32 Weeks

Time continues to fly by. I was 32 weeks on Wednesday and still going strong. Everything is going really well and my Dr appts are quick and to the point. At my last appt, Dr Quinn asked me twice if I had any concerns, questions, pains, etc and my response was, "nope, I feel fine". He then asked me if he could see patients like me all day long. I jokingly (with some true seriousness to it) said that we could have my appts over the phone and I'd be fine with it.

There's just something about driving all the way from work in West Valley to the Dr in Riverton every 2 weeks for a 15 min appt that includes being weighed, peeing in a cup and hearing the heartbeat. It's nice to hear the heartbeat, but when I feel the baby moving all of the time, I pretty much know everything is fine. I guess I should just be grateful that I'm having another uneventful pregnancy, right?

Anyway, we are starting to make some progress on preparing for baby #2. We finally traded in my Accord for an Armada (hoping to post picutres of "Mama's big car" as Emery calls it). Yes, I have thoroughly convinced myself that a new car was required in the preparation for baby #2. We also bought and put together Emery's big girl furniture. We still need to get a mattress and move all of her clothes to her new room before I can start sorting through all of the bins of baby clothes/gear that I have in our storage room. That's next on the list.

Names - nope, still don't have any. I like Aliya, but I'm not in love with it quite yet. 7 1/2 weeks or less to go so we better get on it.

Lagoon Day

We headed out to Lagoon earlier in the month when Makayla was here (yes, I'm WAY behind on blogging once again). We went the weekend of July 4th and it was the perfect time to go. The weather was decent and there weren't any lines for any of the rides. Unfortunately, I was only able to go on a whopping 2 rides - the carousel and one haunted house but we still had a great time overall.

The whole gang ..


Emery loved most of the kiddie rides. It was funny because she got shy when she came around to where we were standing and could see her. For the first few rounds of each ride, she would bury her face and not look up at anyone. But, she loved them all.
Ivan and my Mom even took her on some swings and she liked those too.
Sweet cousins

This is a ladybug ride that shoots you straight up in the air and then has some pretty large drops. The first time people went, Ivan took Emery on it. Not the greatest idea - she cried the entire time. They also took Emery into the haunted house right at the entrance of Lagoon as the first ride - once gain, not a great idea. Emery came out of the ride saying, "I scared of monsters". We continue to hear a lot of "I scared of monsters" to this day. Oops - hopefully we haven't scarred her for life.

I can't dance!

We went to the South Towne Expo Center tonight to check out the Days of '47 Parade Floats. My Mom and Lola joined us for dinner and the festivities and it was a great night hanging out with family.

While we were at the Expo Center they had a stage where different cultures were dancing and playing music so we stopped to check it out. There were 2 couples from Chile dancing and they were amazing.

Ivan then asked Emery if she wanted to dance and tried to get her into it. She immediately started yelling "I can't dance, I can't dance!" Ivan didn't give up and tried to get her to start dancing with him. The poor girl sat down on the floor and started balling and yelling "I can't dance". I had to rescue her and tell her that I can relate. I have no rhythm at all, I am a 100% white girl!

It will be interesting to see if Emery gets comfortable with dancing. All of Ivan's extended family loves to dance and they are great dancers. I always think back to our wedding reception and how much fun the Real Family made our reception by getting out on the dance floor (and dragging all of the white folks out too) and having a good time. Hopefully with time, Emery will get more confident in her dancing skills and we will learn that she will take after her Papa's side and not mine. I feel bad for her if she takes after me.

Bad Habits

Have you ever been in the midst of creating a habit that you know will end up bad but it's too enjoyable at the current moment to change anything about it?

Yes, that's what we are currently doing. For the last several months, Emery has been waking up between 8-830a. I know that doesn't seem early to most people, but prior to that, the earliest she was waking up was 930a and one hour does make a big difference when Mama and Papa are late night owls.

Anyway, we are creating a habit of bringing Emery to our bed when she gets up to watch about 30 minutes of a movie to allow us to wake up a little more before actually beginning our day. We are starting to get ourselves into trouble though. Emery woke up this morning at 530a to go potty. I took her potty and put her back to bed. About 15 minutes later, she woke up again - here's how it went:

Emery: "I sleep in Mama's bed"
Me: "It's still night night time, you need to go back to sleep"
Emery: "I got to Mama's bed and cuddle. I want to cuddle Mama"

Now, what Mom out there can turn down their toddlers request to cuddle? She gets me with that every time. So, I brought her to my bed and we slept and cuddled until 830a when she started her non-stop chit chat for the day. (Who has that much to say at 830a? Oh, Emery has plenty to talk about).

I figure that I've started to acknowledge there is a problem forming and that's the first step to correcting it right? My plan is to break the habit when we finally get Emery into her big girl bed. For the time being, I will enjoy the cuddle time with my baby.

29 Weeks!

I'm one week late on this post but I figure it's better than never. I'm now 29 weeks along and time is still flying by. We have not done anything to prepare for the new baby. We don't have a name, still have Emery in the crib and still need to trade in my car before my due date gets here. I'm hoping to make some progress on the above to do items in the next 3 weeks, but no promises here.

Overall, I am feeling pretty good. I haven't gained as much weight this pregnancy but I do feel like everything I have gained is in my tummy. I have been able to manage my acid reflux by eating raw almonds nightly which has been nice.

However, I finally had my 2nd life experience with HEARTBURN over the weekend. It was horrible. I woke up at 6a with acid reflux and was up for about an hour. I went back to sleep and when I got up at 9a for the day my chest felt like it was on fire! I was miserable but I didn't want to ruin the plans for the day so we still went to Murray Park. We left the park around 2p because I had lasted as long as I could. We stoppped to pick up some Prilosec and Mylanta. I remember seeing my Great Grandma drinking Mylanta straight out of the bottle and I started doing the same thing. I was in so much pain I finally went to Instacare. I was pretty sure they couldn't do anything but I was miserable and it had been 5+ hours. The Dr. walked into the room and said, "so you are 7 months pregnant and have heartburn. What would you like me to do about it?" Not exactly the response I was looking for.

Luckily, I went home and was able to take a nap and woke up feeling better. The heartburn came back later that night but I've been keeping up on Prilosec and raw almonds and I've been fine since. I hope I am able to manage the heartburn because it is horrible.

4th of July Festivities

We went to Murray Park on Saturday to enjoy the 4th of July festivities. Before we left, Emery had to go potty - she took it upon herself to grab her Cinderella book so she had some light reading to keep her busy while she did her business.
We had a good day at Murray Park. We spent the majority of the time sitting down and enjoying the nice weather and some good food at the festivities. We all know I'm about food and people watching and Emery and my Mom like to do the same thing, We've also rubbed off on Ivan a bit so he enjoys the food and people watching right along with us.

The one activity that Emery wanted to do was the bouncy house. When it was finally her turn to get it, she didn't want to go because there were other kids in the bouncy house. Luckily, we stuck with it and calmed her fears. With Makayla by her side, she jumped in and had a great time. As soon as she got out, she wanted more and more. The girls played in the jumpy house another 2 times before we headed home for naps and the opportunity to get out of the heat.

Kamayla?

As Emery is learning to speak there are often times that she mispronounces words. I would say 90% of her words I can understand while most people can probably understand 60-75% of them right now.

For a long time she called Carter, the dog, Dashu. She's also been calling Makayla by Maya for as long as she's been able to call her anything. We finally taught Emery how to pronounce Carter's name correctly.

Makayla is here with us for 2 weeks this summer. I am determined to teach Emery how to say her name correctly during this trip. We have made progress, however, Emery is now pronouncing Makayla's name as KaMayLa. Very cute, but not exactly what we are aiming for. We have another week to go, hopefully Emery will master the correct pronunciation of Makayla's name by then.

We've been having a great time with Makayla here and have been very busy. Last week, the girls made a trip to the pool. It was very windy and the water was freezing so we didn't stay long but we still had a good time.