Week 27...

Of pregnancy is going well! I'm still coughing a little, but mostly over the sinus issues. Went to dentist today to get a filling, but he thinks the pressure I'm feeling is from the sinus problems I'm still getting over, so no filling today. I'd rather wait until after baby, anyway. Olivia is over it all, I do believe, so that is good news.

Tomorrow is the big day for the 4D ultrasound~we're gonna see our baby girl #2's face! So excited about this!

Update on Olivia's toddler bed issue--since January, Brian had been sitting with her in her room until she fell asleep. He did this for over a month. Good daddy. :) But another milestone, about 2-3 weeks ago, Olivia asked her dad not to turn on the lullaby music in her room and to leave her door open. It took a few nights of walking her back to her bed a handful of time, but NOW she falls asleep on her own! It's a big relief to have that out of the way before June. However, when she has to adjust to the new baby, well, we'll deal with that when the time comes! :)

Olivia is really coming along with speech now, she carries on conversations with us all the time (and her baby dolls!). It's great to see her using 3 & 4 word phrases, like her therapist wants her to. Well, until next time....

This week...

Well, I finally went to the doc last Friday and started treating the symptoms of post-nasal drainage...fun fun! Monday they called in an antibiotic since nothing was helping, and TODAY I'm finally feeling like I'm starting to get over it! And Olivia has the same thing, had it since the beach trip, so Brian was able to get off work to take her to her pediatrician Tuesday. Slight ear infection so she was prescribed the same antibiotic I'm taking. Then Wednesday she had a temp of 101 at daycare so all day and last night we gave her tylenol and kept her home today. Hopefully it's just from the infection and nothing else, since there are so many stomache bugs going around.

On the brighter side, miss Olivia has a birthday coming up in less than a month now!!! Wow, three!

Myrtle Beach 09!

We couldn't have picked a nicer weekend to go down there! It was great! Olivia enjoyed the indoor pools, playing in the sand, and our few excursions out to eat and shop. We all had a wonderful last vacation of three that we'll remember forever.

SNOW SUNDAY!

Pics and few updates

We went to the Homeplace for Brian's birthday last week...very good eatin'!

Look at the ham of the family now! She did this pose on her own!

Listening to a cd of a Jimmy Buffett book...

I met with Olivia's OT last week and she wants us to start putting the hand brace or kinesio tape back on Liv's right hand/arm. Olivia is showing more independant use of her hand, especially during therapy sessions and it seems the botox did help her be able to use it more. We see Dr Brown again in March and will probably have to get a new order to be fitted for her foot brace, again, this one is getting too small.

Liv is becoming quite the little "princess"--she calls herself that when she wears a dress! She sometimes doesn't want to wear the clothes I've picked out for her to daycare, so she'll take her dad back to her closet to pick out something else :) Back on Valentine's Day, I did see where she'd cut two more of her 2yr molars, so one more left! She's been a little fussy lately so we're thinking it's on it's way! Be glad when that's over!

Next Thursday we leave for Myrtle Beach for the weekend! Brian and I are so looking forward to time away from work. We should be able to take Olivia and swim in a heated indoor pool and just have lots of fun family time-can't wait!

Happy Valentine's Day

Olivia had a great party day at daycare Friday with valentine's from all her classmates and candy even brought home! Brian picked her up because he got off work early Friday-no OT at Shenandoah now, of course! Please pray for Shenandoah Life Insurance Co now as they go through this huge transition of an almost complete merger to the state taking over. Many are now worried about the longevity of their jobs at this point! Saturday, we took Olivia to MYGYM and signed her up for the remainder of the month-she loves it! I'll post pics soon.

She spent the night with Nana & Papa H and got even more spoiled rotten. Brian and I ate at Kobe Jap. Steakhouse with our Sunday School class and back home to watch a movie. We went to church today and to a new members lunch afterward...yummy chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc. Today we're cleaning the house and watching the Daytona 500, of course, and enjoying the rest of the day with our baby girl! Someone's birthday is this Thursday...could it really be his 33rd??!! WOW, THAT'S LIKE ANCIENT! :)

The latest doc appt

Friday was my first formal ultrasound with baby #2! The first thing to find out was the SEX!!! Brian was staring at the monitor like he was about to find a needle in a haystack...and blurted out, "It's a girl!" And the lady doing the ultrasound agreed!!! So, we have another little girl on the way! Our baby girl, Olivia, is going to be a big sister. We are all extremely excited!
The ultrasound is at 19 weeks 4 days...will post as soon as scanned. Next appt. is Feb. 28th where another ultrasound will be done to get pics of her face--could NOT get her turned around this time! And good news...at 28 weeks, my OB/gyn office does the 4D Sonograms for their patients, yay!!!

Miss Olivia went to her first circus Saturday. Brian and I took her and it was fabulous! She loved the elephants, tigers, sheep dogs- but everything kept her attention the whole show that's for sure! Brian and I haven't been to one in years and seem to remember it being more exciting than this, but hey, the kids seemed to enjoy it.