Our little COWGIRL!

We have been blessed with several rounds of clothing from my best friend Dani Lee. As I was separating the clothes into boxes to put away until we need them, Mili decided to "help" Mommy. The pictures above are the results of Mili "helping" Mommy. She says, "Mommy, Mimi help?" as she takes out these boots to put on.

She is too cute in her pull-up and boots. We had a little crying moment when bedtime came. She wanted to keep them on. We finally convinced her that it would not be too comfy to wear those to bed and told her she could wear them as soon as she woke up tomorrow morning.

Mili is doing remarkable with going to the potty recently (between her trips and my trips to the restroom, we could camp out there all day). We are using those stickers like crazy (see previous post).

For those of you that don't know, Mili has a texture problem when it comes to food. Everything has to be cut up in bite size pieces and if it has any density to it she will not eat it. Tonight she ate some chocolate covered raisins (cut up very tiny). She moved them around in her mouth and then says, "yum, good". We are hoping this is going to be a stepping stone to the next level of food for her. We are so frustrated trying to find things that she will eat (we have tried every character cookie or cracker but still no dry or hard foods are going in her mouth). If she ever gags on it then she will remember it forever and never wants it back in her mouth again. Even though she has this texture issue she eats very health so I should not complain. She eats spinach, green beans, broccoli, baked potatoes, fruit, and yogurt to name a few. Some parents of toddlers would love for them to eat any one of those things.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as we did her wearing those cute boots around. Don't you just want to pinch those legs (I do, but not hard...smile). They won't have baby fat on them forever so I must while, I can.

Love to ALL!!

31 week dr appointment

Today I had my 31 week dr visit. Everything looks good. Sadie's heartbeat was 140 (or so we think). She was moving so much that the dr had to hold on to her bottom and squeeze in order to get a reading at all. I think she moves more that Mili did (if that is possible). I hope the reason for so much movement in the last couple of days is because she is trying to get into birthing position. If so, then I will be making more trips to the restroom due to a head bouncing on the bladder.

My blood pressure was 110/80. The nurse said that is good but I get a little nervous when the bottom number starts to go up (my bp was 107 on the bottom with Mili which require an induction).

I have been having pain in my cervix area (maybe TMI for some of you but it is normal pregnancy talk) and having several rounds of braxstin hicks(sp?) lately. After telling my dr about this she decided to check me for dilation today. She said I am a finger tip dilated and my cervix is soft. It is not uncommon for someone who has already had a vaginal delivery so I have nothing to worry about. I am hoping because I am already soft that things will progress quite quickly after labor starts (of course, not too fast to get Mili dropped off and get to the hospital and not before 37 weeks). I don't want much, huh.

For those of you that could care less about pregnancy talk, I am sorry to bore you. Thanks for hanging in there until the end of this post.

Hugs and Kisses

Thank God for stickers!!!

We have used stickers like we drink water around here recently. It seems to be the only thing that keeps Mili using the potty. It is a great idea except I have had a problem finding cheap stickers. She has covered three pages front and back and is working on her forth page.

I know this will sound super silly to some of you but.....I am praising God that I found a TON of stickers in my wrapping paper/bag boxes (we have been cleaning out ALL boxes to try to condense everything and take up less room for when Sadie arrives). I know that God cares about EVERYTHING in our lives and potty training is top on our list right now. So I am honestly saying Praise God I don't have to waste money on more stickers. I seriously think we could be completely potty trained by the time we run out of these stickers (Mili's favorite right now are Noah's ark....she is a child after Nanny's heart).

The other two pics are because Mili wanted me to take her picture (as if she is used to it or something). She is playing with my labor ball. She thinks it is fun because it is so big it knocks her over.

I have another doctor appointment on Friday. I am on two week visits now and I am 31 weeks. Sadie didn't really want Mommy to sleep last night. She will probably sleep all day now and wake me up again tonight. She reminds me a lot of another little girl I know, when she was in Mommy's belly. I am really not complaining since I love to feel her moving inside. I will miss that after she arrives.

Mili's room and the living room is a mess due to the "cleaning frenzy", so I guess I should get off here and get back to work.

Love to ALL!!!

A Surprise Shower for Sadie Beth!!!

Our small group gave us a shower and it was wonderful. We had fruit and veggies (my favorite) and some other snack foods. The cake was huge and very tasty. Hope you can see all Sadie's goodies in the photos above.

We got several sleepers (much needed), several outfits (cute as a button), books, pacifiers, a bear, soft blankie (feels like butter), burp cloths, wash cloths, wall plaque (has my favorite poem on it), gift card, scrapbooking stuff, and a candle for mommy (smile).

Oh, and I almost forgot......
I had to add on the first photo of the diaper bag. It is unisex for Brian. He didn't want to carry a girly bag (Mili's was green gingham with hot pink feathers around the top, her name was also embroidered in hot pink).

I thought something might be up because I had checked the registry at Target and it had some things fulfilled on it. I thought it was odd but didn't think that much about it.

Hope you all enjoy the photos. I just wanted to share what Sadie got at her shower.

PS There is a picture of Sadie (mommy) at 30 weeks below. Scroll down past the venting blog.

Love ya and Good Nite!

A Big Fat VENT!!!

Some of the ladies at church had told me about FREE movies offered in the summer time at this movie theater down the road. These are movies that have run earlier and I think all of them are already out on DVD. Anyway, I thought it would be good to take Mili. Today was Curious George and Mili LOVES Curious George.

This morning we took Brian to work and made sure we arrived early enough to get a ticket (only enough tickets for the amount of seats). I also knew that Mili and I both would need to visit the restroom before we got settled. We went in and got our tickets (no problems). Sadie wanted some popcorn (her nick name before we knew she was a girl...lol) so we stood in line and bought a SMALL popcorn and a SMALL drink. The total came to $10. That is NOT a typo. It was $10. I was in a state of shock. Anyway, we moved on to get back in line to go to the theater for Curious George. At this time I have popcorn in one hand and drink in the other and motioning with my head for Mili to come on and follow Mommy. I get to the guy taking the tickets and he said, "I'm sorry mam we don't allow outside food or drink in the theater." I said, Okay. He said, "I need you to pour out what is in that cup" (talking about Mili's sippy cup). I argued with the guy about it and then he said you can talk with my manager. I said, "Where is he?". By this time I am steaming. For those of you that don't know. Mili does not drink anything except MILK. We have tried every kind of juice and water but nothing compares to her milk, I guess. I argued with the manager for a couple of minutes. I said, "I just spent $10 at your concession stand and you are going to tell me that I can't take in my daughters only way of having a drink. He said, "We have water" (for sell, I am sure it was $5 too). I said, "She doesn't drink water." He tried to tell me that rules are rules and I let him know that I was going into the movie after spending $10. He then proceeded to ask me if I had other food in my bag for Mili. I told him I did not and he finally let me go in (which was the truth).

I plan on writing a letter. That is totally crazy not to let a sippy cup into the theater. I have never heard of such. I was steaming by the time we got in and sat down.

Mili enjoyed the show. A few times she said, "Scare Me". It was only when it got really loud. She sat in my lap the whole time and then cried when we left because she wanted more Curious George.

I will go again, but I will not buy from the concession again. I will not give them one penny of my money if they are going to treat me that way.

I understand that they are trying to make their money from the concession but, COME ON, a sippy cup with MILK in it (which they don't even sell at the concession). Frustrating, very frustrating.

Thanks for listening!!!