Walking, Talking, .... screaming!

Let's see...our little munchkin is now 15 months old.  Lots of changes around here!

The biggest change, or soon to be change, is that Emily is going to be a big sister in December.  Jim and I are thrilled and so happy that the kids will be close in age.  Stay tuned to find out the gender  -- this little stubborn peanut doesn't want to show us boy/girl, so we'll have to wait until August and hopefully we'll find out then.  I treasure the relationship I have with my brother and we were very close growing up (we were 18 months apart) so it's always been my hope to have my kids close in age.

Emily is also walking all over the place.  She took her first steps last month when we were visiting Grandma & Grandpa Bankson in Midland.  She waited awhile before really taking off, but the last couple weeks she walks everywhere.  We know that running is right around the corner.  She likes to walk and carry as much as possible with her.  It's adorable.  Her favorite thing is when daddy gets home from work and they head upstairs to the game room, they race up the stairs and down the hall.  It's funny to hear them going. 

She will eat just about anything I give her.  She still loves fruit, so usually she gets that last so I can make sure she eats her meat & veggies.  She likes milk and water.  We do not give her juice.  Or sweets -- funny that the doctors office asks how much sweets they get.  They were happy when I said "none." 

She is learning new words every few days, it seems.  She says airplane (ahpay), doggie, tree, shoe, toes, ball, bottle, belly button (boobee), water (wa), thank you (ta-ooh), oh buddy, book, diaper (dido), and I'm sure there are a few I'm forgetting.  It's still amazing to me when she says a word for the first time without me prompting her. 

She's a little leery of strangers but warms up to people pretty quickly.  She loves loves loves her swim class.  We go every Tuesday.  She's getting really good at floating and holding on to the barbells.

I still go to Stroller Strides twice a week and now we go to the gym on the days we don't go to SS.  Emily likes the kids club and it gives me 30 minutes or so to run on the treadmill and stay in shape.  I was really good about walking when I was pregnant with Emily and I don't want this pregnancy to be any different.

Because I had gestational diabetes with E, the doctor wants to test me early this time.  I will go at 21 weeks and then if I pass, I will go again before 28 weeks.  Truthfully, it won't bother me if I get it again.  The diet is so healthy that it wasn't bad at all the first time around. 

Emily has show me the first of many temper tantrums.  I know I should ignore her but sometimes I want to laugh and then she laughs.  They don't last long, and thankfully they've mostly been at home.  I'm dreading the ones that happen when I'm at the grocery store or something.  She can really scream loud.

We are going to Dallas this weekend to visit the Rowlands.  We haven't seen them in over a year so we are really looking forward to this visit.  Sherry's baby shower is Sunday so we'll head home after that.  Then our next trip is Boston in August.  Jim and I are both looking forward to a relaxing vacation, so we're hoping to go somewhere in the spring after the baby is here.  Jim's leaning toward the beach, and I have to say that it sounds good to me, too.  I'm sure we'll end up going somewhere that is kid friendly and has a direct flight.

Not much else going on here these days.  Trying to stay warm in this awful heat!  We are all looking forward to the fall when it cools off.