Birthday!

Caroline's cousin Louis had his first birthday on Saturday. We shared in a little celebration at his house on Saturday. Sadly, we all apparently also shared some sort of stomach bug. Sunday night around 11 PM Caroline woke up screaming and covered in puke. Being the nice wife I am I told Tom to go back to bed since he had to work in the morning and I would stay up with her. She threw up several more times while I layed in bed with her. Every time she was about to throw up she would cling to me...poor girl. Caroline and I were able to finally go to sleep around 4 am...well, by 7 am I realized I was going to be sick too...by 9 am, Tom and I were both throwing up too. Gosh, it was an awful day! It's one thing to be sick, but another when we are ALL sick! Luckily we are all better now. I guess quite a few people got sick that came to Louis' party....don't know if it was the food or some sort of virus...but it sucked!
Anyway, here are a few pictures from that day!

All the cousins were playing together by the door. Every time we would try to get a picture at least one of them would walk away....so this is the best I got.

Caroline and her cousin Anthony

I love this picture...she was standing across the room saying "CHEE" waiting for me to take a picture of her. Lol

Tom and Louis...the birthday boy!

I took my picture at the wrong moment...Louis decided to grab the knife! Don't worry, he was completely fine! I love the face Nicholas has though.

Videos

Here are a few videos from the last couple weeks. The first is Caroline playing her recorder/trombone. The second is her talking to Jojo. She was saying "hi Jojo" over and over...but by the time I got out the camera she only said it 2 more times...oh well. The third is her playing with the slinky with daddy. She loves to play with him and is always asking for "more more"...in other words...do it again daddy!

Baby AJ...33 weeks

Today I am 33 weeks pregnant...almost there. I am tired and sore...but can't complain about much else. Everything has been going very well. He should be somewhere around 4.5-5 lbs. I have been meeting all the Dr's in the practice over the past month...still one more to meet. I really like all of them. The Dr that I saw today wasn't the most friendly (could have had something to do with my screaming child)...but she was more informative than the other Dr's have been so far. However, I am not sure if what she told me today was just her opinion, or fact. I will have to ask more questions of the other Dr's over the next few weeks.

Anyway, the Dr today told me that I need to go into labor on my own by 40 weeks (39 is ideal) because they really do not like to give Pitocin to women who have had a c-section in the past. I did not want to have Pitocin anyway, so that's fine with me so long as I actually go into labor on my own. Apparently the strong contractions that Pitocin can cause in a short amount of time can often lead to rupturing of the uterus in VBAC patients. Also, she recommended that if I do not go into labor by 39 weeks that I just opt to do a c-section because the risk of uterine rupture increases with bigger babies. I'm not sure what I will decide yet...I do not particularly want to be cut open again...but i don't particularly want to go through labor either. Any other options? haha. Well, I'm sure whatever happens will be what's best.

Well, that's about it...somewhere around 6-7 weeks from now (wow, that sounds so far away) you will get to see cute baby pictures instead of fat pregnant lady pictures :-)

I took this myself this afternoon...bad hair day...actually it is a "I didn't even try to look good day" :0

Happy St. Patty's Day

I was in a picture taking mood this afternoon...so Happy St. Patricks Day!

"Chee"


Jolina and Caroline are BFF! So cute!

She loves her slide!

Morning at the Beach!

This morning Tom had to go to the city for work, but I had a Dr's appointment...so I got stuck bringing Caroline. Umm...she was not happy about coming with me. She screamed and cried "out, out" to get out of the stroller. I was not about to let her out of the stroller so the Dr and I just had to talk over her. Needless to say, I will never be bringing her again by myself. At least the Dr was pretty nice about it even though I could tell she was slightly annoyed. Anyway, the poor girl just did not want to sit. When we left the Dr she just screamed and screamed because she did not want to sit in the car seat...so since the beach is about 2 min. from our house, and it was a nice day, I decided it was the perfect place to get her energy out. She LOVED it and never wanted to leave!

She loves stairs...so we both got our exercise going up and down a hundred times.

1st Birthday

A couple Saturdays ago Carolines cousin, Giorgia, celebrated her first birthday. Poor girl was so tired she fell asleep for the night about an hour into her party. Every time we get together we try to get a picture with all the cousins...with 6 kids 4 and under this is NOT an easy task...this is the best we got. I wish I had more pictures from the party, but my camera battery died after we took these pics.
There is an extra kid in the picture...he is a cousin of Nick and Denise's kids.

Caroline: 19 Months

I'm a little behind on this...Caroline actually turned 19 months on Feb 28th...it's now St. Patty's Day...oh well, at least I'm doing it, right? I used to update this during nap time...but her nap time is now my nap time too. I'm so tired all the time now. On the days I don't nap I am busy cleaning the house because I didn't do it the day before...so this has been neglected. Caroline and Jolina are being very good right now playing, so I am able to finally get at least a few updates.

Caroline just keeps amazing us. I think it was the day she turned 19 months...or at least somewhere around there...we decided to turn her crib into a toddler bed to see how she would do. She amazed us by going to bed perfectly, and staying in the bed. She actually stays in her bed until we come and get her in the morning. She even asks to go "nigh nigh" when she is tired. Awesome. I wouldn't say there have been any other BIG changes. She just continues to pick up new words every day. She says and does a lot of funny things. If I can actually get myself on here more than I can write them down when I remember....I'll try to remember a few things


*Her word for all drinks is now "wawa"...sometimes she will say "dink" or "juice"...but it's pretty much always "wawa" even if she really wants milk. *She loves to go to nursery at church and see her friends..."sack" (Zack) and Vivian...that was is to hard so she really doesn't have a name for her yet. *She likes to take my phone and camera and point them at us saying "chee" *She loves to play outside. Now that it is a little warmer she is always asking to go out. *She likes to wear bows in her hair...and earrings on her ears. But, she can't seem to keep the earrings in. After she asks for them and I put them in...she will run off and hide so she can take them out, and then she brings them back to me. Silly girl. *She FINALLY likes to give us kisses. And she likes to give five and knuckles...she has to be even so if someone asks for five she will give everyone in the room five....not as generous with the kisses though. *She is a perfectionist...she cannot handle it if something is out of place unless she is the one that put it there. lol. * She LOVES Minnie Mouse and Elmo!

I have pregnancy brain and that's about all I can think of from last month...hopefully when she turns 20 months I will actually update this while I can remember.

We love you Caroline!

Here are a few pictures...

Her "big girl" bed with Jolina




Playing dress up


At IHOP on Valentines Day


Eating Jello


Yes...she is wearing Minnie mouse underwear over her diaper

Other NM Pics

Caroline had some fun playing Twinkle Twinkle with "Bampa"

Grandpa was able to get Caroline to go to sleep at church...truly amazing...she took him up and down the stairs about 15 x's and then zonked out.

Jarians Baby Blessing

Feb. 20th Kim and Tyler had their baby blessed by my Dad...and James Harper and her bishop also were in the circle. It was great that I could be there for that. :-)

Kim, Tyler and Jarian

Jarian

Cathie, Dad, Kim and Jarian, Tyler, me and Caroline

James, Dad, Kim and Jarian, Tyler, and Bishop

Everyone who was there...

Albuquerque Aquarium

Feb 21st...the day before we left, we went with Aunt Kim, Jarian, "Bampa", and our friends Elizabeth and Brantly to the aquarium. It was a lot smaller than I thought, but fun!

Caroline and Brantly on the ants

My cute little nephew chillin in his stroller

Helping Grandpa push the stroller...she loves her grandpa!

Aunt Kim and Caroline


"Cheese"
I can't figure out how to flip this video..so you will just have to turn your head...it's really short because I thought I was taking a picture, not recording.