woo hoo an update!

Things have been fairly busy around this household, but fortunately we were able to take a bit of a snuggle break yesterday. Thank goodness. Brie has been very affectionate lately, giving lots of hugs, open mouth (and sometimes with teeth) kisses and snuggles. It has been fun to watch the little gal grow up even more.

The baby has been kicking even more and has been very active lately, and I have been known to break out into short burts of nesting sessions. It makes Ben laugh. And quite honestly, it makes me laugh too. My body doesn't know what it is like to be 27 weeks pregnant, I think I'm confusing it. It's fun to think back at what little Brie looked like @ 27 weeks - here is a picture of the night she opened her eyes - right around 27 weeks and weighing in around 1 pound 10 ounces. Which we already know this baby bird is past 1 pound 11 ounces.

Last Thursday, Brie had her January edition of her synagis shot and weigh in. She weighed in at a whopping 14 pounds 14 ounces; and funny enough she is 14 months old... weird... Synagis went well, although she pouted at the nurse for a long time afterwards. Daddy stayed home this time to watch and he thought her little reaction was so sweet when she wanted to snuggle him after getting poked.

She's been eating more and more table food, has a new love for Graham crackers and is trying out some milk every now and then. Our hope is to be 100% on milk, juice, water, and NO baby food by the time baby #2 arrives. This is our hope anyways. So far so good.

Saturday we went to a rocking birthday party for two of Brie's NICU friends. A & O, these boys were born Dec 30th and we got to know their parents really well even though we walked out of the NICU a little over a month later. We had fun watching them eat their cakes and also enjoyed eating a bit of our own. It was fun to celebrate what God has done in our NICU baby's lives.

This week I've got several appointments, but only to get caught up before the baby comes, I have 2 chiropractor visits (yahoo!), an OB appointment, and an eye doctor appointment. We're gonna get these eyes of mine checked out and order some new contacts.

Just so all you davenporter's know - Brie and I will be there at the end of the month for a baby shower for my newphew-to-be so if you feel like getting together - be sure and let me know.

Pregnacy

Well, thought I'd give an update on the pregnacy. Things are going GREAT! We are one day further along than we were with Brieanna. Tomorrow, Sunday we will be 26 weeks along! Yahoo!

Yesterday (Friday) we had an appointment with the perinatiologist who is overseeing the pregnancy along with our OB. We had an ultrasound and the baby weighed in at 1 pound 11 ounces, so already bigger than Brieanna was at birth.

We now see our OB weekly for blood pressure checks and a general check in and at home I am daily testing my urine for protein. This is actually something I really enjoy because it gives me the daily reassurance that everything is going well.

They have rescheduled the amnio for Monday, March 23rd. Pending the results of the amnio, delivery has been scheduled for Tuesday morning, March 24th, but it may happen the afternoon of 23rd.

We are thrilled that everything is still going so well and we are continuing to pray that they go well. Thank you for your continued prayers as well! It does feel great now that we know what to expect in the NICU if the little baby were to arrive. But we are looking forward to delivering a GIANT baby in March.

Christmas Day!

I forgot to mention about our fantastic Christmas.

Christmas Eve we went to our church service at 5:30 and then headed towards Davenport following the service. There ended up being a large accident on I-80 so we were stopped for 2 hours. Thankfully, Ben had reminded me to pack the car with extra blankets, so we stayed nice and cozy during the wait.

Christmas Day we got up and headed up to my late Great Aunt's condo in Chicago. We had an amazing family dinner there with my dad's side of the family. Brie showed off and was adorable in her Christmas Dress from the Howards. She met for the first time her Great Grandma Spitzer and the Chalifoux family (my dad's sister & fam).

Here is an adorable picture from the day, I still need to get the good pictures from my dad. But I uploaded a few on our flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/massung