Saturday, February 27, 2010

Happy Birthday Emma!!!

Thursday was Emma's third birthday. You heard me, Emma is now three flipping years old! I can't believe how big she's getting. She is so smart and says the funniest things. When I woke her up on Thursday she informed me that she was two for a couple of hours, but now she's three. I couldn't stop laughing. We didn't have much planned for her birthday on Thursday because we had a princess party for her today and tomorrow we are having family over for cake and ice cream.

Thursday I woke Emma up nice and early so we could open up presents with Neil and then Emma and I got to run up to Heber for a doctor appointment. She loved all her presents, but the only thing she was really enthralled with was her princess umbrella. The rest of her birthday was spent in the hospital as the baby was being monitored, it wasn't fun and I felt bad for Emma. She did, however, get to open her presents fro Grandma Sue and Bomps, and she loved everything they got her, but who wouldn't love princess books and princess jewelry. After everything came back fine Emma and I left and headed down to Provo to meet up with Neil and eat and California Pizza Kitchen, because out of all the places Emma could have chosen, she wanted to eat there for her birthday, Neil was excited, I was less than excited. But she loved it and even got an ice cream sundae after she ate her food.

Today was her princess party with all her friends and she LOVED it. She got more princess stuff, and she loved running around playing with everyone. All in all, Emma has had a great third birthday so far, and she has gotten a lot of presents. Here are a few pictures to entertain the masses:




Emma and all of her friends.

They LOVED running around with their balloons. It was cute to hear them yelling and screaming.


Emma's Princess cake. Neil is making one for her for tomorrow.

She was so ready for her party to start. She would sit at the table asking when her Princess party was going to start.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

My Ode to Pregnancy....

Oh pregnancy, why do I continue to do this to myself over and over? You're not a nice person and you stay for nine excruciating months. But yet every time I welcome you with open arms and a wide smile. I cry for joy when you arrive, but the cry for joy when you leave is ten times more, not just because I'm glad to see you go, but because you may not have be nice to me, but you give me the most wonderful gift of all, maybe that's why I do this again and again....the world may never know.

The Little Secrets About Pregnancy:

• They say morning sickness is only in the morning…HA! I still believe a man came up with that name, I’d love to meet a pregnant woman who only had morning sickness in the morning.
• Morning sickness only lasts for 12 weeks, yet again….HA! Try 20 plus weeks, yes that’s half the pregnancy, and yes it’s miserable, and no nothing you do seems to help.
• Every pregnant woman gets a wonderful glow. Maybe if the people who said this looked a little closer they would be able to see it’s not just a glow, it’s sweat!
• A pregnant woman is beautiful, I mean she’s carrying a baby. Yeah whatever, just because you don’t have to dawn the newly ordained stretch marks for the rest or you life, or the newly widened hips, or the varicose veins, oh and let’s not forget about the new pouch of fat on your abdomen that will never go away…real beautiful.
• Nesting, every pregnant woman gets a burst of energy and cleans the house top to bottom to prepare for the baby. You seriously think it’s a burst of energy, when said pregnant woman is carrying 20 plus pounds of extra weight around all day long….WRONG! It’s the feeling of “Oh shit, the baby’s coming and the house is a disaster. If I don’t clean it now I’ll never have time when the baby comes…” Trust me, it’s not a burst of energy, you will never have energy again until the baby’s at least one, but you do things because you have to.
• After the whole miserable morning sickness debacle you’ll feel wonderful for the rest of your pregnancy. BWAHAHA! Until morning sickness decides to rear its ugly head again the last 6-8 weeks of pregnancy. So now are you not only huge and tired 24/7, but now you’ve got the lovely bathroom as a daily guest again. Yes, only two to three months of the pregnancy will be bearable. I’ve heard of some women who seem to escape this last bout of morning sickness, and to you I said job well done, now leave.
• Some women tend to have a bit of swelling towards the end of pregnancy. Yep, we sure do and it sure sucks. Especially when your wedding ring no longer fits your finger and it takes you a good 10 minutes to get it off your finger because it’s cutting off the circulation. Oh and shoes feel like they’re squeezing the life out of your feet. Your duck feet to be exact, it goes perfectly with the waddling you will now start to do constantly because it feels like there is a watermelon between your legs.


Now, in all seriousness there are women who actually have it worse than this. At least I haven't had to go through bedrest, diabetes, or any other of the more fun things that can go along with pregnancy. I laugh because I paid quite a bit of money to go through this a second time. And the second Claire is born I'm sure I'll forget all about how miserable I am and pay to have it done yet again...and then I will ask myself why...why oh why? But it truly is worth it. To hold that precious baby you just endured nine months of hell for, it all melts away. Four weeks and six days left of this for me...then a whole new chapter begins.