Zoo Fun

Avery and I went to the zoo with Amy and Noah and Lisa and Skyler. It was pretty crowded for a Friday afternoon but the kids had tons of fun... Avery kept me on my toes and almost became part of the elephant exhibit, had her shoe stuck in a gate and almost fall in the water, almost dropped her sippy cup in another pond, and then as a grand finale threw a fit at the end because we didn't ride the carousel! Enjoy the pics curtious of Amy who thought all of my daughters adventures were hilarious and instead of helping me decided to take pictures!!! All in all great day!!!!!!!!

NT Ultrasound...stubborn baby!

So today we went to the Fetal and Womens Wellness Center in Scottsdale for our Nuchal Translucency ultrasound. For those of you that don't know what this is it is a genetic screening where they measure the thickness on the back of the baby's necks along with two proteins in my blood to see if there are chances for genetic problems.

Well this baby decided it would be fun to play games today and not cooperate with the ultrasound technician. Ideally they like the baby to be lying on its back looking up...which is the position the baby was in last Thursday. Well today at first the baby was face down on its tummy and then decided to wake up and do some flipping. It stood straight up in my uterus and was facing us. So she couldn't get any of the pictures she was looking for. We were there for well over an hour poking and proding the baby (and me) to try and get it to move but it wouldn't. Then it put its arms over its face like "leave me alone". The technician finally got a couple of ok pictures and went and asked the doctor if they would be ok and the doctor said well they will just have to do.

The picture above is a profile of the face! Above the forehead you can see a finger and thumb!

Matt was in awe again at seeing how much this baby has grown since our 8 week ultrasound and watching it move and flip around. I just kept giggling. I love that Dad's these days can be so involved because he definetly feels more a part of things when he sees the baby on ultrasounds. Our next ultrasound will be our 18 to 20 weeks. Today everything looked great...heartbeat 160 and the baby went from 1.5cm at 8wks5days to 7cm today which is 13wks3days!!

I swear I woke up this morning and felt like my tummy had a little bump. Then when the ultrasound tech kept "pushing" on my stomach it definetly felt like the baby was protruding out!!!

And I should knock on wood but...it has been a whole week tonight since I vomitted!!! HIP HIP HOORAY that is 4 weeks earlier than with Avery so hopefully things will continue.

Avery still asks on a daily basis if I want to go puke and just about everytime I get up to go to the bathroom (frequently) she follows me and says "Mom your tummy sick you want to go puking." :-) Or "go ahead Mom puke".

So much fun the second time around, especially with Avery and we are looking forward to all that will come!

Where have we been!?

Baby #2 is under construction and will be arriving August 28, 2009. I am 12 weeks 5 days along and the image above is badly scanned ultrasound photo from today. Head on the left and legs to the right laying transvers...heartbeat 156 and everything looking good! I am feeling better after a fun few weeks of pregnancy stuff but think we are on the upswing of things and soooo thankful for every moment that the porcelain thrown gets my service because it just means this baby is growing strong!

Avery is looking forward to becoming a big sister. She only talks about having a "little sister" so we will see. We will probably wait to find out the sex of this baby just like we did with Avery. We are hoping for a long and boring pregnancy. And yep I will be big and pregnant and probably swollen through the Arizona summer. No worries I will take it with stride just want a healthy full term pregnancy this time around.

I will update frequently on the new "little one."

I have many stories about Avery and I puking... :-) Stay tuned

Caught up...

So I finally updated the blog with all our Christmas pics. We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas. December was just a great month and Avery was soooo much fun!

I didn't get to do my December Daily due to computer issues but here you can see we had tons of fun even if I didn't blog it out everyday.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and fabulous new year!!! We are excited for 2009 and know there are many great things coming our way. We can't wait to see what is in store for us.

So....

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas Day!!

These pictures start at the bottom and come up to the top!!! So start below...

Parker and her Christmas loot...Avery in the background on her bike :-)

Peyton and her Christmas loot...Noah in the background on his motorcycle that Santa brought him!

Grandma Lo and her amazing food she brought...cookies, spiced fruit, yummy fudge, and delicious green beans!

Only pic I could get of Ave in her Christmas outfit on Christmas Day she was on the move!!!

Avery loved the farm magnets...they are on the fridge and she plays with them all the time!

Reminds me of my first trip to Mt. Pleasant and Old Threshers...must make it out again for that!

We each had to have a bracelet...at Avery's request...

Avery loved the penguin!

Thank you Aunt Mary for the cute shoe ornament. I LOVE IT!

Matt loves his new Hawkeys shirt...good pick!

We needed this Rich and Joanne...Thank you for the potato ricer!

Avery opened the cabbage patch kid and when she saw the doll through the clear plastic she said "Holy Cow" We were crackin up!

Avery with her princess crown, necklace, bracelet and scrub top on :-)

Mommy got Avery a nurse dress up outfit....

Daddy got Avery a soccer ball!

Avery opened the present of food for the kitchen and had to put it all on that particular shelf!

Avery playing with her new kitchen.

Avery and her pink bicycle that she asked Santa for...

Looks like Avery was a very good girl. Santa left her lots of neat presents!

Christmas fun...

Avery and I had SOOOO much fun making Christmas cookies! Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of the flour everywhere and the rolling pin. She loved rolling out the cookie dough...

I make these fun treats every year and this year Ave helped...well everytime I put a Rolo down she would eat it...note the chocolate on her face...The finished product!

Avery had fun putting ornaments on the tree this year!



Our beautiful Christmas tree!

Pics of the last month...

Finally catching up here are some pics of the last several weeks!!!

Long plane ride to Minnesota...Avery did GREAT!!!

Opening presents at Minnesota!

Cutest pic ever of Rich (Matt's Dad) and Liam (our nephew)!!