Fifteen Months & Nine weeks and three days

Amelia had her fifteen month check up a couple of weeks ago and the 'new kid' had it's nine week and three day appointment the previous week.

Amelia's appointment consisted of four shots and all the normal check up stuff.  She weighed 25 lbs and 15 oz which is the 75th percentile and was 32 inches tall which is the 90th percentile.  The doctor was impressed at how many words she's saying, we didn't really have a number when the nurse asked, but after adding them up we came up with about 15-20 words.  I'm not sure what's considered normal at this age, but I love to hear her talk.  She's recently learned to 'jump', which is just her bending her knees and then raising up, she can give you a high five, and she can now say 'baby' and show us where her nose and her mouth is.  She's still an excellent eater, but it's becoming more difficult because now she wants to do it on her own, without any help, at all.  I'm not talking her wants to just pick up the food and feed herself, no she wants the spoon and the plate or the bowl and she wants to do it herself, without you helping.  She and Nathan had a little power struggle in the restaurant the other day over who was feeding who.  :)  She's the light of our lives right now, such a beautiful, smart and independent little girl.

At my most recent OB appointment we were supposed to be able to hear the heartbeat, I was only nine weeks and three days and normally you don't get to hear the heartbeat until ten weeks, but Dr. Powell was going to be out of town for my 10 week appointment so we had to move it up a week.  I stressed about this before hand, I thought if they don't hear the heartbeat with the doppler then I'm going to have to wait 4 more weeks for a chance to hear it again.  So I ask the nurse, Nancy, what will happen if she isn't able to find the heartbeat and she said we'd do a quick ultrasound to see it, they wouldn't send me home without knowing something!  I was so thankful for that.  Anyways, Nancy was unable to detect the heartbeat with the doppler monitor and said she'd run down to the ultrasound tech and ask her to take a peek.  Que me about having a heart attack.  Nathan was as calm as could be and keep trying to talk to me to keep my mind off of it, but I wasn't doing so well at staying calm.  The ultrasound tech finally can and got us after 20 minutes and did an ultrasound and saw the 'new kids' heartbeat right off.  We even got to listen to it through the sonogram.  175 is what the heartbeat rate was, super fast.  We got a cute picture to hang on our frig too.  All that worrying for 20 minutes for nothing.  I have to remember God is in control and has a plan for our lives and to trust in Him.

So everything is good with both kiddos!  (That's so crazy to say.)

Big Helper

While I'm cooking dinner Amelia always wants to either stand at my feet and whine for me to hold her because she wants to see what I'm doing or do something that she's not supposed to do and I can't stop her because my hands are dirty.  So the other night I was cooking and I just picked her up and sit her on the counter, I was busy putting to together pw's meatloaf (yum) and Nathan was also standing in the kitchen 'watching' Amelia.  She's very good at sitting and playing if you give her something to entertain herself with, so I knew she would be fine, but just in case I told Nathan, "watch her."  This is what happens when daddy 'watches' her!

SNOW

We've had our fair share of snow this winter and I didn't ever take Amelia outside to 'play' in it.  1) it was too cold to get her out in it, 2) we do not have proper snow 'gear' and 3) I don't really enjoy being cold!  But one night after Daddy got home from work he went out and got us a big bowl of snow and brought it into the kitchen so Amelia could see what this stuff was all about.  As you can tell from the pictures she wasn't a huge fan!  I'm ready for spring and I know Amelia is too, she LOVES being outside!

 

So Excited

Nathan and I learned on Januruay 11th that we're going to be parents again!  We are so excited and can't wait for the new addition to our family.  I of course told Amelia the very next morning. I said, "Amelia did you know your going to be a big sister?" and she looks up at me and just shakes her head yes, like duh Mom.   I had to laugh.  Can't get anything past her!  The 'new kid' as we're calling it right now is due on September 18th, that will put Amelia at right about 22 months old.  We'll have 2 under 2 for 2 months!  We got Amelia a shirt to wear to tell everyone that she was going to be a big sister.  Here she is in her shirt looking at everything BUT the camera!

Slacker

I haven't been a good blogger lately.  Amelia is keeping us busy and on our toes.  She's so much fun and I need to do a better job at recording the little things she does to make us laugh.  She is at such a fun age right now, walking everywhere, trying to run at times and laughing and squealing at everything.  I tried to get a few pictures of her walking the other day, but it's hard to do because she's always right there!  Here's what I managed to get.

She really is a great baby (can I still call her that, I think she might be a toddler), eats everything and anything and sleeps for 12 plus hours at night, with two naps during the day.  We've had snow the past few weeks, and I have not got Amelia out to play in it, I know I'm a bad mom, but I have no 'snow gear', and it's been WAY too cold.  I figure there is always time for playing in the snow when she's bigger! (I wrote this a while ago, if you can't tell.)  I'm going to update the blog now, so lots more news and post to come!!  

Another Top Tooth

Minor news on Amelia, her second top tooth broke through on Sunday, January 9th.  No sleep disruption or anything this time, just a new tooth.  She's also walking so much better now and is walking the majority of the time until she falls, then she takes off crawling, because it's still much fast!  I was gonna add a cute picture, but left my camera card at home.  Pictures to come soon!

Re-Organized!!

Hope everyone had a good New Years!  I made it until 11 pm and saw the ball drop in New York City, does that count? 
Anyways, with Amelia's first birthday and Christmas behind us, our living room was being taken over by toys, and I could not stand it anymore.  I know I have a one year old and I know everyone has been through the same thing, but something had to change for my insanity.  So we spent New Years weekend reclaiming our living room!  I love the outcome and Amelia is good with it too.  I just pull out a cube now and she goes to town.  Here are some before and after pictures.  I am a much happier momma now!!