Cowgirl

Our preschool has a access only website that the teachers will post pics up of the kids. They uploaded a whole bunch. This week was cowgirl/boy week so we borrowed an outfit and bought one so she could be dressed in style. So yes I am going to be that Mom. :)

This was Tuesday's outfit with the class hat:

This was their pony ride of the day today:

Here she is doing her favorite thing, Reading:

Just the cool kid on the playground..

Soon to be surrounded by estrogen

So if you haven't heard by now, we are going to be blessed by another little girl. Once again, I was right. Taryn and I took Emmi out to her first fancy restaurant and opened the picture there, just like we did with Emmi. She is still in denial. I told Kona we were having a another girl and his response was "woof woof, woof woof woof, woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof", which means in people language "I don't care as long as you make Emmi stop striking me with closed fists". We'll get to that.....

So, I think we decided on a name. Unlike Emmi, whose name we had for about 7 years, this one was a little tougher. We had decided on a boys name since Taryn was convinced we're having a boy....ooops. We had to scrambled to get a girls name, since we only have about 5 months left to decide. So, we really decided to take the lazy way out and name our new little girl the same as what we were to name our boy. True story.

Now begins room change over and painting and all that fun stuff. Luckily we already have a girl so clothes and toys will be easy. I've started saving to weddings as well.

As for everyone else. Over the last couple months Emmi has become more abusive to Kona. The poor guy. She'll pull his ears, his tail, smack his nose. He's such a good dog though. He just sits there and takes it or comes to me for protection. The funniest (but not really) incident happened one night at Kona's dinner time. I put his food in his bowl and put it in his tray. He began to eat and Emmi walked over, pushed him out of the way, yelled "NO!" at him, took his food bowl and walked away with it. Poor dog just stood there and look confused at me. After all this Kona will still sleep a good portion of the night either in her room or in front of her door.

As for Emmi, pre-school is going well. She gets excited to go. She did have a small problem when both Taryn and I dropped her off one day last week. I guess she doesn't mind me leaving her.....This week she gets to take a pony ride and it's also cowboy week. We'll have to get some pics of her all decked out.

Doc Appt & Hockey

Emmi loves playing hockey in the driveway with her Daddy when he gets home from work. She also likes to put things in her mouth so here is her taking a break so she can sample the rocks.


Here are the ultrasound pics.

We have the reveal one in an envelope and was the first shot the tech was able to take. Make sure to get your vote on (http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyBurns2010) as this weekend will be the reveal. My appt went well. I have put on a total of 9 pounds, which is pretty good for my 19th week. I am starting to get the faint hip pain I had with Emmi. So I am only running every other day to give my hips a rest but other than that no complaints here.

Emmi continues to love preschool except this morning when I dropped her off with Daddy she cried. Even Mrs Tami commented that it was unusual for her but we all know it was because I was there. We set up the big girl bed in her room over the weekend. She wanted to nap in it but when all she did was jump on it and play with the new things she can reach we decided the crib was best for now. But she has the option if she wants it. This may be the start of rearranging the upstairs to prepare for the baby.

Check back over the weekend for the big announcement. :)

Get your vote on!!!

It is that time again.... Next week on Thursday we will have the ultrasound, will be 19 weeks. We plan to do like we did with Emmi and go out to dinner/lunch over the weekend to open the envelope for the reveal. So get your vote on to let us know what you think we will be having. Aunt Claudia was the winner the first round. :)

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyBurns2010

On the preschool front Emmi came home with her first Injury Report. She fell in the playground and has a scraped up nose. But she is all good. She loves preschool as the one week of transition was all she needed to realize how much fun she would be having. I hope to post up some new pics soon.

Pre-preschool, carnival, & the real deal

Last week Emmi had her meet and greet at Preschool. It was great and she had to wear her sunglasses into the room. She pulled me around the room at first but soon enough Jacob and I were able to stand to the side to watch her mingle. I also definitely decided I would not be able to be the one to drop her off.


Then we had the holiday weekend where I ran in a 5k at just over 30 minutes (I really think it was under since they didn't start timing when you cross the start line.) Then we got to hit the carnival since Matthews has a big festival in the center of our town. From craft tents, to the crazy food, to rides, to the car show. We took it all in, I only got kettle corn to share with Emmi and her Daddy did win her a ball.

Today was the big day. Daddy took Emmi to school and she did great. She left him at the door and was ready to play while I tried to hold it together at home. When we went to pick her up her teacher, Miss Tami, said there were only a few cry moments which doesn't surprise me since she woke up super early and hasn't been napping much more than an hour to hour & a half lately. She goes back Thursday for another half day before full swing next week. Of course my camera wasn't focusing well this morning so the pics I thought I got I really didn't. Here is one of her Daddy helping her put her sweater on.

As a side note here is what Jacob wants for Christmas/Birthday/whatever you want to get him a present for he wont turn it down:
69 Camero SS red with black racing stripes

Big girl...

Emmi just amazes me more and more each day.

Her things lately have been:
- I do not have to follow her on the playground equipment. She just walks up to the big slide herself. She also likes to try swinging on the big kid swings. It will be nice when I meet up with some of the moms since I will actually be able to maybe have a little bit of conversation.
- The other thing is she now knows how to open the fridge. This coming weekend when we go grocery shopping I am going to pick up self serve type snacky things to put in the drawers. Then each night stock the drawer for her daily allowance. :) Otherwise we will have a day like today where she took 3 bites of a peach and then went to get another one.
- She also loves to wash her hands. We have set up a little chair in the downstairs bathroom for her to be able to do it herself. Although we keep the door shut most of the time as I otherwise see her soaking the bathroom down.
- Books and more books she just can't get enough. At night we end up reading the same books over and over again. Same with naptime. Although during the day she is perfectly happy reading them by herself. It has been great since she knows a ton of animal sounds now since those seem to be her favorites. The cutest sound she makes is the Rooster, her cock a doodle do is hysterical. Plus she can count to 3 all thanks to reading.

BABY news- Cant forget that. Had my doctor appt this week(15 weeks) where I have only put on 3 pounds and the baby's heartbeat was 156. Our next one will be the ultrasound so be on the look out for the poll to appear in the next month.

Here she is from over the weekend when she was helping Jacob get ready for his trip to Diablo. I am sure it makes Cousin Beau proud.

Helping & updates

Here is Emmi helping wash dishes, also note the hairbow, we are back to those :) :


Other updates:
-I am officially working from home 100% as of this week. We will be cleaning out my desk this weekend and now need to figure out office space and where to put my stuff. One idea I have is to change around our spare rooms due to baby on the way, making a playroom/office and then make the old office a nursery. So we may be living in chaos for a short bit as we figure it out.
-Speaking of baby on the way I am feeling great. I am not as tired as I was with Emmi. Just going about my normal routines. I definitely feel a little bigger as the end of the day comes, my term is the end of day baby bloat. So I am all about wearing comfy clothes and dragged out a few pair of maternity shorts if I go anywhere in the late day. Early part of the day I am still good in normal clothes. But the working from home allows me not to have to dress up much. :)
-Emmi starts preschool in the beginning of September so when Memere was here we went shopping for a few outfits. I think we are ready.