Doctor appointment, Sicknesses, and Birthday...

I had another Dr. appointment today. When she checked me she said I was almost dilated to a three - last week she said I was at a three...hmmm. It's always a little disappointing to go to an appointment in your last weeks and find that you haven't progressed (or even regressed - if that's possible), but I'm grateful that this little bun is still in the oven. About four nights ago Ellie was sick and threw up four times (poor thing), so I was glad that the baby didn't come that night or the next day. Then, the night after that Carly had a really bad asthma attack. She has had a cold and a cough for the last few days and in the middle of the night she started coughing and called out for her daddy. I laid in bed hoping that she would just fall back to sleep without either of us having to get out of bed. But then she kind of cried/whimpered again, so I went in there. I am so glad I did because she was barely breathing and probably wouldn't have been able to call out to us again. So scary!!! So, she slept with me that night and I spent the rest of the night listening to her breathing (and occasionally gasping). Luckily we had her inhaler on hand (which we haven't had to use in almost a year - I was really hoping we were over this asthma stuff). So, I'm also glad the baby didn't come that night or the next day either. Well, the girls are still sick (and Aaron's getting it too), so I'm hoping that we have enough time to get everyone well again for when the baby does come.


My birthday was last week and my parents had this t-shirt blanket made for me. These are a bunch of t-shirts from girls' choice dances, student government, family vacations, softball, dance team, cheer leading, etc. It was so fun to look at each t-shirt and recall the memories.


During my birthday dinner Aaron asked the girls what they loved about Mommy. I thought their answers were pretty creative:

Carly: “Play blocks with me” (I don’t even know the last time we got the blocks down.)
“Feed my fish with her” (um….what fish?)
“Cuddle with her” (now that’s true!)
Ellie: “When I get her baptized”
“When she writes with me”




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We celebrated Ellie's 3rd birthday yesterday and the first thing she asked me this morning was "Mommy, am I still three?" What a little sweetheart! She just makes me laugh so much. I wish I could put up a video of her to show her personality - I can't describe how cute and funny it is. She is just the type of girl you want to squeeze! :) Some of Ellie's favorites:

-Brushing Mommy's hair - this has been her passion for the past several months (she LOVES to do this and will spend lots of time at it - she totally gets into it too)

-Eating sweets

-Being independent

-Doing puzzles (and she's really quite good)

-Singing, dancing, reading, coloring, playdough, workbooks

-She just loves to do whatever Carly is doing and to be wherever Carly is

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I had a doctor's appt. today and I'm 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced - Yipee!!! I was definitely not expecting to have progressed so much because I have had such a nice 9th month so far - not too much pressure and my Braxton-Hicks haven't been too frequent or too strong (I'm comparing this to my 9th month with Ellie...which was NOT fun! Very uncomfortable.) People keep saying "Oh, I bet you are SO ready to be done with this pregnancy" or "you look so uncomfortable"... but really I've been feeling pretty good, so I think I can wait a little while. (I know that the baby is a whole lot easier to take care of right now than she will be after she's born - baby's are so much work! But SO worth it!) On the other hand, I do want the pregnancy to be over soon just so I can meet this little baby and hold her and nurse her and dress her and listen to her breath and smell her... and all that good stuff! Oh, I just can't wait to have another little sweetheart!

So, I'll keep you posted....

37 weeks

The Day Spa and The Dog House

For Christmas Aaron got me a gift certificate to the Sanctuary Day Spa for a pregnancy massage. I went today and, basically, it was WONDERFUL!!! I would love to make it a monthly tradition - but I don't think our budget can handle that. It will definitely have to become a 3rd Trimester Pregnancy tradition (although I'm not sure how many more of those I'm going to have). Anyhow, I'll somehow make an excuse to make it a tradition. :)

So, speaking of Christmas gifts...this is a commercial that my parents showed us on YouTube. (click the link)

JC Penny's Dog House Commercial

Obviously this doesn't apply to Aaron right now. And actually, I'm not too hard to please when it comes to gifts - if I needed a vacuum and Aaron got me a nice one - double bags...ha ha - I would probably be very happy. (Although I don't know how happy I would be if Aaron gave me a thigh master as a surprise - ha ha!) Anyway, I just thought this was pretty hilarious!

6 months down...3 more to go!

6 months!!!

Carly and Ellie have been very helpful in coming up with names for their baby sister.

Some of Carly's most creative ideas:
Luckiah
Rispoona
Niclair
Cackleen (her version of Kathleen)



Some of Ellie's:
Laleela
Camile
Olivia
Ike (my favorite)

Aaron and Camile's:
still not sure!

Everything is going well as far as the pregnancy is concerned. I've been experiencing Braxton-Hicks for about a month and a half now and have already been feeling some pressure and a little uncomfortable. I'm not worried about the baby coming too early, I'm just nervous about how uncomfortable the last month might be!

Even thought this is the third time around, I am still just amazed when I feel the baby move and kick... and to think that this is one of my own babies, just like Carly and Ellie. It is so amazing and I'm so grateful to be pregnant! I am so excited to meet this little girl and see how her personality will fit into our family. I wonder who she will look like. And I wonder if we'll have another little "boss" or get to experience a laid back child. For those of you have had three (or more) children - especially those with 3 girls in a row (and I know quite a few) - what is the third child's personality like in your family?

This baby is going to get so much love - Carly and Ellie already love to hug and kiss my belly and sing and talk to their sister. The second time around (when I was pregnant with Ellie) I always wondered how I would be able to love another little baby like I loved Carly. I just thought I loved Carly more than I would be able to love anything else! But, it's amazing how you can just find more and more love inside of you - did any of you feel this way with your second pregnancy? So, with this pregnancy I haven't really had to think about that - I already love this little one, and I'm sure that this love will continue to grow.

We had an ultrasound this morning and we are having.....

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Another GIRL!!!

We are so excited and happy! She looked healthy and absolutely beautiful!

The due date is Valentines Day, so I am about 19 weeks along.

We are so excited about this new little one! I had morning (all day) sickness during the first trimester, but I found that I knew better how to handle it since it’s my third time around. My emotions were really all over the place during the first couple months too – one day I was sitting by myself in the family room wondering how I would ever make it through being a young mother and if I would ever feel happy and normal again and I just started bawling. Carly walked into the room and kept begging me to stop (but I honestly couldn’t). She finally ended up crying on my lap as we cuddled together...cute, but mostly sad. (Luckily the pregnancy blues have gone - and I'm really hoping we won't have to deal with the baby blues!)

Thankfully, Aaron is so understanding and puts up with mood swings and hormones really well. I think that the one thing a pregnant woman needs more than anything else is a patient and kind husband – and I definitely have that! He sees the good in me and always makes me feel like I'm a good person and a good mother, even when I don't feel like I am.