Yep, the ticker says we are down to 30 days, now whether the little girl growing inside me has the same timeline we will soon find out. The ultrasound we had on Monday turned out great. The tech said I was measuring about 35 1/2 weeks, and I was right at 35 weeks. She said the baby looked to be approximately 6 lb 3 oz. Fluid levels were good, so all is well, and my doctor was just being cautious, which I appreciate. I will have Larry take another picture of my baby belly when he is back tomorrow. He went to Indy to run the mini-marathon. So pray for clear, cool weather. It was rainy off and on here yesterday and today just a wee bit, and hot weather is never fun to run in, not that I like to run period, just saying!
Maria is really starting to get interested in other babies, at playgroup, and out and about. We were at the library today and another mom with her newborn was there. She wanted to go see her and very carefully looked over the edge of the car seat at her. We think she is going to make a great big sister. She keeps telling us that she is going to be the "big sister". When I ask her if she will teach her sister how to talk, crawl, go potty she always smiles and says "yes".
She knows she will go to a friend's house when we go to the hospital to get the baby and now everyday she keeps asking me if she is going to his house...guess I didn't need to tell her so early, as we will now be asked everyday till she goes!
We were working on getting the nursery organized the other day and Maria wanted to get into the crib. She started turning on the mobile and other musical fish aquarium in there and laid down. Then she asked "sing me, mommy". And of course she wanted twinkle, twinkle(which these days refers to anything having to do with a star also!). So I stared singing and she looked at me and said "I no nap mommy". She just wanted to make sure I knew that she wasn't really taking a nap, in case I didn't know. It made me smile.
Some other fun tidbits about Maria lately:
E-I-E-I-O coming from Maria usually refers to anything that has to do with a farm. Such as her Baby Einstein video called On the Farm, or a farm we might drive by, or her Barney book that plays Old MacDonald, or her block farm set, interesting she can make that connection to so many things.
She is becoming quite the singer...she has a broad repertoire of songs like Frere Jacques(her FAVORITE), Mary Had a Little Lamb, Rain, Rain Go Away, It's Raining, It's Pouring, Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle, Twinkle, ABC's , Baa, Baa Black sheep, Rock A Bye Baby, London Bridge that she knows most or all of the words too. There are a few Nursery Rhymes that she can also recite...it's fun to listen to her while playing or going to sleep as she will often go through several of her favorites.
Since Maria was sick a few weeks back she got used to taking some medicine. A bit of Tylenol for a fever, some Vicks for her congestion/cough, and usually nasal spray for her nose. So she got in the habit of having some and one night told us "I need medicine". Which we replied "No, you're not sick anymore" and she countered "I sick, followed by a cough, cough(a very fake desperate attempt to convince us!) How did she get so smart?
Overheard while she was playing the other day:
(Maria on her play phone)
"hello, it me" pause
"oh, daddy church" (He was preparing for a funeral)
"I talking phone"
She does like to fake call people...not so into the real phone yet, but every once in a while we can get her to say hello, I love you or some short responses to family that call.
Oh, Maria is starting to want to go to the bathroom by herself. She still has trouble getting on the toilet as she isn't quite tall enough yet, even with the stool's help. So, yesterday she had a almost fall in the toilet scare, but came out of it laughing! We love that she is now running to the bathroom instead of away when she has to go. Wednesday while we were out doing some yard work, she had an accident, so the next time I just quickly had her go in the yard, not as easy as with a boy, but we managed. Anyhow, so just a short time later I look over and she is bent over, pants around her ankles going again...only not pee this time! I laughed, then scooped her up and took her inside to the bathroom and explained that we need to go poo inside not in the yard, but it was too funny!
Well, okay, hope that updates you on what's happening here!
We have plenty to praise God for; spring is finally here and we love it!
7lb 8oz 20 inches
We have been eagerly anticipating a new fence to contain our "back" yard...and I say "back" because most everyone uses the back door as the main entrance since it is closest to the church entrance, and we have streets on 3 out of the 4 sides of our house. This entrance unfortunately leads them through the office, usually a messier room just because I do my projects/crafts in there. Now maybe it will look more like a backyard, not sure that will make people use the front more, but we could hope. Regardless, we are so happy to have a way to allow Maria more freedom to play in the yard, while we do something in the house, work in the yard, etc. without worrying every 5 seconds that she went out into the road.
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! 34 years
A friend of mine here in Culver asked a while back if I wanted to decorate and donate a chair for their Tri Kappa Chairs for Charity event. I said sure. I got a chair from another friend from church, and it sat for quite some time since then! I thought I had an idea I was going to do, but then changed my mind. It just hit me when I was looking at the chair and saw the 6 small spindles on the back that I could make them into a rainbow. I chose a verse from Genesis 9:13 about God's promise to us to never flood the earth again. I love rainbows and what they mean, so I decided to go for it, and I got it done. I decoupage the verse on the top of the chair after cutting out the letters from some old magazines. I then decoupage the colored tissue paper on the spindles. The hardest part was painting the picture on the seat. I found this mural online that I used as my guide. I have never been able to just paint something out of my mind. So it was helpful to have this as a guide for me to look at.
She saw me with the camera and starting saying "cheese". I had to take her picture, she was too cute!
Maria listening to her little sister.
I'm not sure what she thought she heard, but was pretty excited about it.
