meet baby #2

Here you have it folks, the newest member to our little family.

I went to the doctor today for my first sonogram and check up. The baby is measuring RIGHT ON TIME at 9 weeks and 2 days. YAY! The heart rate was 175 and it looks perfect as far as the eye could see. Due date is February 7, 2010.

I was sooo nervous when I first layed back on the table, scared that there wouldn't be anything in there. She put the little wand on my tummy and said, "yep, there's certainly something in there!" Whew. Then she proceeded to press with enormous amount of pressure that caused me pain for a little while. Grrrr.

After that I met with the doctor and he's super duper nice. I really liked him. I didn't however like that he brought a student in for my exam. No bueno Mr. Doctor. I think enough people have seen enough seeing as how this is my second kiddo. Anyways, I had to have an annual while I was there since I was due for one back in October. Whoops.

From the check-up I marched right on over for some blood work. Ooooh the joys. That part stunk too but I'd so prefer blood work over a doctor, nurse and student checking out my goods.

I go back in 3 weeks for ANOTHER sono and more blood work to test for down syndrome. Either way will not affect our plans to carry, deliver and raise this little miracle. I just wanted another sono :-). I scheduled it later in the day so Sean will for sure be making it to this one!

Sean couldn't be there today because he didn't get home from work until around 8AM and the appointment was at 10:20. He so planned on going but I felt so bad for him that I just let him sleep and had my mom speeding down I-35 to make it for the appointment. She never got to see any of AK's so this was super fun for her. She was so excited. The lady called me back for my sono just as my mom was pulling onto the road so she waited for about 5 mins to give my mom time to rush up. I was so thankful for that.

After the appointment we came home, got AK from her other Granny and took her to McD's. It was fun and now my mom is on her way home, AK is napping and I'm considering doing the same. I just had to post this pic of my nuggey.

post Fourth fun

I woke up tired this morning. Very tired. I had a terrible dream lastnight and it took me quite a while to go back to sleep. It felt good to tell it to my husband since he was just getting in bed and then I just layed there praying for peace and eventually fell back to sleep. Thankfully the rest of my sleep was good.

Anna-Kate was ready to roll this morning after breakfast and I was feeling mega guilty about laying on the couch for two hours while she watched cartoons. So I pulled myself together, got dressed, got her dressed, packed some bags and we were on our way...to the spray park. She was so excited when I told her she was going to get to play in water! I whipped through McD's drive-thru and picked up a couple cheese burgers and then we were truly on our way. I figured since it was late Sunday morning everyone else should be in church, right? Everyone but us. Sure. I guess it was true because their was only one other family there with us. It was nice for it to be more quiet than hectic. Once the pool opened they went over to the other side to swim. Then another family showed up with a little girl so AK still had someone to play with. She had so much fun and I was sure to coat her entire body, from head to toe, with sunscreen. Lots of sunscreen. She's just so white, like her momma. I remembered my camera this time so here are some pics from today! (Please excuse the poor quality. I had the ISO's set wrong. Gggrrrrr.)













She had fun, like she always does in water, and we came home and both took a nice nap. Ahhhhh.

Happy 4th!

Today was a great day! A "blog friend" of mine, Holly, and her family drove all the way from the Ft.Worth area to spend the day with us. It was our first time to meet in person and we really really enjoyed having them. It seems my hubby and her hubby hit it off pretty well...either that or they're great at pretending to like eachother ;-). It was super fun to see the kids playing together. AK loved Peanut. The funniest thing of the day, I think, was when Peanut would get right in AK's face and AK would crack up laughing and take off running and Pea would chase after her. They did this over and over again and I didn't get good enough pictures to document the cuteness of their friendship but I'm really hoping Holly did.

For lunch we all sat around and ate yummy hotdogs.

We didn't dare attempt to battle the heat with fun outdoor activities.

For dinner, we all went to Cheddar's and enjoyed a fairly calm meal. The only uncalm part about it would be AK climbing all over us in the booth and laughing randomly and weirdly outloud at absolutely nothing. Well, it might've been something to her but I haven't figured out what yet.

Here are some so-not-good enough pictures from today




^^^ready waiting for her friend to arrive^^^


^^^I had to get a pic of her toenails. HOW CUTE!^^^


^^^chillin with Daddy and still waiting^^^


^^^and the fun begins^^^


^^^this was the best pic I got of the "in the face, crack up and run" sessions^^^


^^^and this is what I got as far as fireworks goes-from the backyard^^^

My pregnant, tired and lame self did not venture out with my solo husband this fourth night. We got home from dinner around 7-they left for home then-and put AK down for a MUCH NEEDED nap in hopes of getting her up to see the fireworks. Well, needless to say, she didn't fall asleep until around 8 or a little after, which is her normal bedtime anyways and WE fell asleep and woke up a little after 9. Only because my mom called. So, Sean rushed to get his shoes on and took off. I so wish we could've all gone together but I'll sacrifice fireworks for the day we had with friends.

Hope you all enjoyed your day too!

AK lending an extra hand

Today I took AK to the spray park near our house. I've never taken her before and I didn't even know we had one. Thanks to a researching friend who lives atleast four hours away, I now know we have something fun and free to fill our summer days with. Sadly, I was not well prepared for what a trip to the spray park would possibly require. No snacks, no towel and no sunscreen. Whoops. Really, I just intended on "checking it out", but when you have a toddler who LOVES water and being outside checking it out means being atleast an hour...which is how long we were there. After her nap I realized that she has a sunburn on her scalp and nose. I feel so bad. I hope it doesn't hurt. I've had a sunburn on my scalp before and that's no fun.

Since she had so much fun at the park she got a pretty good nap. And I say good because
one: I put her down at 2 and I went in at 5:30 and kind of had to wake her up and
two: once I got her out of her room and to the couch where I was residing (pretty much from 5 PM on everyday) I noticed this:





She slept so hard that she slept on her hand for who knows how long! How funny is that! My sweet, tired, burnt baby. I love her.

Oh, and I forgot my camera today at the park so I'll for sure have to get some next time.

my latest project

For some reason I got inspired to make my own nursing cover for this next child. I never had one with Anna-Kate and SO wish I did.

I was wondering if it was "too early" to make it but I'm so glad it's over with. I can't imagine being huge and pregnant trying to get this thing finished. There were definitely some rough spots and it's not perfect but I must say, I think I did a decent job. As I brainstorm, I'll have to come up with better ways for doing things but I think it all worked out just fine.

So, here it is!







It turned out pretty good right??? Well, I like it, I guess that's all that matters. We'll see how much I like it once I have to put it to use. I'll let you know then :).




And here are two pictures of AK from the weekend in Waco:


^^^Chillin' out on her new princess couch. She LOVES it!^^^


^^^Watching the Backyardigans on our way home. She LOVES that show!^^^

That's all for now.