This morning was our 20 week ultrasound. It looks like Miss Adele will be having a baby sister! Miss Anna Kate looks healthy and strong. She was a little bit stubborn, and it took a while to determine that she is, indeed a girl, but I already had that mostly figured out after the antics she pulled earlier this week!
I've been having contractions for about 2 weeks now, and on Monday they spaced out at just about 3 minutes apart! I didn't feel like I was in labor, but they were definitely more painful than braxton hicks-to me they felt just like the ones I had when I first realized I was in labor with Adele. I called the doctor, and she sent me in to the hospital. Of course, once I got there, the contractions pretty much stopped (I had been cleaning at home, versus laying down on a bed in the hospital). They sent me home after about 45 minutes, but I was put on full bedrest until my appointment today. Even after following doctor's orders all day yesterday (I didn't do quite so well on Tuesday) I had 13 contractions between 5:30PM and 11 last night...and that doesn't count any that I had during the day, before I started counting.
Fortunately, the doctor today doesn't think that the contractions are actually "doing" anything, so I'm off of bedrest (thank goodness!) but she said that this is my "new normal"...so, I guess I can expect them to continue all the way until May-yikes! Daddy says that I have the pain tolerance of a mosquito-I don't know about that, but I do know that 4 more months of contractions (even if they're not all that painful) doesn't sound very exciting to me! I AM excited to be able to play with Adele again-just 2 days on the couch (with Memaw and Bapa here to entertain her!) was miserable! I just love my little girl too much to stay on the couch!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Christmas, 2009
Better late than never, right?
Posing for Daddy:
Wearing last year's Santa hat (it's a bit snug!):
Helping Grandma hang ornaments on her Advent Calendar:
Here she is in front of the snowman she built with Daddy (using almost ALL of the snow in the yard!):
Presents!
in LaPorte, Adele scored a new kitchen from Grandma and Bapa, pans and a magnadoodle from Tim, Laura and James, and a glow worm and NEW CLOTHES! (such a girly girl...) from Greg and Missy. (Thanks to those new clothes, she can now say Uncle Greg and Missy's names!) Here she is laying on her new kitchen...she couldn't wait to get it out of the box!
Decorating cookies with Grandma and Bapa (We did things a little bit backwards since we visited LaPorte before Christmas this year...)
Looks like Adele was a good girl this year...Santa thought so, at least!
Coming down the stairs on Christmas morning! She looked over and said, "Adele's car!"-it was TOO cute!
She didn't even wait to move the other presents out of the way!
Showing off her new kitchen:
Since we were on break, and since Adele climbed/fell out of her crib on the Thursday before vacation, we decided that it was a good time to switch her to her toddler bed. She spent one night in it before we headed up to LaPorte to celebrate Christmas with Grandma and Bapa. Then, in LaPorte, her whole schedule got off. She ended up napping in her crib when we got back to Indy, but on Christmas day, we tried the big girl bed again. She initially played in her room, but after a few minutes, it got quiet. I went upstairs, and this is what I found:
Playing in the snow on the deck:
MORE presents with Memaw and Bapa!
Posing for Daddy:
Wearing last year's Santa hat (it's a bit snug!):
Helping Grandma hang ornaments on her Advent Calendar:
Here she is in front of the snowman she built with Daddy (using almost ALL of the snow in the yard!):
Presents!
in LaPorte, Adele scored a new kitchen from Grandma and Bapa, pans and a magnadoodle from Tim, Laura and James, and a glow worm and NEW CLOTHES! (such a girly girl...) from Greg and Missy. (Thanks to those new clothes, she can now say Uncle Greg and Missy's names!) Here she is laying on her new kitchen...she couldn't wait to get it out of the box!
Decorating cookies with Grandma and Bapa (We did things a little bit backwards since we visited LaPorte before Christmas this year...)
Looks like Adele was a good girl this year...Santa thought so, at least!
Coming down the stairs on Christmas morning! She looked over and said, "Adele's car!"-it was TOO cute!
She didn't even wait to move the other presents out of the way!
Showing off her new kitchen:
Since we were on break, and since Adele climbed/fell out of her crib on the Thursday before vacation, we decided that it was a good time to switch her to her toddler bed. She spent one night in it before we headed up to LaPorte to celebrate Christmas with Grandma and Bapa. Then, in LaPorte, her whole schedule got off. She ended up napping in her crib when we got back to Indy, but on Christmas day, we tried the big girl bed again. She initially played in her room, but after a few minutes, it got quiet. I went upstairs, and this is what I found:
Playing in the snow on the deck:
MORE presents with Memaw and Bapa!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Potty Training, take two...or three...or...something!
Adele was doing pretty well with potty training this fall, then in November we all had a terrible stomach bug. It lasted 8 days (as opposed to 24 hours) in Adele, which pretty much put a damper on her potty training. Then we had DeeDee's wedding, and we were actually GLAD not to worry about potty training during that whirlwind weekend!
Since then, Adele just hadn't shown much interest in potty training. That was fine, after all, she's not even two yet, but tonight she POOPED IN THE POTTY! She was rewarded with a sucker (way better than a jelly bean!) and got to call Memaw to brag.
Now isn't that Just what you wanted to read about when you checked in on my blog?
In other news, she LOVES "little bean" and last night shoved her face into my belly, "kissing" it for several minutes after brushing her teeth. Tonight she tried to feed "little bean" some of her water (right through my belly button, of course!) but she won't help us come up with a name...argh!
We find out if it's a boy bean or a girl bean on New Year's Eve, so hopefully the name game will be easier after that! For right now, all I care about is finding out what to do with the closet full of Adele's clothes that no longer fit...do I sell them or wash them, fold them and put them in a dresser??? It's driving me especially crazy, because I've been "nesting" (or maybe "purging" is more like it) lately. I can't believe that I have an entire closet of clothes that no longer fit a toddler!!! And easily over half of what she wore her first year of life was borrowed (and is already returned) so WHERE did all of those clothes come from??? (Memaw?)
Since then, Adele just hadn't shown much interest in potty training. That was fine, after all, she's not even two yet, but tonight she POOPED IN THE POTTY! She was rewarded with a sucker (way better than a jelly bean!) and got to call Memaw to brag.
Now isn't that Just what you wanted to read about when you checked in on my blog?
In other news, she LOVES "little bean" and last night shoved her face into my belly, "kissing" it for several minutes after brushing her teeth. Tonight she tried to feed "little bean" some of her water (right through my belly button, of course!) but she won't help us come up with a name...argh!
We find out if it's a boy bean or a girl bean on New Year's Eve, so hopefully the name game will be easier after that! For right now, all I care about is finding out what to do with the closet full of Adele's clothes that no longer fit...do I sell them or wash them, fold them and put them in a dresser??? It's driving me especially crazy, because I've been "nesting" (or maybe "purging" is more like it) lately. I can't believe that I have an entire closet of clothes that no longer fit a toddler!!! And easily over half of what she wore her first year of life was borrowed (and is already returned) so WHERE did all of those clothes come from??? (Memaw?)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Wedding Weekend!
After a yummy turkey dinner, we headed up to Madison for DeeDee's wedding. Here are a few glimpses of our busy weekend:
Having fun with pillows at the hotel:
Here's a good look at that big girl haircut! (Two inches off of the back!!!)
She sure looks ready!
We were a bit nervous that she'd throw a fit when we tried to get her dressed-that was NOT at all the case, thank goodness! She loved seeing all of the girls in their princess dresses and couldn't wait to get into hers!
Helping DeeDee with her garter:
Getting ready for their "Big" moment:
This isn't quite how we practiced it...
I wasn't quite sure what she was going to do here:
Paying close attention to the ceremony:
The little flower girls:
Adele with Eliza's "Bapa Ray" (as Adele called him)
Katie, her girls, and at least one little boy "bean" (We find out what ours is on New Year's Eve...)
The wedding party: (I hope the light was better from the photographer's angle!)
Sleepy girl!
Having fun with pillows at the hotel:
Here's a good look at that big girl haircut! (Two inches off of the back!!!)
She sure looks ready!
We were a bit nervous that she'd throw a fit when we tried to get her dressed-that was NOT at all the case, thank goodness! She loved seeing all of the girls in their princess dresses and couldn't wait to get into hers!
Helping DeeDee with her garter:
Getting ready for their "Big" moment:
This isn't quite how we practiced it...
I wasn't quite sure what she was going to do here:
Paying close attention to the ceremony:
The little flower girls:
Adele with Eliza's "Bapa Ray" (as Adele called him)
Katie, her girls, and at least one little boy "bean" (We find out what ours is on New Year's Eve...)
The wedding party: (I hope the light was better from the photographer's angle!)
Sleepy girl!
Thanksgiving, 2009!
We stopped in LaPorte for a few hours before heading up to Aunt DeeDee's wedding. Grandma made a wonderful dinner, and Adele and James had fun playing, as usual!
Hanging out in Grandma's chair:
"Cheese!"
Yes...they're playing "Doctor"...
The Gropp Clan:
(Minus Cordie, Belle and two little beans)
Hanging out in Grandma's chair:
"Cheese!"
Yes...they're playing "Doctor"...
The Gropp Clan:
(Minus Cordie, Belle and two little beans)
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