Tricia 18 mo update

So Tricia had her 18 month appt on Monday. The doc said she looks great!

Weight - 24 lbs 14 oz (but I think this was overestimated because she was fully dressed. I'm thinking she is really  around 23  to 23 1/2 lbs) - 70 percentile
Height - 32 in - 51 percentile

Here is some updates
-Eating pretty much everything we are
-Loves peanut butter sandwiches, broccoli, fries, pasta, bananas, clementines
-Uses some words - mostly Daddy, Mom, dog, kitty. But this week she has started saying some other words - shoe, sit down, Jim (ben's uncle), ok
-Favorite toy is her blocks
-Loves to watch Chuggington
-Still does bottles for nap and at night and still using her binky but usually only for naps and night time also
-Loves giving kisses but not to us, mostly other people and babies haha!
-She has been having some issues going to sleep at night, usually throws a big tantrum to get down which sucks because we NEVER used to have an issue getting her to sleep at night

All in all she is doing great and we love her so much!

Bens bday and other updates

Well my appt last week went well. Though the midwife didn't say much when I told her about what has been happening which was slightly disappointing. Plus I waited there FOREVER. I had an early appt too so I don't know how they were so behind already.

Ben's birthday was on Friday. I ended up being off of work because of my 4-10's schedule. I should have taken Tuesday but decided to take Friday instead since it was his bday. He didn't end up getting home until after 5 though. My mom came over though and watched the baby so we could go out. We ended up going to dinner with some people we haven't seen in over a year and a half. It was nice to see them. Then last night we went to dinner with the other couple that we haven't seen. It seemed like the one girl didn't really want to talk to me though...which was strange. We used to be so close. Oh well I guess it takes time.

I just made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and they were soooo good. Now I'm gonna take a shower and go out and run errands. My friend is having a thirty one open house at 2 so I will go to that and then we are supposed to go to my MILs for dinner. I don't know if I want to go though. I really just want to stay home and relax!

Tomorrow is the baby's 18 month check up! Can't wait to see how big she has gotten! Then we are going to go to look at a house. Not that we are anywhere near ready to move. We have some things to do to our house in order to get it ready to sell and then put it on the market. We need to start thinking abotu it soon though.

Nervous

Tomorrow I go back to the OBGYN for my regular check up. A lot has happened since then and I will have to rehash most of it since I doubt they have the paperwork. And they always want to hear it from you anyways. Not looking forward to it at all. We are still trying to figure out what we are going to do if we don't get pregnant in the next few months on our own. I want to pursue IUI but I don't know if I can handle the emotional aspect that comes with it. Plus the cost. I know the cost isn't horrible but still. We will see what happens I guess. Still a few months to decide and hope and pray that we don't have to.

I'm glad my work is closed tomorrow but I would be off anyways. Ben's birthday is on Friday so I'm going to take it off instead of getting Tuesday off for my make up day off work. I have no idea what he wants for his birthday dinner so I'm sure it will be last minute. I think instead of getting him a gift, I am going to book us a trip to Amish Country  in May to get away for the weekend. I'm sure he will enjoy that.

The baby is cute as ever! I'm planning on doing a full update after her 18 month well baby visit next week. She still isn't saying many words (which worries me) but we have taken the step of taking her binky away during the day. She still has it for her naps or if we are in public and she is super whiny. She is doing ok as long as she doesn't see it. Full update to come next week!

Christmas and New Years Review

So for Christmas Eve, we headed up to Ben's Aunt's house and give her and Ben's uncle their gift (a new computer!). They loved it :) Then spent a bit of time helpin them get their old one out and the new one set up. Then we rushed home and got ready for church quickly and got there just as service was starting. Baby got restless after about 40 mins so Ben went out in the hall with her for a bit - there was only about 10 more mins. So we finished and then headed home for a nap! That evening we headed to Ben's grandpa's house for about an hour and then went to the other grandpas for the rest of the night. Lots of gifts and fun!

Christmas Day we woke up and opened presents with the baby and us. Then my parents, sister and brother in law came over and we had breakfast then opened gifts. That baby got even more spoiled of course! We laid around for a while after that and then headed to PA around 3 to see my mom's family. We only stayed about 2 hours because the baby was kind of cranky. It was a good time though seeing the family and good food!

For New Years we headed to Ben's grandpa's for the night. We just sat around and ate and watched TV most of the night. Tried to get the baby to sleep but she wasn't having it! So she stayed up and rang in the new year with mom and dad :) She didn't go to sleep until we got home. Good way to ring in the new year...except the next day we did end up in the ER because she was sick and throwing up.. Turns out it was a virus and she is finally doing better and back to eating. We did have fun on new years day and go play bingo with my mom and sister while my brother in law watch Tricia! Ben even won $100 on an instant ticket!