Movement :)

I am now feeling movement.  If had not experienced this once before with Ava, I would not even realize it's movement I feel, but I do!  I know it's her because it's right where they found her heartbeat on Wednesday.  It's not even the butterfly feeling but the rolling feeling I would feel with Ava.

When Steve picked Ava up on Wednesday from School, her teacher said that Ava has been very fussy and sensitive the last week or so and it is unusual for her.  She said that Ava will get upset at the smallest thing and then asked Steve "Is your wife by any chance expecting?"  and Steve said "yeah she is!" and her teacher said "I knew it!  I was telling the other teacher Miss. Nicole that her mother must be expecting.  She said as long as she's been doing this, she can always tell when the mother is expecting because the children start acting different. She doesn't know what it is, but it's like the sense something is coming.  She suggested we be sure to involve Ava in everything that we can.  Yesterday I went and bought her a big sister book and we read it last night and talked more about the baby coming.

16 Week Check-Up

Well baby girl is doing just great!  I went in today and her heartbeat was 165 bpm, her down syndrome and Trisomy results came back and we are very low risk of any of those..yipee!  Today I had my flu shot and more blood work.  I get poked every time!!  Supposedly my thyroid levels were a little low last time so they are checking it again just for precaution.  No big concerns though.  I’m still not feeling movement, although the last few days I think I may have felt some flutters, so maybe soon!

Next appointment is Friday November 19th and it’s the big 20 week anatomy ultrasound J  So we will confirm that we do indeed have a hot dog bun and no wiener J  ha-ha. 

As for mommy, I am so so so happy to report that I am feeling much much better!  I think we have finally made it through the morning sickness phase of pregnancy and I’m feeling great.  In other good news, my doc said I could stop the lovenox injections and start the baby aspirin.  Another annoying thing I don’t have to worry about, no more nightly shots in the tummy.

I am now in the stage where I’m showing and my regular clothes don’t fit, but most of my maternity clothes that I had before are still too big.  So today I’m looking a little ridiculous in my overly baggy clothes, but what can ya do.

Dewberry Farm -Picking Pumpkins!

Yesterday we took the doodle to Dewberry Farms and we had so much fun! The weather was great, not too hot and Ava had a blast. She got to run around, dance, feed the goats, get too close for comfort to some very nosy Geese, and pick her pumpkin. On the way home she said "I have fun! I pick punkin, I feed go-eets!" It was a fun little family day and I can't wait to go back next year with our two girls :)

This slide was literally a pain in the rear!

Ava and Daddy on her very own computer

reading on the potty

she loves putting daddy's socks on

Ava's Halloween Costume

I just ordered Ava’s Halloween Costume, I’m so excited! She and Trent are going to dress up as Pebbles Flintstone and Bam Bam Rubble J I got her the hot pink and purple version. I can’t wait to see her all dressed up, she is going to look so precious!

Because I feel like I need to document all of the cute stuff she says, as I know I will one day forget…

Ava stayed with Grandmother and Granddad for a few hours on Saturday while I went to the Scarecrow Festival with my mom and Step sister. While she was there Granddad was digging holes for a fence. When I got there Grandmother pointed to the big machine “hole digger” and said Ava tell mommy what that is and Ava said “ a digger hole. It won’t hurt Ava” While I was there Granddad was hammering away on the fence and Ava was giving him orders and interrupting him to open the gate for her over and over again so she could transport her “baby pumpkins” in and out. Of course being the sweet granddad that he is, he obliged every single time and never got frustrated with her. When we got home I had Ava in the tub and she picked up one of her toys and started banging it loudly on the side of the tub and said “look I working on sumting like Granddad!”

Grandmother also asked Ava if mommy was having a baby and Ava said “yes she is” and when Grandmother asked her what mommy was having Ava said “a baby sisser”. So she is way more perceptive than we give her credit for!

Last week I put broccoli on her plate and said “Ava eat your trees” and she said “no, that’s not tree that’s broccowi” like get it right mom! Then that night we went to put her to bed and she stopped me before I could get into her room, gave me the hand and said “no not you mom, it’s daddy turn”

As for me, I seem to be feeling much better! The last two Monday’s have been a little rough but all of the other days and today have been pretty easy. I’m so happy when I’m feeling better. Now I’m at that stage where I’m analyzing every detail and worrying to death. My tummy hasn’t grown since last week, I don’t feel movement, I feel better…I’m nervous!

I have an OB appointment next week and can hardly wait to hear her heartbeat.

Updates

My doctors office called yesterday to tell me that my 1^st trimester scan from last week looked good. All of my results for Downs Syndrome and Trisomy 18 etc were normal. Great news! The only concerning thing was that they said I have a low lying placenta and we’ll have to watch it. Most of the time it corrects itself as the pregnancy progresses so I’m praying that it does. Other than that, my nausea is still there but has decreased a little bit which is great news! I’m still super tired and not feeling 100% but I think I may be on my way to that 2^nd trimester energy I keep hearing about!

As for my little doodlebug, she just continues to make us laugh and amuse us with her little personality. She absolutely loves watching Clifford the big red Dog in the evenings after bath time. It’s her new favorite thing. Every evening it’s “I watch Clifford!” When we drive to school in the mornings she’s now started requesting I put Bye Bye on so that she can dance (NSync’s Bye Bye Bye). She gets so excited and dances her little hiney off while yelling bye bye bye and waving her hand.

A few new Ava-isms:

This morning she saw a motorcycle on the road and she said “Look mommy it’s bicycle motor!”

This afternoon on the way home she told me "mommy my pickle hurts" I said "your pickle hurts?" She said "yes my pickle hurts" I said "show mommy where your pickle hurts" and she held up her foot and pointed to her ankle! I said "oh your ankle hurts" and she said "yes my ankle hurts" as if that is what she was saying all along.

Every evening I watch her on the baby monitor and she’s laying in her bed singing her ABC’s but we crack up because at the end of her ABC’s instead of singing “now I’ve sung my ABC’s next time won’t you sing with me” she says “Now I wonder what you are, up above the world so high” LOL since twinkle little star and the ABC’s are the same tune she gets the two confused.

When we are on the way home we get to a certain landmark, it's a restaurant on a corner and when we get close to the restaurant she says "Almost home!" She did the same on the way to grandmother and grandad's even though she hadn't been there in a few months. Smart girl!

Pictures to come soon!

The Results Are In...