Mikayla Moments

Today has been a day of Mikayla-isms. Perhaps, I should be completely honest and say that is how the whole week has been... She has just been extremely cute, silly, entertaining, and snuggly all week. Don't get me wrong. She does have a few meltdowns towards the end of the day, but imagine how hard it is for her to be _THAT_ cute all the time?! :-)

This morning she asked me "Mommy? You come watch tv with me?" Okay, how can I possibly say "No" to that? So, I sit next to her in our ever-dangerous 2 person chair... Why is it dangerous? For my readers that have not sat in it, trust me when I say it will suck all your motivation and energy out like a brand new vacuum cleaner. Add to that a super cute, snuggly, loving 2 year old... NO CHANCE! So while watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cuddling with Mikayla, I fell asleep. Yes, it was only 9:30 am or so. To be fair, I suspect that a major reason for that is the lack of sleep the night before... Nope, not the baby squishing my bladder, but rather a certain 5 and 2 year old that were interrupting my sleep patterns. For some reason, I think I was awakened 4 or 5 times by them thru the course of my 7 hours of sleep.

Anyway, back to the Mikayla-isms for the day... After we watched a little tv, we started our day of adventures. She asked me to tickle her and she "knocked me down" a couple of times. She likes to stand on my lap and rock so that I fall to the back of the chair... She'll ask, "Can I knock you down one last time?" It sounds so innocent. :) of course, she'll ask that question several times in a row proving that she doesn't quite understand the term 'last'. Oh well. It is fun to watch her laugh and I manage to get extra Mikayla hugs out of the deal!

We also read a few books (over and over again). In an effort to keep the day from being a complete lazy-day on my part, I did manage to bake some cookies for Mikayla's preschool class tomorrow. They turned out pretty cute too. I hope the kids like them as much as I do. :) She was having fun helping me roll out the dough, cut the cookies, and then transfer them to the cookie sheet.

When we finished baking cookies, I asked her if she wanted to help me clean. "YES!" I said, "Great! Let's go clean the bathrooms!" and she said "Yeah! yeah! yeah!!!" She was off! I did have to ask her to come back long enough to get our supplies. :) As she was cleaning the tub and I was cleaning the sink in the girls' bathroom, she says to me "Cleaning is fun!" Oh, I really, really hope that she keeps that enthusiasm! What do you think our chances are?

So in the process of cleaning the bathrooms, we gathered up any towels that were around so we could do a load of laundry. I threw the towels down the stairs and started the washer. She ran (literally ran) from the bottom of the stairs to the washer several times to put the towels in. As she did this she sang a song with the main words being "I'm a working girl!".

I also had a doctor's appointment today. We were able to have another sonogram... I believe this is sonogram #4 for this pregnancy. Dr. Tichenor thought the baby was measuring small so he ordered the sono last week. Ironically, Dr. Beattie also ordered a sono 4 weeks ago for the same reason... Nope, definitely not showing to have a small baby. As of today, 37 weeks, 2 days gestation, the baby weighs over 7 pounds. Mikayla was excited to show the baby pictures to Daddy and Abi when we got home.

There are a few moments of our lives... How is everything with you? Please feel free to comment...

:)