Driving Miss Emma

Look who is driving now! :) This is actually a steering wheel meant for computer games that conveniently hooked to the table the fish tank is on to make it at the perfect level for Emma. All she had to do was pull up her couch and she was good to go! And as you can see by the picture, she pretty much knows what to do with her feet.

And we would move the couch when she went to bed....when she would come back out into the living room she would say "Momma Trumbull" in a shame on you kind of way because it was moved back to where it belonged! That's my Emma!

30 week OB appt

I had an appt yesterday with my OB. I had a follow-up ultrasound to check my placenta and make sure it had moved up which it does appear that it did because she couldn't see it. BUT while doing the ultrasound and taking standard measurements they discovered that my amniotic fluid is low! There are 2 categories of people that this happens to, either you are leaking or there is no apparent reason. Naturally I fall under the 2nd category of there is no apparent reason. So my orders for the weekend was to take it easy and relax, laying on my side quite a bit and drink lots of fluids. I have to go back in on Tues the 29th for an ultrasound to check the fluid level and then do a non-stress test. If the fluid continues to stay low, then I will have to go in for an ultrasound once a week and a non-stress test twice a week. Fun stuff! As long as I don't have to go on bed rest! I am getting to the point where it feels like if it isn't one thing it's another. It seems as though with every ultrasound they find that the previous concern is no longer but there is now a new concern. So let's hope this is it for concerns for the rest of the pregnancy.

Oh yeah and there are no pictures this time...they didn't even give me any because it was just a quick one. I can't imagine they will give me any more pictures with the others that I will be getting. But I do have to say thank God for health insurance! I don't know how we would swing this without!

#4 finally has a name!

We finally decided on a name for the baby. Keep in mind that there's still 73 days left so we could still change our minds (has been known to happen in the past) but this is what we have decided on now. We are going to name her.....Hailey Sophia.

And for those of you who insist on seeing a belly picture here is one finally! The picture looks grainy....it was on some strange setting but it still shows you the size! :)

Another beautiful Spring day

We had yet another gorgeous day today. Temps in the 70's again. Sunny enough to get a sunburn as both Kayla and Eli learned (from missing spots while applying sunscreen). JR is doing a job at my mom and step dad's house so they invited the kids and I to come over and they were going to grill for all of us (JR was already there working) plus my stepsister and her son. We hung out on their back porch the entire time while the kids played and JR worked. Needless to say we were all worn out by dinner time. Most of us because of being in the sun all day. JR and Kayla from working.

Emma posing for the picture....my pretty little flower childKayla, Joey (cousin), Emma and Eli hanging out on Nana's swing

Not sure what was happening in this picture but it looks like Joey and Emma were studiously listening to Eli's directions

Light saber fight! Check out Eli and Emma's expressions...

Kayla pulling Joey and Emma on the tricycle

Oh what a Saturday!

We had gorgeous weather on Saturday....temps in the low 70's which is perfect in my mind. And really, in the kids minds too because if they can wear shorts and short sleeve/no sleeve shirts then the weather is perfect! We didn't have a whole lot planned for Saturday which was fine for me. We had a friend, Mark, come down from Boulder and spend Friday night and most of Saturday with us. While JR and Mark went and did some official work the kids and I hung out around the house. The big kids went outside and played while Emma took a nap. Then Eli had a birthday party to go to. After that JR and Mark took all the kids to the park to play soccer. I stayed home because I woke up on Saturday with a sore throat and gradually felt worse as the day wore on. So I took a much needed nap for the time they were gone.

Emma having the perfect warm weather snack....cantaloupe

After dinner the kids and I took a short walk around the block. It had started to get a bit breezy which was making it a bit chilly so we didn't stay out for very long. Good thing we have more beautiful days in the near future so we can take a nice long walk!

Emma on her "walk"....that is one heck of a dirty look on her face!

Eli looking handsome

The kids walking...Emma had enough of her stroller at that point and we were close enough to home so we let her walk for the last part.

Silly Dog!

I was just loading pictures on to my computer from my camera and found these 2 pics....

Not sure who took the pictures but they made me laugh because this captures true Malice behavior. That is a cereal bar (most likely belonging to Emma because she would eat those things all day long if we let her) and he is actually behind the table between it and the wall. The first picture is the "I am ignoring it" look of his. The second is seconds before he decides to just go for it! And the really funny thing is that he was probably stalking it for quite some time before finally snatching it!

And my original reason for wanting to post was to show you all just how much Eli loves his dog. I found Eli tugging and tugging to get the blanket he is covered with out from under the dog. And lazy Mal just would not budge...the dog continued laying there the entire time as though he were dead! So instead of kicking the dog off the bed as most of us would do, Eli got down on the floor to sleep so the dog didn't have to move!

Update on the sick kids...

So I had only posted about Emma on Monday but this week has been a sick week for the kids. Not only was Emma sick (as you can see in the previous post) and didn't break her fever until Tuesday afternoon but her rash still didn't quite go away. It wasn't red anymore but you could still feel it on her skin. Hmmm....cause for concern. The Kayla stayed home sick from school on Tuesday with a fever. She told me about halfway through the day that she was starting to get the rash that Emma got. Hmmm...another cause for concern. But I figured we would just watch her to see what happened since the Dr thought Emma's body was just reacting to fighting off a cold. Then Kayla's throat started to hurt and she wasn't getting much better. We let her go back to school (reluctantly but she basically begged) yesterday. Oops! I got them in to see our actual Dr (we didn't get to see him on Monday) this afternoon and turns out that they have strep! Geez! I also had to take Eli for a couple of skin issues that he has. So we had 3 appts (all together thankfully but paid separately) and left with 3 prescriptions! The good news is that the antibiotic Eli is on will keep him from getting strep!

So my day tomorrow will be spent hanging around the house with the kids while we wait for the antibiotics to have 24 hrs in their system so that they are no longer contagious and hopefully are feeling better!

1st Soccer Game

Eli had his first game and it went great! They do a good job of making sure play is fair and everyone gets to participate. They rotate groups per quarter so each kid plays two quarters. And when they have to throw the ball back in, the coach is really good about making sure a different kid gets to do it each time. And Eli's team, Henry Kraze, won the game! Eli is really enjoying playing and very much looks forward to Tues and Thurs because that is when his games happen. The neat thing for me is that he plays at my old elementary school - in a field where I can see both my elementary and my high school along with a ditch that we loved to play in! It was kind of fun thinking about some of the stuff from that time. And the even cooler thing is that one of my childhood homes is right across the street from the school so I get to see that when we leave the parking lot!

Anyways, the downside to soccer in the Spring in Colorado is that it isn't exactly warm most evenings. We learned from this time around to make sure we have blankets and jackets and sweat pants and anything else to keep us warm! As a matter of fact, his game on Thursday was cancelled because it was freezing cold and extremely windy! I am hoping that there aren't too many games cancelled because of weather.

Here are a few pictures that we were able to snap during warm up time and the game.

I liked this picture because it looks like Eli is fiercely stretching!

Throwing the ball in....can you tell how cold the coach is?!

Running down the field...

Sick

This is how you know your toddler is sick....

This was at 8am...she had only just woke up at 7ish....you can see how red her face was. She fell asleep just a minute or two after I took this picture. She developed a fever last night around dinner time (took a rare afternoon nap and woke up hot) and it only got worse from there. Then this morning she developed a rash that would get worse when her fever got higher. So needless to say, she was feeling bad enough that this is all she did for most of the day.

Jodi Picoult!

For the last 3 years I have gone to see my favorite author Jodi Picoult in Denver at the Tattered Cover bookstore. She reads parts of her newest book, does a q&a session and then signs books. It changes a little every year as the bookstore gets better and better at organizing these events. I had a minor scare this year as a friend at work asked if I noticed on the bookstores website that it said when you buy the book there, you get 2 free tickets. The info was very vague on the website so I called them in a panic (this was all the afternoon of the signing) to make sure I didn't have to buy a ticket to the event. Which I didn't and I am pretty sure I remember Jodi either saying or writing on her website somewhere that she will NEVER charge for these events. Anyways, I took my friend Jessica along with me since she has never been to anything like this before. The original plan was to go up to Denver, have dinner and then go see Jodi. However, we had to drive through lots of snow and rain and then I missed my exit so we were too late to eat dinner before the event. The place was so packed that we ended up sitting on the floor for the entire evening until it was time for the signing. But it was still a fun night and worth all the trouble to get there!

Look where we found her

Instinct says when a child is quiet for too long, you better check on them because they are probably up to no good! So naturally, when Emma was playing quietly for a while we figured we had better check on her. And this is how we found her...

Apparently it looked like more fun to be IN the toy box instead of just AT it!

Latest Ultrasound

Am playing catch up here with posts so forgive me....

I had my latest ultrasound on Tues the 1st to check the growth of the baby as previously discussed. The baby has caught up and is now measuring on time or ahead (which isn't unusual for me) of schedule. However they did discover that I have an extra placental lobe which is called Succenturiate Anterior Lobe. It basically means that there is an extra placenta (small) in the anterior (front) of the placenta. This lobe is apparently dipping quite low right now so I will have to go back for another ultrasound to check its location in 3 weeks. I didn't do a link to what this is called because I made the mistake of doing research online and there is some REALLY SCARY info out there and then there is info more like I got from my doctor. She is not worried at this point. The doctors merely need to know so they can make sure that I deliver all of the placenta after I have the baby since it isn't good for the body to hold on to foreign matter! :) So since she isn't worried, I am not worried. I didn't ask many questions on the part of it being low yet because she seemed pretty confident that it would probably move (which is VERY common).

And I didn't share pictures this time because she (the baby) has a mind of her own and doesn't want us to see anything but her head and body! She was showing her face right when the tech put the thing to my belly but quickly ran away!