23 weeks

Well today I am 23 weeks. I have made myself a couple of goals so as not to dwell on the past. My first goal is to make it to September 21. That is one day past Tessa's birthday and puts me at 26 weeks. I went into the hospital with Tessa at 24 weeks so this would be 2 weeks past. I am trying to heed my daddy's advice and not let the past control my thoughts. This baby is a gift from God and I am trying to put this pregnancy in his hands. He is in control not me!

Official due date Dec 28

I had a check up with the high risk doc today and he said my cervix is still holding strong...no change!! Yea! They did a targeted ultrasound and baby girl is measuring perfect at 22.3 weeks. They said she weighs roughly 1pd 3oz. Dr G said he was going to see me again at 24 wks and if nothing has changed he is going to release me. He said anything that happens beyond 24 weeks is not related to the cervix and he didn't see any reason why we couldn't go full term with this one!!! Wha Hoo!! This gave me (much needed) confidence.

Terrible 2's or just boredom?

I do believe we have offically entered the terrible two phase. Although it could be that Tessa and I are just cooped up in this little bitty house all day and she is bored. I have tried to be more couch bound since I had the stitch put in and Tessa doesn't seem to understand why mommy can't get in the floor or dance around with her. Hence the acting out and 3rd potty training regression. We were doing so well with the potty training. Only having maybe one accident a week and then all of a sudden last Thursday she just up and decides she's done with the whole potty training process. Yesterday she blatantly wet her pants 3 times. And then to top it off the little attitude she has aquired....I was in tears by the end of the day.

So today was a new day. I got up this morning, prayed and decided today is a new day. I was going to rejoice and be glad in it and not let Tessa control my mood! It did seem to help. I took her potty every 30 minutes and tried to give her my undivided attention. It also helped that PaPaw was in the area and stopped by to play with Tessa for a couple of hours. Then when she got up from nap I thought I would try something new. I pulled out the "big girl" panties (we have been using the plain jane Gerber cloth training panties) and I told her we had to keep our "big girl" panties and Elmo dry. She was all excited about this and it worked the rest of the day. She stayed dry. Now mine you she never told me she needed to potty, but each time I asked her or took her she went!! Hopefully this will work!

On a lighter note tonight in the car she started saying "I can't reach it". I asked her what it was she couldn't reach and she said, "I can't reached the moon". I told her "I can't reached the moon either" and she said "Me too". It was just too cute! Her daddy and I got a little chuckle out of that one.

It's official...

We went for another check up with the high risk Doc today and it is official....we are having another girl. I guess this will be easier in the long run. We already have the "girl stuff" and the two will have to share a room for a little while. Plus who knows maybe this baby will pave the way for another. We asked Tessa if she was ready for a little sister and she said "No, no baby". She is in for a rude awakening....cue the evil laugh. I go back to see the high risk doc again in 2 weeks for the targeted ultrasound. This will determine if my due date is still December 28 or if it will be pushed back to January 5.