And we’re having a baby!
That’s one of the main reasons it’s been so quiet around here lately. I have been feeling terrible since November. But I’m almost 16 weeks now and starting to feel better most days. Baby is due mid-July and we’re really excited. We hope to find out the gender in a couple of weeks. Baby didn’t cooperate at our last ultrasound.
Some other, less exciting, random things lately:
- I just caught up editing all the 2012 photos. Can’t wait to do a quick catch up in Project Life and get started on 2013! It helps that I haven’t been taking many pictures, especially since I got pregnant.
- I got called to be in Activity Days. We have a big group of very loud girls but overall it’s a pretty good calling and I’m enjoying it.
- For our first activity this year we did journal jars (with this printable from Paper Coterie.) I felt like I learned a ton about the girls personalities just based on how they cut out the strips and decorated their jars (I brought a big basket of washi tape.) One girl spent the entire hour cutting out the strips so carefully that they looked like they’d been cut with a paper cutter. A few other girls cut them so sloppily that some of the questions were cut in half. One girl folded each question up into a tiny triangle and secured it with a piece of washi tape, making sure to use all the different washi tape patterns. One of our youngest girls was reading through the questions and came across the question asking who she would have lunch with if she could choose anyone in the world. She proudly told me, “I already know the answer to that question. I’d choose Stan Lee from Marvel Comics.” (Thank you Big Bang Theory or I would have had no idea what she was talking about.)
- Jacob’s been so busy lately, we’ve hardly seen him since we got back from Christmas!
- Addie has been sleeping in our bed for awhile now. I can’t even remember when it started. It was just sometimes that she would wake up at night and be really upset so I would put her in our bed to calm down. Then I would take her back to bed, like I’ve always done, but she started freaking out. She’d either refuse to go or she’d wake up again 30 minutes later and I’d spend the whole night trying to get her back to bed. By the time I was pregnant and so exhausted, I started letting her stay because if I let her get settled in bed right away she’d go back to sleep and usually sleep the rest of the night until about 8 AM. And in Utah I couldn’t fight it because she was spooked about sleeping in the other room. The problem is some nights she’s super wiggly. And the nights Jacob is home from work it’s too crowded in the bed. I have read some tips but the problem is most of the stuff I’ve read so far is about kids who get back up a lot at bedtime, which she doesn’t do anymore. I haven’t had any great tips for doing it in the middle of the night when she refuses to get back in her bed and I am sooo tired. If you’ve had experience with this, please share! I definitely don’t want her still in our bed when I’ve got a newborn. Luckily I still have many months to sort it out.
- I should have been in Utah last weekend for Alt Summit. Heidi and I bought tickets last summer and I was so excited about going. But then when I got hit with morning sickness around Thanksgiving I lost all motivation to go. I knew I would never have the energy to get everything done that we needed to before the conference. So we sold our tickets last month. I’m still not feeling 100% so I know it was the right decision. But boy have I been wishing I was there this week when I see all the fun updates on twitter on instragram. Not to mention the fact that I’m desperate for some grown-up time, especially with my sister. If I’d been in Utah, little missy would have been at Grandma’s house! (She would have loved that. She was asking about Gamma’s house this morning.)
I hate a post without a picture but this has been sitting in my draft folder for days waiting for a picture so I’m going to give up and post it.
Hooray for new babies! And I’m so sad for you that you didn’t get to go to ALT.
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yahooo!! congratulations! :) *
CONGRATS!!!!!!! I am so excited for you!!!!!!!
That is cool that you are in Activity Day girls now, cuz I am too, so keep sharing your ideas because I need all the inspiration I can get.
Congrats!!
YAY!!! How terribly wonderful. Congratulations! The idea of two is both incredibly exciting and terrifying :D I’m putting my bet in for another girl if you are having such bad morning sickness… but who knows. Can’t wait to find out!
Also, I have absolutely no idea what to do about getting Addie to sleep in her room all night. As you’ve seen, Tess has figured out how to escape her crib, so we are battling our own hurdles. One thing our friends do (and we have tried a few times) is to bring a blanket and pillow into her room with you and make a little nest on the floor for yourself. She doesn’t get to sleep with you… she has to stay in her bed. But as long as she stays in her bed, you will stay there until she goes to sleep. But I’d be careful to mention that when she goes to sleep, you will probably go back to your bed… not at all idea, but maybe a jumping off point.
I can’t wait for more pictures. And details. I see all of Jacob’s facebook posts about looking at all these different places and I can’t believe how quickly time is flying by!
Good luck with everything! And congrats again!!!!
Oh my goodness! YOU BLOGGED! ;) Love the update. Glad you’re feeling better, hope you are back to 100 very soon. As for the night time issue….Brig had this problem BAD! I started a sticker chart and hung it on his bedroom door. Every night we talked about how he had to sleep in his bed all through the night and until the sun came up to get a sticker. Once he filled his page with stickers, he got to go to the store and pick a new toy! To start we did like three stickers so he understood. I started this at about Addie’s age when comprehension wasn’t quite apparent with him (girls are smarter though) and he picked it up really fast. It was the only thing that fixed our problem…..and to this day, we still have a rewards jar for it because every now and then he tries to climb in our bed every night. He goes in phases….it’s weird. Anyway, good luck!!!!
I am so excited for you and Jacob! Congrats!
Love the updates! Can’t wait to find out what you’re having. So fun!
I’d like some time with you, too!!!!!
Yay! Congratulations! So excited for you :) And Jacob and Addie. It is so great to “hear” you again. I am glad you are starting to feel a little better. Pregnancy is rough. We love you.
Sending smiles from the Wicke’s in Iowa :)
so exciting. congrats on upcoming baby! i’ve been stalking pictures from alt summit too. i had no intention of going or even know what it is, but i was jealous of all they did.
Congratulations, Emily!!! I’m soooooo happy for you!!! I’m back on Instagram (too hard having NO social media outlets) and just connected with you again on there (follow me at sparrowtales) and can’t believe how big Addie is now!
I have so been there with the kid sleeping in your bed thing, and it is tricky. With both Lily and Derek, if they came to me, I would always take them back to their room. That said, I always left the option of if they were really sad or scared, they could make a bed on the floor by my bed. (Our bed became off limits, as there are only so many times I could get kicked in the face by a toddler.) this gave them an I between option for the nights they needed the security of being near us, but kept our bed kid free. In fact, if Derek has a bad dream, he will still come with a pillow and blanket and sleep our floor part of the night. Usually, he isn’t there very long before he goes back to his bed. Another thing you might check – how comfy is her bed compared to yours. Once Derek was in a twin bed with a cozy mattress and blankets, he stayed away a lot easier than when he was in an uncomfortable toddler bed.
Hope any of that makes sense or helps :). Consistantsy is the key, along with a good middle ground to help transition. And hey, for a while, I still had nights where Derek would clim. Over his dad into the bed to sneak in, but it did go away. And now, here I am starting all over with another baby :).