So here are the rest of the pictures I have been promising to upload. The girls are playing dress up on the new princess rug before we put it in their bedroom. In the pictures of Liam's room the crib is going to be where the toddler bed is right now and at the foot of the bed is a window. We currently have a sheet hanging on it until we decide on a color for the curtains and glider fabric. On the wall above the dresser will be a row of shadow boxes containing the pewter planes. We found knobs for the dresser that match the planes, if you look closely you can see them! And between the dresser and changing table hanging from the ceiling will be a large plane carved out of a large tree trunk. My mom is bringing it up on her next trip, it was my brother's when he was younger. So, preparations have begun and I am really feeling that nesting urge! Along with urges for a Cobb salad and chocolate cake, lol.

Some More Pictures

Will's parents left this morning. We had a wonderful visit with them this weekend. Thank you for everything Nonna and Poppy. I still have so many pictures to download of Liam's room and the girl's room. They found a princess rug at Sam's that Nonna couldn't pass up!

Nonna and Poppy Visit

Will's parents are in town, they arrived Thursday night. We have been so busy that I am just now getting a chance to post! The nursery has been painted, the lawn has been landscaped, new lights have been installed into our bedroom and Home Depot and Sam's have a great deal of our money. My ultrasound went fine on Friday, by the way. Liam is weighing in about 2 lbs. 3 oz. as of Friday morning. I will post more tomorrow.

We Have A Camera!

A great big thank you to Nonna and Poppy for the new camera! We are looking forward to your visit this weekend, but here are some pictures! First is my 26 week bally picture. Second is Emma smiling at the camera, it doesn't happen often! And third is Page asking me to take a picture of her princess egg from MawMaw and PawPaw.

Funny Page

Page has really been coming up with some funny stuff lately. Last night after dinner we were getting ready to go for a walk. I asked Page to go put her shoes on and she returned wearing tennis shoes and a pair of shorts. She informed us that she was going running like her daddy. I explained that girls had to wear shirts to cover up their private parts and she asked why daddy didn't have to. We got a good chuckle out of it and told and finally convinced her to put on a shirt.
This morning while on our way to get Emma's head X-rays done, which came back clear by the way, she told me that we had twins. I asked her what she meant by that and she said "you have a Liam in your tummy and I have a Liam in my tummy, and they are just alike so they are twins!" She also told Emma to be careful around her tummy because she didn't want her Liam to get hurt. Then she went on to explain to Emma that Liam can't come out to play until June and that it was okay to be sad that he can't come out right now. All of this from the back seat of the van. It was quite endearing! As you can tell she is really into the idea of having a baby right now. She even asks me things about when she will get to have pictures of her baby taken, I refer to the ultrasound images as pictures with her. She wants to go to the doctor to have her baby checked all the time too. She even pokes out her belly trying to make it look bigger when she talks about her Liam.
I will be posting some more ultrasound pictures Friday so check back then!

Emma's Check-Up

Emma is now 19 months old and went in yesterday for her 18 month check-up. The good news is that we are finally caught up on all of her immunizations and she will be able to have her 2 year check-up done on time. We have been playing catch-up since she was a year old because of illnesses and injuries. Emma weighed in at a mere 21 lbs, 1 oz. She dropped from 25% in weight to 5%. The pediatrician was a little concerned with this and wants us to see a dietician. I am actually looking forward to that appointment because she has recently been refusing foods, something that Page has never done, and is so limited on what she can eat. She is still wearing her 12 month clothes and is just so tiny it worries me. She did have a considerable growth spurt, however, measuring at 33' which puts her in the 75% for height. Page has always measured between the 75% - 90% in height so Emma's height is actually catching up with her sister. (She has never been above 50% for height.) For those of you long time readers of the blog, you may recall about 6 months ago when I brought Emma to the ER because of a head injury. Well, it is now time to have her head checked again to make sure the hairline fracture, if there was one, has healed. I am not looking forward to putting Emma through that again and am pretty sure she will fight a bit more than last time. Since I am pregnant I won't be able to be next to her during the scan so that bothers me too. We were also instructed to follow up with her neurologist to discuss her development. I think she is fine, but the pediatrician was a little concerned with her dleays in talking and what seems to be a lack of kinesthetic awareness. She trips all the time and walks into walls and tables quite a bit. Since we had neurological issues in the past, she thought it would be best to follow up on that. I have an appointment next week for that and will keep you all informed. I really think she is just a late bloomer and is a bit clumsy, but i am not a doctor so we will go.
Page has made some drastic improvements in her behavior the past few weeks. We have been having some issues ever since we moved them in together and it finally seems to be better. Will made a chart for her to put stickers on when she has a good day. When she has a good week she gets to pick out a prize. (Yes, I have resorted to bribery.) Last week she had 3 good days and this week 5 good days. It looks like she will be getting her princess bubble bath this week. She has really turned a corner and I am so thankful!
I am doing fine. I apologize for no belly pics, but we still don't have a camera. The good news is that Will's parents are getting us one for Easter and I will post a belly pic as soon as we get it. I am almost 26 weeks along and trying to enjoy the last part of the second trimester before things really start getting rough. I have another ultrasound a week from today with my specialist and then the following week I have my glucose test with my OB. I am already dreading that test. I don't drink very fast and trying to drink that stuff so quickly brings me to the edge of being sick and having to start all over again every time I have to take it. I am rereading my books on natural childbirth and am getting the nursery ready for our little boy. I want to be ready by 32 weeks because that is when things start to go wrong with my condition and the specialist told me to be ready to have a baby any time after 32 weeks. I am still believing and praying for a 40 week, healthy, natural delivery, but not going to take any chances on being unprepared as having 3 kids under the age of 4 is going to be enough of a stress!
We are having the most beautiful weather today and it is supposed to continue this weekend so we will probably be outside most of the weekend enjoying the lovely weather. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Paw Paw and His Girls

Zoo Pictures

These are pictures of us at the zoo from when my parents were in a few weeks ago. It was very cold as you can tell by the frozen water at the fountain! My mom sent me a CD of the pictures she took with her camera. Thanks mom.

24 Week Check-Up

I had my 24 week check-up this morning. Liam's heartbeat was around 150, the highest it has gotten. I gained 3 pounds this month for a total of 7 pounds so far. I always gain so much weight in the last half of the pregnancy and very little in the beginning. So I guess I have started the weight gain! I talked to the doctor about my restless leg syndrome. I have been lying awake at night this past week not being able to stop moving my legs! It is bad during the day too, I just can't stay still. It has left me exhausted and feeling like I have run a marathon. The doctor informed me that this is common in pregnancy and there isn't much you can do about it. Well she did say that she could prescribe a sleeping pill, but there is no way I would take that while pregnant so I am stuck with it.

From What to Expect When You're Expecting, here's what's going on with our little man:

Your baby weighs more than a pound and a half right now and sports a crown-to-rump length of about eight and a half inches (standard letter size!).

Wondering what (and who) your baby will look like? If you had a baby cam, you'd almost be able to tell by now. That beautiful face (though still tiny) is almost fully formed. What's still missing from the picture is the fat that will be piled on under baby's skin. Until those fat deposits are made, that very tender skin is still very transparent, which means a close look would let you see clear through to all the organs, bones, and blood vessels. Fortunately, that see-through look won't last much longer. Babies at this point are gaining about six ounces each week — with much of that gain coming from fat, in addition to growing organs, bones, and muscle.

What's been playing on your little rocker's stereo system these days? All kinds of sounds: from air exhaling from your lungs (deep breath now), those gastric gurgles produced by your stomach and intestines, your voice and your partner's (which your baby will be able to recognize at birth), and even very loud sounds such as honking horns, barking dogs, or a wailing fire truck.