29 weeks and growing

The belly, I mean baby, is certainly growing! 29 weeks this week and I feel like it's 39. This pregnancy has been good and fine, no complications, but much different than the first. So they say that's the norm with #2. Thought I'd post a recent pic of the watermelon I hide under my shirt ;-)

Stomach bugs

Not a fun week in the Blanco house this week as both Vanessa and mommy got a nasty taste of the stomach bug. Thankfully it seems mommy had it the worst --- from 3am - 10am every half hour landed this pregnant lady in the ER for fluids (as recommended by my OB). Four hours and three IV bags later I was ready to come home, however, when I called Juan to come get me I was told it might be a little while because miss Vanessa had her first "sick" all over her crib upon waking up from her nap. I know, I know....TMI for everyone, huh? Fortunately we only had to deal with three "sicks" from our girl all of which weren't nearly as horrible as I imagined (even the one that landed all over me). By Wednesday she seemed nearly back to normal. We're keeping an eye on her still since she hasn't had much of an appetite and especially since her diapers haven't been that wet. So it's lots of Pedialyte and fluids for the next few days. Somehow Juan managed to escape the dreaded bug which was either lucky for him or actually maybe lucky for me since he got "clean up" duty ;-) Stay healthy all!!

Mommy...I awake

Our little 19mos old has really started to make our days interesting with all her chatter. She's doing super well with her words and using pretty near full sentences. For awhile now I've been waking up to her calling "Mommmmyyyyyy" or "Daddyyyyyy", but for the last few days we've been blessed to hear a bit more. This morning and yesterday: "Mommmmmmmmmmyyyyyy, I aaaa-wake. Come hear. Done, done" So funny and so cute! Usually wake time is around 7am, but this morning she was up before the sun at 6am and since our 'house rule' is not to get her until at least 6:30 I got to hear a little extra chit-chat. It went something like this: "Awake. Nessa done, done. Cuddle. Mommy, daddy, up. Girl mommy little. Doggie, blankie. Mommy get. Mommy door open, come". I think I could have sat there for another half hour just listening to her but couldn't resist going to get my morning hug. Of course all this chatter also means we need to be careful with our words since our little girl is quite the repeat parrot -- EVERYTHING gets repeated, not just words, but sentences. Another latest is that she has started to use her manners all on her own now saying "pease" and "sank-you" without being prompted. As proud as I am it's been a bit of a dangerous ground for this mom. Since I think it's so cute I've found myself giving in to "Dessert please" for the last 3 (or 4) nights! Oh well....considering how much this girl packs in the veggies and proteins, what's a little sugar????? We had our 18mos check up this week too (a few weeks late) and Vanessa has now gotten to the 25% for weight and is 22 1/2lbs and a wopping 32 1/2 inches tall (75%). Grow girl, grow!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Lot's of snow fell over the last week and nothing could be better when you have two little Blanco's visiting from Orlando! This year was really Vanessa's first year with the snow too and she couldn't have loved it more! "More, more", "go fast", "sled daddy fast" was about all she could say this afternoon after we took advantage of the latest snowfall. Two snowmen, lot's of snowball fights, sledding and skiing filled our 10 day visit that somehow seemed to come and go a bit too fast. I can't even imagine how bored Vanessa will feel come Monday morning when she wakes up and there's nobody around to play with (or dance with!) other than mommy and daddy. Hopefully we'll be able to play again soon!!