Visiting with Grama

Grama with her boys...Wyatt and his 2 cousins Michael and Bradley


Grama's kiddos....minus baby Kylie

My little Man

We had a great time hanging out with Grama and enjoyed the much cooler weather in the OC! Grama was house and pet sitting for some family friends.

Planting seeds....

Yesterday Emma spent some time with Daddy planting some flower seeds. We shall see what grows.

This blog is dedicated to today and 3 year olds. After a day like today, I must blog. All I can say is that I'm so glad the day is over. I can tell that Emma is definitely beginning to notice that her baby brother is coming and coming soon. Today was completely exhausting, tantrum after tantrum. At one point she threw up foam.....is this normal? Don't think so. We started the day with a walk to the park with Tracy, Mandalay and Tre. At the park she saw baby rabbits.....eyes still closed and all! We came home.....tantrum.....ate lunch, watered her seeds.....tantrum. Tantrum (screaming so hard she threw up foam), rested for awhile with mommy, tantrum. Finally got out of the house to run an errand, tantrum. Fell asleep in car on way home, tantrum (while I made her and myself dinner and I ate my dinner). Then she finally calmed down and ate her dinner. Daddy came home. Mild tantrum. Daddy did bath time and bedtime.


Way too many tantrums. Trying to reflect on the day, of course there were moments that I wouldn't want to erase from my memory BUT it would have been sooo extremely nice to not have had SO many excruciating tantrums today.

Praying for a happier and more peaceful day tomorrow. If not for Emma and I....definitely for Wyatt. I'm sure he wants to stay in the womb at this point!

SOME things that 3 has brought.....

potty trained
amazing memory
slight manipulation
wanting to change outfits throughout the day
Independence
wanting to do EVERYTHING on her own

Easter 2009

Here is a glimpse of our Easter! We First went to church. Came home quickly to discover that the Easter Bunny had stopped by. We then changed and hit the road to Huntington Beach. We had fun in Huntington Beach at Kev's Aunt and Uncle's swimming and eating Easter Dinner. Emma enjoyed Kev's cousin Madison who is 10. Emma was her little shadow the entire time!! Gave me a break!

Disneyland Trip

So I'm really enjoying photography these days. I'm in the process of saving and researching different SLRs. I was told by a friend about editing photos with Picasa and I am having SO much fun with it! This photo was taken last week at Disneyland with my Point and Shoot and I just edited with Picasa! LOVE it!!!

Easter is here....

Emma had so much fun dying Easter eggs today! Here she is checking out her creations. She is also on her 3rd day of wearing panties in a row!! We drove to San Diego today to visit some friends and then a Walmart run on the way home......NO accidents ALL day long!

29 weeks....almost out of my 20s!

29 weeks.....the stats

achy lower back

swollen feet and legs.....watching for preclampsia

pee way too many times during the nite

can't sleep at nite

room painted and molding up

furniture in the process of painting

wedding rings don't fit

exhausted

feeling movement ALL the time....especially when my head hits the pillow :)

in love...didn't think it was possible to happen again

ready to be DONE

My 3 Year Old....

Well she is officially 3 and some cute little conversations she's been having with me include.....

We are doing the whole potty training thing...gotta get my BUTT in gear now that she is officially 3!!!! This is the 2nd time around. Tried when she was 2...didn't work out so well.

.....ME - Emma listen to your body, your body will tell you when you have to go peepee or poopoo on the potty.

Later in day...

Emma- My body tell me I go potty Mommy.
Me- Ok hurry get on the potty.
She gets on the potty and goes peeeee!!! Then she says, " Thank you body!!!"

When daddy got home later that day she was soooo excited to tell him that her body told her she had to go potty on the toilet!

So today.......
I had the wonderful Orange soda 1hr prego blood test. I take Emma with me and inform her that Mommy has to give blood. She totally knows what that means cause she has had to have her blood drawn 2 times in the past!

She asks me if she gets a sucker.....I say of course but what about Mommy I'm giving blood.

Sooooo. She sits on my lap while I give blood, WATCHES the whole thing (not me!) She informs me that it's ok. Then when I'm all done, she has her sucker and a Tinker Bell sticker.....she tells me I'm tough!! LOL. Good thing Mommy is tough! But I was SO very proud of her. We have been dealing with major tantrums and just complete disobeying. Today she made me SO proud!!

This evening we went to the mall to check out Old Navy and Children's Place to find some CHEAP flip flops for Emma. She has 1 pair that are wayyyyy too small and she insists on wearing them everyday! We got very Lucky and she got 3 pairs of new flip flops for 1o bucks!!! They will last her the whole summer....YEA!!! So anyways for the funny convo we had....I take her to the bathroom which has a children's potty....sooooo nice!!! She goes POOP. Yea! But while she is sitting there pooping she goes on to tell me.....

Emma- mommy if you have to go poopoo you can run and hurry really fast to the toilet so you don't go in your panties.

Me- trying not to laugh ....I tell her, Mommy NEVER goes in her panties I always go in the toilet.

So if you see me RUNNING to the bathroom, now you know why!!! Great tips from a 3 year old!

You just gotta LOVE the things they come up with! She is absolutely adorable and although MANY days are very trying with her, I am so very blessed!