15 Weeks Pregnant

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 15 weeks (Due Sept.15th)

Heart rate: 150's

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +7lbs

Marternity Clothes: Regular shirts with maternity jeans and occasionally my Bella Band

Sleep: tossing and turning, I sleep better propped up

Best Moment this week: Harmony blood test was done yesterday

Gender: Waiting patiently 

Movement: yes and they can be seen when lay back!

Food Craving: fried pickles and fruits

What I miss: Nothing at all!

What I am looking forward to: Harmony test results and gender reveal ultrasound

Weekly Wisdom: You feel pressure a lot earlier with the 2nd pregnancy

Symptoms: headaches

11 weeks Pregnant!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 11 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +6lbs

Marternity Clothes: I'm wearing a bella band

Sleep: I have crazy dreams that keep me tossing and turning most nights... I love my snoogle pillow though!

Best Moment this week: Scheduled the gender reveal ultrasound!

Gender: Not sure yet

Movement: small twitches in my uterus

Food Craving: fruit and brownies

What I miss: Nothing at all!

What I am looking forward to: the next ultrasound!

Weekly Wisdom: You get bigger faster the second time around!

Symptoms: mostly tired

4 years later....

Emily has a BIG announcement!! 

We are beyond excited that baby #2 is on the way! We found out 3 weeks ago that we were indeed pregnant, but we finally got to see and hear the heartbeat yesterday!
It was music to our ears at 124 bpm! 

Here is the proud Big Sis-to-be! 

Stay tuned for more updates!

7 Months Old

This sweet and sassy little thing is 7 months old!!!

Check out those eyebrows and finger pointing. That is serious stuff! HA

She is in as much shock as I am about what that sign says!

Oh the things these will be into VERY soon!

She is about to keep us on our toes.

More finger pointing... what can I say! HA

(Maybe a teacher in the making!)

At 7 Months you:

* wear size 2 diaper

*wear 6m clothes

* are teething BIG time

* will be crawling very soon

* get mad when we take things away from you that you shouldn't have

*like to grab at anything in sight

*take 2 naps a day and sleep all night

*cry when we leave the room

*love to look at pictures or yourself in the mirror

* still fall asleep in the car everytime

It's About Time

I am on cloud 9 right now!!!!!

This is the future home of Chick-Fil-A.... AHHH.... I can taste it already!

It's being built in front of another favorite store of mine, Hobby Lobby!

I absolutely love their food and really like the fact that we will be able to take Emily to play there too, when she is old enough!

Our town in finally moving up in the world!

6 Months Old

On June 5th Emily turned 6 months old!!

It is SO hard to believe that she is half way to turning 1!!!

Each month that goes by I think it's the best age but it just keeps getting better and better! She is SOO good and has the sweetest personality ever!

Posing with Dr. Harrison!

I waited to make this post until after we had her shots and received her stats.

6 Month Stats:

(Her weight is fluctuating do to her teething)

15lb 7oz- 35% in weight

26.5" long- 75% in length

Perfect BMI

At 6 Months you:

* Wear size 2 diaper

*wear 6m clothes

*LOVE your jumperoo

*sleep in your own bed

*LOVE to eat your solids... prunes are your favorite

*like to grab the spoon and feed yourself

*take 2 naps a day and sleep all night

*sit up on your own and reach to get things

*cry when we leave the room

* favorite toy is a squeaky pink hippo

First Family Vacation!

We are back from Gulf Shores and we had a BLAST!

Emily had her caricature drawn at Lulu's while we waited to be seated.... ADORABLE!!

(I'm having it framed)

This was a much needed vacation. I'm SO glad Mike bought the trip at JA Charity Ball.

We spent a LOT of time on the beach, minus a half day of shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall!

Emily did great the whole time! She slept most of the way and NEVER once cried.

We are SO lucky to have such an EASY baby! We literally can take her anywhere... I know the second one probably isn't going to be like this, so I am soaking up EVERY single minute of this!

We hit the beach early and took little breaks to go the pool or up to the condo to cool Emily off. We can't wait to go to the beach next year when she is able to walk and play more!

I already have a ton of ideas for the next trip!

I absolutely LOVE coming in from a day at the beach to get ready for dinner! We ate at a couple of delicious places... Mikee's Seafood, Lulu's, Wintzell's Oyster House and The Original Oyster House.

I really wish we could have stayed longer! We made some wonderful memories and we will never forget this vacation!

It's Been Awhile

We have had so much going on. Just in the past few weeks we have had little things and big things happening.

Last weekend I had a garage sale. I really like having garage sales but they are a pain to get ready for. I was surprise at how well I did and was thrilled to have some spending money for our trip. That is until the hubs jumped in the pool with his iPhone in his swim trunks and required a new one! Oh the joys.... so that was a wash.

Tuesday I signed a contract to teach again this coming school year. I seriously teared up signing it because this means I won't be home with Emily.

I'm excited and VERY nervous about it all. For one, I have taught Kindergarten for 3 years and have absolutely LOVED it!! I enjoy teaching the younger ones and never dreamed of teaching any other grade..... BUT that's all about to change. I am being moved to the elementary school and will be teaching either 4th or 6th grade due to the primary schools low enrollment. I am just beside myself. That is going to be a HUGE difference from what I'm use to. A new school, a new grade and not being with my sweet baby girl. Just praying it all goes smoothly.

Everyone has asked why I'm going back to work and not staying home with her.

I strictly took this past year off to get pregnant, not knowing that IVF wasn't going to be needed. We are not at a point in our lives for me to be a stay-at-home Mom yet, although I would LOVE to! There are things we still want to do.

We would like to move into a bigger house in the near future so Emily has more room to play and room for our family to continue to grow.

And honestly little girl clothes and accessories aren't cheap! HA

We are preparing for our first family vacation!! We are heading to Gulf Shores, AL very soon! I am SO excited about going to beach, eating yummy dinners and making memories with my sweet little family. Emily does great in the car, so we are sure it will be a smooth ride.... knock on wood! HA... We have our sun shade and sun screen ready!! WOO HOO

Can someone tell me how in the world I have a 6 month old already?!?!

My sweet baby girl will be half a year old tomorrow and her Daddy will be 27 on Monday! It's just crazy how fast things are going.

Wishing right now there was a slow motion button!

Lately

We have become a rolly polly lately. I will lay Emily down on her back and seconds later she is on her belly. She is SO sweet and has also recently found her LOUD voice!

It's cute but can be embarrassing when you're out to dinner or during church!

We are still toothless! Her gums are starting to bother her again. It's like it comes and goes... Poor thing! I hope it's not too hard on her.

We have recently started sleeping in our own bed. She has done really well and has always been a good sleeper. Of course I slept extra light those first few days because it was hard having her across the house and not right there next to me. I watched the video monitor like a hawk and checked on her often!

We can now pull ourselves up to a sitting position in our bouncy seat and car seat! We have been working on sitting up on our own in the floor too.

She gets so excited when she does this that she falls over! HA

This sweet little girl is growing so fast, I can't keep up!

5 Months Old

At 5 Months you:

* Wear size 2 diaper

*weighed 14lbs 7oz on 5/6/2011

*wear mostly 6m clothes now

*started rolling back to belly

*LOVE your jumperoo

*found your voice big time

*LOVE to eat your solids... prunes are your favorite

*take 2 naps a day and sleep all night

*sit up on your own for short periods of time

*like it when we sing to you

Catch Up Post

It seems that I have gotten WAY behind in blogging! Yikes... Time gets away so fast and then before you know it MANY things have come and gone and I never got around to sharing them. So here we go!

WARNING: LONG post below! Enjoy!

Emily with the McSpadden girls! We were at their soon to be baby sisters baby shower. They LOVED holding Emily and got some great practice in during the shower.

Aren't they just precious? They will make great big sisters and hopefully teach Emily how to be one someday!

What are these things Mom?

We are NOT a fan of green beans! Bless her heart she just gagged and made horrible faces with every bite. HA.... We will keep trying them and hope she gets use to them!

Lunch with some friends and our babies in Conway!

We forgot to take a picture at lunch with all of us. It was great catching up with them and having an adult conversation but of course we mainly just talked about our sweet babies.

We are ready to take this little cutie to the beach!

Just 1 more month and her little toes will be in the sand and her little booty will be in her first bathing suit! Can't hardly wait!

Ready for her bedtime stories... Such a happy girl!

Out getting a pedicure with Meggan.

We are starting her out early with a little girl time and fresh toes! HA

She enjoyed it so much she fell asleep halfway through.

Dinner with The Creamers! I laugh every time I look at this picture.

Notice Emily is staring at the couple in the booth making out rather than the camera! HA

Oh goodness...

At the bowling ally for cousin Jeremy's birthday party. He was so sweet to stop and pose for a picture in the midst of playing arcade games.

Jax recording his putt-putt scores... because that's what you do he said! HA

Jeremy's birthday cupcakes turned out SOOO cute!!

WOO PIG SOOIE!!!

That was pretty much a catch up from April! HA

Hopefully I can keep up during May....

Splish Splash

Emily had a little fun in the tub tonight!

Nothing better than a clean smelling baby!

Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter!

It was pretty low key due to the nasty weather but very memorable. Easter service at church was packed but so good, followed by a yummy lunch.

I love celebrating and starting new traditions as a family of 3! So special and I hope I never forget any of it.

I have come to except that it will be a VERY long time before I get any pictures with all of us looking at the camera! HA

This sweet little girl has NO idea how blessed and loved she is!

The Easter Bunny was out of control this year.

She had no idea what was going on but just sat in awe of everything.

Off to eat Easter lunch!

Not to rush time but I can't wait until she is old enough to dye Easter Eggs, go on Easter egg hunts and learn about the meaning of Easter.

Birthday Wishes

The sign & smile says it all!

We love you Jeremy and hope you have a great day!

So hard to believe 8 years have already passed.

This was a picture from last night. We went over to visit and wish him an early happy birthday!! He is so sweet with her, it just makes us smile!

Wally World

Last night I had the pleasure of shopping ALONE at Wal-Mart! Emily stayed home with Daddy for a change.

As much as I DISLIKE going to Wal-Mart... the trip was much easier and more enjoyable going solo.

Ya'll it's hard carring a 20lb baby carrier across a LARGE parking lot to get a nasty cart that is usually broken! It never fails I always grab the one with the wobbly wheel. HA

So before I'm even get in the store I'm exhausted but baby needs diapers, food, etc., so onward we go. HA! But this trip I hopped my happy self out of the car and walked right in! What a treat!

Since I had all this extra time on my hands, I was able to scope out some new items.

Here are a few of my finds...

This would be great for little lunches!

We LOVE this in the summer and hopefully this flavor will be a nice change!

Hashbrowns in 5min! YUM

When I got home Mike said Emily had broke him in good. She had a BIG shooie diaper that was out of control! I guess the carrots didn't agree with her tummy! HA

New Baby!

Welcome to the world Baby Kasyn!

Pictured: Mike, Emily, Ryan (one of Mike's long time friends) and Kasyn.

Yesterday evening some friends of ours had their little girl. She weighed 7lb 14oz and 20" long. She is a cutie with a head FULL of hair! Her Momma will have FUN with bows!

They had her at the same hospital we had Emily and they are staying in the same room we did! We drove down to meet her yesterday and it was SO weird going back into that room! We ran into some of the nurses that took care us. It was so nice to visit with them and for them to get to see Emily as a smiling and interactive baby now!

Seeing baby Kasyn made me realize how you quickly forget how tiny newborns really are!

Emily and Kasyn will be in the same grade one day and I'm sure will be sweet little friends.

Congratulations Megan & Ryan!

4 Month Check

Happy 4 Months Emily Ann!!

We took her to see Dr. H Monday for her 4 month appointment. She is one healthy girl and we couldn't be more thankful! All is well and she has met all of her developmental milestones. We got the go ahead to start solid foods. YAY!! Let the fun times begin! It's such an EXCITING thing to begin! We have already been feeding rice cereal since Dr. H said we could 2 weeks ago when we took her to get her ears checked.

We are starting with squash and so far she likes it!!

4 Month Stats:

(She lost a little weight due to teething and having a little cold)

13lb 3oz- 50% in weight

25" long- 95% in length (OH MY!)

Squash Face.... she wouldn't smile for the camera. HA

So hard to believe she is already 4 months old!

We love you sweet girl!