Happy Birthday!!

In Mike's family, February is a busy birthday month. Today we are headed over to Granny and Papa Dan's house to celebrate all the birthdays. Here is who we are celebrating....Juliet on the 2nd, Granny on the 9th, Kelly on the 15th, and Mike on the 18th. I am good enough to know all the dates, but maybe not to get ALL the ages exactly right, so I will not even try. It should be a great day spent together and I made the birthday cake favorite....marble chocolate cake. I have been handed down the duty since Mike prefers the layer cake that I make over his mom's 13x9. Riley helped me make the cake last night and it smelled delicious. Cannot wait to try it and to see everyone. Hopefully the camera will come out and I can add some photos later.



Also, Mike had a great time celebrating his birthday yesterday snowboarding. It has been a long time since he has gone....probably since we have been together. He said that it all came back and he had a lot of fun and cannot wait to go back. Unfortunately I do not have any photos because that is no place for a pregnant lady and Riley I were home running errands, having lunch with friends, and getting ready for today. Now that he has gone again, I have a feeling that next year I will have no excuse why I cannot go.

16 weeks

Here are some pictures from me at 16 weeks. Growing bigger....

15 1/2 Weeks

Today, I had another appointment...moving right along. All went well at the check up. I gained about 4 pounds since my last appointment and my blood pressure was good. Nurse did give us a little scare though. She took my bp and then checked my chart. Then she said, let's check it again. I got a little nervous given my bp issues with Riley, but the second time it was just fine. Then we got to hear baby's heartbeat again (after a lot of searching...she said baby was moving) and today it was 154. I had also thought that at our next appointment, when I am 191/2 weeks, we would have an ultrasound and hopefully get to find out boy or girl. I asked the doc and he said that they like to wait until 22 weeks and since that is between my two appointments, looks like we have to wait until 23 1/2 weeks to find out pink or blue. I guess it is only 8 weeks, but I had gotten my hopes up that we would know in 4 weeks. Oh well, as long as everything is going fine we are happy. (I will post another picture at 16 weeks...hopefully this weekend if I remember).

Oh and Riley has come up with a name for the baby...at least for now. She calls it "little noodle"! She is so cute when she asks me if she can kiss her little noodle. I think she is getting more excited...especially since I keep taking her window shopping at Babies R Us:) She is going to be a great big sister!

I am going to try and copy something cute that my friend Chrissy had on her blog. It will be a baby poll and you can all cast your votes as to gender. I personally have no feelings and Mike is just dead set that he will have two girls. I will tell you that I have been sick just a little more this time and my hair has been bad (it was great with Riley). Sorry, those are the only differences I feel so far. Well and so much bigger, but I think it is just baby #2.