For Alli too...

***Gotta do one for my little miss***

1. WAS YOUR PREGNANCY PLANNED? yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Of course

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? EXCITED, scared, and a little nervous!

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? turned 24 two months after I found out I was preggo

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I was counting down the days. Jason and I were going to UT with his little sisters. We stopped at a walmart on the way and I got a few tests to last me the week cause I was SO anxious to find out!

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jason, Maria, Connie, and Wendy knew I thought I was.

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? YES!! We were thinking this one would be a boy. Wrong-O

8. DUE DATE? September 7 2009

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Less than the first...

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Same as the first.... Tomatoes. Not really raw (cept small grape tomatoes) but like pizza for the sauce... It's the same when it's time for 'Grace' (inside joke...) to come for her monthly visit

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? The HEAT! Getting in the car during the summer was horrid! (Ok so I didn't plan that so well did I? If I don't like the heat while I'm pregnant I should wait and be pregnant during the winter right? Cept I would rather be uncomfy than have a newborn during those hot summer days)

12. WHAT WAS YOUR CHILD'S SEX? Girl, Surprise!!

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nope!

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN? 30 lbs! I was good this time :)

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? No

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? uh...

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Nope.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Mesa, AZ

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? September 9th my water broke at 11pm. She wasn't born until 9:50 the next morning. So when does real labor start? Whatever I was contracting for FOREVER!

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Jason. And it was the middle of the night so we took Emma to my friend, Misty's house. She's so awesome!

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My hubby Jason and about 5 or 6 nurses. She was coming so fast, when it was time, and the doctor wasn't even there yet. The nurse ran to the door and hollered out that she need some extra hands and like 5 people came running in.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? nope none

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6 lbs 10 oz. This time my first thought was 'Wow she's a mini-Emma!'

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? September 10 2008

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR CHILD? Allison Mae

27. HOW DID THE FATHER REACT TO THE NEW BABY? A picture is worth a thousand words



27 1/2. HOW DID THE SIBLING REACT TO THE NEW BABY? hehe When Emma came to visit I had the nurse bring Alli in. She was all excited to see the 'bebe' So Emma sat on my lap on the hospital bed and Jason handed us the baby. All was well and Emma touch Alli's nose. So precious. Then Emma told us as she pushed Alli away 'uh back...uh back...' She wanted us to put the baby back! She was all done. Ready I'm sure to just have her mommy back. (I wish I could put the video of it on here... I'll see if Wendy has it...)


28. DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION OR BABY BLUES? Ya. Zoloft baby! :) In all seriousness though it really was tough. I pulled myself in a little bubble. I didn't want to and couldn't deal with anything outside of it. But I love my girls so I got help and coped alot better.

29. BREAST OR BOTTLE?
Breast. She was a pro at it from the very begining! I'm pretty much thru tho since I've gone back to work. I would have to be pumping every 2-3 hours while at work! So she'll nurse now before going to bed or in the middle of the night. It's pretty sad to me that she has to take a bottle now. I wanted to nurse her for a lot longer :(

30. HOW OLD IS YOUR CHILD TODAY? 5 1/2 months

Ok so this isn't the best picture of her but it's the most recent that I have...

First Born Questionnaire!

Here are 30 questions for mothers, about the birth of your first-born child.

***Ok I got this from my friends blog and since this is my journal I need to document some info about my pregnancy with Emma before I forget it all!***

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Umm... No

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yep, for just over a year.

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? EXCITED, scared, and a little nervous!

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? turned 22 just a month after I found out I was preggo

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Started feeling achy/sore like I had been working out for 3 or 4 days. My legs mostly. Then I realized I SHOULD'VE started my period the week before...

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jason.

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? YES!! Although I felt very strongly the whole time that she was a girl.

8. DUE DATE? October 18th 2006- my bro, Joel's, b-day :)

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? I can't complain AT ALL, not much nausea, but I did throw up once, and that was only when I was brushing my teeth and had a hyperactive gag reflex.

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Tomatoes. Not really raw (cept small grape tomatoes) but like pizza for the sauce... It's the same when it's time for 'Grace' (inside joke...) to come for her monthly visit

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? The HEAT! Getting in the car during the summer was horrid!

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Girl, just like I knew she would be!

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nope! We were SO excited to have a girl! Jason said he wants girls cause they're so sweet :)

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN? Oh man for my first I gained like 50(+) yikes

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? YES, I had 2. One in St. David by my mom and sisters; one Mesa by my friend Kristi

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew about them.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Nope.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Mesa, AZ

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? I'm not sure... we went in to be induced at 5pm she was born 4am but I'm not sure when the full on labor started. We went in cause I was spotting and I had been walking the mall since 10am with my mom and Jason. I was scheduled to be induced that morning but they called and cancelled :( But when we went in at 5, while I was waiting in the triage, labor and delivery called my cell phone for me to come in to be induced

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My mom, I think, we were in her van.

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My hubby Jason, my mom, Dr., a medical student assisting him, and like 5 nurses... it was a party.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? nope none

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs 6 oz... BIG girl! My first thought was 'seriously? How did THAT just came out of ME?!'

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? October 26, 2006

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR CHILD? Emma Lee

27. HOW DID THE FATHER REACT TO THE NEW BABY? A picture is worth a thousand words



28. DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION OR BABY BLUES? I didn't know I did/had until my second child. I believe it was the same with Emma but it was harder to recognize being down and depressed with her because it was just the two of us. It didn't matter when (or if) we got up and dressed etc...

29. BREAST OR BOTTLE?
Breast. I totally and completely dried up when she was 6 months old. One day she was just crazy fussy and was nursing all day. I finally tried giving her a bottle and she was happy. For about a week I was just able to nurse her at night :(

30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST-BORN TODAY? 2 1/2

Her 2 year birthday party

All you mothers should do this too :)

It's true- I've gone back to work a 3 days every week. Maria watches the girls for us 2 1/2 of those days. She also has been updating my blog. The last 4 or 5 posts actually. How does she find the time while taking care of 3 kiddos and the 'twins'? And her house is SPOTLESS! Seriously she's so great! She's an overachiever for sure!

Talented Maria :)

Thank you friend!

Tuckered Out!

Who wouldn't be tuckered out from fun filled days of loving the cat or jumping on the trampoline?

You know Emma loves the out-doors when she'd rather play than watch her favorite TV show, 'Chorge' (Curious George, it's what's blaring in the background).