Random Thoughts

Autumn’s new word… “expect.”  At meal times I tell her I expect her to at least take one bite of everything, she has to at least try each food served.  Well, last night, she broke out the “expect” word on daddy… demanding him to eat the play food she had made him.  She doesn’t miss a thing!

has a new playmate at daycare… a 2.5 year old little girl who is also named Autumn.  They play great together and it’s really nice for Autumn to have a girl her own age to hang out with.

Autumn is very excited about the new baby coming.  She keeps telling me to let him come out and she will get blankets for him and help change him and hold his bottles.  (haha).  I’m sure it will change once he is out and gets a bit bigger and will be stealing her toys.  (She defiantly gets aggravated with the 1 year old boy in daycare right now for that reason).

Last time we went shopping she kept trying to buy everything in the store for her new baby brother.  It was incredibly cute!  She made her way to the baby section in JCPenney and kept pulling out boy outfits, blankets, toys, and shoes… saying she “has to buy these for her new baby brother to keep him warm.”

31 Weeks & Counting

My last doctor’s appointment was on Monday, November 7^th.  I am 31 weeks along now.  This appointment included my RH shot I couldn’t get last time and results from my glucose screening (congrats… I’m not diabetic).  Dr. Joseph took belly measurements and listened to the baby’s heartbeat.  I also found out that these horrible menstrual type cramps I’ve been having are actually Braxton Hicks contractions. 

Since my last appointment I only gained 1 pound (thank god the weight gain slowed or I’d be a whale by the time this baby makes his appearance).  He has also figured out to lodge his bony foot right under my right ribcage.  It’s not very comfortable and there doesn’t seem to be much I can do to convince him to move.  Hopefully he’ll make his debut a bit early and give me a break from all this heartburn, cramping, kicks, and overall discomfort.

Weird Bathroom Routine

Lately when Autumn goes poop on the potty and uses a wet wipe to get cleaned up she still feels wet afterwards.  Unless we change her pants and underwear she insists she still feels “wet”.  One day after wiping up after using the potty Autumn was having a meltdown insisting she was wet while the other daycare children we’re starting a commotion in the other room.  In a hurry I blew some air on her bum, told her she was fine, and left the bathroom. 

To my amazement she agreed, pulled up her pants and went on her way.  Now, every time she goes poop on the potty and uses a wet wipe to clean up she insists that someone blow on her bum to dry it off.  It has become yet another hysterical quirk that Autumn insists on and will be completely embarrassed about later on in life.

28 Weeks & Counting

We went for another ultrasound today so the doctor could get some better pictures of the baby’s spine and monitor his growth.  We found out he has flipped and is no longer breech and his spine is up (ready for labor).  I think this baby is confused about how long he has left in there (almost 12 more weeks)! 

He is kicking me like crazy lately and as soon as I try to rest he goes nuts.  We are definitely on different schedules.  Autumn is getting better about going to the hospital now since she has been so many times with us and hasn’t had her own appointment again in awhile.  Juggling her 3 year appointment with new baby appointments will be fun in January.

The little man is nothing like autumn.  She was small and quiet (at least in the womb).  This little man doesn’t stop moving and he’s much larger in size than my little princess.  The baby is currently measuring half a week large and weighing a whole week large!  Not looking forward to labor!

Dinner Time

Lately it’s been a real struggle at the dinner table with autumn.  She has always been kind of difficult but recently she has started driving mom and dad nuts.  At least we used to get one easy meal a day, breakfast.  But now... she won’t even eat that without complaining and trying to negotiate.  It’s getting very frustrating.

Columbus Day Weekend

This weekend was long... and not because of the extra day involved.  We spent all day Saturday and Sunday installing new windows in the downstairs of the house.  Monday we went to the dentist with Mike for a cleaning and then spent the evening cleaning the house and Mike had to finish the last window casing in the kitchen.

On Saturday Autumn went with "grandma greenhouse" to Mcdonald's and then to 2 different parks in Massena.  Uncle Wayne met up with them and played on the playground with Autumn.  Then Autumn went back to Bombay for a bit and then met up with mommy and daddy at Pizza Hut with grandma for dinner.

On Sunday Autumn went to "grandma tractor's" for the day.  She spent the day playing with cousin Liam and picking pumpkins with Aunt Jackie. Mommy and daddy drove up to Bombay at the end of the day and had order out pizza with grandma and grandpa for dinner.

Awwww......

Autumn looked at a wedding photo in the den and said "aww, mommy, look!  you and daddy are so cute!  You love each other... awww...."