The Handley Family: Weekly Update

Addie's Weekly Photo:

Nana is staying with us now, in preparation for little Cooper's making his way into the world. Addie has been on cloud-9 with her Nana around! All week, we were looking at possible condo's for Nana and Addison went to each of the showings with us. It was nice to have a toddler run into each place because it helped us see how "child proof" the condos were/weren't going to be! On Thursday, we found the perfect place and Nana is set to move in the first week of March. It will be difficult to see Nana go but we are excited that she will only be a few miles away!! :)

Addie's Weekly Milestones:

Vocab: Most of Addie's "milestones" this week seem to be related to her ever growing vocabulary and adorable sayings. Here are a few of them:
Watching shows/tv - If we're watching one of her shows, she will now quote lines from the show before they even happen! Daddy says it's like watching a movie with someone who keeps saying lines of the movie before they happen.... only CUTER!!
"Don't touch"- We have a pretty child-proof house but of course there will always be things in the house or even outside of the home that we have to remind Addie she can't play with. Addison has picked up on us saying "don't touch" and will say it even before we can! The cutest part is that she will point one finger out and shake her hand as she is saying it. This week, I was changing Addie's very NASTY diaper and before I could stop her, she put her hands right in the poop that had crept up a bit below her belly button. I FREAKED and said DON'T TOUCH! Ever since that diaper change, she points down by her diaper when I am changing her and says "don't touch".
"Fight"- Da-da will ask Addie "you wanna fight" and put his fists up, then Addie puts up her fists and repeats "fight?". It seems like a routine that they do this every morning before daddy leaves for work and it gets cuter every time! Usually, daddy will initiate it but sometimes Addie is the first to bring it up. Cute!
"PooPoo" -This may be a bit TMI, but still something I felt the need to share. If someone farts around Addie she will now ask "poo-poo?". Being pregnant, I find it unavoidable to have the occasional..... you know.... anyway, when I do, Addie is the first one to point it out by saying "ma-ma poo-poo?". Every time she does it, I laugh hysterically!

Baby #2 Update:

Weekly Checkup: At this week's checkup, doc checked my blood count (checking the liver) from the Cholestasis, checked for dilation, and did an ultrasound. Doc found that I was dilated one cm! Everything else looked okay too with the exception with slightly elevated counts on the blood/liver test. Doc said that the levels still aren't high enough to cause too much concern but he would check them again next week. After my checkup, I was sent over to the hospital for the stress test on Cooper. I was put in a hospital room in OB and hooked up to two fetal monitoring belts on my belly. The test lasted about 30 min. During the test, I was asked to click a button every time Cooper moved. It was actually pretty therapeutic, laying there listening to his heartbeat and movements on the monitor. I began having slightly heavier contractions while I was laying in the hospital bed (probably from the position they had me laying in).

D-Day Closing in: This week has been pretty eventful for us and has really reminded us that delivery is just around the corner. My symptoms have changed drastically just in the last few days alone. Contractions (with slight back pain & pressure), and ligament pain are the most common for me right now.

More Pictures from the week:

Nana helping Addie put her frog mask on