Yes, we are done.

There are typical questions that come along in life.  When you date someone for a long time, everyone asks "when are you getting married?".  Before you leave your wedding reception, someone will ask "when are you going to have kids?".  In our case, that question quickly turned into "are you EVER having kids?".

Of course, we all know the answer to that question turned out to be "yes", it just took us a while to feel ready for kids.  During my pregnancy with Melia, the next typical life question started coming - "when are you going to have another baby?".  We knew we wanted our kids close together so it didn't take that long for an answer.

Now that we are expecting Baby Webb #2 the questions have turned to "are you going to have more?".  The answer is NO.  The other question we hear a lot is "are you sure you are done?"  And that answer is "Yes, I am sure we are done!".   Even my doctor asks at every appointment if I am sure we are done.  She asks because I am having a tubal (easy process since they will already be in there delivering the baby by C-section).

We only wanted two kids - I can't be outnumbered!  I think Chris secretly wanted an only child but there is no way that was going to happen!  We are going to be happy whether we have a boy or another girl.  So the final answer is "YES, WE ARE DONE!"

32 weeks (and 6 days, but who's counting?!)

Check up today at the OB.  We also had another growth ultrasound.  Baby Webb is now in the 41st percentile and weighs about 4lb 2oz.  The ultrasound tech said Baby Webb will probably come in between 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 pounds.  Sounds good to me!  Fetal heart rate was 138.

Just this past week I started having A LOT of swelling.  My ankles and feet look HUGE!  By the end of the day my legs look like they belong on an elephant.  They checked my urine for protein, as well as my blood pressure.  Both look normal, so they said the swelling is related to the heat (it has been a VERY hot summer!) and sitting at my desk for work all day.  I try to elevate my legs at night and have been soaking in the tub each night to reduce the swelling.  My diet has not been the best lately, so I am going to try and keep an eye on my sodium intake and drink more water as well.

Next appointment in 2 weeks and then we might move to weekly appointments.  They will do a final growth ultrasound at 36 weeks.  Time is really flying now!

A "sprinkle" for Baby Webb!

Yesterday, was my baby "sprinkle" for Baby Webb.  Just a little party to prepare for the arrival of our newest little star!  We had a "hollywood" theme for the party and everyone had a great time!  My sister Lisa did an AMAZING job!  The food was yummy, decorations were amazing and the games were sooo much fun!  We played "Who's Your Daddy?" and tried to match the crazy celebrity baby names with their famous parents. She gave out Oscar awards for the longest labor, heaviest baby, weirdest pregnancy cravings and most babies.  Of course we had to play the "dirty diaper" game since it is one of my favorites.  And I loved seeing my friends chug punch out of baby bottles!

Baby Webb will be "appearing" soon!

Baby Names

We continue to stay strong and NOT find out the gender of Baby Webb #2.  I have to admit I get tempted with all of these ultrasounds.  I can't change the baby's gender and we don't have a preference.  Yes, it would be nice to have one of each.  But it would also be nice to have another girl (I have saved EVERYTHING of Melia's!).  All we care about is having a healthy baby.

So in order to be prepared for either arrival, we have baby names picked out.  Choosing a boys name was easy, because we had one picked out with Baby Webb #1. 

Christopher Joseph - we will call him CJ.  Chris has always wanted a "junior" but we have had some debates about sticking with Chris' middle name.  We compromised on Joseph for a middle name after my Grandpa Joe.

For a girl we picked Makena Kaysi.  Makena is the name of a beach (and State Park) on the island of Maui in Hawaii.  (Melia's name is also Hawaiian).  Kaysi is the name of one of our witnesses from our wedding.  Plus it kept with the MKW initials.

Counting down the days until CJ or Makena arrives!

Development Screening

When Melia turned one we took her to a development screening at All Children's Hospital.  Read about that visit here.  They had some concerns about her hearing, as well as the number of words she was saying when we took her then.  Our pediatrician checked out her ears and was not concerned.  Since then, her vocabulary has blossomed and she is saying over 30 words.  It seems she says a new word every day!

The second screening is available at 18 months.  Although we didn't have any specific concerns, we took her back for evaluation.  Chris took her again and she did well with motor skills, language development, etc... 

Melia did not want to cooperate when they were doing the test for her ears.  They had an audiologist on site who did some additional screening and recommended she see the pediatrician for further evaluation.  A lot of the "symptoms" the audiologist asked about are things that we had associated with teething.  We have scheduled an appointment for next week with our pediatrician and will post any updates here.

30 Weeks Down!

We had our 30 week check up today.  Check ups are so much smoother the 2nd time around.  I don't have my long list of questions because we have already been through this once.  Plus things are going pretty smooth with this pregnancy, so there isn't a lot of "extra" stuff to deal with.

Baby's heart rate is in the 130's.  I am gaining weight like a champ!  Not sure if that is a good thing anymore.  I am officially at the weight I was when I delivered Melia, and I still have 9 weeks to go!

No ultrasound this time.  We will have another growth u/s in 2 weeks then again at 36 weeks.  Right now I am measuring big, but that really doesn't mean anything.  I measured big with Melia and she was tiny!

And the best news... I passed the one hour glucose test!  Yeah!  So happy I can skip the 3 hour test this time around!

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

Melia is OBSESSED with shoes!  Her shoes, my shoes, everyones shoes!  For a child that always takes her shoes off every time she gets in a car seat or stroller, I am not sure where this obsession comes from.  I know she doesn't get it from me!

Of course she loves to try on Mommy and Daddy's shoes.  She also now loves to wear her own shoes in the house at all times.  A few times recently, she has put shoes on after she gets dressed for bed.  She fights me when I try to take them off, so I have even let her wear them to bed a couple times! (I do go in and take them off once she is asleep).

She doesn't even care whose shoes she is wearing.  At swim lessons she saw peoples flip flops sitting by the pool and she thought she would try those on!  It is cute to see her walking around in big people shoes, as long as I know whose shoes they are!

Let's just hope this shoe obsession is a temporary phase.  Daddy's pocketbook is not going to be happy if she keeps this up!