Just a girl, her balloon and her coupe.....

Hello there friends! Well...we are still a family of four (you can't forget Miss Gracie) After the version that I had on Monday I honestly think that I could probably have this little girl without any pain meds. They practically gave my stomach a skin burn because they put so much pressure on my stomach when trying to turn her...but I will say, she FLIPPED! So, the version was all worth it, but if she hadn't flipped...I'll be honest, I don't know if I would do it again. Worst. Pain. Of. My. Life.
But...I shouldn't be griping, things could have not been a success and then I would really be upset. And as of now, she is still nestled and not wanting to come out. I was 4 cm and 80% effaced on Monday...we've experienced contractions ever since then...but nothing too painful to where we needed to check ourselves into the hospital. So...if she doesn't come within the next week, we scheduled to be induced on April 28th at 5 a.m.
Walt and I made sure to have everything together.
I asked my friend, JoDee, a couple of weeks ago if she could make me some cute little cookies for Emerson's arrival. I am praying that things go better this time around and people can actually see my baby...instead of her being in the NICU. So, I wanted to have little cookies made for guests to take with them once they leave. Emerson's room is lavender, toffee and cream...I asked JoDee for her help...and she came up with the CUTEST cookies!! I love them! Walt and I, I mean I, had so much fun bagging them up in Saturday night! I just had to share!

In Eloise's world, I honestly think that the good Lord is trying to test my patience. Like He wants me to know what is about to come. Eloise is currently cutting FOUR teeth at once. 2 molars, and then two more on the bottom...can we talk about FUSSY??!! Fussy that I have never seen before! E has been sleeping through the night since she was 5 months old...last night she was up from 11-3...screaming her head off. Nothing could console her. I just had to laugh because I KNOW that my fabulous 8 hours of sleep that I have been used to for 9 months is about to come to an abrupt halt. I also had to laugh because I know that my God is testing me. I have patience, but last night, whew...it was another story!
Today we went to our church's Easter egg hunt and picnic.
We had so much fun!
Even though it was a little hot, it was still so fun to watch Eloise interact with the Easter Bunny, which she LOVED, and watch her "inspect" the eggs. Last year Eloise was only 2 months old, so this year was a new experience for us. I loved being around all the children, and we were lucky enough to have my friend Sarah accompany us and help us with everything! I move a little slower these days, so Eloise was GLAD that Sarah came along!!
But, I must say, I was completely shocked with how much she was intrigued by the Bunny. I guess since it is a life sized stuffed animal, she would like him, but man...she didn't want to leave. It was too cute!
Here she is eating some potato chips at the picnic

LOVES Mr. Easter Bunny

having fun with daddy

getting some kisses from Aunt Sarah

.BESTIES.

showing off her basket!!
Look at that monogrammed name...courtesy of AUNT POCO!!

we must keep hydrated!!

Ready. Set. GO!

I'll take this one....

hmm...how many eggs do I have in my basket?

this is kinda fun!

what? I wanted candy..not a sticker! Maybe next year!

clearly I had fun!

once we got home Walt decided that he needed to wash his car...so of course, Eloise had to follow suit. We decided that she could just go out there in her Go Diego Go swimsuit diapers...she loves her coupe, and daddy even tied her a balloon on her car....

playing with the splash table again...

once she saw daddy's lawnmower, she went straight to the garage and got hers as well....

looking good girl!

she didn't really nap much today
Like, she only napped on the ride home from church
so...after I gave her, her bottle at 6, she went straight to sleep...
I'd say this was a good day.

I've talked before about how obsessed Eloise is with music. She LOVES music; however, she is especially obsessed with Jack Johnson. So..anytime I need her to just sit still for a moment, this is all I have to do, and she gives Jack her undivided attention. I must say, I like this girl's taste in music.

and here she is mowing. Thank you Miss Emily for the wonderful birthday present!! As you can tell, she LOVES it!!

Maybe my next post will be about our newest addition....little Emerson Caskey...fingers crossed! We can't wait to meet our new little angel!!

We Made It!

Well, technically, we haven't "Officially" made it, until Wednesday, but on Wednesday, I am 37 weeks...full term. I honestly didn't know if I would make it...my contractions have been strong and very steady. I went to the doctor on Thursday and Emerson is still breech...so I talked her into letting me go into today after school to have the aversion, instead of missing school on Friday.
Prayers please, I was told it would hurt. I am ok with unexpected pain, but pain that I know is coming...I freak out just a little...
But..here is my big ole' belly

We had a fun weekend! On Saturday we celebrated Colton's 2nd birthday. It was so fun! He had a Shrek birthday party and everything was decorated so cute. They had a big bounce house in their back yard, but Eloise isn't quite old enough for that yet. So she played with all the trains and trucks that Colton had to offer.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLTON!! ELOISE LOVES YOU!

Here she is with daddy taking a little juice break.
I can't believe she is already drinking from a juice box.

On Sunday, daddy had to go into work, which left Eloise and I at home instead of going to church. We had fun. We slid all around the house in the laundry basket! Eloise loved going around the corners..and she really liked it when the warm laundry was poured on top of her and we played peek-a-boo. Excuse the picture of Walt's "hanes." I was doing a load of whites...don't worry, they are clean. haha

and we spent some time outside. Man, is it HOT already! Walt had to do the yard, so Eloise and I went outside. She was all ready. She had her bathing suit, I loaded her up with sunscreen, and she couldn't go outside without her sunglasses! She played with her car, lawnmower and splash table...and she got TWO Popsicles! We had fun!
Here is the diva, stepping out for a Sunday Funday

Entertaining herself

What a cute little body she has!

always wanting to be near daddy

the girl knows how to mow

filling up with gas

"I'm trying to drive here."

popsicle #1...it didn't last long...she set it down in the grass....

so, mom got smart! Pop Ice...much bigger success!

Mmmm

then we had a nice little bath and we got all cleaned up. And this little one was pooped out! Don't worry, I was laying with her, and then just got up to snap the picture. I would NEVER leave her alone on the bed to take a nap.

OMG, don't you just want to kiss those cheeks and those pouty lips???

weekend=success!

Updates.....

I have come to realize that my two daughters are pretty much going to do whatever they want. With Eloise I was 4 cm dilated and 80% effaced for 6 weeks....everyone thought she was coming long before I had to be INDUCED with her. Now it seems as though my second precious daughter, is taking a similar course and doing her own little thing as well.
I have my weekly doctor's appointments on Mondays....today was our last sonogram until Baby Bass gets here. Walt even took off work...what an exciting time. Well...thankfully I am now 3 cm dilated...I knew I had been experiencing some contractions; however, when we went to look at the sonogram...our little girl is BREECH. Oh, yes! So happy for that one...NOT! She must have flipped sometime within the past week, because last week my doctor could feel her head. (too much information, I know...but that is how low she was.) So...what is the next step? I have to go into the hospital on Friday and the doctor will manually try to move her to where her head is down. Not a big deal...they will give me a muscle relaxer; however, there is a chance that my water could break, and I could go into labor. A chance...a small chance, but a chance at that. Awesome. And...if they can't get her to move (why are my girls so stubborn?) then we will have to schedule for a c-section...and pray that she has moved into the correct position before that c-section date, so that I can deliver this baby naturally. I know there is nothing wrong with a c-section, but I really want to be able to do a little more around the house after Emmy is born because I will always have Eloise to tend too. Emmy moves A TON...WAY more than Eloise ever did, so I can't ever really tell where she is! Well what did I do to celebrate this wonderful news? I came home and ate 4 scoops of rocky road ice cream. That made my night.
Here is a little sneak peek into Emerson's room.
We still don't have the banner done, and just a couple of other things, so I really don't want to share it all, just yet. Her colors are lavender, toffee and cream. If you can't tell the bedding is that color...and her armoire is a very light lavender.
We are so thankful to have such talented friends. The armoire was originally brown; however, one of friends, Nate, offered to sand and paint it for us, because Lord knows that Walt is not experienced in that area (now give him a spread sheet with numbers, and you will have a happy man). Nate and Sarah dropped off the piece of Sunday and I just fell in love with it. I love, love, love it!
So funny to think that we now have two GIRL nurseries in our house.

and just a little glimpse into our life on the weekends. Eloise is just so much fun. She can occupy herself all day long. This might be boring to most people...but I love watching her play, and listening to her talk...listen carefully, she tells you "hi" and "bye-bye". We truly are blessed...we have an extremely happy little girl on our hands.

**excuse the horrible accent that the commentator has...I don't know, maybe she grew up in a very small north east Texas town and she doesn't really notice how country her accent is until she hears herself on camera? I'll let her know to work on it.