Bout time!

This is for the three people out there in blog land that still care!

Ok, so a lot has happened since the beginning of may:

May

Craig and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary, I love him!

We went camping with my family in Oklahoma and explored where my grandpa grew up.

June

Craig had a birthday

Annabelle turned 3! My baby is getting so big!

July

We found out we are expecting #3!

August

Still shock about the news from July!

September

Gretta turns 1 and starts walking!

We go to New York and Vermont to visit Craigs family

October

We go up to Dallas to visit my family and got to the BYU @ TCU game, even though we lost it was fun to hang out with the hubbs and some friends.

Halloween!

November

My older sister and her family came down for thanksgiving and brought one of my little sisters with them, and a friend flew in for the festivities as well.

December

Mostly getting ready for Christmas.

Christmas!!

Somewhere in there we found out we are having another girl. It's about 89% positive, so Craig is still holing out that its actually a boy! But we'll see! We are both excited though. I'm due mid february, hopefully she'll decide to come a little early for me! It has been interesting chasing my two girls around while growing another one, but we've been doing pretty good! They are excited about having a new sister to play with.

Park

We went to a park the other day with some good friends. Belle we so excited and asked if it was the "blue" one. I told her I didn't know what color it was, then she tilts her head to one side and says "Oh, is it yellow or somethin?" Too cute! I am so glad I have her! She is so much fun!

How clever are you?

My old roommate started this really cool blog. Its got links to free stuff and all kinds of coupons! You should check it out!

All grown up!

My baby eats food now. She LOVES it! I put the bib on her and the poor little thing spazes out before I get the spoon to her lips. The first time I feed her I wasn't sure how she would react, but she gobbled up the rice cereal and applesauce like a champ! She knows when its meal time and gets so excited to see her bib and spoon.

The other day I put a bowl of soup and bread in front of Belle and Gretta just stared and it and slurped her food. She wants REAL people food, in fact she wants it so much she is growing teeth already to get in on the action! Can you believe it? My baby is getting teeth and she isn't even five months yet!!! Belle was seven months when she got her first two, and didn't get anymore till she was almost a year!

How old were your kids when they got their teeth?

PS I can put her hair in a pony!

Beds

One night little Annabelle was lonely...So she wished upon a star, and poof!

A cohort in crime!

This is REALLY what mommy's bed is for!!

I LOVE my girls!

Conversations with a two-year-old

Annabelle informed me the other day that "I am going to get married in the temple too! Like you!" It makes me so happy that she listens!

She also told me that she was sad when I left her to come down here, but she played with Gretta so they were happy. It makes me wonder what/who else she remembers.

Mommy skills!

I want you to think back to when you were a kid and you got sick, who did you want? MOMMY! Well my little girl is no acceptation. She is a daddy's girl by day and only wants mommy at night, at least while she's sick. Makes a mom feel good, but its not always possible to cuddle with her and take care of a newborn... or so I thought. The other night she was cuddling with me in my bed, and the baby started crying because she was hungry. No biggie right, just give the sickie to the hubby and feed the baby right? WRONG! The sickie would not go to her daddy! So, here I am, wanting to sleep, nursing a baby while holding a two-year old on my lap. That takes some skills let me tell you! How did I ever manage to fall asleep that night you ask? I got the mommy skills, thats how!

Finally

Ok, so I am finally getting around to blogging about little Gretta's birth.

I started having contractions on the first of september, I was excited and a little nervous, i had decided to have her at home. I wasn't worried about the lack of pain meds because I didn't have an epidural with Annabelle and lived to tell the tale. Well, they were really intense for a few hours and then pretty much stopped when Craig came home from work. Bummer. So for the next 9 days not so much as a peep from my little girl. On the Morning of the 11th, yep thats right, september 11th, I had an appointment that I hopped would be my last, I was getting really uncomfortable, and just felt like a beached whale all the time! I started having really strong contractions while i was getting ready to leave. While I was there they measured and checked me, my belly was 42 cm!! It was only 39 the week before! and I was almost 4cm along. They told me to go home, and call my husband to come home and my mom to start the drive down so she could be there for the birth of grandbaby #6.

By this point it was around 11:30, I get to my car and tell Craig to come straight home after his 12 o'clock meeting. I call my mom and tell her to get down here so I can have this baby! She tells me she has to "run do a few things" and then she'll be on her way. I was like, "you know I am in labor right?" But whatever! She didn't end up leaving for another few hours!

Craig comes home, and my labor has almost stopped completely. Great! So Craig and Belle take a nap, I cant sleep because I am really annoyed that my baby isn't here yet, so I do what all good expectant mothers do and I start cleaning! After all the cleaning I'm pretty tired and I am having some contractions, so I fall asleep. At about 6pm I wake up from the intensity of the contractions. I go down stairs and eat some dinner and decide the moment has come to call my midwife. She comes over at about 6:30 and I am about a 5. She leaves for a little bit and Craig takes Belle over to a friends.

At about 8 I am almost a 7 and I get into the tub (did I mention I was doing a water birth?).

Within 10 minutes my mom and my sister FINALLY arrive, its time to have this baby! It was really a wonderful experience for me to be in my own house, and that I knew what my body was doing. I pushed for maybe half an hour (time is a little warped when you're in labor) and by 9:57 I was holding my 9 lb 13 oz baby girl in my arms!

She is now two months old, and is so much fun! Both girls love each other and I can't believe how different and how much the same things are!

We sure do love our new little addition!

Playing "catch-up"

Ok, so I know I'm not very good at updating this. But here you go! Some of the things going on around here the past few months! Enjoy!

Most recent family picture

A few weekends ago we went to the Salt Lick with some friends. Talk about the BEST barbeque you have ever tasted! It was something to write home about!

While we were waiting my friend Kara snapped this picture of us. I think it turned out pretty good!

June

June brought a lot of excitement for us. Craig had his birthday on the 6th. We got to go out for his birthday, it was a lot fun. Some of our good friends watched Belle for us so we could have a real date! It was grate. Sorry I don't have any baby/kid pictures of him on the computer. Maybe I'll get some scanned by his next birthday! :)

Annabelle also had her birthday this month. She turned 2!! I can't believe it! I remember the day I found out I was expecting. It seems like it wasn't very long ago. Maybe thats because I found out about the one on the way in January! We may never know! Anyways, she has grown up so much these past two years! She can count to ten in three languages, it could be more, but thats all we know! She knows a lot of her letters. She is so excited about her new baby sister on the way, and is always asking when she will come out. She knows many primary songs, and even some actions to them. She loves to jump and twirl around. People keep asking me when she turns three because she is so tall! When I took her for her two-year check up her hight was off the charts! She was 36 1/2 inches tall! She is a giant! She is such a sweet, caring little girl, and i know that she will be a GREAT big sister!

At my baby shower, 8 months along.

One day old.

First birthday

Second birthday. She is getting so big!

May 7th

I know this is a little late, but oh well. deal with it! :)

On May 7th we celebrated the 4th anniversary of our wedding! Ok so didn't really do anything that day, I had really bad food poisoning that I was FINALLY getting over. But thats ok. We did have fun when we did get to celebrate. I love you honey!

We look so young!

Why I'm glad to be her mommy!

So the other day started out like almost any other. Belle and I woke up, had breakfast, let it settle in our tummys for a bit and proceeded to go on a walk. If you don't live down here in San Antonio, its REALLY starting to get HOT! At 7pm tonight it was 97. And I'm supposed to go through this pregnant? Really? After we get home after the two mile walk in the blazing sun, I am, as you can imagine, rather smelly. So the only thing that seems to work when naps aren't happening so much anymore is to turn a movie on the computer for Belle so I can take longer than 2 minutes. After I shower and get dressed I come out to check on her. She informs me that is watching "Rella" (Cinderella) and tells me "Wovey SO much!" (wovey= love you) It made my heart melt! I had to cuddle with her for the rest of the movie because I wovey her so much!

Do you have moments when you realize that really, being a mommy is the best thing in the whole world? This was defiantly one for me!

Funny story

  So a few nights ago Belle and I were eating some french fries for dinner and she had ketchup on her plate. She pointed to it and asked:

   Shishy? (fishy)

 Is there a fishy in your ketchup?

 No... Rove rove? (sound doggies make)

Is there a doggie in your ketchup?

No... Kare? (My friend Kara)

Is Kara in there?

 No... Pinty? (Her son Timmy)

Is timmy in there?

No... Tintin? (Tanner) 

Is tanner in your ketchup?

No... Doug? 

Is Doug in you ketchup? 

No...

This proceeded a few more times, going through the whole Charlton Family and asking if they were in her ketchup!! She knows that nothing was really in there, but it was so funny to watch/listen to her ask! Its moments like that where its so easy to be her mom! 

  Do you have any funny stories like that?

It's A....BABY!

So, we had our ultrasound on Monday, and even though I think the three people who look at this already know, but we are in fact having a GIRL!! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself! Yes, that is what I wanted! Sorry for the lack of pictures, but we went to a really crappy place and they gave us one picture and I don't remember how to use my scanner... sad I know! But oh well! 

  Any Ideas for good names? :-)

Happy Birthday to ME!!

So, today is my birthday (technically yesterday now) . I am now the ripe ole age of 25!  It was a good day, nothing too spectacular, but I'm glad to be here. I really feel now like I am an adult. It took me almost 4 years of marriage, graduating from collage, buying a house, and having a child and a half to get here, but I'm glad... thats at least what I say now! I hope it lasts through tomorrow! :)

Just two of my favorite little me pictures!!! 

Sounds like fun!

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2. What I create will be just for you.
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'Bout time!!!

Ok, ok, I know I have been slacking on my blogging duties. It has been a little crazy around here over the past few weeks or so. We found out in January that baby #2 will be joining our little family in September. My EDD is the 13ish, so that means that I am almost 13 weeks along. We still haven't heard the heartbeat yet, but I was only 10 weeks at the time, so the baby must have just been too small still. We should be finding out who it is in April. I can't wait! 

  Just wanted to let everyone know! Oh, and yes, the cravings are INSANE!! But that's a whole other post! 

My Fancy Nancy

    When Annabelle was born, her aunt Megan sent her this Fancy Nancy book. Even though she was much too little to completely understand the books, I felt it necessary to read them to her. My in-laws have always talked about her becoming a basketball player (yuk! Boys can play, but not my little girl!) ever since we found out she was a girl. You can see why I had to indoctrinate her at a very young age. You can see its working! HAHA!  

 sorry, just had to be excited that my Girl is acting like one!  She can like to watch sports with her daddy, i don't care about that, just so long as she wears  hair bows with her jersey! 

Craigs Turn

Well I think its my turn to add a post.  Its been awhile for us.  So last night we got to go to my companies Christmas Party.  This year it was at the Alamo Dome here in San Antonio.  We also had two bands this year.  Lonestar and Styx.  We had a great time!  The food was really good and so was the desert.  There wasnt long lines like last year and there was actually enough room for everyone.  Just to give you all a perspective my company i think employees 24,000 people.  I think 15,000 people are in San Antonio alone and everyone gets to bring someone.  So you can imagine you have to get a big place for everyone.  

Of course we dont have any pictures.  Santa hasn't brought us our new camera yet.... oh well some of our friends took our picture, Esther will add it I am sure.  I hate adding pictures on these things.  I am a computer nerd and I criticize the interfaces these site build because they re just awful.. ok sorry i ranted.  But the music was really good.  The traffic wasn't bad at all.  Work supplied buses to take us down town from the office.  It was great!  Lonestar was pretty good, we new more of their music since I am a country fan.  Styx was great!  They are getting up there in age but they put on a good show.  They made fun of themselves for being around for so long but I  think its great.  

Overall it was a great night!  Of course I felt sick when I got home... whats up with that?  Cause I feel better now.  Oh well.