19 months/23 weeks

Everyone is happy and healthy!  Emerson is really starting to push his limits to see what he can get away with, but he still seems pretty easy.  I haven't had to leave a public place because of his behavior...yet :).  Actually, he's really on his best behavior in public.  There are people to say 'Hi" to and the scenery changes so he's perfectly content.  He starts trying to push our buttons when he's stuck inside because of the sweltering heat and bored to death. He's using 2 and 3 word sentences, but a lot of it is something only his mother would understand right now.  He did something the other day that gave us a good laugh.  He picked up the TV remote and held it to his ear and said "Hel-Lo"...he really puts emphasis on the "Lo" almost like he's getting a diva attitude with whoever is calling... he made some gibberish noises, then turned and looked at me and said "It's YaYa" so matter-of-fact-ly like, who else would it be Mom??  Then he turned his head away again, there was some more gibberish into the remote, then turned back to me and said "And CiCi".  

We had a follow up ultrasound today because they weren't able to adequately assess baby Merrick's stomach the first time, but everything looked perfect this time.  I put a hilarious ultrasound picture in the slide show. It's a frontal view of his face and that is his mouth wide open and almost smiling...he looks like a mardi gras mask or a little old cartoon man. He's just a little smaller than Emerson was in the womb and seems to be staying that way.  He was actually measuring for a due date of Dec 19th today, instead of the 17th, but that is not a big enough difference for them to change the actual due date.  He's still right on track. Emerson's due date was moved a whole week closer because of his initial size and then he kept measuring a little larger by a day or two as it progressed. Momma was eating too much and not exercising lol.  I'm happy to say I have only gained 10lbs so far this time, woohoo!