Doctors visits part 3

I had my appt with my midwife on Thursday. Everything is looking good for T2! I've finally started gaining weight, which really made my MW happy. Gaining weight also means that I can continue nursing Liam, as long as my supply maintains! T2 is definitely like their big brother. When the MW went to listen to their heart rate, we were able to to hear it for about 3 seconds before T2 kicked off and ran away. She tried to follow them, so she could get an accurate reading, but every time she found the heart rate again, T2 swatted or kicked and moved away. In the end, we left without knowing the heart rate, but we knew they had one!

In about a week and a half we'll be finding out if we're Team Pink or Team Blue! I've got a guess, but I'll let you know if I was right after we find out :)

As far as the rest of the family, Liam is continuing his run as the most energetic toddler in the world. M starts physical therapy on Tuesday, plus his rental car is going back. We need to do some hardcore car shopping and soon!  

First Snow of 2012

Yup! The first real snow of 2012 hit today. Nothing serious, just a light, pretty snowfall all afternoon. The yard is covered but the roads are just wet, thank fully! Liam and I went out for some play time and he had an absolute blast playing in the snow. He wasn't too happy when we came inside, but he was soaked because he kept slipping on the deck.

Doctors visits part 2

Liam's 15 month well visit was today, even though he'll be 17 months old next week. Long story short, we had rescheduled and then canceled and then got sick and then the holiday's hit, so it completely slipped my mind to reschedule again.

We saw our backup doctor as our regular is out on leave. Liam is weighing in at 27.3lbs, he's 33 inches tall and according to his doctor, "he's too smart for his own good." Liam did pretty well, as long as he wasn't sitting on the exam table. I don't know what is was about that paper, but it completely freaked my poor baby out. The majority of his exam was done with Liam sitting in my lap. He ended up with 3 shots today, the final rounds of his HiV and Prevnar, along with his varicella. He did a good job with the shots, he did cry when getting them, but got over it pretty quickly and even gave his nurse a big hug before we left. 

He goes back in April for his 18 month well visit and if all goes well, he'll be seeing his regular doctor! We miss Sue very much and can't wait to see her again. Great doctors are hard to find and she's one of them.

Doctors visits ahoy!

The week before Christmas, M got rear ended while waiting at a stoplight on his way to work. The other driver had passed out behind the wheel from the massive amounts of PCP coursing through his system. He got arrested and M was able to walk away, thank goodness. Long story short, his car was deemed totaled, so we're currently driving around in a sweet rental (2012 Hyundai Sonata- we don't want to give it back, we like it so much!) until we get the settlement check for the car, Liam's (thankfully unoccupied) car seat, Liam's stroller (which was in the trunk, where the brunt of the damage occurred) and reimbursement for the $1200 worth of work we had done on it in Nov. No idea how much longer it'll take to get the check, but looks like we're going to be car shopping shortly. And car seat. And stroller.

As a result of the accident, M injured his back. The pain has been getting worse over time, and after several appts with his doctor, he started physical therapy this morning. He's going to be going 2x a week for 6 weeks and then they'll evaluate and see how he's doing, if he needs more, etc. I'm not going to lie, its really hard to see the man I love in so much pain. Its been difficult having to do all the heavy lifting around here, including Liam, especially being in my 2nd trimester with T2. Hopefully the PT will work miracles and I'll have my husband back to how he used to be soon!

On the Liam front, he's doing very well. He has a check-up at the doctors tomorrow, so we'll get a weight and height check, as well as a few shots. In the past he's taken his shot very well, brief cry of pain and then he's over it, fingers crossed he's over them fast tomorrow!

And in with the new!

Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe new year! We were very low key around here. Had a few friends come over, ate way too much Trader Joe's, and watched movies. We didn't even watch the ball drop, although we did watch the clock to appropriately say "Happy New Year." Once the day hit, we had lunch with Grandma, Pampa, four aunts, one uncle, and two cousins. Oh, and 2 boyfriends, can't forget them! It was loud and fun and delicious, much like many meals at Grandma's house. For dinner, we headed over to YaYa and FuzzFace's and were joined by Traveling Uncle Matt (yes, my brother is a Fraggle) and Aunt Nicki. Overall, it was a really nice start to what is going to be a great year!

Welcome to 2012!

Out with the old...

Since it's been oh, 8 months since my last real post, I guess its time for a little update!

Liam is doing fantastically well. He's an amazingly curious toddler who has been walking running since 10 months and talking non-stop. I feel like a bad parent, but I honestly have no idea how many words he has, there are so many. We can't sit down and have an in-depth conversation that is entirely in understandable English, but he talks all.day.long. He's extremely polite, he will shake your hand if you ask and at least 50% of the time he says "thank you" if you hand/pass something to him. What can I say? I'm proud of him!

On the allergy front, we're working on things. There has been a drastic improvement but we're not entirely out of the woods yet. Last I updated, we were dairy, soy, egg, peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish and beef free and I'm very happy to announce that we now are officially only egg and (obvious) dairy free! I say "obvious" dairy because he can have small amount of dairy, say a few bites of real mashed potatoes and have no reaction, but if he eats say, a slice of pizza, then he has a mild reaction. We're constantly testing him and seeing how he reacts to find out just how much he can handle. We are still nursing (with no end in sight, much to my mother's dismay [although her reasoning for me to stop is to help squash jealousy issues (more on that below), not that she thinks he's too old, and if she thinks that, she's never vocalized it]) so I am enjoying small amounts of dairy and occasional things with eggs baked in them, like cookies but not an omelette. We've discovered, however, that he is allergic to one of my parents cats. If we keep them separate, which isn't hard since the cats don't seem to be big fans of screeching toddlers, he can be around them for awhile before he starts getting sneezy and blotchy.

Now onto some big news: Liam is going to be a big brother! That's right, T2 is due June 11th, 2012 and we are very excited! We are currently technically "Team Green" but we intend on finding out the sex on Jan 23, as long as they cooperate!

Thats all the news/updates I can think of for now, stay tuned for more on everything as 2012 rolls around!

This would have been Day 364..

But I failed miserably at my 365 blog challenge.

After taking (a lot) of time to think about it, I'm going to start posting again. I won't be doing such a huge undertaking as my previous challenge, but I'm going to aim to post roughly once a week. Which will turn this into a 52 blog, rather then a 365. I feel much more comfortable with this arrangement. Lets hope I can do it!

Stay tuned for a design overhaul and updates!