Baby #2 - 25 Weeks

• How far along: 25 weeks
• Size of baby: measures over 13.5 inches — about the size of a rutabaga — and weighs 1.5 pounds
• Total Weight Gain: 13 pounds
• Maternity Clothes: Finally!  Although I have to say, I have not found a pair of flattering maternity jeans.
• Gender: We are having a BOY!
• Sleep: It is hard to fall back to sleep when I wake up at night. 
• Cravings: Apple juice, cheese, pasta, chocolate
• Anything making you queasy or sick?  Powder scented stuff (lotion, deodorant) and any strong scents (even the smell of my shampoo makes me sick), the smell of grilling
• Best moment this week: Making more baby stuff
• What I miss most: Moving in bed without feeling like I'm wrestling an alligator 
• Symptoms: Nausea - very mild
• What I'm looking forward to: Deciding how to decorate the nursery
• Movement: Kicking up a storm

Baby #2 - 24 Weeks

• How far along: 24 weeks
• Size of baby: measures over 12 inches — about the size of a cob of corn — and weighs over 1 pound
• Total Weight Gain: 12 pounds
• Maternity Clothes: Not yet.  Wearing loose fitting dresses to work.
• Gender: We are having a BOY!
• Sleep: It is hard to fall back to sleep when I wake up at night.  Waking up frequently to go to the bathroom.
• Cravings: Apple juice, cheese, pasta
• Anything making you queasy or sick?  Powder scented stuff (lotion, deodorant) and any strong scents (even the smell of my shampoo makes me sick), the smell of grilling
• Best moment this week: Making baby some blankets and burp clothes, going through Chesney's stuff and organizing it.
• What I miss most: Not feeling huge
• Symptoms: Nausea - very mild, vomiting is gone for good I think
• What I'm looking forward to: More boy clothes shopping,  getting ready for a trip to Disney for our little girl
• Movement: Kicking much harder now.  The covers were moving one night because he was kicking so hard.

Chesney's Half Birthday

Happy half birthday to my little Princess!

 

 We let her pick out a little cake to celebrate tonight.  This girl loves cake, so it was an easy choice to get her a cake to celebrate.  

 

 What you are up to at 2.5 years:

Weight: 33 pounds

Height: 36 inches

Clothes: Mainly 2T, shoes size 8-9

Favorite Characters: Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Berenstain Bears

 Favorite Foods: Noodles, Milk and anything sweet

Development: You can count to 15, say your ABCs, you know your colors, you know how to draw the letter C, you can tell if a word starts with the letters B, D, M, P or T, you ride a 10 inch bike with training wheels
Sleep: You have moved to a big girl bed.  You sleep from 7:30 pm to 6:30-7:00 am.  You take a 90 minute nap.
Personality: You have the sweetest personality.  You love to tell us how much you love us and give hugs and kisses.  You are so excited about having a little brother and talk about him very often. You are independent sometimes (wanting to try stuff on your own) but need to have your mommy to try new things.

  

Happy Half Birthday Chesney!  We love you so much!!

Chesney's 19th Tooth

Chesney's 19th tooth, her upper left 2nd molar popped through today.  That should complete the teething for this little lady for a while.

Chesney's New Bedroom

This past weekend we made a trip to Waukesha to get Chesney a new bedroom set.  This was much overdue, but we have had a busy summer.  Chesney had so much fun helping pick out a set.  She was thrilled the store had an escalator and cookies!  She loved climbing on the beds and benches. At one point, she ran ahead of us to look at beds.  She went around a small curve in the path and when we caught her, this is what we found:

How do you not laugh at that!?!  Wow, I love that little girl so much!

We put her bed together that afternoon after nap.  She is loving her new bed, and we are loving having furniture in her room.  This is her first night in her new bed.

Below is her new furniture.

 

 

Baby #2 - 23 Weeks

• How far along: 23 weeks
• Size of baby: measures over 11 inches — about the size of a mago— and weighs over 1 pound
• Total Weight Gain: 11 pounds
• Maternity Clothes: Not yet.  Wearing loose fitting dresses to work.
• Gender: We are having a BOY!
• Sleep: It is hard to fall back to sleep when I wake up at night.
• Cravings: Apple juice, cheese, pasta
• Anything making you queasy or sick?  Powder scented stuff (lotion, deodorant) and any strong scents (even the smell of my shampoo makes me sick)
• Best moment this week: Getting more ready in the nursery and buying baby clothes
• What I miss most: My clothes looking normal
• Symptoms: Nausea - very mild, vomiting - non-existent this week
• What I'm looking forward to: More boy clothes shopping, getting out the gender neutral stuff from Chesney's babyhood.
• Movement: Lots of kicks, especially when I slow down enough to notice them.

Chesney's 1st Dental Visit

 Chesney had her first official teeth cleaning today.  She has been to the dentist twice (once at one year and once right before two years old) just to meet the dentists and have quick teeth check-ups.  She was excited until she found out I couldn't go back with her.  But she didn't cry until she got to the back. (The hygienist said she was vocal (meaning she cried) during the cleaning.  But she was all smiles when the dentist came in.  They were kind enough to take the picture below during her appointment.

 

  Below is her dental report.  When I asked her to show me her teeth, Chesney told me they looked like princess teeth.  This girl is truly princess all the way to her teeth!

The hygienist came in to tell me about her cleaning and as she was talking Chesney said "Oh no, I forgot to tell her thank you for cleaning my teeth."  She is such a sweet girl.

 Here she is with her sparkly smile, stickers and goody bag with a new tooth brush and flosser.

Baby #2 - 22 Weeks

• How far along: 22 weeks
• Size of baby: measures 11 inches — about the size of a spaghetti squash— and weighs 1 pound
• Total Weight Gain: 9 pounds
• Maternity Clothes: No, but I will be digging them out this week.  Wearing loose fitting dresses to work.
• Gender: We are having a BOY!
• Sleep: It is hard to fall back to sleep when I wake up at night.
• Cravings: Juice of any sort, cheese, pasta
• Anything making you queasy or sick?  Powder scented stuff (lotion, deodorant). 
• Best moment this week: Putting boy stuff in the nursery and buying boy clothes
• What I miss most: My pants feeling comfortable
• Symptoms: I reached another milestone this week when I felt sick in the car on the way home from the cottage on Labor Day. I asked Chuck for a bag and found out it had a hole in it after I threw up.  Good thing we had extra clothes in the car.  (I thought my kids would be the next to puke on me)
• What I'm looking forward to: More boy clothes shopping
• Movement: Lots of kicks

Grandparent's Day 2012

Happy Grandparent's Day to the most wonderful grandparents in the world.  Our little ones are so lucky to have you all!

Jump In

 We are soaking up the last few weeks in our pool before the cool weather sets in.  And Chesney has decided to start jumping in the pool just in time.

 And she thinks it's entertaining to jump in with my flip flops on.

 

 And jumping over and over and over again!

 

 

It is so much fun to watch her have such a great time and laugh so hard.

Labor Day Weekend

We spent a long Labor Day weekend relaxing at the cottage and helping clean up for winter. (We actually spent more time making cupcakes than helping clean up but we tried!)

Luckily my little lady and I found lots of time to relax.

The boys cut up a tree and stacked the wood while we watched.

And we enjoyed some time on the lake.

Chesney liked hanging out with Bailey on the boat (and on the deck too).

And she spotted some turtles with grandma.

It was great to enjoy some time at the cottage since we may not be back for a while (thanks to baby boy being due so close to our normal Christmas trip).

Baby #2 - 21 Weeks

• How far along: 21 weeks
• Size of baby: measures 10.5 inches — about the size of a carrot— and weighs 12 ounces
• Total Weight Gain: 6 pounds
• Maternity Clothes: No but getting way closer!  Wearing my more comfortable clothes.
• Gender: We are having a BOY!
• Sleep: Tossing and turning a little during the night.
• Cravings: Juice of any sort, cheese, Jolly Ranchers
• Anything making you queasy or sick?  Powder scented stuff (lotion, deodorant). 
• Best moment this week: Finding out we are having a boy
• What I miss most: Not feeling like a chubbers
• Symptoms: Vomiting about once each week. Traveling long distances in the car seems to induce vomiting...oh joy.  Can you say barf bag?!? I have also had crazy bad skin this pregnancy (dry with acne)
• What I'm looking forward to: Making it my goal to find cute boy clothes (I love a good challenge)
• Movement: Lots of kicks

Magic Monkey Bananas

A few days ago we read the book No More Cookies! before nap time.  I had never read this book before, but it was super cute. At the end of the story, the mom tells the little girl they can make magic monkey bananas (chocolate covered bananas).  So I told Chesney that after nap that day we would make magic monkey bananas too.  She remembered as soon as she woke up.  (Please excuse the messy nap hair.)

 

 Adding some sprinkles!

 

 The finished product.  We had to let them freeze for at least an hour before we could eat them.

 Finally ready to enjoy!  She was SO excited.

 A little chocolate covered monkey face.