Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound today to check on Peanut's growth and development.  Patrick and the twins came with us, so it was a busy room.  Peanut is looking good and developing right on track.  The tech check the spine, heart, kidneys and other body parts.  She didn't look at the boy/girl parts since we don't want to know.  Michael thinks he "saw something" when she was measuring the leg bones but I didn't see anything.

We had a hard time getting a good profile of Peanut because of his position and the fact that he had his arms and hands up by his face most of the time.   You can see three of the fingers by Peanuts mouth in the first picture and the arms by Peanut's face in the second one.  Only about 20 more weeks or 131 days to go.

Bed Time Trouble

Since moving Patrick up-stairs to his big boy room he had done well.  Until the last two nights.  He hasn't gone to sleep until 9 each night.  He keeps getting out of bed and/or turning on his light.  I'm not sure what to do about it.

Last night I stayed upstairs and did some work.  The moment I noticed his light on, I opened the door, told him no, turned the light out and put him back into bed.

Any other ideas of what might work.  I was up there close to an hour last night.  But at least he sleeps longer in the morning.

21 Weeks

Peanut's the size of a pomegranate! (Or for the men, about the size of a bottle of beer)

At 10.5 inches and about 12.7 ounces, she's big enough now that you've probably been feeling her movements.  As her digestive system preps for the outside world, she's manufacturing meconium -- the tarry black substance you'll find in her first dirty diaper (ew)!  If it's a girl, she's already got a lifetime's supply of eggs in her womb -- about six million of them!

Feeling Peanut move around all the time now, not just in the evenings when I'm relaxing.  Our ultrasound is this Thursday.  I'm excited to see Peanut.  It will be a full room as Michael, Patrick, and the twins I have for daycare are all coming with.  They, the girls, keep asking me when the baby is coming and if they will get to see the baby.

20 Weeks, Half Way

Decided to do this a day in advance since I had my appointment today.  Things are going good.  Haven't gained or lost anything according to my OB's scale.  I'd have figured at least an ounce or two but nope; exactly the same.  Everything else is normal; heartbeat has been around 145-150 each time.  Having an ultrasound on the 31st to make sure baby is developing properly.  No we are not finding out the sex of the baby.  I will also have to stop in sometime the next 3 weeks to do my Gestational Diabetes testing.   Peanut have been moving around a lot lately.  I don't remember Patrick punching and kicking much but my placenta was in the front and muted a lot of him movements.


Peanut's the size of a banana!
Baby weighs about 10.2 ounces and measures about 6.5 inches.  Peanut's got working taste buds.  Now, she's gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid each day -- that's significantly more than before.

Birthday Party

Birthday party today!

Patrick had his birthday party today.  A lot of work for me though.  Patrick spend the afternoon with Grandma and Papa so I could clean and get things ready for the party.  Mopped the floor and scrubbed down all the chairs and tables.

Party started late this afternoon so Michael could sleep to about his normal time.  Family came as well as some friends.  Patrick was excited to see Phoenix as well as his cousins and Isabella.  Our daycare girls couldn't come but we celebrated earlier with them.

Patrick loved opening all his gifts.  I had a hard time keeping him out of them until after we eat.  He LOVED the Little People Airplane that he received as well as the Cars busy book.

I should be cleaning up but instead I'm watching The Lorax with Michael.  Dishes can wait.

He's TWO!

Patrick turns two today.  He's learning new things each day and I'm always amazed at the new words he says and how he can express what he wants.  I still have trouble every once in a while understanding what he is asking for.  Last night he keep saying "Toe".  Finally figured out he wanted me to cover him up from head to toe.  Done this many times but this was the first time he asked for it.

Not much going on in way of celebration today.  He is having a party of Saturday so today just a treat and one present to open form the twins I watch.  They can't make it to the party so we are celebrating with them today.  He also had a doctor appointment this morning, right away at 8:30.

Patrick did not want to be examined today at the doctors.  He did great stepping on the scale and standing still while he was being weighted (29 Lbs) but that was the end of his cooperation.  He didn't want to be measured for his height.  He's still just a little to short of the wall scale so I had to lay him down on the small roll up one.  He wouldn't lay still and kept moving his head from the top so we got a best guess of his height (35.5 inches).  Threw a fit when the Dr and nurse tried to hear is heart and lungs.  Cried and said the thermometer under is arm hurt.  He did like when the doctor used the light to look at his eyes but not his ears.  He ended up getting the flu shot and some blood draw to check his lead levels since our house is over 50 years old.  Poor kid, rough way to start your birthday.

The rest of the day went very well.  We celebrated with the daycare girls since they can't come to his party.  Patrick even got a hair cut.  Over all, I'd say it was a good day for Patrick.  Let the Trying Two's begin.

Insulation In

We added insulation to our house this evening.  During the house inspection, we were told that the attic didn't have enough insulation in it.  No big deal we could easily add some insulation after we bought the house.

Well, today was the day.  We quadrupled the amount of insulation in the attic so that it meets the suggest R-factor for the area we live in.

That's right, QUADRUPLED.

Each inch of insulation is equal to about 3.2 R-factor.  No idea why it's called R-factor but anyways.  We only had 4.5 inches which equaled an R-factor of about 14.  Our recommended R-factor for Wisconsin, 49-60.

Huge THANK YOU to my in-laws for helping out.  It's such a blessing.

I'm so strange, but I'm exited about the fact that we added insulation.  Patrick liked climbing on it.