30 Weeks and Counting...

Thursday I went to my 30 week appointment. I've started going every 2 weeks now and it's made me realize this baby is going to be here sooner rather than later! It's hard to believe that in 10 weeks or less we are going to have a new addition to our family. I had a sonogram and Emma is still breech so we're hoping she will turn in the next few weeks but I'm not holding my breath because she's been breech the entire time. If at 36/37 weeks she's still head up then my doctor will admit me into labor and delivery, give me a muscle relaxer, and try to manually turn her so she is head down. It doesn't sound like very much fun but neither does a c-section so unless she turns on her own those are my only two options. Based on the sonogram she is 3.25 lbs which is a little less than average but nothing to be concerned about. If she stays small then maybe she will be easier to turn or have an easier time turning on her own. Madison was a peanut so I fully expect to have another small baby. The sonographer did say that she has a lot of hair.
As with Madison, this pregnancy has been super easy and I've felt great. Other than being tired the first 3 months I've had great energy, no nausea thank goodness, and we've kept up with all our usual activities. It's getting harder to move around and bending over is not easy to do but that just goes with the territory. And this heat, ug! Pregnant or not it's about to do me in. I guess it's payback for my mom being pregnant with me in 1980. So far, that's one of the hottest summers on record, if not THE hottest summer, and we are close to beating it with all our consecutive days of triple digit heat! I'm certainly ready for Fall. Emma moves all the time, especially at night so I'm wondering if I'm gonna have another night owl. I don't want to jinx myself, BUT, I have not had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I remember with Madison getting up every night and also having a little snack. Maybe it has something to do with Emma being breech? Or maybe I'm just tired at the end of the day nothing is going to wake me up. I haven't had any cravings but I certainly won't turn down anything sweet. I've always had a pretty big sweet tooth but I feel like it's even bigger now.

Here's a side profile of baby Emma's little face


We took Madison with us to the sonogram so she could "see" her baby sister. She was a little worried at fist and kept asking, "What's that girl doing," when the sonographer put the jelly all over my belly to start the sonogram. Miss Judy let Madison come push a button on the machine to take a picture so she thought that was pretty cool and held that particular picture for the rest of the day.


Me and my two girls. Emma is in the background on the screen.


I'm feeling hot, hot, hot!!!


Here's some belly pictures of my progression over the past 30 weeks.

January 25, 2011
Baby on Board!


14 weeks, not too much to see


16 weeks, growth spurt!


20 weeks


24 weeks


28 weeks


30 weeks

Circus Celebration

Tomorrow is opening day of the circus so tonight they had a "circus celebration" in Victory Plaza which was free to the public. We decided to give it a try so Madison could see the clowns and the elephants which are probably the best part of the circus anyway.

They gave away party hats because it's the 200th anniversary


Watching the clowns perform


Elephants! Last night I told Madison we were going to see elephants so that's all she's been talking about all day.


Madison with Barney the clown


Bye Bye Elephants




Just a couple of clowns

Mesquite Rodeo

Last night we took Madison to the rodeo and she had a great time. Chase got tickets from work so we actually got to sit in a suite with food and drinks so it was pretty nice. We walked around and let her ride a pony before the rodeo started and she was all smiles.







Thanks for the ride Mr. Pony


We had to check out the big 4 wheelers


And then it was time to watch "the cowboys fall off"


For the barrel racing and bull riding we got to go down on the platform right behind where they open the chute for the animals to run out so we got up close and personal with this big guy before he entered the ring




Getting ready to ride








Look at the horses go fast!


The cowboy riding the "mad bull"

Trash Truck Thursdays

We LOVE Thursday mornings around here because it's trash day! Madison is obsessed with the "big trash can truck" as she calls it so we must run outside as soon as we hear him on our street and anxiously await for him to come to our house. We do this Every. Thursday. Morning. He's very nice and always smiles, laughs, and waves back at us. Hopefully we're not the only crazies who wait on our front lawn for him.

Patiently waiting


I see him I see him!


Let the waving begin, she starts waving while he's still half way down the street and doesn't stop until he's long gone










Until next week Mr. Trash man. We'll be waiting....

6 Years

Yesterday Chase and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary. It's hard to believe how different things were back then. No house, no dog, no Madison, and no baby on the way! Oh, how life has changed! I'm pretty darn happy with the way things have turned out and wouldn't change a thing. To celebrate we went to cousin Kylie's princess tea party 4th birthday party and then attended a wedding for a high school friend. That part was pretty fitting, great day for a wedding. Madison spent the night at my parents house so we took full advantage this morning and I didn't get out of bed till 11:30!

Ashley, Kylie, and Madison all dressed up in their princess duds


Off to the wedding

Happy 4th!

I hope everyone had a happy 4th of July! Believe it or not I was terrible at taking pictures this weekend so I only have a couple to share. We had a yummy cookout at Mimi and Pa's on Sunday night and then spent Monday in the pool at Gram and Grandad's. Very low key and relaxing. We went to watch the "big booms" aka fireworks with Jill and her crew at 10 and I'll have you know Madison did not take a nap the entire day so I wasn't sure she was going to last. She fell asleep for about 10 minutes on the way home from Gram's and then would have no part of laying back down in her crib.

My little firecracker!

Neal McCoy

Last Wednesday night Chase had a work event at Billy Bob's and at the last minute I decided to go with him. They were honoring two of their morning show hosts who have been at the station for 25/30 years and the special guest concert was Neal McCoy. We had dinner and a private meet and greet for the station so we got to say hello and have our picture taken with him. He was awesome and not at all what I expected, not your typical country show. He was dancing all over the stage and sang everything from Black Eyed Peas to YMCA. He also recently sang at Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton's wedding and I can see why. Neal is hilarious and knows how to get the party started! He saw my big belly and said he was expecting his first grandchild next week so he/she is probably here now. =)

Scotland

Two Sundays ago Madison and I anxiously drove to the airport to pick up Chase and his dad from their 9 day Scotland golf trip. The two of them have been dreaming about going for years so they finally bit the bullet and started making plans. Personally, I think 7 days of nothing but golf, 10 rounds of golf to be exact, sounds a little boring but they had the time of their lives and I'm glad they got to do it before our life gets crazy. Chase said the hardest part of being there was driving on the wrong side of the road in the wrong side of the car so I'm glad they made it through the trip with no accidents! Another thing that's quite different in Scotland is that the majority of the courses don't have golf carts so you have to walk the course with a caddy or get a push cart for your clubs. They had at least one caddy on most courses so they got some pretty good advice and some neat history lessons along the way. Here's some of my favorite pictures from their trip.

It took him over 60 years but Grandad finally made it to the home of golf!


Someone looks excited!


Kingsbarns, all the courses were on the sea so the scenery was beautiful


The famous Swilcan Bridge. This bridge is in the middle of the 18th hole at The Old Course of St. Andrews


Chase on the beach of the North Sea, right by their hotel


Look Chase won the British Open! Ha, I wish.


Carnoustie


Chase about to tee off at The Old Course of St. Andrews. For all you non-golfers out there it's a big deal to play The Old Course because this is the course where golf began. Scotland is known for not having the best weather and of course this is the only day it rained cats and dogs but they still had fun. Chase is like the UPS man-he plays rain, sleet, or shine.


Rainsuits on and all smiles


This is #17, the famous road hole


Soaked to the bone after a day on The Old Course.


Celebrating as the ball rolls in!






18th hole at Royal Troon. All the clubhouses were so pretty!


No this is not a joke, they really had to ring the bell to let the next group know they were out of the way. This is at Prestwick where the first British Open was played.


After Grandad rang the bell he found a ridiculously large bunker! How the heck do you get out of that thing?


What's a trip to Scotland without bagpipers? This guy walked back and forth in front of Turnberry Resort each evening.


This is one of my favorite pictures of them. I love the famous Turnberry lighthouse in the background.


Putting on the 18th green at Turnberry


9 rounds down and 1 more to go before coming home to their ladies


Just barely missed the fairway. Apparently the courses over there aren't quite as groomed as the ones here...


Great name for the last hole of their trip. Grandad made a long putt for birdie.


To say that Madison was excited to have her daddy back would be an understatement and he didn't come home empty handed! Here she is with her new teddy bear from St. Andrews and her little monkey from Turnberry. Thanks Daddy, glad you are home!