The Walker Family: 2012

November 8, 2012

Dr visit anyone??

Both girls had a Dr appt today. Luckily Jeremy came with to entertain Tessa. Both are healthy and growing fast. Tessa weighed 31.6lbs (90th percentile) and was 3ft tall (93rd percentile) and Alanna was 11.10lbs (36th percentile) and was 22.75 inches long (44th percentile). No shots for Tessa, but poor Alanna got 2. She doesn't handle shots as well as Tessa did. She cried the whole way home :-( Both girls must be worn out from their Dr appt because they fell asleep at 2:30 and are still asleep now at 5:45. Hope they both sleep tonight. Speaking of sleeping, Alanna has slept through the night for 2 weeks now!!! And been in her crib for 5 days now! It's been nice catching up on some much needed sleep.

November 5, 2012

Been awhile!

Wow, sorry for not posting for almost a whole year! We had our beautiful baby GIRL, Alanna Dawn on Sept 4th, 2012. She weighed 8lbs 1oz and 18 1/2 inches long. She was and still is pure perfection! Tessa absolutely loves her and wants to hug (or smother) her every chance she gets. Alanna has just fallen right into our routine, and just goes with the flow. She is 2 months old as of yesterday, and for a week has been sleeping through the night (12 hours). She has been a wonderful addition to our family.

Tessa had her 2nd birthday on Saturday. We had a Halloween theme and it was great. She had so much fun. I just can't believe my baby girl is 2 already. Where has time gone?!? Looking back at her newborn pictures I just want to cry,she is growing up so fast. She learns something new every day. And her vocabulary is amazing!!! She has her own opinions on things, and wants to do things on her own.

Kids are such a blessing. I love being a mom and enjoy taking care of my two princesses!!

January 7, 2012

Merry Early Christmas to us!!!

On Dec, 26th I decided to take a pregnancy test. To my surprise I got a faint positive. I was not expecting to get pregnant our 1st month of trying. I texted Jeremy saying you are going to be a daddy again, he IMMEDIATELY called me. He was so excited and asked when he could start telling people. I had told him to wait until the digital says PREGNANT. The next morning I used another one of my cheapy wondfo test and got another faint positive so I tried the digital. After what seemed like an eternity of waiting it popped up saying PREGNANT. I couldn't believe the digital picked up the pregnancy so quick. But no denying your pregnant when it says it clear as day on the test.

Jeremy's parents were coming over that day so they were the 1st people to hear the good news. We put Tessa's t-shirt on and let her tell the good news.

The next day I was flying to Milwaukee to see my family. It was so hard not to burst and just tell them. I had the whole thing planned the next morning after I get there I was going to put Tessa in her big sister shirt and just let her tell. But NOPE the minute I hugged my mom I said,"mom, I'm pregnant". She looked at me shocked (I had told her I definitely wasn't pregnant just to throw her off) and then hugged me and talked on and on about baby Walker #2.
While in Milwaukee I was hoping Tessa would be able to see snow, no such luck. They got maybe half an inch if that. Here is her checking out snow!

Watching the snow with my parent's dog Gigi

Bundled Baby

We got to visit with some family. I enjoyed seeing my cousin Kyle and is wife Kate. Loved their company. They are such a sweet couple. They came with us to Stonefire Pizza. LOVE that place. Tessa enjoyed it as well. If you haven't been I would definitely suggest it.
Milwaukee was a lot of fun, but it's nice being back home. Tessa and I both missed Jeremy, and I'm excited to get my pregnancy underway. Going to call to schedule my 1st Dr's appt on Monday and then go from there. I'm already showing some. I heard you show sooner with your 2nd. And my only symptom is eating EVERYTHING in sight. Ha. Food needs to stay away from me. My current craving is salsa and chips and hot chocolate (when I was pregnant with Tessa I HATED Mexican food)