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!!

The Barnyard

Yesterday, we started our day off with some pancakes at the Waysider and the after a quick nap for AR and we headed to the Barnyard (a petting farm).  She had so much fun petting all the animals.  She just giggled the whole time!  When we got to the baby animals that she could hold, she thought she was in heaven!  She chased those poor animals all over.  I am pretty sure they were glad when we moved to another pen!!  She even got to ride Trigger, the pony!  I think her favorites were the baby pigs and the chicks.  She liked the bunnies, but they kept hidding from her and I don't blame them!

Helping Daddy feed the pig and sheep

Looking for all the baby chicks

12 weeks

• Symptoms:  I am pretty much either sick, feel sick or have a headache every day.  I don't mind it because I know what the reward is but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little envious of those that are never sick during pregnancy!  I do think it will get a little better but it probably won't go away because it never did with Anna Riley. 
  
  
• Weight gain:  I think around 2 or 3 lbs.
• Cravings: I am really wanting sour things.  I love sour candy anyways but I never buy it nor do I really think about it to get it.  On our two trips this month, I ate lots of sour candy on the ride and haven't stopped.   I did recently eat one of my favorite foods, sushi (all cooked) and well I wont be eating it again while pregnant because it made me so sick and I am very sad about it! On a better note, I did find out that it was the crust of the pan pizza making me sick so now I eat thin crust and its much better!
• Maternity Clothes: Not yet

• Sleep:  I still have crazy dreams.  I had two this week that someone was trying to kill me!!  But I am reading The Shack before bed and I was reading the part of the murder so that was probably why. 
• Gender: Don't know yet but I am really feeling Boy this time.

• What I miss:  My energy!

Weekend

We had a very busy weekend.  We had wedding shower parties on both Friday and Saturday night. Our calendar is so full in the coming months with wedding and baby showers and weddings.  Papa Doug and Riley's cousin, Tammy came over to keep AR on Friday night for us.  Anna Riley had so much fun with them until it was bedtime!  Saturday afternoon, I took her to Berry to stay the night with my parents so we could go to another party that was on the Bama Belle.   My cousin's daughter, Hailey was having her birthday party that afternoon so she got to go to that with Granna and PawPaw.  Mom said she had a blast until bedtime again! haha.  Needless to say, she was worn out by Sunday and when we got her she slept for 3 1/2 hours!  Riley and I had fun also but we sure did miss our little girl! 

A few pictures that were taken at the bday party...

This is what happens when she is away!! haha

Anna Riley and "Granny Boo"
( She is my Granny but most of the great grands have started calling her Granny Boo or Boo)

Worn out!!

Eating with a spoon

We have been trying to teach Anna Riley feed herself with a spoon.  We always put it on her tray but she usually just holds it and still eats with her hand.  I tried letting her eat yogurt the other night...oh what a MESS!  But I guess she will never learn if I don't let her do it!

Weekend in pictures

We were so happy that the Tidmores were able to join us for the weekend.  Anna Riley got to "love" on baby Talon and play with Tucker.  The weather was perfect!! 

She did not want to hold my hand...she was dying to get in the water!

The Tidmores minus Talon (he was asleep)

At the Arts and Crafts Festival

Eating lunch...gotta have the purse! :)

Feeding the birds

Sound asleep at the Festival

I love comparing pictures...this was last year at the same festival!

 

Playing with Tucker and dacing to the music