Well, I am 26 weeks along with baby boy and Eli is turning 17 months tomorrow! How fast time has flown by! It seems yesterday I saw the positive test announcing that we were going to have our FIRST baby and now we are 14 weeks away from the arrival of our SECOND baby!
Pregnancy, after the scare at 22 weeks, has progressed beautifully. Belly and baby keeps growing at an adequate pace. Recently, I had to take the glucose test to determine if I have a tendency towards gestational diabetes. Yep, that dreadful day where you have to drink the super sugary orange (or in some cases lemon) drink and then have your blood drawn an hour later. I certainly hope I passed the test as I did with Eli. How could I give up chocolate or sweets?!?! Never.
Also, we went to a new mother's fair in a local shopping mall and won our first thing ever: we won a basket full of Pamper's products!! Yay us! In addition, we wen to a conference given by a renowned pediatrician in PR, Dr. Mario Ramírez, who spoke about how a healthy and happy delivery should be; Much like what Ricki Lake showed in her documentary, The Business of Being Born. It was very interesting and educational at the same time!
As for Eli, she is doing great! At her 16 month old checkup she was 2 1/2 feet tall and 25 lbs, very healthy at 75% and 50% percentiles. She is also saying over 25+ words, in both English and Spanish plus some signs. And recently, she started putting 2 words together as phrases or trying to say sentences. The other day she asked for "more water" in Spanish or "más agua". She is so smart!! Her new likes are balls, which she says in English, Spanish and Sign Language. She throws them around and bounces them trying to play with you.
On the other hand, she is at the stage where she thinks that she can do her own thing and gets mad if we say no or steer her away from wherever she is trying to go or where she is not allowed. And just this past week, she started throwing herself to the floor if I grab her hand to walk someplace and she doesn't want to. Can you say tantrums?
That's it for an update for now. We couldn't be happier with our little family!
-themomthelawyerthehousewife
