A 'Doy' Moment!

PHOEBE: Doy! Probably right before she lost it!
CHANDLER: You don't get a lot of 'doy' these days...

Sorry just couldn't write about my 'doy' moment without the 'Friends' quote!

You all know that Princess In Training is a colicky baby (what another friggin post about this again?). Well today I had a 'doy' moment that has made my life just a bit easier during these times of pressure, where you want to pull out your hair, put in ear plugs, and open up that nice big bottle of wine!

We have a bassinet that we use downstairs, because going up and down stairs with a newborn just isn't feasible. I was looking where the wheels were and remembered if you click the wheel to make them go up the bassinet will rock. Princess In Training's quietest times are when you walk her around. I can only hold my 8-9 pound baby for so long, before my back is screaming in pain. So, I put 2 and 2 together ('doy'), lost the wheels, put Princess In Training in the bassinet, rocked the bassinet, and like magic she was quiet as can be! How can one minor detail help me become a 2 armed mom again? 'DOY'

So, now I just have to hire someone willing to be my on call rocker and paci putter inner (excuse the made up phrase, but that is all the mush brain could think of!) Maybe I can bribe Sassy into being my rocker.

Hope you all are having a Fantastic Friday! I am looking forward to this weekend, because Sassy and I are having a couple mommy-daughter days! It has been a long time coming!

The next Beatles?

Ok not comparing them to The Beatles, but man are they the hot ticket these days. How do I know? My little sassy princess is in LOVE with them! To her they are hot! (Looking into that Swedish all girls boarding school) So, for those who either are childless, or have boys, or even live under a rock these 3 guys belong to a pop/rock group called The Jonas Brothers. This group consists of 3 brothers: Kevin 20 (left), Jo 18 (right), Nick 16 (center). Who does my princess call her favorite? Kevin! Is this a hint that my little girl goes for older men (Really researching that boarding school) They are the newest phenomenon where screaming, crying girls who come in close contact with them will more then likely faint because of the hysterics. They even starred in a Disney movie Camp Rock... kind of a musical but not. Miss Sassy has a poster, clothing, school supplies, all albums, and even shoes... yes shoes that have to do with the Jo Bros. I do have to admit that I do like their music. Heck if I am going to have to listen to it I may as well enjoy it. My dear dear hubby even took Angela to their concert. Move over Hannah Montana... you have no place in this household! I wonder what group will be around for Miss Emma.

When I think of The Jonas Brothers it brings me back to the days where I was obsessed with NKOTB. Yes, I was one of them. I know I had the dolls and all of the cassette tapes (if you don't know what a cassette tape is and ask I will seriously hurt you). It is kind of nice to see that at this generation there is a band like this that can take us back and reminisce the good ol'days!

Last night was my first bout with a fussy baby. We had the golden arches for dinner and it did not sit well with poor Emma! (eliminating that from my diet) I slept with her on my chest so that I could hopefully help her belly. So, today I plan on catching up on some sleep. Since the Dodger game changed from a noon game to a night game Eric is taking Angela to the beach to build sand castles. This will give me that time to nap!

Have a great Wednesday!

So Not Complaining!

See that baby? That is all she does these days! I am so not complaining because I know before I know it this baby will be up ALL day long! Last night she slept about 5 hours straight! Good sleep for mommy... good baby! I can already see that she will be more like Eric. She is so laid back and is always content. She does fuss a little in her sleep, but then I hear a butt explosion, aka poo or fart, and she falls right back to sleep. This princess in training will hopefully be my laid-back princess.

Okay I now have to give props to those moms who exclusively breast feed. I am trying my best and man is this a new feat! I chose this route for 2 reasons, 1. it is economical 2. It burns major calories. I have almost lost my preggo weight this time around just by producing milk and not having an appetite (that is back by the way). The only problem for me is that I have the nipples from H-E- double hockey sticks. They are inverted and even all that I have done has not brought them out. So I am now a prisoner to my breast pump... oh so not attractive whatsoever! The upside is that I produce 3 ounces or more at each time and she will drink 3 ounces every time and will be content or sleep for at least 3-5 hours. This mommy sadly is ready to move on to formula. Pumping is taking its toll on me. My milk never came in with Angela so it wasn't painful to dry up. This time, however I am afraid that this will be so painful! I did tell Eric that I will hopefully last one month.

So, Sassy princess is now 8 years old. I have to say that she is such a great big sister. There have been no bouts of jealousy, which makes this mommy so happy. I think Eric being home helps, since he takes her places to keep her occupied. My one problem, well not really a problem is that she is too helpful at times. Tomorrow Eric is taking Angela to a Dodger game, which will give me some time alone.

Tonight I start my nightly neighborhood walks.... AMEN to fresh air! So happy to start my little exercising! I have about 20-25 pounds left to loose to get to my goal weight. I am determined this time since I know that I will never be a baby maker again!

Emma Constance has arrived!

Emma the day she arrived! Angela loving her Emma!

I went in Friday morning at 5:30 am. to have Miss Emma by scheduled c-section, because she was breech. I was a nervous wreck before because it was the first time I have ever had surgery. The my surgical nurse and anesthesiologist were awesome! They ended up talking and saying wouldn't it be great if she could be born at 8:08 am. We laughed and even my doctor thought it would be cool to try. So they took there time with pre-op and then wheeled me into the room. It was the weirdest experience I ever went through! When they took her out they told me that she was in fact born at 8:08 am. I then replied with a "shut up"! She looked so perfect! She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 19 inches long. I went to recovery for 2 hours and then got to my bed! I then met my nurse for the first day and it turned out to be the team mom of one of Eric's old baseball team growing up. She is awesome and made the transition great! My recovery is going really well! I would just like my appetite back! Angela was so great and fell in love with her right away and did not want to share her with anyone... including me! We came home today and was so happy to be home!

On another note today is Angela's 8th birthday! I cannot believe how fast she is growing up! It seems just like yesterday she came home from the hospital. We did cake and presents for her tonight! I have pics but have not uploaded them just yet! I will write more later as I am tired and need to make sure I am rested enough for the middle of the night feedings, since daddy does produce milk!

Thursday 13 and then some!!

Before I get my feet wet with the Thursday 13 here is a bit of an update!

My doctor's office called today to tell me that a lot of his patients have had their babies so my c-section time has been moved to 7:30 am. I am so happy that it is so much earlier! I don't have to sit and think about the unknown! I now get to just get up and go!! So I hope to have the stats and a pic of Emma sometime tomorrow, since I am now in the know of how to blog through text messaging!! THANKS JAIME! So stop by tomorrow night! If I don't get a chance than Saturday is a definite!

Now to the Thursday 13! Since, my baby girl turns 8 on August 11th and I don't know how much I am going to be able to post when I get home I am dedicating this installment to my first princess!!

This Thursday 13 is a countdown to what makes my princess so unique and the best daughter ever!! There were so many I wrote down so even though I have 13 there are so many more out there!!

1. No matter what she will wake up in the morning with a bright smile on her gorgeous face!
2. The way she will come up to you out of the blue and ask for a kiss and hug!
3. That she could be wearing a dress/skirt and some boots and still keep up with the boys when playing football/kickball.
4. How she always wants to compromise so that everyone is happy!
5. She will want to say a prayer out of nowhere!
6. That when she wants to learn something new she gives 110%!
7. When she hears big words she tries to use them whether she uses them right or wrong!
8. How she loves having mommy/daughter nights and cuddle with a movie and and popcorn.
9. That she knows that playing with boys is sometimes easier than putting up with girls and their drama (yes there is drama in the 2nd grade)!
10. How she can take a thought so simple and make it into something so much bigger!
11. That she has her own sense of style and doesn't care what others think about it!
12. That when you look into those beautiful green eyes you can see a lot of future aspirations and dreams just waiting to be fulfilled!!
13. That she already loves her baby sister so much that she already wants her sister to have so much more!!

Today is my last day as a mom of one! I have had a great 8 years of hanging out with my sassy princess! I am going to miss these times, but am so looking forward to seeing her with her little sister! I have been so emotional these last couple of days just thinking about it! This is my last post before Emma will be here, so stay tuned and have a wonderful weekend!!

Baby names and more!

I am sitting here as anxious as can be waiting to hear whether I get in on Friday or not. While I am waiting with both phones glued to my side, I am surfing the web and find this baby name website.. one I haven't seen before. So I thought I would look around and see the different meanings of names. Do you know what they had along with the meaning? The drawbacks... this is all the names that could be used to tease the person with the said name. So, of course I had to look at all the names that I associate with on a daily basis. If you want to know go to this site... babynamer.com. Here are a few of the names I found starting with me:

Allison: the ones with a star are names I was called! Some I liked and some I didn't.
Alley Cat *
Ally *
Al
Sony
Ali Baba*
Alligator
Ally Poo
Allibug
Cowison
Allison Wonderland*
All is on
Ally-my-son
Ally Oop
Ally Belly
Alliphant
Allen's son
Rally Rooster
Ally Bally

Eric: had to include my dearest husband in this! Want to know something THERE ARE NO DRAWBACKS! Of course! I swear... no wonder this man has the biggest ego and exudes so much confidence! I guess I can come to the conclusion that Eric is a strong name!

So, I do have to include my girls' names. I love their names, but do have to see if we have done more bad than good. Okay I know it isn't the name, but still have to know!

Angela: I don't see anything too bad on here... Hopefully kids won't be smart enough for the not so nice ones. So far so good I think!
Angle
Gel
Angel Face
Angelina Ballerina
Angie Wangie
Angie Pangie
Gella
Angel Cake

Emma: Are you kidding me? I did not even think of any of these! I do think M&M is cute and would be a cute nickname for her when she plays a sport. I just may call my little M&M... do you think that is wrong?
Enema
Embryo
Emmanem
Shmemma
M & M
Dilemma

Take a look at your name if you dare... It may bring back some bitterness, or even some not so nice moments of your past!

Too Funny to wait!!!

I had to post this, because after reading my friend Jaime's blog and kids saying the darnedest things I just had a moment like that!!!



Angela is sitting here next to me looking up words in her dictionary (children's dictionary) and was looking at the letter "f" words. Well she got a picture that looks similar to this... titled fertilization.

All of a sudden I hear... "Aww tadpoles". I look over and I see this pic and I am laughing so hard inside. I wasn't about to correct her because I am not really in the mood for the "birds and the bees talk just yet. Then she goes on to say that it is was either hair or tadpoles... so classic!!! Just had to share!

Already Sisterly!!

Since I found out I was pregnant I decided that I wanted Angela to get the chance to give Emma a very special present that she could cherish for a long time, so I came up with the idea to take Angela to Build-A-Bear Workshop to make an original bear for her little sister! So today we went down to Downtown Disney to have a last outing as a mom to one child! Angela picked out the fluffiest pink and white bear. If you are not familiar with the process the animals you pick out have no stuffing. So Angela picked the bear and went to stuff the bear. Before they tie up the stuffed animal they give you a little heart for you to make a wish on. Angela made a wish for her sister. She won't tell me what she said! It is between her and the bear. She put the heart in the bear and the worker closed the bear up. Angela picked out the most perfect shirt for this bear! The shirt has the Disney princess and says Pure Princess... so perfect. She never complained about not making her own bear, so I let her pick out a outfit for a cat she made around her birthday last year. Right now Emma has 3 other stuffed animal so far, and I new that I didn't want many more. This bear is an Angela original and no bear will ever be the same or have the same emotion behind the making! I hope when Emma gets older she will also appreciate the love that was put into making this bear! Oh and Angela also named the bear... Emma... too cute!!

Angela asked if we could go to Libby Luu. Libby Luu is a place for the girliest of all girls and Angela is that girl. You can go and shop, or if you want you can have you girls get a little make-over. I wanted to give Angela a pre-birthday present (she will be 8 on the 11th) from me and also a big sister present for being the best big sister already! So I let her get her makeover. She chose the princess hair do. They really did a great job on her. The package I got for her gave her a sequin shirt... This girl is all about the sequins!! She is the best daughter and it is days like this where I am blessed to have Angela as my daughter!! I truly take being a mom for granted some days!

So today I am 38 weeks pregnant and Emma has received her eviction notice. Regardless if she is head down or breach I am ready for the labor to start!! I hope Emma works her schedule around Angela's birthday! So let the countdown and waiting begin! So if you don't see any posts in a while... or at least more than the average couple days... than I am getting ready to be a mom of 2! I just can't wait to for all my friends and family to meet Emma Constance! This is the longest I have had to wait to open a Christmas present!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

WHAT A DAY!!!

Today has been a day where I wish I could rewind and restart!!! It has been a lot of ups and downs! I will give you the rundown of recent events.

The story starts at about midnight the start of today. At this time I finally fell into a deep sleep which has been a normal bed time this pregnancy. At 1:30 am I woke up to take Angela to the bathroom. Before I could go back to sleep I waited to feel Emma move (one of my many anxieties this pregnancy). Well it took longer than I wanted, but once she started moving I was wide awake! I thought reading my book would make my eyes heavy, but nope and I almost finished the book. I look at the clock and it is 5am and I have to be up at 7:30am for my doctors appt. That is a grand total of about 4 hours of sleep.

So being completely exhausted I went to my appointment. The nurse checks my urine and blood pressure like normal. Well for the first time in my entire life my blood pressure was slightly high. Being sleep deprived and hormonal I start tearing up while waiting for my doctor to come in. He came and in and actually checked my cervix for the first time. I was not dilated but was starting to thin. He checked for her position and guess what this little booger did? She turned to the head up position. Yes that means she is breech. We talked about the options with were if she doesn't move...
1. Wait till I go into labor and hope she has turned
2. Have them flip her manually (already said no to this!)
3. Schedule a c-section for a week prior or 3 days prior to my due date.

Well I am kind of hoping for number 3 because my doc told me today that he will not be here the week of my due date. Well after all that they redo my blood pressure and it is normal once again! I am thinking it is sleep deprivation that caused it to spike a little. They did some more monitoring and checked her heartbeat and fluids. She passed with flying colors! Leaving the doctors office I was finally relieved and SO TIRED and just wanted to go home and sleep.

That of course did not happened. I get home talk to Eric about the events that happened and waited for my sis to call because she was going take Angela for awhile while I slept. Well at 11:42 am the day just got more eventful with a nice, good, old Cali earthquake! Yep... It has been years but today was the day that the earthquake decided to grace us with its presence. I first jolted, which I think scared me the most and these usually don't phase me. Well this was my first being a mom and springing into action, staying calm, all about keeping my baby safe moment. She of course was upstairs. I yelled for her and the poor thing is screaming asking what is happening. Poor Eric was in the shower getting ready for work. Angela got downstairs and we stood in the front door doorway. I gotta say it was the first time I ever watched the outdoors actually shake. My poor baby was shaking so bad that all I could do was calm her down. We went to my moms because with the lines of communication on hiatus I knew she would be worried about us. Plus with the mornings event she was already on edge.

To calm Angela down I told her all about my experiences with earthquakes. She seemed to relax a bit when I told her that I had been through quite a few and some being a lot bigger. Then as I am telling her these stories I came upon some interesting comparisons. We were both 7 when we went through our first earthquake. Our moms took us to our grandparents to hang out so we weren't all alone. Well I am hoping today finally calms down a bit and I am able to relax a little. To find out more about the earthquake head to my friend Tena's page... she has a link posted.

If you live in southern Cali and felt the earthquake... I hope you are all okay physically and mentally. For the rest I hope your day has been a lot less dramatic!!!

It's Monday yet again!

I am still suffering from writers block! My mind is a blank slate and I wish I had something witty to write about. I do have to say that the blogging world amazes me! There is just so much out there! I just can't seem to catch up on the world of blogging and I don't know where to start. Doing this has sparked my interest in other areas. I want to learn photoshop and other types of graphics and I want to learn how HTML and how to make websites. There is so much out there and I feel computer illiterate when I thought I knew a lot about that was out there! I told Eric about this and told him I may take some online classes at the local city college during Spring 2009 semester. Eric also said that if I really end up pursuing this he would get me an imac!!! I have wanted one for so LONG!!! I loved working on them when I was teaching computers last year.

This Friday I am officially 38 weeks pregnant and I am starting to loose the energy that got me through cleaning my WHOLE place. I walk to another room and I am beat! I know the end is near and I will be even more exhausted, but at least I will be able to walk to another room without carrying a 6-7 pound baby in my belly. I have elephant feet that never go away lately as well. I know I am becoming Miss Negativity (and I dislike hearing it myself) but man oh man are my emotions fighting the good battle inside. At least I can control them for the most part, but poor Angela sometimes gets the brunt of them. I have had to go into another room to count to 10 just so I can calm down. When Eric is here the mood swings stay under control. He has that effect on me.

Angela has been really sweet lately! It has been a nice break from that sassy week I had. Today we went to Michaels craft store and she bought the Project Runway paper doll set. She had money left over and was able to buy the kit. This has kept her content for the last 3 HOURS!!! I do find it funny that her outfits she is making all color coordinate. I should add a pic in another blog of her clothing choices. Ever since she started watching Project Runway this season she is fascinated by the whole process! She has sketches in her room from months ago when she was designing clothes for her future rock band. I am thinking of finding classes for her to learn how to make clothing! A daughter who makes clothes? SCORE for this mommy!!! So, I wonder where fashion design will fit into her busy schedule of being rock star/marine biologist/astronaut/teacher? I will have to take pictures of her creations and share them with all of you!

Have a great Monday evening! I am off to make dinner (nothing special). Hoping writers block will end soon!!!

TGIF!

This week has been crazy busy! I didn't even have time to do a Thursday 13. I am so bummed, because I had so much fun doing last weeks! I am also suffering from writers block so enjoy my randomness!

I am one accomplished mommy! I finally cleaned and organized the WHOLE house! This has been a long battle! We have lived here a year now and I am now finally done. In December it was pretty much done, but then I found out I was pregnant and the fight with morning sickness came in. So on that note I could not keep up with the house since I was on my butt sick for the first 5-6 months of this pregnancy. Then entered the aches and pains that limited what I could do. Now that it is done I am one relaxed mommy!

Today I am exactly 37 weeks pregnant WOO HOO! Three weeks till my due date, however I do hope Emma decides to grace us with her presence sometime next week. Not that I can choose since Emma is the one who gets to decide this one! I do have to say that I dread this part of the pregnancy more! I really dislike playing the waiting game. I cannot make definite plans, because I don't know where I will be at that moment. A lot of my fellow August preggo mommies on CafeMom (great website for mommies...kind of like myspace but for women only) have had their babies and I am sitting here anxiously waiting to meet my new princess! I know it will be here before I know it.

Angela has been in rare form this week. I don't know what is in the water in San Fransisco, but Angela came back as sassy as ever! She is all attitude these days and this 9 month preggo mommy is on edge! So, I have had to spend all week reinforcing rules! I hope this passes SOON! There is only so much I can take!

I am off for a much needed nap! My mom had knee surgery today, so after the worrying and making sure she was settled in nicely and comfortably at home I am exhausted! I just hope she recovers fast!

Before I go... I was able to get gas today for $4.05 a gallon with a car wash. So excited! Plus now I am not embarrassed for the state of my car and brushing up against won't leave a mark on my clothes. So I feel accomplished once again! Have a great weekend! Tomorrow I am off to the OC fair with my hubby and Angela! Hope to post again soon!

ANGELA IS HOME!!

I know I just posted but I wanted a separate post about Angela!! She is on solid ground and at the comforts and safety of home! Just kidding! I am so happy that she had the experience to travel to a new and strange city. She experience many new things in San Fransisco like traveling on the BART, which goes under water. She also went to the Exploratorium, aquarium, and she did something I would NEVER do... go over the Golden Gate bridge! This is mommy is scared of heights! She told me that she got to go to a BIG mall. She even went to Bloomingdale's (or Bloomies by the locals). My BIL was buying her clothes for her birthday and even let her look around in Bloomies. My MIL told me that even the clothing 40% off was too expensive. Angela I guess was bummed, because there was a shirt she wanted. I told her that is okay, because there is no way that my daughter would own clothes from Bloomies before me. But you want to know the big thing she had to tell me? This mall had NO toy store! I think I should move there for that reason alone!! A mall with no toy store is my kind of mall!! All in all the trip went very well minus some nightmares and one melt down, but hey she is 7 and this is normal! I am so happy she is home! She was so surprised by our room and how the crib looks, and most of all seeing her room clean and organized. I do ask this... Do any of you go into your children's rooms and look in a cabinet and find dirty clothes and trash stuffed in them? Eric and I are going to have to have a talk with her about what gets cleaned, what gets put into dirty clothes hamper, and what is trash!
The downside of the trip is she came home stuffy, which happens to me when I fly!

My time alone is now done, and I don't know when I will have a home without children. All in all I feel very accomplished with what was done. I got our room reorganized along with Angela's! Now that the upstairs rooms are complete I now tackle downstairs. Last though is the bathrooms... I hate cleaning bathrooms!

I hope you have had a wonderful Monday!

It's 9:35 pm... do you know where your kids are?

Well I know of one for sure! Emma is sitting in my womb cooking away! Please cross everything that it is only for 2 more weeks!

I know Angela is in San Fransisco, and I know who she is with. Do I know for sure where she is? No. I trust my MIL with my precious angel, but the preggo hormones are on edge. I have never been without my little one for this long! Okay I have but Eric was with her. She also went on a plane without one of her parents AHHH! I hate (and I don't use the word ever, but I do with this topic) flying! If we were meant to fly God would give us wings. People were made to be on the ground and not in the air! So, with that being said, knowing my baby was going on a plane without me really put me on edge! As soon as I got the text that stated, "We landed" I was finally able to relax again. I can relax until Monday when they fly home. While there they were going to go on my BIL's fiance's boat, but it is getting repaired. I am actually okay with that. All I could see is my baby going overboard and them not being able to save her. Now don't get me wrong I trust who she is with, but hey I am pregnant and my emotions and mental state get the best of me! UGH I wish I could just listen to Eric and relax and not worry, but isn't that what mommies do... worry? At least this mommy does.

At least I wasn't as lonely as I thought I was going to be. I got to have dinner with my mom. CPK is just the best place... Yum Yum! My aunt, uncle, and cousins came over for birthday pie for my uncles birthday. I always have fun when they are around! I always have so much fun when they are around!

So, I just got off the phone with my baby... you never know how much you love that little ones voice until you actually miss it! In one day she went on a plane, a bus, train aka BART, and a taxi... puts a new spin on planes, trains, and automobiles! I just can't wait till Monday when I get my Angela hug!

Well I am off to try and get some shut eye, because tomorrow I have so much to TRY and do... try being the operative word. One thing that I will be doing is seeing Mama Mia... SO EXCITED! This will be my last time away from children to do something for me, because my life is about to change BIG TIME! I also hope to get some cleaning done after a nap... yes I definitely am including that in my schedule!

I absolutely loved doing a Friends themed Thursday 13! I definitely want to do another. I am now in the process of trying thinking up another topic. There are so many to choose from so I have to narrow it down.

Hope you are enjoying your Friday!!!

OMG only 29 days to go!!

I was looking at my Myspace profile to look at my preggo tracker. Well I look at how many days left and it says 29!!! I am in the 20's now WOO HOO! I cannot believe I finally made it that far! I remember the days when I would look at the tracker and see 140 days left, 120 days left, 80 days left etc. I thought the end was never coming!

Really I did know the end was coming, but I actually sat down this morning and really thought about it. I am so anxious to have her in my arms today (more so than usual)! I had a dream last night that I had given birth to her and wouldn't let anyone hold her. I haven't had a dream like that in awhile, so I woke up to her moving around in the belly wanting so bad for the dream to be a reality. At least today will keep me busy, because Eric is off today and we are finally going to organize our room to make room for the crib. Now all we need is a matress and we are ready for real!

I can't wait to have her nursery nook ready so I can take pictures and post them! My preggo mood is that much better than yesterday. I thought Emma was going to try and actually make an appearance soon with all the braxton hicks she lovingly gave me last night. So far none this morning. She just needs to cook a couple more weeks before I know she is a healthy string bean. Did I mention that I think I am giving birth to a 6 foot tall child? She is head down low and I still feel jabs near my ribs. This girl will probably have the longest legs and big feet! Oh I just can't wait to have her here!!!

I feel I have been talking about Emma non stop, and not much about Angela!

Angela was being so funny the other day and have to share this story. I had my feet up on the coffee table because lets face it pregnancy= elephant feet. She asks me if I want a foot massage. Idon't care who is offering a massage is a massage in my eyes, so of course I accept the offer. As she is massaging she keeps asking me if I am feeling contractions and I tell her no. I finally ask why she is asking me this and she says... "Is there somewhere on your feet that when massaged can make you go into labor?" Man what a character! I swear she is the human sponge of whatever is said around here!

Hope you have a happy Wednesday! I am off to get things going! Stay Tuned for tomorrows Thursday 13!

Baby Shower and more!

*** I hope to post some pics of the baby shower later... I am upstairs with my lap top and the camera is downstairs... Stairs are my enemy right now!***

Yesterday was my baby shower! My aunt, mom, and mother in law did a fabulous job putting it all together! They are truly the best! I had so much fun being with my family and friends, some I haven't seen in a while! It was a lot smaller than than Angela's and only females were invited, which I wanted this time around. I am obsessed with pink this time around. Angela's theme was more neutral and she loves the color pink. I am the opposite this time around, so I am wondering if Emma will be repulsed by the color when she is older. We did a brunch theme and all the food was yummy. The cake turned out so beautiful! (will have pics posted soon)! I loved all my gifts. Emma will be styling in all her clothes. All the gifts will be used! I love getting shampoos and such because the bottles are so big that I know that I will never have to buy them. It was the best day ever and I appreciate all that was done to make the day that special! A special thanks to my photographer Brenna!

This week I enter my 9th month. The end is really near! With the baby shower having come and gone I now feel ready for her to be here! I have everything I need and now I just need the baby to for it all to be used! I think Emma has sensed my calmness, because I had more braxton hicks than usual today. Today I go to the doctor for my strep B test. He is also going to check for dialation while at it. I am hoping for some small progress. I doubt it, but still keeping my fingers crossed.

This Friday Angela is going to San Fransisco with my mother in law to visit my brother in law and his fiance. I am so excited for her to go, but also anxious because my baby has never been that far away without me. I know I will cry when she leaves. I just pray Emma doesn't decide to come while they are gone! I hope Emma loves her sister enough to stay put!

I wanted to include more, but for once I am actually tired early and I have to get up early for my appointment. So I will leave off with a to be continued...

A Dilemna!

So I did not get my new phone today ;0(. With the new iphone out today the At&t computer system was slow. Eric paid our cell bill, but with all the hubabaloo with the iphone our payment didn't go through! UGH! So, I still have my phone that is still on the fritz. I do have the original iphone and LOVE it. However, I think I got water or something in the ear speaker, because when I get calls I have to put everyone on speaker phone (that speaker is on the bottom of the phone).

Well today I went in wanting the new iphone 3g... Like I said in my earlier blog I am a sucker for all things cell phones. As I was thinking about all the things an iphone can do I remembered the commercial with Lauren Conrad promoting the new LG shine. Both phones look so cool, but each one has an equal amount of pros and cons.

With the LG shine I can once again get multimedia messaging which I do miss from Motorola Razor. However I would have to go back to the T9 way of texting. It also has video, but no google maps. The iphone now has gps, which is I love because I hate getting lost (yes I do once in a great while). It has the internet and now Apple has come out with applications that do not need the internet to access (like downloading a game for a cell phone and just playing it). Also with the LG shine the camera has a flash! I cannot make up my mind at all! I know not an important dilemna, but hey this is the most excitment I have had in a while!!

So, I have finally realized that nothing is safe when a 7 year old sponge is near you! Eric and I talk a lot about random stuff when we are in the car. We put Angela's music on in the car and hold conversations. I always hope the conversations are muffled by Angela's obsession of the moment... The Jonas Brothers. I have learned that I better be careful about what I say, because miss Angela is one who rats people out. If you have a secret that you want the world to know then please tell her, because the mission will be completed in seconds! Man you gotta love her! So now I cannot spell things out, because of course she is good at decoding them, and 2 trying to tune us out with music. What is a mom to do now? At least I get a do over with Emma... 7 more years till these don't work on her!

I will let y'all know what decision I make tomorrow. I either go to the At&t store to get the LG shine or the Apple store to get the iphone 3G. I am so torn... ha ha!

Can't Sleep anymore... so I blog!

I fell asleep at an okay hour last night or first thing today (was around midnight) and found myself wide awake at 5am. It is now 5:52 am and I am still not asleep. So, that being said I thought I would blog some randomness!

First off... my friend Tena tagged me for a MEME (don't know what a MEME stands for... dense I know). Secondly I do not know 5 people on here, so I will be unable to tag a single soul (sorry for being a dead end).

This MEME says to write a 6 worded memoir. I have been thinking about this for a couple days and think I have something worth writing:

Children are a gift from God!

Now onto some randomness for the preggo:

I am 35 weeks pregnant today, so that means 5 weeks till my due date! So happy it is getting closer, and I will be able to hold my baby in my arms, but nervous about the impending labor. I now see why the human brain forgets pain after some time. If we remembered pain I bet we would have a lot of one child families! Usually I am pretty strong, but lately I have been have anxiety ridden moments... mainly at night when I cannot sleep.

Today I get my new cell phone. I am a true cell phone junky! I love all the fun things cell phones can do. My other one is on the fritz (my fault) and my husband has kindly agreed that I need to get a new one. With the end of the pregnancy coming to a close I need to be able to reach the outside world without waiting for my now cell to be nice to me and actually work for once. So, if I have ignored calls or texts it is because my phone battery drains like my energy these days.

So, last night was our weekly concert in the park night. It is a time of picnic while listening to great music. Kids run around and play and dance to the music. This is a summer tradition we have had now for about 4-5 years. Unfortunately last nights good music was tainted by drama that got the park patrons all excited (not happy excited, but oh what's going on excited). Of course where we sit was a front row seating of the spectacles. First, this poor teenager was brought limping over to the Sheriffs that always come to this every week. I look down and lo and behold I see his leg covered in blood. I shriek and turn away cause I hate the sight of nasty cuts and a lot of blood. Well the paramedics and ambulance came to take the boy to the hospital... I definitely saw stitches in his future. Now what gets me is the fact that people actually crowded around the boy just to see what was going on. They didn't care about his well-being but just had to know what was going on. Get a life people! I swear all I saw was the image of Brittany Spears being crowded by the paparazzi while being taken to the hospital by ambulance.

After that excitement died down a couple of officers come walking back to their squad cars with a man who looked to be drunk as a skunk. They take him to a car and start patting him down. Well this man did not like being violated, because he started resisting them. A couple more officers come including a park patron (don't know what he was thinking) get him cuffed and in the back of the car. All of a sudden I hear pounding, look over and the man has kicked out the window of the squad car. Sheriff pepper sprays the man, which in turn aggravates him more and he turns to do the same to the other window. What he was accomplishing I have no idea. I would have loved to see him try and actually climb out of the car from the window while handcuffed. About 5 minutes later 5 more cars bolt to the scene. In my head I am thinking "How many officers does it take to get a drunken man to the station?". After all this is Lakewood and what else do the officers have to do? So, this was a nice change for them... they actually got to get in on some action.

Poor Angela freaked out over it, even though we were laughing at the situation. If you there you would have found it comical as well. Eric and I made sure to tell Angela.. "This is what happens when you drink and use drugs (they pulled something out of his pocket not sure if it was drug paraphernalia)." I hope she remembers this every time she is tempted to follow any any of those acts! What she doesn't know are my teen stories and she NEVER WILL!!! What she doesn't know won't hurt her. Let's hope this tactic works!

So I have been wanting to do a Thursday 13 related to the one thing that can free my thoughts and calm me down after a long day. This would be the show Friends. Next week stay tuned for my 13 favorite quotes from when Rachel was pregnant with Emma (like the name... coincidence I think not).

I am now going to try and get a couple more hours of sleep. HAHA not likely. I will probably end up reading my book, "Something Borrowed" by Emily Giffin. This is a great read and highly recommended!

Good Morning to all of you early risers!

Not so manic Monday!

Eric is officially on vacation!!! WOO HOO!!! Today we kicked it off with a trip to Sea World! Of course in the back of my mind I was worried about being that far from home. Well the night before I did not sleep well and the morning sickness came that morning, actually it could have been car sickness. I have NEVER gotten car sick so I had a hard time believing it. The drive went fairly quickly, except the last 10 minutes in which we sat in traffic. Once we parked I couldn't get out of the car fast enough. Fresh air is truly a blessing!!! I told Eric to pick the first place to go and I was going to sit near a bathroom (luckily I remembered my book... they go everywhere I go). For an hour I sat there willing myself to not vomit! I won in the end SCORE!!! Once Eric, Angela, and Terri came from the Arctic area my color returned and I was back to my normal self YEA!!! We had a blast! My two faves of the day was feeding the dolphins. If you ever go to Sea World this is a must! It is the best experience for the whole family. The first trip to Seap World was when Angela was about 4. This time she seemed to take the experience in that much more! My second fave was the Shamu show. I waited in line with my MIL while Eric and Angela went on a ride. We were able to sit 6 rows from the front. Perfect eye level for the show. I just loved watching Angela's expressions when the Killer Whales were doing tricks right in front of us. My preggo emotional self almost started crying because of it! We were all pleasantly surprised by cousin Christopher showing up. He lives about 2 miles from Sea World. I swear everytime I am in San Diego I cannot get over how beautiful that area is! All in all it was a great day had by all! This is the way all Mondays should be spent! So promise me that whenever you stop by Sea World please feed the dolphins. The fish may cost 5 dollars, but the experience is well worth the price!!

Oh and just to inform y'all 6 WEEKS LEFT!!! The countdown is seriously beginning!!!!!!!! I can't believe I have been pregnant 8 and a half months! Please pray for a quick and easy delivery. I am also hoping for her to enter the world a little before her due date! Emma will score major points if she decides to come 2 weeks early!!

The Life of an Insomnia Ridden Prego

It is now 1 am and I am still not able to sleep. I never thought I would get to this point because I never have a problem sleeping. Plus I am one heavy sleeper at that! Angela has to poke me over and over again just to wake me up. I am hoping that blogging will finally get me to sleep!

Well I go for my 33 week doctor appointment tomorrow. I will wait 2 weeks and have another appt. and after that I go weekly... WEEKLY!!! The end is near WOO HOO!!! I am so ready to have this baby. I want her born when she is ready and healthy, but I have never been in so much pain. Everyone tells me that I look great this pregnancy, but I have had few days where I felt it! With Angela I grew to be as big as a whale all over and felt GREAT the whole way through! Emma is so low that I feel I have to put my hands under my nether regions because she is going to fall out. I have had a few tell me to make sure I get to the hospital quick when I go into labor, because she could come really quick. Cross your fingers, eyes, legs, toes, arms, etc. for me okay!! Don't get me wrong I am so thankful that God decided to bless me with another little girl. I enjoy feeling her move and get a kick out of the fact that whenever anyone tries she stops. Maybe she will be a mommies girl, because Angela is more of a daddy's/grandma's girl. I am mommy's girl when she is 1 in trouble from her father, or 2 when we are alone.

Eric is off on vacation once 4th of July hits! I am so happy because we are finally going to get our room/nursery ready for business. I really want it all done before the baby shower! I have long given up hope for the cleaning fairy to come my way, so I am coming to grips with me having to do it all myself! I also have more baby clothes for the first 3 months than I know what to do with. A friend of my aunts gave me 4 trash bags full of NB and 0-3 months outfits. I am going to have to change this kid 5 times a day just to have her wear each item once. The clothes are so darling and I just want her here so I can dress her in all of them!

Okay I end still grasping that in about 61/2 weeks I will have a new addition to this family! I just cannot wait to share the story with you all and compare the experience I had with this one with the experience I had with Angela! I cannot wait to see Angela be the best big sister ever! I have butterflies in my stomach when I think about the whole thing, but yet still cannot wait at all! Hope you all have had a good nights sleep! I envy you all who can fall asleep and lay on your stomachs. I dislike you all at the moment! I see a nap in my future tomorrow!

Angela's Nemisis!

After swimming for 6 days straight... 2 of which was nonstop swimming... has developed swimmers ear in her right ear. On top of that she fell and scraped her shoulder which has been the slowest healing scrape of all time! When medicine is involved in any ailment think of the Friends episode where Rachel has to be held down just to get eye drops in her eyes. That is Angela to a "T'.

So last night when I put her first set of ear drops I have to hold her down... put the drops in her ear while she screams bloody murder. I was surprised CPS wasn't called on me. Well this morning I got crying and no screaming ... a plus. Tonight she was calm... SCORE!!

Tomorrow kicks off the first event of the 4th of July. The Lakewood Block Party! The family comes and we have a great night! The best part FIREWORKS. There is one downside to tomorrow though... Eric has to work ;0(! Ugh such a bummer! At least he does have 10 consequetive days off coming starting the 4th. Can't wait! So many fun things planned for our last summer as a family of 3.

Before I end this post I would like to say... I MISS YOU BRENNA!!! This pregnancy has turned me into a hermit when I am not keeping Angela busy with summer activities. Want to know what is even more pathetic. She lives one street over. Man I must be the laziest of all preggo women! Well I hope you are have a great Friday and weekend!