January the 2nd

We made the second post in a row for the year!  You slept in the latest out of all of your siblings today (although not TOO late) and watched a lot of TV and played your "songs" on the computer.  You've been wanting mommy quite a lot lately (and wanting to be the "baby"), so we're going with it for a while.  You're doing a GREAT job with potty training, and you get a blind bag or squishy pop (with My Little Pony or TsumTsum in it) if you earn a potty reward.

We took a little trip out to the pet store and to Target and then home again.  Tomorrow...school again!

New Year!

Happy New Year!

Today, you are 1,242 days old!  That seems pretty insane, but it's just easier to remember that you are three!  Quite the sass in your step, keeping everyone on their toes.

New Years Eve was almost just another weekend day for you, but you did get to stay up a tiny bit later and play with Linda's dog, Gismo a bit.  No staying up late to see the ball drop this year!  Although we did do some sparklers in the backyard.  Today, not much new going on, and we stayed home for the day and sort of just relaxed.

Happy 2017!

Two Days, One Post

So your mom completely spaced out on putting up a post yesterday.  Oops!  And almost flaked out on doing one tonight to catch-up, but then Daddy reminded her to do it!

Sunday.  We filled up the pool that we bought you guys for the backyard and you spent some time outside splashing around.  You were pretty darn tired in the early afternoon, and quite a bit cranky in the pool before we headed out for a bit of a car ride.  At least you got a little bit of a nap while we drove around.

That's about all for Sunday (and here's the picture!):

Onto today!  We had a lunch date all set up with some of Mommy's former co-workers.  You had a few bits of mac n cheese, but was pretty content to play on the iPad that we'd brought with us.  No nap for you today, even in the car on the way back...sort of hoped that the timing would have been good on that one!

After we got back home, you watched a little TV and then the boys wanted to go outside again to jump in the pool.  You weren't too happy when Jared kept splashing you (as evidenced by the shrieks every few minutes).  A few computer games later, a little snack here and there for dinner and it was bedtime!  Tomorrow is daycare!

Saturday

Happy Saturday!  We (your dad and I) got up this morning to find you had scattered crunched up corn chips on the living room floor.  Very entertaining.

I'll spare the details of the super fun clean up and the time it took for us to get out of the house to run errands at Target.  On the agenda...swim suits!  We got you a REAL swimsuit (one without the diaper, essentially).  Most of the swimsuits for kids nowadays come with the shirts that offer a little sun protection.  It's still pretty cute though.

After Target, we hit up South Mountain in hopes that you'd nap..  You looked pretty tired when we headed up, but you were quite chatty (singing songs to yourself and talking non-stop).  Of course, you fall asleep when we're about 10 minutes from home, so we stopped at the grocery store really quickly and just let you nap a little in the car.  I think you were ready for bed early again tonight.

Anyway, that's our Saturday!  Usually the week days tend to be a bit more eventful, but I guess we'll see what we can come up with to do tomorrow!

Kaitlyn's Turn!

I really HAVE been slacking when it comes to blog posting...for everyone!  I can't even begin to catch up since the last post, so we'll try to do that later, perhaps.

In any case, since the last post, you've gained another year and change under your belt, and you've been promoted to being a big sister!  You talk up a storm all the time, and you have been in your big girl bed for a while now....it was a pretty seamless transition!  And the latest thing is being a little more successful at using the potty!

As for today...it was pretty good.  No nap, so you were pretty tired earlier this evening.  You still do need your naps, and you get very whiney and emotional when you are tired.  You enjoyed playing outside off and on today, and really enjoyed playing on mommy's computer (playing YouTube videos!).

In the interest of time, I'll cut it off here...but if mommy's challenge is a success, we'll have another post tomorrow!  Happy Friday!!!

Coming up on the holidays...

It's a little premature, but the holidays are fast approaching.  The way things go, the next post will be in the midst of them!

So you're 15 months old now!  At this age, I think I enjoy letting each little milestone sink in, and enjoy you for whatever stage you're in.

Sleeping...you're in your own room now, having adjusted pretty well.  A crib is more comfortable than a Pack-n-Play, and it seemed like you were getting a better night's sleep as a result.  Grandma came for a visit at the beginning of October, at which point you camped out in our room again...a bit of an adjustment again, as well as the transition back to your own room once Grandma left.  You're kind of a light sleeper when you're in our room, and you would wake up when we were going to bed.

As it stands now, you're sleeping fairly well, but still wake up once or twice at night to have a snack.  You do sleep in pretty well!

We're at a bit of a "sweet spot" in terms of you playing nicely with your brothers without a constant adult eye on you.  Sometimes your brothers don't want you to grab at their things, but everyone is still in various stages of learning to share.

You are SO excited to see certain things, and it's so much fun to see you light up when you see something familiar or exciting.  You run to us when we come to pick you up at daycare...it's really quite cute.  You get very excited when someone offers you a toy or stuffed animal...you hug your toy puppy so tightly, and you carry around Jared's Mickey Mouse, that is almost as big as you are, with a bright smile on your face.  You wave hi and bye-bye, and even say hi.  You say "mama" and "dada", and something that sounds a heck of a lot like "Daniel".  You like to say "yeah!" a lot, and you point to things and wait for us to name them.  Jared and Daniel make you laugh, and they both look out for you.

Daycare pictures came in, complete with a picture of all 3 of you together...all looking in the same direction...no one crying...

For Halloween, Daniel came up with the idea that you, Jared and he should be Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  As easy as that...costumes were put together (you were "Izzy", and everyone went out trick-or-treating!  You collected quite a bit of candy (without really trying!), falling asleep while Daddy carried you on the way home.

 And with that...here's to the coming holidays!

Birthday and Big Things-a-Happenin!

Once again, slacker mom strikes again!  It may be partially due to the mommy revisiting playing the Sims again or just general, all around lazy and tiredness, but there's no time like the present for a little update!

The biggest news being that August 8th was your first birthday!  Time certainly does fly!  We celebrated with a cake that you promptly devoured (after your brothers helped you to blow out the candles).  Yummmmm!

Not too much later, you officially started taking steps!  You had been standing for a while, but not appearing brave enough or quite sure of yourself to take the first steps.  Instead, you'd lean towards one of us until we caught you.  Then you took a step or two backwards, and that seemed to work out pretty well!  Next came the forward, and within a week you were off!  One weekend you really got the hang of it and you haven't looked back since.

You checked out just fine at the doctor's appointment (well visit)...still small, but growing just fine!  You weighed 18lbs, 15.5oz and were 28 inches tall.  I realize how petite you are when you're still fitting into clothes meant for smaller babies.

You're eating like a champ (in fact, your diet is probably more diverse than Jared's right now!).  You gobble down macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, toast, yogurt, chicken nuggets and even mashed potatoes.

About a week ago, we let Stat back into the house and you've become quite fascinated with him.  At first you were a little nervous around him, but now you love to chase him down and grab at him (which he lets you do).

Well...that's the quick update!  It hardly seems possible that you're already a year...it doesn't seem so long ago that we were waiting anxiously for you to make your appearance!

A Happy Un-birthday to Kaitlyn!

As I'm sitting here waiting to copy some files over, I thought it was about time to do another update.  Today is particularly apropos, as it was nearly Kaitlyn's real first birthday.

Luckily, the REAL birthday was delayed after this and two more false attempts.

In any case, we've had quite a few adventures in the past few weeks!  First, a little stay cation at the Arizona Grand resort.  You were very  much enjoying the wave pool and even the lazy river.

But by far the biggest excursion came with our trip to Reno for your uncle Gary's wedding!  A quick one and a half hour flight, and we were there.  Checked into the Peppermill and we had a nice little vacation before the big day later that week.





In other things, you had your very first ear infection (eep!), which cleared up pretty well.  Still growing pretty well and weighing in at 18lbs, 1.5oz at the doctor a few days ago!  You are standing up like a pro, not holding on to anything.  Not quite figuring out how to take those first steps, but that will come!

And with that...it's on the last stretch to your FIRST birthday.

Slacker Mom's 9-Month Update

Well, my dear little Kaitlyn...you are 9 months old!  Oh how the time flies!

So to give the quick run-down of everything, you've sprouted a total of SIX teeth so far (four on top, two on bottom).  It seems like once we get you recovered and back on track from one set of teeth sprouting, it's time for another, and the fussiness starts again (although it's getting easier as we go).

You're crawling!  Sitting up on your own!  Pulling up on everything!  This all seemed to happen one right after the other.  You had the "army crawl" started after you would try getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth for a while.  Now you do sort of a combination of all fours and army crawl (when you get lazy).  You love to pull up on everything...the little table in the living room, crate shelves, the side of the bathtub...you name it.

You eat like a champ as well...I think you have a more diverse set of foods that you'll eat than Jared does.  You love the puffs these days (when your brothers aren't stealing them from you), gobble down all sorts of pureed foods, you'll do Cheerios too, as well as bready things (like pancakes and breadsticks).

You love to chatter, and you (unfortunately) still get up a few times in the night.  We haven't moved you to your own room yet (but soon!).

Well...that's the basic run-down of things.  We'll see how much you've grown tomorrow at your doctor's appointment!  Happy 9 months, little lady!

Four and five months already!

I realized as I was going through the blog list that I hadn't given four month stats!

At the doctor, you were 13lbs, 2oz and 23 3/4 inches!  Growing well!  You did a good job of holding your head up for the doctor when she put you on your tummy.  Four shots again and oral vaccine (same stuff as at your 2 month appointment).

A week later, you were getting a bit fussy and not eating very much.  The daycare suggested we take you to the doctor just to be on the safe side (and since it was right before we were leaving for Reno, it was a good idea to go now rather than wait until we got back).  You had lost weight, going down about 5oz since the previous week.  No fever, but given that you weren't having a lot of wet diapers (which I thought was from lack of eating) the doctor suspected that it could be something like a UTI.  You had to be catheterized, but the urine came back positive!  Ugh!  You did remarkably well with the catheter, and it seemed much easier on you than it did on Daniel at that age.

Your first Christmas we spent in Nevada, and you got to add two more states to your list!  You've now been in 5 states (Arizona, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California!).  You also had your first snow experience and all of that good stuff.

Just yesterday you turned 5 months as well.  No doctor's appointment for that, so I don't have any growth stats...but you are definitely growing fast!

2 Month Well-Checkup!

Just a quick post...your two month well checkup...two weeks late.  But better late than never!

Anyway, your stats are as follows:

Weight:  11lbs, 6oz (25-50%)
Height/Length:  22 1/4 inches (10-25%)
Head Circumference:  16 inches (90-95%)

Yes, apparently you've also inherited the big noggin' like your brothers have/had.

Other than that, you got a whole bunch of shots (four!) and an oral polio vaccine.  You were looking like you weren't feeling all that terrific for a day or so afterwards, but Tylenol made you a bit happier, as did lots of rest.  Here's to another healthy few months!!!

Catching Up on Things...

I guess there's been a ton of things that happened in the weeks (eep!) since the last post.  Hopefully, I'll make it through all of the major things and have time to spare tonight to update your picture-a-day stuff!

So we start at six weeks!  That's more of a milestone for mommy, not necessarily you.  We went to mommy's 6-week post-partum check and by all counts, everything is pretty good.  Six weeks is also the end of maternity leave, and so back to work it is!  Although this time it is only to work out the 7 days that were left before the whole pre-term labor stuff started.  Instead of popping you in daycare, you came with me to work (saves money, doesn't it?).

After finishing out the last days of work and departing, we had another part of a week alone together (not including when Daniel is home from school).  This time was spent getting ready for our trip up north to Montana.

We flew up to MT on Saturday the 5th, and you did wonderfully on the plane (slept most of the time).  We arrived in Great Falls a bit after 6pm, got our rental car and headed out for the hour long (ish) drive to your grandparents house.  This trip was a bit bittersweet, as it is not only the first time that your grandparents met you, but also the last time that you got to see your grandfather.  Your Grandpa Stone was pretty sick in the weeks leading up, which we knew, but it was a very sad time, as he passed away right before midnight on October 9th.

As weddings and funerals tend to be the time where family and friends gather, there was lots of both that came for the memorial service on Saturday.  You got to meet many of your aunts and uncles (great- and otherwise) and cousins.

We flew back on Sunday the 13th, in time for you to start your first day at daycare on Monday.  You did GREAT, as we figured you would.  It also made you sleep like a champ...bedding down at around 11 for the night and not getting up to eat until around 6!  The same was true for the next few nights, sleeping for at least a 5-6 hour stretch or more!

Backpedaling a little, you turned 2 months old while we were in Montana, and we're anxious to see how much you've grown when you have your 2 month well check next week!

Five, Going on Six Weeks!

I know you're not yet six weeks old, and it feels like jumping the gun here and pushing ahead faster than I'd like...but you're 5 1/2 weeks old!

I can't honestly say there's been a whole lot that has been super exciting other than you being our favorite little lunch companion when Mommy and Daddy go out on Daddy's work at home days and all of that good stuff.  You've also been a great shopping companion too...you and me, and sometimes Daniel.

So your Mommy is still doing the picture-a-day thing, and it's amazing to see how you've grown and changed in this short period of time.  I pulled out a 3-9 month range onesie the other day (just for variety...and it was clean) thinking it would be absolutely huge on you...and while it was still big, you weren't swimming in it as much as I imagined!

As for routine, it's stayed pretty much the same...still having the standard once in the middle of the night waking to eat.  Even so, you're consistently sleeping at least 3, close to 4 hours at a stretch at night.  Your nursing skills (boobies!) have gotten better too, such that you seem pretty satisfied sometimes without having any extra formula after you've eaten.

In other big news, your first airplane trip is coming soon!  We're going up to Montana to visit Grandma and Grandpa Stone at the beginning of October (just about 2 1/2 weeks from now!).  It'll be exciting to get to see them and spend some time where it's a little cooler!  After we get back, you'll start daycare!  Mommy is finishing out her job this coming week (but you'll go to work with me!) and then we can spend another couple of days at home together before the trip.

Once again, it's going by fast!

Quick Well-Check Update!

While it's fresh on the brain, I'll do the well check update!  Everything seemed pretty good!  Eating, sleeping, peeing, pooping, and so on!

So the stats are:  8lbs 14.5oz (over 2lbs up from birth weight!), and 20 1/2 inches long (grown an inch since birth!).

Just one shot today for hepatitis B (your second shot!).  It went pretty well, and you screamed just as she was finishing (when you realized that there was a needle poking in your leg), but quickly calmed down.

And that's about all!  Next checkup in a month! :)

1 Month Old!

Today you are one month old!  I look over at you sleeping and it's really hard to believe...from how much you've grown, to being able to see some of your personality come out, to seeing how you fit into the family.

We didn't do a whole lot this weekend, beyond venturing out (all 5 of us!) to Michael's to get a few craft supply type things.  It was actually a pretty decent trip, seeing as how this was the first time we'd all been out to a store before (we've all been out to the aquarium, the science museum and so on).

Tomorrow is your one month well check, so I'm sure I'll have more stats then  I think you've done some pretty good growing in the past month...maybe breaking the 8lb mark already?  I think you've gotten longer too, and the clothing that we first bought for you (or got as a gift) is already starting to fit differently.

In any case, here's the attempt at 1 month pictures (still taking them every day...but today was also posed with a number one!  And a bear...).

Four Weeks Old - My Favorite Things

It's hard to believe it, but you are four weeks old today (and will be one month on Sunday!).

I thought I'd take a minute (or two or ten) to write about some of the things that you are doing and some of my favorite things about you.  Of course, a favorite thing is that you are a girl, which might not seem like a big deal, but it's "different" than being a boy like your brothers are, even though right now it's pretty much the same things going on...aside from us treating you like a girl and dressing you like a girl and all of that.

One thing that is my absolute favorite (and a bit different from the boys) is your smile.  Yeah, newborn smiles are considered to be not really intentional (or just gas, as so many people like to say), but I don't care.  Even if they are gas or unintentional, they're a preview of what your smile will be like when you do mean it.  It seems like you smirked and smiled right from the start, and it really brightens my day (usually several times a day) when I see you smile...both when you are awake or sleeping, or even when you are eating.

I love your little facial expressions.  Your eyes are so bright and it makes you seem very alert and interested in whatever is going on.  You seem very happy when we give you attention by talking to you or playing with you, and it seems like you can't wait to join your brothers in play time.

I love your cuddles.  There are many afternoons where I can (and have!) dozed off while you sleep on my chest.  I love the way you snuggle up and get very relaxed when you have your ear pressed to my chest to hear my heartbeat.

In terms of other things you are doing...you are staying awake for a little longer period of time now.  Usually an hour or so, but sometimes as long as two hours awake without too much fuss.  You are eating A LOT.  More than I remember your brothers eating in one sitting.  I honestly have no idea how you are fitting that much into your tummy, but as long as it works for you, I guess it's fine!  You're getting stronger, too, and moving your neck muscles a bit to try and hold your head up.

Well, that's about all for the moment!  It's so much fun watching you grow and seeing you get to experience things for the first time!

Making Waves Before Birth

I've posted most of your updates on my own blog since our very first hospitalization and release when you were 28 weeks along.  I'm happy to report that today that you are 34w6d along...getting closer and closer to your birth day!

We've spent quite a lot of time in and out of the hospital, at home on bedrest, in doctor's offices, and having ultrasounds.  To date, here is the history of hospitalizations:  our first was on June 5th (at 27w6d) and lasted 3 nights.  We got 48 hours worth of magnesium sulfate, and steroid injections over that time for your lung development.

Everything was pretty good until I had to stop taking ibuprofen at 32 weeks.  The doctor also gave me permission (and encouraged) being a little more mobile.  At 32w1d, on July 5th, contractions started again, and I was dilated up to 3cm at that point.  They gave us terbutaline, which stopped contractions for about an hour, but they restarted as soon as it wore off.  We spent one night in the hospital and started taking nifedipine to control contractions again.

Things were going moderately well again until the contractions slowly started creeping in again.  Dilation increased to 4cm.  Then, the week of July 15th I could feel contractions, and at our doctor's appointment they were starting to get worse.  At that point, things had progressed to 5cm.  The doctor we saw was hesitant to send us to the hospital (just due to the fact that I could talk through contractions).  The remainder of that day and the next, I was a little on edge, continuing to have contractions, so we made the decision to go to OB triage on Friday (@ 34w1d).

Once set up on contraction monitors, the situation went downhill quickly.  Contractions were more frequent than I thought (four every ten minutes!) and the decision was made to see how it would react to terbutaline again.  Terbutaline did control the contractions, but no sooner than it had worn off, cervical check revealed almost 6cm dilation, and a bulging amniotic sac.  Friday night was the first time that delivery was becoming more eminent.  They gave two more terbutaline shots to stall labor long enough to get antibiotics for group B strep.  Overnight, we got a few doses of stadol for pain (which made you pretty active once it wore off!).  Dilation never progressed further, and we ended up being transferred to antepartum the following afternoon.  In a somewhat surprising twist, we were discharged to go home on Sunday, with a little security net put in place by having NST's scheduled for twice in the upcoming week.

After spending Sunday night at home, everything seemed to be going decently.  Monday came, and we had another doctor's appointment, where there was no cervix check, no apparent change in anything (heart rate good and all of that).  We took it easy for the rest of the day and went to pick up your brother's from daycare.  After we got home, we sat on the couch and watched TV.  At that point, I started feeling weird, in kind of an indescribable sort of way.  Not long after, I launched into contractions.  They didn't built, but went right to a contraction every 2-3 minutes.  After drinking a few glasses of water and laying down for a while, the contractions didn't get better.  It was nearing your brother's bedtime, so the decision was made to pack everyone up and go to the hospital.

At the hospital, contractions were once again happening at four every 10 minutes.  They started the IV in triage for antibiotics, and we were taken directly to labor and delivery again.  No further cervical changes occurred either, so the evening was shaping up to be just a repeat of the previous Friday.  Since you were 34w4d along, there was still no intervention to speed labor along.  Eventually, the contractions did die down (just as before), and we spent the rest of the day in the delivery area until being transferred to antepartum once again in the late evening.

Today, you are 34w6d, so tomorrow you will be a week away from the magic 36 week mark!  No huge contractions of note today, and everything seems to be going well.  The only minor things going on now is that 1.  I felt like I ate too much earlier, 2.  you showed your excitement with dinner by moving around and kicking everywhere, and 3.  the left side of my chest is a bit sore (shoulder blade, going into my chest a little).

I have to admit that the calm that we are experiencing right now is almost too reminiscent of last Sunday evening when we were discharged to go home.  All was mostly calm (although I was probably more mobile at home, with your brothers wanting to be entertained) and everything seemed just fine all the way into the next day.  So tomorrow I might be a little on edge when evening approaches, just so we don't have a repeat of the past two "false starts".

As things get a little closer to delivery, I start to wonder how your entrance into the world will go.  Will you be a little early?  Will you decide to go all the way past your due date?  Will we be in the hospital when labor starts, or will they have kicked us out to wait it out at home?  Will labor start with water breaking?  Will it start with contractions?  Will the labor be fast or a "reasonable" amount of time (like with your brothers)?  Even things like will you be born at night, or during the day?

It's going to be weird with you on the outside, but I think after all of this build-up, it's going to be exciting to see what you are like!

Long Road of Bedrest

Even though the last post seemed pretty uneventful, there's been quite a lot happening since!  I've already typed it out a bunch of times (and I'll link it soon!), but the short of it is that we were experiencing some pre-term labor that landed us in the hospital for about 4 days.  It was not the best of days, but we got through it, and now we're just hanging out at home, trying to keep you in as long as we can!

It makes me feel better that you seem to be doing pretty well (pretty healthy by ultrasound and all sorts of other tests).  We got a couple of shots of steroids while in the hospital to help with your lung development, just in case you were to come early!  I guess when I wished that this pregnancy wasn't going so fast, I should have been careful what I wished for!  Things have slowed down immensely in my head, and the past week has been very slow.

The one good thing to come out of it is lots of ultrasounds.  Lots of opportunity to see your cute little face (and the techs have even said you have a bit of hair as well!).  I'm excited to see you, to see what you are really like, and excited for your brothers to meet you, but I have patience as well.  It's estimated that you're about 2 and a half pounds, but I am frightened by you being born that small...your brothers were both over 8 pounds, and they seemed fragile to me at first, I can't imagine what a much smaller baby would be like.  I also don't want to have to have you stay in the hospital for very long after birth either.  Anyway, I try not to think about these things...at least too much!

Well, one of these times I'll get to scanning your ultrasound pictures....you're getting bigger, so they look a whole lot different, but they're still interesting!  Keep on baking...and I'll do my best to keep you in!

Less Than 100 Days to Go!

This is completely random, and I noticed it almost serendipitously last night, but it is now 99 days until your due date!  I was setting up a ticker/count-down timer on my tablet last night and it came up as being 100 days...so that was pretty interesting!

Today you are 25 weeks, 6 days.  This past weekend, we had your "fun" ultrasound and, yes, you're still a girl and we got to see some of the features on your super cute little face!  You do look like your brothers...same nose, same chin, same general shape.  You were loving to play with your hands and feet, and your feet are up so close to your face...very flexible!  One thing that was different between you and your brothers is that it looked like your eyes were open off and on!  I think you could hear them (being silly) during the ultrasound.

Not too much terribly exciting going on with doctor's appointments and the like...other than we have the 1 hour glucose screen coming up (whenever I get around to taking it...maybe Friday?).  I'm not too worried, since everything was fine with Jared, and even after he was born I was just fine with the 2 hour test.  We don't have another appointment for about 2 more weeks.

The rolls and kicks are getting more frequent, even though there are some times that I can't feel you at all.  It makes me a little nervous (with no rational reason!) when I see you kicking or punching where your placenta is in the front...it's probably fine, it just creeps me out!  You do most of your moving around at night, so both me and your daddy feel you in there.

Well...that's about all!  I don't have the pictures from your ultrasound here, but I'll add them soon (when I get home, hopefully!).

24 Weeks and Almost Summer!

It's already well into May, and it feels like it's summer time...which should give me lots of time to write, right?  But I've been slacking, as always ends up happening, and now you're 24 weeks (and 1 day!) along!

No longer is gender ambiguity!  On April 3rd, we found out that you are a GIRL!  I have to admit I had no strong feelings either way (your dad was convinced that you were a girl, and so glad he was right!).  It makes it easy since we have your  name all picked out and all of that good stuff.  Everything has checked out pretty well at the past doctor's appointments too (heartbeats solid in the 150 range).  At the ultrasound where we found out that you were pink (vs blue), the tech wasn't able to get all of the measurements that she needed, just due to your position...so we got to go back for another ultrasound this past Monday to get the rest.  You are still so squirmy, and it was funny to watch the tech get you into a good position, only to have you throw your arm up in the way right before she took a measurement.  You measured pretty much right on target (not "earlier" or "later" than your due date would say...46th percentile)...so maybe you'll be smaller than your brothers (but not too much!) when you're born.

Tuesday, right after the ultrasound/appointment, on the other hand, wasn't so great.  Me, your daddy and Daniel all had food poisoning and were throwing up (or having it come out of the other end).  Jared escaped because he didn't eat what we had for dinner the night before (pizza).  I don't think you were too thrilled with me throwing up every hour or so for a while there, and I was in a world of pain the next day (cramping, intermittent contractions and so on, probably exacerbated by dehydration).  Luckily, everyone has recovered pretty well, just in time for the weekend!

Other than that, some things to look forward to are scheduling your "fun" 3D/4D ultrasound here in the near future!  Daniel had his the day before he turned 24 weeks, and Jared a bit later at around 28 or 29 weeks.  We're hoping to hit a middle ground with you and maybe do it around 26 weeks!  We want to do some family pictures too, and you'll be in there, just as a belly though (for now!).

And that's about it!  Time to settle in for the long summer...even though less than 16 weeks until your due date doesn't seem like that long!