this year is almost to an end. A lot has happened in the Green house. Emma turned 3 in July, Chris got a new job in August working for APX Alarm and loves it, I started teaching again and oh yeah, Everett was born September 18th. He is now 3 months old and is eating solid food. He loves it. He fights the bottle and we really only give him a bottle when he is half asleep. Good thing he sleeps a lot. He is so cute. He has the cutest smile. He can now roll over onto his back from his stomach. He loves to stand. He is probably 15 pounds now. He is solid and very heavy.
Emma is so cute. lately she has been into watching Cinderella, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Lady and the Tramp and Baby Einstein. Mom got Everett the baby einstein, but Emma loves it. It is all about animals and she loves animals.
I love this time of year. I love the smells of Christmas, the goodies, the lights, the Christmas tree, celebrating the birth of the Savior. This year we have really been focusing on the true meaning of Christmas. I like Santa, but since Emma is getting older I would rather instill in her that Christmas is about the Savior. We still get excited about Santa and reindeer, but right now she has no idea about what santa is all about.
Since Emma has been watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer a lot lately, she has also been singing the song. It is so cute. She loves to sing. I find her singing to her stuffed animals. Or if we are listening to the radio and a certain christmas song comes on that talks about christmas or has the word christmas she will come in and make her stuffed animals dance to the music. So fun to watch. I love Christmas music!
Every morning when Emma wakes up we go to the advent calender. ours is a wooden christmas tree that has 25 little doors on it. I put candy in it so when she opens it we all get a piece of candy. then we have little ornaments that you can put on the knobs of the tree. Emma loves it. I dump all of the ornaments on the ground and let her decide which one she wants to put on. She will go through each one naming what it is and then decide. It has been so much fun this year to see her understanding of things.
Every monday for FHE we have been doing a lesson on Christmas and what the real meaning of Christmas is. Well, the other day Davis, Kayla and Brendan spent the night and I asked them why we have Christmas. I don't remember their answers but we talked about the birth of Christ and a little about why he needed to come, that because of him we have a way to return back to heavenly father, then we watched "The Nativity," the one that the church put out. I got to bear my testimony to them. The spirit was strong. They are such great kids. I just love them. If you want to know what it means to be "pure in heart" just hang out with them for a while and you will see.
Tonight Chris and I took Emma to see some Christmas lights. We drove around and found the coolest thing. This house was all decked out with lights and the lights were set to a radio station and it was a light show. It was so neat to watch. We are going to take our family on Christmas Eve to see them. There are two houses that we went to that were all decked out. One of them was like the Griswald family Christmas house, but better. It had tons of stuff. It had a life size santa on the roof in a plastic box that moved back and forth with a sleigh and reindeer. it looked really good, but all of the lights that were set up was a destraction to the light show. It was still awesome though. I liked the other house though. The light show was more entertaining. I am sure they have those everywhere where someone has there lights set to music. Super cool!
Well, we hope everyone has a great Christmas and a fun New Year!
Living life in the fast lane
It just seems like the days are just flying by. It was Halloween just a few days ago and now Thanksgiving is upon us. Where are the days going? Life is great though. I can't complain. I have two wonderful kids who keep me on my toes. Emma is so silly. Every time just about, when Everett cry's she will say, "I'm scared of the baby." It drives me crazy because she will start to cry too. I am trying to teach her that when he cry's there is something wrong with him and that we need to help him. I think that she does that when she is super tired and wants my attention. 
I saw the cutest thing the other day. I was in the bedroom getting ready to leave and Everett is in his car seat crying up a storm. All of a sudden he stops. I walk into the living room to find that Emma grabbed his bottle and was trying to feed him. It was the cutest thing ever. She is such a good big sister. Another day I found her trying to give him his pacifier.
Everett has the cutest little smile.
Last month we got rid of our dog, Ellee. I was really sad that day. She was a good dog. I hope that she is in a good home now. Sooooo, instead of a cat and dog, we have two cats. We adopted Ivy. She was my moms cat. I am glad that we have her. She is getting used to us, and Zeke is terrified of her. She definitely wears the pants there. I know that in a while they will be good friends. when she goes back downstairs Zeke turns into a different cat. All of a sudden he perks up and want to play. I think he is in love personally. It is cute. He is such a fat cat. I tell him that regularly. I think he loves it. He is the only cat that I know that will follow me around. I am not joking. He will follow me like a puppy dog. It is cute, but weird. He is always under my feet. Silly cat.
Ivy has started to warm up to me now. I was in the basement the other day cleaning it and she would not leave me alone. She started to rub up against me and wouldn't stop.
I received a call the other day from the school that i am supposed to be teaching at. They sent me a schedule and they totally replaced me as a teacher all together. One of the other teachers had a conflict and can't teach Anatomy and Physiology II so they asked me to teach. I am happy to do it, but that means I have to prepare classes and leave my kids. It is only one night a week til March. I can sacrifice for a little bit. It won't be forever. I am glad that they replaced me though. I am not sad about that at all. The school is not a very good one honestly for what these people pay to go there.
The other day I went to the Auxiliary Training Meeting, and as I was pulling into the parking lot I hear this meowing. Ilook over and there is this tiny little kitten lost. It was so cute. I couldn't resist. I grabbed it and took it home right away.
No, we didn't keep it. It is now living with my moms neighbor, leonard. He now has two kittens. It is very loving.
Halloween pictures
This outfit is so cute. It was a gift from my friend Jeanna. It is a little owl hat with owl mittens. the sweater came with it too. Adorable little guy!
Everett was a cute little skeleton. I know the socks don't match. Oh well.
Emma was a cute little puppy dog. She really wanted to be a giraffe. The costumes we saw were way too small for our little growing girl.
Emma Cheezin' it up
Chris was dracula and I was his wife.
We went to visit Nana. She made halloween cupcakes that Emma was excited about.
My white makeup was starting to rub off.
You probably didn't recognize him with hair and dark eyebrows. I think he looks cute. I especially like the chest hair. He is showing off his manliness.
Halloween was fun this year. This is the first year that Chris and I dressed up. He didn't want to do it at first, but I am glad that he did. You're awesome Chris!!!
Halloween was fun this year. This is the first year that Chris and I dressed up. He didn't want to do it at first, but I am glad that he did. You're awesome Chris!!!
The Long Awaited day is over... Finally!
Everett Lee Green
Born September 18, 2010
Weight: 9 lbs 14 oz
Length: 21 1/2 inches long
Time: 6:50 am
The first time with baby brother. She was so excited to finally meet him and hold him.
Everett is our favorite little boy. can you tell?
So it all started friday morning. We went to the clinic and waited for forever then finally was called back to see the doctor. She checked me and I was dilated at a 4. 1 cm difference from the last checkup. She then decided to strip my membranes; a very painful process. She said that doing that can speed up the process of going into labor. I was very hopeful. If he didn't come soon then our induction date would have been the 20th on a monday. We left the doctor, Emma did really good. then we go to the store to get some groceries and a gift for baby brother from Emma. It was very difficult to walk around. I was huge. It seriously looked as if I were carrying a giant watermelonin my belly. I sure felt like it.
So we get all of our running around done and friday night Chris and I had our date night. We decided to watch a couple of movies. during the first movie I start having contractions. I started timing them and they were 6 to 8 minutes apart pretty consistently. after the first movie we put Emma to bed and start our second movie. I am still timing my contractions and they are still 6 minutes apart. I was waiting for them to get closer together and harder for us to go to the hospital. I did not want them to send us home if they were false labor. that would stink. after the movie we go upstairs and play some phase 10. My contractions werestill being consistent at 6 minutes. then Chris and i decide to read a sheri dew book together. It is pretty late by now. I am exhausted and so is Chris, but I wasn't about to go to sleep and not have this baby. all during the book I would fall asleep and wake up while having a contraction. by this time they are getting worse, but I still thought that they were not strong enough. I finally decide that we should go to sleep and hope that during the night they would get closer together and harder. then as we were going to bed I asked Chris to just call the hospital and double check with them and tell them that my contractions are consistently 6 minutes apart. They said basically that we should come in. This was around 2 am. We called Randall, Chris' brother who lives just two blocks away to see if he can stay with Emma. He came and we were off.
We get there and I was dilated to a 6. Yay! I was elated. We get ahold of Jerusha and she comes after showering. She had a busy day that day. I was glad that she was there, though she missed the birth completely. She had to leave to go home to get the kids ready for their games that day. she left at 6:00 am. at 6:30 the nurse checks me and I was all the way dilated at a 10. I had the epidural, but before they gave me that they tried to put the IV in me. they stuck me six times and each time my skin would start ballooning or they would hit a vessel or something. finally they called in the anesthesiologist. He checked my arm and put it in the inside of my elbow. Not the best place. It was very uncomfortable. I felt like a pin cushion.
So back to the dilated to 10 part. at 6:30 I start pushing and by 6:50 he was out. It was the fasted labor. I didn't expect it to go that fast. They gave me the epidural at just the right time. So we were there only about 4 hours and he was out. I was so happy.
It is now tuesday and I am feeling really good. we came home yesterday. They found a small hole in his heart but nothing to worry about. Everett is a very healthy boy. His is such a good eater. They weighed him the other day and he was 9 lbs 2 oz. but he will quickly get his weight back in no time I am sure of that. My milk has come in and I can pump a lot, so I know that he is eating good.
Baby Everett, we are glad that you are finally here!
Something new!
No, it isn't a baby yet! But I did get a new calling again. The Lord just wants to keep me busy learning new things. I was just called yesterday as the Secretary in the Stake Primary. I have never really been in the primary before but I am excited and happy to learn anything that I can. I was in the nursery, but not in the primary with the other kids. When I graduated high school I was a sunbeam teacher, but then I went to the singles ward so that didn't last very long.
Two Sundays ago was when I was asked and when I went into Young Women's for the last time I already felt separated. It is very interesting how that all works. I will miss being with the girls each week, but I will grow in my new calling. I feel like my mission in Young Women's was fulfilled and that I accomplished tons. I worked hard and loved the girls very much. I still love them. They are amazing girls. A good thing is is I am still assistant camp director for this coming camp. I am happy about that. Well, I am unless they call someone else. But the camp director from last camp is still the camp director and she said that I was still her assistant. :D No complaining there. I love camp and love any opportunity to be able to go and be apart of the young women's lives. They truly are amazing girls.
I am a little sad. Chris just left this morning to go to Arkansas for a training and to become certified to work in Wichita. He might have to miss the birth completely. I was hoping and praying that Everett would be here before he left, but the Lord has his own timetable for things. I have to be okay with that. At least he isn't going away for a two or five year mission like the pioneer wives had to deal with. That would be hard.
I am super big and waddling like its nobodies business. I truly look like a penguin when I walk. I will be super happy when he is out of my body. I think I will have another painful recovery, but it won't last long. I am just ready for the recovery part so I can get on with my life.
Ahhhh!
So the other day Chris called Wesley to see if I can go in to be induced. Chris is leaving Monday thru Thursday for a training for his job so he can be licensed here in Wichita to work. I am still pregnant. Well, the hospital said that I have to see my doctor and schedule an induction. So we decided to go to the Hunter Health clinic again. We went yesterday and waited for what seemed like an infinity since we had no prior appointment set up. We finally go back to see the doctor about 3 hours later. They check my urine sample, check to see if I am dilated and how effaced I am. I was dilated to a 3 and effaced about 80%. The doctor tells me that there was a little protein in my urine and that my blood pressure was a little high which is a sign of preeclampsia so they wanted to send us to the hospital so they could do some more tests. So, we leave hunter and head to the hospital. They check my blood pressure, take some blood and check my urine. My blood pressure was good, no protein in my urine and the baby was fine. They kept us for a couple of hours still, just to make sure that everything was fine. They wanted to check also to see if I was contracting and see how the baby's heartbeat was. Very little contractions and the baby's heartbeat was awesome. Well, they sent us home and now I have to have a 24 hour urine sample for them, so we have to go back to wesley and get some cups for that. Yay! I am so happy. I just have to continue to be patient. At least I am at a 3 and 80% effaced.
Still no baby
I am still pregnant. I feel like he is never going to come. Chris and I have been taking walks and throwing the football every night for a couple of days. I start to have contractions when it is over, but then they stop. Ahhhh! I just have to keep being patient. I am going to go see the doctor today and see if I can be induced today. If not, I will have to wait a little bit longer until he is ready to come out. I hope I don't have to wait very long.
It's Birthday Time again!
So yesterday was my birthday and I had such a good day. I got to sleep in which was nice. Well, the night before we went to the Favre's for dinner like we usually do every sunday, played some games with Jacob, Taylor, Uncle Alan, Michael, Aunt Rhonda, Chris and Emma. We played Farkle and Rummy. We always have so much fun over there. It is always hard to leave. We got home way late, but I am glad that we got to sleep in. I slept really good. We woke up at 9, got ready for the day, left at around 10, went to Panera Bread for breakfast because I wanted a Cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese spread, yummlicious, and a cinnamon chip scone, double yummlicious!! I also got a mango smoothie. It was all so very yummy. It was a perfect start of avery good day.
Next we went to Target to look around. Chris wanted to show me theGPS he wanted to get for his job that was on sale, which was not on sale anymore. We walked around some and wandered in the baby clothes section. It was really cute to see Chris' reaction to some of the clothes that we saw and then purchased. You would have thought we were at a baby shower opening gifts. You know how women react to cute gifts! That was Chris. It was cute to watch.
"Daddy's happy I'm A BOY"
cute little zip up jacket. We also got him a blue jacket that looks like this one. They are way adorable. They would look better if he were modeling them, but he isn't here yet.
"Cuter than the dog"
"I love Mommy sooooo much"
We saw some cute little kid costumes for Halloween. One was a giraffe that we wanted to get for Emma but it was too small because Emma is too big. We decided to go look at the other Target by the mall but it wasn't even there at all. Darn!
After we left the first Target storewe went back to Panera to get another bagel and scone for dad. I was telling Chris that I bet dad hasn't eaten anything and if he has it was probably a can of tuna with some crackers or something. We get to dad's and I ask if he has eaten anything and he said he had. He ate crackers with mayo. I sure do know my dad. I was happy to feed my dad some good food. He is such a good man. We sat and chatted with him for a while then headed to Burlington coat factory to find some onsies to decorate for our little guy. We didn't find any, so we just went to Hobby Lobby to get some fabric and stuff to put on the fabric that you can iron on to clothes. Chris and I are going to decorate some onsies for Everett. I am excited. We were going to do it yesterday, but we ran out of time. When we do I will make sure I put the pictures on the blog.
After Hobby Lobby we go home, I clean the kitchen and make myself a birthday cake. I had to use the skills I learned in my cake decorating class.
I know, Isn't it beautiful. I used the cheap icing though which was not the best idea. It was still good.
So a funny story goes with this cake. We told the Favre's that we would share the cake with them. After I got done with it Chris decided to multi task and put it in the car all ready to go. This is a double layer cake by the way. So we get into the car and I look at the cake. Chris looks so sad. The top of the cake starts to slide off the bottom. It was hot in the car and the cake couldn't handle the heat. Chris felt so bad. I thought it was so funny. I told him that Aunt Rhonda would get a kick out of it. Well, it still tasted really good. We got some Rocky Road ice cream to go with it. Mmmm! The flowers and letters and bottom of the cake was made from buttercream icing so they were nice and stiff still.
When we got home Chris put Emma to bed and we went out to throw the football. Chris really wants my water to break. Well, it didn't work. Oh well!
So this week is Jared, Michael and Matt's birthday as well. Happy Birthday guys!
Jared's is today. He passed away a year ago. Time fly's by so fast. I can't believe it.
Today I plan on making a nursing cover for my friend Caren who is also expecting this month. I am excited about the fabric I got. I am going to make myself another one out of the same fabric.
This is the blanket I made Everett. I am proud of my handy work. It only took a couple of hours to do. I made it out of a blue sheet and a white fuzzy blanket cut down to size then put brown ribbon around it. I love it. It will be really comfy for him.
This is a picture of me 9 months pregnant with our little boy Everett taken today. Not much longer and I will have a smaller belly and be able to fit into my clothes again! I cannot wait for that day to be here. P90X here I come!!! After Turbo Jam of course. I have to work slowly into it.
Nothing is working & Things I look forward to!
I have been trying everything to get my water to break. I have been unsuccessful. I went to fill up the water jugs at Walmart today. two of them are 3 gallon jugs and two are 5 gallons. I was sure that something might happen. I think that every time I roll over in bed that it will break too. Nope. The placenta is just too strong. I even tried throwing a football. I guess I am just going to have to be patient a little longer! I am utterly miserable and hot and my hormones are always up and down. I started to tear up watching Madagascar this morning while making a baby blanket for our little guy. I finished it today. I had been meaning to make it for a while now and finally decided to do it. It turned out pretty okay. I am not a pro or anything, but it will be warm for him in the winter. Maybe he was waiting for me to make the blanket to come out. Okay, now he can come. Hmm, is there anything else I need to do before he comes? I don't think so.
Things I look forward to:
I look forward to being able to lay on my stomach again, to easily tie my shoes, to paint my toenails without having to catch my breath, being able to sit without having to rest my stomach in between my legs, not swelling and not having cankles (for those of you who don't know what that is it is ankles and calves mixed together). I look forward to doing Turbo Jam again. I look forward to being able to wear smaller clothes and not look like I am wearing a tent. I look forward to being able to shave my legs with ease and washing my feet with no pain when I try to lift my leg. I definitely look forward to not waddling anymore. Most importantly, I look forward to holding my little guy in my arms for the first time!
I guess He is worth the sacrifice.
So I finished my last cake decorating class last Wednesday. Decorated a cake with the roses that I learned how to make. These cupcakes are not a good picture of what I really learned. I still have a lot of practice to do before I become a pro. Though my roses were pretty dang good as far as I am concerned. I can't wait to continue the other courses so I can learn even more and start making some money from it.
Emma's birthday was in july and we took her to Red Robin for her birthday dinner. we gave her some books to open that night. She loves books. Right now books are her favorite. We got her "Barnyard Dance" by Sandra Boynton and "The little green turtle" and i am not sure of the author and I am not about to get up and go look. But they are both really cute books. If you can see in the background her Kangaroo with a little joey in the pouch. That was her birthday stuffy. She wanted to take it everywhere. I made both of them hats. Emma's kept falling off of her.
I wanted to let her have a fun and special day on her birthday. I let her paint her own picture. She had so much fun doing it. She is quite the artist just like her mommy. Even today she asks if she can paint. She also thinks that everyday is her birthday and says she wants to go to the park.
A couple of months ago we adopted a dog. There is a stray that roams the neighborhood who had 8 puppies that we know of. We took 5 to the Humane Society and two we gave to Chris' old boss who gave one to their neighbor and we got this one. She is such a good dog. Very obedient. She is kennel trained, potty trained and doesn't bark unless we are playing with her. In this picture she has blue eyes. Such a beautiful dog. Well, her eyes are no longer blue. They are a very light brown, but she is still beautiful. Super sweet! I am glad that we have her. Her name is Ellee. She is not this small any more and will still get bigger. She is going to be my running partner. Chris is too fast for me and I can make her go my speed.
Emma's birthday was in july and we took her to Red Robin for her birthday dinner. we gave her some books to open that night. She loves books. Right now books are her favorite. We got her "Barnyard Dance" by Sandra Boynton and "The little green turtle" and i am not sure of the author and I am not about to get up and go look. But they are both really cute books. If you can see in the background her Kangaroo with a little joey in the pouch. That was her birthday stuffy. She wanted to take it everywhere. I made both of them hats. Emma's kept falling off of her.
Ah, Emma is wearing her hat in this picture. She is so stinkin' cute.
I wanted to let her have a fun and special day on her birthday. I let her paint her own picture. She had so much fun doing it. She is quite the artist just like her mommy. Even today she asks if she can paint. She also thinks that everyday is her birthday and says she wants to go to the park.
A couple of months ago we adopted a dog. There is a stray that roams the neighborhood who had 8 puppies that we know of. We took 5 to the Humane Society and two we gave to Chris' old boss who gave one to their neighbor and we got this one. She is such a good dog. Very obedient. She is kennel trained, potty trained and doesn't bark unless we are playing with her. In this picture she has blue eyes. Such a beautiful dog. Well, her eyes are no longer blue. They are a very light brown, but she is still beautiful. Super sweet! I am glad that we have her. Her name is Ellee. She is not this small any more and will still get bigger. She is going to be my running partner. Chris is too fast for me and I can make her go my speed.
Oklahoma City Temple. Chris and I took a trip there last month. I love the temple!
Chris has been gone for a week in Utah for a job training. He is no longer working for Chem Dry and is now working for APX Alarm with which he will be installing the alarm systems and doing maintenance work on others. He has had a great week in Utah. He now wants to move there. I don't blame him. I love Utah too. I am partial to it only because I served a mission there and went to massage school there and there are tons of temples there.
But, we are very lucky that he got this job. Chem Dry was strictly commission and with this new job he is guaranteed 32 hours even on slow days. It is hourly pay, 40 hours a week and he can up sell and earn more money. He is a hard worker and is really good with people. His goal is to work his way up and I know he can do it easily. I am amazed at all that he can do. He is very determined.
He is still in Utah, I will be 38 weeks on Saturday and I am ready for this little boy to come out. I am going to try to get him out by this Sunday at least. Sunday is August 29th. That would be a perfect day. It is my sister Maleah's birthday who passed away August 3, 2003. I think that tomorrow I am going to take Emma to the zoo and walk all day and hopefully go into labor that night. I am praying hard for it! I am glad that I have made it through the whole week while Chris has been gone.
I am 35 weeks and on the down hill counting down. I am hoping to not go to my due date, but a whole lot sooner. I seriously look like I have swallowed a basketball. The little boy in my tummy is very active and very squirmy. It feels like a giant snake sliding in there all of the time. I am super excited to be having another baby come into the family. Emma will be a great big sister. I think she understands that she is going to have a baby brother thanks to Blues Room in "Meet Blue's baby brother." I know she is excited to have a brother. She is a good little girl.
So I have been nesting just a little bit. I had a burst of energy yesterday and got Emma's room all rearranged for him to be in there with her. We don't have a crib, but we are going to be using the pack 'n' play bassinet. It will work just as good as a crib for now. I just took Emma's crib down yesterday. It was the one that can turn into a day bed. It is the one where the side can come down. Well, that part broke, so we cannot use that again, only for the day bed. I am going to call to see if I can get my money back and to see if it has been recalled. Who knows!
Chris went to the hospital the other day to see if there was anything that we needed to know since we don't have insurance. If we go in after midnight then we don't have to pay for the room. I will try to shoot for that. no guarantees though. It all depends on when my water breaks and how long it takes me to dilate after that. I am hoping it all happens really fast. I plan on doing it all natural. It will be less out of our pocket. I will try to endure it the best i can. A lot of women have done it natural and they survived the pain! I will try not to be a wimp. Now, if they have to induce me then I am going to be a wimp and get an epidural.
I have been pretty crafty lately. I made an apron for my cake decorating class that Jerusha and I are taking together, and I made a nursing cover so I can nurse in private. They were fun and easy to make. I want to make more. I have a lot of friends having babies. I have made a nursing cover for one of them for her gift. She said to me that out of all of the gifts she received that that was the one she used the most. Now I want to make him a little blanket to match the nursing cover. I love having a sewing machine! It is very handy to have. I just need a surger now.
I need to have this baby soon because I am running out of room in my pants. even my maternity pants are getting a little snug to wear. My shirts are becoming too small even and they are maternity. He has dropped a lot so my tummy hangs out the bottom of my shirt if I am not careful.
So yesterday we had a sonogram at Wesley Hospital. The baby was very active and was about 15 ounces. Well, Chris got his wish. It is a Boy! I am way excited too. It will be fun to have a little boy in the house. We have a picture of his profile and I think he looks just like Chris. We still haven't decided on a name. That will take some prayer and thought. Chris doesn't really want a traditional name. We'll see though. I just want the name to feel right. I am excited that we finally know what it is. I knew that it was a boy because this pregnancy is a lot different then when I was pregnant with Emma.
I was so excited for yesterday to come. I kept waking up to check the time to see if it was time to get up or not. Nope, it is only 3:00 am...then...man, it is only 3:30. And it kept going on like that all night. Now I know.
Chris and I have been working outside a lot trying to get things cleared out and organized. Chris made me six 4x4 planter boxes. He is so awesome! We just need to get some dirt and peat moss, put them in the spot we want them and start planting. Yay!!! I am excited to have a garden this year. As you can see in the picture below, Emma has been helping outside as well. She loves to play in the dirt.
Easter morning we woke up and I quickly went out side and "hid" some easter eggs. Emma had so much fun finding them that daddy put them back out side and "hid" them. It was a blast watching her get so excited. She was mostly excited about the candy inside of them.
Easter weekend we had some visitors stay with us. Chris' brother, Kyle, got his girlfriend a pug and he loved her so much that he had to get himself one as well. They were really good dogs, though I would never want to have one. Zeke was very curious when they came over that he followed them wherever they went. Well, over the weekend Zeke had a little wrestling buddy. He was pretty fun to watch. We told Kyle that they are welcome anytime here. I know Zeke wouldn't mind.
Wanna Dance!
Body Slam!!!
Ha ha ha! You are no match for my kitty power.
Daddy was undressing Emma to put PJ's on and left her shirt on. She loved her new hat.
Emma at Lake Havisu picking up a rock to throw it in the water. That was her favorite thing to do there.
Dad (John Green) and his wife Arlene with their dogs GeeGee and J.J.
Emma at the park. We went to the mall and had some really good pizza then went to the park that was right next to it. It had shooting water and this little playground. It was fun. It was beautiful. While we were in Arizona it was snowing in Kansas. We were happy to miss the snow.
Our first day in Lake Havisu and we went on the boat. Emma was super tired after the drive and fell asleep on the boat. Silly girl. I was afraid she was going to get sick, but she didn't.
This was a truck that we passed. Very interesting.
Zeke is getting his first hair cut. He was shedding like crazy and would lick up the hair from the carpet, so his fur had to go. I think he is happier now.
Emma looking at all of her stuffed animals that she put in the car seat.
Wait a minute, that stuffed animal looks an awful lot like Zeke!
Chris putting his man on chopping down the shrubs in the back yard. We are making more room in our yard for bigger and better things, like a garden, no mosquitos and cool stuff like that.
More Changes
Well, I was just released as the Nursery Leader. Last tuesday night the ward clerk or whatever he is, called me and told me that the bishop wanted to talk to me. I guessed for what reason. He called me to be the secretary in Young Women's. I am excited, but sad to leave nursery. I had all of these cool things that I was starting to do in there that I finished and was almost finished with that I won't be able to carry out, but I will do them with Emma for FHE. Then on sunday the first counselor in the bishopric came in to nursery and said that he wanted to talk to me, so I go and talk to him. He then released me from Choir Director. This was a surprise. I was really sad to be released from that calling. I was having a lot of fun. I asked why I was being released from that calling and he told me that being a secretary is a lot of work and that I need to be released. Come on! one hour on Sunday for practice and sing once a month in sacrament, but, the Lord knows what he is doing. Oh well! I can still go to choir and be a part of it.
Potty Training
Emma is potty trained! FINALLY!!! One day I decided that it was time to do it. I put her on the toilet and read book after book until she went potty then got her off and set the timer for an hour later. That went on for a couple of days. Then a miracle happened! She told me that she had to go potty. So we would run to the bathroom and I would put her on it and sometimes I would have to turn on the water to help her out a little bit, and she would go. Awesome! Her reward each time was to put a sticker on her paper that I put on the door in front of the toilet so she could see it, then I would give her two m&m's. She loved being rewarded so much. She has only had two accidents! Now she lets me know every time she has to go. I am so happy. She only wears pull-ups during naps and bed time. Now during naps she doesn't wet in them. Success!!! It is such an awesome feeling to know that diapers are over with... for now!
Sonogram
May 3rd we find out what we are having. My guess is that it is a boy since it has been making me sick! Any other guesses? I am really excited to finally be pregnant again. I can feel the baby move now. Chris can't quite feel it yet. I am glad that the sickness is gone and that I can eat whatever I want again without wanting to throw up.
Every time I ask Emma where her baby is she points to her stomach. She is so adorable. She is going to be an awesome big sister. She is such a good little girl.
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