Oh Emma....

Can anyone tell me why I have the most feisty little one on earth? I've been told that God knew I could handle a baby with a temper like this, so he gave her to me! In that sense, I am thankful my ill-tempered child is not with another family who could otherwise not handle her, but I sometimes dream about what it would be like to have an easy baby. I guess if she wasn't difficult, she wouldn't be our Emma. :)

We had her 6 month check up last week, and as many of you know, we have been begging for an off base referral for the longest time and finally got one! Well, I LOVED the doctor!! He was incredibly awesome and didn't tell me I was doing everything wrong. He respected the things that I wanted to do with Emma that he did not do with his own children. Oh, and he complemented my sewing skills since she was wearing a diaper made by me. :) Anyway, Emma is weighing in at 18lbs, which is the 90th percentile, and she is 26.5 inches long, which is the 70th percentile. She finally hit a growth spurt and grew in length! Thank goodness! She was stuck at 25.5 for like 2 months. Poor girl. Doctor says she may be taller than we originally thought.

Right now, she's got something wrong with her eye? It's not pink eye because her eyeball isn't pink. I'm thinking maybe it's a sty, but she won't let me look close enough! Ughhhhh.

Anyway, she loves the outdoors, so we are enjoying these cooler temperatures we've been having these last two weeks in Northern California! Here she is enjoying herself under the tree in our front yard today.

P.S. Her new favorite thing to do is gnaw on celery. :)

Serious about blogging

Okay, so I want to get serious about blogging! I know. I've said I'm going to do better about blogging several times, and here it is two months since my last post! I mean it this time!

So, in 5 days, we are saying happy four months to Emma! Yahoo! A lot has changed since I last posted. We are going to Mississippi for a last minute trip next week to visit Aaron's family, and mine will be coming down for the weekend to stay and visit with us. Then we will hopefully still be going back in September to visit one week with my family and one week with his! Even if he can't go because you know issues arise with the military (last minute deployments, etc.), then I will probably go alone. Emma was not as hard to deal with as I had imagined she will be when I traveled home in March. It was my first time on a plane, and I will admit, I was TERRIFIED! It was easy peasy really, besides the fact that my plane from Jackson to Houston was delayed, and I almost missed my connection back to Sacramento! If you've never been to the Houston Airport, it's huge! And it wasn't easy lugging myself, a 2.5 month old, and two diaper bags across the airport in less than 15 minutes! I loved being home and definitely wish we lived closer, so I could go more like once a month!

Anyway, Emma is doing lots of new things since I last posted (DUH! It's been two months). She started to roll over from her tummy to her back at about 2.5 months ish. She recently, like a week starting rolling from back to tummy, and it makes her so proud! She does it every time I put her down now, so she's actually spending a good bit of time on her tummy without getting mad! She also started eating solids about 2.5 weeks ago, and she LOVES them! She's eaten carrots, bananas, apples, and green beans so far. So far, she love the apples the best, and surprisingly really doesn't like bananas. Oh well! Oh, my favorite thing is her laughing out loud! She's been doing this for a while now, but I still get excited every time she does it. My least favorite thing is this sleep regression phase she's going through. BOOOOOO! She's been waking up several times a night, and I'm about to go crazy! She was such a good sleeper for the longest time that I got spoiled.

Another new thing is: CLOTH DIAPERS! Okay, I looovveee them! We originally switched because of the massive amount of leaks that we were having with disposables. But a huge plus is the lack of money we are going to spend! Now that I have pretty much got everything I need, we are going to be saving a good bit of money not buying diapers every week or two. We are also using cloth wipes which is money saving too. :) Doing the cloth diapers has inspired me to do other things, like going back to menu planning and saving lots of money on groceries! That means only eating on Saturday, and every other day, we will be eating at home. It's been way too hard with a new baby and going to school and such to cook every night, but now that the semester is almost over and Emma is getting bigger, it will be much easier!

One last thing for this post, and I'll stop talking your ears off! I seriously want to start selling things that I make! Now that I have a sewing machine, I have learned to make leg warmers, skirts, shirts with sewn on designs, fleece diaper covers, curtains, a dress, and I plan on making a cloth diaper here soon. Plus I still make bows, bow holders, tutus, paintings, etc. I really want to do it because I have so much fun sewing and doing crafty things, but I also would like the little extra money it would provide. I just don't know how to go about getting all of that started. I know lots of boutiques have Facebook pages and Etsy stores, but how does one get so many freaking fans? IDK. I am going to continue to make a few more things and then I will see about starting something up. I think it would be ultra fun!

Hanging in there!

It seems like the days are starting to drag slower now.... I'll be 33 weeks on Thursday, and I also have another doctor's appointment! Aaron gets to go with me to this one, which is super exciting because we should get to find out how much she weighs! Aaron says I'm not big enough for her to weigh as much as her projected weight is for this point in the pregnancy. My back says otherwise! So hopefully we will be able to find out how she's measuring out on Thursday. I have gotten so much stuff that I need lately, which is great. My wonderful daddy purchased our swing and rocker! We got the rocker already, but are still waiting on the swing! (Patience is not my best trait when it comes to things like this!) We still need a few things, which I plan on getting within the next two weeks so that we are fully prepared if Emma shows her face early! (Which, I won't mind by the way) I just need to get through with this semester first, so she can't come until after December 16th! I hope she's listening!

Anyhow, this past weekend we went to Lake Tahoe to see the snow, and it was beautiful! Dumbo me wore the wrong shoes and didn't get to play in the snow much, but here our a few pictures from our adventure. Aaron had a blast as you can tell:

I am about 32.5 weeks here! And Aaron says I'm not big! I WISH he could get a feel for what it's like carrying this baby around 24 hours a day!

Happy Birthday to me!

That's right! It's my birthday! Don't worry though. I'm not doing anything special. I had to go down and drop off my car this morning because it's leaking oil! What the heck? I mean my car is a 2009! I think I have the worst luck with cars ever. EVER! But the nice thing about it was the dealership has a free shuttle service for vehicles that come in and are still under warranty. So, I didn't have to spend my entire birthday sitting in the waiting area. Instead I'm home with the animals, and we're not doing anything today. :) Sorry, Aaron. No wifely duties on the birthday! Maybe I can get a nice birthday dinner out of him tonight when he gets off because I really don't want to cook today!

What I do want to do though is wait around for the Fed Ex guy who is supposed to be paying me a visit! I can't wait to see what Daddy dearest has up his sleeve! I got my birthday present from Aaron early since he would be working today, and guess what?! He surprised me with a new ring that I've been eyeballing for quite some time! Yay, sometimes he can be so thoughtful. :) It stinks that he has to work late today though! It's only an hour, but still. I just hate not knowing everyday what time he will be home the next day or the next because it's always subject to change. These are the times that I wish he had your everyday 9-5 job, but I truly thank God for the Air Force and that my husband actually has a job. I know so many people who don't have jobs that even have freaking college degrees! It's crazy out there! So it is certainly nice that we have the stability that we have, and healthcare! Thank God for that as well because I know how expensive having a baby can be!

Speaking of: On to some baby news. I am 18 weeks 5 days today, and as excited as I am about January and the gift of life, I just want to say that I don't know how people can truly enjoy being pregnant. I mean maybe my pregnancy just sucks because I am unlucky and have like every symptom in the book, or maybe I just suck at dealing with things. I am a big baby, according to Aaron of course. Because I would never incriminate myself in that way. :) hahah. No really, I am. I don't do well with pain or emotions. Ahhh, poor Aaron. Because I have been an emotional wreck throughout most of this pregnancy thus far! My feelings get hurt about the tiniest thing, and he's like again really?!?! I know it must be getting old by now! I know he must be tired of catering to my food needs as well because even though I don't really get cravings, I have tons of food no no's! The condition, Hyperemesis Gravidarum, that I have is seeming to not bother me as much these days, though that could just be because they gave me a higher dose of the nausea medication! Who knows! Anywho, on to something exciting! I finished my baby registry at Wal Mart, which was a HUGE hassle, but that's a whole nother story. Also, I felt little Emma move for the first time on Sunday night! It was soooo weird. You know the feeling you get when someone taps you? Well, it was like that only I felt it on the inside of my belly of course! It went something like this: tap, tap, tap! Then it was over, and I've been trying to be patient for more taps, but patience is not my strong point people!

Well, I shall enjoy my birthday now. Everyone have a great day!