Hello from Kansas!  Been awhile since I posted, but I have so much more energy now thanks to the wonderful 2nd trimester so I can update everyone!

Pregnancy: Not much to say here. I am starting to show already (yay!) Haven't felt any movements yet.  I am really looking forward to feeling some really great kicks this time.  Lizzie was always breech, so all I felt was little taps in my very lower abs.  I want to feel some twirling and kicking this time. (Call me crazy, but I do!)

Lizzie: Wow, this girl knows how to worry me and make me the proudest mamma at the same time.  I started to be worried because she isn't saying as many words as I was told she should be.  But she is right on target for her own development, not slow or anything :)  

She can say: 

Dada (this also mean's daddy's tractor)

Mama

Yeah-yeah (this means nurse)

Na-Na (means cookie or snack.  Her grandpa taught her to say it...why that word I don't know)

Do - Dog

Ba- bath or Book

Hi! (my favorite!!)

She can sign:

Please

Thank you

eat

more

love

sing a song

She is starting to wean, with my encouragement.  She currently nurses to go to sleep, wake up, take a nap, and 1 snack in the morning and one in the evening.  If the day was particularly stressful she might add a session but that is the normal amount. She is now down to 1 nursing at night (3am) and I am really trying to sing or cuddle her back to sleep to wean her off this one. My goal is to be up in the middle of the night with only 1 nursling when the new baby comes - not 2 :)   It is so cute though at 3 am when she starts asking with a crying and shaky voice, "Yeah yeah?  Yeah Yeah?"  she will continue to ask until she realizes I am resolved and it won't happen.  Then when she calms down I sing to her and cuddle her.  Her favorite lullaby right now is "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."  

Eating habits - what a roller coaster ride.  She worried me for awhile cause she didn't like to eat very much solids.  Now she is eating a lot more.  She doesn't like the texture of meat though, unless it is teeny bites she can't see really.  But her favorites are all nutritious so I'm not too worried anymore.  She LOVES: peanut butter & Jelly, scrambled eggs w/cheese and toast, mac & cheese, cottage cheese, fruit, applesauce, cereal and frozen yogurt. She was eating so much ice cream with daddy I decided to switch to frozen yogurt to keep it a little healthier :)

Other Life:  I am watching a 10 month old baby for a friend in the church.  The baby's name is Sheridan.  Her mom is in school and working.  I watch her 4 days a week, 8-9 hours a day.  It isn't so bad! The only difficult time is nap time on the days they both aren't tired at the same time.  This is pretty rare though (praise the Lord!)  It's great for Lizzie to have someone to play with - but I can tell she wishes the baby could do more (or was lighter so she could pick her up like a baby doll! LOL)

Now for the pictures!  What a long post - phew!

Lizzie's favorite toy is daddy's tractor - or the Da Da.  He has taught her which gears to turn to turn it on and when you put her on the seat, she touches them in the correct order!  I tried to get a pic of her smiling on it, but she is so focused. It's like it is her job to be on it! 

We were eating Corn on the cob the other night and Lizzie kept asking for her daddy's corn.  I didn't think she would know what to do with it, so we gave it to her....

...And away she went!  It shocked me how quickly she picked up how to eat it, I had to get a picture!

Finally,  a picture of Lizzie's beautiful smile!  She was having so much fun on the hammock with her daddy. 

This is Lizzie with Sheridan, the baby I watch.  Lizzie has a bad habit of sitting on Sheridan's lap. Sheridan just smiles about it, not caring on bit.  I wish this was a better picture....

Thank you and God bless!