We spent the weekend with Don's sister and her two kids who made the trip up from NC. It was great to see them and Jackie enjoyed her first truly interactive visit with her cousins. Charlie and Jackie had a lot of fun running up and down the long hall by the kitchen with Kaelin, still a little wobbly on her feet at times, trailing behind. The concept of yours and mine was a little lost on Jackie who thought any cup or food item must be for her and not for the other kids. But they played very well together and Charlie even tried to teach Jackie about sharing toys. It was pretty cute to see a 3 year old telling a 1 year old about sharing especially since the concept was pretty lost on Jackie and Charlie couldn't figure out why she didn't understand. The visit was a bit of a dry run for Christmas when the whole family will be together for the holidays. We just have to keep Jackie taking naps and things should be just fine if not a little chaotic in the best of ways.
Today Jackie and I ventured forth for the third time this week. Having a car is turning out to be quite convenient and I am getting better at finding my way around MA. On Monday Jackie and I went to the outlet mall and did a little shopping. She now has some pretty pink boots to wear when we get the first snow of the year. We also bought her a little outfit for next winter with a cute penguin in honor of her dad. And I found a few more pieces of clothing to help make it through the winter with my basketball belly. Still need to find more pants but I should find some soon.
Tuesday, Jackie and I had to drive over to my OB in Norwood to get the little baby checked on. It is doing well and has a heart beat around 140-150 bpm. Everything is growing nicely. This afternoon Jackie and I had to head back over to Norwood for an ultrasound of the little baby. One of my tests showed a slightly elevated level of a hormone and they just wanted to check to make sure everything was fine. No worries, the little baby has a nice, strong, perfect spine. But because they couldn't find the reason for the elevated AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) they will continue ultrasounds every four weeks just to check the baby's growth. That means we get new pictures of the little baby once a month. Don should have the pictures up the weekend after each visit but we'll let you know when they get posted. Today we were able to see the little baby in 3-D which is a little odd at first but is pretty neat. We were also told that the baby is a little over 1lbs which is right where it should be.
So I guess that is about all that has been going on in our lives this week. I think the rest of the week will be spent in the pursuit of clean clothes and diapers. Not too exciting. Maybe in the midst of the laundry I will do a little baking. I'm sort of in the mood for something a little sweet.
Until the next post,
~Tiffany and Jackie
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