy and STAY healthy!!!

No Chicken for You

Oh y'all. I don't know what it is about this pregnancy, but I can't even think about chicken... frozen, raw, prepared, nothing. Last night I made Poppyseed Chicken and took one bite and almost gagged. I ended up having stirred up peanut butter while LC had a few servings of the chicken.

The craziest thing.... I just realized while looking at the Chick-fil-A cows.... I can totally put down some Chick-n-Minis in the morning. Maybe it's the semi-sweet bread or the fact that the chicken is fried.... All I know is that this house will not be eating chicken any time soon... and that I need some Chick-n-Minis stat!

It's Official!!

The house is now on MLS! Bring on the buyers! Here are a few pictures the realtor took on Sunday.... the house is completely de-personalized, but I know it's a necessary evil... I think people will be able to see their "stuff" in our home.