frozen grapes

YUMMY, everyone should try them!

Perfect

Our baby girl is just perfect, she was little more cooperative today allowing the u/s tech get better pictures, but her hands were still over her face (I will post pics later) and we got one shot where her hands were over her face and right beside her face was her foot, so yes she was folded in half. How do they do that? She is still head down so hopefully she stays that way. I do not want to have a c/section with having a three year old to take care of later. So please stay head down. The u/s tech said she does have plenty of room to turn (thanks - not what I wanted to hear)

I felt alittle more movement today, so maybe it is starting??? She is 1 pound 1 oz, which is perfect for 23 weeks. I am so excited, I have so much to do to prepare for her. I signed Avery up for a sibling class which will happen on my Birthday. Avery also announced to family today at my Mom's what the baby's name is - YES we picked a name. Will announce later. My Parents already knew the name but my sister did not, to which she made the comment, maybe you should change her name. NOPE this is what we are going with.

I have to get stuff done this weekend. Which I already started tonight, I have to start my taxes which take forever with my business, but it has to be done.

Hope everyone is doing well! I am always praying and thinking of my readers daily.

I get to see my little girl tomorrow

Just typing my little girl still has not set in. I am having another little girl, whoa it is so surreal.

We have our follow up u/s tomorrow to see her face, because last time she had it buried in my placenta. I hope she is doing well. I do not feel her much (thanks anterior placenta) and am hoping to feel her a lot more in the next week. today i had a small freak out b/c I relaized I did not feel one little flutter all day, so off to check the heart beat, there is was beating away. Thank goodness.

Excited to see her again, hoping she grew alittle and is healthy as can be.

Finally a SNOW DAY!!!

I wanted a snow day so badly, but where I work my co-workers follow school schedules, so if the school gets called off so do they but me I have to wait for the office to be called off in order to stay home, this means all 18 school districts in our county have to call off first. I was sure I was going to be stuck in the office all alone today. But nope, we sleep in till 9 am and now I HAVE to get something done. I have to play catch up today. No laying around on the couch like I wish i could do, I NEED to get something done. So if I could just combat the fatigue from getting in the way we will be good.

BTW I am waiting for DD to ask to go out in the snow, to which I have to tell her to wait for Daddy to get home, b/c I HATE being cold and being pregnant that can not be good. She has not asked yet and has seen the snow. She even dressed in her snow suit last night saying she was waiting for the snow, at 9pm she had a long wait.

I am so behind...

I have done nothing for this baby, as I have said before. I have bought a few items, but I waiting to clean out my house, from top to bottom before going through baby items that were Avery's in order to see what i need yet. I just seem to be dragging my feet. Why? Not sure.

My tiredness has returned, so that has made getting things done harder, b/c I have been doing the bare minimum. Then when I go to sleep at night I am wide awake. It is frustrating.

I thought not taking a class this semester would help me get motivated to do things around the house I have been putting off b/c of school. It has not happened.

And (GRASP) my Christmas tree is still up (runs to hide) Yes almost a month later and it is still up, in my defense it is in our basement rec room so I do not see it often so I forget about it. Today we will be taking the tree down. Then I must move onto Getting ready for BABY!

I feel jipped...

With Avery she hardly moved, she just was a quiet baby. She would stretch out and I could grab her foot but we were in to see the DR alot b/c of non movement.

This baby is the same, here I am 22 weeks and all I feel is some fluttering and pushing on my bladder. Now this time I know I have an anterior placenta, so this makes a difference and I know eventually the movement will come, but I feel jipped. The one thing I was looking forward to was feeling LOTS of movement this time around and I think it is going to end up the same.

Please baby girl prove me wrong.

I have not written in a while...

Sorry.

I am so busy with work and stuff.

Just wanted to put out there how much IF sucks, my best friend just lost her tube due to etopic, second time first time they could save the other tube, it was OK. She is getting a HSG done to see if the other tube is OK. She is not in the mood to see me right now b/c of me being pregnant, which I understand, but it still hurts that IF could potentially tear people apart, I hope that doe snot happen. I wrote her am email about all my struggles and how I understand, Praying everything goes well for her and she gets pregnant soon.

Again IF sucks.

20 weeks half way there...

Actually I am 20 weeks, 4 days but I can not believe we are half way there. I have done nothing for this baby at all... Nothing. I have bought a few summer outfits but do not want to buy to much until I see what I have already. Avery was a winter baby so I guess I will have some stuff but not alot for the beginning, I have been holding back. I do not want to start on her room until I start cleaning out the entire house and organizing it. Her room right now is a "catch all" for our stuff that just does not fit anywhere. I also need to get Avery all new furniture because the toddler bed she is in converts back to a crib and almost all her furniture is going to the baby, at first she was not excited about giving up her "princess" bed she has Disney princess bedding, but after I promised her big girl bed would also have princess bedding she was better, that is when my idea of getting her a cute pink and brown big girl bedding went out the window. Maybe someday...

We still have not come up with a name, DH better get on the ball on deciding.

Where is the snow?

Last week the weather people were calling for this BIG storm, 4-6 inches for this weekend. I was so excited because Avery did not go out in the snow last year because we hardly got anything. We went out Friday night and I let her pick out snow boots, Disney princess of course. She was so proud of them. She wore them all weekend in the house. Saturday came we waited and waited and waited and just a dusting happened, I told Avery there was suppost to be more snow on Sunday. This morning she came into our bedroom crying because in her words "there is no extra snow". She was so upset and disappointed. Dh promised they could go out and stomp around the yard in her new snow boots with what snow we did get.

Thanks to the weather channel for crushing my daughter's excitement for snowmen, snow angels and snowballs!

NAME WARS

Yes that is what Dh and I are in the middle of. I like uncommon names he keeps suggesting traditional names. I am already getting my way with the middle name, which will be my Mom's middle name because I am due on her Birthday so I am trying my hardest to take his suggestions. Some are OK some are just plain. I loved the name AUBREE he hates it, I have about 10 others I like, but he hates. He likes EMILY at first but it is one the top 10 baby name list as #1, I refuse anything on the top 10 baby names. So here were are, we have three names hanging on the refrig right now, all three are suggestions from DH none I LOVE and I feel I should LOVE my child's name, I LOVE Avery's name. We did not have this much problems choosing Avery's name, I suggested it first he agree, we were done.

I know you all are like you have till May to decide but I really want to give this baby a name and prepare DD alittle more with her baby sister coming named XYZ.

I hate that this is soooo hard.

STILL A GIRL!!!!

I had my REAL big u/s with the Dr. today, everything looked perfect and she is still a girl! I want to go shopping so badly but with the possible ban with selling used children's clothes I have been trying to list all my unlisted inventory.

I will go shopping this weekend, we are also going to talk about names this weekend. I can not wait to finally give this baby a name.

I do however have to go back at 22 weeks, the whole reason I had to go to maternal - fetal medicine for y u/s was b/c my sister has a cleft palate (not lip) so they were checking for that, but when they went to look at it, she would either push her face into my placenta or cover her face with her hands, so they want to see me again, they forsee everything being perfect but just incase, I guess so I do not sue them later.

So I will get to see her two more times, next u/s with DR and when we have our 3D, today was our 9th u/s and I am only 19 weeks, so basically an u/s every other week, CRAZY!

So everything is great, we are happy and I feel alittle more connected to this baby being able to call it a she. I think IF made me so guarded with getting to attached, now I am just totally in love.

Once we pick a name I will post a u/s pic!

IT"S A GIRL!!!!!!

Well we had a somewhat cooperative baby today not as bad as last time, but they got many money shots after some coaxing to have her uncross her legs and let us see,

It still has not sunk in I will have two daughters! So excited!
It is going to be a estrogen filled house, even the dog is a GIRL. Hee Hee

DH said he thought it was a Girl and when we told DD while still at the u/s she said "I know that already" Guess her intuition about the baby being a sister was right! At least I can keep the clothes I already have and reuse, since the other option was to throw them out (see post below)

Now we just have to pick a name, I have a few I like just need DH to approve.

I have my REAL big u/s thursday so hopfully we can get it confirmed, hope it does not change b/c I have told so many people already.

BTW DH thinks his side was disappointed with the girl news but oh well.

TEAM PINK FOR ME!!!

I will be writing more...

About this SAVE THE USED CHILDRENS CLOTHES issue, but lets say by Feb 9th I will be out of business and have to throw away all my inventory and lose thousands of dollars on perfectly good stuff. Here is a great pice about what is about to go down. If you care about this and you should b/c this will affect your future children and the amount of money you spend on already pricy clothes...

RESALE BILL Info--Please READ

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First, thank you very, very much for taking the time to read this. I realize it is a bit long, but it is of utmost importance that this information get out to the public and we let our senators and representatives know our feelings on the matter. They are the ones who voted on this, and are the ones who can enact a change. Please feel free to forward this email to your friends and family.

Save Second-hand
At issue is a new law which goes into effect February 10, 2009. You may have heard about it, but most people have not. It is titled CPSIA, which stands for Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. Basically, what the act says, is that ALL, and yes, I mean ALL, products designed to be used by and for children under the age of 12 must be tested for lead levels. This means clothing, bedding, cribs, toys, highchairs, bibs, booties, hats, shoes, etc. ANY item that is made for a child must be tested. Now in essence, this is great. I am very happy that Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission is being proactive on the health and safety of our children. Unfortunately, the way the law is written, thousands of businesses will be forced to shut down.

Who will be affected by the CSPIA??? Large retailers, small companies that make wood toys, the local moms who make cloth diapers to sell, resale and consignment stores such as Childish Things, seasonal consignment sales such as Just Between Friends, Mothers of Twins Club sales, and many, many other businesses. There will be no more selling of children's items on Ebay, or Craigslist. It will be illegal to make an item and sell it at a church bazaar, unless the item is tested first. The cost of such testing is prohibitive to those people who do not mass produce items. The cost of the testing will be passed on to the consumer somewhere, so this in turn will drive prices up, even when our economy is such a sad state right now.

At first, I thought to myself, this is ridiculous. They can't just shut down all these businesses, especially with the economy the way it is. But, after reading through the entire law and multiple BLOG sites, I realized, yes, they can. Again, I support the idea of testing, but to test every item, even those which are inherently lead free, is crazy. There is a possibility that natural organic products will be exempted, but, if the fabric is dyed in any way, the item will have to go through testing.

The current ruling makes this new lead requirement retroactive. This means that a product that was produced several months ago, and which is safe and legally compliant today, will not be able to be sold on February 10. It means we are being held responsible for a standard that didn't even exist when those goods were made. This requirement will make second-hand items unavailable for a very long time because the requirement will continue to change 2 more times until the lead levels drop to 100 ppm by August 11, 2011.

This is what YOU can do:

Please call or write to our 2 senators and the representative of where you live. Let them know that you are calling and/or writing about the CPSIA Law. Tell them that in theory this new law is a good idea, but that they did not take into consideration the consequences it will have on all of us in these already financially trying times. Tell them whether you are a shopper or a consignor. Tell them how this law will affect you personally if you could no longer buy used items. Be passionate and persistent. Tell them that this law MUST BE AMENDED by NOT making the new lead requirement retroactive, and also that the CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of toys and other handmade items that have earned and kept the public's trust. The result, unless the law is modified, is that handmade toys, clothes, and other children's items will no longer be legal in the US.

If you would like more information on the act, I have included links at the bottom of this page for some sites which will give you a lot of information. Thank you again so very much for reading this email, and thank you too for your support of small businesses around the country.

Please speak out

This is going to put alot of people out of business as well as parents who will have to spend a lot more money on their children's items

Big Party Tomorrow

We have the BIG 3rd Birthday Party tomorrow, we have about 30 people coming to celebrate, this year DD picked out a Disney princess theme and while we were getting things out of their bags (decorations and such) DD thanked me over and over for all the Princess Stuff! Wait till she sees her cake tomorrow. DD loves Disney princesses ALOT, we have princess everything which is OK with me.

Since we are having company tomorrow, DH and I spent the entire day cleaning, yes when I clean my tiny 1400 sq ft house it takes all day, DH never helps to clean any other time except when company will be coming. I have to make him a list of what he is in charge of (his request not mine) and he does it, he helped a little more then just what is on the list b/c I am pregnant and can not move things like normal but it was nice to have the help, wish he would help all the time BLAH :P

I have a few things to do tomorrow then it is party time!

I will post pics hopefully soon.
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I had a few things to say about IF today, reading some posts on the nest and another board I belong to for IF, but I think I need to cool off before I go ahead and post it, it got me fired up - especially all the stuff about secondary IF. IF sucks period... no matter what your journey is. 2008 was a horrible time for us, we started treatment in 2008 and even though I am carrying a little bundle of joy it is hard not the shake the IF stuff. I do not think I ever will, it has changed me forever.

I probably will not post tomorrow, unless I am still awake after everyone leaves... I am so tired from just today. But my follow up gender check is Monday afternoon, pray for a cooperative baby! I also have another u/s Thursday with my Fetal Medicine for the anatomy scan, so hopefully we can find out the gender Monday and get it confirmed by another set of eyes Thursday.

To be honest, I am hoping it is what the first u/s told us (sorry not sharing yet) b/c the tech said she thought she knew what it was and showed us the area but said she did not want to say definitely b/c of the position the baby was in, I want a definite. But I am kinda attached the to idea of this certain gender. But I know in the back of my mind it could change.

Wish us luck!

Happy 2009!

I wish everyone's 2009 to be much better then 2008!