Star

Sunday night Emma and I were playing with her little cookie jar that is a shape sorter. I was trying to teach her some of the shapes and then I would help her put them in the right hole. Everytime I said "star", she started laughing so hard. I don't think Josh and I have ever heard her laugh so hard. Even now, when Josh and I just say the word "star" to her, she starts laughing. I'm not sure what it is about that word, but she loves it. I tried to get some good video but was unsuccessful, but we did get some cute pictures. I'll try to get some video soon.

Cheyenne Turns 2!!

Well, not officially 2 until Monday, but today Josh, Emma, and I went to her birthday party today to celebrate. I can't believe this little girl is already 2. I can remember the day she was born just like it was yesterday. We had so much fun at her party. It was "Dora the Explorer" themed....Chey's favorite. They even had a bouncy house for the kids to play in. Unfortunately, a lot of the kids that were invited were sick and couldn't come to party. But that just gave all the adults an excuse to jump in it. I couldn't stop laughing the whole time. Emma even got in it with my mom. She didn't cry, but she wasn't too excited either. She got out after a few minutes and then Autumn, my mom, and Katie had a blast in it. I will probably get in trouble for showing some of the pictures....but they are just too funny. [sorry guys] After jumping in the bouncy house, we sang Happy Birthday and ate Dora cake. We had so much fun at the party.....I think you can probably tell by the pictures.Happy Birthday Cheyenne....We love you!

My two favorite people :]

The slide kind of scared Emma a little bit....she just wanted mama after that.Katie helping mom get in....that was probably the funniest thing ever

Need I say more??

Katie was trying to help my mom get up to the slide.

Hailey in her party hat!

The Birthday Girl

I love this picture of Cheyenne....She wasn't wasting anytime using a fork..

She was super excited about the sidewalk chalk we got herEmma likes playing with new toys.

Update

Yesterday I went to the doctor for my 32 week check-up. The appointment went really well. Baby Ryleigh is doing great and she is measuring perfect. My blood pressure was still a little low, 87/71....but still normal for me. They did another urine test and it appears that I still have a kidney infection but I still have antibiotics to take until Wednesday, so the doctor said it should clear up in a few days. I'm still in a little pain from it but not too bad. I can tell it's getting better. I go back for my next appointment on Feb. 5. Right now, we only have about 5-7 weeks left. My guess is she will probably make her appearance around the 37-38 week. I guess we'll wait and see. Either way, it's not too much longer. We're getting really excited about meeting her.

Visit to MAU

This morning about 3am I had to leave work because I was bleeding, contracting, and very nauseous. I knew when I got to work I just didn't feel good but I didn't really get scared until I started to bleed. I headed downstairs to MAU and was hooked up to the fetal heart monitor.

The monitor picked up some contractions that I was having but nothing too serious. I also did a urine specimen and then was taken to ultrasound. At first they did an external ultrasound to check the baby and and also my cervix. Ryleigh looked good. Her heartbeat was 135bpm. She was moving around and happy. The ultrasound tech then tried to look at my cervix and she said that it went straight up, which is kind of unusual so she had to do an internal ultrasound. My cervix looked good and was measuring at 5.2....which is great for this stage of pregnancy. While she was doing the ultrasound, I felt a lot of pain in my lower stomach. Once I got back to MAU, the nurse said that my urine test came back and that I had a severe bladder infection. She said that was where the pain and the bleeding were coming from. So she sent me home with a prescription and to get some rest. I was supposed to call and make an appointment first thing to see my doctor. So this morning around 10:30 I went to my doctors office and they did some more test and it turns out that I have a kidney infection instead of a bladder infection. So the doctor gave me a different prescription and said to come back friday morning since I already had an appointment scheduled that day. He said to take it easy the next couple of days. He also mentioned that with these antibiotics that it will probably feel like it is getting worse before it gets better......greeeeaaaatt. Can't wait. So right now, I'm going to take some medicine and go to bed.......

This and That

Sorry, I've kind of been MIA for a week for so, but there hasn't been too much to blog about. We've mostly just been working and trying to catch up on sleep. Emma started waking up around 4:00 every single morning and we just couldn't figure out why. It usually took about an hour to finally get her back to sleep. I think maybe it's because she was napping too long. She was taking 2 1/2 hours naps and by 4:00am she was ready to go. Yesterday we actually woke her up from her nap after 2 hours and last night she slept from 8:45pm-8am. Hopefully we have figured this out and she'll go back to sleeping through the night again. Josh and I went to Carter's this past friday with some gift cards we got for Christmas. They were also having a $3.99 sale and on top of that I had a 15 % off coupon, so I got some cute things for Ryleigh and got Emma some new pants and t-shirts. She is finally outgrowing her 12 month pants and needed some 18 month ones to get through the rest of the winter. It feels so weird buying newborn stuff and then 18 month stuff. I remember when I was buying that newborn stuff for Emma. She sure has grown. I'm slowly starting to make my lists for hospital bags. I make a list for everything and with us being in the hospital for 4 days, there is a lot of stuff we will need and also that Emma will need. I am 31 weeks now, so really I only have less than 8 weeks, since we are doing a c-section at 39 weeks. I have a feeling she will come before then, so I'm guessing maybe 6-7 weeks left. It definitely isn't that far away. We have so much to do over the next month or so, but I'm really looking forward to this next step in our lives.

How did you get in there?

Little Chair

We used some money we got for Christmas and got Emma this cute little chair. She is always trying to climb in something so she can sit down so we thought she would love to have her own little chair to sit in. When we first got the chair, she didn't know how to turn around and just sit so she climbed up in it, stood up, turned around and then sat down. Now she has figured out how to just sit down. She loves sitting here to read books or when she's watching the backyardigans. Here she is snacking on some cheerios.

Laundry Basket

Ever since Emma could get those short little legs into the laundry basket, she has loved to get in it and just sit. We keep a laundry basket in our closet that we put our dirty clothes in and if we leave the door open, she will pull everything out and then get in the basket. While I was doing some laundry today, she snuck in the laundry room and pulled the basket all the way into the living room and sat down right in front of the t.v. She is such a mess. :]

Pigtails!!!

Ever since I found out I was having a little girl I couldn't wait for the day I could put her hair in pigtails. Finally Emma's hair is long enough. I gave it a trial run this morning just to see what it would look like and I must say....she is the cutest little girl ever. This picture was taken with my phone but I'll be sure to get some better ones soon.

Childrens Museum

Yesterday morning I took Emma to the Childrens Museum for the first time. I have been wanting to take her for a while and I just got around to doing it. I was so excited about going and I just knew that she would love it. Well, I have to say, I was a little disappointed in it. Emma had a lot of fun shopping at the market but that was about it. I got her a shopping cart and she pushed it around and put lemons in it. She didn't want anything in that cart except lemons. She would put a few in there and then stop and clap for herself. Other than that she mostly just ran around everywhere. I think Emma is just really too young to really get much benefit out of going. It got so busy that Emma couldn't really do much of anything. We spent an hour there, and that was plenty of time for everything. I think once Emma gets older she would probably enjoy it a lot more but for now, it's just too hectic there to try and teach her or do anything with her.I guess one good thing was that I got some cute pictures.

Little Monkey

As I was doing a few things around the house this morning, I came in the living room only to find Emma sitting in her new toy box. I'm not quite sure how she managed to get in there by herself, especially with her short little legs but she was just sitting in there throwing out all her toys and playing. (you can also see the big bruise on her head that she got last night)

Aquadoodle

Josh and I got Emma an aquadoodle for Christmas and I got it out this morning to try and teach her how to use it. She doesn't understand the concept of drawing or coloring yet, so this was a great mess-free way to try and teach her. She didn't really catch on that well but it was fun watching her try.

Sleepy....

This is what Emma looked like coming home from my mom and dads house on New Years Eve.

5.....4.....3.....2.....1......

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009 was such a great year for the Newnam family. It was our first full year with Emma and we were able to celebrate every holiday with her and also her 1st birthday. She is growing up to be such an amazing little girl and we couldn't imagine our lives without her. In July of this year we found out that we are expecting our 2nd little girl. Ryleigh Laine will be here sometime in March. We are all so excited to meet this new addition to our family. Josh and I can't wait to have two little girls. This year was also a great one for Josh because he got a new job working for Geoponics Earth Chemistries in April. He loves his job and is doing an awesome job. We know that 2010 is going to bring a lot of business for him. Even though 2009 was an awesome year, I'm really looking forward to 2010. It just keeps getting better.