A Wave Goodbye to Miss Christy

 

Yesterday was our last storytime with our favorite teacher, Miss Christy.  She has been our favorite since beginning going to the library about a year ago.  Lexington is opening a new branch and she's been selected to help get it started.  I totally understand, since she's the best, but we will miss her all the same.  Yes, those are tears in Miss Christy's eyes you see in the photo.... I think it's safe to say we're all sad that she's leaving.

 

Today Emma and I went to a new playgroup meeting.  We went with another friend and met some new people as well.  Emma has such fun playing with other kids.  It's a blessing to have the opportunity to get her out and about so much!

Pity Party

Streeeeeeetch...

Got it!

 

How is it that nearly every smiling photo I take manages to be blurry?!

When we picked Papa up from the airport we went inside to surprise him and Emma didn't know who he was for a while... it was sad.  But then she warmed up to him again! She was fascinated with his glasses.

Blurry, of course, but you can see her smiling so big!

 

We have had a tremendously busy five days.  Last night we picked Zack up from the airport.  He was in Houston for another conference and I am so incredibly thankful that this is the last of his conferences for the foreseeable future.  The first conference was a few days- not awful.  This second one was just too much with a brand new puppy.  He's sweet, he's cute, he wants to please.  But he's also a puppy and a PITA.  I basically take care of everything on my own anyways, but getting no relief or emotional support for five days was a little more than my hormonal pregnant self can take. 

 

Saturday Emma and I went garage saleing and made a haul!  For $21 we bought three HALO sleep sacks for new baby, two toys for new baby, 4 little golden books, 3 dishes for Martha's baby shower, a seashell for Emma's birthday next year, a basketball hoop and a toy car.  Jackpot!  One garage sale had both the basketball hoop and toy car (which is a glittery pink- ADORABLE!) and they were marked $20 for the car and $7 for the hoop.  I figured, "Meh- let's give it a shot!" and asked the lady if I bought both of them if she could make me a deal.  She walks over, looks at the prices and says, "$15 for both?"  Ummmm... yes.  Yes, please!  What a bargain! It pays to ask.   

 

Emma LOVES her car.  She likes to crawl in and out, push it around, and open and close the door.  Best of all, there is a horn that makes some pretty funny sounds on the inside that she likes to honk.  She even dug a cup out of the Tupperware drawer so that she could take a roadie with her in the car (Yes- there's a cupholder... my goodness...).  It's pretty cute. 

 

Saturday we also had a playdate at our house.  We invited friends with kids over and let them have fun for a while together.  It was fantastic and will definitely have to happen again!

 

I couldn't stand my impatience any longer for my OB appointments either so I did a little rescheduling today, keeping in mind my sweet sister-in-law's advice that three weeks DOES matter, even three DAYS matters! They had my anatomy scan scheduled for when I'm 21 weeks along.  Whaaaaaaat?  I was trying to be patient, and well... can't.  So I rescheduled it to a modest 19 weeks.  I was proud of myself.  They wanted 21, I wanted 18, so I called and asked for 19 and got it.  We'll find out that little baby is hopefully very healthy and strong and find out if he is indeed a he or a she (I'm still thinking a she!) on Monday October 20th.  I can't wait!

 

Chronicles of Idiocy (Funny to you maybe, not funny to me, alone without help):

• Angus hasn't peed on the floor in over 2 weeks.  I let him out to potty and then back in again for Emma's bathtime (figuring he could be in there for 20 minutes just fine).  We leave the bathroom and I find a pee spot and... wait for it... a pee dribble line a good three+ feet long.  The little nasty peed and then walked to finish peeing after being let out 20 minutes earlier.  Not. Happy.
• There are now three holes in my flowerbed and no flowers.  I had a fern, three hostas, a rose bush, lilies, irises, and some sort of funny plant.  All that remains is the rosebush (which I also caught him plucking the pink roses off of the other day).  He'll dig a hole to lay in.  "_________!!" (Insert raging expletive here)
• We've been wanting to have a campfire to get rid of some dried brush on our burn pile.  Angus took care of it.  I had to pick up loads of sticks in the yard because he'll pluck them out one by one to scatter them all over.  The good news?  There's always a stick handy for me to give him a swat for misbehaving when outside.  Sweet justice.
• The first night I'm home alone without Zack I roll over, Angus starts barking, I get him hushed outside to potty but find when we return that his barking woke Emma.  At 4:45am.  My day begins early...
• I have a playdate scheduled for Saturday and see on Friday that the lawn is looking rather like a meadow.  I mow.  (Please note- I HATE mowing and have done it twice now PREGNANT!) I read online how ladies in my birth month (from a forum I follow) are getting pampered and don't clean/cook/lift a freaking finger, etc.  What do I get? A new puppy.  A child to raise on my own.  A yard to mow... pregnant.  Yes- I know.  I hear many of the world's smallest violins playing for me right now.  However, have a dip of feeling- I'm hormonal, remember?
• I borrow a movie to watch from the library while Zack is gone (YAY!!! No gore or sports!!) and come to find the lady has 4 miscarriages, a stillbirth, and then another lady in the movie lets her child drown in the tub because she's a horrible person.  I. Am. Sobbing.  Sobbing...  and alone.  And can't go snuggle Emma because she's sleeping.  This was supposed to be a GOOD movie! Bah... This wasn't an Angus post so much as a poor me post... I'm digressing.

Have I mentioned lately that I truly do feel so blessed, so lucky, and so happy to live my life?  No sarcasm... I really am blessed.  I will admit that I'd be MORE blessed without a blockhead dog to add to my busy schedule.  Sigh... pity party over and out.

Miss Independent

"Wrowlllllllll!"

Emma was so cute- she rested her hands on the teacher's lap during the story.

 

Tuesday was a wonderful day!  Pop stopped by on his way through with work and brought us lunch and a fabulous visit.  It has been a while since we've seen him so it was a real treat to get a visit in.  Emma forgot who he was and got a little frightened but warmed up to him really fast. 

 

Today we went to storytime at the library.  Emma was Miss Independent today.  She's always had strong bouts of independence (I consider it healthy, especially since she could easily get attached with being with me all day).  She went through a good long stage of stranger anxiety (everyone remembers that, I'm sure!), but this is almost the opposite.  We're walking into the library today and while trying to play Emma would hustle off to everywhere but where I was sitting (again, no problem- good girl for exploring on your own!).  Then when we went to go pick out books to borrow I tried to hold her hand and she'd just yank her hand out of mine (as in tugging, pulling, bottom to the ground yanking out).  Sigh... I love the independence.  It shows she's strong.  But I do miss the little girl who would let me hold her hand to walk places.

Wonderful Weekend

Emma LOVES reading! (Even upside down)

Big doe eyed look?  Got it!

Big cheesy grin?  Got that too!

 

We had a wonderful weekend.  The weather was cool (for Kentucky) and gorgeous!  We tried going to a new park on Sunday and it was nice, but not quite our style.  Emma will like it more when she is bigger.  Zack was on call this weekend, but never had to go in (other than his morning rounds) which made it nice.  With the cooler weather Emma has been able to bust out her new long sleeved/pant outfits.  Today was a baby pink sweatsuit and Sunday was a blue track suit.  Toooooo cute. 

 

Only a small nudge here or there from little baby since his/her big show the other day.  I miss it... but I know more little thumps will come eventually.  We're 14 weeks today- the size of a lemon!

Thump Thump Thump

 

 

Today was another fun day at the library for story time.  Emma had a ball during playtime (no pun intended) and was big smiles.  She's down for a nap at the moment and we can hopefully go for a nice walk this afternoon since it was too rainy to go this morning.  A little rain doesn't keep me away from a walk, but thunder and lightning with a metal stroller sure do!

 

Another cool part of today was that I felt our little baby move for the first time.  I felt a little thump thump when eating lunch with Emma and then after getting chores done I sat down and felt them like crazy.  What a sweet and awesome (in every sense of the word) feeling.  I treasure those little thumps.

I'm A Little Teapot Short and... Well... Just Short

Blurry Zack- In focus Emma... It takes a huge level of talent to take those kinds of crappy photos

Today Emma had her 15 month checkup and was a rockstar.  Three shots today and she did really well.  She sucked on a bubblegum flavored dumdum and the nurse did two in her sweet little thigh and one in her arm.  She cried a little and then was fine after a big hug and a chance for her to turn around and glare at the nurse.  It was pretty cute.  She was a sticky mess from the sucker and I was an empathetic bubble of gush from her shots.  We were a sight.  She really did a great job.  Dr. Boarman was very happy with her and she's a healthy baby girl... just a tiny one.  Her head is in the 50th percentile, her weight at 21 lbs 11oz is in the 25th and shortstack is only in the 10th percentile with her length at 29".  She's been pretty tuckered out tonight even after a long nap, but I would be too if I was cutting new teeth and had Brumhilda give me three shots (not really, she's nice, her name is Mary- but all the same, anyone who gives shots is a meanie in Emma's eyes!).  Boy am I glad I'm not a pediatric nurse.  I couldn't do it. 

Absolute Bliss

Oh. My. Goodness!  Don't they look the same?!

 

 

Today started off so well with a nice breakfast with Papa home and then a nice walk all together to the park.  It's always fun when Papa comes along, since having the whole family together for a walk is a rare and treasured event.  Today was gooooooooooorgeous!  We only got into the mid 70s today, and having hovered in the 90s for weeks now this 70 degree weather felt like bliss.  Having Zack home, enjoying a beautiful baby girl, and having a gorgeous day is just about as good as it gets.  (That, and, no potty accidents in the house in 4 days!) Absolute bliss...

Emma Got Inked

We have had a VERY busy week!  Doing what?  Well... living.  Angus fills up every spare second of my day.  He's a good little boy and learns fast.  It's a wonderful thing that he is sweet and eager to please, though, or else his little behind would be outside all day.  He hasn't had any accidents in the house in over 3 days now, so maybe MAYBE he's already housetrained?  We'll see about that. 

Emma and I have been busy running errands, going to storytime, going for walks with the dogs, and then we had a birthday party to go to today.  It was a mermaid themed birthday party so I had Emma wear a little outfit with bubbles, shells, and sea theme on it.  There were tubs with sand and buried treasure which Emma liked sticking her hands into.  Her favorite booty was finding a strip of beaded necklace.  There was a face painter there for part of the party and Emma got a "tattoo" on her arm.  She liked looking at it.  When we got home it washed away with her wipedown, though... bummer!

Emma's other thrill the past few days has been playing in her carseat.  She got her new one in and so I brought in the infant seat to wash it all down.  She loves crawling inside!

Wednesday we had an appointment with the OB to check on little baby.  We're 12 weeks 5 days along today.  When we went in on Wednesday I told the doctor that I wanted to hear the heartbeat because I was just worried with having to wait so long in between appointments and with having a nasty cold I was just wanting to make sure everything was ok.  He tried to find the heartbeat with the Doppler and couldn't, which freaked me out a little.  He then told me not to worry, that you usually can't hear the heartbeat until 14 weeks but since I am thinner he thought he'd try.  No luck.  He brought in the portable ultrasound and we were able to see the little baby moving away!  There was a nice strong flickering where the heart is and you could see baby's arms moving up and down around his/her head.  The baby's legs were still pretty crunched up, but those should be nice to look at during our anatomy US.  It was a real treat to see little baby healthy and moving around.  Whew... now only 4 more weeks to try for that heartbeat again!