Emery's Birthday Weekend

This weekend was great! My parents came in and so did Archies mom. They helped me SOOO Much! Thank you! It was perfect, emotional and just what I imagined. Mrs Vicky took some pictures with her camera that I made into a quick slideshow for now. Emphasis on quick. I will upload the Other photos that were taken as soon as I get them. Emery we love you more than you know!

http://www.kizoa.com/slideshow/d2014299k9483421o1/emerys-first-birthday

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I try to post pics on every post but sometimes i forget! I quickly uploaded some from my phone for this post. Things have been great around here. We were in Lake Charles this past weekend for My friend Jaime's baby shower which was held at my moms house. It was so great seeing everyone and I can not wait to see Jaime in Mommy mode!

Emery is walking all over the place and is Miss BUSY Body@! Forget her sitting through church. We tried again on Sunday and we both ended up outside with her so she could run around. I am in Birthday planing mode trying to make lists and check things off. I am so emotional right now though that I cry every time I think about it. Is this normal or maybe it has to do with me being pregnant?? I don't know.

We are transitioning Emery to milk and I am trying Oh so hard to get her to drink it out of a sippy cup. This IS NOT working. She is usually so easy to adapt to change but this time she is putting her foot down. She wants her bottle. I tried to be very persistent last night for a good twenty minutes and after two different types of cups and the biggest temper tantrum I have ever seen from her I gave her the bottle. I have bought EVERY type of cup. She will drink water, juice, etc out of the cup but not her formula or milk. No way. Any suggestions???? I mean is it Ok for her to just love her bottle that much? I am fine with it, it does not bother me. Hell I am going to have bottles around for another year or so anyways. But I just wonder what "the rules" are..... Any advice on this mommies?

This is what my awesome husband surprised me with for our 5 year anniversary. I love love love my new right hand ring!! Thanks babe!

And here is a video i took of Emery yesterday afternoon. My voice is SO annoying so turn your volume down but i put it up here so you could see how good she is walking. Archie was out of town so we sent him a message. He surprised us thirty minutes later at the front door because he hopped on an earlier flight to get home to see us :) Sneaky guy

different the second time?

Baby Number 2 has me felling some different things......

-At this stage in my first pregnancy, (17weeks) I was itching at the seams to know the sex. This time I don't think about it as much and I'm really looking forward to being surprised. This is so rare for me as I hate surprises and My planning gene should be going haywire but nope. No worries here.

- Let's talk about weight. With Emery's pregnancy I watched what I ate. I ate as healthy as possible and was very conscious to make sure I was getting enough protein since I don't eat meat. This time It's just whatever. I wanted more sweets with emery, This time i want salty things. Think chips and fries, any carbs. I also exercised five days a week with Emery because I was so scared about the weight gain and loss. This time I simply don't care. I still gained 40 pounds with Emery and it took me six LoNg months to take it off even with all the milk I produced. So i am just preparing myself for six months to lose the weight this time.

- Don't get me wrong I don't want to be a house (although I already feel like one) But I am just not thinking about it 24/7 like last time

-Names. I was crazy about deciding on a name ASAP with Emery. This time I do still think about it a lot but I am not as neurotic about it.

- I do worry about what to do with Emery when I go into Labor. All the stories I have heard the second baby comes faster than the first. This being said I was in labor with Em for 18 hours so fast could still mean a long labor. But Since my mom is in Lake Charles what happens if it's the middle of the night? I have these nightmares of Archie holding Emery on his hip and helping me push at the same time in the delivery room. Traumatizing Image but these are the things I dream about! I know it will all work out but still. If It's during the day I know I could drop her by a friends or her sitters until my mom makes it to town.

-Baby's room. It will stay the guest bedroom/office until we get home with the baby. I assume (I hope) my mom will come stay a few days to help me out so I want to leave the bed in there for her. But Then It comes out, deer heads come OFF the wall :), and crib goes in. I think we will just leave the desk and computer in there for now. We hope to put our house on the market in April so what's the point in painting another room when we will just have to do it again in the new house?

- So those are just some random thoughts about baby Hebert number 2. I think, Think I may feel something every now and then but can't be sure. It's still early. With Em I think I was 20 weeks before I felt her. We are just praying for a healthy baby and a smooth pregnancy and delivery. Hope all is well with you!