Baby Update

I had a doctor's appointment this last Wednesday. I had to have another sonogram because I had a marginal placenta previa at my twenty week appointment and they wanted to see if my placenta had moved. Luckily it has and I no longer have placenta previa which means I can have a natural birth! I also had to take my glucose test. Everyone said the orange drink they give you is disgusting...while I would never choose to drink it, it was not as bad as I expected. I passed the glucose test and do not have diabetes! Yay! Everything is going really well and the baby was almost 2 lbs 14 oz. from the measurements done on the sonogram. I'm sure she is at least 3 lbs now! I can't believe I am already in my third trimester! I am 29 weeks now, it has gone by fast! We are excited for our little girl to arrive! I feel unprepared because we have practically no baby stuff yet! We just have a few little outfits for her! I think I will feel better when she has a bed to sleep in and a car seat. I'm reading a book on hypnobirthing and plan on using that method for birth with no drugs if possible.

Profile of the baby showing her spine
This one shows the baby's face and arm (It looks a little weird because they can't get images of the soft tissue so it's mostly her bones)

So my little girl already has her first pair of ballet shoes! They had these adorable shoes that look like ballet slippers for a 6 week- 3 mos old. My friend Jackie bought them for her! Aren't they cute?

This is me at 28 weeks! I'm getting bigger!

Baseball & CiCi's

A few weeks ago we went with the our friend's Kelly and Andrew to an Alabama Baseball game. It was actually kind of chilly that night then it started to rain, Alabama was doing bad and we were hungry so we left about the 4th inning. We went to Cici's Pizza and literally stuffed our faces. I love the cinnamon rolls there! Yummy!

Remains of all the food we ate.

I think this cinnamon roll made it a dozen for me. :)

Emmett and his Mahmah

Our nephew Emmett really liked playing with our dog Mila while he was visiting. He started imitating Mila by panting every time he saw her. Soon I realized that he was calling the dog Mahmah. I don't think his own mama was to fond of that. haha Emmett walked around saying mahmah and then breathing like a dog. It was quite precious. I guess he missed Mila when he went home because Joni said he was walking around their house doing the same thing.
Emmett always wanted to play with Mila's toys and Mila wanted to play with Emmett's toys. Neither of them liked sharing. I think Mila usually won when it was her toy. She thought he was playing tug of war any time he grabbed her toy and immediately took it from him. Emmett also kept taking Mila's food away from her as you can see in one of the pictures below. She was trying to lick a plate and he was trying to take it from her. They were entertaining to watch together.

March Snow in the South

We had snow the first day of March. We're pretty sure that Joni and Pete's mom brought it with them from Utah. They came here to escape the snow but instead it snowed here. I heard that this was the most it has snowed here since 1990. What are the odds?

I took this one on our way to church.

Mila's first snow

New Orleans

We took a two day trip down to New Orleans while Joni, Emmett, Luke and Mom Jay were here. We stayed at a hotel in the French Quarter. It smelled super bad in New Orleans but we had fun. We rode the trolley, walked around the river walk, rode the ferry, ate beignets at Cafe du Monde looked around the french quarter and went to a cemetery. It was a busy two days.

Emmett is such a good boy. He slept the whole way there. He slept most of the way back too. He never cried even when he woke up in the dark and it was me and Pete and not his mom.

Pete, his mom and our nephew Luke on the trolley in New Orleans.

Me, Joni and Emmett on the trolley

At Jackson Square in New Orleans right after we devoured beignets at Cafe du Monde (I think they add to my fatness in this picture)

In front of a paddle boat at the River Walk

Riding the ferry across the Mississippi

Enjoying beignets at Cafe du Monde

Jackson Square again

Joni enjoying the live jazz music

Pete in front of St. Peter street

At one of the cemeteries

Alrington Antebellum Home & Gardens

Pete's mom and sister Joni as well as our nephews Emmett and Luke came to visit us for a week. We had a lot of fun while they were here. It was so nice spending time with family and going and visiting fun places. We were really sad when they had to leave!

Emmett, Peter, Joni, and Luke in front of Arlington

Joni, Emmett and Luke

Emmett Running up the walkway to Arlington

Kira, Pete and Mom Jay on the Arlington Steps

Pete and Kira

Luke in an Old Fashioned High Chair

On the Back Porch

Kira in the Baby's Room of the Antebellum house

Peter and Luke. Peter played that 150 year old piano in the background.

Emmett, Peter, Mom Jay, Joni, and Luke