16 weeks pregnant

Do you know what my favorite part of this picture is?

Emme staring at Mama.

So far in this pregnancy I am truly blessed!!

It has been a breeze for the most part.

Here are the not so fun parts: (but I will still gladly take over what I experienced last preganacy)

I get ligament pains every now and then and pee every 30 min

I am officially all the way into maternity clothes- although that should be in the "plus" catagory bc maternity clothes are freaking awesome.

I still wake up in the middle of the night lying on my stomach followed by a mini panic attack that I just cut off supply to my baby and killed it. Then I roll over to my side and fall back asleep.

Here are the FUN parts:

**Not having horrible syptoms!!

Emme kissing and rubbing my belly.

Having energy back (2nd trimester is famous for "the most energenic trimester out of the 3")

Seeing my belly grow.

Eric getting me things that are yummy to eat (usually whenever I want them)

My cravings are for soup and water with lemon so I'm not gaining hardly any weight! (I know it's very early on though. haha.)

Prenatal Vitamins are doing wonders for my nails!!

All in all, I am one happy pregnant lady!

So far, so good!

Thank you Baby for taking it easy on your Mama so far...

I will make you my favorite if you keep it that way ;)

***Exactly 30 days until we find out what we're having!***

Emme and Dolly

Emmelyn and her Dolly ready for Church

I wish Mama can say she made the dresses.. At least we got a good deal on them!

Speaking of Church, Emme has been doing so well!

For the most part, she sits still during Sacrament meeting.

Her other class is Nursery where at 18 months old they start learning the importance of church and of Family and always do fun activies and of course snack time. She goes to this class for about 1 hr 45 min while Mama and Daddy attend their classes.

She LOVES when the congregation starts singing and says "yay!" when a talk or song is over (you are supposed to be reverent and not clap afterwards) It's cute and she still gets a ton of smiles from people when she does it.

She grasped onto the concept of prayer pretty fast, although we see her sneaking goldfish from her bowl during them. Stinker :D

So far the entire family is enjoying attending Church every Sunday. It has been an adjustment for us, but at the end of the day we are so happy we are doing it. The dressing Emme is pretty dresses part is not bad either ;)

Dauphin Beach, AL

100th post!!!

I've been looking forward to this special post because I knew I was going to make it about something special!

Do you want to know what is absolutely amazing in my life right now?



Emmelyn is peeing in her potty!!


Like, all the time.



I told you it was amazing.




PS Although, she did poop on the carpet tonight.

Baby steps.

Coming Home

It's about time someone made a show about military families and their reunions.

Thank you, Lifetime.

If you didn't catch it, it premiered last night at 9pm.

I knew going into watching the show I would be an emotional mess.

What I didn't expect was how it physically hurt to cry. I had to hold back what I actually wanted to do, which was a loud sob. Emme was sleeping.

Unfortunately you can't understand the true emotions fully unless you are the ones going through it.
But this show does an excellent job with getting close. The look in the faces and how tight the hugs were. How emotional a wife was just trying to explain to the host how she is scared by the sound of the doorbell if she isn't expecting anyone. Yeah, you can actually feel their pain. It hurt to cry.


My personal favorite part of the show was when a little boy had a surprise reuniting with his Dad in a special medieval times way. In the middle of saying his hello, he stopped hugging his Dad, looked him in the eyes and said "But are you coming home with us after this?" The little boy knew, after years of living the military life, sometimes you only get a quick hello or goodbye. When Dad reassured him he was coming home with him, his face lit up all over again. It was so pure. It was so beautiful. At the same time your heart ached for them.

Yet the hardest part of the show is keeping your eyes dry long enough to actually watch it.

I love watching people shake hands of service men and women. I'd love to see more hugs given to the children and spouses of those serving. It would mean more to them than you know. It means that YOU understand what they go through even if you don't understand fully, you get it.

I hope you tune in this week for the new episode and see what I am trying so hard to explain.

I appreciate and love you all who support our amazing troops and families.

2 year check-up for Ms Emmelyn

Emme's appointment was a success!

She weighs in at 25.5 lbs and 35 in tall

She is still very shy around people that want to come into her "bubble"

As the doctor was checking her she clung to Mama but let her do what she needed.

We brought our handy little drs kit from home so Emme could play along but she wanted nothing to do it with :)

She did not receive any vaccinations this time.

Something about coming from an Army post to an Air Force base, the charts for Emme either didn't get transferred or something. So what that means is Keesler doesn't have any records of her vaccinations. Which means more phones calls for me to make to figure this out to make sure she is up to date.

I always knew boogie was a good sleeper but her doctor was amazed with how good she really is. I am one happy and proud Mama. *who gets amazing sleep herself, finally.*

Oh I just hope the next baby follows in their sister's footsteps :D

We topped off the Dr visit with a car wash on the way home and we shared a packet of skittles while we waited for "car to take a bath".

Hello Beautiful

It's very nice to meet you.

Daddy, Big Sissy, and Mommy all saw and heard your little heartbeat.

A whopping 170 beats per min!!

Grandma says that means you're a girl ;)

Dr says you look right on track with your growth and perfect!

You even gave us a little wave.

Can't wait to give that hand a high five,

And many many kisses.

We are all so in love already.