Calling baby a "She"

To continue and add to the last post, yes, we are having a girl!!

Emmers now says "Hi Sissy!" instead of "Hi Baby"

We found out very early yesterday morning. We had a very good Doctor do the ultrasound and she was very accommodating to my many questions.

She said everything expecting parents want to hear and more.

Beautiful heartbeat.

Beautiful growth that is right on track.

NO calcium deposits on the heart (we had that scare with Emme).

Placenta is nice and high in the womb.

HEAD IS DOWN

ALL AROUND HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL BABY

That last couple are pretty important if I want to proceed with a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)

You'll see me refer to that term a bunch as I am still on the fence if I'm going to do it.

I want to, don't get me wrong. I don't wish that kind of surgery on ANYONE, let alone a new Mom who never so much has even had a freakin IV in her life.

I still have to have the important sit down discussion with my Dr and weigh the pros and cons about it. I have done hours of research online myself about it, but a drs advice and my own intuition gets the final say.

Eric filmed the U/S and got the reaction of all of us finding out baby is a "She".

I had severe mixed emotions and my heart was beating so so fast.

I have said from day one that I was so excited either way with the gender.

As the Dr told us baby was definitely a she by showing us those 3 distinctive lines, so many racing thoughts ran in this order:

" :( it's not a boy"

"good. they are scary"

"but I kinda thought I wanted a boy"

"are you sure you did Liz??"

"yeah, but girls are so precious"

"She was meant for us"

"oh my goodness, I'm having another girl"

"I am so excited Emme gets a Sister!"

"sisters"

"best friends"

"fighting"

"best friends again"

" They are going to watch out for each other"

"Wow. What a blessing to have another Girl"

This all took place is a split second it seemed.

The dr finished what she needed to do and wrapped up the U/S rather fast.

She left the room.

Eric and I laughed then hugged then cried.

Happy tears of course.

We we're beaming on the ride home and kept asking Emme the same question

"Do you love your baby Sister??"

I think we just liked her "Yeeeah" response and the sound of the phrase most.

So here we have it! Our little girl is due is 19 weeks and we couldn't be more elated to have her in our lives and have her complete the Jaeger family.

Now for a name....

We are having a.....

We are thrilled to say we are expecting a GIRL!!!!!

SO so so happy Emme is having a Sister!!

Strawberry or Blueberry??

We find out in the morning...

Easter 2011

What an amazing Easter weekend we had!

Saturday we went to a park on Base where they had a quick fun egg hunt. Emme got to meet the Easter bunny too!

Daddy and Emmers waving to Easter Bunny from the fire truck

Having some fun at the park after the hunt

Making Easter eggs

Patiently waiting as they turn colors

Her first year coloring eggs!

The finished product

So proud of her Eggies :D

Emmers basket ready to be hidden in the house by Daddy. Following a tradition he had as a kid.

Easter Morning

Eating sour jelly beans

Trying out her new princess shoes

Playing with daddy with her new fishing pole

Egg hunt after church

My beautiful Girl

Happy Easter everyone!

He is risen

“I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears. But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.” Elder Bruce R McConkie

My favorite LDS woman shared this on her FB profile today and it was all I needed to be in the Easter Sunday spirit we all should feel.

I am so thankful to my Savior for his atoning sacrifice. For giving us the gift we needed to return to our Heavenly Father.
He lives!

*Also*

I am thankful for my blessed family near and far.
I am so grateful for my Daughter, my Husband, and our blessing on the way.
I am grateful to have my Church and our friends we can turn to at any time.

I feel dumb now

Guess who is fast asleep in her big girl bed?

Yep- the same girl I thought would put up a fight for weeks.
It literally took her a day and a half to accept, then LOVE her new bed.

We have a pretty solid routine before bedtime, and like any kid- she craves structure.

We settle down with a bath (most days.. okay at least once a week) followed by brushing her teeth with a cool Dora electric toothbrush, then lotion her with some sweet smelling goodness.
We then put some PJ's on and read 1-23 books depending on how tired Mama or Daddy is that night. We say a family prayer, tuck her in with her "Mimi Mouse", and give her 2... yes, I said 2 binkis (she holds one in her hand and sucks on one at night) *sigh* speaking of which- that is next on the list of things to break..sometime soon...hopefully.
The last part is my favorite (second to her falling right to sleep of course)..
She says an understandable "I love you" right before we turn the lights off.

All of us dig this new nightly routine.

Eric and I then top of that good night with some shows on our good friend, DVR.

*Simple Wednesday night bliss

It has finally happened.

Emme has climbed out of her bed.

All she had to do was throw a leg over basically. That's how easy it was for her. That's how easy it could have been for months.

We have officially lived in Biloxi for 4 months now and her pack and play sleeping arrangement turned from temporary to "let's just wait until she can climb out".

It's exciting and scary at the same time. We have had her "big girl" room set up for her since we moved in and I couldn't wait for her to finally use it.

It's scary because she is honestly the.best.sleeper. she sleeps 12-13 hours straight at night with a solid 2 hour nap in the day.

Now that she has her "freedom" she can decide how long she sleeps now.

She falls to sleep right away after putting her down. When shes awake, she hollers out to Mama and I'm there withing a minute. I think that's a big reason why she never even tried to climb out the pack and play. She knew I was always coming to get her and she felt safe in her bed.

When she did climb out the other night, it was bc she was not happy she was in there.
We had the Bishop over and she was throwing a full blown f.i.t so after so many failed bribes and her not settling down, we put her in her bed and she went even more hysterical. About a min later we heard her door open and Eric and I looked at each other and knew from then on it was game over. The pack and play will be packed away.

She did so well her first time sleeping in her new bed. She took her normal 2 hour nap yesterday. But then.
But then last night/this morning was a different story.

2am I heard "Mama" close to my door so I jumped up knowing it was little missy not in her room. I found her half way down the unlit stairs. I picked her up heading right back to her room. That is, until I kissed her forehead. Scorching. Like how is she not having seizures kinda hot. Yesterday she had an on and off temp of 99 but nothing a little Tylenol didn't help. I ran downstairs with Emme on hip and found the ear thermometer and it was saying she had a 103 temp! I woke Eric up and had him run to Walmart to get Motrin and more Tylenol while I stripped her down to put in a cool bath. She loved it. Crazy girl. Only Emme would like a cold bath. This girl loves water I tell ya. She was shivering and chattering her teeth all while playing "fishes" with her toys just laughing away. I kept telling her she was in a pool not a bath and she liked that. Daddy made it home while I was toweling off the sicky. We gave her medicine and read about 10 books to her and she was thrilled. About 3:30am is when we tried to coax her back to her "big girl bed" and she wanted nothing to do with it. So I did it. I slept in the bed with her. Any other night I would have not but she still had a little bit of a temp and I didn't want to leave her alone. I said a prayer and started singing songs that she loved. At 4am her fever broke. Hallelujah. Now to get her back to sleep. After 4 trips back and forth between her room and mine, she finally fell asleep in my arms on her bed. I did the ol' hug and roll and got out of that room as quietly as I could manage. Success! She slept until 8 am. She woke up crying and I didn't blame her. You could tell she didn't know where the heck she was nor did she feel good so it wasn't a good mix. She has already spent an hour on the stairs just sobbing wanting nothing to do with food or Mama. I let her cry it out and turned on Dora to bribe her down the rest of the stairs. Half an episode in she is now lying on the floor eating a protein bar with some milk.

Her fever is gone (for now) but I know I have a full day ahead of me.

All in all-

A sick child + trying to transition so child into a new bed = disaster.

She has made her way up to the couch and is attempting to snuggle so I should end it on that sweet note.

How to keep your house clean when you have small children

You can't.