15 Weeks - NAP!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen...

For the first time ever...

Piper has taken a 2.5 hour nap!!!!!!

Cat naps be gone! It has finally happened...and not after a feeding or on my lap.  I mean, yes it did happen after a 5 minute car ride, so she was stuck in her carseat the whole time, but STILL. Do you know how much stuff can get done in 2.5 hours?  Literally, everything I needed to do for the whole day is done.  And most of it was done within the first half hour because I never could have guessed it would last this long.

Thank you Piper!!!

EDITED TO ADD: In the days following...this has not been duplicated:(

Sleep Regression and Baby Crunches

Beginning at 3 months & 1 week (so like 14 weeks), Piper has begun regressing in her sleep.  First, a 1am wakeup, followed by 4am the next night and 3:30am last night.  It is NOT ideal.  Before this, we were nearly incident free for 7 straight weeks where Piper would sleep until 5:30/6am and then again for another 2 hours after feeding. Oh how I miss thee days.  Now, she feeds and goes back to bed until 7am and that's it.  

I'm hoping that this whole thing only lasts the 2/3 weeks that every online source says it will. And hopefully she'll grow a whole bunch during this time so that the bags under ,y eyes will feel worth it. Although she has rolled over twice in the past, she did it again yesterday, so you never know. Maybe she's hulking. We'll see.

Now, onto her baby abs of steel. They have been pretty hilarious lately.  Around 12 weeks, she suddenly started pulling herself up with her abs and hasn't stopped. It's so cute.  And to further her in her talents, I bought a bumbo-like seat (http://www.target.com/p/ingenuity-baby-base-2-in-1-booster-seat-aqua/-/A-14966215) to help her out.  So far she loves it and it's been really fun to have her sitting at the table with us.  Even if she only eats her toys:)

Here are some pics:

12 Weeks.

A quick picture of Piper at 12 weeks watching the Seattle Seahawks game with a friend...

Belly Progression Video!

My 40 week (almost 42 actually) belly progression video is complete! Hooray!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDzhqSZPpA

Enjoy:)
L

Hysteroscopy

To achieve a Piper, one must:

-have a uterine septum removed
-undergo 2 egg retrievals (as well as the 2 rounds of IVF that go along with it)
-have a frozen embryo transfer
-couch-rest for 4 weeks
-labor and delivery (duh)
-an immediate D&C following labor to remove rogue placenta bits from uterus
-AND at 14 weeks post partum a HYSTEROSCOPY because lo and behold the bleeding has still not withered away into nothing and an ultrasound found some "ecogenic" material lying around my a-hole uterus.  

I can't believe that I still have procedures/surgeries to get through!  I kinda figured that once Piper got here, all would be well in the world and it is so not the case. There is no point in being too upset about it, but it definitely sucks. I just want to heal and have a year without any strangers up in my business. Oy.


And now...for a picture of the penguin that makes it all worth it...