Panties & Diapers

This morning Addy & I went shopping for some 'big' girl panties (for her, not me)!  We found this great variety pack that has some of her favorite friends!  Dora & Wonder Pets!

After wearing the panties for a few minutes & having an accident on the floor & on her shoes she WON'T keep her diaper on at all!!!  So, I've resorted to putting the diaper on backwards!  If she figures out how to get it off now, I guess duct tape will be next!

Festival Fun

Today we visited a local heritage festival for some fun & food!  The weather was beautiful & we all had a great time!  I wanted Blake to take Addy down the big slide, BUT, he didn't want to walk up all of the steps to get to the TOP!  Seriously!  Shame on him :)  I would have, but I highly doubt my OB wants me on a slide at the fair!

First taste of Funnel Cake (she loved it)!

Addison really enjoyed the Petting Zoo this time.  I guess she was just too young when we took her last year.  

Hey little piggy

Have I mentioned that I'm sick of taking pills?  I've been taking 4 antibiotics each day along with 2 prenatal vitamins!  Thank goodness tomorrow is the last day for the antibiotics!  UGH :(  Hope this nasty  sinus mess is gone for good (or at least until after the baby is born).

Oh, yeah, the baby!  Our baby girl still doesn't have a name.  Blake & I are discussing a few & think we've narrowed it down to about 5.  It's much harder this time around!  When we chose Addison Claire there was never any question or doubt.  Maybe we should just name her Eric Connor since that has always been our choice for a boy name!

One-hour Glucose Test & Sandals

Tuesday morning I had to go in for the one-hour glucose test.  Now they have a new drink flavor instead of the nasty lemon-lime  that I had with Addison.  It was Fruit Punch & not too bad at all.

I PASSED THE ONE-HOUR TEST!!!!  NO three-hour test for me this time!

Today is 2 weeks since the amnio & the results should be here by now!  Ugh!  If it was the glucose test results taking this long, I wouldn't mind so much.  I asked the nurse about it on Tuesday & she said that since Friday will be 2 weeks, my chart will be flagged & they will start contacting the lab for the results.  She also said that usually when it takes this long then everything is fine & it's good news.

The weather is starting to warm up & I wasn't prepared!  I washed up all of her new Spring/Summer clothes, but didn't think about new shoes!  Her black dress shoes didn't look very good with the pink/brown outfit she was wearing.  So, off we go to the store for some new sandals!

I don't know what this look is all about!

Since I had to pick up a few things at Walmart we also looked at sandals there.  I wasn't impressed with ANYTHING there, so settled on a pair of $3 pink sandals to hold us over until we can do some serious shoe shopping!

She liked the new shoes!

But, didn't like me taking a million pictures!

These blocks keep me very busy!

She LOVES them!

And thinks really hard about her next move when building a masterpiece!

Where'd they go?

Blake was looking for some of Addy's blocks last night & she decided he needed some help!

Our Buddy - Laziest Dog Ever!

iPhone Withdrawal

Yesterday morning after I dropped Addy off at MDO, I also dropped my iPhone!  Eeek!!  It gave me the WSOD (white screen of death) & I almost cried!  Off I went to the local AT&T store.  Of course, there was nothing they could do there.  I had 2 options, go to Houston to the Apple store or just call Apple for a replacement.  HA, are you joking?  Waiting 2 weeks for a replacement WASN'T an option!  I went to Apple.com & made an appointment to visit the Genius Bar at the Galleria in Houston this morning.  It took about 10 minutes & I walked out with a replaced screen & most importantly, a working iPhone!

While we were at the Galleria, Blake wanted to check out some hats in LIDS.  Little did he know Addy would get something from there & he wouldn't (see pic below)!

No autographs please!

Perfect day for a wagon ride!

Addy & Elmo enjoying a beautiful day!

Addy didn't feel too good this morning & it showed!  Watery eyes, runny nose, oh my!

I forgot to post about the pregnancy one-hour glucose test that has to be taken to check for Gestational Diabetes.  Typically, the test is done from 26-28 weeks.  Go figure, my OB office does them 20-22 weeks.  When I questioned the nurse she just said they like to do them early.  Hmmmm.....  So, now I have to go one day next week for the test.  I pray I pass it!  I failed the one-hour with Addison & had to take the three-hour (passed it)!

Every night Blake or I sit in the rocking chair with Addy & read books right before bedtime.  Tonight while I was reading to her I noticed how big my belly is getting.  It's getting hard to hold her in my lap & read to her!  I'm going to have to figure out another way that makes us both happy & comfortable.

**21 weeks**

No ultrasound for me this morning at the OB :(  Boo!  They said since I just had one last Friday that another wasn't needed right now!  Whateva!  My $$$ & insurance is paying for a service!  Give me what I want!  LOL  Dr. M said next visit we'll take a look at baby again.  I lost count of the ultrasounds that I got at The Woman's Clinic when I was pregnant with Addison.  I know, I know, I'm not in Louisiana anymore.  Believe me, I know.  Everything is different in Texas!  Some good, some not so good.  Oh well!

I've gained a whooping 5lbs since last visit, so that makes a grand total of 6lbs I've packed on up until now.  Thank you Blue Bell ice cream.  Blood pressure is fine (112/63) & baby's heart rate is amazing.

I haven't been posting enough pictures of this little doll!  My goal is to do better!

Sometimes I get an open-mouth, tongue kiss & sometimes I get sweet puckered-up, lip kiss.

Very Random Post

I'm throwing out all of Addison's after watching this SEGMENT on the Today Show this morning!  Gross!

Addison is great at telling me 'bye' when I drop her off at MDO!  It cracks me up how excited she gets & starts waving to me.

Addison was watching Little Bill the other day (because I wasn't giving 100%) & saw he was wearing a hat.  She went over to the coat rack & started saying 'hat..hat'! 

Blake felt the baby move last Friday right before the ultrasound!  This was the first time :)  The movements are just as incredible as I remember.


I have a routine OB appointment in the morning. Wonder how much weight I've gained so far! Surely, 3 bowls of ice cream a day will catch up with me eventually!

Okay, I've been trying to link a video in this post, but something isn't working! So, Google Darius Rucker - It won't be like this for long. Such a sweet, sweet song. Thanks to my neighbor for bringing it to my attention. It will make great background music to a picture slideshow.

Here is something that I've wanted to share for a while, but never got around to it.  For those that have ever been asked 'what did or do you do all day' or 'why didn't this or that get done today'?  What happened?  Well, I came across this gem in a BOOK I've been reading & just had to laugh out loud!

For instance, imagine you're sitting in your kitchen at your computer, trying to pay bills online while your toddler is entertaining herself nearby with toys.  About five minutes into your task, your child approaches you with a runny nose:

• You see your child has a runny nose.
• Before she can wipe her runny nose on your pants, you get up from your chair to get a tissue.
• You return to the child and wipe her nose.
• Now you see that the child's shirt is wet and messy, as are your fingers.
• You remove the child's shirt.
• You go to the kitchen sink to wash your hands.
• The sink has dishes in it, so you rinse the dishes to put them in the dishwasher.
• But the dishwasher is full of clean dishes.  You empty the dishwasher and then fill it with dishes from the sink.
• You tell your child to play with her toys while you go upstairs to get her another shirt.
• When you get upstairs you toss the shirt into the laundry room.
• Passing the bathroom on your way to your daughter's closet, you realize you actually need to use the bathroom.  You do, and you use up the toilet paper.
• You go to the hall closet and get more toilet paper.
• You return to the bathroom to replace the roll.
• The bathroom trash is full, so you grab the bag and replace it with another.
• You go into your child's room to find a new shirt.
• While there, you see that a sippy cup, full of milk, is in her bed, and that she's left her wet overnight diaper on the floor.
• You put the diaper in the trash bag you're carrying. (Wow, that was efficient!)
• You make your daughter's bed and gather the sippy cup.
• On the way back downstairs, you catch another glimpse of the laundry room and realize you have enough dirty clothing to do a load of wash.
• You open the washing machine to discover there's already a wet load inside.
• You start to put those wet clothes into the dryer, but the dryer is full.
• You pull the clean clothes out of the dryer and put them in a basket.
• You put the wet clothes in the dryer.
• You put the dirty clothes, including the yucky shirt, in the washing machine and start the washer.
• Since you really don't have time now to sort the clean clothes, you leave the basket of clean laundry on your bed.
• You return downstairs and search for your shirtless child.
• You pass the sink, so you rinse the sippy cup and put it into the dishwasher.
• You try to shove the bathroom trash into the kitchen trash container, but it's full.
• You take the trash out to the garbage cans in the garage.
• You come back into the house and put another bag in the trash container.
• You find your child.
• Her nose is running again, her face and chest now need to be cleaned, she has gotten into the bills and papers your were working with, she needs a diaper change, and it's lunchtime.

How much time did it take you to wipe that child's nose?  Fifteen minutes?  Twenty minutes?  A half-hour?  Imagine variations on this scenario playing out DOZENS of times a day.  Imagine that same scene, except with additional offspring in the house.  You don't have ADHD.  You have children!  Written By: Melissa Stanton