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Here is my second attempt to try and upload the video of Little Sis. Hope they work.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry about not being able to turn the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

Little Sis' 2nd birthday

 

We could not feel more blessed to have a happy and healthy little girl than we did today.  Although her birthday is not technically for a few more days we decided to have a family fun day and celebrate anyways.  It was very low key and was with just the four of us, but it was a lot of fun anyways.

 

Like before mommy likes to make the cake for each child's birthday, but since I have not even been able to keep the kitchen clean with just day to day life I thought that we would survive with just cupcakes this year.  They were however pink and sparkle and the kids got to help make them which made it even more fun.

 

Occasionally they are actually nice to each other so when I get a chance to for a picture of it I try and capitalize!

 

Little Sis' eyes say it all here.  She was really excited but then questioned us when we told to wait before she grabbed a cupcake.

 

 

 

I think she liked the balloons more than anything!  She loved watching them float to the ceiling and then grab them back down.  

 

Oh and look at that sweet darling face!  She is a sassy one now days.

 

Her present this year from mom and dad was a diaper bag and doll accessories.  I purchased the diaper bag from etsy, but then I actually made all the rest of the contents.  It has wipes and cloth diapers and a infant/doll carrier.  It was a ton of work, but I am really happy with the way it turned out. 

 

The picture makes it really hard to see the carrier, but essentially it is just like and ERGO carrier that allows Little Sis to carry her doll around either facing forward or with the flap up if "baby Lexi" is sleeping.  Little Sis is still a little confused as to why she needs to carry her doll in this manner but I am sure when she starts to see mommy put the new baby in the carrier she will pick it up quickly. 

 

Now here are two videos of Little Sis this morning as we talked about today's events.

 

 

 

 

 

Can't believe she is 2 and we are bringing another baby hope any day!

Easter 2013

 We spent Easter hera at home but still got to see some family.  We started out the weekend with an easter egg hunt.

 

 

 

A quick picture with Mommy

 

 

Daddy's little girl!

We ended the weekend with friends and popscicles.

Baseball

 

Pockets started playing t-ball this past weekend which has been a fun adventure. 

 

William did a great job hitting and playing in the field.

Assistant Coach Graves gives Pockets some quick advice before running for home base.

Daddy and Son!

 

Update on Pregnancy #3

Here is the update from the last few doctor's appointments.

Dr. Appointment last week- I failed my glucose testing by only two points but after begging and pleading the doctor agreed not to make me do the three hour test because I had no other systems of diabetes.

Sonogram that next day showed that baby is developing right on target.  Right now the estimated weight is 3 pounds which is very close to little sis' birth weight.  Everything with me seemed to look good too.  There were two sonographers in the room and they both agreed that I showed no signs of early labor and that I was measuring at or above average which is great news!

This weeks Dr. appointment I opted to have labs run to test for my chances of delivering early.  The test looks for a protein that must be present before you can go into labor.  If you get a negative result then there is a 99% chance that you will not deliver for two weeks.  A positive test just means that the protein is present and that you could go into labor at any moment, but it doesn't mean you have to go into labor that day or even that month.  It just means that you are one step closer.  I had been declining to take this test for the last few weeks because I was feeling really good and I felt that the worry of a positive result would just make me stress more.  Several days last week though I had a few contractions here or there and I just didn't feel so great this week so I opted to take the test and see.   Well I got the results today and they were negative!  So apparently I should be good to go for at least a week and more than likely longer than that. 

This is great news! Tomorrow I will be 31 weeks pregnant and Little Sis was born at 31 weeks and 5 days, so I can breath a sigh of relief that we are more than likely going to make it longer with this pregnancy than we did last time. 

Lastly, today I went to the doctor again for a Non-Stress Test.  This test is to watch the baby's heart rate and monitor my contractions.  I sit around in a comfy chair with one monitor on baby and one on me.  Plus they give me a push button trigger.  Each time I feel Caleb move I am supposed to push the button.  Then they look to see how his heart rate responds.  The idea is that he will be still and calm for a few minutes and bring his heart rate down but that when he is active and moving around his heart rate would increase.  They like to see a baby rest, play, rest, and play again.  Today's results indicate that Caleb is very very active and doing great.  I only had one tiny contraction during the 45 minutes of monitoring so they were very excited about that too. 

So from here on out I have weekly Dr. appointments, hormone shots and Non-Stress Testing, plus protein testing and songrams every two weeks until either term (6 weeks from tomorrow) or they see something concerning.  I will make sure to blog if anything changes. 

Today it was 89 degrees outside

It was so warm today that we spent a good amount of time playing at the local school playground and were able to wear shorts for the first time all year.

 

 

Had to beg for a picture of the two of them together.

When he actually stops and lets me take a pic he is such a awesome looking kid. 

 

After nap today we ate the strawberry banana ice cream that we had made earlier in the day.  It was a hit plus they got to eat outside.

Snow Day the end of Feb

 

 

 

Little Sis and I stayed inside in our pajamas where it was nice and warm so Pockets and Daddy threw snowballs at the window.  We also brought a bucket of snow inside for Little Sis to play with and we made blue snow icecream for snack.