Easter morning

AR's Easter goodies...she mainly got several little things: books, minnie pjs, bath/pool toys, bubbles, etc.

A little dramatic! It's hard to get pictures with her now because she can't be still!

Easter with the Hollyhands

Saturday evening we went to Papa Dougs to eat dinner and hunt eggs.  Anna Riley had the best time playing with her cousins, Brilyn and Ainslee.  She was full of energy and trying to keep up with the older two. 

Weekend

We escaped all of the Tuscaloosa weekend craziness and headed to Fairhope on Thursday morning.  I thought we would just escape all the traffic and loads of people in town for ADay but apparently there was a lot more craziness that went on with the horrible weather on Friday!  We were under a tornado watch (in Fairhope) all day Friday but it never really did anything but rain and that was later that night.  We took AR back to Kangarooz on Friday since it was a gloomy day.  Saturday, the weather was perfect so we spent a good portion of the day at the pool.  When we came back and put AR down for a nap, Riley and I laid out on the beach...needless to say I got a little too much sun!  We left fairly early on Sunday morning so we could make it to an early Easter lunch at Riley's aunt's house. 

14 weeks

Symptoms:

 I hope to not jinx myself this time but I haven't been sick since Saturday...I haven't even felt nauseous!  YAY!  So I am feeling pretty good and I have a little more energy too.  I have been trying to still go to Zumba and it makes me feel SO much better but I don't make it quite as often as I used to...but I do plan to continue it throughout my pregnancy if possible.

Weight gain: about 3.5 lbs.

Cravings: I love Pineapple cream cheese with strawberries.  (But I love that when I am not pregnant)
Maternity Clothes:  I am wearing my maternity jeans and a few dresses but I can still wear all my regular clothes too.
Sleep: I have slept pretty good this week.
Gender: We find out May 5th!! I can not wait!!!
Doctors Appointment:  I had an appointment yesterday morning.  Everything looked great from the procedure I had last week.  The baby's heartrate was 156 again. 

Weekend

Riley and I attended a wedding party at N.R. Yacht Club Friday night.  My mom came and kept Anna Riley for us.  Unfortunately, AR is in a stage where she only wants me to put her down at night...which makes it not so easy for whoever is watching her for us!  Hopefully this phase will pass soon!! 
The party didn't start until 7 so we got to watch her play in the backyard for a while before we left.

I had so many plans for Saturday.  The weather was supposed to be nice and I was looking forward to enjoying it.  But, apparently I jinxed myself when I said I had not really been sick much this week and not as many headaches because I woke up at 3 am with a terrible migraine and spent the majority of the day throwing up.  So my plans turned into being in the bed most of the day! :(  Thankfully, Riley took Anna Riley for a stroll in the wagon to our friends that just moved in down the street and AR got to play with a friend for a while so I could rest. 

Anna Riley had Easter pictures with Kim Lawson late that afternoon.  She did SO good!! Probably the best picture session she has ever had!  She LOVED the bunnies but once again, I am sure they were ready for the torture to be over!  We have a lot of work on being gentle before the baby brother/sister comes in October!

This is one of the pictures Kim took on Saturday

We went to visit Mimi (Riley's Grandmother) after the picture session. 

Sunday we had a wonderful church service, lunch with my Granna and Pawpaw at Cypress Inn and supper with Papa Doug!   Oh and by the way...we are loving this weather!!! It is so hard to get her to come in!

13 weeks

I was 13 weeks as of Thursday.  

This dress is really flowy so it wasn't the best to "show" my stomach.   

Symptoms: I am feeling somewhat better.  I only got sick twice this week but the headaches are still there. I am hoping that since I am in the 2nd trimester now, I will continue to feel better!


Weight gain: 3 lbs.

Cravings: I was craving Mexican a lot this week and I finally got it yesterday for lunch and it hit the spot!
Maternity Clothes: Not really, but I did ask Riley to get them out of the attic. My regular jeans still fit fine but one pair of my maternity jeans are just oh so comfy and so I am wearing those some now.  I will probably pull out some of my dresses soon too just to have a bigger variety to choose from.

Sleep: My sleep this week has not been so good but it wasn't from just the pregnancy.  My legs were aching from the spinal I got Wednesday (I will explain at the bottom).
Gender: Don't know yet but I am really feeling Boy this time.

Other: I feel like I have been going to the doctor almost every week here lately.  I did get to hear the baby's heartbeat again last week...so far it has been all over the board:137, 184, 156. 
I had to go to the doctor quite a bit to continue to measure my cervix.  I had a really weak/short cervix so my doctor decided it would be best to have a cervical cerclage done.  Basically, its just stiching the cervix together until I am full term to prevent preterm labor.  I did have to get a spinal block for the surgery which was not as bad as I thought it would be...just very weird not having control over your legs!  Everything went great and I only had a small amount of pain while still at the hospital.  My legs were real achy at night  for several days when I am trying to sleep.

14 months old

I feel like she has started doing so much just in the last month!  Here is what Anna Riley is up to at 14 months:

* She weighs around 24 lbs.  She wears 18 month clothes, size 4 diaper, and size 4 or 5 shoe.
* We have traveled a good bit lately and she really travels so good right now...if she isn't asleep she is very content.  I think Mickey Mouse in the DVD player helps tremendously!
*  She is a great sleeper and her pregnant Mama is very thankful for that!!
*  She is doing a little better eating on a plate but she still likes to dump it on the tray.  She is starting to pick up eating with a fork and spoon a little better too.
* She loves Chick-Fil-As milkshakes as does her Mama!
*She loves to give kisses and occasionally hugs.  She also likes to kiss pictures of people...especially the one of her Nana.  She HAS to kiss the big picture of her every time we go to Papa Doug's house. 

*  She is really expanding her vocabulary and she repeats a lot of what we say.  I feel like she has really taken off with this in the past month!  Some of the words she says right now are: Mama, Daddy, DaDa, Gran(Granna), GawGaw( PawPaw), GahGah (Papa for Papa Doug), She says Wesley but its not very clear, nasty (and she says this ALL THE TIME...everything is nasty!), dig (dog), church, three, good girl, thank you, gone gone, she has said baby but only a couple of times.  I am sure there is more but that's all I can think of.
* If you start counting...1, 2, she screams 3!! 
* When you ask her who she loves she points to herself! haha  I don't know where she got that from!?
* She LOVES being outside and pitches a fit when we have to go in.
*She loves to try to throw balls or she will pick them up and bring them to us.  She tries to get as many in her hand as she can.

* She screams and giggles every time she sees Maggie (one of our neighbor's little girls).  They are only a few months a part and they love to see each other and play! 
* She loves animals, especially dogs!  When we are outside she is constantly pointing and screaming "dig, dig" until go to the fence and see the neighbor's dogs. 
* She knows the sounds that a duck, cat and cow makes.  When I ask her about the dog she just laughs. 
* When you ask her where her nose is she scrunches her nose and snorts, when you ask about her tongue she sticks it out, if you even say teeth she says "ttt" and she puts her hands on her head when you ask where her head is.
*She waves bye bye and we are working on blowing kisses...right now she just puts her hand to her mouth and licks it! She claps a lot and if we are watching something and everyone is clapping, she claps too.
* She reaches for everything.  I think she thinks the farther she reaches, that we are going to get it for her. And usually she turns her wrist as if that is going to make it better.

* She is obsessed with putting EVERYTHING in her nightstand drawer!  If I am ever looking for something, I go look in there.  I have found books, coasters, hairbows, pajamas, shoes...you name it she will put it in there!
*She walks in circles a lot!  Usually its when she can see her shadow but sometimes she just does it because she thinks its funny or if we are eating something sweet and she wants some...she will walk away and then make a circle right back to get more.
*When someone is sitting in the recliner, she goes behind it and peeks her head through to give you a kiss.
*She loves to watch me put on makeup.  She always wants me to put lipgloss on her lips and loves to play with the powder brushes. 
*She likes to take her shoes off and then try to put them back on...same with her hairbow.

*She doesn't sit still long enough at bedtime to read our nightly books.  We are lucky to get through one right now.  Occasionally she lets me rock her but sometimes she even points to the bed because she is ready to be laid down...kind of makes me sad!
*One of the books we read a lot at bedtime is Time for Bed and at the end it has a little girl that is asleep.  Every time we get to that part she has to kiss the little girl goodnight.  Its so funny!  She never forgets either!!
* She is quite the dancer!  If she hears music, she is usually dancing! 
* She wants be so independent which is good but she doesn't understand that there are times she HAS to hold my hand or let me do something for her. 
*She is doing better in the nursery at church.  She only cries for a minute and they say she really enjoys playing with the other kids.
*She can be quite dramatic at times!!