18 Weeks

Yesterday marked the end of the 18th week of this pregnancy, and from head to rump Baby W #2 is about the size of a bell pepper! Two more weeks to go until the big ultrasound and I'm getting more and more excited. One of my favorite pictures of Izzy from her 20-week ultrasound showed her kicking her long legs Rockette-style, so each week when I see the fruit or veggie used to represent this baby I tend to picture it with two long legs kicking off it. :) Baby has been moving a lot lately, particularly in the mornings. I have a strong feeling this is a boy and I can't wait to find out if I'm right!

Yesterday I took Izzy to her pediatrician for her 15-month well baby check. She is 31.2 pounds and 34.75 inches tall! We knew she'd grown a bit taller since her 12-month appointment but the 2.5-inch change surprised us! I prebought clothes for this fall/winter and next spring/summer... Starting to wonder if they're going to fit!

In other Izzy news, she moved up to a new room at daycare where shoes are required. We'd basically been letting her go barefoot as she learned to walk, so we ventured to the mall Tuesday after work to get a real pair of shoes. I brought my camera thinking I was going to capture her happily looking at and trying on shoes, (after all, she loves to say "shoooos" and try to put on Ben's or my shoes), but not so much. She scream-cried the entire time. You'd have thought the poor saleswoman was amputating her foot rather than measuring it. In the end we came out with a nice pair of white high tops and once we got home, Izzy wanted nothing more than to put them on and play with them. Why this couldn't have happened in the store is beyond me.

 

Finally, we'd like to send much love and congratulations to Kim, Stephen, and Jackson Shaw on the birth of sweet Caroline Grace early yesterday morning!