4 years ago today

What is that quote they use at all weddings? "Today, I marry my best friend, I marry my companion, my equal, my lover?" I don't know, I totally made that up, but yes, today is our 4th Anniversary! I cannot believe how fast the time has gone and how much has changed. To commemorate the day, here is a small photo timeline...

The first time we saw each other... it couldn't have been a nicer day for the event. Having some fun for the camera! I now pronounce you husband and wife! On the way to our reception!

I definitely was surprised by the man I fell in love with as it wasn't what I pictured in my head - but it turned out to be much better. I know how lucky I am.

cheesy goodness

Well, it is 8:50, I am exhausted like usual and I want to go to bed early tonight - around 9:15 if I can. So, what do I decide to do as I stare at the dirty supper dishes in my sink?? Grab a bowl of cheesy popcorn and cheetos and read blogs and update mine. Yeah.. productive I know. I may actually go get a second helping as I am hungry and this sounds like the perfect snack. With maybe an oreo at the end. Man, I love being pregnant! :-)

All is good with the Heuer's. It, being the typical Monday, has been somewhat hard. But, I dreaded Monday's even before I had Emma. It is just something about the start of the work week and the end of the fun days off! We were at the cabin again this weekend and my father and Tim finished off a little patio by the sliding doors in the basment and Emma had a great time playing in the water. It was nice to actually be in the water! It has been too cold up until now. Well, and now it is still a little cold as Emma was shivering when she got out. But, I bundled her up and actually got a little cuddle time and she was fine! Anyway, we finally got to ride the jet-ski, yes, even I went for a spin around the lake. I had too! They are so much fun and I took it very careful. I was not trying to throw anyone off the end (ahem Rose & Linda) so I knew the baby was safe. Even Emma went for a ride, once with me and once with Tim. While she didn't cry, she didn't seem to like it either. Either way, I am glad she is getting exposed to that kind of stuff so she isn't afraid of it.

Emma is doing really well with her big-girl room at home, but not so much at the cabin which I don't understand. She still wants to sleep in her crib up there. So, maybe this upcoming weekend, Tim and I will make her sleep in her big bed. Is that bad? Will I be paying for her therapy about 15 years from now if we do that? Not sure. So, we will see how that goes.

The week is busy for us. Tomorrow night I am going out for happy hour with our department, which should be fun! Wednesday night Tim and I are going out for our 4th anniversary to Jax Cafe in Minneapolis - which I LOVE! We requested a spot on their nice patio by the trout stream (which, if you choose trout from their menu, you can net your own and they will cook it up for you). They have yummy food and have printed match books for whatever occasion you are celebrating. Ours will probably say "Kelly & Tim, Happy 4th Anniversary!" Which I think is pretty cool. Anyway, for anyone in the area that has not been there, I highly suggest it!

Tim had a nice Father's Day. Emma painted him a nice plate at daycare and her and I went to Dick's sporting goods for some other stuff. She picked out a pair of Croc sandals for him ( or Easter Bunny shoes as she calls hers) and a golf shirt. He liked them both!

That is about all. I should grab my oreo (YUM!) and start on dishes. The nice thing is that Tim just came in from mowing the lawn and now he can help. Yup, procrastination can be a good thing!

Big Girl Room

It is done!! Well, the bed is totally done and the dresser is out of the box. Emma is attempting to sleep in it right now, but as of now, that is not going well. (this is really the only decent picture I could find. It was taken mid cheese)

She came out within 3 minutes of me laying her down the first time. So, I went up there and layed her down again and she started to cry. So, I got a little night light, some stories, and read them to her. Her routine is 3 stories and then bed, so I figured maybe she needed the stories. Then, I left the little light on for her and left so she could read on her own. It is pretty cute to hear her read. She was reading Cinderella (which she now calls Pinrella) "One day door... from prince.... BALL!... clean, clean... sisters mean...Glass slipper on stairs!! Happily ever after..." That is how her story goes, with pauses for page turns. I love listening to her read stories now! She tells a pretty good Dora and the Mermaid too!

Yesterday when Tim was putting together the bed for her, she was SO excited. She kept repeating, "Oh Thank you Daddy! Thank you Daddy! Love it! So excited!... "over and over. She couldn't sleep in it last night as the mattress didn't fit right, so we got a new one. (She is STILL talking up there! But she is still in her bed, so I guess that is a good sign.)


Well, I am done with work for the week - Yeah! Emma and I have a very busy day tomorrow. We have to buy a father's day gift, buy paint, and maybe go to Menards so she can play. Then, I keep meaning to work on the baby's quilts, but I just don't get to it! I am exhausted now and plan on putting up my feet when done with the blog, eat some popcorn, and watch Men in Trees.

And with that - I am up to turn off Emma's light (maybe) and then do all the stuff I just mentioned! Good night! ( I will post completed pictures of the room when it is done too!)

A case of the Mondays...

Holy crap - 90 days until baby!?! Where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday I had posted it and had some long, far-reaching number of 240 days or something like that. I am not ready yet. (I know, one will never be ready...) but still - 2 children?! How can I handle 2 children? I have Emma and Tim! That is hard enough! Although, if one says 90 days, it still sounds longer that 12 weeks. That sounds closer to me... sigh... enough freaking out... it will be fine ( I keep chanting in my head)

So, anyone know what today is?? Yup - Monday. I hate Mondays. Even though I work part-time and only have a 3 day work week, I still don't like Mondays. I don't like them because Sundays I have to kiss my Emma goodnight and I will know I will not see her for the next 20 hours. I don't like Mondays because I never get to bed ontime and 5:15 am arrives too damn early. My boss joked with me today that he may want me to start at 6:30 post baby. I said seriously "yeah, that is not going to happen." Granted, it is only 15 minutes earlier, but still, 5:15 comes around early enough. Especially post baby when he will be waking up every few hours to eat. I am tired just thinking about it.

We had a good day yesterday, I continued to feel better and did go to book club and had a great time. Our next book is, crap, I don't have it by me right now. A nonfiction historical novel by Eric Larson. "The Devil in the White City" I think. About the World Fair in Chicago in 1890. The customer service guy at Borders seemed really geeked out that I was buying it, so I am hoping it is good. After book club, I took some more alone time and did a bit more shopping. I DID try to find something for baby boy Heuer, but could not. Oh well, I guess I still have 90 days - gulp!

Work went really well today. I had the same emergency phone calls to a few plants (No Dad, thankfully not yours) but all was okay and then I went to work crunching numbers. I really do love my job. That is the one good think about work. Once I get there, I really do enjoy it and the day flies by.


Emma, tonight, was a hoot. She always is, but Monday's I tend to remember how much I enjoy my days with her. She constantly wants to help with everything "I help too Momma!" so tonight I put her to work peeling potatoes. Granted, I gave her a cheese slicer as I figured she couldn't hurt herself with that and the bag of potatoes. She loved it! She was standing on her chair in her bathing suit "peeling" potato after potato. Then, she would put them in a colander, cover them with a pan cover and go to the next one. Every once in awhile, she would lift up the cover, shake her head and say, "nope, not done yet" then go back to peeling. (see picture) It is really fun to get her involved in all that stuff, even though it takes 5 times longer, but she loves to help.

Hmmm.... everything else is good. Baby #2 is moving around ALL THE TIME and I cannot believe it. I don't remember Emma ever moving around this much. I am feeling better, which is nice, and hope to be sleeping around 9:30. I would like to take Emma to the Minnesota Zoo sometime again to see their new Grizzley Bear exhibit, so if anyone is interested in tagging along, let me know. We love company!

I think that is all for now. I need sleep.

Feeling better

YEAH! I am feeling much, much better today. I attribute that to the gallons of water that I drank and the opportunity to rest and relax without the little one. Tim and Emma left for the cabin yesterday around 4pm, so that left me to lounge by myself. I was pretty sad all night, thanks to the pregnancy hormones I think, and lonely, but it was nice to rest without having someone wake me up or throw a book at me to read it.

I got a solid 10 hours of sleep and woke up feeling hungry, which I think was a good sign. I was able to catch up on some movies and TV shows that I had DVR'd and had a nice time.

Tomorrow morning is book club and I think that I will be attending, unless I suffer a relapse. I think, in a way, it was God's way of telling me to slow down a little bit. So, for the next 13 weeks until the baby is due, I am hoping to do that.

That's all - Tim and I are going to watch Charlie Wilson's War and I am hoping for another early night to bed.

Yuck...

Thank goodness today for the understanding neighbors and Tim's understanding boss as I have the flu and am relying on those close to me to help out. Kristen has been great and has watched Emma for the past 3 hours so I can get more sleep and try to drink this out of my system with glass after glass of water. Tim's boss is letting him leave early today to take the afternoon shift so I can relax and get better. Being sick stinks anyway, but now with being pregnant and trying to handle a 2 year old it brings on another meaning. I am not going to type much more as I am going to eat a snack and drink more fluids, but i was just lounging and checking everyone else's blog, so I thought I should update.

And Emma, bless her little heart, after hearing from Tim that I am sick decided that a Dora band-aid is the cure all for everything so she (with Tim's help) got me one and has been feeding me crackers. What a little sweetie.

sickness, trucks, and other random thoughts

Unfortunately we had to deal with Emma being sick this week. For the first time, she had a little stomach bug. Which, really, was not that fun. But, she only got sick twice and the weird random thing? It was Sunday morning around 4:30am and Tuesday morning around 6:00am. Pretty weird, right? So, we don't know what was going on. Sunday morning she woke us up crying and yelling for my name and I was disoriented and not quite with it when I went in there and, well, it was not good. Poor Emma was so scared, the little one was just shaking. That day she was a bit sluggish, but not really bad at all. She didn't eat like she normally does, but she goes through streaks anyway. Monday was good at daycare and then Tuesday morning the same thing. But this time, Tim goes in there (as I was almost out the door to go to work) when Tim tells me that she got sick again. Emma was acting fine yesterday and in fact, when Tim went in there to get her up she told him "Emma better Dada, tummy better." She kept saying that and both Tim and I took half-days to stay home with her yesterday. Today she is fine again. Hopefully, that is over! Although, I now realize how a person can go into super Mom mode to take care of the little ones.

Tim, well we I guess, bought a new truck yesterday. Not a NEW truck, a new to us truck. A 2006 Ford 150 with a full backseat. Tim's old truck still worked well, but it did not work that well with one car seat, let alone two. So, the new one was a nice cab in the back, full seat, 2 doors, just right for a feisty toddler and an infant. I really like, it is fully loaded, leather seats, really nice and he got a fabulous deal. I guess that is the one silver lining to having higher gas prices! Emma loves it and always wants to go for a ride. So - with that being said, if you or anyone you know, is looking for a well-maintained Ford 150, red, 150,000 miles that was very well taken care of... let us know. Tim will give you a great deal!

Work is still pretty stressful. I actually ended on a good note today so I didn't feel guilty taking off for my two days. The workload I am doing may be too much for a part-time person, but we will see. I almost thought about going in for a bit tomorrow, but quickly changed my mind. I value my "Emma Days" too much. Although, now when I pick up Emma from Theresa's she isn't so ready to come home. Tonight she wanted to stay and ping (or swing as we all call it) and wanted to go back tomorrow. Although, I have a pretty good feeling that tomorrow when she wakes up tomorrow she will be pretty excited.

I saw the Sex and the City movie last night with some friends and LOVED IT! What a great show - I was needing a little girl bonding time and that worked :-) I hope they make another one, I just can't get enough of the 4 ladies!

This weekend we are heading up to the cabin on Friday evening and coming back Saturday. Tim has a meeting for the lake association ( he is the treasurer) and then we are heading home Saturday night. I have book club on Sunday. We read "Mistaken Identity" about 2 women who were mistaken for each other after a bad car accident. It was pretty good. I also read Jodi Picoult "19 minutes" - that was FABULOUS! It was very sad, it really made me think about school bullying and shootings and what poor little Emma has to look forward to when she gets older. I am scared about what the world is going to be like in 12 years. I hope I can raise Emma so she is a strong, happy young woman, with good self-esteem.

I think that is all I know for now. I should clean the dishes, pick up the random toys, but I think I may blow that off and do some digital scrapbooking! I have been getting a lot of pages done and it makes me pretty happy! Tomorrow I am hoping to get another start on the baby quilts I am making. Argh... I have too much to do and very little time. Less than 100 days to baby. The little guy is almost 2 pounds now! I have my next doctors appointment next Friday and it is the long one. The sugary fluid to check for diabetes, RH shot... fun, fun.

Have a great weekend everyone!

A craving of the worst kind

I wasn't feeling good this afternoon. I am not 100% sure what it was - maybe just heartburn, but either way, for supper, I didn't really feel like eating. So, after a trip to Menards to buy stuff for Emma's new room AND a trip to Target for more stuff, I decided to stop by Jimmy John's. I LOVE the #1. Anyway, I get there at 9:15 and they are CLOSED. Not that big of a deal, as I knew I was hungry, but not really for what. Kristen thought I should play the pregnancy card and go back and try to weasel them into opening for me, but I really didn't want to be known as the crazy pregnant lady that needed a sub that badly. Anyway, we discuss Culvers, Arby's, but I really didn't want fried food so I headed home. Now of course, all I can think about is Jimmy John's. I guess I really want the sub. BUT - I can't have it. Hence... a craving of the worst kind.

Today was a good day. I woke up to Emma yelling "Momma - Come get me!" Which, I guess if you have to be woken up, that is a pretty funny way to be woken up. Plus, it was at 7:00, so at least I got to sleep in. She had her 2 year appointment today and she was actually pretty excited to go to the doctor. She wanted to wear a pretty dress and had to pack her little Zoe back-pack for the trip. She was very well behaved and did what the doctor and nurse asked her too. Stats:

Height - 33.5 inches tall - 35%
Weight - 27.6# - 60%
Head circumference - 29.5 inches - 90%

The doctor reassured me not to worry that the dimensions were all over the board. He said the bigger head contributed to more weight, so no, Emma is not overweight. I asked about her thumb sucking and once again was told not to worry. He really feels that is a great self-soothing thing and only worry if she is still doing it when she is 6. Which, I hope she is not! Then - potty training. He thinks she is ready. So - maybe Tim and I will be really dedicated and try to get it done before the little one arrives.

Other than that, we are home this weekend, which is kind of nice. The carpet is being laid in Emma's room tomorrow, then I hope to go to Slumberland and buy the rest. The Target run consisted of the bed rails and the waterproof matress cover, so we should be ready to roll. Can you tell I am excited for her room to be together?

I don't think I knwo anything else right now, so here are some pictures of our past weekend at the cabin. Just two as the weather is getting worse here and I don't want to lose the post. Emma at her little birthday party up there and her, Daddy, and her first fish.

Short, sweet, and to the point.

Me = tired
Emma = crabby
Tim = somewhere between the two!

We had a great weekend at the cabin - we left on Wednesday and got home about 3 today. The fish were biting (Emma caught her first fish and proudly proclaimed "I so happy Mommy! I so excited!"), the weather wasn't too bad, although the water was too cold to go in. My sister Kim, and her son Andrew were up and it is always nice to see them. My aunt Linda and Tim's son, Eric, also came up for the holiday. My parents were there too - so yes, we had a full house, but everyone had a great time.

2 day work week this week - YEAH!

Baby #2 kicking and moving around a lot more than I remember Emma doing.

Emma - Terrible Two's!!! She also has gotten into asking "Why Mommy?" Over and over again.

More later and pictures too! - have a great week!

Happy Birthday Emma

What a wonderful weekend we had! The weather was beautiful and Emma had a great time at her party! I cannot believe she is two already! Where does the time go?

The day started when Emma got up in the morning to celebrate her day. Right away we cheered and said happy birthday and I think she got the feeling that it was going to be a special day. She requested pancakes, ovals (eggs) and bacon for breakfast. But, she received pancakes with a smily face on them (courtesy of strawberries and bananas) and bacon - but she seemed okay with that! She played and ran some errands with Dad while I got my haircut. Before lunch she received a big surprise from the neighbors when they brought over a balloon bouquet with an Emma size Dora balloon. She LOVED it! It was basically life sized - she was kissing it and giving it hugs and thought it was hilarious when Dora would sing to her (or Momma pretending to be Dora!). It really put my balloon bouquet to shame, me being the cheap Mom that I am. But what a great surprise and gift for Emma.

After nap, we got her in her party dress, her friends came over and it was non-stop playing. Here are the 3 partners in crime. I got them sitting down long enough to snap a quick picture, then it was off to play with the new kitchen toy Emma received as a present and ring-around-the-rosy.

5 Pizza's were ordered for the party, which we found was more than we needed to feed the group that came over (along with the Kellogg's we had Nana, Papa, half-sister Gaeb, half-brother Eric and boyfriend Brian) But it was good and Emma enjoys left- overs. Here Emma is after the pizza before she dug into the cake. Yes - a homemade cake. Once again, the cheap Mom thinking this would do just fine (and if I do say so myself, tasted much better than store bought cake!)

Many presents and cards were opened, then off to more playing. All-in-all a great day. Emma was basically a walking zombie by the end of the night with all that happened, as was Mom and Dad! Thanks to everyone for the cards and presents and thinking of her on this day!

Now, I am off to bed. I am hoping to change my work hours to start and leave 15 minutes earlier to accommodate summer traffic. Blah- I hate traffic. Good thing it is only 3 days a week.

This week we are off to the cabin on Wednesday night for a nice, long, Memorial Day vacation. Here are some more pictures of the birthday.

Baby Pool

I was wrong - the link is below at the bottom of this blog. Have fun!

The Baby Pool

One of my friends told me about the Expect Net Baby Pool. The link is on the side- just for fun, no money involved - just to see what everyone is thinking and hoping for with Baby Heuer!

If you are interested - sign up, let us know what you think. I know it is kind of early, but I was searching the web and wanted to sign up.

This week has been good, but I am exhausted. I have a doctors appointment on Friday and Emma's birthday party on Saturday!

Happy Mother's Day!

What a lovely day it was also. Emma woke up at 7am and with a little silent hoping that Tim would get her up and take her downstairs so I could sleep in, I finally got up around 7:10 to go and bring her back in with us. :-) I was basically expecting that anyway, but one can hope.

Emma surprised me with a pretty gift she made at daycare. She was pretty excited about it when I picked her up from daycare on Wednesday, but I think she forgot about it since then. Then Tim and Emma and baby #2 surprised me with a beautiful ruby heart necklace. I have to hand it to the husband, he is pretty good with jewelry.

At the last minute, we decided to try a Mother's Day Brunch/Buffer with Emma - so we headed out at 9 to go and eat at the Bungalow in Bayport. It was really good and Emma did great. Lately she has been a pretty big stinker when going out, but at the Bungalow we were in and out in 35 minutes. Enough time for me to get some yummy Egg's Benedict and a sweet roll (plus some other yummy food!)

The rest of the day went well enough. We planted the garden, Emma played with her new outdoor kitchen ( a proud $5 garage sale find) and made me some yummy mud pies. During nap, I had some alone time and took a nap and went to Target for a bit of shopping.

All in all, a great day.

Right now - she is still awake after 40 minutes in her crib. After (when I was in my bedroom) and I sneezed and she heard that in her crib and said "Bless you Mommy". And after a few minutes after that I hear her yell "Love you Mommy". And even after I hear her yell "Mommy - awake. Mommy's bed." So, being that is is Mother's Day and I am sad about going to work tomorrow, I just went up there to rock her a bit. She is still wide awake. I feel bad because I get frustrated when I cannot fall asleep, I am sure she is also.

So, with that - I am going to call it a night. I have a few things to do before bed and then, I am hoping to be asleep by 9:30. Think that will happen?? Yeah, me neither.

I hope all the Mother's out there had a great day! I wanted to get a nice picture of Emma and I to scrapbook with at a later day, but she was being a stinker and would not cooperate. Tim was able to take this one... And then finally this one. A bit blury, but the best one probably.

Moo will help us!

The Location: The Heuer House approximately 9:00pm on Wednesday, May 7.
The Scene: Emma and Tim, sitting on our loveseat, discussing the dark.
Me: Sitting in the rocking chair, thinking it is time for Emma to go to bed, but she just does not seem tired. I am gathering this from her constant chatter, singing, counting, etc so she does not have to go to sleep.

Emma: "Daddy - Dark outside"
Daddy: "yup, it is"
Emma: "Uh huh! Dark outside." (Emma lately has been afraid of the dark. She doesn't want to walk into a dark room without a hand and refuses to walk up our stairs without the light on - no good...)

So - Tim proceeds to tell her that the dark is good and not scary and some night, if she is good, they will go outside with their flashlights when it is raining and look for worms. This makes Emma very excited.

Emma: "Outside - dark! Flashlight!" As she is dancing around
Tim: "Yup - sometime when it is raining you can use your cow flashlight and we will go look for worms." (her cow flashlight is one that is shaped like a cow, and moo's when the light is on. Yup, not annoying at all.)

Emma: "Moo will help us! Dark out - Moo will help us! Outside!!" As she proceeds to get off the couch and start digging in her toy chest.

She starts babbling about it being dark out, but Moo will help us. She starts throwing toys out of the toy chest while mumbling about Moo being lost.

Emma: "DADDY! MOO LOST! MOO LOST! NEED MOO - DARK OUT!" Still convinced that she is going outside tonight.

Tim tries to tell her they will go out when it is raining, but she is pretty insistent on finding Moo and going outside tonight. So, I help her find Moo and she gets so excited and starts dancing around because she found Moo and can now go outside. I think it is so adorable and tell Tim we have to go outside now, as she is just so excited. So, at 9:30 at night, we put on shoes, coats and grab flashlights to go outside. Emma is so excited and loudly proclaims as we open the door, "Dark out - Moo will help!" She is a bit tentative, but loves being outside and is constantly talking about Moo helping.
We are outside for maybe 5 minutes and then head back inside, which, she is not very happy about! (But she stops crying for a minute so she can press the button to close the garage door - go figure.)

The last thing she says as we are taking off her shoes. "Yeah! - Moo help us"

Back online - again!

Finally! I am connected again to the world! I can do my daily scans of all the blogs - random searches on Blackle - and connect with email! I love it!

Let's see - where do I start? This past weekend we went to the cabin for Wisconsin Fishing opener. Sadly, we were disappointed as the fish were not biting. The water is still freezing, so I am betting the fish were still not that hungry yet! But, we had fun none-the-less. My sister Kim and her son Andrew came up with Mom & Dad. Mom graciously offered to watch Emma so I could paint Emma and the new baby's room! It is painted a pale yellow and Emma picked out some Nemo wallpaper and stickers to put on the wall. It should be cute! Emma had fun tromping around outside, fishing, and playing with her cousin Andrew - finally a nice weekend! I unfortunately forgot my camera, so have no pictures of the weekend. But, I am sure I will catch up.

Work is crazy- let me put it this way. When you work part-time and are traveling for 2 of your normal 3 work days, it is hard to play catch up. Today I was ready to throw my hands in the air and be a stay-at-home Mom. ESPECIALLY since traffic was slow due to rain. If only my office was closer... sigh...

Emma is still her crazy old self. She is enjoying the nice weather and her new toys we got from Tim's niece Angie. We got her a little trike and bike and she loves playing outside and being pushed around. Plus swinging (or pinging as she calls it). Soon, Tim and I hope to be out in the garden and I am sure that Emma will have a great time playing in the dirt.

At daycare there is a new baby boy there named Norris, so Emma has had a lot of time to practice before her little brother arrives. All of her baby dolls are now named Baby Norse and she will feed them, swaddle them, and burp them (which she must see Theresa do with the real one.) Then she will pick him up and say "Oh Baby Norse- so heavy" and pass him to me. It is pretty cute. She is going to be a great big sister!

This upcoming weekend are the big Woodbury thrift sales and I cannot wait! I am hoping to find a double stroller - but I know not to get my hopes up. At 7am on Friday, Woodbury will be filled with crazy women, all hoping to find a bargain. Mom, Kristen, and myself will be 3 of them :-)

Here are some pictures of Princess Emma in her new dresses I bought for her at a (yup, surprise) garage sale in Durand. They washed up pretty well and they beat the old dish towel I had clipped around her before. Although, tonight, she wanted the towel and not the dress - go figure. Her 2nd birthday party will be next Saturday (my baby is getting so big!) and she wanted a princess party at first, but now she has settled on Dora. So, that is good. Tim and I bought her a little kitchen for her birthday and I will run out and buy a few things for her to open up as well for the big day. TinkerBell Emma and... her watching Dora with her friend, baby Cinderella.

Finally - an older picture from when we spent time on the farm. She sure loved seeing the "Moo's" and still talks about Papa's new tractor!

Temporarily Disabled

AUGH!!! The internet is not working at our house.... AGAIN! So - sorry to say, no posts, no reading of other blogs... nothing!!! I am currently at the neighbors typing away and am jealous of their internet! Hope all is well, everything is good with us. I had a work trip to Sioux City this week, other than that.. nothing too exciting is going on.

A whirlwind of a week

What a great week we have been having! Granted, I am still flying high from the wonderful news of my son( AH! My son- isn't that crazy? Well, we think it is our son - ultrasounds are not 100%, I have to keep telling myself that). But, what a great week - for the most part. We had sickness come upon the house again - darn daycare! That is the one huge downside to daycare- sickness. Emma got a cold on Sunday, I got it on Monday, Tim on Tuesday, and my father got it too - thanks Emma!

Last Friday was fabulous, not only for the ultrasound news, but for the Yummy Phil's Tara hide-away take out we got for celebration (the best gyro's - hands down!), the new little boy clothes I bought, and for book club. We read Three Cups of Tea, which was a great book about a man building schools in Pakistan for children. I know this had nothing to do with the story of the book, but the guy lived in Bozeman, MT! While I was there! - isn't that crazy? I kept thinking about that, I wish I would have known that at the time, I would have, I don't know... volunteered or something. I find it weird how a little book like that can blow you backwards and strum up a whole bunch of memories. Bozeman, MT... sigh... I still have to make it back there. Anyway - back to bookclub. We have a great group of ladies. What started as a two hour meeting, talking strictly about the book and making polite small talk, has evolved into a 3-4 hour meeting talking about the book for maybe 5 minutes and about everything else the rest. It is so fun, we are all from Wisconsin (with the exception of one from Michigan) all around the same age and going through the same stuff. it is great - really great.

Saturday Tim, Emma, and I headed to the cabin -finally the basement is done! YEAH! Emma had a great time with Nana and I walking around the cabin and looking for gopher holes and trying to wake up those darn fishies in the lake! She had a stick and she was fishing and would yell "Morning Fishies - Wake UP FISHIES!" over and over and over again... it was so cute. The picture below shows my little Monk (which has somewhat evolved into one of her nicknames - short for Monkey) wearing her cute little scarf and raincoat. Tim and I decided (or forgot) not to pack her winter hat & mittens, so Nana came to the rescue with one of Papa's clean handkerchiefs. All the cool kids are doing it - ha! She loved wearing it around and it served the purpose just fine!

Saturday night, we watched Juno. I loved that movie - so sad, but what a great movie! And a wonderful, selfless thing for a girl. I truly wish adoption were pushed more as an alternative to abortion, but I won't get on my soapbox now. That is not what this post is about!

Hmm - what else about this week?? yes - colds throughout the house. I felt so bad for Emma on Sunday as she was getting pretty crabby as the day wore on, then I felt pretty bad for myself on Monday as being sick stinks! I only worked a half day on Tuesday as my head was pounding so bad and I did not get any sleep. Blah! At least now we are feeling better. Still stuffy, but a lot better!

Today was a big cleaning day and we met Aunt Kristen for lunch at Panera - double bonus... Emma getting to see Aunt Kristen (which, you would think she only sees her once a year with how excited she gets) and Panera - YUM! They have the best cookies hands down! When Tim got home from work, I left the house for a bit of Mama pampering at a local spa/salon. Nothing too exciting - but it was nice for a bit of me time.

this weekend - the Durand City-wide thrift sales! I have a little boy and growing girl to buy for - YEAH! I love thrift sales. Plus, we found out that Tim's niece has a Barbie trike and a hot-wheel thing to sell. Emma is very excited to go to Nana & Papa's for the evening tomorrow night. She was so excited she had to pack tonight. this is what she packed - all 9 pairs of underwear that she owns (which, mind you, she does not really wear yet) 5 pairs of pants, no socks, and a random assortment of colorful shirts. Tim had to remind her about the diapers, socks and PJ's. Then, she got really disappointed that we were not going tonight. Has a small meltdown about it actually. My fault I guess, I shouldn't have had her pack yet, but I want to leave early tomorrow morning so we have time to ride in Dad's her tractor and hit some sales early! The excitement just doesn't stop around here, does it??

A few Emma-ism's from the past week:

1) Marching around the cabin last weekend, Mom and I are chatting and walking behind her when she looks back and yells, "Come on ladies!" Struck me as odd at first because I had no idea where she was hearing it from, but I guess she hears at daycare.
2)Eating at Panera with Kristen, she keeps handing her bread to me and says "Butter Mama - more butter" Hmm. does this remind anyone of a certain restaurant trip when there was a participant that says "This bread is just screaming for butter!"
3) No, Emma do it. I think you may have heard this one before, but now it is constant - and - somewhat getting on my nerves.
4)"Simpsons on? Mama - Simpsons on??!!" yes, Emma loves that show, which kills me! if she sees a commercial for it or anything, she gets so excited..
5)tonight, she needed Popcorn, which I understand. I need popcorn every once in a while also. So, Tim and I hungry, so we make popcorn. Emma's job is to get out the buckets for us to put the popcorn in. No, not just one - but like 5. Emma always gets the ice-cream bucket with the cows on it - she loves that one. Then, she will get out the small bucket that cookie dough came in. That is sometimes mine - or Tim's. She just likes looking at the picture of cookies, that a few other random ones.

That's all I can think of. it is getting late. I leave you with a few more pictures. Emma and I at the cabin -


Emma smiling from tonight:

A big day!

Well, as most of my avid blog readers know, today was the big day for the ultrasound. I was very nervous this morning when I woke up - not realy sure why. I wasn't worried, but yet I wanted to make sure the baby was developing normally, etc and pretty excited to see what the baby was. We dropped Emma off at the neighbors (and she was very excited for her Kristen day!) and were off. I liked that the appointment was at 8:30, so less chance for the doctor to be behind and rush my big moment. The baby's heart beat was good, everything is looking good with me - and then we saw the pictures. Me being incredibly emotional right now, tend to tear up when I hear the baby's heart beat, but seeing the baby was so special and even more emotional. The baby was moving around, sucking the thumb and just being amazing. It is developing normally and is actually measuring about 2 weeks ahead of where it should be. So, does that mean the baby will come early? Who knows. But, since I was pretty sure of the dates, the doctor said my due date will remain the same. The heartbeat was strong and all was developing normally there. The baby was moving the feet around and lifting the arms up and down. We saw the placenta and that was developing normally (as far as the doctor could tell). I wanted that checked out to see if I would have any of the problems with the placenta that I had the last time. The doctor couldn't tell, but thought it looked fine.

What else.... we saw the fingers, toes, little nose and ears. The mouth was developing normally - so no cleft pallet. It really is amazing what they can see and tell you. We did get to see some 3D shots to get a good little picture of the little one.

We showed Emma the pictures, who didn't seem that interested, but enjoyed hearing that she would have a little brother -that's right! Baby Heuer is a little boy!! YEAH! All of my hard work paid off :-) Thanks to Dr. Shettle's book (maybe) we have our little boy. I won't go into great detail on that - but Tim and I were hoping for a boy and tried a few things to maybe push it that way. if you want any more info, let me know.

So - I now get to do some shopping for a little boy! Can you tell I am elated?! Although, I would have been this happy for a little girl also - but I know that Tim is very, very excited. Needless to say, an emotional day, but wonderful. It is truly a miracle and I feel very blessed.

Have a great weekend!

No, Mama - Emma do it.

that has been a common phrase in the Heuer household lately. "No, Mama - Emma do it." Over and over - getting into the carseat, picking out clothes in the morning, getting into the wagon - pretty much everything is, "No, Mama - Emma do it." So, tonight after bath, then after popcorn, juice and stories, it was finally ready for her to go to bed. She struggled for a bit as she always does and wanted to keep rocking - but finally both Tim and I reach a point where we are done and she needs to go to bed. Tonight, instead of the usual crying, she got out of the recliner - gave Tim a kiss and proceeded to walk up the stairs. I followed her to see what she would do. she walked into her dark room and proceeded to climb onto the crib and heave her little body over the railing (which she loves doing). I asked if she needed help and I got the usual, "No, Mama - Emma do it." She inched her way onto her pillow and said "Ni-Night Mama - love you" and started sucking her thumb. So, I covered her up, said I love you and left... My big girl :-)

Now - from my own personal blog fairy (aka Molly!) here is the long post I typed out on Sunday which I lost somehow. She recovered through google reader (or something like that) and I am able to now post it. THANKS!
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Hello blog readers. Yes, I am still upstairs in our quasi-computer room while Tim tries to figure out the wireless. No fun. I am hoping to upload a current video of Emma from tonight, but we do not have sound on this computer currently - so you will have to tell me if it works. I understand why it takes Tim long to get around to doing things that I want him to do. Emma keeps him busy, work keeps him busy, and geting stuff ready for the cabin keeps him busy. But still - my internet is important too :-)

This past week went well. Work has started to quiet down a bit - but unfortunately that will be short lived as I am picking up more plants to plan for tomorrow. All-in-all, when all is said and done, I will be planning inventory for 9 plants. Pretty cool - well, to me it is, as that is what I like doing. The rest of you probably think it is boring. But, that is okay. I don't think I would ever have the patience for other things and that is what makes the world go round.

Emma - still crabby. Well, sometimes. She is lucky her cute factor outweighs her crabby factor. She is going through a Mom stage, which is really hard. I know I should like it because someday she won't like me that much, but when she cries because she wants me to put her in her carseat and not Tim - or me to make her food and not Tim - it is hard. I cannot imagine what it is going to be like when baby #2 is here - although maybe that is why she is going through this phase. She knows what is coming up in 5 months and is trying to get all the Mommy time that she can. She had a great time at the cabin - LOVES the cabin actually. Unfortunately this past weekend they got like 9 inches of snow, so we couldn't enjoy it that much. Seriously - WHAT IS UP WITH THIS WEATHER!? I want to be outside, playing with Emma, planting flowers, going for walks. Instead - we are still watching it snow. I guess this week is supposed to be much better - thank goodness.

I have my quilt for Emma half-way done. The top is all sewn - now I need to tie it together with all 3 layers and sew the rest. I had high hopes of doing it tonight, but tiredness got the best of me - so I am typing this up and am heading to bed.

Emma has been all about the princesses lately and she will often put on all of her prized jewelry, her princess shoes (once again - Thanks Molly!) and twirl around saying "Princess Mommy - Princess"! So cute :-) so, I am thinking for her upcoming second birthday (as I wipe the tear away) I may get her a princess dress. She was so desperate for a Princess dress the other day that I chip-clipped a dish towel around her. She Loved it! I tried to take some pictures, but she is also getting somewhat annoyed at the camera these days. You know, those Princesses just don't have time to slow down! She loves watching Cinderella and playing with her 2 Cinderella dolls (one is the Mommy and the other a Baby). She has begun roll-playing with her dolls lately also. She had Tim and I cracking up the other day as she was playing with her Cinderella doll and Sesame Street characters. The conversation among the dolls went like this:
Cinderella: "Elmo- ni-night."
Elmo: "No" (as Emma stands Elmo up in the little crib"
Cinderella: "Elmo - lay down. Ni-Night."
Elmo: (as Emma lays him down in the crib) "Okay Mama - ni-night"
Cinderella: (Emma presses Cinderella's head to Elmo's and makes a kissing sound."

I know, it probably doesn't sound that funny - but to watch her development and going from nothing to that is pretty cool. Plus- that is the way it goes with her - "Emma - good night - lay down!" ha!

So - as I have said before, the ultrasound is this Friday. Baby #2 is about 6 - 7.5 inches long and weights about 7 oz. I fought the urge to buy some majorly clearanced boy clothes today at Gap. Well, Tim told me it didn't make sense since we were finding out the sex on Friday. Which, I guess he is right. But - they were really on sale! I hope everything goes okay for the ultrasound. Me, being the dork that I am, called and confirmed the appointment to make sure they had the ultrasound listed and not just the 20 week prenatal check-up. I would have been so disappointed if they thought it was just the check-up, so I had to call and confirm.

also - taking a note from my cousin Jess's blog - watching the little ones grow up.... it is so hard! I think of that often as I watch Emma develop into the little girl that she is. She is almost 2! The little girl that took her sweet old time coming into this world - is almost 2! I remember minutes after she was born - just looking around and taking everything in - and that is how she has been since. Her expressions are priceless and she does everything with gusto! While I love watching her grow and play, at the same time it makes me sad. She can play with her babies and dollhouse on her own for like 20 minutes! I love it - but I realize that she is growing farther from me. With each of her stubborn, "No, Emma do it Mommy!" she is closer to going to school and not needing me as much. So, througout her crabbiness and stubborn times, I see her running to me when I pick her up at Theresa's. Her arms outstretched, yelling "Mommy, Mommy!" over and over... her burying her head by me when she is scared, and giving me kisses or sticking out her fingers so I can kiss her owies.. I wish I could video-tape every day so I remember these times. I do my best with the blog and my short minute video's I grab every so often - but I don't know if I am doing enough. I know before long I will forget how she smells after bath with her baby lotion on and her singing when she doesn't realize that I am listening. Life is good -

Here's to you Emma...

AHHHH!!! I just had the longest post typed up and I received an ERROR!! I hate that. But - here is a video of Emma taken today. I will try to type up the long blog tomorrow. AHHHH!!!!

Back to Blog-Land...kind of

So, we now have internet, but not wireless. What does that mean for me? It means being upstairs in the room we are re-doing for Emma's big girl room and typing on a normal keyboard when I am used to an ergonimic. Hence, this post will take me 15 minutes to type, versus my normal 5. It is amazing how once you get used to typing on one type of keyboard, you can't function on a regular. And YES, I realize that I could go downstairs and get the ergonomic and plug it in up here, but I don't feel like. so there....

things are good here. Hectic, but good. Tim is leaving tomorrow for Milwaukee and Oshkosh so we will not see him until Thursday late evening, which leaves me with crabby Emma. She has been so crabby at night and it is driving me crazy. I don't know if she is just tired, going through a growth spurt, or just crabby as around 6:30 I am down dealing with her for the evening. Which is really sad as I pick her up from daycare at 5:00. Don't get me wrong, I love the little monkey, but when she gets in a mood, I can't take it. I was never known for my patience (no comments on this one) and especially now being uncomfortable with Baby #2, I really don't have it. Theresa today was telling me how Emma is the best listener at her day care and the most considerate - Hmm, "Emma who, exactly?" I guess we are in her terrible two's.

she does have her cute moments. lately she has been big into presents. Where she got this from, I don't know. But she will find a box, throw stuff into it (random stuff) and give it to either Tim or myself while exclaiming, "Present Mama!!" it is kind of fun to see what she has stashed in the present. It ranges from her baby dolls to candy to tupperware. We went to the zoo this past Friday with the neighbors and everyone had a great time. The farm babies were there, so Emma got to pet a baby goat, duck, and piglet. Piglet's are the cutest animals... makes me miss Wilber. Which, we almost have Emma's Uncle Roger (from Webster, not Milwaukee) talked into keeping a pet pig for her - YEAH! Maybe it is more for her Mom than Emma, but I don't care :-)

Baby #2 is good - next week is the big ultrasound! so - for those of you that don't want to know the sex of the baby, don't read the blog from next Friday until the baby is born as I bet it will come up a few times. I get pretty excited about it at times and then not so much as I am still not 100% sure I want to know what the baby is. Hopefully I will be able to post the ultrasound pictures (if someone can tell me how to do that - I hear scanning doesn't work??) as our hospital now has 3D ultrasounds. Those are pretty cool. Baby #2 is also moving around a lot more lately, which has been neat also.

Work is still going well and I have been receiving some good feedback still - which makes me feel good. although I will repeat what I always say, "I hate working with Stupid People!" Which is unfortunate as stupid people are everywhere it seems.

We are up to the cabin this weekend. The basement is finished and the furniture is being delivered this weekend - YEAH! Tim is off work on Friday, so we are heading up early Friday. Although due to the weather, we may lay low and watch movies, which sounds great.

More when I can - I must admit - at first it was so weird not having the internet. I felt totally detached and I didn't like that I couldn't read all of the blogs! But then, it was kind of liberating! I never realized how much time I spent on the internet until I did not have it. So, with that, I am off to do some online shopping at Gap Maternity!

Temporarily Disabled

Hello blog readers! I just wanted to sign in quick at my parents house to tell everyone that I HAVE NO INTERNET AT HOME! I AM GOING CRAZY! So, because of that, the blog posts will be fairly infrequent. Well, I guess they were before anyway.

Just quickly - all is going well. We are in Durand picking up my Emma as she has been with my parents the past 2 days as we had no daycare. I really missed the little monkey! It was so quiet and so hard to see her go! But, Tim and I did go out to eat yesterday and had some nice quiet time.

Emma did very well at Mom & Dad's and really enjoyed her stay. As did Mom & Dad - ha!

Okay, I have to sign off, I will update when I can. Hopefully our internet will be fixed this weekend!

The ring leader

Yesterday and today I had the pleasure of picking up Kyra and Kaylee from daycare again - which I do enjoy. I know that my sister feels bad, but I really don't mind. If it was every day, sure, it would get busy, but once in awhile? Seriously, I am happy to do it. Emma LOVES it also. She gets so excited when I tell her we have to go and pick up her cousins. Then, they are talking and laughing the whole way home. Who is the ring-leader of the group? That would be Emma. Right away she says Hi Kaylee and Hi Kyra and then is trying to get them to laugh. She always does the same thing, but it always does make them laugh. All she says is "Bob?" then looks at Kyra and they laugh hysterically. Then she does the same thing with "Bambi?" Then laughter ensues. Hey, whatever it takes to get a laugh I guess. Then she was singing songs and they were looking back and forth at each other and laughing. It is pretty fun.

Emma has suffered some trauma lately - well, trauma for her, not really for anyone else. Her beloved Bambi pajamas are broken so she cannot wear them. The zipper is off the track or whatever. So, I was out with some girlfriends on Monday and when I came home, the first thing she had to tell me was "Bambi - broke" in the most serious tone and big eyes. Then, we had to go through the same trauma every night when it is bed time. "No, Emma, you cannot wear Bambi jams, they broke." "Bambi - broke??" Yup - every night! The next trauma came from when her new Cinderella doll's shoes were missing at daycare. She had to bring her Cinderella dolls to daycare to share with the kids (which, I heard she did very good at sharing!) but they could not find the shoes. It was pretty hard on the kid as everyone knows how much she loves shoes. (just the way I like it!) Luckily the next day Theresa found them, but for that night, she was pretty worried about 'Rella's shoes.

It is funny how Emma is starting to get more particular about roles that Tim and I have. For instance, she loves the "Ni-Night" game as we call it. However, I try to play that game with her and she looks at me and says, "No Mama - GO! (then pushes me away) Daddy Ni-Night." Thanks kid. Plus, with other things, rocking her good night, reading stories, she seems to be pretty particular at who does them. Tim says it will only get worse after baby #2 is born - she will always want him as she will feel slighted by me. Hopefully that is not the case!!

She had a wonderful Easter and really got into it! Dying eggs was great fun! She only spilled the dye over once and cracked about 4 or 5 eggs (or ovals as she still calls them.) She wanted to eat the eggs/ovals right away, shell and all, but the next morning when she actually did - she did not enjoy them at all!

Finding the easter eggs/ovals and basket left by the bunny was her favorite. Right away when she got up, I reminded her about Easter and the bunny. (and did try to throw in the religious story too, which was lost on her) She found her first egg right away and was very excited to find her favorite candy in them - M's! Then there were a few other eggs with some jelly beans, star bursts, and a few quarters. That tricky bunny was hiding them everywhere! Her basket was found in the bathtub - which she thought was hilarious! And she loved her little Cinderella doll and new Dora movie. I think she had a very happy Easter!

Later that afternoon after nap time, Nana had her annual Easter Egg Hunt! We decided that despite the elements, it would be outside, so we bundled all the kids up in their snow pants and boots and brought them outside. They all had a great time with that! They were running around finding their color of eggs and eating the goodies inside. and of course - what is an Easter Egg Hunt without splashing in some puddles?

Everything else is going well. I have been feeling baby #2 move a little bit, so that is really neat. I have been trying to exercise and stay in shape- so that is good. Work is stressful, but good. I have been hearing some nice things about my new role and my performance, so that is GREAT! All the feedback from the managers has been positive and since this is a pretty highly visible project, I am very pleased with that. Hopefully I can maintain the results!

It is up to the cabin this weekend where the carpet should be installed - so our basement is almost done! YEAH! Emma loves the cabin, so it will be nice to be there and relax a little!

Oh yeah, Tim is good too :-)

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone! I know it is a bit early - but we are heading down to the farm for an Easter Egg hunt. First, I wanted to post a few pictures of the happenings yesterday. It was a typical Friday - the Kellogg's came over to bake some Easter cookies and do a few Easter crafts. While Kristen and I were talking, we decided it would be fun to take some Easter pictures of the girls - with the girls dressed up as bunnies! The pictures are below and they turned out pretty cute!

Have a great day tomorrow - I hope you all are spending some time with family and being thankful for the blessings in your life. I know I am :-)

Things I have learned this week

This was a great learning week for me for a few reasons:
A) Stubbornness runs in my family (or Tim's) and now my little one seems to be developing it.
b) Even if mopping the floor with your 22 month old seems like a good idea, it may not be.
c) If you DO decide to mop the floor with your 22 month old, don't give her a bucket of water.

Let's explore these further, shall we??

A) While I am glad that Emma is strong and voices her opinions, I am really started to wish she didn't know the word NO. Every night she seems to want to go shopping, which is fine because there are times when we need to go shopping. However, Tuesday night Tim had to run to Gander Mountain to buy an ice fishing shack. (I believe that makes the total 4 now at the cabin, nice....) So, Emma and I went to Wal-mart to find her some rain boots. One would think that finding rain boots at this time of year would be easy, but not the case. So, I bundle Emma up, get her in the car and she REFUSES to let me buckle her in. "No, Mama - no shopping." So I figure, okay, she had a busy day at daycare, we won't go. So, I take her out of the car. However, once in the house she has a fit because she wants to go shopping. So, I sit her down and tell her that if she gets back in the car, we are going shopping. "Uh huh -shopping." But, once in the car, she has a huge fit again. TOO BAD! She cries half the way to Walmart, but then gets excited once we are in the store. They did not have rain boots, but we did get her another pair of shoes. Unfortunately, she had to walk around the store with me, because she kept kicking her legs so I could not put her in the cart.

We did eventually find her some rain boots at Marshalls, along with a cute rain coat. She really needs the boots as she has to stomp in every puddle she can find when walking outside.

B) I needed to mop the floor. Mopping the floor is a necessity with a little one as they are constantly getting it dirty. I didn't have time during her nap yesterday as I was vaccuming and cleaning up toys, so I thought "How fun if Emma could help me. She loves playing with water and is always mimic-ing me. So, I get her a bucket of water, a sponge and take off all of her clothes, other than the diaper.
She loves it! I remind her how she is just like Cinderella cleaning the floor, which makes it even better! So, we start singing "Sing Sweet Nightinggale" like they do in the movie and mop the floor. First, I notice that I put way too much soap in my bucket, so I am leaving foamy streaks. That frustrates me. Then, I notice how much water Emma is using, which is leaving an even bigger foamy mess. No good. Which leads to:

C) I knew there was a chance that Emma having a bucket would make a much bigger mess AND that she could potentially dump the bucket of water over. Which, she did both. Now, mind you, I didn't put a LOT of water in her bucket, just enough for her sponge. Either way - when it spilled, it still got all over. She thought it was hilarious and instantly starting stomping around in it. I quickly got a towel and starting soaking it back up. Interesting experience.... It was fun - just a wet experience.

The weather, the cabin, and both babies...

Ahhh... Hasn't it been beautiful out lately? I love that it is getting warmer! Emma and I have been trying to get out every night when we get home from work - plus spending time on the days that I don't. The picture above is from Emma (obviously) dropping on the ground and doing snow angels. We can be walking around, dropping apples for Bob when all of a sudden she will fall down and start doing angels. Although, she really only has the leg action going and not the arms - but still, they look pretty good. Now that the snow is melting, we were able to get out the sidewalk chalk, her little bike, and some sand buckets to put the melting snow in. I love it! Also - the walks. Her and I go for a walk every day when we can. I really want the exercise for baby #2 and Emma just enjoys being outside. It is fabulous!

After a very quick prenatal check up on Friday (I waited in the waiting room longer than I was in with Fern aka. midwife) we were off to the cabin. Baby #2 is still doing good and the heartbeat is strong! It wa a very nice weekend at the cabin. Tim and Dad were able to finish off a lot of work in the basement and Mom and I played with Emma, went for walks, and did some local shopping.

I started new responsibilities at work today, which went pretty well. It is pretty stressful ( I am doing demand planning for Micro's into plants) but I love it! I am getting back into what I like doing - playing with numbers. Hopefully it should go well!

Emma is really not happy, so I have to run. More later!

The chatter box

I was the lucky one this evening that had 3 carseats stuffed in the backseat of my new Corolla to pick up not one, but 3 little girls from daycare. I wish I would have taken a picture - because they were so cute back there. Anyway, Emma LOVED having company on the way home and I liked to have someone to talk to - aka. Kyra. Emma never really talks to me on the way home. I ask her what she did during the day and the answer is always "Play" and then I ask what she ate for lunch and she always answers "Cheese". Cheese is always her meal of choice. Then she sucks her thumb for the rest of the way home while looking out the window. Pretty quiet. Anyway - so Kyra and I are talking about her day and I am trying to talk to Kaylee too, but she doesn't answer. So, this is my conversation with Kyra.
Kelly: "So Kyra, Kaylee doesn't talk much yet does she?"
Kyra: "No, we need to teach her how to talk."
Kelly: "Do you think we need to teach Emma how to talk?"
Kyra: "No, Emma talks A LOT!"

Which is true, tonight Emma was completely WOUND UP! I think it started because of the three of them in the backseat of the car. She loved picking them up. Her and Kyra were laughing all the way home because I would open up the back windows and close them. (I love power windows - it is the simple things to keep the kids happy!) Emma and Kyra thought that was hilarious. Emma also thought it was hilarious to say, "Bob, Bambi, Apples" between laughter. That would only make them laugh even harder. It got to the point tonight later on, where I just wanted Emma to be quiet. Even Kristen said while we were eating supper, "Yeah - what do you do about that one? She is never quiet!" Nope - that is my girl... the chatter box.

Thankfully it is over...

FIRST - a big THANK YOU to my cousin Amber in Billings, MT for the adorable little purse for Emma! She LOVES it. I opened up the package this morning and she saw it right away and her eyes got huge. Then - "Want that Mommy - want that!" I tried to get a cute picture of her and the new Dora purse, but she was not cooperating. This is the best I could do... Tim was trying to get her to smile while putting the purse on her nose. But, you get to see Emma, the purse, and Tim's arm.

Do you ever have that feeling that you are so happy when the day is over? I am feeling that right now. Emma and I had a fabulous past 4 days, but I am exhausted - she is exhausted (although she will not admit it) and I am ready for bed.

Thursday and Friday were fairly uneventful - we did the usual cleaning, shopping, etc. Friday was Kristen's birthday, which we celebrated today with a shopping trip and Friday night was book club. I am really happy that I joined the bookclub. I know I have mentioned it before, but we are all around the same age, stuggling with the same things and we all need an excuse to get away from family and relax so, yes, Friday night was fun with them.

But - most of all - I LOVE MY NEW CAR (2009 Corolla - sorry if there was any confusion)!! I have told a lot of people this, but I think that I am a car person. While the Envoy was great - it was so big! I realize that things may be a bit more difficult with a car - especially when I am nine months pregnant and trying to put a little one in a car seat, but I really love my car. I will have pictures of it soon.

Saturday my parents, sister Kim, and nephew Andrew came up for Kristen's birthday and boy, what a healthy bunch we all were. Kaylee had a low grade fever, dad was hacking away, my with my stuffed up nose, Kyra had a runny nose, Andrew had a slight ear infection... and Mom had something too. Yes, what a picture of health. But, as always, it was fun to see everyone and have the little ones play and run around. Tim had his last day of class, which was great for him. Now just an independent study and his Hong Kong trip and he has his MBA baby! Next - me... well, maybe in a year or so. I am really hoping to complete my APICS certification first - then work towards the MBA. I know, pretty lofty goals, but one can have those while sitting and blogging on the computer.

Emma.... Emma... Emma... our sweet little girl is gone and now we have a little terror who does't listen, is completely stubborn, and always does what she wants. Kind of like having another husband - ha! We ask her to do something and we always get a "NO!" A very serious and loud NO! Emma, get off the table- "NO!" Emma, stop taking Mama's money - "NO!" (which, she loves money these days. Not that she understands what it is, but she will take coins out of my wallet when I don't have it hidden and put them in her piggy bank. At least she doesn't know what paper money is yet!) She still loves dancing, but instead of doing the Kermit, one legged dance, she runs in circle and she is ALWAYS at a ball. She loves rolling golf balls back and forth and is always on the run yelling "I get it" when it rolls away. We made it outside today where we fed Bob and Bambi more apples and went for a short walk - it was great! She is getting really good at saying Please and Thank You though, which I love and has just started ending everything with our names. No Mama, No Daddy. Thank you Mama, Thank you Daddy - which, like everything, is pretty darn cute.

This week will be busy - work will be busy, I have my doctors appointment on Friday! 14 weeks - now in my second trimester! And in 6 weeks from now we will know if it is a baby boy or girl. I think we still want to know. Well, I should rephrase, Tim wants to know, I think I do. Then, we are up to the cabin this weekend. Hopefully it will still be nice so we can do some fishing and play outside.

That's it. I have to go to bed. Here is a picture of Tim and his two favorite girls from last night.... I was doing some digital scrapbooking and was getting ready to go upstairs when I checked on them. Tim, Emma and Cinderella. I thought it was pretty cute!

Kelly got a car.. Kelly got a car... Kelly got a car, heh heh heh heh!!!!!!

YEAH! We got it and are picking it up tomorrow! Can you tell I am excited? AND, I know this is stupid of me, but I am a bit sentimental about the ol' Envoy. I am totally one of those people that keeps movie stubs, old candles, anything that I deem worthy to remind me of my past - and I always get this way about stuff. Tim and I brought Emma home from the hospital in that Envoy. AND - the day before she was born (after my water had broke and we were waiting for contactions) he took the Envoy to go get my Jimmy John's sub and Cold Stone Creamy to ease my nervousness and make me feel better.... sigh. But, I know, we will have many great memories in the bright red, 2009 Toyota Corolla.

Finally - we are all getting healthy! I went for a record of 6 days in a row without being able to taste. It totally sucked! If I was my non-pregnant self, I would have capitalized on those days as great for weight loss. But, not with a little 13 week old baby inside. (who is about 3.5 inches long and I swear I have felt it move. I know the books say it is too early, but I think I have!) Tim is getting better, Emma has been for awhile. Hopefully we stay that way now!

Emma has been good - really good and it seems as though every day she makes us laugh with something she says. She definitely thinks that Elmo is a great name for either a baby brother or sister. I thought she would be aiming for Dora, but she liked Elmo. She has become quite the Simpsons fan also, much to my chagrin. Tim LOVES the Simpsons and always has it on from 6:00 - 6:30. Yesterday, she was sitting on the couch and a commercial for the Simpsons comes on and she turns to Tim and says "Impsons - funny"

Here is Emma carrying around her purse. Lately, if we go grocery shopping, on the way to daycare, anywhere - she has to have her purse. After of course, she has stuffed her babies, plastic food, anything she can find into it. Pretty cute.

THEN - she was brutally attacked at daycare on Monday. Apparently she was playing with a toy and Breezy (Briannah) wanted it. So, Breezy comes over and tries to take it away and then scratches Emma right by the eye! How dare she! When Emma was at home, we would ask her what happened and she would say "Owie, Breezy, Eye" Thankfully she is recovering nicely and I think the scratch is almost gone.

Tim has his final class this Saturday! YEAH! Boy do I have quite the list for him when he is done... work on Emma's new room... make me some furniture... vacation! Yes, he will be kept busy.

All is good with me. Work is getting incredibly stressful as I am going to start doing demand planning for 9 plants. Which is exciting, but stressful. Even more so because one of those plants is where Dad gets his feed. So, God forbid, I ever run that plant out of an ingredient, Dad's feed could be delayed - GULP!! I am slowly starting to feel better for morning sickness, which is really nice! Hopefully all will turn the corner soon and I will have some energy back too. Our book club is meeting on Friday at Throwback's in Woodbury where they have Dueling Piano's - yeah fun! But, I don't know how long I will make it as I am normally in bed around 9:30.But, it is always good to see those ladies and talk about books and gossip!

Here is Emma giving the nod to Brett Favre (wearing my Packer hat) and saying "It has been a great run!" I am sad to see him go, but am glad that he had a great season last year. He deserves to relax and enjoy everything that life has to offer, especially with all that money he has made!

That's all - I have to watch Men in Trees and get a snack. Happy Days everyone!

No new car... yet

Yes - we went test driving Toyota's this evening, but now, we do not have a new car. We got Jessie to babysit (daycare provider's daughter) whom Emma really likes to hang out with and we were off on our own. We test drove a few cars and then did the wheeling & dealing. The wheeling & dealing did not go quite as we wanted, so we left. However, both Tim and I think they will be giving us a call on Monday with a better offer - we will see. The car? A 2009 Camry - red. http://www.toyota.com/corolla/exterior-360.html just in case you want to check it out. A pretty cool car I think. Anyway, then we were off to eat. We were supposed to go out with our friends Hans & Jen, however, it fell through. Which, was fine by me as I am still suffering from a cold and for the 3rd day running cannot taste anything. I HATE that about my colds, I always lose my sense of taste. Plus, my morning sickness seems to be back a bit (probably due to the cold) and I am tired... so, I am hoping that in a week or so when I am better, we will bring Jessie over again and really go out!
That's all for now. I will hopefully post more soon, with some pictures of Emma. It has been awhile since I posted pictures.