Your First Wedding & Week 24

Dear Avacado,

This was a very busy week for us.  Thursday night we went to a bachleorette party (when you are older you will not be allowed at these "Girls Only" events).  It was for my good friend Amanda and we went and had habachi at Kon!  I don't have any pictures of you at this event but Saturday we attended their wedding!  I did manage to get a picture of you (with me and your Dad).  Techinically - it's our first family photo!

Do you see yourself?  Your right there - still in my tummy.  You seemed to really enjoy the wedding - when the music picked up you did a little more kicking.  We chicken danced and then did a little more dancing but we also were very careful not to overdo it because your Aunt Cathlin did not want you to be shaken or stirred up too much!

But, talking about the wedding is getting a little ahead of ourselves because we had a doctor's appointment this week.  We went to the hospial to visit with the midwives and see how things are going.  You are growing at a really nice rate and are measuring a few days ahead of schedule but nothing that anyone is worried about right now.  Your heartbeat is also very strong and your head was on my right hand side and your legs were too the left.  Per their chart I have gained a total of 18 pounds and that is right on track.  We were also told to try to get some more walking into our schedule but there is no concern about weight and/or blood pressure.  We have another appointment in 3 weeks to do our glucose testing for diabetes so we will see how things go then.  We also signed up for birthing classes and a breast feeding class.

Last night when we got back from the wedding you and I had a really hard time sleeping.  It was a little warm in the room and you kept moving around so we ended up sleeping on the couch.  But, it's ok because it was nice to sleep all by ourselves!  Let's just not make it a habit.

Today we walked Hunter and gave him a full groom - and now we are all resting comfortable once more on the couch.

Looking forward to what next week brings :)

xoxo
Erin

Walking with Hunter

Dear Avacado,

This morning I decided to start working with Hunter a little more on walking with a stroller.  He has his own stroller that we have used quite a bit but when picking a stroller for you Josh insisted that it be able to accomodate Hunter as well.  Wouldn't you know there is only ONE stroller on the market that can do this!  I researched for a while and decided to go with the Baby Jogger City Select stroller.  It is a single stroller that converts to a double very easily.  It can hold 2 car seats, 1 car seat and a bassinet, 1 regular seat and a car seat, 2 regular seats, or 1 regular seat and a bassinet.  We ordered the bassinet piece for Hunter to ride in (and for you to use when he is not in it) and we registered for the stroller, extra seat, and car seat adapter.
Here are some pictures of the stroller:

This is the bassinet piece.  You need components from the seat piece to make it work so we registered for the second seat even though we don't have two kids right now.  Hunter can ride safely in this component as can you!

This is what the stroller will look like when its just you riding in it once you hit the 3 month or more mark and can safely sit in the seat.

These are all the different configurations for this stroller if you have the various components (which we will thankfully have).  It is truly a "planning ahead for second baby" stroller.

So back to my training with Hunter this morning.  We began with him riding in the stroller because the hill is sooooo very steep (it always takes my breath away).  Then, once we cleared the noisy construction area I put him on the ground and walked between the stroller and him.  I alternated doing this and walking behind the stroller and having him try to maintain a safe distance from the wheels.  This isn't a great pictures but he's a shot of when he was doing well!

Of course, it will take a lot of practice but I am going to commit to working with him at least 2 times per week either in the morning or the evening to help him walk correctly so that the three of us can take walks on our own if Josh is busy.

That's all for today!

xoxo
Erin