From A to Zig: 20 months and 11 weeks!

I cannot believe that my baby is closer to being 2 than being a tiny squishy baby, which brings giant tears to my eyes. She is so much fun these days though. We really were blessed with an amazing little girl. She has tons of words, which she uses constantly. Most we understand, some we don't. Sometimes she will go off on a tangent of mumbled words and we just have to laugh. She is great about putting sentences together and asking for what she wants. Some of my favorite phrases she says these days are "ready, set, go!", "Chill out","I love you" (of course), "Bodhi...Abby...Where are you?" followed "There you are", "Where'd____go?." There are a ton more that I am probably forgetting to. She also tries to sing the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song, which is adorable.

She has mastered the tantrum, and if she does not want to do something, she won't. We are working on that, but she definitly has her Mommy's stubborness. She is very snuggly these days and has settled into a great night time routine. Which is done soley by Zig these days, BLESS HIM. I am a mess, but I really do love reading to her at night. She just snuggles in and then it's lights out after the book. She is really in Dr. Suess these days, which is fun for us too.

Things are going AMAZING at Steph's too. They go on lots of fun fieldtrips, she sends me at least 3 pictures a day, and Emily is seeming to really enjoy it. They do lots of fun activities and I am SUPER happy with the amazing food choices she is giving to Emily. She is very into organic foods, and all her meals are super balanced. This month they are learning about the Ocean. They went fishing at Tingly park, and have done lots of fun activities. We were really lucky to have been included in Stephanie's plan.

Now to baby. I am officially 11 weeks. We saw the doctor two weeks ago and things went well. They changed my due date to 3/1, based on my first ultrasound. My last doctor ended up moving to a practice in Rio Rancho, which was heartbreaking, but my new one seems really nice. I don't see her again until 9/2, but at my appointment she pulled out a portable u/s machine and we got to see the baby again. Everything seems to be progressing perfectly. My friend actually purchased a doppler and let us borrow it to see if we could find the heartbeat ourselves, since the doctor said it was still early to check at my last appointment. It took me a while but we heard it last night. It was really faint, but it was a home doppler and the booklet even said it wasn't meant to be used prior to 12 weeks so that is good.

My morning sickness was not so bad until about a week ago. Before I had just felt "hungover," but recently I have been sick every single day since last Friday. I hate getting sick. I can't remember if it is the same or worse with Emily. With Em I think I had a lot of dry heaving (gross, I know), but this time I actually get sick. However with Emily, I could not eat anything. At least with this baby, I am able to eat. Keeping it down is another story.

I guess I am going to continue to do these survey's like with Emily. I may have to start taking some pictures soon too because I am rocking a beer gut of bloat already. Awesome.

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 11 weeks
Size of baby: According to the Bump, the size of a lime.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: -5 :(
Maternity Clothes: Not yet.
Gender: Don't know yet, but we will find out.
Movement: Nothing yet.
Sleep: Not bad.
What I miss: Being able to eat and enjoy food.
Cravings: Absolutely nothing. Food is gross.
Symptoms: Extremely lazy and really sick.SADFACE
Best moment this week:Getting excited to be out of the first tri so the baby is no longer a secret and then maybe that means my morning sickness is almost over!

I leave you with some of the pictures Steph sent me through out the last few weeks of Emily's adventures!

Playing with cornstarch