22 weeks

Yay for another week! It's amazing what two weeks of being pregnant in this...gestation...can do to your body. I feel like I've popped out a lot and that's because I HAVE! But I like it. LOOKING pregnant is so much better than just looking like I've put on a few pounds :-).

Little Isabelle has been kicking up a storm lately. She mostly does it at night and I'm totally enjoying it. Sean actually felt it once or twice the other night. That was fun! Last night while I was laying in bed with Anna-Kate (her tummy was upset) she kicked so hard that my hand plopped up. She did that twice! I wish Sean could've seen it.

I can definitely tell that she's a little bigger than Anna-Kate was. We'll just see if that proves true when it's time to deliver. I thought delivering my petite little 7 pound 2 ouncer was a hard job. I hope this one weighs the same, or less! Maybe her growth will slow down a little. Can I hear some amens!

I still haven't heard from the doctor on scheduling that fetal echo. I'm sure I'll hear from them this week since I am 22 weeks now and that's around the time the doc likes to do it. Anna-Kate, however, goes in for what will hopefully be her last echo on Tuesday the 6th.

Speaking of Anna-Kate, she peed in the potty FOUR times already this morning! YAHOO!!!

a little project

Sean's little sister, Shannon, gave Anna-Kate this little butterfly nightlight when they were down here a few months ago. The colors didn't quite match Anna-Kate's room so I had it stored until I could get it spray painted :-). I FINALLY remembered last night to grab some paint while I was at the store with my hubby after our nice dinner ALONE! (It's SO nice to do that every once in a while.) ANYWAYS, here is a before pic and a couple after.She's really been "into" butterflies and every other insect is a bee. So, I'm pretty sure she likes her new butterfly nightlight...even though we don't use nightlights :-).

Geo-caching with Daddy

My husband is always looking for fun things to do whether it be by himself or with his family. He most recently has discovered this thing called Geo-Caching. It's basically a "treasure hunt" without the treasure...well, as far as we've found so far. You find geo-caches on the website based off of your area and it gives you the exact GPS coordinates and a clue. Then you just use a GPS to track it out. It has a little logbook on the inside for you to log your name and the day you found it. It's really interesting and it makes being outside more fun. It may seem stupid but it's kind of exciting because you never know what's going to be inside. The other day we found one that had a tennis ball, golf ball, dog toy, cute plastic heart bracelet and some other stuff. If you take something from the cache you must replace it with something of your choosing.

ANYWAYS, ALL that to say that Daddy took AK geo-caching the other day so Mommy could get some things done around the house. She was all geared up with a hat like Daddy, the GPS and her backpack. They looked so cute.

You might be wondering how it all turned out. Well, she didn't nap that day and wanted to be carried the whole time...and was whiny. Haha. So much for that first Daddy/daughter trip. Hopefully there will be more where they actually enjoy themselves.

pros

Isn't that a gorgeous sunset??! It's one of the pros in living here and I'm thankful to have it. Not that it's TERRIBLE but living in another woman's home is no easy feat. Needless to say, we are ready to move on in life...if LIFE would just cooperate.

Now this face will always keeps me going. The joy in this woman's life. My precious daughter.

Oh, and this face too. Heaven on earth, this little girl.

21 weeks

Our dear sweet Isabelle is measuring about the length of a carrot these days. I'm pretty sure she's a bit "fluffier" than a carrot but whatever.

Thursday night, after enjoying some Fazzoli's chicken alfredo and yummy bread sticks, she was giving Mommy some nice kicks. I haven' t been one to eat pasta these days but my hubby REALLY wanted Fazzoli's and since we always go where I want I figured it wouldn't hurt me to suck it up for once. It seems she liked it though.

Things are seemingly running smoothly still....WELL....besides my two year old creating some new sleeping patterns. Too bad I didn't get the memo BEFORE she started this up. She usually wants up about an hour after we initially put her down for the night. Sometimes we let her run off some more energy and sometimes we don't. THEN she wakes up at some point in the middle of the night and since Daddy is usually home and awake at that hour he just tosses her in bed with me until he's ready for bed and then carries her back to her own sleeping quarters. I know we aren't helping here in breaking these habits but it's so much easier right now just to do what's simple and makes everyone happy. Although, I know I'll be kicking myself in approximately 19 weeks when I have another child to tend to. I know I need to crack down soon.

I'm waiting on a phone call from my OB about my appointment with the fetal echo doc. She (the fetal echo doc) usually prefers to do it between 21-22 weeks so I should be getting a call soon with an appointment. It's going to be so interesting to see the inner workings of Izzy's heart (and I pray that all is well with her). Again, this is totally my OB just being overcautious. Since I had a heart murmur as a kid and AK had one that was caused by one of her valves being a tad bit too narrow (she has what I'm hoping to be her last echo in a few weeks) he just wants to make sure this little one doesn't have something going on as well. I'm not sure when they picked up on my murmur but AK's wasn't picked up on until she was about two months old. My OB says the problem was always there even though it wasn't heard for a couple of months so with this fetal echo we'll know BEFORE we can hear the problem. So, I'm thankful he's being "overcautious". BUT, I'm super excited about getting to see her again :). AND of course they'll confirm that she is indeed a little girl. That will be a relief in itself.

I'm happy to be 21 weeks.

P.S. I didn't get around to a belly shot because one, I didn't feel like getting dressed today and two, I've spent entirely too much time playing Bejeweled on Facebook. Ain't no shame in my game ;-)