12 Weeks

I am almost out of the first trimester already.  Where is the time going? 

A few notes for my 12th week:

• I have lost 2 pounds since finding out I am pregnant
• I eat like I have a bottomless pit in my stomach
• No more morning sickness as long as I eat often (which is no problem, see above)
• I'm tired often and staying up late with my husband to watch Sons of Anarchy on Netflix does not help this
• Not really sure if this one is a boy or a girl...a part of me thinks maybe boy since I had a few bad weeks of morning sickness, but another part of me thinks girl...8 more weeks to find out!
• I have been getting a lot of headaches, not sure if it's lack of caffeine or just hormones
• Still not really into coffee...which makes me sad, I miss my coffee!
• Still pumping for Marissa but counting down the weeks until I can finally ditch the pump.  Unless you've exclusively pumped before, you have no idea what a PITA it is.
• I have yet to take a belly picture.  I was so good with Marissa but I've been slacking this time.

Yesterday was a pajamas kind of day, it was overcast and gloomy outside.  Danny slept in until a little after 11:00 while I got up with Marissa.  Once he got up he promptly sat his butt on the couch all day.  I guess that's what you are supposed to do on Father's Day.  We grilled steaks and asparagus, it was yummy!

My parents came for a short visit on Saturday; just for the day.  They watched Marissa while I went to a friend's baby shower.  There were 5 pregnant women at the shower, and a 7 week old and a 5 month old baby as well.  Babies are in bloom!

From Left to Right: Debbie, myself, Sophie (the mom-to-be), Rami and Betty.  I used to work with all of these lovely ladies.

I am getting very excited for our upcoming weekend trip to the beach!  We are going to meet up with some old and new friends and I can't wait!  Hopefully we get lots of pictures and the weather cooperates.

What You've (All) Been Waiting For!

Sorry, you did not win the lottery...

But I know you've all been waiting for recent pictures of Miss Marissa. :)

Marissa and Danny at Aubrey's Birthday Party

 Miss Aubrey and her Aunt Lauren

Me and Marissa

Knox

Being silly with daddy

Cake Smash!

Little Miss Sunshine

Playing with Hunter

She looks so sad!

Hunter man!

My sweet pea!

 That's all for now!

Better luck next time on the lottery. :-D

The Busy Life = No Time for Pictures

I apologize in advance for not posting any recent pictures of Marissa.  I have two weekends of pictures on my camera that I need to upload but I haven't found the time.

We went to Lake Anna with some friends and Marissa had her first encounter with sand.  She loved it!  There were racing boats in the lake that were extremely loud (don't worry, it wasn't loud enough to cause any damage, we were at a distance) and Marissa didn't seem to be bothered at all.  We were worried that they might scare her but she enjoyed watching them go back and fourth and taking in all of the people at the lake.  She even cuddled up to her momma and took a little cat nap with all the excitement!  As you know, I was in pure heaven while she napped in my arms. :)  We are hopeful that she will not be scared of fireworks on July 4th.  We might just make an exception for her to be up past her bedtime for all the festivities. 

After the lake we went to an Asian restaurant with Erin and Robey and got sushi at the hibachi grill.  Of course, I had to settle on a california roll while Danny devoured spicy tuna and salmon rolls, my favorite.  Sometimes being pregnant is no fun!

MmMmmM...(don't knock it if you haven't tried it!)

Last Sunday we had some friends over for a cook out and the girls scrapbooked while the guys watched the kiddo's.  It was fun to see Hunter and Marissa interacting.  I have pictures of them together that I will (hopefully) post soon!

This weekend I am going to Sophie's baby shower.  I'm excited to see her!

Sunday is Father's Day!  This is Danny's first Father's Day.  I'm not really sure what we are doing yet.  He hasn't said what he wants to do.  I'm sure we will either grill out or go out to eat.  He of course doesn't want to make a big deal out of a "Hallmark holiday."  I plan to let him sleep in and if he's nice he might get breakfast in bed.  Who am I kidding?  He sleeps in all the time. :)

We booked our hotel for our weekend away in Virginia Beach.  With Danny's Marriott Rewards we were able to get an ocean front hotel right on the board walk.  I guess all of his travel does count for something, right?  Hopefully we will be meeting up with some friends, doing lots of strolling the board walk with Marissa, playing in the pool and on the beach and eating lots of yummy food!  We don't go out much anymore so we figured we could splurge a little on a weekend vacay! 

I'm super excited because my parents bought Marissa the white vintage kitchen I had been eyeballing for her birthday!  It was delivered this week.  Danny hasn't put it together yet, but I can't wait to see it.  Now I have to figure out which accessories to buy her for her birthday.  There's so much to choose from.  Thanks again mom and dad, that was very generous of you!

9 Month Stats!

Marissa had her 9 month well baby appointment yesterday!  The doctor said she is looking good and is developmentally on track. 

Length - 27" - 27th percentile

Weight - 17 pounds 15 ounces (just shy of 18 pounds) - 30th percentile

Head Circumfrence - 17" - 24th percentile

We still have a petite little girl.  Danny took her to her appointment and joked with the nurse that Marissa will be thanking her momma for that when she's older. We'll see.  I think she may be taller than me. 

Marissa is pulling up on everything now and she's getting pretty good at it.  The other day I went out to water my flowers and left the front door open with the storm door closed.  Before I finished watering my plants Marissa had crawled over to the door and stood up, she was standing there banging on the glass.  There's not anything for her to pull on so I guess she just needed enough suction on the glass to stand.  It was quite interesting trying to tell her to sit down so I could open the door without her falling. 

Look at my big girl!  She's not a tiny baby anymore. :(

We have a retirement party to attend tomorrow afternoon and Sunday we are having some friends over for a cook-out and the girls are going to scrapbook.  I'm hoping I can get some of Marissa's party supplies done.  I bought a cartridge with ladybugs on it for my Cricut but I haven't gotten to take it out of the box yet.

Today Danny and I are celebrating 5 years together!  This picture was taken when we first began dating.  It's hard to believe I met the love of my life at 19.  I can't imagine my life without him.

Happy Friday!



Melissa & Doug

While shopping around for Aubrey's birthday gift "Melissa & Doug" toys were suggested to me.  And now I am hooked!  There are so many cute things I want to get for Marissa.  I really hate that the majority of children's toys are cheap, plastic, gaudy junk (that make way too much noise)!  I love that these are wooden toys and look so realistic.  I want to find her a wooden play kitchen and maybe start getting her accessories to go along with it for birthday's, Christmas, etc. 

I think I might get her this Picnic Basket and this Shopping Set for her birthday!  You know that every little person loves to mimic what mommy and daddy does.  I loved playing "house" and "school" when I was younger!

 

And when she gets a little bit older I love all of these different sets! 

Cookies

Pizza

Fruit

Sushi

Sundaes

Grill Set

Okay, seriously...the sets are endless!  I would have loved a set like this as a kid, how fun!  Mom - why didn't I have a set like this?!  :)


And check out these kitchen sets!  Ahh, I'm like a kid in a candy store.  How cool do these look? 

 
 
Seriously, Marissa is going to have a nicer kitchen than me!  I love this white set!


Okay, I've had a little too much fun today! 

Marissa goes to her 9 month well baby visit tomorrow.  So stay tuned for updated percentiles on weight, height and her head.  =)

Splish~Splash!

I have been meaning to blog but I just haven't had time.  Danny is on travel and I have been busy with Marissa and working. 

Anyway, here are the pictures from her in the pool from a few weekends ago.  She really seemed to like it, after the initial getting used to it. 

Plunging in...sort-of.  Danny was trying to put her hat on and she slipped into the water. 

I love her bathing suit!

She loved playing with her bath toys!

I think she splashed a little water in her face.

We had a nice weekend with Danny's family.  I haven't had a chance to upload any of my pictures yet, but this was taken at Marissa's 2nd cousins 1st birthday party.  Her hair is getting so long and light!



Aubrey (the birthday girl) also had a ladybug birthday theme!  They must be quite popular this year.  While she had traditional black and red ladybugs, Marissa will be having pink and black (with splashes of green!).

A friend made her cake for her:

As of Monday, I am 10 weeks pregnant!  30+/- to go!  I've been feeling pretty good, mostly just tired and hungry.  I feel like a bottomless pit.  It's been a bit exhausting with Danny on travel.  Marissa clearly wants her momma when I get home and it's hard for me to get anything done when she wants to be held.  She cries when I sit her down and looks at me like "hold me, momma!"  It's cute but it doesn't change the fact that I can literally get nothing done until she goes to bed, when in all reality I just want to sit my butt on the couch and do nothing.  I feel like I'm away from her so much as it is, that I just want to spend quality time with her when I get off of work.  I really wish that all of my other responsibilities would disappear. 

I'm seriously considering asking Danny if he will let me get a maid. :o)  I just need someone to keep up with the mundane tasks around the house like vacuuming, mopping, dusting, etc.  I try to keep an orderly house, clutter drives me crazy, but it's so hard to keep up with all the dog hair, drool and dander that the dogs create.  If I didn't have to worry about those three chores (dusting, vacuuming and mopping) I feel like my life would be SO much easier.  I need to find a young teenager who needs some extra money.  Although I have no idea what the going rates are for something like that.

Any takers??  I would even be willing to give them the title of "Momma's helper" instead of "maid"!  :-D

Ugh - it's only 10:30 and I'm ready for lunch...

1st Sonogram - Baby #2

I had my first sonogram on Wednesday to date the pregnancy.  I am 9 weeks 4 days along!  I am due January 2nd, 2012

....and you wouldn't believe how many people have already said "maybe you'll have a Christmas baby" or "maybe you'll have a New Year's baby" or "maybe you will have the first baby of the year" or "maybe he/she will come early so you get another tax deduction" or "maybe it will be born on so-and-so's birthday" or....you get the point.  It's funny because I have several friends who are pregnant right now and occasionally I am their ear to vent to.  I forgot what it's like to be pregnant, everyone and their mother has something to say.  Sometimes I think people just say the first thing that pops in their head, when really just a simple congratulations would suffice.  You should see the looks that I get when I tell them that Marissa is only 9 months old.  Their eyes widen, sometimes a jaw drops and they get that inevitable blank stare on their face that says "this was an oops, right?"  Occasionally those words even come out of their mouth and I have to laugh because yes, Danny and I really are that crazy...we intentionally planned or didn't prevent another bambino coming into our lives.  We are excited for our journey of having another baby.  You only live once, right!?  Who needs sleep anyway?  It's totally over rated!

So with that I present to you peanut #2, my dad joked that maybe this one is an almond.  He always called Marissa "peanut" when she was still an inside baby and he for sure thought that peanut would stick once she became an outside baby, but no such luck!

This weekend my BIL, SIL and nephew, Knox, are home to visit.  We haven't seen them since January and Knox has grown so much!  He is 5 months old and almost as big as Marissa already.  I hope we can get some good pictures of them together this weekend.  

Tomorrow we are going to Marissa's second cousin, Aubrey's, 1st birthday party!  It's hard to believe that we will be celebrating Marissa's 1st birthday in just a few short months.  I really need to get the ball rolling on her party decorations.  I finally broke down and bought the Cricut cartridge that I need with lady bugs on it.  My friend Mickey was so generous to let me borrow hers but she needed it back and I'm still not done with everything I need to make.  Hopefully the cartridge arrives in the mail soon and I find some much needed motivation to get things going again.

Danny is hanging out with his brother tonight so I'm at home with baby girl.  Our comfy king sized bed is going to be calling my name very shortly!  Perhaps after a glass of milk and a little something for dessert.

Have a wonderful weekend!