Vegas 09

My parents have a time share in Vegas at Polo Towers right off of the strip and they always plan a fun spring break trip. We weren't planning on going this year because of the baby coming but when I went to my Dr's appt that morning nothing was happening and I had already worked my shifts for the week so we decided to get out of the snowy weather and join the fun. I'm so glad we did because it was awesome! I love going down there although I was a little nervous being less than 2 weeks away from my due date walking all around Vegas but as I publish this post (April 26th) there is still no baby so I am soooo glad we went to pass the time and hang out with the family. Who knows when we will beable to make it again, atleast for the next 5 years.

Since Lucy LOVES animals we decided to check out the Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden at the Mirage. It was so cool and she loved it! So did we!

This was the coolest tiger. We got a million pictures of it but I thought this one was cute with Lucy and dad together.

This white tiger was so pretty. You don't see these kind of animals at the regular zoo so it was extra cool.

These lions were amazing. They were up walking around, it was so cool. They are such pretty animals.

This is Lucy swimming, well, taking a little break and getting some sun. Poor thing got a little sunburned eventhough I caked sunscreen on her, I guess that is what you get for being so pasty, huh Luly? The weather was 80's and beautiful! She stole my coke and corn nuts while I wasn't watching, little stink, but she was happy so it was all good.

This was the view from our room. We love it there!

Lucy didn't get any attention the whole trip... yeah right. She was the only little one there so she had plenty of attention. This is her swimming with Jen, Jordan, Candice, and Doug (which by the way got engaged a couple of nights ago, Yay!) Polo Towers has a huge pool and hot tub on the top of the building so it stays plenty warm up there and we love to hang out there during the day. We did plenty of walking, sight seeing, shopping, eating out, sleeping, talking, and of course we snuck in a little blackjack. What a good weekend! Thanks for letting us come. We love it down there!

Happy Easter!

My mom had a fun easter egg hunt for all of the grandkids and it was so fun! The kids loved it too.

We took a thousand pictures trying to get all of the kids to look at the camera. Good joke!

The Easter bunny came to see Lucy after church. I made a big deal about how he came to see her so she came into the family room and looked at her basket to see what was inside and then went back into the bedroom where her movie was playing. She couldn't have cared less about it. Maybe next year she will understand a little better and be a little more excited. I had to work that night so afte church we took naps and that was about as exciting as our day got.

Lucy in her cute Easter dress. Too bad it was cold outside, I had to add the long sleeve white turtleneck underneath. I attempted to put on her tights and brown shoes to match but she freaked out and wanted to wear her plastic blue crocs so instead of fighting with her I gave in. Needless to say, she had a really cute dress on and her dumpy blue crocs on.

We hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!

My, animals!

Lucy is my favorite little girl in the whole wide world.

She is such a cute little girl but she is definately not a girlie girl.  She likes dolls okay but she is not really into all of the princess stuff and dress-ups like most little girls.  One morning I came home from work and she was sound asleep with her plastic horses (mommy horse and baby horse), her stuffed kittie and puppy, and rubber lizard by her side (no joke, this is really what I found one morning).  So funny!  We went to Target the other day and out of all of the toys we looked at she chose a plastic cow, the one you can see her holding in the above picture.  I love it!  She also has a little barn with animals that go inside (she plays with them in the tub and out as well) and loves her plastic pet baby snake.  We can't go anywhere without taking some kind of animal with us.  She makes the cutest noises as she plays with them and I love to watch her.  It makes me smile every time.  She also loves movies with animals.  Dave is so excited for the weather to be warm so he can take her to the zoo, she loves the zoo.  We just became members of the Columbus zoo so now we have passes to go anytime we want as much as we want once we get all moved.  I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time there.  

  

I love this cute little face of hers.

She has a book that we have read a million times, she calls it her animal book.  She absolutely loves it.  She knows every animal and what each one says.  It takes forever to read through but seeing the smile on her face as we read it together makes the time spent all worth it.  I wonder what her next obsession will be?

Pregnant.. officially not fun anymore!

Beware!  If you don't want to read about some serious complaining then don't read this post.  It is for my own venting purposes.  

April 28th isn't coming fast enough!  These last few weeks have been dragging and I am grumpy!  I forgot how miserable it is to be pregnant.  I'm lucky that I don't get sick.  My sister told me that she hated people like me (because she gets so sick) although if this next baby is anything like Lucy...  I would rather be sick for 9 months than listen to a baby scream for the first full year of her life, my sister has easy mellow babies and I do not, maybe this next one will be better.  I know I shouldn't complain because I know that there are a lot of women in the world that are unable to have babies and would do anything to feel what I feel...  like heartburn, being constipated, being extremely moody and wanting to cry about everything, not being able to sleep (which I am not fun to be around when I am tired, just ask my poor husband) or rest for that matter not to mention the crazy dreams, eating breakfast at 3am cause I'm starving, having major anxiety about whether she is going to be normal or if she is growing okay, moving as much as she should etc, pure exhaustion (especially after working nights and then going home to take care of a toddler all day, cooking, cleaning, laundry, and everything else a mom and wife are expected to do on top of working... being a mom/wife is a thankless job I have found, therefore no decent sleep for over 24 hrs, won't miss that when I'm done working and... I hate people that have never worked nights and don't understand how hard it really is to go without sleep and then have to function, maybe they should try it and then tell me how tired they are... I have no sympathy, no I'm not bitter!), not being able to exercise like normal, constant back pain, weight gain everywhere, not being able to sit in a normal position for more than 5 minutes without feeling like I'm going to pass out because I can't breathe, having to go to the bathroom every hour (no joke!), and just feeling blah all of the time.  I can't wait to be back to normal and have my energy back and do everything that I used to do without having to rest every 10 minutes.  I feel like my life is on hold until she comes.  I could go on but I feel bad complaining because in the end I know it will all be worth it.  I do have to say that I love feeling her kick inside of me and see her little movements.  So cool!  In a couple of months I will look back at this post and be so thankful that it is all over...  I can't wait to put my running shoes on and just run and feel good about myself again.  

I'm 34 weeks in the above picture and still growing.  I'm 38 weeks now and am not posting any pictures because they aren't cute anymore.

I had to post this picture of Jen (my sis) and Rylee (my niece).  Every fast Sunday my mom has dinner for everyone at her house and she gets a fun cake and we sing to all of the kids that have birthdays that month, Jen and Rylee are both April babies.  I got all excited that next year my baby's name will be on that cake for the month of April (she better not have a May birthday, ha ha).  It is such a fun tradition that my mom has continued to do over the years.  The grandkids love it and will always remember her for always doing something fun for their birthdays.   

So I continue to wonder...  what will her name be?  What will she look like?  What will labor be like?  When will she decide to come see us?  Lucy gives her kisses and pushes on my stomach and says "mobe (move) baby mobe" and "come see us soon", and I love that she calls her sweetheart.  I'm so excited for them to meet!  My Dr won't induce me because I had a C-section with Lucy (risk of uterus rupturing) so I am in it for the long haul if I continue to think that a VBAC is what I really want, I'm really not so sure.  A C-section was so nice and sounds so good about now although I know it is major surgery and a longer recovery.  As of this very moment, nothing is going on so I have a feeling that I won't be delivering 2 weeks early like I did with Lucy, dang it!  I am a little nervous...  I never went into labor with Lucy, never had a contraction, nothing, so this is going to be a whole new experience for me.  I know women give birth every single day and that it is a natural thing (not that I am doing it natural or anything) but it is scary and I am not excited to give birth but I am so excited for what comes after. Another sweet little baby girl to love and take care of.  I love being a mom and although I complain about being pregnant I am very thankful to be.  She better be dang cute!  Pretty sure she will be!  I will post pics as soon as she arrives.  Yay!  I can't wait!  Bring on the contractions already!

Lucy... so BIG!

My little Lucy isn't so little anymore.  I can't believe how big she is getting.  I thought these pictures of her were so cute so I thought that I would post them.

She hates getting her teeth brushed but for some reason this night she was happy to be brushing her teeth.  I love her little face smiling in the mirror.  She loves her mermaid electric toothbrush, except for when it's mommy's turn to help.  Notice the step stool (see below as well) I love that she keeps finding random things to stand on, whatever works I guess.

I bought her a little make-up set because she kept getting into mine.  She just wants to be big like mommy and I found this cute little girl make-up that she loved so I got it for her.  It was so cute watching her in the mirror as she put it on.  She smiled and kept making the cutest faces like she was all big and grown up.  Of course I made a big deal about her getting so big hoping that someday it will click that big girls don't suck on binkies...  yes, she still has her binkie. Ugh! It makes the world a better place for the both of us so whatever, although she only has it at night and sometimes at home when she is sad or sleepy.  I refuse to let her take it outside of the house so that is a step I guess. 

I was in the kitchen one night and kept hearing plastic being stepped on and wondered what it was so I went into to see what she was up to and she had pulled the package of diapers up to the light switch so that she could turn on the lights all by herself.  It was so cute.  How does she come up with some of her ideas?  

Some of her latest things are "I do it!" or if she doesn't want to it's mommy do it or daddy do it, or Lucy's turn, mommy's turn etc.  She comes up with random games like throwing her number/color cups across the room to you while you build a tower for her then she knocks it down (she could play it all day).  She loves to sing...  I have this disney cd with all kinds of songs on it and she loves the mermaid songs and the mulan song.  Every time we get in the car she demands that she listens to it..  she doesn't always get her way, but when she does she sings her little heart out and if you sing along with her she screams at you.  She loves to dress herself, take her own diaper off and throw it away, and mostly everything she does she wants to do by herself, it must be the age.  Her favorite color is orange atleast that is the color she always picks, which is so random.  I love when she says "of course" (we never say that so I don't know where she heard it), "I'm coming" and "wook" (look).  She gets cuter and cuter everyday.  It melts my heart when she says "I la lu mommy" (I love you mommy).  She is going to be such a good big sister.  I'm assuming this is normal but I worry that she will feel left out or feel like we don't love her as much when the baby comes because it has only been the 3 of us for the last 2+ years.  I am going to try and give her as much attention as I normally do but I never want her to feel less important.  I'm going to be a busy mom trying to take care of 2 little ones.  I know it will be fine but I have to admit, I am a little nervous about it.  I also have to admit that I am very excited! Luce, I will always love you and you will always be my baby.  I don't know what I would do without my little Luly!