Friday, February 20, 2009

Baby #3

Here's baby #3! We are so excited to welcome this new little one sometime at the beginning of September. My official due date is September 15. I was induced early with Alison because of a few complications. Aaron and I are already planning for September 3rd because it's a long weekend. We'll see what my midwife thinks as we get closer. I'm excited to have the same midwife; she is wonderful. The office staff and nurse know me very well, so I feel very comfortable when I visit the doctor's office for once.

I have been really sick for a few weeks now, and I expect it will last for a couple more months. I have good days, and I have not so good days. I am really lucky because my girls are wonderful, and Aaron helps as much as he can when he is home. Also, my mom lives 10 miles away, and she has been wondeful to let me come over and just hang out. It helps so much to have an extra pair of hands. I get to take a nap everyday while Alison is sleeping. Emmy tries to nap with me, but if she isn't really tried she reads to herself and colors. She usually entertains herself for about 1 1/2 hours happily. Her favorite thing to do is go in Alison's room when she wakes up and read to her until I drag myself out of bed. I could not be more lucky.

I will confess that posting on the blog has slowed down a lot, and I only check my e-mail now every couple of days. :) But, I did get a roast in the crock pot this morning and that feels really good. It is like the first meal I have made in 2 weeks. I just take one day at a time, and I do the best I can to take care of my girls and me.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Alison - 15 months

Alison is officially walking. She took her first few steps 4 weeks ago, and I thought for sure she would be walking in no time after that. Wrong! She felt no need to learn how to walk; crawling got her there just fine. Saturday, February 7th, we spent the day at my parents house. We aren't sure if it was the larger space for walking exploration or trying to chase the kitty that got her up off all fours. She walked all day long, and she got braver as the day went on. I just love to watch her walk all around the house. She's constantly doing balance checks, and she falls down if she tries to pick up the speed to chase Emmy or Daddy. We are all very proud of her!

She learned how to walk just in time for her 15 month check-up. The doctor asked me if she was running. I laughed and said, "No, she just learned to walk two days ago." She continues strong in the 91% for height at 30 1/2 inches. However, she has dropped again in her weight to the 25% at 20 lbs 12 oz. Tall and skinny. Emmy was 20 pounds at 6 months, so I'm glad to have a light weight this time around. Here are a couple of pictures of Alison strutting her stuff with all of her bling bling on!