Ballerina Dreams

I started dancing when I was 2 years old. And continued pretty much until I had Emily. When I was pregnant with Emily and found out we were having a girl I was so excited to have my own little ballerina! Robert and I decided that we wouldn't force our kids to do the things we want them to do (dance and baseball) but would let them choose. Luckily, we ended up with the biggest girly girl there is who wants nothing more than to be a sparkly ballerina.

The plan was to start her at a studio in the fall but over the last few months she has been begging to start dance class. We found a community ed class that would at least be a start and kind of get her feet wet. And so the dream has been fulfilled!

She absolutely loves it. It is hysterical to watch her in class. She has a slight obsession with checking herself out in the mirror and has to constantly be in the front. It's pretty funny but we need to work on it. I think we'll be having many more years of dance in our future. Yay!

Scraggly Hair

Emily finally got her first haircut. Her hair was insanely long and getting really difficult to deal with.

Before


During


After


Much better.

Birthday Boy

I don't know about you but I'm getting really tired of looking at that friggin pee stick so I gotta post something. Anything. But these pictures are so cute and Robert getting one year closer to 30 is definitely worth a post. :)

We went to his parents house the Sunday before his birthday. His mom had gotten out all the pictures from his past birthdays. It was pretty funny and definitely reminded him that he's the second child! There would be his 1st and 2nd birthday then it would skip to 7 and 8, and then skip to 13, then all the way to 17. It was fun to see all his parties and the cakes his mom always made.

The cake I made for him in 15 minutes. Poor guy. A package for the mailman.

Emily just had to help. I think she just wanted the attention on herself. :)

My favorite people in the entire world.

Outnumbered

Around Christmas we got a little surprise.

Yeah. Baby #3 will be joining our family this August. It was not planned but we're excited! Robert hates when I say it was unplanned. He says he feels like we're on an episode of "16 & Pregnant." :)

About a week before I tested I just KNEW I was pregnant. This ain't my first rodeo! Robert was immediately excited but I was kind of freaking out. I took a test one day while Robert was at work. I didn't tell him and when he got home I asked him to get dinner out of the oven. This is what he found.

He was excited to see the results but he totally didn't get the whole "bun in the oven" thing. He asked, "why did you put the test in a roll?" Haha! It was funny.

We debated whether to tell Emily yet because we didn't want her telling everyone but we decided to so she would understand why mommy wasn't feeling well and needed to rest. I'm so glad we did. Emily is really excited. She talks about the baby every day and tells me all the things she's going to teach the baby (kind of scary!). She's looking forward to being my big helper but she's REALLY hoping for a sister. Chase doesn't have a clue but I think we might have some issues with him when the baby comes. He's a little bit of a momma's boy. :)

I've been pretty sick so it's been difficult so far but it will be worth it right? :)

My Precious Girl

It is so much fun to watch Emily learn new things. She gets so excited and is so proud of herself when she learns something new. She loves that she is able to write her name. It makes me smile to see her cute little 3 year old handwriting and it's even better when she gets the letters mixed up. So cute. I just love this little girl.

Today my mom watched her for a little while and while they were driving Emily told her "My mother and father are always stressing me out." I don't know where she gets this stuff! Every word out of her mouth is hysterical. The other day I was wearing one of Robert's t-shirts that looks like this:

Emily told me "Daddy's sad because he made a mistake." She's so smart and the way she just figures things out is amazing sometimes. I'm so grateful for her and the funny things she says. Sometimes she can be difficult and I can get a little frustrated with her but then she'll say something hilarious and it helps me remember how precious she is.

Funk

I kind of feel like I've been in a funk for oh, a month. I just feel blah and not normal. It's weird and I don't really know how to get out of it. Our life has been pretty boring since the holidays are over therefore our blog is boring too. :) But these are random things that have occupied my brain today:

-First time moms make me laugh. Not you Audj. The ones that have researched every single thing. I can't wait until all their pre-planned parenting blows up in their face when the kid actually gets here.

-I realized that I have taken my wedding ring off one time in over six years. Is that normal?

-Why is it when you most need sleep your kids decide to wake up 27 times throughout the night? How do they know?! They're like little evil torturous psychics or something.

-Something in our kitchen really smells. I can't figure out what it is.

Our Little Sunbeam

I'm pretty sure I never gave Emily permission to be old enough to become a Sunbeam. But she sure loves it!