The Christensen's Chaos: This and That...

Well, we are surviving this week without daddy. We miss him so! Thankfully (do I dare jinx it!?), Izzy seems to be getting better and back to herself more and more each day. She is finally eating again and each night, her coughing wakes her up less. She has been cracking me up a lot too. We have been sending Daddy videos so he won't miss her so much, they are too cute not to share. She is at such a fun and trying stage right now. One minute, I'll have to put her in three separate time outs for throwing things or not cleaning up and the next minute she is snuggling and hugging me and saying "Wuv you!" Every night before bed, we read books, take her nebulizer, say our prayers, and then I put her in her crib. Before I leave the room, I always say, "Goodnight God Bless Izzy, see you in the morning, I love you to the moon and back." The last few nights she'll say in response as I am closing the door, "wuv you!" It melts my heart. It takes everything in me not to go back in there and get her out of her crib and snuggle with her some more. She has been repeating EVERYTHING lately, it has been so fun to watch her vocabulary grow each day. At times it is hard though because she thinks she is making sense and I have no idea what she says so she gets frustrated.

We haven't forgotten about baby boy either, Pat isn't home to take a weekly picture. I am proud to announce that baby boy is now the length of a spaghetti squash and weighs one pound. I don't get these fruit/vegetable references, seriously, one week it is saying the length of ____, the next week it is the size of _____, I don't like how it is inconsistent, but that is just me. Thankfully he is such a mover, but is still a peanut and doesn't bother my bladder too much yet, so I am able to sleep without having to get up in the middle of the night.....I know, I know, I just jinxed myself, it will start tonight I am sure. Parents at school are starting to ask me if I am pregnant, so I must finally be past the "did she just gain weight?" stage and actually look pregnant. According to the app on my phone, we have 17 weeks and 5 days left! HOLY COW! Those of you winter-haters like me, that means only 17 weeks until SUMMER! YEAH! Hopefully I'll continue the belly bump posts next week, poor baby boy has been neglected once again. He won't be short on love once he arrives.