Monday is my next OB appointment and I just can't WAIT for that. Well, yes I can. I have to take the glucose test so I'm not overly excited about that part... nor am I overly excited about standing on the scale and hearing the doc lecture me on weight gain again. **sigh** I am excited to hear how we are progressing and to listen to baby's heartbeat. On a good note, only ONE MORE WEEK until we get to see baby and possibly find out the gender!! WOOHOO!!
I've been watching my daughter lately and laughing at all of her antics, but there are some things I see that make me just plain want to sit down and cry, then hug her close and never let her go. For example... on Wednesday, daddy came home from working in Ocala. He leaves every Monday morning and comes home every Wednesday afternoon/evening. He happened to get home around 6pm this Wednesday and both Riley and our dog, Divot, were REALLY excited to see him. So much so, that they refused to calm down until they both had run outside to greet him by the car. They were absolutely not content with waiting for him to come in. Now, our dog is rather large... not huge, but definitely over 50 lbs... much bigger than our daughter. Divot, of course, is the first to race out the door as soon as I opened it. I was holding Riley's hand so, although she stumbled, she managed to make it out just after the dog. Of course, at that point, she did NOT want to be held back and took off running to daddy on her own. My heart melted as she ran towards him, her arms up in the air, sippy cup still in one hand, and yelled "Daaaaadddddy!" Then my heart plummeted.... Divot chose that exact moment to run in front of her and cut her off, causing her to stop mid-stride and then fall full out flat on her stomach. She immediately started crying like her heart was broken and it was all Daddy and I could do to make her smile again. Daddy finally got the bright idea to spin her around and around in his arms and that cheered her right up. Still, I can't stop thinking about that exact moment when she went from being so excited to see daddy to when she fell and my eyes keep tearing up. Blame it on the pregnancy hormones I guess.
On a happier note, when Riley and I got home from daycare yesterday, I let her play in the driveway with the sidewalk chalk for a bit. This little girl is so funny. She won't just pick one piece and play with it, she has to load up 4 or 5 pieces in her arms before she'll do anything. And then she keeps going back to her little bucket and switching pieces out after she makes a single mark on the ground. Just before we went back inside to eat some dinner, one of the neighbors that are moving in across the street was trying to back out of his driveway, but there were two other cars in that same driveway. One was parked crookedly to the left and a little behind him so he was having trouble backing out and keeping his car between the crooked one and the mailbox so it wouldn't hit either. Every time the car backed up a little, Riley would yell "Ouch! Ouch!" because it was so close to hitting something. It was too funny. Our next door neighbor and her two kids came out of the house at that point and the youngest (5) said she heard yelling and what was that about. I told her it was Riley yelling "Ouch" cause she thought the other car was going to get hit. We all had a good laugh.
Also, last night, at bedtime, Riley went through her normal ritual of gathering her stuffed animals (usually Barney and Mouse - aka Mickey Mouse) to take to her room with her for nite nite. Except this time, she actually grabbed the large baby doll by her toy box and looked at me and said "Baby?" I said, "Yes, you can take baby with you" and off she went to bed. Before I went to bed a couple of hours later, I went in her room to check on her (and make sure the cat wasn't shut in there, which has happened before) and found her sound asleep with "Baby" draped over her chest. Too cute!
Normally, in the morning when I wake her up, she will grab Barney and Mouse and carry them to the changing table with her, but this morning, she only wanted Baby and kept patting it on the head and giggling. I'm hoping this is a good sign that she's ready to be a big sister soon!!
And to end the ramblings for the day... here's a pic from my phone from when we were playing at the mall last Saturday. :-) Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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