Competitive Parenting

I almost fell into the trap. Back in January, Leah's daycare moved a bunch of kids in her room up to the older twos room. The new kids in her class seemed so young and I felt like Leah had lost her friends. I thought Leah was ready to move up, I really felt like she was being left behind.

Then, I had to stop myself. Leah was happy. We love her teachers, there is no guarantee that we would like her new teachers. And she wasn't two and a half yet, which is the age they move kids up to the older twos room. Leah was fine!!

Last week they started transitioning Leah to the older twos room (she was two and a half on March 7th). She likes her new room and they say she is adjusting well. She is moving up with another boy, who does not like the transition at all from what they say. Her new teachers seem nice, but we still need to get to know them better.



We have had a lot going on. I'll write more about it later, and post pictures. I've been having some problems with getting the pictures off my camera.

It finally happened.

About two months ago we took the front off Leah's crib. She had not climbed out of her crib yet, or even tried, but we felt it was time. It wasn't until about 2 weeks ago that Leah figured out she could get out on her own when she woke up.

Joe was out of town this week. Wednesday night at 2AM I heard Leah having trouble sleeping, talking in her sleep & what not. About an hour later I heard her again. Then foot steps. Then I heard her door slam open and saw her dart past my bedroom door. I jumped up, thinking something might be wrong.

"I'm awake. I want to go down stairs."

So, she knows she can get out of bed whenever she wants now.

Saturday morning artwork.

20 week belly. Half way there!

Leah had to get in on the action, baseball hat on just like mama.

The ultrasound we had on Monday was so much different than the one we had with Leah. At Leah's, the technician only turned her monitor around a few times and let us see her for a couple of seconds. It was great and we were excited to see her, but we only got a peak.

This time, at my new doctor's office, they have a big flat screen TV on the wall so you get to watch the entire ultrasound. The technician went through all of her measurements and told us what she was looking for and that the baby is measuring correctly or that she saw what she was looking for. I was surprised how thorough they are. They look at everything, from the heart to the lips, she measured the femurs to make sure the baby is the right length. They cover every detail.

Leah has been fun, as usual. When we mention she's going to have a baby brother her response is usually, "I'm going to have a baby sister like Elaine." We've been trying to explain she's going to have a baby brother like Cooper or our friend's baby Henry. We have time to work on that though.

We've started work on Leah's big girl room. Her furniture was delivered on Saturday and we plan to paint next weekend. I think she's had the most fun playing with her new dresser, her animals take "naps" in the drawers.

Drum roll, please!

It's a boy!! Yay! We are so excited! I will post more about the ultrasound later.

Tomorrow is the big day!

Ok, maybe not THE big day, but tomorrow is my big ultrasound! Hopefully we will be able to find out what we're having. Joe thinks it's a baby. I think it's a rhinoceros. Leah thinks I'm having three babies.

Pete's Visit!

We were so excited to get to spend a week with Pete, Alex and Cooper! We don't get to see them very often and it is always such a good time. Cooper is 18 months old now and has changed so much since the last time we saw him. Alex is really growing up and is such a mature young man. Pete & Melissa should really be proud.



While they were in we celebrated Elaine's first birthday. She is almost walking on her own, it won't be long now!

Orlando

At the end of January Joe and I needed to be at a trade show for work. We were luck enough to work it out so we could take Leah with us, the show was in Orlando and we were able to get to Disney and Universal.

Even though aren't huge into the princesses at home Leah understood they were something special. She enjoyed the whole experience and was so exhausted by the end of the trip.



Leah met Cinderella, Belle and Sleeping Beauty. Belle was my favorite, she was very sweet and had a nice conversation with Leah.