Christmas Tree

Well we got our tree out and put it up. I am missing an Angel and our stockings and some garland. I also need to go buy those hooks, so I can hang up my wreath...okay so I still have a lot to do. Gosh I thought I had done so much. We were sitting in the living room last night and Jake looks around and said now Emily this house looks terrible. Why don't we clean it and then try and keep it clean through Christmas!!!! I laughed and said are you going to help keep it clean or just help clean it this once? He said he will help...I doubt that. He is very good about helping me clean, but only when it is so overwhelming he can't stand it. With this pregnancy I just don't have the energy or the anything for that matter to do it. I will do something and then sit and watch a little TV...then fold some towels and then sit down without putting them up! I don't know why I am so unmotivated this time around. Kenz is feeling better...she has two ear infections and has been wow can we say a Brat! Okay, Okay...I am such a mean mother...I know she is sick and doesn't feel good...but the constant crying doesn't help make her feel any better! She is finally eating again. She wouldn't eat for almost a week..but now is starving all the time! She still wants her nack's though. She loves Snacks!! She is definately her daddy's daughter. Well anyway, we did get some pictures last night. I got one of her pretending to do her breathing treatment. She was so cute!

What a Weekend!!

My doctors appointment went well. They changed my due date to June 27th. I am kinda glad, so now I will be on maternity leave when my niece gets married, so I can go to the wedding! We got to hear and see the heartbeat. So of course you can't tell it is a baby yet, but it made me feel better to see "it" and see it's tiny heart already working. It is amazing to me how something so small can grow into something so amazing and complicated as the human body. How can anyone not know there is a God out there creating all this? Well Kenzie has ran fever since Wednesday and not slept good at all and I took her to the doctor today and she has two ear infections. She has only had one before and she didn't show any signs of hurting. The only thing that tiped me off was of course the low grade fever and the oozing that started coming out of her right ear on Sunday. She has done pretty good though. She is just a little more cranky than usual!!! I have to tell you though, the little one growing inside me sure enjoyed Thanksgiving. The baby insisted on eating like 4 times on Thanksgiving Day! And then wanted more on Friday! Maybe this one will like to eat like me. Kenzie is picky like her daddy! They just don't know what they are missing!!!! Food is so good, not the enemy!!!! Well anyway, I have put a pillow in Mackenzie's bed now. She seems to have wanted one for a while now, so I finally broke down and put a small, thin one in her crib. She slept on it all night and never moved. Either she really liked it or she was so tired after not sleeping good for five nights. She had to tell me all about it this morning. She was so proud of it. I have to get over my fear of SID's. I mean she is almost 20 months old! I just don't want anything to happen to my baby. I know I need to let go in that aspect...but it is hard to see her growing up.

Dr. Appointment

Well everyone sit down and take a deep breath. We went to our first Doctors appointment today. I convinced Jake to go with me when he got off work, even thought I knew he would be exhausted. Well we get to the Dr. at 8:30 for our appointment and after waiting, peeing in a cup, taking blood (Jake was proud I didn't cry...like he would have), getting weighed and blood pressure taken....we found out we are pregnant! Yes I know nothing new! He didn't even listen to the heartbeat. We are due June 9th. He took all my stats and then gave me an evaluation and took some test for cultures...I hate those, and felt around a bit. Then he came back in and told me he wanted to do an ultra sound next week to make sure of my dates. I didn't ask any questions about it, but I am now a little worried about it. I don't know if he thought I was further along than I am or if I am not as far along as we think we are. I am not sure, I should have asked questions. But one the bright side we are definatley pregnant and the insurance is great. We only have to pay $15 for the whole 9 months and we pay that only one time. The rest is 100% paid. That is great. I love Jake's new job. Well I'll update you next week. Things around the house have been pretty normal. Kenz is talking a lot more now. She is finally cuting some more teeth on top, so maybe she will have more than four!!! She is so smart! She folds her arms by herself during family prayer for the whole prayer. It is really cute. She does so good! She did take her shirt off this morning and was trying to put it on herself. I walked in her room and she was saying clothes, clothes, mama clothes. She was so proud of herself. She will see Jake's truck or mine and say "that's daddy's" or "mama's". She wants to Go Go all the time. She loves to be going somewhere. She absolutly still loves "Dancing with the Stars" She thinks that this girl named Abba..she calls Babba is on the show. She wants to watch Babba all the time. I just let her think it is her. It makes her happy! Last night she was getting out of the tub and she was standing in front of me while I dried her off a bit and she lifted my shirt and said baby and gave my belly a huge kiss. It was really sweet even if she doesn't know exactly what is going on.

New dress

Well Mackenzie got a new dress from her MawMaw. I put it on her Sunday and tried to get her picture...well as you can tell it didn't go so well. Everything I did she did. If I squated down so did she...when I moved in front of her she came and stood beside me. So I thought I will get Jake to take a picture of both of us. Well he did and they are blurry. Well I guess I would just have to wait until next time to get a good picture. She did look adorable in it though. She is starting to copy me. If I laugh she laughs. If I cough she coughs. The other day Phil(my dog) threw up on the floor and Mackenzie saw it before I did...she looks at it and says Uh Oh, and points to it. I come in with a glass of water and a towel to clean it up and I put the water on it and then the towel and I stand on the towel to help pull up the mess...well she comes all the way from across the room to stand on the towel too and then I started to stomp on it a little to help the process and she stomps her little feet to help me too. I just smiled and told her what a big helper she is. She also helped me sweep the floor the other night. she got her little broome and went straight to Phil's food bowl and there were little pieces of food on the floor and she starts trying to sweep them up. I went and got the dust pan that goes with her broome and we cleaned it up together. She was so proud of herslef for helping mama. I can't believe she is 19 months old today. She is really growing up and is becoming more and more like a toddler and not so much like a baby everyday. I love her more than I ever thought possible to love someone. I can't wait to see the new baby and add to our family.

Happy Halloween

Well Happy Halloween. Mackenzie loved the fun at the church last night. She went in all the rooms and did the games...and knew that she got some candy in her bag after the game was over. She had a blast. We even went through the Haunted House the youth had set up. She just looked and wasn't scared a bit. It was a very fun night and she was so tired...she was alseep before we pulled out of the parking lot. I couldn't get a good picture of her in her costume..too much going on I guess. I'll have to put her outfit back on her today and see if she will smile for me.