1 Year 16 Days and 30 Weeks

So Naomi is growing in so many ways! She's already blown past her 1 year mark - which mom and dad can't believe has come and gone already. She's very slowly starting to talk (slow as in amount of words - not quantity in which they're used!), she's gotten about 5 words under her belt now. The standard "Mama" and "Dada", "Wow" has shown here and there, she's learned the "uh-oh" game and also just likes the word randomly for fun, and her newest one is "hi". "Hi" was practiced very much on Monday when she went shopping at Costco with mom and Grandpapa - she said "hi" to anyone and almost everyone! Very cute.

Naomi has also progressed from pulling herself up on furniture to doing it with confidence on walls, furniture, pretty much any time she's in her playpen...all the time. After just standing in place all day on Tuesday as soon as Dad came home and mom went to do a couple of things around the house she decided it was time to start moving while up. She walked from one end of the table to the other! When mom came back she just smiled and moved on over to show off more - but dad still saw it first!

Pumpkin has been growing tons - despite mom not really gaining much weight lately. Mom's been snacking like crazy, but not according to the scale! The tummy's doing all the growing and apparently taking from other areas. Mom's definetly feeling the bulge though. Gravity has really been obvious lately. Never thought I'd say it, but I think I actually miss my support belt that I had last time. I've had to start doing my exercises from last time too...the pelvic pain is starting to rear it's head again, oh well.

The doctor was happy at our appointment yesterday with more than just mom's weight. Pumpkin has gone to the head down position and is a great size. If Pumpkin is on track then Pumpkin should weigh about 2.5 pounds right now and be about 15 inches long. But, all this growing is really being felt on Mommy! Cramping has been a daily discomfort and add to that the kicks and stretches, wow. Some times the movement is fun, hiccups make me laugh, but there are some time when it just hurts.

Anyhow, that's about all the new stuff for now...my brain has fallen asleep anyhow, so we'll sign off for now...

Anna signing off to head to bed, Nanook already catching some "z's" in her chair, Adam plunking away on his computer, Naomi well into dreamland and Pumkin just keeps dancing...