The Gender Results Are In!

We are happy to announce it is a BOY! The little booger was being very modest and it took us awhile to get confirmation but after pushing on my full bladder belly we got to see his parts. I'm very excited! In case you don't know I have 4 brothers so I've got lots of experience with boys. :) Everything else checked out perfect and this one even has a 3 vein cord so that's awesome. Now I go back on August 31st for my normal 4 wk checkup. Off to think of boy names!

His man parts!


And his sweet little foot! Yes, she did count all five toes on his foot. I had the dr do that with Emma too.

Sunday Fun!

A few months ago I wanted to paint Emma's bathroom b/c it had the yucky flat off white painter's paint. Well we tried one color that you can see in the pic that is a yellow color but I didn't like it with Emma's shower curtain. So we've just put off doing anything with it for awhile. Well a friend had used this tan color and I loved it in the pictures so I thought it might just look good in our bathroom. It was exactly what I had in mind to begin with. So yesterday I headed over to Home Depot to get a gallon of Warm Caramel paint and put George to work! He was not excited about painting but he did it...because he loves me. :) Check it out!

Right after he started. Don't let his smile fool you! I was torturing him with paint. :)


You can see the first paint color (yellowish color) down on the bottom right. With the flash the new color looks alot lighter but it is really a tad darker.


The finished product minus the decorations. I LOVE it! Daddy has to make a few more touch ups tonight and then I'll take a pic with everything back in place. Thanks Daddy!!!

"Remember Barney, Mommy?"

The past few nights we have really been working on Emma and her bedtime routine. Up until now we would do our bath routine and then go in her room and read 2 books. Then she would turn out her princess light and get in the bed. We would then sit there with her and rub her arm/leg and sing songs to her until she fell asleep. It wasn't a bad routine until the past few weeks it would take her over an hour to fall asleep! So that meant that mommy and/or daddy would have to sit in her floor for over an hour until she would finally doze off and usually we were asleep too. It has been really hard on me b/c during pregnancy my sciatica nerve bothers me alot especially when I sit on the floor. Not a fun time. So with the new baby coming in a few months we really want to get Emma going to bed a little easier.

So the past few nights we have been putting her to bed after her 2 books and I've been sitting there for a few minutes rubbing her arm/leg and then I tell her it's time to go to sleep and I kiss her. Well she does not like that at all! It's been over 2 hours of screaming, time outs, and putting her back in her bed repeatedly. Last night George commented on how persistent she is. :) It has been so hard but we seriously can't keep taking 2 hours to put her to bed. So we shall continue this battle hopefully for only a couple more nights or else I might just go crazy! Any thoughts or words of encouragement??

Last night she was being so cute before bedtime. She had been playing with her babies and then she laid them all out on a pillow and covered them up. Then she would pick Zoe up and say "it's ok Zoe, I'll rock you." Then she would say "see Zoe, I will rock you." It was so sweet! Then during her 2 hour screamfest she started saying "Remember Barney Mommy?" She kept saying it over and over and over. She was talking about watching the Barney show at Universal Studios last Thursday! She really enjoyed the show and has talked about it ever since. George and I just sat in the living room and laughed. She was doing/saying anything she could to get me to come in her room. What a stinker! Lets pray that tonight goes much smoother even though I don't think it will.

These next 2 pics are blurry but this was at bedtime. The flash was so bright!


Being cute


Here she is tucking her babies in. I love the way she talks to her babies. So sweet!

Home From Orlando!

Emma and I made it home on Thursday night and boy oh boy, did it feel good to sleep in my own bed! We had such a great time and it was fun to spend the week with my family. We stayed busy swimming and going to Disney on Monday followed by Universal Studios on Tues & Wed. Emma did very well on the trip and I thought she handled the long hot days at the parks extremely well! I just can't believe how hot it was! She got to meet several Disney characters and I loved seeing the excitement on her sweet little face.

Now we are home and it's back to our routine. I finally got unpacked today and the house is back in order. Here are a few pics. My uncle John took all of the pics from the parks so once they get home in another week I will get those. Enjoy!

Emma and Kelsey in the lazy river. Emma is such a fish! She LOVES the water and I think she could spend all day/night in the pool.


Where'd Emma's arm go??? Oh the water wing ate it. :)



A beautiful rainbow on Sunday...love rainbows!


Emma and Kelsey playing in the water fountains!

The lazy river...that was nice!

Our first night there checking out the resort. You can tell by the sky that it was a little stormy. Love Emma's face!

More pics to come! Oh and on Monday we find out if we are having a boy or a girl!!! I'm so excited! Little bean has been kicking alot more and I love it. :)

The End/Beginning of A New Chapter!

Well today was my last day of work and Emma's last day of daycare. Surprisingly my day went by really fast and it was filled with coworkers stopping by my cubicle saying their goodbyes. I also didn't cry until I got in the car and headed over to Emma's school. I'm really sad about leaving such a great workplace but I'm also sad that Emma had to say goodbye to all of her friends/teachers. Even though she has a hard time going to school sometimes, she still loves her friends and talks about them alot. But now we will be together again and that makes it all better! Plus our little trip to Orlando in the morning has lifted my spirits. :)

George and I met at Emma's school around 3:15pm and took cupcakes for all the little munchkins. Those kids were so excited when they saw cupcakes they immediately started asking for one and telling me what color icing they wanted. It was so stinking cute! I got to participate in their little prayer and it melted my heart. I just wanted to squeeze every single one of them!

So before I hit the sack (I'm exhausted!) here are a few pics from Em's last day of school at Primrose Research Park. Not only are we going to miss our friends but we will also miss the wonderful director, Kimberly, and the assistant director, Christy. They have helped Emma with her nebulizer everyday for the past 5 months and they have been so wonderful. I will truly miss them!

I promise Mrs. Kimberly wasn't hurting Emma but she thought I was going to leave her. It was so cute in a sad way but had to share! When she's older she will laugh about this pic I'm sure.


And Mrs. Christy! Her 4.5 year old boy was a preemie and has been on asthma meds forever so she knows all about the nebulizer and beating Emma on the back. So incredibly sweet!


Daddy and his princess


Funny face Emma Bemma!


She has that innocent look going on. I think she was up to no good!


Mommy and her fav princess! So proud of my big girl!


So it has been a crazy busy day and tomorrow will be filled with traveling. I'm about to go to bed and hopefully get a good night's sleep for my loooong drive tomorrow. I'll be back in a week with tons of pictures!!!

Thanks Mrs. Tracy & Barbra!

Last night my Huntsville mom (Mrs. Tracy) and her daughter Barbra came over to visit and bring lots of gifts to Emma! They've been traveling alot over the past couple of weeks so we haven't seen them in a long time. They brought Emma an awesome Elmo shirt that you can see in the pictures, Elmo/Zoe panties, candy, a bigger than Emma ballerina doll, cute little animal light things, a puppy purse, and I can't even remember what else...oh yeah, a gorgeous baby blue Ralph Lauren Polo Dress with bloomers! It was Christmas for Emma! She had so much fun playing with all of her goodies last night and we are so thankful for Mrs. Tracy and Barbra. Since we don't have any family here, their family has always been there for us since the day we moved here almost 5 years ago! Now enjoy the pics!

About to eat dinner in her Elmo shirt!


Mrs. Tracy has 2 dogs, Max & Trixie. Trixie is the newest addition and they take her everywhere with them. Look how cute & tiny she is!


Emma wanted to give Trixie some love and at one point gave her kisses on the mouth. I tried to capture it on camera but missed it.


And lastly, Emma being silly!


Thanks so much girls for coming by last night and showering Emma with presents! She talked about you all night and is ready for another visit!

In other news, tomorrow is my last official day at work (sheds tear) and of course, Emma's last day of daycare (jumps around!). I'm sad to leave my amazing coworkers/friends at work but I'm looking forward to having my Emma back full time, tantrums and all! This way we will get in lots of bonding time before her little brother or sister arrives this fall/winter. I plan on taking cupcakes to Em's school tomorrow afternoon and taking some pictures of her and her friends. I know she will miss them but she also hates for her mommy to leave in the mornings so I think she will adjust just fine. So lots of happy thoughts as I end my journey as a working mom for the next few years and love on my babies!

"Here I Not, Here I Come!"

A couple of weeks ago we taught Emma how to play hide and go seek. It is officially her favorite game. She could play for hours and be happy! So on Friday night we played for quite awhile and when it was Emma's turn to count she would say "Here I not, here I come!" and it was so cute. She had heard me say "ready or not, here I come" and got her words mixed up.

She's also a master hider. She will sit so still and be so quiet it's hard to find her. While I was counting George would hide Emma and I thought she would be scared hiding in the dark by herself but she never was. At one point she was in our dark closet hiding behind my jeans under a shelf. I had walked in and didn't see her and then couldn't find her in our bedroom. George said she was in our room somewhere so I finally found her in the closet and she was just sitting there so still! It just cracks me up to see how excited she gets when we play. I'm looking forward to another game tonight!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Yesterday was absolutely beautiful and we enjoyed having our windows open all day at the house. I'm gearing up for my last day of work this Thursday and looking forward to lots of playtime with Miss Emma. Only 4 more days!

Mommy, I have 2 babies!

That's what Emma told me yesterday when we were using the heart dopplar. She loves to jump in the bed with us while we listen to the baby heartbeat and afterward she wanted to find the baby in her belly. Next thing I know she says "mommy I have 2 babies in my belly!" and was so excited about it! It was mega cute. She would concentrate so hard trying to find the heartbeat and then she found her heartbeat so we said it was both her babies. I love it!

In other news, I had been feeling little things here and there in my belly the past couple of days but you know in the beginning it's so hard to tell if it's the baby or gas or whatever. Well last night I thought I felt kicks 2 times but just wasn't sure. Then today at work I definitely felt it once and every once in a while I will feel a little flutter! I can't wait for it to be all the time b/c that was my favorite time while pregnant with Emma. Hopefully in the next week or two they will become more pronounced. So exciting!

Emma's 2nd Chest X-Ray

Emma did her repeat chest x-ray and I just talked to the nurse. Apparently her x-ray looks exactly the same as it did last Thursday. :( So since Dr. Dudley's mom passed away she has been out of the office most of the week and won't be back until Monday. For now we are going to wait until Monday and see what she wants to do. We are going to finish up both antibiotics and then just continue her nebulizer and continue "beating" her. Just kidding, we do back compressions, not actually beating her. :) I also mentioned that Emma has completely stopped coughing since we started the Bactrum and no fever since last week so that's good. However they had thought she would cough more when all the mucous broke up in her lungs so that's confusing. So for now we'll do our not so favorite nebulizer and see what the game plan is on Monday. She better get healthy for our trip...maybe I should talk to her about it tonight. :)

Going to Orlando!

Yes, you read that right! My last day in the office is officially next Thursday and on Friday Emma and I will make the long drive to Orlando to vacation with my aunt, uncle, cousin, and granny Scott. When Kelsey said yesterday I could just pack my bags and go they probably didn't realize I would really go but I've been so excited it's like Christmas! :) The timing couldn't be better b/c George has a really busy week at work that week so he won't even miss us. The only problem is Emma and I will have to drive back approximately 11 hours all by ourself but hopefully it won't be too bad. I'm actually more worried about myself over Emma b/c I've never driven that far alone! We can do it though!

So thanks to my Uncle John and Aunt Starlena for letting me kind of invite myself and my 2.5 year old on their relaxing vacation. We promise to hopefully not drive you crazy and no tantrums will be thrown! :) Emma is going to have a blast and maybe we'll get to venture over to the Magic Kingdom/Universal Studios for the day. Yay for trips!!!

Now lets just keep her healthy over this next week so we can go. Emma, now is really NOT the time to get sick my little princess!