20 Weeks.... 1/2 Way Done!!!

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

Dr. Appointment

I went in for my Dr's appointment today. Everything is going well. The baby's heartbeat was really strong and loud so that was good to hear. I had to get a holter monitor for pains that I've been having with my heart for the last two months or so, I have to wear it for 24 hrs. and then return it tomorrow for them to get the results. I've had to do this a few years ago and of course they couldn't find anything, so I'm sure that's what this will end in is they can't find nothing. They said that I am supposed to press this button anytime I feel the symptoms.. I explained that it doesn't go away, its a constant sharp pain right where my heart is, so I guess I will have to push it whenever I "feel" it.. Other than that nothing exciting going on! I was telling the Dr. how I really don't feel the baby a whole lot, maybe once or twice a week, but I started feeling him around 14 weeks like I did with Paisley, but with Paisley and Gavin they were moving all the time... so its been different, maybe this baby is going to be CALM???? Is there such a miracle!!! ha ha!! Anyways that's all the update from the Dr's!

ITS A ...........

FACE!!

FOOT

ARM

TOTAL BOY!!!

Tomorrow we will find out

What we are having! My appointment is scheduled for 10:55 am. I'm pretty sure it'll be a boy... I don't know why but I just do. I can't imagine being lucky enough to have another girl! Although it would be wonderful if I was. Paisley "seasons" of clothes would work perfectly, she'd have a sister to be best friends with, I will have another girl to dress up etc :) If its a boy, the clothes are going to be off... Gavin was more a summer baby, and this one will be winter... and boys aren't fun to dress up and do their hair... and uh... I just want a girl!! ha ha!! So we will see, If I don't update this tomorrow... assume its a boy! If its on Channel 2 news you will know its a girl ha ha just kidding!!
In all reality I don't mind either one since I do have my girl!! But I can still have my preference right!! We have names picked out for either one so the hard part is done!! Anyways I will let you know possibly tomorrow :) weather my assumption is correct or not!!!
So far the "vote" I have on here is even 4 people think girl and 4 people think boy... we will see!!!

Gavin sharing

I figure this post will only be cute for me!! But I figured I would post it anyways!!

Gavin had a sucker and decided to share it with Paisley! It was cute!! He was so excited when her tongue turned purple!! ha ha

Week 19

This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named "brown fat" he'll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby's skin, appears all over your baby's body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Think of it as if your baby has been dipped in yogurt, like those delicious but fake-healthy yogurt-covered raisins and pretzels. Ooh, we feel another craving comin' on. ... Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby's body. Don't worry, your Mini won't look like Cousin It when he's born. Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance.Good news: Your baby's kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week. Bad news: That means there will be lots of diapers in your future. But so far you're safe—at the moment the pee just passes into the amniotic fluid.He or she now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, as long as a turkey sub from Subway on warm, delicious Italian Herbs and Cheese bread (or Honey Oat bread, or Oregano bread or ...)

A Night at the Fair

Saturday we were able to go to the fair. We didn't get to go until later as I had volunteered to feed the missionaries that night. So I had made lasagne and "delicious dirt" for dinner and desert. We had a nice visit with the Elders. One of them had only been out 3 days and he was from Boise Idaho!! I joked with him that he was the opposite of singles ward! The other was from Hawaii and the 3rd was from British Columbia.

Dallas' parents were in town and were staying at our house Saturday as well so we had them go to the fair with us. We got there and Gavin insisted to walk through the stinky cow place, it was SOOO stinky! He liked it though. Then we went to the "Little Hands on the farm" and took Gavin through that. It was pretty cute. He got to wear an apron and get a basket and put a scoop of corn in it to feed the cow, then we walked through and he poured the corn in the cow troff, then he got to milk the cow, then he took a carton of milk and put it in his basket. Next we were off to the apple orchard and he picked one apple off the tree to put in his basket. Then he picked a seed and was able to plant it and then "dig it up" and put that in his basket also. Next he was off to drive the tractor around the track with his basket in the trailer! Next was the sheep that he was able to pet and then get a chunck of whool to put in his basket. The next stop was to get an egg from the chicken coop and put that in his basket as well. And last but not least he took his "harvest" to the market and was "paid" for his hard work! He was able to purchase a thing of cereal!

After the farm thing, we met up with my parents and Dallas, Gavin and my Dad went and watched the tractor pulls for a couple of pulls. They all seemed to really like that! Afterwards we met up with Lindsay, Brittany, Shane and Sam and went to the Illusionist show and Shari and Arthur met up with us there.

Once that was over we walked around to a couple of booths and were able to see a scuplture made of butter and some other things.

We had a good night but I was dead tired by the end!!

You've won... A NEW CAR!!!

Last night my Dad suprised my Mom with a new car!! He had told her that her old one was being fixed in the shop and would be ready in the evening!! She had NO clue!! My Dad went and bought it and then got it licensed and registered then Dallas and I followed him out to where the car was to drive it home!! I was the lucky contestant who got to drive it all the way home!! :) We took it through the car wash and Dad and I cleaned the windows etc. It looked AWESOME!! We drove it home and got home around 9:30pm. We stayed outside with Gavin since he is such a blabber mouth :) and then my Dad told my Mom to come out and see the car now that it was fixed and TA DA!!! Here's her suprise... Oh wait... I must say that when she came out, she didn't even notice the car, she came out and said "THERE'S MY GAVIN" ha ha!! Then she noticed the car!! But anyways here's the picture!! Great Job Dad!!

Bonus #1: THE WINDSHIELD ISN'T CRACKED

Bonus #2: THE JAGUAR IS STILL ON THE CAR Bonus #3: AIR CONDITIONING!!!! Bonus # 4: THE DOOR OPENS!!!Bonus # 5: IT HASN'T BEEN USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE!!

18 Weeks

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, (LETS HOPE NOT :) ) his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound

I think I'm in love....

So today Gavin came home from school and as usual didn't remember anything about the day. We went about the day as normal and then this evening he had a recollection that he likes this cute girl named Bella. He said she has crinkly hair and is so cute!! He said she is a little bit his girlfriend! WHOA!! So we tried to get more information about this new girl! He said she is really cute and sits at the pink table with him. (He hated the pink table before, I guess her being at the table has made sitting at the pink table better) He said that when she wakes up she roots "Gavin, Gavin, Gavin" ha ha ha.. he said she told him that she does (YA RIGHT)ha ha!! I guess she held his backpack today and that was such a happy exciting thing for him!! So he hasn't stopped talking about Bella since. He has been asking to watch Beauty and the Beast so he can see Belle and he asked if he gets to go to school tomorrow and I told him no, he is quite unhappy about this because he wants to see Bella... I remembered that the 1st day of school I took pictures of the kids standing in line so I said hurry and grab the camera and we can see if I got a picture of her... sure enough I did. I zoomed in on her and he started shouting "That's her that's her...... I think I'm in love" ha ha ha ha!! So here is a picture of the worshiped Bella.. she is a cutie!!!

Gavin at school...

Gavin has been in school for 3 days now, its so strange to me that he is in school, how could my little guy already be in school... where did the time go??
He seems to be liking it though. Although the 1st day he broke his teacher in and got in trouble!! That's my boy!! I predicted that he would get expelled the 1st day of school so I guess that is a good thing that it wasn't that bad!! He has a friend down the street that is also in his class and they weren't keeping their hands to themselves (typical boys) so the teacher just asked them to keep their hands to themselves. So that was day one!! Yesterday he did a lot better thank goodness! Although he said his teacher kept saying "Gavin sit on your pockets" over and over and Gavin said "But I don't know what my pockets are" that was pretty cute, so I explained that his pockets are on him bum. ha ha!
I guess yesterday they got to find the gingerbread man! He was so excited! I love to hear any stories from him, since he rations them, he says he forgets what he did all day so any recollection of the day is great!!
He got a homework assignment that we work on every day several times a day. He is supposed to memorize His full name, His Address, His phone #, and his parents name. He's suprisingly done awesome with this. He knows all of them!!! I was amazed! I've also had him practicing writing his name, his numbers, we practice his abc's and counting! I've been trying to make homework really exciting and it seems to be working so far!! We'll see how long it lasts!

1st Day of School

Today was Gavin's first day of school. Yesterday we got everything together and layed out his clothes and his new shoes and socks and backpack. We had dinner and then he got a special blessing from his Daddy! This was a family tradition I guess you could say from when I was growing up, so it was exciting for me to watch it carried on through my children. We said prayers and Gavin went to sleep (with the help of a melatonin!!) This morning I got him up really early and tried to get him to eat breakfast but he didn't want any of it. So I got him dressed and let him pick out his shirt, he choose the dinosaur one that Grandma bought him. He got his new sketchers shoes on and his new cars backpack we did his hair and brushed his teeth and it was time to walk to the bus stop. Brittany came over this morning so that I could follow Gavin to school after I put him on the bus to make sure he knew where to go. We stood at the bus stop for a while, it was supposed to be there at "8:32" but didn't get there until around 8:50. Gavin had a couple of friends he would be able to ride the bus with so that was nice. When the bus finally got there he put out his hand for me to kiss it (just like the racoon in the book "the kissing hand") and he put it to his cheek and then smiled at me. He lined up to get on the bus and kept asking if I would be there to pick him up when he got off the bus, I kept telling him I would be waiting. So onto the bus he went, I met him at the school and he got off the bus and was excited to see me there! I took a bunch of pictures. They put a sticker on him so they knew what bus he came on and they lined up and I followed them to the playground where they will meet. Gavin was playing for a couple minutes and then the whistle blew to line up. He wasn't quite sure what to do then. I helped him get his backpack and stand in a line against the wall. The teacher said to get their "whistles" out and they said "choo choo" she was saying "all aboard" then she told them to get their wheels going and the started saying "chuga chuga chuga chuga choo choo" then she told them to wave bye and Gavin did, he was smiling so that was good, and off to the classroom they went. I went home and was waiting for the time to go by to pick him up ( I know.. .what a shocker... I thought I'd be doing flips off the wall and running and jumping and clicking my heels in the air) but no... I was the only one that was crying (out of me and Gavin anyway).

Gavin got home and I was waiting for him at the bus stop. He was excited and got off the bus. We walked home and he didn't have much to say at all. He said he didn't remember anything and that they went to the playground 2 times and got in a line. I tried to probe him for more information about his day. I pulled out his homework folder and saw that he colored a picture about the snack they had. So I asked him if he colored and had a snack.... he said yes. Then I asked if they did anything else and he said he doesn't know but he sat at the pink table and that was lame...... So there you have it... my non stop talker had nothing to say about his 1st day of school... maybe after he has a nap or later tonight be might want to share a story or two!!