Taking care of baby

We are very excited to say that we are expecting our second baby in early September! I just had my 12 week appointment last week and things seem to be going well. I saw the baby touching it's face and flip over on the ultrasound. I saw the profile, the beating heart and the already-pouching little belly. I can't wait to give Kaylee a sibling. As readers know, we have been ready to have another for quite a while and are so happy to be expecting! I didn't have any trouble in my first trimester - I didn't have morning sickness. I did have an increased appetite (esp. for protein (mexican and english muffins with cream cheese have been favorites!)), increased fatigue esp. at the end of the day, and some insomnia. At the doctor's appointment after the ultrasound, I heard the heartbeat steady and sure. It's an amazing thin! The midwife was saying stuff to me, like "aww, little baby" and I was thinking "quiet, I want to just listen!" We've known that things are going well since the 6 week ultrasound where they told us the baby was not ectopic and saw it's heartbeat at that time. But it's always good to get past the first trimester! I am already getting big though my weight gain is normal. I already in my opinion look well into the fourth month - making it a bit awkward that I haven't told mgmt at work yet. I will tell them this week though.

Kaylee has been making me feel very hopeful for a good transition with a new baby with her sweet play with her baby doll. She takes it and puts it to bed, rocking it and saying "Don't cry." She swirls her hand over it's head saying "Shhh." She always puts it to bed face-down and with a blanket over. She likes to ask for a diaper to put on the baby. She does put the diaper over her shoulders however! :) She isn't perfect though and did smack her baby on the face many times yesterday with a spoon, just to hear the sound it made. She's not even 2, how much can you expect? :)

Kaylee did well at swim class, but was the only kid who didn't get passed off the diving board to the teacher (w/ the life jacket on). As we were approaching the diving board, she kept saying "No,no, no" and shaking her head. I didn't want to make her and to traumatize her. So I passed her to the teacher from the side in the deep end. She almost cried over just that little. So I'm glad I didn't push her to go on the diving board. She almost blew bubbles in the water. She would blow, and get her chin in. So close!

Kaylee named her lamb stuffed animal "Pinkie Pie." It's the first time she's named something. It is the name of the pretty pony in a book my Mom gave her. It's pretty cute - she's into carrying her teddy bear, pinkie pie and baby around and tucking them all in for bed.

Kaylee might know a few colors. This weekend she opened a book and said correctly the majority of the pages. She didn't get red and blue. She got yellow, pink, black, brown, green and purple. I'm not positive that she just hasn't memorized the order of the book. She has also similarly memorized the book about opposites and reads it to herself, "Left, right. Up, down. Empty, full." So cute!

After the last post, I should let you know her diaper rash looks good and that all she's has this week is a runny nose - which seems to be a fact of life these days so no big deal.

Kaylee was babysat by my sister and her hubby yesterday. They made paper animals and put them in houses and colored together. Kaylee watched some Olympics with them (and with us) and loved hearing the beep, beep, beep before the skiiers take off down the hill. When skiiers would fall, she would get very upset asking if they were okay and if they had owwies. We would tell her they are okay and then she'd smile, nod and say, "fell down but now ALL BETTER!" Hope you all are feeling well and that you had a good weekend.