Baby Pictures

I went to the doctor today for my "official" appointment. This baby is a CHUNK compared to Libby's first ultrasounds. Everything looked fine. Now we just need to decide if this baby will be another c-section or not. There were a lot of pros and cons for each way that we need to think about.

Libby's Speech

If you have talked with Libby recently you might find some of what she says hard to understand. I've talked with lots of people about her speech and all the "experts" I know say it's just fine for her age and to wait until she's 3 to panic. She makes up weird words for people and things and that was really concerning me. Well, recently she has started changing some of her words to the "right" word. For example, Mommy used to be Mimi but now is Mommy. She still calls herself Mimi so now we can distinguish. Her sitter Lisa used to be Sum Mum but now is actually Lisa! (Which I hope means that she will soon be saying "Libby") How wonderful is that!! A horse used to be a "see" but now is something like hor-see. We're getting there! Maybe by 3 she will be saying more normal things like everyone tells me.

The waist is a-growin'

I finally have a picture or 2 from The Backyardigans, unfortunately, they are not of Libby. The pictures of Libby did not turn out very well.



If you have never been to The Fox Theater in St. Louis, it is something to see. The ceilings are beautiful and very ornate. Libby loved the bottom of the balcony above us so much that she requested I take a picture of it.


I also can hardly fit in any of my regular pants anymore, so I've started wearing my maternity pants pretty much all the time now. I'm 8 weeks pregnant and haven't even "officially" been to the doctor and I can't fit in my clothes. How sad is that?! Many of you probably don't think this looks like much of a belly (and it really isn't, I guess) but I do not normally look like this. So anyway, here's to the first of the belly pics.

Say Please

On Wednesday Libby had a bad dream about 45 minutes before Mike and I get up for work. We let her come to our bed thinking she would go back to sleep - WRONG! Well, anyway, I was feeling a little sick to my stomach so I ate some of the crackers I keep on my nightstand. Libby heard me getting into them and says, "Cracker, Mommy?"
Mommy: Libby, What do you say?
Libby: 2?
Mommy: No, Libby, what do you say?
Libby: 4?
Mommy: How about 'please'?
Libby: Please 2 cracker Mommy?

She's too funny. Already trying to negotiate things with us.

This might be a long 9 months

I've started feeling REALLY bad about a week ago. A friend of mine who had had 4 kids told me today that each of her pregnancies got worse! I think I'm about done being pregnant and if we want more kids we can adopt! :) Also, Libby thinks the purple circle on the ultrasound picture below is a hair band. She keeps calling it hairdo. She refuses to believe that there's a baby inside the hairdo and has actually started getting pretty mad when we try to tell her that. I guess we'll have to wait until it starts to look more like a baby and less like a grain of rice.

On another note, we're very excited because we're going to see The Backyardigans Live tomorrow! Libby doesn't really understand but she's going to love it. I'm sure we'll get some good pictures while we're there.

Very Girly Girl

Libby went to a birthday party today for our neighbor. She insisted on wearing a dress, fancy socks, pretty shoes, and a barrette. What a little girly girl.



We also went to the Corn Maze today. Libby actually liked it a lot until she started to doze off. She hasn't fallen asleep in public since she was very little so we're thinking someone took off with our Libby and replaced her with someone new. :)




Libby helping Daddy read the map. She actually asked to look at the map by herself but I couldn't get a picture of it.


Libby and her new Best Friend - Care Bear.

Yesterday I had to go to the doctor because I was having all kinds of pressure and pain. This was not my first "official" appointment of this pregnancy - I still have that on the 21st. However, they did do an ultrasound to make sure every thing was okay. I have a cyst on one of my ovaries. I had the same with Libby and I guess they are pretty normal, however my cysts are larger than normal. With Libby the cyst was 7 cm across and this one was about 3.5 cm across. Big enough to be uncomfortable but not a problem. Below you will see the baby circled in purple. It really just looks like a grain of rice right now, but the tech did see a brief heartbeat. My official due date is May 31st.