Questions

Brittney from Mommy-in-waiting tagged me in a fun questions post!

Here are the rules:

-You must post the rules

-Answer the 11 questions that the tagger posted for you

-Create 11 questions to ask the people you've tagged

-Tag 11 people and link them to your post

-Let them know you tagged them

Questions:

1.What is your favorite piece of decor in your house?

-My antique vanity. It's in our bedroom and it's definitely my favorite thing in our house.

2.What tv show is a guilty pleasure for you?

-One Tree Hill

3.What is your favorite restaurant?

-Applebees

4.If you could live in any other state, where would you choose?

-Texas

5.What kind of car do you drive?

-Cadillac

6.What is the thing you do that wastes the most amount of time in your day?

-My iPhone

7.What is your favorite website right now?

-YouTube

8.Do you have any special talents?

-Special talents....hmm...I guess I don't! How boring am I?

9.What is your favorite feature about yourself?

Physical-my hair

Personality- Compassionate

10.How did you meet your significant other?

-Youth group when we were 16

11.What is your favorite color?

-Green

I tag:

My Life as Marcie

It takes a special kind

Mr., Mrs., and 4 Little Misses

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The Bigger(s) Picture

Two's Company, Three's a Family

I'm cheating and using the same questions that Brittney asked me and only tagging 6 people. It's late and this mama needs to go to bed!

22 Months Old

At 22 months old, Avery:

-wears size 18-24 month clothing. She's growing out of the 18 month though. She wears size 5 and 6 shoes, but is growing out of the size 5 soon.

-wears size 5 diapers (can still wear 4, but getting a little snug so we moved up)

-learned new signs: couch, window, piano

-can do her name puzzle, shape puzzle, and door matching puzzle (which is a 3Y+ puzzle) She loves puzzles and I love watching her do them!

-loves taking bubble baths at Grandma & Papa's

-says "cheeeeeese!" and smiles a big smile when I take a picture of her

-likes to put on everyone's shoes and walk around the house

-gets rocked to sleep every night in the rocking chair and I LOVE it. I'm really going to miss when she doesn't let me rock her anymore.

(Saying cheeeeese of course)

The Worst Day

Today was honestly the worst day of my life as of yet. I had my D&C this morning. Horrible.

Sure, Friday when I was told the words "Unfortunately, I'm not seeing a heartbeat" comes in as a close second. But, today? Today was the worst. Even though I knew our baby had already went to heaven and was no longer living inside of me, today was like the FINAL goodbye. What really tore me apart was that they were going to scrape my BABY (or "product of conception" as the nurse said) out and just throw him/her away. I guess there was no alternative, but it just really hit me hard. That was my baby. A part of my husband and I. My daughter's brother/sister. The baby we waited 7 months for. This is hard.

Bad news

I went in for an ultrasound this morning and there was no heartbeat. I was supposed to be about 8 weeks 5 days, but it appeared the baby stopped growing somewhere around 6 and a half weeks or so. I'm really upset, but I know God has a plan for my life and this just happens to be part of the plan. I go for a D&C on Monday. Prayers are welcome.

Baby #2

We're so excited to announce that we're expecting another bundle of love!

I saw this on January 15th:

We told my parents the same day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XHQcLSCMA&list=UU6TsxHEaX4ShbKfpFTBHKIA&index=1&feature=plcp

We Skyped with my husband's parents and told them, too!

I had my first prenatal appointment on January 27th. They gave me an unexpected ultrasound, also. I thought I was 5 weeks and 5 days, but they only saw a gestational sac and yolk sac. I went back for another ultrasound a week later and saw this:

A perfect little babe with a heart rate of 92 bpm. He (it's going to be a boy, I just KNOW it) was measuring 5 weeks and 5 days. So, no wonder they didn't see a baby at my last ultrasound, because I was only 4 weeks and 5 days!

***I started this post February 7th and am now finishing it on the 10th

I went for ANOTHER ultrasound today (Feb. 10th) to "check the viability of the heartbeat". I think they are just scheduling all of these ultrasounds because I have good insurance. Anyway, the tech said that the heart rate (92 bpm) was on the lower side last time so they wanted to check it again today. Well, the heart rate was still 92 bpm today at 6 weeks and 5 days. I was worried at first, but the tech said that it could just be on the lower side because of how early I am. What do you think? Is that normal? Baby was measuring right on track, so that is good! I'll share the pictures from today's ultrasound in another post.

My next prenatal appointment is on March 9th. I'll be 10 weeks and 5 days then, so that's exciting!

I've been having all day nausea on and off for the past three days and it's awful. I'm very picky about what I eat, too. The only thing that I've been "craving" is ice cold water. Hopefully this nausea goes away soon. We're taking a trip to MA (9 hour drive) next Thursday and I don't want to be sick for the whole car ride!

I feel SO blessed that God has given us another child. I'm so happy!

21 Months Old

At 21 months, Avery:

-wears size 12-24 month clothing, size 5 shoes, and size 4 diapers

-learned new signs: cat, computer, blocks, bed

-is going to be a big sister!

-loves to twirl in a dress

-has been telling me when she goes to the bathroom for a couple months, but has yet to go in the potty.

-forms more of an opinion on EVERYTHING more each day!

-still takes a nap during the day

-is still obsessed with stuffed animals

-talks A LOT

-constantly calls "ABBAY!!!" (Abby is one of our cats)

(She loves Bob, my parent's cat)

News...

Details to come...