So.....we're having a.....

HEALTHY BABY! :)

So, we went in today for our 20 week ultrasound (although, I'm only 19 weeks!) to check and make sure everything was looking good. The baby looks great and is measuring right on time as far as my due date goes! Everything looks great. The only thing that isn't totally perfect right now is that I have a previa....AGAIN! I had one with Ava too...but it corrected on it's own. We'll just have to wait this one out and see if it corrects on it's own as well. Hopefully, this wont cause me any issues! Keep your fingers crossed!!

So, that's the boring stuff....I know you're all wondering if it's a boy or a girl....so, here you go!! You can ask Ava...

Sprinkles

I had to go into work for a few hours this morning, so, Michee (my mom) took Ava for a little while. They ended up going to Bagel Boys and Michee asked her which one she wanted. She pointed to the everything bagel...."I want the one with the sprinkles!" :)

I mean, COME ON!!!!

Trumpets

I took Ava to the potty today and she pushed her pee out so hard that she also pushed out a rather respectable toot! Then, the best conversation ever....


Ava: That was a funny sounding toot.

Me: Yeah, that was a little funny sounding.

[[Pause]]

Ava: (said with excitement...) It sounded like a trumpet!!



I mean, really?! Does it get better than this?!? And how the heck does she know what a trumpet sounds like?!? Hahahaha!!

I Felt the Baby!

Just a real quick update- I felt the baby move for the first time today! :) At first I wasn't sure, so I sat really still- and sure enough, a few teeny tiny little kicks. I've felt them several times this evening too!

I almost forgot how cool those first couple of movements are...the ones I get to have all to myself. Totally freaking awesome. :)

Updates Galore! Ava 32 months

So, life has been busy and Ava has had a lot of updates since the last time I posted! Just FYI- the picture above was an outfit Ava wore to church- that SHE PICKED OUT! She didn't pick the bow, but when I saw what she was wearing, I figured, why not?! Crazy cute, huh?!? :)

Ava's really doing great! Her mind is still developing at an alarming rate, and every day she is talking better and better. Even just her sentence structure and grammar gets better everyday. A young brain is truly amazing!

She has started something rather annoying lately- whining!!! UGH! I can only take so much unnecessary whining before I go crazy. But, she sure does test my limits! We were having dinner at Michee and Pop's few weeks ago, and Ava was whining and my dad (Pop) started to imitate her and and make a totally obnoxious whining sound. Ava didn't miss a beat. She stopped her whining, looked right at me with a very serious face, and in typical tattle-tail fashion said, "Mommy- Pop is whining."

The other day, we were in the car and she was whining for God-only-know-what reason and I said, "Hey wait a minute, I think I hear a little baby. Do you hear baby sounds? I didn't think there was a baby in here..." She waited a minute and said, "I think the baby in your belly was crying."

...Already blaming the un-born child! Smart little thang. :)

Patrick bought her this fish puzzle, and she loves it. We've done it several times together and she's getting really good at doing most of it by herself now! She's always so proud when we're done and always wants to keep it together until Daddy gets home so he can see it. Sweet. :)

So, Ava is officially in a Big Girl bed now! She picked out the comforter set (from Target!) and we got one of my old beds and box spring and put it on the floor. (I was afraid with anything higher, and with her accident prone history, she'd roll off)! But, she's been doing great and hasn't really looked back!
Here's her sweet smile- remember that dark tooth I told you about? This was at it's darkest. Since then, it's actually started to lighten back up. Still keeping my fingers crossed!!
In other news- we're potty training! In fact, I think we're just about trained. One day she just looked at me and said, "Can I wear fancy pants?" ("Fancy pants" are code words for real underwear)! So, pretty much after that day, she was good to go. I guess it really is true what they say about waiting until they're totally ready. She switched from fancy pants to pull-ups for the first few days, but we've been going strong with fancy pants ever since! I thought pooping in the potty would be an issue- but she just sat down one day at Bobbi's house, got one of her books out and read until it came out! I was so proud! And just the other day, I was on the phone while she was playing. She walked away and the next thing I hear is the toilet flush...then Ava comes waddling out with her pants and fancy pants around her ankles....

Ava: Mommy, I peed!
Me: What?? By yourself?
Ava: Yeah!
Me: Good job, A! Did you wipe?
Ava: Yes
Me: Are you sure you wiped?
Ava: Yeah (Even if this is true, she can't possibly have done a through job. Oh well)!
Me: Do you think you might need some help pulling your pants up?
Ava: Yeah

And there it is. A potty trained two year old! I thought it would be a pain, but let me tell you- I do NOT miss changing stinky diapers!!

Here she is sitting on her "little potty" that we don't really use too much anymore (note the Dora backpack she's wearing!)...but this must have been one of the times when she was waiting for it to come out....she doesn't even stop talking on the potty!!
Still talking.....
My child is type A, OCD. Surprise! Where did she get that from?? Anyway, I've mentioned before that everything has to be in a line. Well, she called me the other day to "come over here" and when I went over...this is what I saw. She laid all her dollhouse people in a row and she laid at the end of the row, too. Then she wanted me to count them....starting with her first. (She was very specific about this)! Maybe she's a little crazy, but isn't she cute!!?
She wanted to shave like Daddy the other day...so, this is what I walked into the bathroom to see!! It got a little messier than this, as you can imagine!
We had the last of the Georgia snow. (Thank GOODness)!! Ava loved it and always enjoyed playing in the flakes!
Patrick had a little break (the weekend) after the end of his second term, so we took a family trip to the GA Aquarium and had a blast. Here she is checking out that huge fish!
The weather finally warmed up and we've taken the boat out a few times. Now, she always asks to go out! I can only go out with her if there's someone else there too...can't man that boat and take care of a 2 year old! But, man! She really loves that boat!

So, I decided to take the little potty with us on the boat...just in case. It's still a little cold to jump in the lake- plus, I'm not sure Ava would be down with jumping in just to pee?? But, here, she announced, "I have to poop." So she got all situated, asked for a book, sat there for about 8 or 9 minutes with no luck. I guess it passed. :) Little summer babe. :)
These pictures were taken on Easter weekend. We had an Easter egg hunt with all the kids...not sure how I got all of them to look and smile at the same time, but what a cute picture!!
Let the hunting begin!
So much fun!!
Checking out her goodies after all the eggs were found!Pure, pouty sweetness. Love her!

To see more pictures from Easter weekend, click here!!

To see more pictures of all that other stuff, click here!!

Baby Belly Update!

So, tomorrow I'll be 17 weeks! Sounds like a respectable number, right?? Well, during my first trimester, I felt like I was pregnant FOREVER, but I would be at week 8 or 9. NOT very encouraging when all I wanted was to be in my second trimester so I could start to feel better. But things seem to be moving a bit faster now- not that I want it go so fast- this baby is due in September...which means the end of summer....and I can't even THINK about the start of cold weather right now!!

Well, here I am, finishing my 17th week, and I still feel about the same. I'm still pretty tired and I still have to take my magic pill (Zofran) everyday for nausea. Although it's annoying to have to take that stupid pill everyday, I feel lucky that I have true relief when I take it. I clearly remember the beginning of this pregnancy (feeling REALLY sick already at week 5- before the discovery of the magic pill), and I'm glad that I don't really ever feel like that anymore. I've had friends that weren't so lucky, and none of those magic pills ever worked for them. So, I'll take it!

My stuffy nose is out in full force- probably doesn't help that all the trees decided to drop their pollen all over my ...well...everything!! Benadryl helps a lot, and I've recelty had to resort to Breath Right Strips. This isn't a picture of me, but I just threw it in here so you can imagine how incredibly sexy these things are. Patrick is a lucky man! ;) All joking aside- I love them; they are amazing. And I will have a very close relationship with them until the end of this pregnancy, I'm sure!! So, I've been a bit of a slacker taking weekly pictures- I'll try to get better. But here are a few. This one is from week 12. Not much of a difference from week 10...maybe even a bit smaller? Explain that!
These pictures were taken at week 15.5. The bump is definitely getting higher. Although most of that is fat and intestines being pushed up, cause the actual baby is still really small and the top of my uterus (sorry if that grosses some of y'all out!) is still below my belly button! Who knows!

I had a doctor visit yesterday and things seem to be looking good. We listened to the baby's heart rate. I still haven't felt any movement, but my doc says I should be able to feel him/her any day now! Yay!

I'm scheduled for my 20-ish week ultrasound in 2 weeks!!! You know what that means!?!! Hopefully, we'll be able to determine the sex! I don't really have any hunches or a preference, although Ava won't even consider the fact that it might be a boy. She's dead set on a girl! I'm good with a healthy baby- I won't be too picky beyond that!

So, as soon as I find out, I'll post! Overall, I can't complain too much!! I hope everyone is doing well!!! I've got some cute pics from Easter weekend that I'll try to post soon, too!!