No Hands!

My new trick that I LOVE to do with blackberries, blueberries and just about anything! Mommy and Daddy try not to laugh but I know they are secretly LOVING it :)

 

Love,
Anna

Favorite Song

Whenever the song "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" comes on the ipod I go CRAZY! I spin around in circles, dance like crazy and ask for more more more when it's done! And the best is when Daddy gets home from work and dances with me.... he helps me fly through the air and do EXACTLY what the song says!

OH it's so much fun!

Love,
Anna

One of my favorite things to do at my house...

....search for squirrels out of mommy and daddy's window!

Believe it or not, I have a baseball bat in one of my hands- just in case one came REALLY close!

Love,
Anna

Bye Bye Morning Nap!

The week of Christmas I decided to drop my morning nap. It wasn't that I wasn't tired in the morning.... oh I was... it was more that I HATED my afternoon nap! I would scream and scream and scream! So mommy decided to slowly push my morning nap back a little bit to noon (it took us a couple of weeks to get used to it). But now I am only taking one nap that lasts anywhere from 1 hour and 15 minutes to 2 hours.

I am still having a sippy cup of milk before I get into my crib at naps and night time and it pretty much does the trick to putting me asleep. I am also still sleeping around 11-12 hours at night which makes for a happy mommy and daddy!

Oh and I told you that I like to pretend sleep, right??? Sussssshhhh!

Love,
Anna

35 weeks and a couple of days!

Feeling Larger by the day but having bursts of energy every now and then! Backache is still there. Baby Ashley has dropped a little so I can breathe and sleep much more easy. She is moving less but when she does it is like her entire body is flipping around. I am starting to waddle when I walk and have a hard time going from sitting to standing. Contractions have also started but no patterns of them yet. Each day they are getting a little more frequent and a little more uncomfortable. Driving or just being in a car is becoming more uncomfortable trip by trip. I was on bed est with Anna at this point so I feel very lucky that I am up and about. I couldn't imagine being on bed rest with Anna running around.

We had our 35 1/2 week appointment with the OB Friday and she said everything looks exactly how it should. I have not started dialating and she said all my numbers and blood pressure are great! I go back each week now; every Friday at 4:15 to check in on the little bambino.

Today I had my last full day out alone doing "my stuff" where I will not have a baby dependent on me for a feeding every couple of hours. It felt great- no it felt REALLY good to be out and about by myself but made for a tired day. We are loaded up on all the supplies for freezer cooking and am planning on preparing a months worth of food over the next two days... mom I may need some freezer space :)

Much love and Belly,
Jenny

Teddy Bear

I love everything I got at Christmas, but I REALLY love teddy bear!

He's about twice my size but I still manage to drag him around the upstairs to every room and I even manage to get mommy and daddy to bring him downstairs as well! I give him diaper changes on the diaper pad and I even use wipes on his bottom! I put him to sleep under blankets and say "shhhh" when he is sleeping. Whenever I am by him I am usually on the floor rolling all over him and laughing. When I wake up he is usually the first thing I want to see when I get out of my crib. Ohhhh I love him so much! I call him "tahy" and mommy and daddy know exactly who I am talking about when I say it :)

I wish I could sleep with him but mommy says he's too big. So for now, he sleeps RIGHT by my crib in Baby Ashley's baby bouncer.

Here I am chilling with my Teddy!

Love,
Anna

34 weeks

Still large and in charge!! Which is a good thing :)

Feeling just more and more tired as the days go on. I am napping with Anna pretty much everyday now and could probably use a mid-afternoon one as well. My lower back is really starting to get the best of me. When I wake up, it takes a LONG time for Anna and I to get out of our pajamas... and sometime we don't until the next day :) Don't worry- she is being diaper changed :)

Hard to sleep in any position because Baby Ashley is so high in my ribs and when I lay on my left side (that is the preferred side for best blood flow) I swear I am putting pressure on her head or butt or something... so I am sleeping on my right side... god forbid me EVER do that during my first pregnancy with Anna. But since I feel Ashley kicks ALL. THE. TIME. I am not really worried like I was with Anna. Rob has been giving me back rubs at night and that has been helping me fall right to sleep much better- I told him tonight that those will become part of our evening ritual and he looked ecstatic let me tell you! Night wakings to use the bathroom have started and what a joy that is :)

Won't be too long until we will see our baby girl! Unbelievable, really!

Much Love,
Jenny