27 weeks! 3rd and Last trimester! EEEkkk

*Haven't taken a picture yet, Ill get around to it later*
How Far Along: 27 Weeks


Size of baby: Cucumber

Average size: 15 inches 2.2 pounds

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 8lb weight gain in 5 weeks to make it an even 10 lbs total

Maternity Clothes: Still in regular jeans some maternity tops

Movement: Daily

Sleep: I wake myself up from snoring.. WONDERIOUS and I am tired come 11 and 2 hahah

What I miss: consistent sleep

Cravings: French Fries

Symptoms: Other then weight gain and some one kicking me?!?!?  Tiredness

Best Moment this week: Blood pressure is still good.. but hes going to keep watching it, because of the pre eclapmsia from last time. Dr has been checking for swelling already so I feel he is SO much more competent then my last dr.

I failed my 1 hour glucose test so I have to go in for a 3 hour. Why they call it a 3 hour when it takes 4 and a half I will never figure out but.. yes that should be fun. (SARCASM)  I had to do it with Ava so I am not super surprised, even though every pregnancy is different.  However I would have rather passed (under 130) or Failed (over 200) I came in at 142.. so my GUESS is i am going to piddle around for the 3 hour and pass it like I did with Ava.

Valentines Weekend

We don't FULLY celebrate Valentines day but we do kind of acknowledge it.  Since it is on Monday, and chances are we wont see much of each other tomorrow, we did all of our LOVINGNESS this weekend.  Friday we went out to dinner at Red Lobster. HA!  I really wanted to hit up Old Spaghetti Factory in Minneapolis, I hadn't been to one since 2000 when I lived in California but I knew it would at least be kid friendly. Either way we didn't go there and Tony suggested RL so we went. Well Ava was being a "toddler". This has only recently started. She used to be SO good in restaurants and now its a disaster. Tony obviously hadn't seen this side of her and didn't know what to do. Basically she was kind of loud.. I say kind of because she wasn't screaming or crying just TALKING to herself, AND the baby Snow White.  I took her to see the lobsters in the tank, that lasted 3-5 min. Her food was there when we got back. She was NOT interested so we ate as fast as we could and kept her as quiet as we could.
Then if you think our classy night couldn't get any better.. we decided to hit up the kind of sketchy mall by the RL to look at the puppies. There is a pet store there.. and they have all these sad puppies playing around in the glass windows. Once in a blue moon we stop in to see them and Ava gets a little chuckle. However she really likes the fish.  Maybe one day her and daddy can have  pet fish. I say her and daddy because I REALLY don't want to clean up/feed a fish AT ALL. So that can be their fun! :D  We came home and she passed out. I think we watched a movie that night?!?! or Maybe CSI I cant remember now.
Saturday we had another family day. Tony hung the chair rail in Lilas (lie-la)bedroom and Ava and I gave dad her gift to him.

Cellphone picture of Lilas Room

A new ceramic teapot. Its a Bee House Round Teapot. He had mentioned he was interested in a new pot so this seemed like the perfect time. We don't really purchase gifts during Valentines day but this was something he would get anyways so we paired it up. We decided on the ceramic pot because we weren't only going to be brewing one type of tea. The ceramic pot doesn't hold in the other flavors like other pots will. So I let Ava pick the color she picked this taupe color which I was happy with because it matched our dishes. And we got him a few ounces of tea so he could try some. Oh! Our purchases were made at the St Anthonys Village TeaSource! I was super happy with this store and the knowledge of the lady that helped us!  We will bring Tony so he can pick out his next few ounces.
Sunday we kind of lounged around and played. Did some marker drawings and then when Tony went in for some overtime we went outside to play. It was 47 here today.. that's CRAZY for February. The news reported that is 20 degrees above average. Its probably good to get some of the snow melted in a slow way because it will help bring the flooding down that is going to happen this spring. Ava splashed in puddles and I shoveled out the gunk from the garage. Then we went on a walk to the next block up. Played in some more puddles and made our way back to the house. We took note of the airplanes and some of the birds, as Ava LOOOOVES to point these out to us. And the whole time she was yelling WAAAATER WAAATER because it was running everywhere.. then she would go run to that puddle and splash in it.. Needless to say when we got home we were wet.  We finished up the afternoon with some finger painting and making daddy a Valentines card for when he comes home tonight. 

Apparently we like to face paint?

"Roaring" like lions

It must be starting to dry and start to itch heheheeh

Our Ava!

Daddys Valentine

 Oooh and I have to say while I am writing this I am enjoying some AMAZING caramels from the Caramel Jar in PA. Mmm Mmm Mmm! (my Valentine)
Hope you all got to spend a bit of time with your Valentines.

26 weeks!! 98 days left!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Size of baby: Eggplant

Average size: 9.2 inches 2 pounds

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 2lbs

Maternity Clothes: Still in regular clothes -But Cyndi told me my sweatshirt didn't cover my belly yesterday.... :/ (I had a tank on underneith) guess its time for the tops to become maternity

Gender: Girl! Lila Rose Murphy

Movement: Daily. A lot at night, or maybe its just more noticeable because I am not tackling a toddler

Sleep: Im ALWAYS hot at night now.

What I miss: Nothing in particular

Cravings: Dr Pepper

Symptoms: How do my boobs KEEP getting bigger? seriously?

Best Moment this week: R&R for March Heck Ya! Oohh and Ava and Lila are going to be big cousins!  Baby Davis is due in August.. I think its a girl :D
And Some how I missed my appointment.. I rely TOO much on the night before calls.. so now I have to call and set up another appointment.  I swear the receptionist lady is NOT very good. With Ava she never actually entered me in to the computer and I would show up and I wouldnt have an appointment. I stopped making appointments at the front desk and just called. Now I get no call the night before. Ugh

Double Digits & The Childrens Museum

Today we arrived in the double digits on Lila's ESTIMATED arrival.
I wouldn't mind to go early. . . Just Sayin'!
It makes me feel better that her room is painted.. because, not that we are procrastinators- because we aren't-, we/ TONY just works a lot of overtime when its offered so we still haven't put up the chair rail. Avas dresser still isn't painted (that has more to do with the SUPER cold weather) and the furniture still isn't set up (again, more to do with the fact we don't want Ava to see the crib and revert back to it) but STILL.  Adding to the things we would like to do.. we want to decorate / paint our bedroom... I have a few ideas but nothing I ran by Tony yet I figured this weekend would be good to talk about it.
So with 99 days left on the clock-which seems like a lot but its not- and things piling up...  we really need a swift kick, some rest and a prayer ;)

Ava and I met Cyndi, Makena , and Cheeks (Matthew) at the Childrens Museum today. And when I say met .. I say saw each other in the lobby.. then dispersed then saw each other for 4 min then chased our kids then rolled our eyes at the kids attacking our kids.. then saw each other for lunch.. Let me tell you.. if you are looking to catch up with someone the Childrens Museum is NOT the place to do it.  We usually go on No Group Tuesdays.. that means NO school groups can come.. I figured we weren't doing anything Thursday how bad could it be?  Let me tell you I will NEVER go again when its NOT a Tuesday.  Pretty sure Ava got poked in the eye with a jousting stick in the Lego exhibit, had her red rake ripped out of her hands at the sensory table, got attacked, yet again, in the Lego exhibit, ran over, straddled.. you name it, it happened.. WOWZERS!  I am so worn out from this morning.. and to top it off apparently the "nap" she took in the car for 20 min on the way home was enough for her??!  Well not enough for me.. Mama needs a nap.
I was really happy to see the Japan exhibit gone... and the Lego Kingdom moved it. I felt it was more kid friendly. Things to do etc. I think its great to learn about other cultures but honestly that Japan exhibit wasn't amazing.
So we usually start off in the habitot area.. I feel Ava is kind of out growing this area, we used to be in there 30 min now it was like 10. However she climbed this netting.. I was nervous the WHOLE time!

After this we pretty much went to the Lego room.  It was great. They had a toddler area to play with Lego's (ones that they couldn't swallow)

They had a "mini castle with a slide"  She made her way up the stairs and slid down, all by herself, when did she become so adventurous?
Played at a build a castle display, and then RAN out of that room it was getting CRAZY!

Digging for pieces for her castle

We had then ventured in to the art room.  She played in some Lego Color sensory tubs and painted a picture, which I forgot to pick up before we left, it was drying on the rack :(

Playing with the red sand, red legos and red items

Blue & Water tub

She enjoyed painting






She looks so old here.. (tear)

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

We skipped the normal water tables since we spent so much time
in the art room and played with water (it was packed back there)
So we played with some gears, had a snack and went to lunch.

I was surprised, she really got what was going on and was even
trying to show an older kid what was happening. Now I am
pooped and we are having "quiet time" since shes not  napping.





Minnesota Zoo

On Saturday we took our FREE library passes to the MN zoo...
You might think.. The zoo?  In the middle of winter? But there were some things to do. The Tropics, you know the HOT, stinky , indoor part. The aquarium and the Minnesota trail.  I think Ava really just liked walking all over and pointing at everything.
She really liked the ducks and the monkeys.  She dreaded anytime we tried to put her back in the stroller, good news was it wasn't very busy, so she could walk and we didn't have to worry about strollers attacking her.

Monkeys

Wild Boars??

DUCKS momma!  DUCKS!

The ducks

Hurry guys!  keep up!

Telling us about the animals!

Ducks guys!  DUCKS!



Checking out the sad looking dolphins in the aquarium




Shish!!!



On the Minnesota trail







Cant catch me smiling, nope.



25 Weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:


How Far Along: 25 Weeks

Size of baby: Shes as big as an Egg Plant

Average size: 9 inches 1.7 pounds

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 2lbs

Maternity Clothes: Still in regular clothes ( that shirt in my picture is from the target jammie section.. its like a hoodie.. must be more lounge wear then anything I got it when I was pregnant with Ava)

Gender: Girl!

Movement: Daily

Sleep: Crazy dreams but sleeping well

What I miss: Nothing in particular

Cravings: I NEED to have a Dr Pepper a day... its so delish

Symptoms: I have a big belly and boobs and face :(

Best Moment this week: I think we settled on a name.. but I forgot to ask Tony if it was his final answer.. So I don't want to tell you one thing and change it next week ;)  He will be up soon don't stress.

*Lila Rose Murphy* From the depths of the vampire cave he has spoken ;)

Rosemary is my grandmother.. she is probably rolling in her grave right now saying MY NAMES NOT ROSE, which is where the Rose came from ;)

Its Been Confirmed

Ava has selective hearing (what kid doesn't). We went to a Sing Play Learn Music class through MacPhail at the library today. Ava likes seeing other kids, especially the babies, so it was a great COLD day activity. Ava would stand and watch the other babies and this one kid named Joe, running around the room. You could tell Ava WANTED to be the one running, but she didn't. She got in to the music...did her OBVIOUS white girl dancing and watched the instructor... She listened SOOOOOOo well to her.
They played with the egg shakers.. and they would shake it and shake it and then STOP... and HUH ,Ava would stop...  I kind of watched her, because she was a few feet away from me, to see if it was just coincidence.. Hmm nope it wasn't, she knew what STOP was... so why,when you are drawing with marker on your body... or after you took the pen away from the REI guy and are drawing on the chair do you not listen when I say STOP?
So its confirmed. My kid has selective hearing. No Shocker in this house ;)

They played with the parachute and of course when it went all the way up... she was the only nugget piece to run under it like it was all hers!  Then she would laugh at the people when they lifted it back up.. and here I thought she was shy.

I have no pictures because I didn't want to be too stalkerish. But maybe next week we will get some pictures, she cracks me up.

Enjoy your chilly, sunshiny day!
I must vacuum my carpets there is granola EVERYWHERE!

Double Strollers, Baby Dolls and Playing Outside!

So I've been pretty obsessed , to say the least, about my strollers. I really liked my Instep Safari for Ava and her Chicco umbrella stroller, So I had/have a lot to live up to. I knew right away when I saw the Joovy Ergo Caboose that I NEEDED to have it. There wasn't even a doubt in my mind. The 400 dollar price tag made me want to throw up. Especially because I would want a jogging stroller for our longer walks and of course I HAD to be looking at a BOB. Well Sometimes I get these CRAZY ideas that I can just fly where ever and pick up a stroller.. So I looked on craigslist for about 2 months and I kid you not, just when I gave up hope, there it was! A Joovy Ergo in Las Vegas... lots of things ran through my mind. Can I get her to hold it for me? Do I tell her I don't live in Nevada, but can be there TOMORROW? It just so happens my mom was home, she lives in Las Vegas, she is NEVER home. She was so quick to go pick it up it was great. Half Price and barely used! SCORE. We ended up buying a purple optional cushion for the stroller as the previous owner didn't use that option but I wanted to make it comfy for the girls, and the seat back on the jump seat would be extended about two inches higher for Ava when shes old enough to use that area.

This is without the purple cushions

With the purple cushions



Sitting on back jumpseat

On the Standing Bar

 I went back and forth for about a month on the Bumbleride Indie Twin and a BOB Duallie. The Bumbleride is not a true running stroller, but who am I kidding I'm not going to run, maybe a light jog every now and then but we do go on LOOOONG walks. I finally settled on the Bumbleride basically because I like that each kid gets their own foot spacing, BOB is more of a shared spacing. Its a bit more open so the girls can look around more. It looks pretty :) It comes with the baby bumper bars and the same bar is used for the car seat, so I wouldn't have to purchase something else.  I ended up finding it on Ebay saving 200 dollars brand new, I am happy with the price and the decision, so far. Baby on Grand in Hopkins had the twin out so I got to actually see it... Ava really liked it and that's really all that matters.  By the way if you are looking at higher end double strollers Baby on Grand in HOPKINS is the place.. I kid you not... the lady took me upstairs to a separate area and they literally had EVERY double stroller to mankind, iCandy, Phil and Teds, Mountain buggy, Orbit. I could go on and on and on and on.

On the quest for trying to actually see the bumbleride. Ava and I ran out to USA baby in Richfield. When we pulled up it was a bit. . . not what I pictured. However a friend of mine, Kim, said that is how she felt but when you get in its totally different.. and Is it ever. Its a really great store and they also have a lot of strollers (not like Baby on Grand in Hopkins) but we didn't know that at the time. They no longer carried the bumbleride in the store only online so me and Ava went to lunch. She was melting and when a toddler melts you quickly find a way to freeze it! Its usually in the form of lunch, a snack or a song. We went to Noodles & Co, this is where the baby dolls come in to play. She is ATTACHED to her baby snow white. Cant go anywhere without it. Runs around the house with it. Feeds it. Wipes it down. Changes her diapers. Its such a mess. So there we were with baby Snow White eating with us. I felt AWESOME. Everyone around was kinda chuckling when Ava wiped her face down after "eating". They thought it was cute.

Baby Snow White at Noodles & Co

Notice how she is holding her over her shoulder. Ha she cracks me up!

Sunday night into Monday Late Afternoon it snowed. Since it was above 30ish we put our snow pants on and went out to get the first pass done while dad slept for work. We were outside probably for about 35-40 min then she must have gotten cold fingers and cheeks and started whining so we came in. She really likes being outside and as long as the wind isn't whipping around I don't mind taking her out to play.

Hurry up mom. Lets GO!



Going PLACES in my cozy coupe