Clap, Clap, Clap

This past weekend, September 24th, Matthew's Grammy and Grampy (?) went on the ferry with us to Long Island, NY. While there, the ones able had wine, while the rest of us enjoyed gingerbread cookies and farmer market stops. Along the way, we found a pumpkin patch. With a little pumpkin of our own, how could we resist? :) So we stopped and let Matthew choose a pumpkin. He chose a big one and a small one. The small one, of course, was for the mouth! We had a great time. Well, for the most part. Matthew is not fond of his car seat but overall it worked out pretty well.

On Monday, I tested my Bean's IQ. I looked at him and without any actions, I told him "clap, clap, clap" and he looed at me with a big grin and took his tiny hands and went "clap, clap, clap" with them! It was so cute! Then I held out my hand and told him "high five!" and he gave me a high five. I think he understands a lot more than he can actually communicate.

Matthew will be 10 months October 4th. Sprout is 15 weeks and three days today. I haven't felt any definite movement from Sprout yet. My doctor appointments are two weeks apart, which is weird not being seen more often like I was with Matthew. I still have five weeks before we find out Sprout's gender. With the waiting on Matthew and now the extra five weeks, this is tough~ I WANNA KNOW!!

Well, just put Matthew down for a nap. It never fails, every nap and bedtime he has to scream. Hmm.... guess I'll just get used to it not sure how to change that. Sometimes it's only two minutes, sometimes it's 15. He's definitely not happy right now though!

Sprout's next check up is October 11th, my sister's birthday. I'm looking forward to it because the one after that is the gender appointment! YAY!

9 Month Old and 12 Week Old

Matthew turned nine months on September 4th. In the past few days he continues to amaze us. He has taken his first sips from a sippy cup, has eaten meat loaf, loves pasta and sauce, hates baby food, and eats cheerios like they're going out of style! He likes playing hide and go seek under a blanket and giggles like crazy if you nuzzle his neck or rub his spine up and down. He has his fifth tooth coming in on the top row (two on bottom, three on top). He spent time with his Grandma and Grandpa last week and the week before both in TN and CT. He climbs the stairs faster than you can catch him! Dave and I looked around only after a minute of him being out of our site and he was already up seven stairs! He's great at going up it didn't take him any practice at all to figure it out. However, coming down would be a disaster if we actually let him! Today he had the biggest diaper blow out to date! Somehow, he was able to not only blow through his diaper, but skip his leg, and have a pile of poo in the bottom of his footed pjs. This will forever remain a mystery to me!

Sprout must be doing well because I am still sick and nauseaus all the time! Dave packs me a cooler of yogurt every night so when I wake up sick or hungry I can eat one. Helps a little I guess. So does Zofran. I also have a Prima Bella band... (well, did... until I 'misplaced' it) and that helped a little but it is not nearly as amazing as they want you to think. Sprout is about 2.5 inches big now. I am starting to show enough that if you knew me, you'd be able to tell. I heard Sprout's heartbeat on Friday , 160 BPM and going strong. My next ultrasound is in eight weeks, which seems like forever! Especially after Bean's pregnancy where I had an ultrasound almost once a week!

Glad it is football season. :) In between watching Matthew, being sick, changing Matthew, being sick, playing with and feeding Matthew, being sick, cleaning.... I have started practicing piano and watching football. :) Life is good.