Playdoh

As it turns out, Emma loves Playdoh. I bought her some several weeks ago and we only had it out one time. However, since then, it has been sitting on the counter in the kitchen. Yesterday morning at breakfast, Emma looked over and said "I want Playdoh". I guess I didn't realize she knew what was in those little plastic containers but I really shouldn't have been surprised. Since we had some time, I indulged her and she played for a while before we had to head off to daycare and work. We got home early last night since I had gone to see the doctor and as soon as we walked in, she was in her seat going "I want Playdoh". She must have played with it for almost 45 minutes, which is the longest that Brad and I have ever seen her sit still. Just for comparison, when we picked her up from daycare yesterday, it was snack time and all the kids (minus one) were sitting quietly on a blanket eating their snack. The minus one would be Emma who was continually crawling off the blanket to go in search of who knows what but it involved looking under a table that obviously had nothing under it. Prepare now to be overloaded by Playdoh photos. Brad took a lot and there were too many cute ones to narrow it down farther than I already did.












In Junior news, as of yesterday, I am now 4 cm dilated and his head is way down. Come on little guy and make your appearance. Hopefully I won't be seeing my doctor next Thursday.

Wordless Wednesday - Cheese

Weekend

We were expecting a visit from our friends Anne, Sean, and Charlie on Saturday morning so Brad was going to try and sneak out of the house without Emma for a bike ride. What he found was that it is impossible to put anything over on her. She walked into the kitchen while he was filling his water bottles and immediately made the connection with biking. I can't remember what it was offhand but earlier that morning, she had made some reference to biking as though she knew it was Saturday and that is what she and daddy do on Saturday mornings. Thankfully it all worked out though and she was able to get in a ride with daddy and then have a nice visit with friends.

Last weekend I took Emma to the pool by myself since Brad wanted to get some painting done on her shelves. She was in the big pool, in the baby pool, in the big pool, in the baby pool, you get the picture. Also, Brad had failed to mention to me that she can easily open the gate on the baby pool so I couldn't contain her anywhere. Given that fun last weekend, I tried again this weekend and we had a great time on Saturday at the pool. She spent a lot of time in the baby pool playing with her bucket and shovel but we did do some swimming in the big pool as well. We tried to go again yesterday but things didn't go so well after an initial spill on the pool deck, which resulted in a bloody knee. We got in the pool for a few minutes after the bleeding ceased but Emma was more drawn to the playground so we headed over there. There was a little girl Nancy who is 3 1/2 playing with her grandpa. She kept saying to me "Watch me" to which my little monkey would then say "Watch me, Mama". She loves to hang from most anything these days and would say "Watch me" and then dangle from the low bar on the playground. When Bo and Grandma Kristi were here about a month ago, she couldn't reach the low bar by herself. I guess she has grown a bit. After playing for quite a while, we headed home and she had to go show daddy her "boo boo". I took her out of her car seat and she limped over to Brad. Mind you, there was no limping at the pool or on the playground but when she got home to daddy it appeared. It was funny because it would come and go for the rest of the night. What a total ham!

36 Weeks

Alright, we are at about the four week mark. I started my weekly appointments yesterday and much to delight, I am already 2-3 cm dilated and 75% effaced. However, while Junior is head down, his head is still pretty high. My doctor thinks I'll make it to next week's appointment but after that, things get a little iffy. Maybe I'll make it to 38, maybe not. I would certainly be okay with it if Junior decided that he wanted to be an August baby!

Today marks the end of the school year at daycare. Next week, all of Emma's old friends from the nursery will be moving into the freshman room with her. In addition to Emma, there are two other kids in the freshman room that will be staying put. On Wednesday of this week, they had circus day and Emma got to have some cotton candy, which I understand she really enjoyed. One of the teachers took some photos that they were kind enough to forward along to us.

Emma has been totally obsessed with babies these days, which is a good thing will Junior coming along soon. She especially loves to put her baby "night night". We got a little video of her in action. It cracks us up how the blanket has to be just so.

Wordless Wednesday - Dress-Up and Beware of the Belly (Mine not Emma's)

Our Little Gardener

We (I) have been remiss in posting to the blog but honestly, there really hasn't been that much to report these days and we have been bad about taking photos of our little toddler in action. We tried to make up for it a bit this weekend and caught the future horticulturalist at work. Emma helped me water the tomatoes on Saturday and was hooked. She wanted to give them "more" but I finally convinced her that they were not thirsty anymore and we would give them more water on Sunday. Once again she was eager to help and did a very good job splitting the water between the two plants. As you will note especially from the next set of photos, no plants or flowers under Emma's care will ever go thirsty.



There is an area in the front yard that has ceased to grow grass so Brad decided just to extend the rock border over to that area. Brad thought it might be fun for Emma to help plant a few flowers there even though it is getting towards the end of the summer. The pickings were slim but we did find some pretty vincas to brighten up the wasteland that is that corner of the yard. Emma wasn't as much interested in the planting as she was in the spade. She was of course a major help when it came to giving them some water and give them some water, she did.

Did you know that you need to open your mouth real wide when watering the plants?

Yeah!

Just within the last week, Emma's answer to everything has stopped being "No" and she has started throwing out some "Yeahs" only it isn't "yeah" but "yeeeee-aaaaaaaah". It is nice and long and drawn out like a true little Southern girl. It is too cute to hear but nice that we don't have to hear "no" all the time especially when she really means "yes" about half the time.

I need a new photo of the belly but just to update, I did have my 34 week appointment last Thursday. Of course, I waited over an hour to see the nurse practitioner and then spent maybe 5-10 minutes with her. I am not going to complain about the actual time with the NP because that just means, we continue to chug along with a nice, boring pregnancy. Bottom line: heartbeat was perfect, Junior is measuring perfect and I will see them again one week from this Thursday. After that, it will be weekly appointments until this little guy arrives. Brad has finished painting his room other than some little touch-ups. We also got the chair rail, which needs to be installed. However, before that is done, Brad is going to finish up Emma's closet and shelving. We also got Emma some new big girl furniture over the weekend, which should be delivered in about 2-3 weeks. I am not sure when we'll be brave enough to try out the bed but at some point in the not too distant future, it will be necessary since Junior is inheriting her crib. Our biggest concern is waking up at 2 am to find her standing at our bedside going "Hi Momma, Hi Dada". That is about all the excitement from here at the moment.