Two weeks

Just cute pictures.

And input from Anja:

Anja: What are these?

Me: Those are your nipples.

Anja: The baby drinks from those. Yeah, the baby drinks out of my drinking bottles.

Anja (who is pretending to be a green monster named Mike): I want a piece of red candy.

Jay: You can have a piece of candy the next time you poop in the potty.

Anja: I want to poop. I want to poop with my green bum.

Maija Jaye Roberts!

More details to follow later, but here's a quick picture of Maija, who was born 6-12-10, and weighed 8lbs, 4oz, 22 inches long. And with lots of hair!

Here's a picture of her today (two days old)

And just for fun, here's a picture of me at three days old:

Due date plus three days

No baby news to report.

Today Anja wore a dress and was Buzz Lightyear the space explorer most of the day. She was also Mike the monster and her first words this morning were, "Mommy Lion, I'm awake!" She of course was the baby lion, or as she refers to herself, Anja Lion. Everything little is the "Anja" version of itself. Like a small strawberry is an Anja Strawberry.

Here is Anja with a plant she picked in the yard:

And sitting in her fort:

And digging with her shovel:

And giving Grandma Dinosaur a seed she found.

Ugh

Funny things happen to your brain when you go past your due date. Not funny ha ha.

At least Anja continues to be amusing with everything she says and does. Although being full term and having a two year old around does tend to suck the energy from you. Here is Anja with the crocheted caterpillar I gave her this morning:

The following toddler conversations had a very serious, adult tone when Anja was talking:

Anja: It smells like dinosaurs.

Me: Interesting.

Anja: Yeah, interesting. Hmm.

Me: The vegetables are done.

Anja: Does anybody want to go get them?!

Me: This is our new green car.

Anja: Yeah, this is our new green car. I bought it. At the store. I picked it up. It's heavy. I picked it up. With a handle. At the store.

Your bellybutton is crazy

Grandma is still "Dinosaur." Here is Anja taking Dinosaur for a walk to the river, and then catching fish for Dinosaur and Mommy:

Here is Anja playing with her new sister:

Anja says, "Go away Zrrbrrts!"

And as Anja keeps reminding me:

Anja: Mommy, your bellybutton is crazy!

Me: Yes, it is.

Due date tomorrow

Anja has been having fun with Grandma here. For the last five days or so, she has preferred to be called Buzz, and she calls both Jay and I Woody. When Grandma showed up she was given the name Dinosaur. So Woody, Woody, Dinosaur and Buzz have been reading a lot of books and running in circles inside and outside. Here is a video of Buzz and Dinosaur running around and Buzz "whistling":

And here is Anja wanting Grandma to draw a chalk picture of Anja on the potty:

And of course more crocheting while I'm stuck at home.

Here's a little guy for Anja:

This repeat of the bunny I made for Anja in slightly different colors is being sent out as a new baby gift:

By the way, still pregnant. My due date is tomorrow (June 8th). I'm not too concerned about her coming any time soon. I'm fairly certain that this will be the one baby who decides to never come. I've been pregnant for so long that I can't imagine not being pregnant anymore. I did finally make a list of things to put in my hospital bag. I still have to find a bag. It's a pretty pathetic list with things like something to wear home, car seat, and camera, stuff I wouldn't likely forget anyway. Luckily my mom is here so we won't have to worry about getting Anja to a friend's house or calling a dogsitter, we can just pick up and go to the hospital when we're ready. So getting to the hospital shouldn't be too stressful.

And finally, words from Anja:

Me: Grandma is coming tomorrow, won't that be fun?

Anja: Yeah, she's bringing presents! And then Mommy and Daddy will go to the hospital!

Me: That's right. And do you know what we are bringing home from the hospital?

Anja: Yeah, presents.

Me: And do you know what else we are bringing home from the hospital?

Anja: More presents!

Me: Anja, you are very loquacious.

Anja: No I'm not. I'm a little bit shy.

Anja: I smell bugs.

Me: What do they smell like?

Anja: Like lemurs.

Anja: I used to be a little kid.

Me: And what are you now?

Anja: Um. Actually. I'm thinking.

Grandma S: What should we draw now?

Anja: A potty!

Me: Draw Anja and a potty?

Anja: Yeah, and Mommy and Daddy watching. Anja's pooping. And get a big egg. (we give her Easter eggs with toys in them when she poops in the potty)

Space Rangers poop in the potty

Five days until my due date and hanging in there. There is definitely no more room inside me for more baby, so hopefully not too much longer now. Braxton hicks contractions are becoming more powerful. Had my last prenatal appointment and everything looks good (blood pressure, baby's heart rate, etc). We made a just-in-case appointment quite a few days after my due date, but hopefully we won't be going to that one.

Here's a full term belly picture. Anja and I compared bellies again. She's a little less insistent about having a baby in hers now, and she asks to read the "I'm going to be a big sister" book several times a day. Her favorite parts of the book are the parts where Grandma comes and brings lots of presents and where she can play games with the new baby, like peek a boo and blowing bubbles and singing songs.

We had a little family celebration here today when we finally achieved full poo in the potty success! We were trying everything we could think of to make it happen, and finally in the end Anja told us she had to go and then went! Now technically it was when she was her current favorite character, Buzz Lightyear, but I think it still counts. Something about how space rangers poop in the potty and not in their underwear I think. Meanwhile Jay and I (otherwise known as Woody and Woody, sidekicks to Buzz) are hoping this is the last hurdle and we are almost done with training. She is otherwise really great about telling us when she has to go, and hasn't had an accident when we've been out of the house. Jay has even taught her to pee outside, which has come in handy a few times already. We're still keeping a drawer filled with toys and stickers in the bathroom to maintain motivation for her.

Here is Anja eating a crocheted cupcake:

And as usual, Anja's contribution:

Anja: Hmmmm mmmm MMMmm MMMmmm MMMMm Hummmmm MMmmmm mmmmmm!

Jay: That's a pretty song Anja, what song is that?

Anja: It's all about Hmmm!

Anja: I'm smelling bugs (breathes out forcefully through her nose with her eyes closed)

Me: What do they smell like?

Anja: Like gross. And weird! Weird. Weird.

Anja: Teddy have a time out.

Me: What did Teddy do?

Anja: He went into other people's gardens. He went into Mr Magegger's (McGregor's) garden. That's not very nice. He eat his veggables.

Anja: Teddy, do you know why you have a time out? You went into Mr Magegger's garden. Are you going to do that again?

Teddy (via Anja's voice): No, not today.

Anja: Okay. (gives Teddy a hug).