Halloween!

This was Isabella's second Halloween but the first one she really got to enjoy it! Here she is cheesing it up in her outfit before we switched to her costume!! I am loving this girl so much! We dressed her up as Dorothy this year from the Wizard of Oz and I must say she is the cutest Dorothy I have ever seen! Thanks to Aunt Stephanie for making the costume and nana for making the bow for her hair!!

I took her first to go see Nana and Papa M. at their church for trunk and treat...which she absolutely loved! I thought she would go screaming away from the costumes but she had a blast looking at all the kids!!

She loved going up to people, them handing her something, and her able to put it into her basket! Here she is with Nana and Papa M. They loved seeing her as always!

I than took her to see Nana and Papa P. and of course they loved seeing her as well! Isabella loved showing off her outfit to anybody who would look!

That night Sam, Isabella, and I went trick or treating with our neighbors. They were Dorothy, the scarecrow and the lion from the Wizard of Oz. We tried and tried to get a picture of all three of them together but by that time they were all itching to go door to door to get free candy! Isabella got the concept down in about 1 house and would walk up saying "tee tee".

Most of the time she waited patiently, but if I didn't keep a close eye on her she would keep trying to dig in the candy bowl to grab more while the people were distracted.

Here is Hudson as the lion....

And Owen as the scarecrow....They both looked ADORABLE!

After a long day of trick or treating Isabella was worn out! She kept saying "Night night!" and as soon as we laid her down in our bed she was out in 3 minutes - definitely not a normal thing for her!

Here she is dreaming of candy and treats! Let's just hope she doesn't think that if she says "tee tee" for trick or treat to people she will get what she wants from strangers! Now we have to work on the concept don't accept things from strangers...hmmm goes against everything Halloween stands for :).

18 week Appointment

Izzy is a really curious girl - very smart too. She is really starting to figure out how things works and tries to pull things apart and pull them back together. She is really good at wood puzzles too.
Pregnancy update...here is my most recent belly shot - it was taken at 17 weeks.

I went in for my 18 week appointment and so far all is well. We go to schedule our ultrasound for November 12th. We could have done it before than but of course I worked all the days they had available. But it is only a week and a half away so we can handle it. The baby's heartrate is 140-150s and my uterus is where it should be - right at my belly button! This baby is really active too - I am starting to really feel it move and it kept moving away from the doppler. That is a little different than with what I remember of Izzy - she seemed to be pretty calm in utero - who would have predicted she would be as active as she is now?

Speaking of Izzy - her vocabulary keeps on expanding. Every day she says a new word that I never thought she could say. I need to really sit down and start writing out the words that she is saying so that I can keep track of them! How they grow!! Her favorite saying right now is "Oh Nice!", especially when she watches football with her daddy! She is very independent and likes to do things the "big people" do. I love it! Life is so interesting with a toddler around!

Flutterings in the Belly

SOO...ladies and gentleman exciting news - I think I am starting to feel little peanut Palmer move around in his/her little home of a uterus. I could be wrong but I get these feelings of being on a roller coaster every once and a while. And if I am right this little peanut is also feisty because I am getting some sharp "kicks" every once in a while as well! Only two more weeks and I go see my doctor again - I can't wait to hear that glorious heartbeat again. There is nothing like it when you don't quite know if what you are feeling is baby or something else.

I received a call this week from my insurance case manager that I guess I am assigned to now due to being "high risk" (who would have ever thought that those words would come out of my mouth-the first part of my pregnancy went so smoothly last time)! So insurance will not cover a home health nurse to come to my house every week for my lovely progesterone shot unless I am on bedrest. So that means I am going to have to make a lovely trip to the doctor every week to get that shot done! And hopefully I won't need a home health nurse to come or else those shots obviously are not doing what they are meant to do!

Sam and I are both really nervous this pregnancy, me so more than him - every one you talk to says their second one was such a relief - they weren't as nervous and that they knew what to expect! Well, I am having a really hard time with this because I am twice as nervous this pregnancy. I come to work and I want to cry almost every day! I know I need to think positive thoughts but it is hard when you work with the population of babies I work with. I wish I had a crystal ball so that I could see how this pregnancy would end up! Everything went downhill so fast for us - and we were SOOO incredibly lucky that Isabella ended up being a healthy, happy little girl! I just hope that our luck continues and God continues to bless us with happy health children!! Well sorry this post was a little of a Debbie Downer! Tune in soon - I promise I will be taking a picture of the belly soon - we have been slacking in that department!!

Aunt Sara and Cousin Mason's visit to Town

A couple of weeks ago Izzy's Aunt Sara and Cousin Mason were in town for about a week. We got to spend a lot of time with them and Isabella loved every moment of it! We spent a day over at the in-laws house and Isabella was just all over Mason almost the whole day!

Mason is just chillin' in Isabella's chair and than she decided to try to tickle him - cracks me up!

She was always giving him kisses. I hope she loves the new baby as much as she loves Mason - I am sure she will until she realizes this new one doesn't go any where!

Isabella found her old bouncer which we had brought for Mason to enjoy - and of course she had to try it out! She is just a little too big for it :)

Another thing she had to try out cause it was Mason's was his carseat! Than when Sara put him on her lap she would not let us take him off! She kept patting him on his head and belly! It was so cute!

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch with Sara, me, Nana and Papa P. They had a good time - except Isabella was fussy because the only nap she got was a 15 minute one in the car! Mason was about done with pictures at the point this picture was taken - I was a little slow with my camera.

We really wouldn't put our kids for sale - they are too cute!

I had to place Isabella next to this sign so we can see how much she grows over the years. Look at this year's height...

versus last years! Man how fast they grow!! Almost a whole foot difference!


One last picture of the two kiddos together!

That was the end of Sara's trip home. She will be back in 2 months and I am sure there will be a huge difference in the kids between now and than! And there will be a lot more belly on this momma as well!

The Zoo with Nana, Momma, and Izzy

Two weeks ago, Izzy and I went to the zoo with Nana. Figured it was a nice day and who knew how many nice days would be left this fall! Isabella had a blast looking at the animals! So did nana and momma :). When we first got there Isabella made me put on her sunglasses. Doesn't she look so grown up?
Posing with the elephant! I can't believe how big she is getting!

Here Isabella and Nana are imitating one of the many monkeys we saw. She was keeping us laughing almost the whole time!

Izzy was our tour guide throughout the zoo - here she was looking at the map and telling us which direction to see the chimpanzees.

Taking a quick resting break before we head off to see more of Africa.

She is watching the kangaroos here. If you can tell she always has some snacks in her hands.

What are those crazy kangaroos doing momma?

In one of the bird sanctuaries. She loved seeing the birds. She definitely takes after her nana.

Rubbing Buddha's belly for luck.

After a long day at the zoo, she was worn out!!! I think she walked the whole park with us! I was amazed she lasted until the end before falling asleep! I was impressed.

14 week appointment

Yesterday I had my 14 month appointment. My mom and Isabella went with me. We got to hear the heartbeat again (racing away at 160 beats per minute!) The second he put the doppler on we heard it which is always nice when they don't have to search around for it! Isabella will now copy the sound when you ask her how her little brother or sister's heart sounds. It is super cute!

I will be getting that dreaded phone call any time in the next week to set up my shots starting in two weeks! The more I think about getting a shot every week the more I dread it! Hopefully they are not painful! I am lucky though because I am going to have a home health nurse come to my house to give them so I don't have to go to the doctor's every single week! I never thought I would be someone who has a home health nurse come visit me though! I am just keeping my fingers crossed that these shots work out cause I have been having dreams of having a 28 weeker and I am not wanting that at all as everyone can imagine!

I did have some sugar spill over in my urine and so I am PRAYING I don't have to watch what I eat this time. I did not have gestational diabetes with Izzy - I had some tea with sugar right before I went to my appointment so I am just hoping that is it! I have also gained 5 pounds! 5 POUNDS!!! It seems like so much cause last time with Izzy I was so sick that I had lost 5 pounds in the beginning!

Don't worry people the chance of me having twins is slim! Twice we have heard only 1 heartbeat and he told me my uterus was the right size! When you have 4-5 people come up and ask if you are having twins cause of your size you start to worry - but my worrying is decreased quite a bit after this appointment!

Well that is it. My next post I PROMISE I will have pictures added so you can see how absolutely adorable Isabella is getting :). Also I will be taking a picture of my belly and post it so everyone can see how GIGANTIC my belly is getting already!! Stay tuned!

11 weeks

I have not posted in a while - and I have not posted many pictures. Honestly I have been slacking in the picture department - I think I have taken like 20 pictures in the last month which is unheard of in our household! I don't know what has gotten into me.

Isabella is getting big! She is able to do a lot of things on her own now that she amazes me. She goes to the potty before her bath time in her big girl potty but she does not go any other time. Tomorrow is her 18 month appointment and I am super excited to see where she is on her weight and height! I think she has sprouted like 4 inches since last time (probably not but it feels like she has grown so fast!) She barely eats any more - I could put like 20 things in front of her and she will take 1 bite from about 5 of them! She is doing AMAZING sleeping in her own room! It is amazing we had not done it before - she sleeps on average 10 hours a night and hardly ever wakes up! That gives mama and daddy sound sleep which is nice.

So an update on little peanut Palmer (you know the one in my belly). Last week, Sam and I got to hear the heartbeat which was SUCH a relief! I was super excited when we heard that. The heartbeat is going at 160 beats/minute which Dr. Saunders said is really good at this time. I have gained about 2 pounds based on their scales. I figured I can report my weight gain right now - in a few months it might be top secret how much I have gained. I have had LOTS of people come up to me and say I am starting to show...which now I totally believe it. I am going to have to go shopping soon to find jeans that fit! Last time I was halfway through my pregnancy before I had to do that! Please say other second time moms have been in the same situation - or am I just becoming a fatty? Hahaha. We go back in 4 weeks at which time we will set up my shots - yep those start in about 6 weeks! Should be interesting.

Well, Hopefully soon I will have some really cute pictures of Isabella - she is always doing super cute stuff - it is just me who has been slacking in capturing them on film!