26 Wks & Going Strong!

Baby Wilson #2 inside the my belly at 26 wks!

Looking just like big sister Kayla (check out the picture below in the right side bar)

Unfriendly GallStones

So it looks like I have averted surgery while pregnant! It was a close call for a few days but I was committed enough to work thru the 1st few days of the gallstone diet and had little to no discomfort during those 5 days. When we met with the surgeon last night, I was able to convince him NOT to go in to try to remove my gall bladder... He said as long as I am not in pain or uncomfortable, then he was fine until waiting until AFTER the baby comes to remove the organ.

Backstory ... When I was pregnant with Kayla, I had gall bladder functional issues but never developed any stones... after the pregnancy the influx of the cholesterol medicine I was on ended up creating the stones - since I had to go off the med's to get pregnant again. I will go back ON them after I am done nursing with this baby though.

25 Week Update on Baby #2

Not that I wanted to do this but due to several requests... here it is... the belly at 25 wks! Feeling bigger than I did at this point than I did with Miss Kayla. All is good... lots of gall bladder pain... We will see what the Dr. has to say next time about that (tomorow)... Lost 4 lbs since last month's visit... mostly due to NOT eating due to the gall bladder crap!

Kayla-isms

This post is LONG overdue.... I wish I were able to get more of these on video b/c some are just precious and completely priceless! Kayla is the most outgoing 2 yr old I have ever known... She has little fear or apprehension over anything. She loves fully and completely, tells you exactly what she thinks (no matter how hard the truth hurts LOL). Her abilities astound me at times.... Although this age is frustrating more than it feels rewarding... those moments still exist where I can't imagine my life without her in it or not having the opportunity to spend so much time with her these past few years!

So here are some Kayla-isms.... Things she says or does that makes us crazy or make us smile!

1. She climbs up on anything as high as she can and says "look at me, I am king of the castle!"
2. She sings her ABC's but leaves out the Q R S T U V W X .... but picks up at Y & Z...
3. She loves being tickled and says "take a rest" then the minute you stop, she says "one more again" (meaning she wants you to tickle her again)
4. She has a slight obsession with BOOBS... she calls them Boppers and always wants you to show her your Boppers!
5. She lvoes being barefoot - even when its 13* outside... although she wears shoes outside... she takes her socks off to ensure there is NO fuzz hiding btwn her toes :)
6. She sings herself to sleep with a medley of "Twinkle Twinkle", "ABC's" "Ring Around the Rosie", "Jingle Bells" or "Amazing Grace"
7. Kayla LOVES to help out... doing Laundry, Cooking, Making the Bed, Folding the Laundry... But does not like to cleanup toys!
8. She insists on picking out her clothes everyday!
9. She has an amazing concept of reference points and knows where we are going by the turns we make
10. SHE LOVES christmas lights and even though most of our neighbors have taken down their lights, we drive around and she says "oh wow, look at all the pretty lights!"
11. She loves family hugs... where she puts one arm arould Brian and the other around me and says "BIG HUGS"
12. She will randomly come up to snuggle and say "I love you too"....
13. She loves to dance... so she will ask us to put music on just to to spin around and jump
14. She enjoys spending time with her Mamaw and Pop Pop and Aunts / Uncles... she asks to visit them all the time and has an amazing memory!
15. She actually loves playing and watching football with her Daddy... although attempting to shout some of the same obscenities at the tv as him at times... its adorable when we drive by the high school football field and she either says "Go Chiefs!" or "where is joey?"

Off to school she goes :)

On January 3rd, Kayla started pre-school for the first time... She was SO excited that morning that when we heard her stirring and went into her room, she was half undressed, trying to put on sneakers with no socks and no pants... When I asked what she was doing she told us as a matter of factly, "I get dressed for pee skool mommy!"... When we dropped her off, there were NO signs of separation anxiety at ALL! And pick up was just as great... She came running out with her new tote bag, smile as big as Texas and the biggest hug I ever got!

Patiently waiting to go...

When we got home... she was so proud of her bag and the big picture inside!

Her teacher sent this home... made my day!