A Good Day

For the second week in a row I was able to go grocery shopping by myself (well, without Ryan but with the girls) and this week I didn't almost pass out 15 times during the trip. I did almost throw up in the car, but I didn't. Yea!!! Then I came home and unloaded it all, which means carrying everything up 2 flights of stairs, and organized it in the kitchen. I'm definitely spent now, but so proud of myself. Good days (health wise) are few and far between for me, so I really appreciate them when I have them.

And...

I'm a sewer now!! I busted out my machine and have made a ton of stuff. I'll have to take some pictures later. I even made my very own newborn sized diaper for Griffin.

1 Year Stats

Lila had her check-up today with Dr. Wilcox. She is 12 1/2 months old.

19 lbs 2 oz = 20th%
28.5 inches = 30th%
17 inch head = 6th%

We are thrilled that she has actually started to grow a little bit. The doctor thinks she has a milk protein allergy and so she wasn't growing that well the last 3 months when we switched her to a milk based formula. She has been on soy milk for the last month and a half and we can really tell a difference. She is actually starting to feel heavy!!! Poor baby had to get 4 shots, one in each arm and one in each leg. Sunny went with me to help with Lila though, and did a great job distracting her.

Ultrasound of Griffin

Today I went for my 20 week ultrasound. I went by myself because I like to be able to ask questions and talk to the person doing it without all my kids driving us crazy. It went really well. She checked his heart 5 different times and got all the views she needed ( we already knew he didn't have TGA, but it is still nice to triple check!) and she was satisfied that his heart looks great. He is now measuring 2 days ahead and weighs 14 ozs. We got a DVD and about 15 pictures of him. The lady told me she had printed me way too many pictures and to hide them in my purse until I got home so she didn't get in trouble by the office. I'll add the pictures later, but trust me some of them are really neat.

Halfway

Alright, here I am at 20 weeks (which is actually more than halfway for me, since I have my babies pretty early -- but who's counting:)

If you say I don't look pregnant to my face, I might punch you. The truth is though, I don't. Still wearing all my regular clothes and even have more growing room in my regular jeans. I thought you were supposed to get bigger with each pregnancy, and I think I'm getting smaller. This is baby number 4, but I've been pregnant 5 times, what is going on?

Oh well, I'm not gonna complain. Just can't wait to meet my baby boy!

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Bad Attitude Already

I just got home from taking my big kids to school and sat down at the computer. I forgot to put the gate up at the bottom of the stairs and after a few minutes of playing toys, Lila noticed and headed over. She kept acting like she was going to go up and I kept saying no. It turned into a game and finally I said, "Don't go up those stairs, I'll spank you." (No, I wouldn't spank her, don't worry). Anyway, she looked at me and perfectly clearly said, "I'll spank you." Then she laughed and went up the stairs as I chased her. She is such a stinker.

For those who don't know, Lila doesn't say many words. She is "talking" all the time, but it is usually gibberish. However, when she chooses to talk it is perfectly clear and sounds just like Sunny. Just this week she has added diaper, banana, cracker, and poop (yes, poop) to her repertoire. She doesn't talk on command though, only when she wants, but it really is perfectly clear. She cracks me up!

The Party

Today we had Lila's 1st Birthday party. I really wanted to do something special this year, in honor of baby Gracie. We decided to make dolls for Primary Children's Hospital. Everyone met at Ryan's Mom's house and we got to work.

Nancy was the sewer (is that even a word?)

The rest of us cut, turned, stuffed, and closed the dolls.

Lila in her pile of dolls.

We ended up making 22 dolls. 1 for Lila to keep and 21 for Primary Children's. It definitely was a good day!