Emilee's Dance Recital!

Emilee had her dance recital on Saturday the 16th. She was so happy to be done with this class because she is really wanting to get into Hip Hop. This dance that she did was a tap dance to a 50's song. It was so adorable to watch her because she was the youngest and smallest girl in this class. I was so proud of her though for walking out on the stage in front of so many people. She was the leader of her class to walk on the stage. I don't think she knew what was going on until she saw the big crowd. I thought there was going to be a teacher down in front of them to direct them on what to do, but they were left to do it all on their own. So the class was pretty lost, but did great at remembering certain parts. Emilee just kept watching the other girls and followed what they did and that was the best part. She would stop and go whenever she would remember the steps. If I can learn how to download the dance from the video player to the computer I will send it to everyone to watch. I'm just very proud of my princess Emilee for doing her best and not giving up. I probably would've walked off stage if I didn't see a teacher there to guide me on what to do next. So for next year it will hopefully be Hip Hop and gymnastics. I'll keep you posted on that one. I hope you enjoy the pic's and I apologize for how the pic's are being posted on here. I'm still not getting how to put them on here correctly.=0( I know I'm doing something majorily wrong, but don't have time to sit and figure it and it's frustrating.(sorry!) Love to all!

35 wks on Mothers Day!

Hello to all,

I Just wanted to give you an update on how things are going on this end before we have this baby. This will probably be my last posting until the baby arrives because there is so much to do to prepare for this exciting arrival. I have been doing really good since I hit my 35th week, but the contractions are more consistent and the pain is worse because of the incision from the surgery. The incision is healing up really good, but when my tummy grows or is having a contraction it makes the incision feel like it is trying to open. So that becomes very painful. The rash that I had all over my body finally went away after the doc put me on steroid creme and steroid meds to take. That was a living nightmare too, but I made it through. I'm just so happy to be on the downslope now on all of this. I feel like I'm gaining weight daily. The baby is still trying to play football in my tummy with very little room for him/her. Emilee loves seeing my tummy move and likes to feel it when it goes on. When we ask Issy where is Baby she comes to me and pulls my shirt up and says Baby and gets really excited. It is the cutest thing to watch. We are still trying to figure out a name for a girl, but we have one for a boy which will be "Joshua Paul". Emilee has her ideas too. So we've been having fun listening to her for a new name everyday. Emilee would like to name the baby "Julianna Joy", but we aren't stuck on that just yet. So if anyone has any ideas, please let us know. We want the first name to rhyme with the middle name being either faith, hope, love or joy. So let me know if anything crosses your mind. This friday I will be at 37wks with only 2wks to go.(ya-hoo!!!!) There are times when I don't think I'm gonna make it to the scheduled c-section day on June 5th because of the hard contractions I've been having, but it's nice to see that light at the end of the tunnel once the contraction goes away. I've made it this far so I know I can keep going unless God has another plan for us. We are hoping to have our deck down and the girl's swingset up before the baby arrives. Plus we are hoping to cement where the deck was at so that we can put our new patio furniture out there and be able to enjoy after the baby arrives. So we have some big projects going on outside that will keep us busy till the arrival. I have my bag packed and baby bassinet ready to go. We are still in need of getting a new stroller and car seat before the baby comes, but we have old backups just in case. Well, I guess that is it for now. I can't thank you all enough for the prayers that got us through all of this. God is so incredibly awesome and we are so blessed to have each of you in our lives! God bless you for blessing us during this time. I'm hoping to update this blog again once I'm home from the hospital with some pic's. Those of you with facebook will receive pic's a whole lot sooner.=0)