What's going on?

Leslie & I talk to each other a lot of mornings on the way to school. She told me the other morning that I needed to update my blog. Yes, I know, but there hasn't been much blog worthy stuff going on lately. So here is what has been going on the last couple of weeks....

I did go to the doctor Thursday. I saw Dr. Helms today. He was very nice. This was just the 2nd time I saw him. It seems I get Dr. Moffett most of the time which is fine too. :-) I am just a bit over 27 weeks and I measured 28 weeks, which is good. Dr. Helms said I had a long torso so he was a little bit "concerned" that the baby was bigger than my stomach looked since there is more room for the baby to hide. I told him I probably would agree because Dr Wood & Moffett swore Drew would be about 8 pounds and of course he turned out being 9 and a 1/2. He said he thinks he has learned his lesson about the size of a baby with long torso girls. I guess that is why they are talking of inducing me at 38 weeks. Anyway, Cameron looked great. He was all comfy inside my belly. He was head up with his toes curled up on my bladder. That is why the bathroom has been my best friend more than usual lately!! Dr. Helms said I needed to talk to him and get him to flip head down. :-) We've got plenty of time for that though. Drew was head up right until a few weeks before. I pleased the doctors and put on a few pounds for them this month. Still not where I should be, but they said it was better. Now to the doctor every 2 weeks. My how time is flying by with this 2nd one!

We took Drew with us to a Gator basketball game about 2 weeks ago. He really was into it. Everytime the crowd cheered he clapped. We just about got him saying "Go Gators" during the song. (You know Go gators, go gators....get up and go.) He kept a close eye on Albert the whole time. We thought we would wait until the end of the game to get his picture taken with him, but Albert disappeared as soon as the buzzer rang. Maybe next time. Here are a few pictures of him at the game.

We are trying to get a few things around the house done before Cameron gets here. We are semi-remodeling our room. (new furniture, paint, window treatments, etc.) I was supposed to paint today, but we thought it was going to be too cold to open up the windows for ventilation. It turned out to be a beautiful day. So instead we were a bit lazy this morning. All of us slept until about 9. We went to the grocery store and then out to lunch. I was craving a buffalo chicken salad. That was much more fun anyway! Brad has a way of helping me forget about doing house chores. ha! But, next weekend it will be time to paint, so get your paint brush ready baby!

Well, better get busy with some chores while my guys are taking a nap.

Pictures

Friday after school, we went to Gainesville to Picture People to get Drew's 2 year old pictures taken. Finally! We had to cancel 2 appointments in December because of sickness. I was worried about how they would go because he is so active and on top of that did not have a nap. Well he slept a little on the way up, but I wouldn't count much for that. He was better than I could ask. He was a little ham for the photographer. I tried making one of his pictures my new "header", but it is vertical and doesn't seem to fit. So, here are some of the pictures. The football picture wasn't planned. It was just a toy they had there and he decided he wanted to throw it. He is getting a throw on him. He threw a pass to the photographer and it startled her a little I think.

What the heck?

Yesterday morning, Drew was playing out on the sun porch with all of his toys. He came running in holding his diaper area saying, "pee pee Mommy". What the heck? So, I of course asked him if he wanted to go to the big boy potty (as I refer to it). Usually he whines and says, "no Mommy". This time, he looked a little scared, but grabbed my hand and walked to the bathroom. I stripped him down and put him on the toilet. He went pee pee! Brad & I didn't know what to think. We weren't prepared for this moment. Where did this come from? We cheered and he got excited so we busted out the M & M's as most parents do. He did it six more times that morning. He was even trying so hard one time he did #2 by mistake. We weren't really prepared for this occasion and had several errands to run that day. So, I was trying to figure out how we could just stay home and make the most of this occasion. But......yesterday was my last day off and I had several things that had to be done. He of course used the potty in his diaper a time or two while we were out, but did hover the toilet in Target and in my class that day. I warned Grandma Dee that she might have her hands even fuller today. When I picked him up this afternoon she said he wasn't the slightest bit interested in the toilet today and said he said his infamous, "DONE", when the subject was brought up. This evening, however, he decided he wanted to sit on it again. Yeah Drew!

I am guessing this all has to do with big cousin Raleigh. He spent most of the day with us on Friday. Drew followed Raleigh and I to the bathroom every time Raleigh had to go and closely observed. Last Monday after talking with Dr. Albino, I had put the potty training aspect on the back burner until this summer. She thought it would be best with the new baby coming to wait. Also, she feels that with him just turning two he is still a little young to try and force it. So, I decided to follow her advise and not push the idea.

So whether this is just a fluke or he is really getting serious about it is yet to be known. I'm hoping this is the real thing. If not at least he doesn't seem to be afraid of the idea anymore.

23 week check up

This morning we went to see Dr. Wood for my monthly check up. I was so excited because Leslie was home and she came along with us to catch a glimpse of Cameron on ultrasound. It was unusually busy in there this morning. After the nurse did her thing, they told me Dr. Wood was at the hospital so I hung out in "sub-waiting" for a while. Brad, Drew, and Leslie came back there to keep me company. We waited forever, but it was just one of those things that can't be helped. It was so long that old Dr. Moffett came and got Drew to come back with "Pop-Pop" for some jelly beans.

And yes, that leads me to good old Dr. Moffett, that wasn't the first time I saw him this morning and it wouldn't be the last. For those of you that don't know him, he is very nice and likes to make his rounds to see everyone even if you aren't his "patient". He came and popped his head in while the nurse was doing her thing to say good morning. He wanted to see how my weight curve was looking in my chart. (You know they are freaks about the weight.) Mine was not so good. He gave me a long, intimidating, fatherly lecture about how much weight I should gain and what I need to do to get there. I am eating! I promise! Brad will vouch for me! I told him all of this. He ended up doing my exam because the wait was so long and talked to me some more about it. I talked to him about my shortness of breath and tightness in my stomach when I eat. I did that with Drew as well. So, he told me to eat 10 small meals a day for the next month to see if it helps with those issues and putting on weight. So I guess for the first and only time in my life, I'm praying I can eat more and put on some more weight so the baby will be very healthy and smart! He said I needed fat for IQ. :-)

Overall, the baby sounded and measured perfect today. No ultrasound though. Hannah, hopefully you got that today. I left Hannah in sub-waiting when they called me back. Leslie wasn't able to see Cameron because of the long wait for the ultra-sound room, but was excited to spend some time with Drew. By the way, he has a new name for Leslie. Hotsie. I'm not sure if that's how you spell what he calls her. It is so funny. All morning long if you asked him who she was he would say, "Hotsie". Tonight I was asking him if he had a good time with Hotsie and he would repeated it over and over with this evil laugh. If we only knew what was going on in those little minds. I just can't get enough of my Drew!