Some Things We've Been Up To...

We have been keeping ourselves pretty busy this last week doing some really fun stuff!

We go every year with our good friends, The Lindsays, to Mormon night at Dodger Stadium. We always have such a good time! This was the first year Noelle went and she really is a big fan. She LOVED it. Clapping and screaming with everyone else on que. She also loved getting to eat all kinds of junk food, of course.
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Last weekend we went to Santa Clarita to Concert in the Park. It's a huge production during the summer and a lot of fun. Everyone comes with a picnic and listens to the music. This evening was a U2 cover band and they were actually good!

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We went to Santa Clarita and spent the afternoon watching my cousins little girl, Natalie, while her Mommy went to the doctor and to an ultrasound for the baby they are expecting, too. Natalie was born exactly 366 days after Noelle and this baby GIRL is due about 4 weeks after Madeleine. YEA for little girls!

They had fun playing in the fountain, it's kind of like their little own pool.

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Aaron had the idea that Noelle was ready to go and see a movie at the theatre. I had my reservations but thought we could give it a go. The only kids movie playing was WALL-E and I had not heard good things about it. We thought that maybe she could sit trough Mama Mia! because she loves the music. Yep.....it only lasted about 10 minutes. I left and Aaron stayed and walked home when it was over. ~~

Lastly, we have had Amanda Lindsay staying with us for a few days. She is such a sweet little girl and wants to help out so much with Noelle. They had lots of fun reading books, running through the sprinklers, swimming in the pool, going to breakfast....we did lots!

Before her she left on Tuesday we spent the day at the beach. It was the PERFECT day. The weather was really warm, the water was so blue, there was a slight breeze, magnificent! Noelle of course had the best time. She is such a water baby, we could live on the beach.

Baby Update

All is well with our baby girl. I saw Cooper today, which of course, was a delightful experience. He is in a tizzy because the air conditioner went out on his car. I need to post a picture of his license plate.....is that OK? Please no one steal the idea and use it for any malicious activity. It's really funny.

Anyway, I closed my eyes when I got on the scale but to my delight I lost 2 pounds, I exclaimed, "God Bless America!" Is that using the Lord's name in vain? I have started out this pregnancy meatier than I would like and REALLY don't want to gain much weight. My blood pressure was just OK but I'm still getting good readings at home and my heart rate is still over 100......so no exercising but he did say I could 'stroll around the block' if I really wanted to.

Noelle loves hearing the baby's heartbeat. Afterwards we went across the street and saw Aunt Lorrie, she had some herbs for me from her garden. We peeked at the baby with her ultrasound machine that is meant for the heart but she is still small enough that she could get a decent picture. She was kicking back with her feet crossed.

We also saw Dr. Tabsh my Maternal Fetal Medicine guy last week and that went really well, also. Except for the fire alarm that kept going off. He did the 20 week 'anomaly scan' and she looked great. She did not have a goiter (which can be caused by the medication.) I will continue to see him every 4 weeks for a consult and ultrasound. I am finally starting to feel her move around in there. Dr. Tabsh confirmed that my placenta was anterior (on the front of my uterus) so it was blocking most of her movements. So, now I feel her several times a day and am so glad!