Baby appointment-13 weeks

Today was our 13 week check up. We are doing good. Got to hear the heartbeat! Nice and strong. We will not do an ultrasound until our May appointment. And we will not be finding out the sex. I just like the surprise! That is probably the only surprise that I like. I am craving Mexican food all the time and have lost another 4 pounds...so I am thinking this is another boy, but time will tell!

Thanks for checking in on us!

Parents NEED Sleep!

Gavin has never been a sleeper. Not through the night anyway. It has been this way since he was born. It isn't so bad when he fusses once or twice a night, but I have to say that this week has been the worst! He has very rarely made it through the night with out waking up. In fact I can count those nights on one hand. I am lost for what to try next. We have done what feels like everything. I have googled and read tons of stories of what worked for mothers all over. I used some methods and refused others. The most popular one is the Ferber method. We have tried that a couple of different times through Gavin's little life. And all times I think I have made it about 30 minutes to an hour, with no sign of calming down. But I refuse to let him scream for 3 hours in hope of him giving up. My sanity just can't take it. Maybe it would be easier to try on a weekend when we are not praying that we get enough sleep to function at work.

He is stubborn and I know he gets a little of that from Brian and I.

We have tried putting him to bed a little earlier, then we tried a little later. Already have the routine down of bath, pj's, etc.

Maybe daylight savings time will trick his body this weekend and he will all the sudden sleep through the night like a normal almost 20 month old. Maybe I am crazy for having another baby...but it will be worth it, just right now we are tired.

In the Middle

Gavin is in the middle. Brittany will be 15 this June, Gavin will turn 2 in July and then 2 months after that we will have another baby added to the Wiechman clan! We are expecting he/she around September 13th. We are planning on another c-section so baby W. will arrive about a week before its due date! I am feeling well, I have lost some weight, but not been sick. The doctor isn't worried about that as I was the same way with Gavin. We do not plan on finding out the sex until it arrives.

I told Gavin we were having a baby. He is so cute about it. I ask him "what's in mommies tummy?" And he whispers back as quiet as he can 'baby' and points. I know he doesn't quite understand. But it is still fun to hear him whisper as if the baby is sleeping.

This has been an emotional experience for me. The one person I really wanted to tell isn't here anymore. Brian tells me that she was the first to know anyway :) Watch over me mom, I miss you.

So if I appear moody and/or distant, do not take it personally, lets blame it on hormones.

Hope all is well with you all out in blog land. I check you all daily and am keeping up on your lives.

Bummer

Our friend weekend is cancelled. Darn weather! But we would rather be safe than sorry. Hope you get together with the girls sometime down the road!

Christmas 2008

Finally, I know...it takes a while.

Gavin and his new chair.

My brother Nathan bought this for Gavin at Christmas, he LOVES it! Who would have thought a single guy with no children would have the toy of the year.

Jessie and Boen on his 1st Christmas!

They boys saying 'What's up' in his big boy chair.

He likes the clean up song, but hasn't grasp the 'clean up' concept.

His new Build a Bear, but its a puppy. We named him Ben and bought him a Steelers uniform, so Super Bowl XLIII here we come!

Okay, what parent doesn't have a bow-on-the-head picture?

Sophie and her Christmas hoodie. It keeps her warm on the single digit days.

Brittany and Gavin at Great Grandma Ethel's Christmas 2008.

The family got Guitar Hero for Christmas, and Gavin got his own that he plays while we play!

"We won't need....

to see Gavin again until his 2 year check up"....WHAT? How did I go from every 3 months to 6 months than a year? WOW!~

Anyway, Gavin had his 18 mth check up last week and, good news, we get to keep him!

His stats are, 31" tall and 23 lbs. and he didn't get any shots this time, so that was good. He is hanging out in the 10-25 percentile.

We are getting together this weekend with Andrea, Calla, Brenda and Charli in Lincoln (husbands too). We are excited stay tuned for pictures from our first "friends weekend."

Goodbye 2008!

Well goodbye 2008. Sorry to say you will not be missed. It was a tough year and you all know why, so I will not bore you with the emotional details. I will just wish you all well and lets hope that 2009 has better memories in store for us!