Emma's Birthday Part 1

Emma got her first present from Uncle Matt and Aunt Heather on Thursday night. 

She got Sesame Street drums!  And as you can see from the picture, she loves them!

 

On Friday, she got another present from my friend Casey!  She got her Sesame Street Maracas.  Emma played them all the way home from the mall, which is 20-25 minutes from our house!

2 Little Busy Bodies

Between Emma and Hayden, I'm always moving!  Emma absolutely loves being outside!  Personally, I prefer the indoors and my A/C:-)  It's been very nice here lately!  It's been warm and sunny with very little rain, so we've spent a lot of time outside.  Emma spent most ALL day yesterday outside and went all day long without a nap.  This concerned me a little, but she didn't start having an attitude until bedtime.  She had a blast and got a little tan in the process!  As soon as she came in the house, I threw her in the tub because she'd been playing in the grass and in the dirt and was filthy!  Apparently, she's going thru "Big Bang Theory" withdrawals because she looked at me and said, "Momma, Shedon on TT?"  I told her, no, not tonight.  She looked at me again, started laughing and said, "Shedon funny Momma!"  She cracks me up!  I've got to catch her on video doing her dance to the BBT theme song! 

Mr. Hayden apparently prefers to be as stretched out as possible.  He's stretched out from my ribs on the left side to my hip on the right side.  So I'm feeling pretty uncomfortable these days!  His favorite time to move and kick is when I get ready to go to sleep at night!  I think he was doing the jive last night because never has he moved so much before!  I didn't have to have a c-section with Emma because she was a 6lb. baby.  I'm sensing that Hayden is going to be a linebacker, so I'm trying to wrap my brain around the possibility that I might have to have one with him:-/ 

My poor house is torn apart and of course heck had to break loose the week before Emma's birthday party!  Our water heater had been leaking for who knows how long.  We had no clue.  It leaked underneath our laminate flooring which is barely 1 year old.  We Steven had to rip out all of the flooring because we were afraid the water had caused mold.  Thankfully it was just mildew and we Steven was able to clean it up and get our bathroom to where we can use it.  Now we've got to get all new flooring for the bathroom:-(  Now, we're down to one bathroom for the birthday party. 

Just to give you an idea of all of the stuff Steven had to move out of the bathroom just to take the floor up...

So guess what all we had to take off of our bed and put back on those shelves last night.  My stock pile has dwindled down some, but there's still a ton of stuff on those shelves! LOL!

Emma's First Skinned Knee

While leaving the Mexican restaurant today, Emma was paying more attention to her surroundings than to walking.  These days, as big as my belly is, I let her walk as much as she will.  While walking to the car, she tripped and skinned her little knee.  After we got home, I tried doctoring up her little skinned knee, I think I cried more than she did. As I was trying to put some neosporin on it, she was crying with big crocodile tears rolling down her sweet, little face.  For the last 30 minutes, she's been running around the house chasing her Bubby A-ree (as she calls him,) you'd never know her knee had been hurting her so bad not long before.  She is laughing harder than I've heard her laugh before and is having so much fun!  I, of course, am encouraging the running and playing because I want her to take a good nap!  I'm trying to type all of this out while laughing at Emma, laughing!  Childen's laughter is always music to my ears!!

Emma's 2nd Birthday party plans

Well, plans are coming along for Miss Emma's 2nd birthday party!!  I still CAN'T believe that my baby girl is going to be 2 in just a few days!!!  We're having an Elmo themed party, which if you know Emma, that shouldn't suprise you!  She's been obsessed with Elmo for a LONG time now!  She loves watching Sesame Street and knows almost every puppets name.  She even names each of them in the intro of the show!  So, we're doing Elmo and Dorothy plates which are coming along!  Here's the start of them:

Here's the Elmo eyes, with the nose

Here are the Elmo eyes/nose finished!

Thank God for Pinterest!!!  That's where I found most of my inspiration for her party!!  I'll also be making ribbon topiaries, homemade pom-poms, Elmo cupcakes, and an Elmo cake.  We won't be having a cookout this year like we normally do.  Instead, we're just having refreshments and cake/cupcakes.  I'll be making Elmo fruit and veggie trays!! (Another Pinterest idea:-)  My Dad and I also found balloons with Emma's name on them at Party City the other day YAY!  The party colors are hot pink, orange, and red!  Lauren from Raby Baby Boutique is making her birthday dress, which I can't wait to see!!  I know it will be adorable:-)

I'll post more pics as the decorations are made:-)

We're ready for Hayden...Almost!

This week, we got the rest of the things that I had ordered for Hayden!  His towels, burp clothes, wash cloths, bibs, and tons of onsies!  I learned with Emma that you want double the wash clothes, onsies, bibs, and burp towels you think you'll need because there are days where you're so exhausted you might not feel like washing a load of clothes! 

The only things left to get are the crib, changing table, diaper bag, and bath tub.  Oh, and repainting the nursery!!  I don't think Hayden would appreciate a VERY pink bedroom! LOL!!  He's definitely growing because my poor belly is getting bigger by the second!  I'll be 22 weeks on Tuesday the 27th and even though I'm pretty miserable, I'm just fine with him baking a little while longer! LOL!

Hayden's stuff:-)

Other than needing a diaper bag, bath tub, swing, and a couple of other minor things, there are several things that have arrived the last two days for Mr. Hayden and Miss Emma's NEW nursery!!!  Yesterday we got Hayden's Baby Einstein playmat, foam pad for the changing table, and his Boppy Lounger.  Today we got his bedding and a suprise: Emma's bedding!!  They hadn't sent me a shipping confirmation on it, so I wasn't expecting it:-)

As far as clothing goes, Hayden is set!  I've bought him sleepers, socks, and several cute little outfits!
Here's the picture of all of the things we've gotten the last two days.  Emma's bedding is hanging on the dining chair.

Halfway There:-)

I'm officially 20 weeks along now and have hit the halfway mark!  Hayden is still growing and moving and is definitely proving he's a boy!  He moves the most around meal times! LOL!!!  I've ordered everything we need for him except for a few things: crib, changing table, bath tub (ordered, then Target cancelled it), and a diaper bag.  I either have or have ordered everything else.  My husband asked me if I still had Emma's bathtub.  He told me, "we can use it if we still have it,"  I said, "No we can't I sold it months ago and, It's pink," and his manly response, "well, that's what spraypaint's for."  hahaha

I'm waiting on several shipments to come in over the next few days so that I can get all of the burp towels, bibs, onsies, etc. washed and ready for Mr. Hayden's arrival in July!  Emma comes up to me multiple times a day and wants to give the baby a hug.  She hugs my belly and says, " Hi bubba, wuv u!"  How precious is that?? 

With all of this awesome weather, Emma and I have been spending a lot of time outside.  We took a trip on Tuesday to The Avenue in Murfreesboro to do some shopping!!  I was waiting for Carter's to have their 50% off sale and of course when I checked it ended on Tuesday! lol  So, here we go flying to Murfreesboro to get Emma and Hayden some new Spring/Summer clothes!!  If I were to have bought everything at retail prices it would have cost me $340 pre-tax.  But thanks to the sales, I paid just $183 pre-tax!!  That's an awesome amount of savings for buying retail!!  I also got Emma some of the cutest shoes at Stride Rite!!  They had a BOGO 1/2 off the whole store!! YAY!!  We saved $21 there.  Any savings at Stride Rite is awesome to me:-) 

Here's a picture of my little shopping buddy!  It hit 82 degrees here on Tuesday, so we both were sporting our warm weather clothes!  The sad part is that the skirt she's wearing is skirt #3 that we tried on.  That one is an 18 months size with darts in the waist because she's so tiny! LOL!!!  I had to put darts in her shorts yesterday before we could even leave the house!

Since Dr. Watlington is no longer delivering babies here in McMinnville anymore:-(  I start going to my new doctor on Monday, the 19th.  My friend Casey goes there and loves Dr. Riley.  I'm so excited to find out what Casey is having!!  She finds out on the Tuesday, the 20th!!  We're due just a few days apart!