Catching up...

Here are some pictures from the last month - I realized tonight that I hadn't posted in about 2 weeks and that the last 3 posts were belly pics! The last post with a picture of Ivy was at the end of May!!

We went to Virginia Beach mid-June. Richard's Aunt lives there (his Dad's sister).

Ivy's first "real" boat ride

Ivy trying to run past Daddy into the water (the swim lessons have helped her become really comfortable around water!).

Waves coming in...

Ivy laying in the water...

She was having a BLAST!!

Again, trying to get past Daddy...

Ivy loves the beach!!

More fun in the waves...

Filling the bucket with water...

Later in the month, Ivy got a new picnic table - Her Grandpa Dave built it for her...

Ivy's friend Grayce turned 2 in June!! Happy Birthday Grayce! Ivy was invited to her birthday party at an exotic animal farm...

Ivy petting a camel...

All the little girls walking to see more animals...

Swim lessons went really well - Ivy became more and more comfortable in the water. Here she is going under after "jumping"off the side of the pool. I put jumping in quotations because she really just leans until you grab a hold of her... :)

And of course we all celebrated the 4th of July. We went to the parade in Greensboro. We rode in the very cool 1968 Buick Skylark and threw out candy to the kids. We all had a great time. Here's a pic of Ivy after the parade - she got some candy too!

26 weeks!!

Here I am at 26 weeks...

We are off to a birthday party tomorrow so I'll have more pictures to post - and I still need to post pictures from our trip to Virginia Beach! The to-do list is just too long!!! :)

24 Weeks!!

Last Friday was 24 weeks!! We left for Virginia Beach on Friday so I had to have my 24 week belly pic taken there (more on that trip in another post).

According to the books...Baby is about 12" long and weighs just over a pound.

Today's OB appointment...

Went to the OB today - met with a new doctor... She isn't super new to the practice, but was added since I had Ivy so I hadn't met her yet. Baby Sister's heartbeat was 145-150 beats per minute, so perfectly normal. I had gained a little more weight this time - so I'm up to 8 pounds gained so far. I've got a great list of excuses as to why I have gained more weight between this visit and the last one, but I won't bore you with them... :) I just need to make sure I make better choices this next month!!

Next appointment is July 6th, and it's the glucose test - YUCK!!!

22 weeks!!

Here's my belly pic for week 22:

The average baby is about 11 inches long and weighs about a pound at this point.

Ivy has started wearing big-girl panties!! We've pretty much stayed around the house this week and skipped the diapers all together (well, she still wears one for nap and bedtime). Today was day 4 of panties-only and Ivy is doing really well. Every day has gotten better and better. We'll keep going with it and see how things go!

We picked our first veggies from the garden tonight! Two yellow squash! They were delicious. And we should have more tomorrow or the next day.

swim lessons, ultrasound pics, a festival...

Ivy has started swim lessons. We are just doing it a couple of times per week and as long as she likes them, we'll do them all summer long. She doesn't last long so her lessons are only about 20 minutes long. She just can't concentrate on the structured swim time for much longer than that.

Here is Ivy reaching for a ball. This helps get her arms moving up and over her head...

And here she is practicing her kicking...

ULTRASOUND PICTURES!!!

I don't think I've posted about this yet! Here are some pictures of our little GIRL!!!

This first one is a 3-D picture. At this age (19 weeks, 3 days) she still looks a little alien like. You can see her face and then she has her arm (L-shaped) up in front of her face - her hand is up by her forehead...

Here's a regular ultrasound picture. If you don't know what you are looking at it's hard to see...

The smaller oval on the left is her head (you can see an eye socket too) and then her body is down and to the right of her head...

And this one is pretty obvious...one of her feet!

I wish I knew how to put labels on my pictures....

We spent last Saturday at the "Gotta' Be NC" Festival at the fair grounds. It was very similar to the State Fair, just on a smaller scale. Ivy had a great time. We went with our friends Ken and Jess and their two kids, Corbin and Alyssa.