Brady's 2 Year Check Up

Well, we waited for 2 hours to see the doctor. I was NOT happy with that and the fact that no one told me they were running that far behind. I've been going to this office for 2 years though and normally have a much better time and love Brady's doctor. I usually make early morning appointments, but all they had was a 3 pm :/ So, I tried my best to be patient and understanding. Brady did VERY well and behaved himself even without getting a nap yesterday.

Once we finally saw the doctor, I was glad I waited around. Brady didn't need any shots this time and she said he's doing so well with everything. He talks a lot, and speaks very clearly for his age. She said he looks and speaks more like a 3 year old. Which is fantastic, but may be challenging. She said people may think he's older than he is and expect more from him. But she added that because he has such a cool and calm demeanor, it probably won't be much of an issue at all. In school, sometimes the bigger kids don't know how to play with the smaller kids, as in not knowing their own strength and such. I'll keep an eye on him, but he really doesn't have a rough bone in his body... yet ;)

Dr. Haney is no longer concerned about his weight gain issues. He's long and lean, but super healthy. I told her that Brady isn't quite as picky now and eats good amounts of food at each meal. Not as much as I've seem some boys eat, but he's doing great for Brady :) He's 37 inches tall and weighed 26 lbs. That's 96% for height and 14% for weight. Always opposite like that! Not to mention that weight was with his cloth diaper and clothes on..

The doctor also gave me great advice on potty training. I've started with showing Brady that his poo goes in the potty. He goes in his diaper, but we go to the bathroom together to dump it in his potty, then in the big potty. He cried the first time I did it, because I was getting his potty dirty and he doesn't like that. I think he sees the potty as a toy. Lol. We're working on it! He hates getting his diaper changed now, so I also tell him that if he goes poopoo in his potty, I won't have to change him anymore. That's all for this week. Next week, I'm going to try to get him to go on the potty. He'll get a marshmallow for trying. And we'll never make it a punishment or get frustrated with it. I wish he cared when he was dirty, but he seriously couldn't care less. He would run around with poo in his pants all day if I let him. Oh well!

Lately, Brady is obsessed with hand sanitizer. He says, “clean hands”. Pretty awesome! He loves to play outside, eat ice cream, play cars, his "girl" (Sugar), his new Curious George stuffed monkey, books and “stories” as daddy taught him to say, and stickers! He's very outgoing and I love that. I went through a very shy stage as a kid, so I've been fearful Brady may have the same. We ran to the dentist's office yesterday to get some papers filled out for Eric, and Brady was showing this nice man all his cars. Telling him what colors they were. And just going on and on. Today, the Direct TV guy came to set up our new tv and Brady said “HI!” like 10 times and followed him everywhere. Fortunately, Victor didn't mind and let Brady “help” him.

He's a big, healthy, smart boy and we couldn't be any prouder :)

Levi Mark Weisinger

Yep. It's a BOY! :) Eric and I are so very happy to have 2 boys! We decide and agree on everything boy so easily. It just feels meant to be. Obviously, we adore Brady, so why not add another car loving, messy little boy to the family?! :)

We bounced around a few boy names, but really settled on Levi a few weeks ago. We've always said the middle name would be Mark (my father's middle name) for our next boy. Dean (Brady's middle name) is Eric's father's middle name. I told Eric last night, “If we have another boy, his middle name will be your middle name, Wayne. Do you like that?” He said, “Yeah, but I'm not sure how I feel about you talking about baby #3?!” LOL. I think Eric is leaning more and more towards being done after 2. But, I say there's no reason to decide on that right now. We have plenty of time ;)

Our appointment went really well. We got to see the baby move A LOT! He was all over the place! The technician called him an Olympic swimmer and a contortionist. She said he was so wiggly and she had to keep chasing him :) We watched him curl up and play with his toes. He wiggled his toes and then reached out and tickled them with his fingers. It was so funny and just cool. After she did all the measuring, she moved to his bottom and we instantly saw BOY. I saw his little legs out and boy parts clearly inbetween! :) Exactly what I saw with Brady. Eric and I both knew before she said anything. We were both stunned. But I know we would've been either way. It was just surreal to finally know.

When Eric got home, he brought in blue balloons and we filled Brady's room with them. We let him in to play with them. That was our way of telling him he's getting a little brother. For now, I don't think he really understands it all. He will say “boy” and he points to my belly and says “baby”. But, I wouldn't say he fully grasps what's coming :)

We have a lot on our to do list now. I'm trying to pace myself, but I can't seem to fight the urge to get it all done now. We've got a crib, and the bedding is ordered. I guess that's pretty good for 20 weeks. Haha. We've got to go through the spare room and get rid of things and turn it into the nursery. I also want to go through each room of this house and get things cleaned out and organized. We will move 5 months after having Levi, so we may as well just do it now! No need to hang on to things we don't need or use. 

Perfect example of how I know Brady is going to be an excellent big brother...

He dropped his "kruck" the other day while playing. He said, "Uh oh! Are you ok?" He picked up the truck, hugged it, patted it on the back, and said "You're ok." Sweetest. Boy. Ever.

 

19 Weeks

19 weeks. Whew! It's going by so fast. One week from today, we have the anatomy scan. Most importantly, to make sure our baby is healthy and of course to find out the gender :) Woohoo! With Brady, every day waiting to find out was torture! This time, not so much. I don't know what the difference is, but I'm enjoying it. Those that know me, must think I've gone crazy!

I just knew Brady was a boy. I had several dreams, knew when I saw him on the ultrasounds, and just had that feeling. With this pregnancy, it's been very different. I've had one dream that it's a girl. That's it. I think and plan mostly for girl names and a girl nursery. But I think that's because I'm so indecisive on girl stuff. The boy stuff is so easy for me. Anyways, we'll see! I guess I predict girl, but I wouldn't put money on it ;) I said I wanted a boy this pregnancy, Eric wants a girl. Obviously, we're excited either way. We love our boy and have tons of boy stuff so that would just be easy :)

I can feel the baby moving. It started around 16 or 17 weeks and is strong now. It snuck up on me! I love every little squirm and wiggle :) We're looking at furniture this weekend. I know that I want white furniture no matter what. Once we know the gender, it's really time to get busy. We've got names, bedding, etc all picked for both. I've been a Pinterest addict lately!

I've gained 10 lbs so far and I'm pretty happy with it. Mostly because of my road trip and time in St. Louis. And Brady's 2 birthday parties! But everything I've read says 10-11 lbs is normal at 20 weeks. I have no idea what I gained with Brady at this point, but I know it was more! Haha Just paying attention is helping a lot this time. I walk on my treadmill 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes. Once we get a TV in there I'm sure I will do more. Even with Pandora, it's a little boring!

Brady knows there's a baby in my belly. He points to my belly and says with excitement, “baby!” But he's a little confused.. he pointed to Eric's belly and said the same thing. Haha!!