I now have a lot more cold weather maternity wear, six shirts and two pairs of pants to be exact. Of course, now it's going to get warm (up to 80F maybe!) through the end of the week. They said next Monday it might be back to mid-60's though so these new warmer clothes will come in handy real quick! Annika did really well last night shopping too. She stayed in her stroller for the most part and after we were done at the first store she asked "More shopping?" The sales clerk was surprised to hear that from her. Most kids want to go home but not my Annika. She wanted to shop more! And she loved going shoe shopping too. I was looking for some new sneakers (mine are so worn out!) and Annika wanted to get in the act too. She asked to take her shoes off so Amanda (Amanda and Pam went shopping with us) took her shoes off and put on the women's sneakers on. Annika loved it. She asked to get out of her stroller then and she perused the aisles with Amanda, trying on more shoes. And when Annika was with me and Amanda would step out of her view she would yell "Amanda" in her cute little toddler pronunciation. I think she really likes Amanda! Pam is fairly new to Annika, Annika not having hung out with her very often but she was concerned at least one time when she couldn't see Pam too. So cute! By the end of the night it was Pam and I that were wiped out and wanted to go home. I think Annika and Amanda could have shopped more! When we got to the truck though Annika asked for her nukky (her pacifier that she only gets at bed time and nap time) and some covers. And she didn't put up any struggle when we got home and I said it was time for bed.

One week until the big ultrasound! I'm starting to get excited for it but my anxiety is also starting to go up. What if they find something wrong? I chose not to undergo the quad screen earlier in the pregnancy (I did the same thing with Annika) because our risk factors were so low compared to the false positive rates for which the test is known. Please, please, please let this baby be healthy! I also want it to cooperate on the gender question but more than anything, I want a clean bill of health.

I received Annika's 2 year pictures in the mail yesterday (or was it Monday?). They turned out pretty cute! I have a ton of them too because Sadie's is having a special this month. If you buy one Platinum package (9 sheets of 3 poses), you get a second platinum package free! It's exactly the same package so you get double the pictures but when you're getting pictures for aunts and uncles and grandparents plus yourself, you need a lot of pictures! Now I need to go through them and decide who gets what and then I want to get them mailed out or delivered by this weekend. There's always so much to do!