Trip to the Valley

Kara came into town and haven't seen her in almost a year so we had to go down while she was there. I am really bad with remembering to take pictures so we didn't get any together :( But here are a couple we got of the kids:

Yes, her cheeks now sag and they look hilarious I think...there's a little more to kiss on now :D

We took Emrie to Tempe splash pad and she loved it. It's free and really neat actually

Thought this was pretty funny, the kids in fire hats playing with the car. You can tell it's hot outside they all have sweaty heads

And at the mall play area. They all got in this tube and sat there together, first time they saw each other. They were pretty excited to be together.

It's so fun to go visit family. Can't wait to go again and it was really nice to see and spend time with Kara. Can't wait till we're all together for Christmas!

Baby, July 4th and Blessing

We went to Gilbert for the past week and it was a lot of fun. Makenna helped me get some pictures of Molly finally since i keep forgetting and these are my favorites.

We went to Kyle and Sherry's for 4th of July and had a fabulous dinner topped with homemade icecream. YUMMY. I really want an icecream maker.

We also did Molly's baby blessing while we were there. We had it at the Andersen's with all the family and it was really really nice. I decided a couple months before I had her that I wanted to crochet her dress, but wanted it pretty. Sometimes crocheted clothes can look kinda funny. But I was really really happy with how it turned out.

I decided I wanted the ribbon in it to be a color instead of plain white, so I did some lavender ribbon to highlight it.

I need to get some better pictures of her in it before she gets too big. It was overall a really nice get away, and really nice to spend time with family.

Terrible Twos??

We've been leading up to this day for the past several weeks it seems. All the sudden destruction and tears and timeouts become extremly frequent throughout the day. Well, it all began on Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Andersen came up on Friday night to pick up Chad's brother Ben from EFY and Saturday they came over bearing gifts for Emrie's birthday. She officially turned 2 on Monday, so we did most of the celebrating then. We decided to make her cake Elmo this year, which was fun since she actually kind of understood what was going on. Here's her cake:

Monday morning she woke up to find this trike (thank you Amber and Nathan!) She loves it and rides her "truck" everyday now.

Oma and Opa Kay sent her some Melissa and Doug puzzles which she set off to working on as soon as they were opened.

Saturday with the Andersen's. She has to hold one of these pillow pets everytime we go to the store, so she was pretty happy to have one of her own. She also got Tangled...which she is pretty obsessed with now.

Overall it was a really good day.

Emrie loves to cuddle with Molly and give her hugs. When she gets hurt it's Molly she wants a hug from. Here's some pictures I thought were cute.

Molly Nicole Andersen

SHE'S HERE!! Born at 5:23 am Saturday June 4th. Molly Nicole Andersen. She weighed 6 lbs 11 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. She is so tiny!
Well, as you know I had my membranes stripped Thursday morning, but I was sure nothing was happening. I had no consistant contractions Thursday or Friday all day. Just contractions here and there like I'd been having all week anyways. We went to a ward BBQ Friday night and left there at 7 to come home and I told my mom not to expect anything. Well we sat down to watch Dan in Real Life about 8:30 and I start having contractions every 5-7 minutes out of nowhere. They started getting pretty uncomfortable so I decided to ditch the movie at 9:30 and go to bed. Well, they intensified quick and we decided we'd see how long through the night I could make it because of Emrie sleeping. Chad got a little sleep during the ones I could get through alone and then about 12:30 he started helping me and 1:30 I called my visiting teaching companion to come over. They were 3 minutes apart and lasting more than a minute and painful!

We got to the hospital at 2 am and I was dilated to a 6. I got the epidural at 3:30 (which was a very long hour and a half :D) and was checked again and was an 8. At a 9 they called the doctor and he got there about 5, broke my water and said lets get ready to push! So, we started pushing at 5:15 and 2 contractions later she was born at 5:23! Super quick!

I don't know how different they are. Molly does have darker hair (it's a light brown) well what she has anyways. This is Molly below:
This is Emrie as a baby:

The Andersens and my mom came that morning to visit and my mom stayed through the weekend till later this afternoon which was great! Emrie is adjusting. She loves to be close and touch and kiss kiss kiss the baby, but she's also acting up a little bit and pretty emotional.

My visiting teaching companion came to visit and she picked the baby up and Emrie said "No!" "Blanket" wanting her to put Molly back down. Then kept saying "My baby! No. My baby!" So I guess she's a little territorial already. We'll see how these next weeks go!

Week 39 Update

Well, I am 4 days from my due date today. The end of this pregnancy has been different from my last one. With Emrie I didn't dialate till due date at 3/4 cm or have any contractions till I actually went into labor. But last Thursday I had contractions all afternoon and evening and was sure it was it, but much to my disappointment and a little bit of relief they never intensified and ended up stopping, so I am still pregnant. I was so ready to have this baby until I actually started with contractions then I was very nervous and decided I didn't want to go into labor, then when it all stopped I was disappointed that I had gone through that much nerves and uncomfort for nothing and would have to do it all over again :D. Such a mixture of emotions.

I had an appointment this morning and I am 3 cm dilated and still 50% efaced. The doctor did strip my membranes as much as possible and with Emrie I had my membranes stripped on a Thursday afternoon and had her Saturday afternoon. So, we'll see if that works again this time around...if so I could have her this weekend! But won't get my hopes up. If not I have an induction scheduled for next Thursday at 7:30.

I know I look beautiful :D ha ha All my shirts are too short to cover my tummy.

By the way, we got out the pack n play, swing, carseat and stuff and Emrie has decided they are her new toys. I have to kick her out of the swing constantly. But she loves swinging her babies. Hopefully she's more used to them once the baby's actually in them and doesn't mess with it as much.

We made a trip to Gilbert almost 2 weeks ago now for Chad's brother Dallen's wedding. We ended up staying for a whole week which was really really nice. Emrie loved being around family as did we :D The only downer was the day of the wedding we spent in between lucheon and reception at the hospital for a very painful earache Emrie developed. But by reception time she was up and running off energy that came from who knows where.


The happy couple! They looked so good and she looked gorgeous! Emrie sat with them as much as possible.

We also went to the zoo with Makenna, Jason, Rhett and Graham one morning and it was a lot of fun. I didn't take enough pictures though. Thanks Mak and Jason for taking us!

It was just really nice to get away and visit family. I love having people around even if your just relaxing.

And an update I guess...I am now 38 weeks along, Hopefully no more than 2 weeks to go :D I did get checked at 36 weeks and I was 1 cm dilated and 50% efaced so that's better than it was with Emrie which is exciting. I don't know how much progress I've made in the 2 weeks since then but maybe I'll get checked at my next appointment. Keep your fingers crossed...I am really ready to be done. Don't know how much longer I can stand the tight clothes and heartburn among other things :D Well I'll keep you updated. We are still really lost on names for this little girl but hopefully we get it figured out without too much stress before we leave the hospital cause I'm pretty sure that's how long it will take us to decide. We are up for any suggestions :D

Starting on Etsy

Soooo, I've been thinking about doing an Etsy account for a while and after much prodding from my mama and lovely aunts I started one. I only have 2 items on it so far, which are these hooter hider nursing covers but it's a start. I'm trying to decide what else exactly I'm going to be doing on there, but for now I'm doing these covers. I've looked around and found that the only nursing covers you can find are just one plain piece of fabric, so I decided to embellish mine some and do some bordering and flower appliques and such. Anyway, we'll see what happens. My store is Alligator Toes, so if you know anyone who wants a nursing cover spread the word :D (I also line all of them to make sure they're not see through and they are wider than others to ensure full side coverage :D I know from experience those babies like to move around under there, the more fabric the better I say :D )

Sorry, this picture keeps flipping on me for some reason

I'll have to get some more stuff up, but till then :D