Play time with Daddy

We took Hannah to a park yesterday to help her get the ants out of her pants. It was COLD! But she still had a ball playing with Daddy.

Ride the pony?

Hannah rode a carousel for the first time a few weeks ago. She LOVED it!!! She's always asking to "ride a pony" now. She took the little elephant in her room and sat on it and pretended to ride the pony. I thought these pictures were too funny not to share since they show Hannah's funny personality!

New jammies and a new bow!

We are quickly preparing for the Christmas season! Hannah loves her new Santa jammies and loved her new festive hairbow. She actually wanted to wear a bow for the first time in months!

Baby Update

I had my ultrasound and 20 week appointment this week. I was a little shocked to learn that I gained FIVE pounds since last month and am measuring 24 weeks. I know that my belly changed A LOT from 17 to 20 weeks, but I didn't realize just how much the baby and I grew. I never measured big with Hannah, so I'm not really sure what this means for the rest of my pregnancy.

I talked to my doctor about all the braxton-hicks contractions that I'm having. I'm definitely having way too many. She told me I need to take it easy and relax and keep from doing any activity which causes them (such as exercising). If they continue at the same frequency over the next few weeks, she may do another ultrasound to make sure I'm not in pre-labor. I really hope bed rest is not in my future. Hopefully things will calm down over the next few weeks!

On a positive note, the baby is VERY active and that is always reassuring :)

20 weeks, 3 days

I can't believe I'm posting this...

These belly pics are becoming less and less fun to take. Where is the cute bump I thought I would have now? Instead I just look like I swallowed a barrel. Not so cute.

On a happy note, we have our 20 week ultrasound on Wednesday. I can't wait to see the baby and see how he/she is measuring! I'm hoping everything looks normal. I'm not so excited to see how much weight I've gained now. I've been eating like a horse lately...probably making up for the first 17 weeks that I didn't want to eat at all. I'm just hoping I don't gain 50 pounds again this time. I've tried working out on several occasions over the past couple weeks and each time the Braxton-Hicks contractions start and they don't stop for hours. They are very rhythmic (every 5 minutes), like regular contractions would be, except that they don't increase in intensity. Regardless, it is not normal and could be a sign of pre-labor. I'll be talking to my OB this week to see what I can do about it.

Here is a belly progression from the last 7 weeks. YIKES...I just look really bloated now, not pregnant :(

Sleepyhead

Mark found Hannah sleeping like this about an hour ago. I just thought it was hilarious how she had her thumb in her mouth and her hand in her pants!

Hannah is OBSESSED with her daddy's deer pillow. She insists on sleeping with it every night. She still refuses to keep the covers on top of her. I would freeze if I were her!

Happy Face!

Hannah is REALLY into drawing these days. She has started drawing stick figures (well, the arms come out of the head, but it's a good start!) and happy faces all the time! Here is one she drew the other day. She even put ears on the face. You have to look closely to see the eyes...she drew the nose in the middle.

Cute as a CUPCAKE!

Hannah had a ball this Halloween! She's been excited about her costume for weeks now and she loved trick-or-treating, especially with her friends. When she woke up this morning she asked if we could go trick-or-treating again before church. I don't think she understood when I told her we would go again "next year."

Last night we got together with some of my friends and their kids for dinner and trick-or-treating. The kids all played so nicely together and were not shy at all about going up to houses and shouting "Happy Halloween!" or "Trick-or-treat!" All in all, it was a very successful night!

Hannah and her sweet friend from school, Ella.