Baby News

Today I had an appointment for an NT Scan The baby looks perfect according to the tech. (doctor read results won't be in for awhile) He/She was measuring 5 days early, which isn't too shocking since we tend to make long babies!

Otherwise, everything looked great. The baby had it's hand by it's mouth a lot (thumb sucker?) and did a little showing off for us. We only got this one not so great picture but we are hoping to get the rest on a cd from Rich's former co-worker at Mercy.

Oh, the HB was 170ish which is way higher than Zachary's ever was...


My next regular appt is October 2nd and then we go back October 28th for the big u/s to make sure everything is still going well with the baby, possibly some gender results too!

The Three Footer

Today I took Zachary to his 2 year well visit. The doctor said that he is in great health, doing very well speech-wise and is a strapping young man! (Ok I added the last part)

He did end up getting 2 shots and some blood work which I wasn't prepared for! He handled it pretty well with a few tears at the end for good measure.

So our little giant just keeps growing (I know, shocking right?)

He is now 29lbs and 36inches tall. THREE FEET TALL??? Insanity! That puts him in the 62th percentile for weight and 85th percentile for height. So he's really not as giant as we think he is...but compared to the 8lb 4oz and 21.5inch baby we brought home 2 years ago he's pretty darn big!

Anyway, the best part is that he's doing great and is totally normal for his age!

I shall leave you with some pictures of our little fish swimming in the big tub :)

We got a face lift!

Yes ladies and gentlemen this is still the same house. The builders had some issues with our siding color so they decided to give us a brick front!! Rich and I couldn't be more thrilled with this change. We said if we had the option we would have wanted some brick on our house, and voila, we got it!

In other news, settlement has been postponed. We are not sure of the new date but we are hoping it's no more than an extra week. The driveway was poured today and it looks like the only thing left for the house is to finish the front porch. We're getting REALLY anxious and excited!

The stats are in!

My little boy is getting so big! We just had his 18 month check-up this morning and here's how he is doing...

He is 35 1/2 inches tall. He only grew 1 inch in 3 months which was shocking to me!

He is 25lbs 14oz which is a 2lb gain in 3 months.

Overall he is perfect in every little way and doing exactly what he should be doing for his age. He is amazing us more and more each and every day. Here are some things he can do/say.

He can point to all of his body parts (minus the eyes and nose) when we ask him to.

He can say so many words, the newest being "poop!" when he has either pooped or watched one of the dogs go. (ew) He LOVES to brush his teeth and requests to do it all day long. He calls for the dogs "Rayyy Rayyy" for Raven and "Dum Dum" for Camden (very appropriate!) He takes off his shoes, socks and pants when requested to do so.  

So those are all of the good things... my little angel isn't perfect though...

He has started throwing major tantrums when he doesn't get his way. He hits EVERYTHING and he screams and thrashes about when I try to put his coat on and get him in the car to go somewhere.  He's a real peach!

Z still only has 7 teeth but he's working on his molars and when they come in the world will be a happier place! 

Drive-by Blogging.....

Wanna know what we're up to this week?

packing, selling electronics, getting rid of furniture, helping people carry said furniture out of the house, making vet appointments, packing, wrangling the child out of the attic, packing, taking cars to the mechanic, assuring dogs they will move with us, packing, wrangling the child out of boxes, searching for things that were packed prematurely, dodging boxes in the middle of the night, operation "no paci", Halloween festivies, not buying Halloween candy(YET), fighting with our child to eat his meals in his high chair, reassuring the dogs, packing, creating change of address cards, opening a P.O. Box, taking loads of stuff to Pa, packing, stalking our house that is taking AGES to be built, drinking an abundance of wine, using the floor as a dresser, cancelling utilities, wrangling our child out of the trash, writing out MANY checks, home repairs, YES dogs you ARE COMING WITH US, and last but not least.... PACKING!!!

Gotta go... there is a box somewhere that needs to be packed, dogs that need to be reassured, oh and I think a kid that needs to be wrangled!