I am starting my first few ebay auctions today. Wish me luck! I spent hours yesterday figuring out the formatting and stuff of the first one, but then the rest of them should be pretty easy.

Here's a picture of my latest creations. Aren't they cute? I'll post pictures later today when my auctions actually go up.

My new bed is here. It's wonderful. Amelia got in bed with us last night, and she can actually sleep across the bed, and Jeff and I are able to not fall out of bed.

Now the question is, why did we wait 3.5 years to get a bigger bed? LOL

Baby Elias Auctions

There is a mom in one of my online groups who just had a baby, and he has some health problems. So a bunch of ladies got together to help with some of their extra costs. Some of us just sent some cash, others made some things to sell on ebay to help the family out. Here's a link to the auctions, please, go check them out and bid if you can.

Thanks

Baby Elias Auctions

Oh and one more thing, I updated my tickers. Kaisers Ultrasound Tech has a different due date in mine. Since they get to pick when I have my surgery, I figured I'll go with their date.

At least since it will be scheduled, I shouldn't have to go past 39 weeks if all is going well. If I start having problems like with Amelia, it will probably be a little earlier. I was 38 weeks when I had Amelia, and that was entirely too long for me. I don't know how people go 40+ weeks without going crazy.

Oh and I forgot, I've got a bunch more bows made, I'll upload some pictures later.

Sad...

the only time I have time to read blogs anymore, or even post in my blog, is in the middle of the night. It's a little after 4, and I have been up since 230. My back is killing me, and I just can't sleep anymore. I just LOVE being pregnant. (Can you all see me rolling my eyes??)

On the plus side we went shopping last night for a new bed. The one we have now is just a little sad, and old, and tired. And this pregnant lady has had enough. Actually it was Jeff's idea. He's probably sick of hearing me complain. :-) It's also much bigger than our current bed, so when little people want to come snuggle with Mommy and Daddy, no one will get beat up. Especially not Mommy, who often ends up on the couch if Amelia comes to visit during the night. Thank goodness she doesn't do it often. Our new bed is being delivered this weekend.

One cool thing about living where we live, we are actually getting to know our neighbors a little. The salesman at the mattress store was a nice older guy, not at all pushy, and full of information. He and Jeff were filling out the paperwork for the delivery and Jeff said our street name. The saleman said he lived on the same street, by a certain cross street. Jeff said, that's where we live! It turns out the guy and his wife live in the house next door to our condo complex. We walk by his house all the time, talk to his cats, and I admire their cute front porch and plants. When we were leaving he said stop by anytime we're out walking and say hello.

It's 10 AM...

And so far today I've
Made my bed,
made Amelias bed
Picked up Amelia's room
Done 3 loads of laundry
Cleaned cat food off the kitchen floor (twice! Thanks Amelia)
Showered
Bathed , dressed, and fed the kid.
Cleaned both bathrooms
Paid bills
Watched 2 episodes of Jack's big music show
Colored pictures with Amelia
Cleaned out the car from our trip (almost done)

I'm tired. Is it nap time yet? Anyone who says stay at home moms don't do anything is nuts.

Now we're off to have a playdate.

Animals

Amelia loves animals. Especially monkeys and elephants. Someone shared this link with me, and Amelia and I have been watching the monkeys and even some elephants all morning.

The Africam

Amelia and more bow pictures...

I made these this weekend. Click on the picture if you want to see them better. :-)

I wish I could take better pictures but I'm having issues, it's not my camera, it's the fact that this computer has no photo editing software. Stupid little laptop. I need to hook up the other computer, but I'm not sure it has software either. I guess I could actually buy some.

Oh and here are some pictures of Amelia wearing a couple of bows. She doesn't like for me to do her hair anymore , so it's always a bit of a battle to get them in and looking decent. Oh well, I knew she would get to this point and I'd have to give up a lot of things. You know, like having her in matching clothes. Or having her hair done beyond one little barrette. LOL

It's a.....

Boy!! At least that's what the consensus is now.

The tech and I both saw boy parts from the bottom, I actually saw it and was like, um is that boy parts? and she said yes I think so! LOL

I have two pictures of that. But she couldn't get a side shot to confirm it. So she said if I want I can come back next week and she will do it again just to make sure for me, (and she won't charge me again.) How cool is that?

So she the bottom shot was definitely a boy shot, but she won't say 100 percent unless she can get a side shot too.

The bows are so quick to make. The Korkers ( the curly ones) have to have the ribbons curled first so they are more time consuming. The other ones take 10 or 15 minutes maybe.

Hey Darth Yaya, I have something I want to email you with more pictures and info, my email is

ameliasmommy at gmail dot com

I promise to get some pictures of Amelia up with her bows in her hair. So far they are holding up pretty well!

Bow pictures

Here are my first few attempts at bow making. It's actually pretty fun! And Amelia loves them. :-)

Paypal

Someone sent me this link. Very interesting stuff. A little scary too...

Paypal Sucks

I was supposed to post pictures of my bows last night but my batteries died in the camera. I promise I will get some up today. :-)

My kid is so funny. I started watching my friends little boy today, he is almost 9 months old. He is crawling around, following Amelia all over the house. If he doesn't go fast enough, she stops and tells him "Come on baby. Let's go." She wanted him to sit in her doll stroller so she said, " Come on baby, hop in!" Silly girl. :-)

It's 98 degrees at my house today. Too hot. AC has been running since we got home from the park at noon. I feel bad about that. I don't like running the AC since it uses a lot of power. But otherwise I think I might die. It's just finally starting to feel bearable in here. I have all the fans running too. The AC should kick off soon, it's set to get the house down to 76 or so.

I had no idea how hot it was supposed to be today or I would not have scheduled a play date at a park with no shade. Poor Amelia was coated head to toe in sun screen. She was bright red by the time we left the park, she's just like her Mama, gets warm and turns red. LOL She went back to her normal color once we were home in the AC for a while.

So I think I may have come up with something to do as a little side business. It's not much right now, but it's fun! I bought a kit that has instructions to make hair bows. All sorts of bows, and ribbons and barrettes. If nothing else, they are fun little projects I can make for Amelia. I'm having fun making them. And it's way cheaper to pay $1 for materials, than to pay $8 a piece for little bows for her hair. Anyway, if I still enjoy it in a few weeks, I may see about starting to sell them.

I'm glad I'm not in the bay area...

trying to commute to work.

The article

I have lots of stuff to blog about and post pictures of, Tanaka Farms, my kid sitting IN her water table but I don't have time today. We're going to disneyland in a little bit... wish me luck. That place can be kinda crazy sometimes...

The midwife I'm seeing was kind of freaked out that I"m overweight, (I'm not supposed to gain any weight during the pregnancy, and if I lose at the beginning that's fine too.) So I have been weighing myself weekly just to see how I'm doing. This week I lost 5 pounds. Not bad. LOL If only I could lose weight that easily when I'm not pregnant. I feel like I'm eating constantly. Although since the morning sickness seems to have passed, I'm able to eat much healthier.

My body shape is definitely changing more quickly with this pregnancy. I'm 12 weeks and already growing out of most of my regular pants. That didn't happen until 4 months or so with Amelia. I went to Motherhood Maternity's site this morning and ordered some pants. I don't seem to have as many maternity pants as I remember having. Although I know last time I got a lot farther before I had to wear maternity stuff.

I got these (isn't that waist band flattering? I just LOVE maternity clothes.) Especially since I think they are rediculously overpriced, and ebay has gotten a lot more expensive as well.



I'm sure these ones have just as cute of a waist band as the ones above.


I did get some cute tops, thank goodness a bunch of my newer shirts from Old Navy are long, I can probably wear them most of the way through the pregnancy. I'm hoping for another miracle with this baby. With Amelia I lost 33 pounds from the day I had her to my 6 week check up. I weighed less than I did when I got pregnant.

I think I will like this shirt, I will have to wait until it gets here before I decide for sure.


There was something else I was going to blog about, but I can't remember what it was...

Amelia's new favorite toy.

I don't think she's every going to come back in the house again...I still have to get some sand so right now, both sides have water in them.

These are for Grandma Cindy... LOL

Before...




After ( This is the best one I have, her hair is pretty messy. And her bangs really aren't that crooked. LOL)

One man's trash is another's treasure...

Ooh and I have I mentioned lately how much I love Craigslist and Freecycle? If you haven't used either one you should check them out. Especially Freecycle. It's so simple, and works so well for us. First you join an email group on yahoo. Then when you want to get rid of something you just post an offer for it, as well as where you're located. People respond saying they are interested, and when they can come pick it up. We have gotten plants, gardening supplies, baby clothes, Amelias crib and a ton of other things on Freecycle. We have also given away a couch, excess Christmas stuff, baby clothes, and a washer and dryer.

I have gotten so much great stuff for my kid on freecycle and craigslist. Oh and I have gotten rid of so much krap (krap that people come to my house to get, and are excited to take home with them. Amazing.) Anything I can't sell on craigslist or I got for free goes on Freecycle. I love that I'm helping other people out, we got so much stuff given to us after Amelia was born, I like to pass it on when I'm done with it. And I love that I'm keeping things from going in the garbage.



This is my latest aquisition. It's a sand and water table for Amelia. At the store it costs around $70, if I bought it online it would be even more with shipping. I have been thinking about buying her one for the last year or so, but I refuse to pay that much. So I found one on craigslist.

I got it for $20.

And when we're done with it, it will get passed on to someone else.

I love the morning...

When it's quiet, and Jeff and Amelia are still asleep. I wish they'd sleep in more often. Especially Amelia. :-)

Oops she's awake now. I just heard that sweet little voice yelling, "Mommy... Daddy..." Now she's in there hollering "mommy mommy mommy" over and over again. I guess I better go get her...

We had a great day today. I love spring in Southern California. It's not too hot, but it's warm and nice to be outside. We went to a new park today with my nanny group. Amelia loved this park, it is amazing. It was built for a child who has special needs, so it's pretty accessible, there are ramps going up the play structures, not stairs, so kids in wheel chairs can go right up to the slides. Amelia had so much fun running around like a crazy girl. :-)

And this is a tandem swing, if you swing one swing, it makes the other go. The swing on the left is made for a handicapped child to sit in and swing with the other kids. Pretty cool.



Tomorrow is a baby shower for my friend Jenn. I love baby showers. Especially the part where I get to go shopping for cute baby stuff. :-)

So much for no eating in the new car. Amelia really needed a hair cut, and Kathy was going to get Aunica's done too, so today we took all the kids to Rainbow Haircutters. We all went in one car, and the first thing Amelia did was get a hold of her lunch box, and spread pirate booty all over the car. Then the kids all stepped in it and smooshed it into the carpet. I guess it's time for the new car's first trip to the car wash.

I am so sick of fighting with Amelia about doing her hair every morning, and her ripping her hair ties out, that we had the stylist give her bangs. Hopefully that will keep the hair out of her face a little better. No matter how hard I tried, her hair would not stay out of her face. Maybe the bangs will help.

If not it should only take a few years to grow them out. :-)

99 questions.

1. What is the best way to get over someone?
Spend time getting to know yourself. ;)

2. What makeup do you wear on a daily basis?
not much. Sometimes mascara eyeliner and lip gloss

4. If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what?
hmm right now it would be pasta and mashed potatoes. Not pregnant would be totally different.

5. What curse word do you use the most?
krap. Is that a curseword?

6. Do you own an igloo?
No

8. What time is your alarm clock set for?
Our alarm clock is named Amelia, the "oh mommy, oh daddy" starts around 630.

9. Have you ever bid for something on ebay? Yes



10. Do you wear flip-flops even when its cold outside?
what is cold? This is Southern California. I wear flip flops year round.

11. Where do you buy your groceries from?
Albertsons or Ralphs

12. Do you like to take the picture or be in the picture?
Both.

13. What was the last movie you watched?
Don't remember


14. Do any of your friends have children?
A lot of them do.

15. If you won the lottery, whats the first thing you would buy?
A house.

16. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
I'm sure they have.

17. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep faster?
nope

18. What CD is currently in your CD player?
a mixed cd.

19. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?
i guess chocolate. i'm not much of a milk person

20. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
Don't think so.
21. Do you have a crush on anyone?
My hubbie. :-)

22. What did you have for dinner?
organic macaroni and cheese. :-)

23. What is your biggest fear?
Not being there for my children when they need me most.

24. What color is your car?
which one? van is silver, honda is red, truck is maroon.

25. Can you whistle ?
Yuppers

27. Do you make your own jewelry?
no

28. Have you ever participated in a protest?
Yes. Tara and I ended up in an anti war march in San Francisco. I think there were like 100,000 people there. It was crazy! :-)

29. Who was the last person to call you?
Jeff

30. What is your favorite ride at an amusement park?
Probably Indiana Jones at disneyland. Not that I'll be on any rides in the next 6 months...

31. What is something you must do every day?
make my bed.

32. Donde esta numero 32?
It's right here.

33. What area code are you in right now ?
714

34. Did you watch cartoons as a child?
Still do daily

35. How big is your local mall?
We have lots of malls. Most are pretty big.

36. What is your job title?
Mommy, pregnant lady,

37. What do you miss most?
people

38. Would you ever sky dive?
Hell no!

39. What are you allergic to?
cat hair, pollen

40. What are your biggest regrets?
I don't have many.

41. Have you ever had Jamba Juice?
yup

42. When was the last time you laughed so hard your sides hurt?
Watching a show with Jeff one night.

43. What movies do you know every line to?
The princess bride.

44. Do you own any band t-shirts?
Aerosmith I think.

45. What is your favorite candle scent?
sweet ones.

46. How many aunts and uncles do you have?
Still alive? I had 4 aunts and 3 uncles. Now I have 1 aunt, and 2 uncles still living.

47. When was your last plane ride?
From Portland to OC at Christmas.

48. Do you crack your knuckles?
No.

49. How many chairs are at your dining room table?
Depends, between 4 and 8

50. What is your favorite salad dressing?
balsamic vinaigrette.

51. Do you read for fun?
All the time.

53. Where is your cell phone?
In the van

54. Do you do your own dishes?
Yes.

55. What color is your bedroom painted?
purple.

56. Are your parents divorced?
Yes

57. Have you ever cried in public?
Oh yes.

58. Favorite eye color?
Brown

59. Which do you make: wishes or plans?
Planner who has many wishes

60. Toilet paper: over the front or around the back?
Over the front of the roll

61. Left or Right handed?
Right.

62. What posters do you have in your room?
No posters. Have some framed paintings though...

63. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?
I want a tattoo.

64. Do you believe that the guy should pay on the first date?
I don't know.

65. Do you have a brain?
I think so.

66. Do you own a camera phone?
Yes

67. Have you ever been to Jamaica?
No

68. What do you like to snack on at the movie theatre?
Diet coke and milk duds.

69. What messenger programs do you have?
Msn, iChat, yahoo...does Warcraft count?

70. What is the weather like?
sunny and cool high 60's I think

71. What were you doing at 9pm last night?
Watching Planet Earth with Jeff.

72. Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos?
Yup

73. Do you have an online journal?
Yup

74. Did you ever play Capture the Flag in school?
Not in School but at camp we did.

75. What was your favorite class in high school?
Calculus. Yup I'm a geek.

76. Do you sleep on your side, tummy, or back?
usually left side.

77. What personality trait is a must have in the opposite sex?
sense of humor

78. Have you ever been attracted to someone physically unattractive?
Ya

79. When was the last time you slept on the floor?
I don't know.

80. What is your favorite alcoholic drink?
red wine.

81. If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name have been?
Not sure.

82. Do you like your living arrangement?
Yes, we could use a bigger yard and another bedroom.

83. Has anyone ever called you spoiled?
Yes, but it is just because they don't understand me. ;)

84. What is your mother and father's hometowns?
Mom is from Portland Oregon, and Dad was mostly from portland. He moved around a lot.

85. Did you ever go to the same school as your parents?
College.

86. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
7 is a must but 8 to be bubbly

87. How much is gas where you are at right now?
3.30. EEP

88. What was the last thing to scare you?
A spider.

89. Do you own a Playstation?
nope

90. What color are your bedsheets?
Cream.

91. What is your favorite "reality competition" program?
project runway.

92. What album did you buy last?
I don't buy albums. I buy songs on Itunes.

93. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
A bunch.

94. Are your days full and fast-paced?
LOL! Yup.

95. Did you ever get in trouble for talking too much in class?
Yes, every year that is the one thing my teacher talked to my parents about.

96. Is there carpet, wood or tile in the room you're currently in?
Hardwood.

97. Were you a " planned " child?
Yes

98. What is your mom's name?
Cindy

99. What is your dad's name?
Duane

What the hell

is wrong with people??

One more thing about the car

it has built in car seats.

This is the seat normally.


This is what it looks like when the car seat is opened, it folds down out of the seat.

New van pics

Here's my new ride.




And look, Amelia can actually sit behind Jeff, when he has the seat all the way back!! It's a miracle. LOL







That's not where her seat is going to stay, but I cant put her on the other side until we get the garage a little more cleaned out.

We got a new car last night. I feel like I am officially a mom now. I went from the Honda Civic coupe to a mini van. Really, I'm not bitter, the new van is wonderful. There is plenty of room for Amelia and the new baby, and all of their friends. And it drives so nicely. It's a Chrysler Town and Country. It has a 5 disc changer, neato little built in car seats, and it's much more practical than a 2 door civic. I am going to miss driving my little car, (and parking it, the van is huge compared to the civic) but this is much better for us. For now we are keeping the Honda too, until we find the right vehicle for Jeff. It's krappy timeing the we both need new vehicles now but oh well.

Interesting...

I borrowed this from Mom of three's blog. It's definitely worth taking a look at.

Pictures

We got Amelia's pictures done today, here are a couple of the ones we chose.

The grocery shopping was great. The guy was so nice, carried everything into the kitchen for me, and everything was in great shape. Best $9 I spent all week. :-)

I had my first check up yesterday. It was with a midwife. She said they'd (the insurance company) would like me to try for a VBAC. (Vaginal birth after c section.) I am pretty scared about the whole thing, so that's a big decision. My doctor with Amelia told me I have a small pelvis and the chances of me pushing out a baby over 6 lbs was slim to none. Once I had my c section, she also said I would have a csection for any other kids I had. So anyway.

Oh and the midwife said she didn't want me to gain any weight and if I lost weight at the beginning thats fine. Which is funny since I weigh less now than I did when I got pregnant with Amelia. I did okay with her though, I gained 20 lbs or so, and had lost 35 by my 6 week check up.

Groceries

So, I have tried 3 times this week to go grocery shopping. Every time I either am too busy vomiting to leave the house or end up vomiting on the way to the store and have to turn around and come back home. We are quickly running out of food, so I decided yesterday to give Albertsons.com a try. It's only 9.95 and it will all be delivered this afternoon.

I'm crossing my fingers that it all goes well. :-)

Meme

Meme
I stole this one from Brianna

One Word, One Word Only
Yourself: tired
Your partner: working
Your hair: up
Your Mother: birthday
Your Father: deceased
Your Favorite Item: laptop
Your dream last night: weird
Your Favorite Drink: dietcoke
Your Dream Car: unsure
Your Dream Home: expensive
The Room You Are In: Living
Your Ex: far
Your fear: heights
Where you Want to be in Ten Years? happy
Who you hung out with last night: family
What You’re Not: tall
Muffins: blueberry
One of Your Wish List Items: book
Time: fast
The Last Thing You Did: emailed
What You Are Wearing: clothes
Your favorite weather: cool
Your Favorite Book: good
Last thing you ate: chicken
Your Life: good
Your mood: irritable
Your Best Friend: Jeff
What are you thinking about right now: sleep
Your car: Honda
What are you doing at the moment: meme
Your summer: soon
Relationship status: Married
What is on your tv: backyardigans
What is the weather like: Cold
When is the last time you laughed: yesterday

If it's on Snopes, it must be true!

I love Snopes. You can find info on just about every forward you get in your inbox. When I bought my car (a red Honda) so many people gave me grief that I was going to have expensive insurance and get more tickets. Well fortunately they were all wrong, I have not had a ticket since buying this car. Anyway, today I again heard this story and decided to see what Snopes had to say. And the answer is...











False!

Taken from the Snopes website.

I continuously hear the rumor that statistics "prove" that red cars are stolen more than any other color, even to the extent that insurance companies are wary with red cars due to the increased theft factor. Red car owners thus have higher rates. The idea is that the color red attracts car thieves, I guess like hummingbirds.

Those in the automobile insurance business deny they're charging more to insure red cars than comparable vehicles of other colors and this would not be the case if red cars were more likely to be stolen or involved in accidents. Regarding the belief that a vehicle's color drives up it's insurance premiums, says Jeanne Salvatore, vice president of consumer affairs for the Insurance Information Institute in New York City: "It's not the color, it's your driving record." She's never heard of any insurance company charging more for red cars.

Ramblings...

I think I was off the first time I tried to figure out my due date. I just put the dates in again on baby center and it says I'm 8 weeks pregnant. I guess we'll see what the doctor says Monday, I'm not sure how it works, Kaiser doesn't usually do more than one U/S so I'm not sure how they will figure out how far along I am. Maybe I will get an extra ultrasound.

In other news I have figured out how to dodge the puking for now... eating! Constantly. If I don't let myself get hungry I'm fine. That totally didn't work with Amelia, but so far it's working okay with this kid. I'm still exhausted though. Although apparently if I get out of the house, I feel better. Amelia and I went to AAA today to get new tags for my car. They expired while I was in Oregon. OOPS.

Every time I walk in Amelia's room, I see all the stuff I need to get done to have a baby in there. Did I mention our house only has two bedrooms? it's perfect for us in every other way, has enough bathrooms, the bedrooms are good sized, the living area is huge, we have a huge two car garage, but we only have two bedrooms. SO Amelia and peanut will have to share a room at some point. Cross your fingers this one is a girl, so we don't have to move. LOL

Oh and one more thing. My mom turned 50 today.

Happy Birthday Mom! Amelia sent her Gree-Ma flowers, wasn't that nice of her? :-)

My poor mom, she has had a rough time the last few years. Both of her sisters passed away before they reached 50 and I think mom was pretty scared that she wouldn't make it there either. Her life however is completely different, my aunts left this world because of choices they made. Other than smoking my mom is pretty darn healthy. She goes to the doctor and gets check ups. She is not overweight. She is on a low sodium, and low fat diet. I wish she'd stop worrying and just enjoy her life. She struggles so hard with the fact that she smokes and can't seem to stop. I think it also got to her that my dad died last year. They hadn't been married in a long time but they still had some bond between the two of them. Probably the fact that they had kids together. And I don't think she ever stopped loving him, she just couldn't live with him and his choices. Anyway, I hope you have a great birthday mom!

7 weeks

I am already starting to notice ways this pregnancy will be different. First off, I think it's going to be harder on Jeff. His job is a lot more stressful now than it used to be. At least it seems that way to me. Anyway, before I got pregnant with Amelia, I was working so at that point jeff was used to doing more around the house. He did laundry here and there, he helped more with cooking and cleaning. Since I started staying home with Amelia, he doesn't do much. Usually that's fine with me. I kind of see taking care of the house and Amelia as my job, while he goes to work every day. I do all the laundry and cooking, and cleaning. I'm already asking for more help, and I think it will be harder on him this time around.

The other thing is I just can't sleep as much as I would like to. LOL I am tired all the time (which has me a little worried since that was the first real sign of the Preeclampsia with the last pregnancy, I'm hoping it's just the normal beginning of pregnancy exhaustion and not anything else)While Amelia was sick she was up and down all night, and I'm definitely noticing the tiredness more this time. That or I have just forgotten! LOL

It has begun...

I was really hoping to skip the morning sickness this time. I had a few bouts here and there on our trip, but mostly I was fine. Well the last week or so have been awful. I am nauseas constantly. If I get too hungry, I get nauseas. If I eat I get nauseas, nothing sounds appetizing except for carbs. I just want to eat bread and muffins. LOL But that's really not helping my *ahem* digestion. I am trying to make myself eat more salad and veggies but they seem to be harder on my tummy.

I'm also really grouchy and whiney. SOOO whiney. My poor husband. I'm sure he is sick of me already. I am also sick, and so is Amelia, which means we are all sleep deprived, which I'm sure is not helping my whineyness.

Will someone just knock me out for a few months?? K, thanks.

Aww

I was on the computer making my menu for next week, and making a grocery list, and all of the sudden I noticed the house was awfully quiet.









I just want to know how she sleeps in such uncomfortable looking positions!

Huh

So Jeff and I have some news. It is completely unexpected, but now that it's happened, we're happy.

I'm pregnant again. It's still really early ( why can't I be one of those chicks who wakes up and is 6 weeks pregnant?) No, I have to know before the test is even positive. Actually Jeff usually figures it out before I do. Anyway, I'm so not a good secret keeper, and I have other stuff I can't talk about in my blog right now, so this is a good topic.

I took a test over a week ago and it was negative. Then took one the next day and got one dark line, and one very faint line. So I took a few more tests, and each one had a very faint positive line. Then last Tuesday I got two dark lines.
According to babycenter, my due date is November 5th. Which means I'll probably have a kiddo the end of October, since I'll have another c section. All my mother had to say was why did you have to pick such a busy time of year? Three of my nieces have birthdays in October or early November. She also made some comment about already having lots of grandkids so I couldn't expect her to get to excited. I love my mother.

It's done!

Amelia's room is finally done. I put her curtains up today. The theme is surfer monkey, it's pretty cute.

This is some of the stuff she has ( my camera is at my friend's house.)
This is the bedding...

and one of the pillows...



and I got her this clock too. I love it because the monkey hulas.



I also bought her some cute things on ebay, some prints someone made that have hula monkeys as well. The thing that bothered me is there are no curtains that go with the set. So, I bought a set of sheets and made valances and a few other things out of them. i think I'm also going to make a pillow for the rocking chair. (I'll add more pictures later.)

I had the best birthday..

February is a busy month for me holiday wise. My anniversary is on Valentine's day, and my birthday is a few days later.

This year, Jeff amazed me with all he did.

He sent me a huge bouquet of pink gerbera daisies for our anniversary. They are beautiful. Then Friday I got the first part of my present. My mom and grandma flew in Friday night. I had no idea until that day, that they were coming. It was a great surprise!

Then Saturday I went shopping with mom and grandma, and got this.



I have never bought an expensive purse. The couple nice purses I've had, Grandma has bought me. LOL

It's so silly spend that much on a purse, but I love it. It feels wonderful to the touch. I probably won't get another purse for a very long time, but that's okay. Now I just have to keep Amelia from smearing crud all over it.

I got another huge bouquet of Gerbera daisies, these ones were all different colors.

Then my birthday got even better. We went to have dinner at Don Jose's. While we were getting out of the cars, I saw Kathy, and then Jenn, drive by. We walked in and there was a whole group of people.


Kathy came in with a cake and balloons. OH MY GOODNESS it was the yummiest strawberry filling in the cake. Fresh strawberries in cream cheese filling. It was heaven. I sent the leftovers home with other people, so I wouldn't eat any more of it. :-)




I got some really nice gifts, and we had a really nice time. There were probably about 30 people there. It was great. :-)

All in all, it was a great birthday.

Here's Amelia at Grandma's hotel.




(There are a bunch more pictures I"m trying to post but blogger won't let me. Stupid blogger.)

I made this last year for Jeff for Father's day. I just updated it with some new pictures.

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Three years! That's how long Jeff and I have been married. It seems like so much longer. In a good way. Sometimes I don't remember life before Jeff and Amelia. And I certainly wouldn't change anything.This picture is Jeff and I outside the "Little Chapel of the Flowers" in Vegas. Yep, we went to Vegas. We had a blast. Thirty of our best friends and family were there. No one showed up just for the food, it was just people who really wanted to be there. We had so much fun that weekend. That's my sister Sarah and my brother in law Christian in the picture with us.

While I was looking for a photo to add to this post, I found this one. It's my dad and my niece Dorothy. Even though he could be a pain, I miss him. It's been almost a year now since he died. It's still hard sometimes, even though we weren't always that close.

I got some candy for Valentine's day and Amelia found it.





Then, much to her dismay, I took the box away.


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This is a funny little video of Amelia with the box of chocolates. For some reason my videos show up so much darker on dropshots. I guess because the resolution is worse?

On turning 2...

Amelia is two now. She is doing amazing things. She can count to 13. She can sing most of the alphabet (She gets confused after qrst and goes back to the beginning.) She is almost completely potty trained. She is speaking in sentences. Over the weekend, Jeff heard her say "daddy please open the door" when she was done with her nap. She loves Dora the Explorer. She loves to sing and dance. She hates to be wet or poopy, and will usually change herself if she has an accident. She is so curious about everything. She has an amazing memory, and is great at repeating what we say. "Kitty get down!" is one of her favorite things to say. She can climb to the top of a huge playstructure and go down the slide. She loves the swings. She asks to go "bye bye in car please". She is so smart. She will move the dining room chairs around the house so she can reach what she wants. She knows where things go, and is starting to help put them back in their place. She says "Bless you" if someone sneezes. She asks "You okay?" if someone coughs. She is so independent. Sometimes when she gets mad she will hit mommy or daddy. But then she will pat us and say, "sorry". She loves her friends. She talks about Abbie often. Anytime she colors she looks for her. She also loves her friend Jack. She now knows when we turn on Jack's street, and starts yelling "Jack, where are you?"


It seems like so long ago that she was the small fragile newborn that I was holding in the picture below. Now she's a person. This mom thing is the most amazing, hard, crazy, thing I have ever done. And I have a feeling it's just going to become more so.

Funky

I've been in a blogging funk lately. I was sick, then Amelia was sick, and now there isn't much going on to write about. Oh well, such is life.

The birthday party went really well, there were around 30 people there, it was basically playgroup on Saturday with a bouncer. We had the party at Kathy's house because her backyard is way bigger than mine. Amelia loved everything. I think her favorite gift though, was the box that Michelle and the boys' gift came in. She carries the box all over the house filled with all sorts of things. She even uses it as a chair! Silly girl.

I started going to the gym again. I've been going in the evening after Jeff is home and after we have dinner. It's so nice to get out of the house all by myself. The most wonderful part though, is I each machine has it's own tv. So I can watch whatever I want for half an hour. No Jack's big music show. No Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. No sports. Just random krap. I love it.

Look how small she was!

Disregard the blank look in my eyes, we had just got home from the hospital. She was only 6 days old.


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