baby sister.....

Here are some ultrasound pics of baby sister.
This little girl is active. Maybe it's because momma eats a lot of sweets. Or maybe she's ready to come out and play.
She is nestled very low in there, which makes it painful to get up from sitting, or when I'm walking around. Not fun.

I will be starting my 23rd week soon. We passed the halfway point which went by fast, but I know the last few months will drag on. That's OK! As much as I want to get her here and kiss those cheeks, there are A LOT of things I need to do before that can happen. For starters, I need to get Brenna in her big girl bed and off of the crib mattress on the floor.
*Sigh*
So much to do.....and so little motivation energy to do it :)

So that's the latest on baby sister. No name yet. Ross and I both have lists with a few names that we each like, but it's just deciding (or agreeing) on one. I love simple, classic names. Easy to spell, easy to pronounce.
Maybe I'll just wait until she's born to see what she looks like......don't know if I can do that.

Brenna seems to 'get' that there's a baby in mommy's tummy. Every time I eat/drink something she says "Baby sister is drinking the water!' A lot of the time she'll pat my tummy and say "Hi baby sister!'
It's pretty cute.
She says this new thing now..."Mommy! I feel the spirit of my heart!"
"Oh yeah? What does your heart say?"
"It says that I love mommy, daddy and baby sister!"
Hmmm, don't know where she got that, but I love when she says it.

More good news: we are finally working on our basement, and the progress has been quick! The sheet rock is up, there's texture on the walls, and they are tiling the bathroom down there as we speak! I can't wait to show you the before and after pics. It's amazing! Even if we don't do another thing down there, it's 100 times better than before. Love it.

And that's what we're dealing with over here. A lot of dust, a lot of baby kicks and a lot of Brenna saying some pretty funny stuff.
Life is good.

dentist appointment.......

This was the day that I dreaded.

This was the day that I talked to Brenna about for a week. I would talk, she would repeat what I said.

I told her what the drill would sound like and what it would feel like in her mouth. She repeated.

I told her the rules of Dr. Stobbe's office. Rule #1: Dr. Stobbe is the boss. Not mommy. Not Brenna. But Dr. Stobbe.
 Rule #2: If she cries, mommy and daddy (yep, I made daddy come) would have to leave the room. She repeated the rules back to me.

I told her she would have to drink chocolate syrup (the sleepy medicine). She didn't like that idea. I then told her that mommy could help her drink the chocolate, or Dr. Stobbe could. She picked mommy.

We get there 30 minutes before our appointment so we could drink the chocolate. She freaked. She wouldn't drink the chocolate. I gently reminded her (while screaming in the waiting room while all my old co-workers looked on) that mommy was going to help her, or I could go get Dr. Stobbe. She freaked out even more.
Our 30 minutes go by, still no drinking the chocolate. Finally daddy arrives, she won't drink it for him....and he's the nice one! Awesome.

She doesn't want to lay down in the chair. She doesn't want the nitrous gas mask on her face. I think to myself ...."So, this is how it's going to go. We'll have to hold her down while they work on her."

Finally, I get her to lay down in the chair. No mask. And I start reading some books to her to calm her down. It works! Then Dr. Stobbe walks in and she starts to cry. But he calmly tells her the rules of the office. Rules she should already know.

She quiets down and opens her mouth really big. And just like that, we're able to get it done. Fast. And I was able to be the assistant :)
No anesthetic. No crying (from me either). No more sugar bug!

She did it!

And I was exhausted.

Way to be a big girl Brenna.

better.....

This picture sums it up. Here she is wearing her favorite shirt with a big cheesy smile.

Finally, I feel like we're back on track. I guess I just needed to vent my frustrations until things got better :) Thanks for all of your encouraging words, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has months days like these.

Still going through the potty training. Her pediatrician gave me a few new ideas to try, so we'll see if B will be potty trained by the end of February. Or sooner. Fingers crossed.

 Night terrors have stopped...for now. I don't know if they'll make another appearance, but for now, I'm enjoying my sleep. When she wakes up in the morning she'll tell me "Hey mom, I sleeped good lastnite." Sigh, yes you did! She did wake up last night, and I was nervous. But when I went in there she said "No thanks, mom." (that's what I tell her to say to me or Ross when she doesn't want/like something we do). I was so happy that she didn't scream at me.....

Today she is getting her cavity filled. This is the one I'm most nervous about. I have been a dental assistant for 10 years now, but it's different when it's your own kid. I'm now that mom who holds her kids hand and coddles them. I can't help it. Hopefully this will be her one and only cavity. Unless she has her dads teeth. HA!

Last night when I was putting her down, she was being really silly. And she just wouldn't settle down. So I told her that mommy would have to leave if she didn't stop. So she hugged me and said, "Don't go mommy. Stay with me." So I stayed. Then she took my face in her hands and said, "I love these cheek cheeks." Then she laughed really hard. So I started laughing. We stayed that way for about 5 minutes, and each time she said something ( I love these eye eyes!), or laughed I took a mental picture. Like on the episode of The Office when Jim and Pam get married...
I hope I can remember these moments. These are the moments I hope to look back on and smile about when she's a teenager and wants nothing to do with me :)

So, yes, things are getting better over here. Slowly, but surely we'll get there.