Post Chirstmas Update

The wondering travelers have returned! We went to Mom's house for christmas eve and drove to Dallas for Christmas day with Gigi. It was fun for Sophy to play with her cousins LilliAnn, Grayson, and Evie. She had fun with her second cousin Hana, but they tended to fight just a little bit. We all had a good time and my family was way too giving to Sophy! In fact we almost couldn't fit it into our car to go home. She got a table and chairs from santa to go with her play kitchen and lots of play food and dishes.

We got home early on thursday morning and had a busy time going to the grocery store and putting the house in order. While we were gone the facet out front broke and was leaking into the yard. So Jeff spent half the day fixing it. It works now luckly! We did have to go half the day without water though.

I spent most my time taking down and putting up christmas decorations and cleaning house. My friend Jessica came over with our dogs (they watched them while we were away) and spent some time letting the kids play. It was nice to be home. Jeff put the play kitchen together today and we had fun putting out her play dishes and food. Sophy loves it. She pretends to iron and cook and wash dishes! The kitchen is SO cute. My mother in law did a great job picking it out and Jeff did a great job putting it together.

( The first picture is of LilliAnn, Grayson, and Evie in front of the tree. The second is Sophy with her Poppy ready for church on Sunday morning. The third is of Sophy sitting at her table in her new play kitchen.)

Here's what baby center says about the baby: Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long. His eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed. And you can certainly feel him move. He's oblivious to your schedule, though, so don't be surprised if he starts working out just when you're settling down for the night. If you're having a girl, her vagina is formed now, though it will continue to develop until birth.

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!!

We had Jeff's Christmas party yesterday. It was a lot of fun, but kinda long. Sophy got awfully cranky by the end because it was during nap time. We made sure we got her a nap when we got home, that helped her mood quite a bit. Before the party we took Sophy to see Santa at Northpark Mall. For those of you who haven't taken their kiddos to see Santa I highly recommend going there. The santa was really nice and had a real beard and everything. The best part? There was little to no line! I took Sophy there last year and it went very well. This year however as soon as we went to hand her to santa she started screaming and continued screaming until her daddy got her. We ended up taking a family picture, it was the best we could manage with her dislike of santa. Maybe we can get a beter picture next year with her baby sister!

We had our Ultrasound today! It was very exciting to see the new baby! She is 100% girl! There was absolutely no question about that. Even I could tell and I'm not too good at those things. She looks a lot like Sophy, same head shape and chubby cheeks, but she has a pointy nose compared to Sophy. I am really excited now to see what she looks like for real. Jeff also got to see her for the first time. It's amazing how real it all became today. I have had 4 ultrasounds, but this one was different. At this one they counted legs, arms, fingers, organs, and a whole lot of other stuff. She was sucking her fingers and moving a lot. She did a complete 180 during the course of the scan. She is completely healthy and has all the apropriate organs and limbs. That's always nice to know. She didn't like us to look at her face or profile and kinda annoyed us a little with that one, but it just gave us a taste of her personality.

Here's what baby center says about 19 weeks: Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and he measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the length of a small zucchini. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now. His kidneys continue to make urine, and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. This is a crucial time for sensory development: Your baby's brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. If your baby is a girl, she has an astonishing six million eggs in her ovaries. They'll dwindle to fewer than two million by the time she's born.

Tiny Candy Houses!

I was sitting in my doctor's waiting room waiting for the nice nurse to call my name when I saw an article in the christmas Martha Stewart Living about Gingerbread houses made out of graham crackers. I thought they looked Super cute so today Trish came over to make gingerbread houses. We learned something today.....they may look cute, but it's NOT fun to make. Just think how the poor employee who had to make those houses felt! Anyway, we finished the houses and made them look cute and took pictures. So I thought I would post a couple pictures of my houses so you could see and enjoy all the hard work I put into them. They are FAR to fargile to travel with so I felt the best way for everyone to see them was through pictures. Merry Christmas! (The green house is made of sour straws, gumdrops, starburst, and lifesavers with a Mike and Ike Mailbox, and a skittles/ kissables path. The Yellow house is made of lifesavers, skittles, marshmellow, gumdrops, and mike and Ikes with a gumdrop/ gummybear mailbox and a gumdrop/ kissables fence. The red house is made of lifesavers, peppermint sticks, and redhots with a peppermoint mailbox and a skittles/ kissables path. The snow is coconut with marshmellow trees, and a candy stick/gumdrop lightpoll and a Nerds road and sidewalks.)
Sophy is finally over her cold and Jeff is well. I unfortunately got worse when I finished my antibiotic, so I had to go back to the doctor. She sent me to my GP and she put me on 3 weeks worth of some MASSIVE strength antibiotics. So I'm finally feeling better.
I am 18 weeks along with the baby. I think we finally agreed on a name. Jeff at least can't think of any I like better and I can't think of any he likes better, so I guess we're settled. We have an ultrasound next week. I'll be happy to know that everything is ok. Jeff gets to go so that will be fun, it's his first time to see the baby.