HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY EMMA CLAIRE

3 years ago today at 12:26 a.m. Andrew and I received the biggest blessing God can give.

Happy Birthday Emma, we love you!

Bigger birthday post to come, she had a great birthday party today!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

We had a busy, fun day with our families celebrating Thanksgiving.

I am so blessed and thankful for many things.

Including these two...

And of course a third precious baby that will be here in just a few weeks!

LOVIN ME SOME MORE EMBROIDERY

A friend of mine's mother embroidered some stuff for Emma and Baby Drew.

She did a great job.

This is Emma's birthday outfit. Her party is SnowWhite so we HAD to have a SnowWhite outfit.

Close up of SnowWhite

And check out the ruffle she sewed on these jeans... my favorite!

I think I'm going to have her make me some more ruffle jeans.

She also made another shirt to go with the ruffle jeans.
You can't tell by Emma's face but she really does love this shirt.


I also had some bibs of Emma's embroidered for Drew to use.
I think they turned out great as well.

... and some onesies.
I think these onesies will be so cute this winter with those baby leggings.

I think this pink one is so cute!

34 WEEKS

How far along: 34 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: up 10 pounds

Maternity clothes: just about everything I wear now is maternity

Gender: girl- Drew Alivia

Movement: she's still moving all the time

Sleep: actually getting a little better. yay!

Cravings: Quattros! We eat Quattros at least once a week, considering it's all the way in Carbondale that's quite a bit for us. When I was pregnant with Emma I wanted Buffalo Wild Wings all the time so we ate there at least once a week. But yuck, haven't had Buffalo Wild Wings at all this time!

Best moment of the week: feeling hiccups. Until this week I've never felt hiccups during pregnancy. I do not remember Emma ever having them before she was born and until the other day Baby Drew hadn't either. (I'm sure they both have before I've just never noticed them)

JUST ANOTHER CONVERSATION AT OUR HOUSE...

Emma: "Mom, did you go to Ms Tonya's when you were a little girl?"

Me: "No, when I was little MawMaw didn't work and I got to stay home all day with her"

Emma: "Oh, that makes me so sad"

*

Emma: "Mommy, feel the baby in my belly. She's moving."

Me: "You're silly, you dont have a baby in your belly. You have to be married to have a baby in your belly."

Emma: "I am married."

Me: "Oh really? Who's your husband?"

Emma: "God"

BEARY CUTE!

Is this not the most adorable hat (and child) you've ever seen?

33 WEEKS

**Sorry for the pajama picture!**

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 33 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Up 9.5 lbs

Gender: Girl... and it was re-confirmed last Tuesday at 4d.

Movement: all the time

Sleep: Up every hour or so to pee or switch sides that I'm laying on. When I lay on my sides it makes my hips hurt so I'll wake up with my hip hurting and switch to the other side then wake up again and repeat.

What I miss: Sleeping on my belly.

Cravings: none

Best Moment this week: Seeing the 4d ultrasound last week. Setting a date for induction... so far it is set for Dec 28.
I forgot to post pictures from my 4d. Here is the best one.

E - M - M - A

Give me an E!

Give me a M!

Give me a M!

Give me an A!

What's that spell??

EMMA!

GO SHUTTERFLY

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I love to look back at my old photos saved on my shutterfly.com account. I first opened it right after Drew and I were married so my first albums were our wedding pictures. Then my albums consisted of our neices and nephews. And now they are full of pictures of Emma and soon to be pictures of Baby Drew.

I've ordered many things from them. When I first added our wedding pictures I ordered a calender of my wedding pictures. They have such cool layouts and I love calendars that are personalized. You can even add notes on certain dates... like "our anniversary", "Grandma's birthday", etc. Here's a link to their caledars!

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Another of my favorites from shutterfly.com would have to be their Christmas cards. I probably start looking and picking out Christmas cards in September... takes a long time to decide ya know. And I have to make sure I've seen every card they make. Here's a link to their over 700 Christmas cards.

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

This is probably my favorite Christmas card, although it was so hard to decide.

Here's a link to my favorite Christmas card!! I love how the actual photo is black and white.

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THANKS SHUTTERFLY.COM! YOU ROCK!

32 WEEKS

How far along: 32 weeks

Total weight gain: up 9 lbs

Maternity clothes: Yep!

Gender: girl- Drew Alivia

Movement: constantly

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good. I'm up a lot to pee but am sleeping pretty comfortably.

What I miss: Subway, caffeine and sleeping on my belly

Cravings: orange juice

Best moment of the week: I had a lot of energy on Saturday so I didn't stop all day! I had Andrew get Emma's baby clothes out of the attic and I washed all the newborn - 3 months clothes. Emma was right in the middle of it. She'd grab an outfit and say "Oh, this is so cute! I looked so cute in this!"... wonder where she heard that from?

What I'm looking forward to: 4D ultrasound tomorrow and doctors appointment

MY CUPCAKE STANDS

I made the cupcakes stands for Emma's birthday party yesterday.

They're made out of terra cotta pots and dishes.

I think they turned out pretty cute.

MICKEY MOUSE LIVE

Last night Emma and I went with Talan and Penny to Mickey Mouse Live in Cape.

We had awesome seats in the 4th row.

Emma's favorite... Cinderella!!

We had a blast, it's so much fun watching your child have fun!

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Tonight I finally sat down and filled out the pre-registration paperwork for the hospital.
It's been sitting on my kitchen table for about a month now and I've been ignoring it.
Kinda funny because I think I had Emma's filled out by the time I was in my first trimester and turned into the hospital by the second trimester. Well here I am a few weeks into my third trimester and just now filling it out for this baby... poor thing.
Now I just have to remember to take it into the hospital next time I'm there.

I donated Emma's cord blood and we will be donating Baby Drew's cord blood as well.
I filled the paperwork out for that tonight too.
I answered a few pages of the CRAZIEST questions. I'm sure they have their reasons for each one but I had to laugh at a few.
Like the one I'm pointing at here...

"Except by marriage, are you and the baby's father related (e.g. first cousins)?

Really?? But notice I clearly marked NO.

FINALLY COMPLETED... IT'S ABOUT TIME

31 WEEKS

DISCLAIMER: Do not laugh at my outfit!! I normally would not wear gray on gray but I was home with no plans of leaving so I'm dressing for comfort. Just consider yourself lucky that I put a bra on for the picture.

How far along: 31 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: up 7 lbs (somehow I've lost 1.5 lbs since last week, weird)
Must have ate a big dinner before I weighed last week.

Maternity clothes: yes

Gender: Girl, Drew Alivia

Movement: Constantly!! She moves a lot at night.

What I miss: Being able to breath... I feel like a smoker. I can't climb stairs without huffing. I can't go grocery shopping without wheezing on the way to car.

What I'm looking forward to: We go a week from tomorrow and get my 4d ultrasound done. Emma is so excited. She keeps talking about getting to see a picture of Baby Drew.