Hannah's Stats

So.. Today we had Hannah's Dr. Appointment.. and the verdict?! she's an extremely Health and extremely smart little girl.. The doctor was impressed with her non-stop talking... He he eh..
But she's 31 1/2 pounds (92%) and 37 1/2 inches tall (well over 100% .. )



She really is an amazing little girl. It makes me so proud of her, two years ago she was struggling with so much. Only one of her four limbs worked correctly. If you look at her today.. You couldn't tell that she was in a leg brace for more then 5 months, and that for a long time her arm just sat paralized. Not only has she overcome all those obstacles so far, but she's surpassed the normal expectations. She started walking early, talking early, and her motor skills are also normal or advanced. She is such a fighter! And she doesn't even know it! Okay.. she probably does know it.. she's just that smart :-D.

We love Hannah so much!! Even when her Evil Twin shows up :-D

My Baby Blueberry!

How your baby's growing:The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.If you could see inside your womb, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body.

He is the size of a blueberry! About half an inch.. supposively

Silly Emily quote of the night...

So Bryan and I were sitting in bed watching "Elf." And Emily comes in.. This is the conversation..

Emily: Mommy, could you watch my dog. I have to run to the church for a quick meeting.

Mommy: what?

Emily: I have a quick meeting at the church. I have to go outside, past Oma's house, and then I'll be at the church. I will get a BIG candy.

Mommy: Are you going to drive the car?

Emily: No, I'm going to run.

Mommy: It's to late, you need to go to bed.. You're a silly face..

Emily: (makes a silly face) See my funny face.

The End

I love the personality she has.. It was so funny because we were just sitting in bed hoping that the kids would fall asleep.. And she had this Important meeting at the church that made her need to get out of bed and let us babysit her doggie... He he eh!

I lied.

Okay.. so a while ago i posted how Egg nog was my favorite food/drink during the holidays. Well.. It's ruined. For some reason (pregnancy i suspect) I don't like it this year. I liked it when I posted about it.. but then... it lost all it's goodness.

So i have changed it.. Lemon Merigune Pies! Yummy! Now there's a keeper!

My Lentil Bean.

I know it's a day early.. But i'm having another thanksgiving celebration tomorrow... So probably won't be online much!

6 weeks
How your baby's growing: This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.

Sad.

So today one of my good friends from High School called. She called me about two weeks ago... She found out she was pregnant, the baby was going to be her first! I was going to call her but missed placed her number, to tell her I going to have a baby a week after her.
When she called I was all excited to tell her. Though she told me that she miscarried on Tuesday. She had spent the night in the hospital and was now having to call her close friends and tell them the horrible news. That's how strong she is. I would just hid away from the world for a long time.

Misscarriage is one of my worst fears.. What do you say to someone who is going through this loss? Any advice?

I think we might plan a trip in january to visit her.. She's only a few hours away and we haven't seen her in forever..

If you wouldn't mind keeping her in your prayers.. She's been through A TON.

Organization.

So after a long time of being mad at the girls' room. I finally had the motivation to do something about it. I was talking about it.. .and bryan was like "why don't we do it another night.." thanks to my crazy pregnancy hormones.. i got mad.. and cleaned it all out. I also made bryan help (don't worry it was actually not that bad and we had fun remembering some of the toys and stuff... Bryan enjoyed wearing different dress up accessories) and it went a lot faster then I expected. We sat the kids in front of the t.v. (so much for the no more t.v. watching ) and cleaned cleaned cleaned. We took all their toys out and sorted them. We threw away A HUGE box of odds and ends. (by huge I mean like a small refridgerater box) Then we got the toys from downstairs and organized them into the other toys. So now all the toys are together and easier to play with. AND all in their room!!!!

I'm so happy. A week or so ago I got mad at our room and laundry and took care of it. Now the girls room is done....

I also did a bunch of the closet underneath the stairs..

My goal.. Have the house whipped into shape and all the extra junk gone before Christmas. THEN we'll have places to put and ENJOY our Christmas gifts this year.. Instead of Bryan stressing about the lack of room. OH! I also got the craft/linen closet all re-organized.. yes. my house got pretty badly unorganized... Summer came.. we had fun and slacked off.. Now RAIN is here.. So we have some boring times to get the house organized.

My Rain To Do List:

I want to reorganize my room again.. It's going to be like a once a month think, i have a feeling..

I want to finish the closet under the stairs..

I want to clean out all the cupboards in the kitchen.

Borrow my mom's carpet cleaner.. and clean carpets.

Wash Bathtub out.. and probably toilet.. They aren't too bad but I am getting annoyed at them. .. eh.. let's just say whole bathroom.

Get Laundry caught up again. This one happens for a day.. and then we're back to not having it caught up. I hate it :-/



Okay so I know you all are bored. Sorry.. you could have stopped reading a while ago :-D

Bryan and I are going to have a movie night at home.. Bryan went to Albertson's to get popcorn and drinks.. And then we're going to just relax. I'm excited. I bought a movie a while ago at Blockbusters. It was the 4 for 20... We've watched all but this one. So it's a new one that we haven't seem yet. I love it!
Christmas ideas... More movies. We love all sorts..
OH! He's home! Time to go!