Giving her a bath...

Makes me want to cry especially tonight. As soon as we put her in she started crying. When I washed her hair (w/daddy’s help) she started screaming “ma ma” along with crying. Unfortunately it is so hot outside and she gets so sweaty and dirty that she needs to hve a bath and hair wash pretty much daily now. Tonight we used Selson Blue hoping that would make her skelp feel better (she has bee poking/pulling at her hair a lot so I think it was itchy) This is about as fun as it sounds. Getting this stuff in her eyes would really suck. Luckily with J’s help we avoided that despite her crying and squirming. It was a quick bath and early bed with little crying thankfully as I couldn’t deal with much more crying. I still don’t feel like myself I guess I’m tired too.

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Happy Birthday to Sarah - well and me too! I had a great birthday complete with a call from Grandma :) at work I left my desk to get something done and when I got back I had a card, cake (Wegman's Ultimate Chocolate) and flowers from a coworkers garden on my desk! My co workers broke into a great rendition of "Happy Birthday" when I walked back in. It was so sweet and made my morning.

Once I got home J was there which was nice I really missed him. We all spent a lot of time playing and even though Evelyn resisted getting in her high chair she ate a great dinner. We still need to get her a booster! After Evelyn went to bed I ate my dinner and Grandma called which made my night! All in all I couldn't ask for a better birthday!

Moving forword

We have decided to go with the house even with paying half of the cost of the flu fix. I am excited but still a little sad we didn't end up in a better school district. Though some of the schools in the area have better ratings than the others. Some are close to the rating of the better school districts so hopefully they will work out for the kids.

We sign the paperwork tomorrow and send it over.

Week 23!

He is still a Papya - He is not growing as long now and is filling out instead. He is around at approximately 11.8 inches and 2.2 pounds - Depending on where you get the estimates from! He is starting to produce white blood cells, an important component of blood that is responsible for combating disease and infection, and may respond to touch or sounds. Expect to gain about a pound per week this month.

This has been a busy time for our little guy - nipples are starting to sprout, and that cute little face is fully formed, including functional ears! So Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing, though he has heard quite a bit from his daddy so I'm sure that is comforting as well. She is also starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day.

Total weight gain/loss: Lots

Maternity clothes? Yes - this question is getting redundant...

Stretch marks? No - I hope this one stays redundant.

Sleep: When Evelyn lets me :)

Best moment this week: Seeing movement from the outside.

Movement: Starting to see the moment on the outside. When it is more regular I will post a video :)

Food cravings: Nope tough I am still eating too much sugar - I cant seem to escape it it follows me everywhere and I of course can't say no.

Symptoms: Shrinking bladder syndrome especially when baby moves.

Gender: Still a boy.

Labor Signs: No thank goodness.

Belly Button in or out? Still in for now.

What I miss: My body I'm feeling fat and blubbery this week :P

What I am looking forward to: Holding our little boy and seeing Evelyn interact with him!

Weekly Wisdom: Long days lead to short nights.

Milestones:

The Inspection

The inspection on the house went well there is one major repair that the sellers are going to have to do and several minor repairs (a few of which I wanted J to ask them to do but he didn't want to) but they are minor enough that J will (should) be able to do them himself. I would have been willing to ask them to do a credit of some sort just to see if they would go for it. We got our one request in and they will be making the fix which should not change our current close date. We still have to do the radon test this weekend but as long as that goes well I don't see any further problems. I am starting to collect boxes and trying to get things ready at casa de Hirsch as I want to push our house on the market ASAP! I'm just not sure what to do with all of our stuff - we have way too much!

Week 22!

Total weight gain/loss: I am now even with what I gained with Evelyn at this point. I am going to work hard to make sure that I do not exceed the high weight from my pregnancy with her.

Maternity clothes? Yes I even had to get another pair of jeans so I can have a play pair for running around with Evelyn.

Stretch marks? not yet!

Sleep: Doing ok still but tired though that may be because of the lingering illness.

Best moment this week: Putting in an offer on a house and having it accepted (ok not really pregnancy related but still exciting!) I also did lots of clothing shopping :) also refuring to the baby as "ours" rather than mine to Jason!

Movement: More and more regular and if i really want a kick I can eat some sugar and he goes nuts!

Food cravings: none really though still eating lots of ice cream with Carmel and walnuts and made brownies this weekend (this may be the reason behind the weight gain).

Symptoms: my bladder is shrinking :), my belly is growing and I am having mood swings which usually include being very irritable pretty sure Jason is going to start avoiding me soon.

Gender: baby boy!

Labor Signs: None thank goodness!

Belly Button in or out? Still in

What I miss: There are lots of things that I wish I could do cleaning wise and carrying wise (J would kill me). I'm sure I will miss it even more in the weeks to come as we prepare

What I am looking forward to: Moving into the new house and having it set up for the kids! Holding the new little baby and cuddling with him since Evelyn is more into playing than cuddling now.

Weekly Wisdom: Sleep is over rated!

Milestones:

Offer accepted!

So tonight while I was on the walk with the neighbor (and Evelyn) J called on my cell the reception sucked so I couldn't hear him but I was pretty sure he said the 30days was not needed. meaning they accepted our offer. We continued our way home and talked about what he said and the neighbor agreed that it sounded like we got the house. we continued walking and J came up on his bike and said that they accepted our offer! And the neighbor offered to help take down the wallpaper :) I'm definitely taking her up on that since we couldn't make the owners take it with them (we joked while writing the offer to have that dis-included) So now we start the legal process and do what we can to get our place ready to sell!