Baby Update: 36 Weeks

Only three more weeks! It's getting cramped in there! Kicking and shoving have replaced the early swooping and rolling—there's simply no more room! He is about 17 inches long and weighs about five pounds. From now on his growth will be slow and steady as he continues to put on weight and fill out. Mom is feeling well. I have been nesting for about eight months now. I am anxious to get Christmas ready so that I can finally relax. Hannah is beginning to sense the change. She has gotten very snugly lately. She even cried this past weekend when Daddy held her cousin and said "MY Daddy!" We'll see how that turns out!

Chistmas Dress

Notice the matching bruise on her forehead. Hannah fell off of the stage at our church building on Saturday evening. We were there for a church party and we were the only one's telling our child to quit playing up there. I thought we were being paranoid until she was the only child who fell off the stage!
This is Hannah's Christmas dress. I found it yesterday and couldn't resist taking pictures.

Baby Update: 25 Weeks

We are doing well! We have a bouncing baby boy, literally, and he makes my tummy roll and roll. During these last weeks, he is gaining weight. He's developed sleeping patterns (and they often have little to do with night and day!) Our little bouncer may be around four and a half pounds right now! Only four more weeks until birth day.

Jack Enslinger

Cami & Jack
Summer, Hannah & Jack
Hannah was told to sit back because she was blocking the other two.
Our friends, Heather and Dustin Enslinger, had their baby boy by c-section on Saturday afternoon. Jack weighed 10 lbs 10 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. We went to the hospital to visit on Monday morning. It was great for Hannah to see the hospital and get a feel for how things are going to be for her in a few weeks.

Snow!!!

We had snow yesterday! Hannah was thrilled to go outside and play in it. She doesn't seem to remember it from last year, so she had a great time re-discovering.

Funny 2 Year Old

Here are some of Hannah's funny things that she has been doing lately.

1. She calls Dinosaurs "dinahoars." We went to the Halloween laser show at the museum last weekend and as we drove up, she emphatically called "Dinohoars!"
2. Hannah has been pinching our bums and saying "cute bum." I don't like it and I can't really yell at her for it because we do it to her all of the time.
3. "Mommy suck, Daddy suck, Hannah suck too!" This is her way of saying that we're stuck in our seat belts in the car. She hates her car seat and that was our only way to get her calmed down about it was by helping her figure out that we were stuck too. She just misses out on saying the "t" of stuck.
4. Hannah is great at saying thank you when we go places. We got our flu shots last week and as we were leaving Hannah said "thank you" to the lady who gave us the shots. The nurse about fainted and said "I've NEVER had anyone say thank you after a shot before!"
5. She calls the Incredibles the "Daddy movie" (which Brent loves) and has to watch it literally every day.
6. About a month ago, she started saying "2 more minutes" when I would say that it was time for a nap or something else that she didn't want to do. It has gradually grown into "3 more minutes" and "5 more minutes."

Halloween Pajamas

Hannah called her bunny costume pajamas. It makes sense if you think about it... warm and fuzzy and covers all over. Hannah loved having the makeup on her cheeks and was very good about not touching it. We had a ward trunk-or-treat that was lots of fun. Hannah ate 2 hot dogs and lots of candy. She had a great time going to all of the cars and getting candy. A lot of the people said that she was more well behaved than some of the older kids who would just stick out their candy bags, get their candy and run away. Hannah said "Trick-or-Treat" and "Thank You" to every single person.

Big Girl Bed

We bought Hannah a "Big Girl Bed" on Monday. She was THRILLED! We got it home and Daddy put it together with some help from Hannah. Once it was all put together, she jumped in and couldn't stop smiling, literally. We asked her to get out to give kisses and hugs and she did so very reluctantly, but was excited afterwords to jump back in all by herself. We've had some fun challenges this week with staying in the bed and getting to sleep later than we should, but she's adjusted well and has loved it.

Baby Update: 33 Weeks

The baby weighs about 4 pounds 5 ounces and his skin has turned from red to pink. He has started preparing for life outside the womb by storing iron in his liver. Momma is still feeling well. It's been fascinating to feel the differences between Hannah and this baby. Now that we know Hannah's personality, her movements make a lot of sense. I've been analyzing this child and trying to figure out what his movements mean. He is constantly kicking my ribs and has even bruised them, what does that mean? A few days ago he had the hiccups and he was very irritated at them. For about a half hour I felt hiccup, kick, hiccup, kick. It was funny for a few minutes, but then .... but hey, we know that he is healthy and doing well.

(Only 6 more weeks until our c-section!)