35 week appointment

Another boring appointment this past Tuesday - yay!  Ella's doing well and her heart rate was 134.  My blood pressure was still low (even lower than some visits - I didn't have the other kids with me - coincidence?!??).  The doctor did think Ella might be head up/breech right now, but said it doesn't actually matter since I'm having a c-section.  I can't tell which way she is, just that she is always on the go go go rolling and stretching.

I thought the doctor would have me start coming for weekly appointments now, but I actually only have 2 more before our c-section date!  I go back 2 weeks after this past appointment, then a week and a half after that one, then one week later it's baby time!  I think the holidays helped me skip an appointment or two, which is fine with me since everything seems to be going well anyway.

4 weeks from this morning we will have a new baby girl!!

34 weeks

Me & Ella at 34 weeks!

2012 Santa Photos

Yesterday  morning we made our annual trip to see Santa and Mrs. Claus.  All week (or longer?) Andy had seemed excited to see him and tell him he wanted a big Buzz Lightyear for Christmas.  He'd say, "Santa big Buzz!" (well, in his language..."Dada bee Buh!")  Once we got there he was okay until we actually went to put him on Santa's lap, then he had quite a meltdown!  In the picture we bought from the Santa photographer he's fussing more, but the ones below we got on our camera.



This photo is Andy, Kaylee, Mason and Harper with Santa and the Mrs. - the best picture we got of all four cousins together.  The girls were overall much more cooperative than the boys this year.  And next year we get to try this with five kids...yikes!

33 week appointment

I had another quick checkup this morning and all is still well. Ella's heart rate was 150 beats/minute. And I remembered to ask about the glucose test results (for gestational diabetes) - I did that test 4 weeks ago, so would likely have gotten a call if I needed to do the 3 hour glucose test, but wanted to confirm that was fine. The midwife looked up the results and my glucose level was 119 - anything under 140 is good.

I go back again in 2 weeks and after that will probably start having weekly appointments. Unless she has other plans, Ella will be here 6 weeks from Friday!

32 weeks

Me & Ella at 32 weeks!

Andy's burst of talking

In the past month, Andy has really increased his vocabulary. Of course I am probably the only one who understands most of it (with probably Kaylee, then Jamie, also understanding him more often than others), but he really comprehends and says what he wants to say, you just have to listen for it and speak Andy!

There are literally toooooo many words/phrases to list, so I'm sure I'll have to come back here to update as I think of more of the cuter ones, but a few new things he says/does are:

Andy = Annie
Ella = Ella - he says it correctly now!
hello = heh-whoa, unless you ask him to say it right then he'll say hello
he calls my cell phone "hello" or "hello daddy" :)
From the 'Cars' movies: Lightning McQueen = Nightning; Mater = May-oh; Doc = Doc
Remote = Mote
Show = Whoa (he'll say, "More Whoa! Mote!" aka "I want to watch a show, get the remote and make it happen!")
more tickle = moe titoh - when he wants to be chased and tickled more
Mommy, get up = up de Mommy (or Daddy, DeeDee, etc) - if I'm sitting and he wants me to get up and go with him somewhere, he'll grab my hand and say, "up de Mommy!" and tug on my hand until I come with him.
Counting to ...15? He can at least consistently count to ten, and it seems like he's counting to about 15, though his enunciation on the numbers is fuzzy, so it's hard to tell much past about 13.
Says, "Love you, Mommy" (or Daddy, Kaylee, Tigger, etc) while doing his version of the sign for "I love you" (he just holds out a fist towards you).

Other words he says that you can pretty much understand:
apple juice
broccoli (the kid loves broccoli!)

I can't think right now; I'll try to remember more and update this post soon. I need to just keep a running list on the fridge so I can jot things down when he says them, then type them up here when I have time!

Also, I should ask Kaylee what some funny things he says are; her memory is probably much better than mine!!