31 weeks

Symptoms: I have had a horrible sinus headache pretty much all week and nothing seems to help it.  It is a little better now though.  I am finding it harder and harder to bend over especially since she is so high most of the time!  I have had a few symptoms that I never experienced with Anna Riley that make me think I might have better luck nursing this time.

Weight gain: Still around 22 lbs. but I fluctuate a few pounds give or take all the time.

Movement::  I am at the point now where it just seems like she is running out of room.  It seems that at least a few times a day her butt is in the upper left side and when she moves around it looks so weird!  I havnen't had quite as many lower movements this week but she definitely moves all the time!

Cravings: Nothing really...I am still eating cereal a lot and not just for breakfast.  I always want something sweet but I am trying to not go crazy with the sweets.  I always feel so guilty when I eat so bad but then I think after October, I have to get back to eating really well so I might as well enjoy it while its ok! :)

Sleep: Sleep has been pretty good.  If I wake up in the early morning hours like 4 or 5 sometimes its really hard to go back to sleep and then once I finally do, I am not asleep long before AR wakes up so then I just feel really tired. 

Big Girl Bed

Anna Riley is officially in her big girl bed!  She loves her "new" bed and the minute Riley got it converted, she climbed in and out.  I was a little nervous about how she would do and if she would actually sleep or not.  But, she did great!  She cried for a minute when we walked out and then she climbed right in and went to sleep.  This was the first night in well over a month that she has stayed asleep in her room until morning! She did well during both naps today as well.  She cried a little more during her afternoon nap and she got a book to read but then climbed in her bed and went to sleep.  I am so proud of her!  She did much better than what I was expecting.  I hope that she will continue to like her bed and sleep well but I am not getting my hopes up! 

Weekend

I feel like we had a pretty productive weekend and got a few things done that was on our list. 

Friday night, we had dinner with friends at Iguana Grill and yogurt mountain afterwards.  After putting AR to bed, Riley and I watched a movie. 

Saturday, Riley started painting the nursery.  I am so happy with the color and I think its going to look great with the antique white furniture and the bedding!  While he painted, I spent some time organizing.  I organized some of the bathroom and kitchen.  I really enjoy organizing but sometimes with everything going on, its hard to keep it that way.  I hope to get a lot more organized in the next month!

Anna Riley climbed out of her crib again on Saturday and decided it was playtime.  We had taken the bumpers out and it seemed as though she wouldnt be able to climb out anymore but we were wrong.  She climbed out and Riley heard her running around in her room.  So, we will be converting her bed this week...wish us luck! 

Here are a few random pictures from the weekend: 

How sweet is this? 

Lounging around Sunday morning before church

This morning, I kept a friend of ours little girl, Sarah.  Sarah's grandmother is in the hospital so her Mom and Dad went to spend some time with her.  Sarah and AR had the best time playing. 

Here is a peek at the color for the nursery.  The person doing the closet is supposed to come out this week and Riley plans to put the bed together sometime this week also.  :)

Fairhope and Friends

We went to Fairhope last weekend and had some friends join us.  Originally, we had planned on going down with Riley's dad but he was still in rehab from his knee replacement so we ask the Tidmore's to go with us.  They are such great people to have on any trip...so easy and laid back!!  We had decided to cook seafood at home rather than going out and I must say it was so nice to not have to get ready and entertain kids at the restaurant and the food was wonderful!   I spent a good portion of the time in my comfy pjs when we weren't out by the bay or pool.   It ended up being a very relaxing weekend! 

The kids enjoyed watching and feeding the geese on Friday evening.

Adorable little Talon...he just soaked it all in! It won't be long until he is running around with the others!

Tucker loved playing in the water, especially since he just learned to swim this summer!

Anna Riley wouldn't leave poor Talon alone!

Please check out the thighs on this girl!! :)

Anna Riley and Tucker watching Mickey Mouse together

And by the end of the weekend, Anna Riley had fallen in love with Tucker!  But Tucker is at the age where babies and girls are not cool! haha...but we did catch them playing together quite a bit! :)  She asked for Tucker all the way home and even mentioned his name one night this week while eating supper!  So cute!!

So glad we have such amazing friends and our kids can grow up together! 

30 weeks

Symptoms:
Nothing really different with my symptoms. 

Weight gain: 22lbs-- I feel so much bigger this go around.  I honeslty feel like I could deliver tomorrow and I still have 2 more months to go!  But, I feel like I am a lot more active this time with chasing after AR all day and I am still doing Zumba usually twice a week.

Movement:  I have felt more movement down low which is the strangest feeling!  I also feel her feet and butt a lot.

Cravings:  No real cravings here lately.  I really love my multigrain bagels with pineapple or strawberry cream cheese and strawberries on top in the mornings though and I have been eating a lot of cereal for lunch and sometimes at night. 

Sleep:  I am waking up every 2 hours to go to the bathroom so that really puts a damper on the whole sleep thing!  When I am alseep, its great but getting up is not so much fun!

18 months

Anna Riley is now a year and a half! Time is just zooming by...before I know it she will be getting ready to start Kindergarten!  Here is what she is doing at 18 months:

-She weighs about 26 lbs (doctor's appointment next week)
-She wears a size 4 diaper but size 5's fit well also and I usually put those on at night if I have them.
-She is wearing 18 month and 24 month/2T clothing.  Her shoe size is a 6 in most shoes.

-She eats really well at some meals and barely anything at others.  Some of her favorite foods are: strawberries, apples (she doesn't like it cut up though), avocados, sweet potatoes, french fries, cheese, yogurt, green beans, purple hull peas, corn on the cob...
-She LOVES her dessert but only gets it if she eats well.  She loves anything Reece's, and loves her "tookies".  She will often go stand and the pantry and cry because she knows Reece's are in there!!

-Her vocabulary has really picked up just in the last month.  Her words are becoming clearer and easier to understand and she is talking non-stop!  She is repeating more things also.

-She emphasizes or adds and extra E to certain words such as : BY-EEE, Da-DEEE, Hi-E...it cracks me up listening to her say those words.

-She is starting to say more phrases rather than just words.

-She loves animals and can name most of them and tell their sound.

-She loves strangers and wants them to notice her and talk to her!

-She takes great naps but is still not sleeping well at night. 
-Daddy has been her favorite person the past couple of weeks.  She rarely speaks my name but I hear Da-Dee  all day long!  If she hears the door, she immediately stops what she is doing and runs to greet him and give him a big hug!

-She gives her "sissy" kisses all the time but she has to lift up my shirt to do so.

-She is becoming more interested in scribbling and coloring.  I am pretty sure she might be left-handed like her Daddy.  She always picks the pencil up with her left hand but she uses a fork/spoon in her right.

-When she sit down to eat, she will often remind us to say the blessing. She puts her hands together and says "Gah Gah Gah  YAY!!" (I am taking it that is supposed to be God).

-She loves to play outside but when we go out she says "its hot" and that is no lie!  Unfortunately, she can't stay out too long because of the ridiculous heat we are having but when she is out there she loves to play with her soccer ball and sometimes we just sit on the front porch and talk about the birds and cars :)

-She is constantly pointing to things and saying "you see?"  She will do this the whole grocery trip!!  And now when she hears something loud she says "you hear?" 
-She gives the best hugs!! She will squeeze your neck so tight! :)

-She is a snuggle bug.  If she is laying with us, she likes me to snuggle with her (I love this because she stopped letting me do this for a while!)

-She will ask for a high five (which sounds like bye bye to me) and she thinks its so funny when we give her one.

-We are constantly laughing at her little personality. 

-Now she has a poopy diaper, she will come to me and say "shhheww"

-She still loves books and she reads/looks at them all throughout the day.

-The day is not complete without a little bit of  "ninnie nouse."

-She loves babies but also plays better with kids that are a couple of years older. 

-She is very girly at times but she doesn't mind getting dirty either.  She loves watching me with my makeup, jewlery and shoes already but also loves to play ball with her Daddy!
-She looks a lot like her Nana's (Riley's mom) pictures when she was a little girl! 

Feeling crafty

After spending some time on pinterest I felt crafty and wanted to make something for Ava Kate. I had been thinking about a wreath to match her room to use at the hospital and in her nursery and I found a very easy one so I decided to give it a shot.

This was my inspiration:

 

This is a close-up of the fabric used on the dust ruffle and outside bumper of the bedding:

Here are the ribbons I picked out: 

I actually had just enough for the wreath itself...but I do need to get more to make a bow

And in less than an hour, here is what I have so far:

It still needs a bow and something with her name or initals in the middle.

This was the easiest project!  I have also seen some really cute yarn wreaths I might try to make soon.

The pictures are from my phone so they arent the best, but you get the idea.