We've been busy!

New haircuts

Learning to ride our bikes with no training wheels

Striking poses

Loving the baby

Pioneer day

She's so pretty...

Long overdue...

Now that the weather is nice we've been spending a lot of our time outside and not so much on the computer. But by popular demand here are some recent pictures of the baby~!

Playing Hands

Smiling!!

Ron's other daughter, Jamie, was here for a visit last weekend. The girls love spending time with their oldest sister.

Ron and Eden at a BBQ at Jeff and Elise's

Katie and Aubrie

Grandma Kathy, Aubrie and Elise

Chillin in the Bumbo

She so pretty!

Annie, Eden and Emi!

The carseat is not one of her favorite places.

2 weeks old

Little Miss Aubrey had her 2 week check up on Thurs and she has grown a whole inch, 20" and gained an ounce, so she's now 6lbs and 13 ozs. She's in the 20th percentile for her weight, the 40th for length and 25th for her head.

Some baby love

Emi and Annie felt they needed their pictures taken as well.

Weird baby hand movements

Wooo Hooo, or something

Stats...

I forgot to put her stats in on the last posts.

Little Miss Aubrie was 6lbs 12ozs and was 19" long.
She was born at 5:35am April 5, 2010

She is having her 2 wk check up tomorrow and I can't wait to see how much she's grown!

Baby Aubrie

I know it's taken me a little while to post these but here they are finally. The USB cable to my camera was misplaced somewhere for the past 2 wks but finally magically reappeared today. I blame my children. So here she is little Miss Aubrie!

Meh

Still freakin pregnant!! Woke up Tuesday night/Wednesday morning at about 2 having some pretty strong regular contractions that were coming ever 5 mins. So I got up took a bath went on facebook for alittle while and checked to see if anyone had updated their blogs then went and laid back down. The contractions lasted for about 3 hours and then just went away...how annoying.

Yesterday Dina and I decided to go to Ikea, Dina saying that it would put me into labor ;). No, it didn't work but I found a lot of cool stuff to bring home and they took our kids for an hour while we shopped. I hadn't been to an Ikea in almost 8 years. It was lots of fun and I'm looking forward to repeating the experience.

I felt great yesterday, had energy and wanted to go out and do things...today, I'm feeling not so great. I've been having contractions all morning but nothing major and I don't think they're going to turn into anything. I'm just tired and grumpy and uncomfortable.

I'm totally not crazy!

I just had a facebook friend tell me that it's possible for small tears/holes in the aminotic sac to seal themselves. I knew I wasn't crazy!

Labor and Delivery

Ok, so yesterday morning at about 9:30 after emptying my bladder 3 times in a row I was blowing my nose and had a medium sized trickle of fluid run down my leg. Oh crap I thought that was my water. Changed underware and tried to go pee again to make sure that my bladder really was empty. It was, so went and got the kids juice and hurridily went and grabbed some baby clothes to throw in the wash so that baby could have some clean clothes to wear.

The blowing the nose, fluid leaking incident happened several more times through out the moring. But no real contractions. Decided to wait until actual labor/contractions set in before going in to the hospital because of my intense hatred of piticoin. Fluid stopped leaking sometime druring the day and I was still not having any real regular contractions. Lots of uncomfortable tightenings and occasional contrations but nothing regular. Finally decided I should go into the hospital to get stuff checked out at around 1:30ish.

I called Ron's mom to come pick up the girls and she got to the house about a half hour later and took the girls with her. Ron and I were off to the hopsital after making an all important gatorade stop along the way. One cannot have a baby and not have gatorade handy, it is a labor essential for me. Anyway, addmitted to L&D and strapped down to the bed, thankfully no IV. Started watching TV and had several tests done to try and get a positive check for amniotic fluid. The nurse couldn't find any. So we were there for about 3 hours with nothing really going on, no regular contractions, no more fluid and me only dialiated to a 2. They sent me home, me feeling really stupid and consideralble amounts of uncomfortable pain.

The nurse thinks that there was possibly a leak high up and wants me to go back into fetal medicine to have a non stress test and to have my fluid levels checked. I have no idea what the hell a non stress test is, but am obsessively wondering how much it's going to cost us since we're paying for this delivery out of pocket.

I am feeling SOOO stupid. I really swear that it was fluid and I wasn't just peeing all over myself, but am relaly starting to doubt myself. But when I blow my nose I always cross my legs and hold my bladder really tight so I don't pee on myself. And it happened several times. And to just put the cherry on the cake I went and got a pedicure last night after the awful hospital ordeal and it got all ruined, it really makes me want to cry. But really it just goes right along with the rest of my day.

I'm so over all of it. I don't want to be pregnant anymore but at the same time I really don't know what I am going to do with another baby...I wish I could just go to sleep for a month and just have this all be over :(

Shower Onesises

Here are the pictures of the onesies from the baby shower, all except Dina's she was going to finish her's at home and I haven't gotten it back from her yet.

This is Mauri's

and Jamie's

and mine, I don't think it turned out so very well...

Elise's pretty flower

and Brittney's

It was such a fun activity! I've now got applique fever and am making some for all my friends who are having babies.

Sadness...

Today has been a very upsetting day for me. I just found out that one of the guys I was really close friends with in High School was arrested and is being charged with 10 counts of bad stuff with kids :(.

http://www.marinij.com/ci_14743362?source=most_viewed

Ugh, it just makes me so sick to my stomach to think that someone you once knew is doing these awful kinds of things and not only someone you once knew but someone you were once close friends with.

Baby Shower

Today was a great day! My wonderful friends from Lehi, Mauri, Brittney and Jamie threw me the best baby shower today. It was small there were 6 of us and we had the best time. Brittney brought all kinds of wonderful treats, homemade lemon bars, chocolate peanut butter sandwich cookies and white chocolate chip cookies. We had grilled cheese sandwiches and this amazing creamy tomato basil soup that Mauri made for lunch. Mauri was also super awesome and went to the Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe and bought some delicious cupcakes for us to share.

The atmosphere was comfortable and very relaxed and we sat around and talked and had the best time. Mauri also had the coolest activity planned for us all. She bought a bunch of little baby onesies and had some fabric scrapes set out and each person got to pick what fabric they wanted to use and cut out a design or shape and sew it on to the little onesies. It was so much fun and I think really special to have your friends make their very own little outfits for the baby. Despite all the laughing and complaining we all did over our "stellar" sewing skills all the onesies turned out really great. I'll have to take some pictures of them all once I get the stupid memory card for my camera replaced tomorrow.

I have the best friends ever!

So restless...

I am so restless today but in a very odd way, I feel purposeless. I'm frustrated and restless with no outlet. The past 3 days I've been a whirlwind, I got through and did all the piled up laundry and folded it and got it put away. Cleaned the girls room and moved their dresser in there, finally. Helped my friend, Dina, tear down her old blinds and put up drapes. Well tried to help her put up drapes but the rod that we bought was to short for the length of the front window. She and I have the same floor plan for our house and the windows in the front rooms are over 12' long. I cleaned my bathroom and put together a new over the toilet shelving unit, I cleaned the kitchen, I've organized, I've shopped and I've done it all through the pain of this stupid pregnancy.

Then we have today, all my plans for taking all the crap I want to get rid of to the DI and taking the girls to story time at the library have been thwarted because it was inconvienent for Ron to let me have the van today. I slept like crap last night, lots of contractions and my hips were killing me. Everytime I moved it felt like I was being stabbed. All Ron did this morning was bitch at me about how all his newly laundered clothes, freshly folded and put away, all smelt like cat piss. We don't have a cat, they all smell like laundry detergent. Apparently, he dosn't like the new scent. But instead of just saying he dosn't like the way the laundry detergent smells he made a huge production of changing shirts 5 times and throwing his clothes all over the floor of my newly clean bedroom floor. Bastard. Then he dosn't give me the car because it would inconvienence him by about 5 mins this evening when he has to drop the girls and I back off at home before he goes to play magic tonight.

On a whim I decided to die my hair red again the other night. The color turned out awful, yesterday I looked like a creamcicle. I was bad. I went and bought another color, I just wanted a nice auburn color, is that so hard to ask? Apparently it is, I'm not happy with the way this one turned out either. I don't like my hair looking un natural and the smell of the die still in my hair has been making me nauseaus. Guess that'll teach me to do stupid spur of the moment things when I'm pregnant.

I'm guessing that Emi didn't get into the charter school. They started notifying parents on the 8th of acceptance. Their web site says that they'll post a list of the wait listed students at the school on the 18th. Maybe it's just me but that seems really dumb to me. Why whouldn't they post the wait listed names on the website or e mail the parents. Now I guess I've got to go to the stupid school to see if her name is even on the list.

Ok, like I said, I'm restless and discontent today.

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Ok, Ron just sent me a text and he got a message from Noah Webster, Emi was accepted!!! And my dear friends Brittney and Mauri want to throw a little get to get together/baby shower for me next week! I think the day is starting to look up :)

I have found heaven!

To everyone who dosn't live here in Utah, I'm so sorry that you'll never have the chance to experience this place but to all my Utah friends, I have found a little slice of heaven on earth. Also known as The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe in Provo, 1774 N. University Parkway #20 and as the name implies, it's a cupcake cafe. Some of the best cupcakes I've ever had, actually! The also make frappes and cocoa drinks and what's really cool is that they make their cocoa espresso style so it's really rich and flavorful.

They've got 30 something different flavors that they make and they alternate them daily, so everyday they've got 8 different flavors you can get when you go in. I got the Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake and it was sinfully delicious! They are some of the moistest cupcakes you'll ever have, promise. You can get a combo cupcake and frappe for $5, I got a white chocolate raspberry frappe to go with the raspberry cheesecake cupcake. I'm having major cravings just writing about this here! The frappe was so light and fluffy and so smooth...mmmm.

Everyone who lives remotely close needs to go here!

Spring has Sprung...

in my kitchen. So maybe the weather's not so great outside and we're still getting snow but in my kitchen, hyacinths are in bloom!

The Invisible Woman

A friend of mine posted this on facebook and I thought it was pretty great. I know I've felt this way very often...

Ready for Spring!

Today, the girls and I went to the mall to hang out while Ron played magic and in typical girl fashion, we did some shopping! It all started because Emi spilled an entire cup of lemonade all over herself and so I had to go buy her a new outfit (sorry didn't take any pictures of those) and since Emi was getting a new outfit, Annie, of course, had to have one too! There were lots of fun sales at the mall today. Here's the pretty spring dresses we found.

Emi and Annie picked out their own dresses but I got to pick Eden's little outfit.

Oh, and the coolest thing about the dresses is that they both came with a coupon for a free sitting and 8x10 photo from JC Penny! How cool is that!? Family photos are long over due.

Puff the magic steam mop

I woke up this morning to an entire bottle of teriyaki sauce broken on my kitchen floor, I just bought it last night.

Luckily, last night I also bought a steam mop. Ahhh, such a wonderful thing, I'm in love! I don't know why I waited so long to get one. There are a couple of things that I don't like about it, like it dosn't have a swivel head, it just goes back and forth and not side to side and I really wish that the water tank was larger. Other than that I think it's pretty great!

I think it's funny that almost everything Emi says these days includes the fact that she's now 5. "It's just me, your 5 year old daughter" and she's always wondering if everyone knows that she's 5. It's her most important news these days.

Today is the lottery drawing for the Charter School I'm hoping to get Emi into. They'll be posting the list on Monday. Fingers crossed!

I've been bribing my children to help me clean. I know it's bad, but you gotta do what works right and bribery sure does work! I bought a box set of 5 Strawberry Shortcake movies and every time they help me clean I give them a movie. It makes things so much easier for me, I just don't have the patience to stand over them all day long getting them to clean.

Ron sent me a link yesterday that said that EA the game studio is opening a studio in Salt Lake to work on some secret project and are recruiting. I told him to send in his resume, I'm sure they have amazing benefits! The health insurance offered through Wahoo is a joke, it's ridiculously expensive and sucky we'd be better off getting our own. Unfortunately, this means we're most likely going to have to pay for the birth of this baby out of pocket :(.

Today was nice, it actually got up into the 40's and there was sun...I'm anxious for spring. Winter lasts so long.

I love stocking up on all the leftover Valentines candy, 50-75% off is my favorite!

I just bought Eden her very own little seahorse night light, she's so cute with it. I don't know why we didn't get her one much sooner. And wow, it's really expensive on Amazon, I just got it at Walmart for like $12. Huge savings!

32 weeks and counting...it's getting harder and harder to function everyday. Contractions, siatica pain and pelvic pain, some days I can hardly walk. This pregnancy can't be over soon enough for me.

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Ok, I just made these today and they're fabulous and super easy to make. They even taste like peanut butter cups. I think this is going to be my new favorite dessert for awhile. I crave peanut butter like crazy when I'm pregnant and nursing!

1 1/2 c crushed graham cracker crumbs (you can buy them already crushed)

3 1/2 c powdered sugar

1 3/4 c smooth peanut butter

1 c butter, melted (2 sticks)

1 bag semi sweet chocolate chips

In a mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter and melted butter until well mixed.

Line a 9x13 pan with wax paper and spread mixture evenly in bottom of pan. (the woman I got the recipe from used a metal baking pan, I used pyrex so I skipped the lining with wax paper step) Spread mixture evenly in bottom of the pan.

Melt chocolate chips in microwave until smooth. Spread over peanut butter layer. Refridgerate for half an hour until chocolate is almost set. Remove and set on counter for a few hours before cutting. Enjoy!

Rough Start

Ok, so yesterday I made a vow to myself that I was going to get my house in order starting today...I'm not off to such a good start. My motivation really sucks today. All 3 girls are sick and Eden had a fever last night and was up and down all night miserable. In my defense I really didn't get very much sleep last night and I woke up with a raging headache.

I'm hoping to get to the store tonight, after Ron gets home from playing magic, and pick up some organizational stuff. I'm hoping that this will be helpful tomorrow.

Wish me luck, I really need it!

Pictures from the Marin trip

Here are the pictures that I took from our trip to Marin over Valentines weekend. Ron went to go play in a Magic tournament in Oakland and the girls and I went to visit my mom and sister in Marin.

We left on Thursday night and before we left we went to BYU so Ron could play in another Magic tournament.

Emi with chocolate muffin on her face

Beeba just looking cute

Ron playing magic

The girls cuddled up sleeping at the hotel in Oakland

Eden being tired, just woke up grumpy girl and grandmas house

Ginny and Eden

Beeba on the swings at Pioneer Park in Novato

My 2 sisters

Eden swinging

Reyna taking Eden down the slide

Noely and Emi on the swings