I promised my mother-in-law (through my husband) that I would update on the bab(ies). It’s probably a good idea, though, mainly because Carli is doing so many new things that it’d be nice to write them down and remember.
I haven’t even been taking a lot of belly pictures, either. Last pregnancy I took one almost every week but this time around.. the last one I took (I think) was at 17 weeks. I am almost 22, now! (I guess I should take a new one, right?
Carli
Flirt, Flirt, Flirt! She pretends to be shy when she sees both people she knows and doesn’t know. She’ll lower her head, fold her arms together and smile out of the side of her mouth. Her eyes twinkle then she looks up and gives them a subtle chuckle. If her goal is to swoon every man, woman, child, and beast.. then she succeeds.
She is obsessed (and I mean OBSESSED) with Elmo. For months she pronounced his name as “Bobo” but in the past two weeks or so it has upgraded to “Eh-mo!” When she wants to see more Elmo, she’ll sign MORE and PLEASE and then cry out “Eh-mo!”
I was handing Carli a few animal crackers yesterday, one by one. I would count, “one, two–” and then she surprised me and went “Bee!” (for “three”, I guess). It’s amazing that she caught onto that. I am thinking it’s from Dora, or Elmo. 
Carli can handle a fork and spoon really well. Even when the fork is as large as she is. Somehow she manages to stop her food and get it in her mouth — most of the time.
“I don’t see you!” Whenever I go to discipline this kid (i.e. she’s standing up in her highchair when she shouldn’t and I tell her to sit down” she’ll cover her face as if watching a scary movie. It’s almost as if she’s saying, “I can’t see you so you don’t exist!” Meanwhile, she’ll remain standing.
Whenever someone claps — Carli will clap too. She’ll get really really excited and yell out, “YAY! YAY!” She’d make a great cheerleader.
She insists on saying “BYE” to people whenever they (1) walk past her (2) grab their purse .. or (3) are in a car. If they don’t respond, she’ll just keep yelling it (louder and louder) until someone takes notice.
She loves my parent’s dog, Guinness. We call him “Guin-Guin” but Carli has decided that she’s Parisian and calls him, “Gee! Gee!” (Like the name “Guy” in France).
She is starting to copy sounds. Though sometimes she’ll just say the last sound in a word. For example if she wants a cookie, or is talking about the Cookie Monster, she’ll just say “Kie!”
She still yells out, “Ellie!!!!!!” every time she hears a dog bark.
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The Fetus, Katelyn (aka Kate or Katie)
Had doctors appointments last week with both my regular OBGYN and the High-Risk doctor. So far everything seems A-OK with her. She’s growing fast — was about 12oz at my last ultrasound on the 17th.
She had her first set of noticeable hiccups this past week that I could feel. Carli was the hiccup queen.. but I don’t think Katie will be.
She’s moving around a lot — usually when startled over a noise or after I eat something. She seems to be very active later at night when I am laying down to read a book. Hope this is not an indication of my late nights to come.
I saw a 3D picture of her face on the 17th. It freaked me out. She has no fat on her bones — no chubs– so she looked very emaciated. I am feeding her though! My appetite has been pretty strong the past few days so I am thinking she’s going through a growth spurt.
New craving: Peanut Butter Chocolate smoothies. (They are also known as Chocolate Elvis at Planet Smoothie) but I prefer the Smoothie King version. It’s creamier. I’ve had three in the past three days. Probably doesn’t help that it’s becoming pretty hot out.. but man do they taste good. (Carli likes them too — as she harasses me for sips!)
My allergies have been unbearable the past few days. I have been sneezing CONSTANTLY (a minimum of 100 times a day). My nose is rubbed raw.. My lips are severely chapped from having tissues or napkins rub against them. I am also in a constant state of drowsiness since the only thing I can take that helps is Benedryl. It REALLY helps but it makes me SOO tired. (I have been going to bed around 8-ish/9-ish every night lately!) I also feel bad whenever I take it.. feeling like I am drugging up Kate. Even though it’s a B category.. if it makes me THIS tired.. I can’t imagine what it’s doing to Kate.
I am now about 5 1/4 months pregnant. A little more than half way there. I am still remaining hopeful for my VBAC. Luckily my doctor hasn’t mentioned anything about scheduling a c-section (yet). But I know he’ll mention it in time. (Probably when I am closer to 30 weeks — which isn’t that far away!)
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