Happy New Year

Funny Magical Maren

So my kids are going to kill me one day when they find out that I share all the funny, silly, gross things that they do. But I have posted about Kodi a few times some of her funnier things, well its Maren's turn. So my Mom has nicknamed her Super POOP. She seriously poops so much. I don't remember Kodi being like that. Well, the other morning I was at home with my little ones and Maren was sitting in the high chair while I cleaned the kitchen. She was super happy and then she quickly got really sad so I picked her up....and....There was poop everywhere. She had popped open the snaps on her jammies and it was all over her chair. It was down her legs, in between her toes, up her back and on her elbows. I have no idea how it got that way. Even crazier there was nothing in her diaper and it was on really good. She is my magical pooping baby. I think she has pooped on everyone in the family. I know for sure she has me, my mom, Andrew, my dad, Jeanie, Uncle Terry, Aunt Susan, Cyndi Meline, Grandma Nash and Grandma Payton, and then there are probably other she has gotten. I don't know what to do with her. She is already wearing size 4 diapers and that is the same size as Kodi. I guess she will just have to be called Super Poop for a while longer. :) (Sorry if I just grossed you out, but that is my life now.)

Maren update Dec 2011

So I was always really good about documenting Kodi but it's really hard to get all Marens landmarks typed out. At her last doctor appointment she was in the 95%in both height and weight. She is wearing size 12 months. She can roll over both ways. Back to front and front to back. She is sitting up. She loves baby food and eats as much as I will give her. She can pick up those little baby star snacks and put them in her mouth all by herself. Which I thought was pretty cool. She is growing up faster then Kodi. She now has 8 teeth and is almost weened(thank goodness). She is no longer going to work with me which is good and sad all at the same time. She is so smiley and happy. She loves me more then Andrew and always wants me when she is needing comfort. She is my little sweetheart and she brightens my day.

Kodi is still the wild woman we all know and love. She is totally to smart for my good. She is speaking in sentences. She helped me make some Christmas gifts for her grandparents. We had to paint these little wooden sticks and she did a good job. It was even real paint. She didn't even eat any.

The girls play really well together and they are always making each other laugh. Kodi loves to dance and to do ring around the rosy. So of course she wants to include Maren. Mare loves it. My little ones are great. I love being a mom!

2011 Family Pictures

This should make up for all the times that I say I am going to add pictures and then I don't. This was the day before Thanksgiving. My sister-in-law Jami Tolman took these. They were taken in Ogden at Union Station and also at an old building near there. Kodi and Maren fell asleep on our way there so they were not super excited about taking family pictures. But I think we got some super cute ones.

Sad Day

So Andrew and I have had a hard decision to make about Roxie our dog. She has been really mean to our children and to any visitors that come over. She bites and growls and has a really bad attitude. On the other hand she always wants to be around me. She loves to sit on my lap and to follow me around the house or the yard. She loves me but annoys me at the same time. So we decided to take her to the animal shelter to see if some one else could take her off our hands. I was feeling pretty bad about it on our drive there and I just knew that I was going to be heart broken that we were getting rid of her. When I got there and they asked me all about her history and if she has ever bitten anyone I told the truth. She has bitten Kodi a few times and broke the skin once. Since that had happened they could not place her in someone elses home. They had to put her down. I am crying my eyes out typing this. I had to muzzle her and there was an employee there trying to help and Roxie just kept trying to bite him and she was growling and bearing her teeth. It was horrible. Andrew was outside in the truck with our sleeping girls. I just wanted to say nevermind, but I have to protect my babies from getting bit. I am really broken up about the whole thing and I made Andrew promise that we will get another dog when our girls are older. I feel so guilty for the whole thing. She totally loved me and I had her killed.

November 2011

This year sure is speeding along. Maren is almost 6 months old. She is rolling over all the time and she loves to eat her feet. She is still super happy most of the time and she has found her voice. She is always squeeking and making baby sounds. She really loves Kodi and they like to laugh at each other,

So the other day was super traumatic. I thought we were going to lose Kodi. She was playing with this little ring and she kept telling how pretty it was. So I was busy getting ready for work and Andrew was getting the girls ready to go. Kodi had put the ring in her mouth and when Andrew layed her down to change her diaper the ring went back in her throat and she started choking. She was crying and gagging. I don't even remember how I got to her but when I did I tried to get the ring out but it was too deep. I gave her the heimlich and then tried to get the ring. Thankfully it came out, but her throat was injured in the process and she bled all over me. I was the worst experience I have ever gone through. I love my little girls and I never want anything bad to happen to them. I am so grateful that she is doing ok. The only one who is permantly damaged is me. Hopefully the rest of the month goes better.

The middle of October

Well so far today is a good day and for me good days have not been the normal lately. But I am not trying to focus on the bad. I am trying to be positive. Maren is now 5 months old. She is getting so big and yesterday she got to eat rice cereal for the first time and she loved it. She ate every bite that I gave her and she did really well with it. Kodi was the exact opposite. She screamed and hated it. She didn't ever like baby food. But so far Maren is liking it. We have started potty training Kodi. It is going pretty well, she goes when I remind her. I am just easing her into it but when we move I will really start pushing her to be done with diapers. Speaking of moving we are supposed to close on our house on Nov. 1st. The inspector has been through it, the appraiser has gone through it, and now we are just waiting for the sellers to make a few changes. We are living in chaos right now. I know for a fact that I could never be a hoarder. I hate having boxes and things stacked all over. We are living in a mess right now and I am ready for it to be over. Kodi tries to be so helpful but in fact she is not. I have been going though all our stuff and I have been packing boxes and she follows along and unpacks everything for me. The other day I packed all out games but I didn't tape the top of the box since Maren was sleeping and I didn't want the sound of the tape stretching to wake her up. So I left to go and do the dishes. Kodi was pretty quite for a while so when I was done with the dishes I went to look for her. She was right next to the box that had, yes I said had as in past tense, all the games in it. Now they were every where. All the card games were open and dumped out the life game was dumped and all the little pink and blue people were scattered, and she had gotten the playdough out of the cranium box. I didn't even know what to do. But I guess that is how life goes. Messes happen. I really hope that one day Kodi has a little girl just like her.

I have been thinking a lot lately about family. The family dynamic really baffles me. You don't get to pick them out but you are supposed to love them any way. What the crap? Well thats all I can write for now Kodi is calling me......

More Change................................

Life is funny sometimes. Just when you think you are getting things under control and that everything is going the way you want, BAM! Something has to happen to change everthing. For us we found out on Saturday that we have to move. The man we are renting from needs our appartment for his son so we have to be out in a month. Kinda crazy. I was in Utah at my cousins wedding when Andrew found out. He called me and I was super upset. Not only were we apart but I was really emotional from being in the temple earlier that day. When I was in the Temple I kept having the feeling that I needed Andrew with me and I was really unsettled. I just shook off the feeling, but I guess the Lord was preparing me. When Andrew told me that we had to move all I could think was that it was time to buy a house. When I got home and was able to talk to Andrew he told me that he was having the same thought. So we are on the house hunt. We have looked at all the sites online and I got us pre-approved for a loan. So today we are going out to look at some homes. I am super excited but really nervous at the same time. It all seems really fast but I guess since it is working out so easily the Lord must have a plan for us. It is kinda funny, I have dislike our ward since we moved in but over the last few months I have been changing my mind. Only a few days before we were told that we needed to move I was talking to Andrew and I told him that I was really enjoying my calling and all the girls and leaders in the young womens. I know that I will really miss all of them. I hope that we will stay friends.

I really hate packing and moving but this move will be easier then out last move from New Mexico.

Ok funny Kodi stories: A few days ago we had put Kodi to bed...Or so we thought. She came out into the living room and was covered in lotion. I had just bought some lotion and only used it once so it was really full. It was in a pot type bottle so her whole hand could fit into it. She used 3/4 of the bottle on her self and her stuffed bunny. Her hair was plastered to her head, her shirt was covered and there were globs of lotion all over her legs. She told me that she was pretty and when Andrew took her to give her a bath she got really mad at him and told him that it was her lotion and not to wash it off. Silly little rat. The next day her hair was still greasy even though we washed her hair.

This morning I was taking a shower and Kodi was in the bathroom with me since Maren was sleeping and I didn't want Kodi waking her up. So Kodi was playing with some toys and then she started telling me something about being pretty. I looked out of the shower and she had my mascara open and her whole face was black. I was really soapy so I couldn't do anything. But when I finally got the mascara away from her I saw that it was the waterproof kind. She was really mad at me when I had to scrub off her "pretty" makeup.

I think its time to potty train Kodi. She has starting taking her diapers off if I don't change them soon enough for her. And well I don't know about other people but I think its a little gross to come across a wet diaper just laying open on the floor. But I guess she thinks she is helping me out.

Maren is doing good. She is so sweet and happy. I was having trouble getting her to take a nap when we are all at home but Andrew said to just lay her in the crib. I was totally like "I know what I am doing", but then I decided to lay her in there and guess what. She fell right to sleep. I guess Andrew is smarter then I thought :)

Well wish us luck finding a place to live!

Maren 9-27-2011

Today Maren had her 4 month old doctors check up. It was super fun... NOT! We got to the office at 1:40 and we did not leave until 3:20. What the crap???? Don't doctors know that 4 month old babies cannot sit that long. But other than that she is 17 lbs and 26 inches long. In the 97% in weight and 95% in height or visa versa I cannot remember. But all in all she is growing good. We sure love her.

September is running away!!!!

Maren is now 4 months old and she has two teeth. I am not sure how much she weighs but we are going to the doctor next week to find out. She is also in size 6 months. She is just growing up so fast. She is already holding her head up really well and she is trying to roll over. She holds on to her toys and she loves to smile. She is my little buddy and I love that she is always with me. I know that the flower is the same size as her head in the pictures but it is just so cute I love it. Maren has a way different personality that Kodi. She is way less moody and lots more smiley. But I love them both and I am glad that I am their mom.

Work is going really good and I am super glad that I am now going part time. So funny story.. Well maybe a few funny stories. So a few weeks ago at church I went to get Kodi from Nursery and the leader says to me " Kodi's diaper is really full, it fell off of her once but we just put it back on her". I was a little baffled with that but now we just make sure that she has a new diaper on when she goes and that she always has bloomers on. Ok next one....Maren has been scooting on her back when ever I lay her down. I was doing dishes in the kitchen and I heard her crying. I washed the last dish and then went into the living room to see what the deal was. She was stuck under the couch. I had layed her in the middle of the room and she had scooted all the way over to the couch and her head was stuck. I pulled her out and she had the biggest smile like she was so proud of herself for making it so far. Silly little lady. Oh now this is the kicker. Kodi really loves Go-Gurt. I mean she could eat them and Otter Pops at any time of the day. So I was getting ready in the bathroom one morning and Kodi came up to me, holds up a tampon and says "Mom, go-gurt, pweese." I almost died laughing. She is so stinking funny.

Kodi is now sleeping in her toddler bed and Maren is in the crib. We have our room back. Thank goodness. I can't sleep when a baby is in my room. They just grunt and make noise all the time. But Kodi is an early riser, at 5:30-6:00am she is in our room saying "Daddy, daddy, daaaaaddddy! Mom, mom, MoMMMMYYYY!" She sure keeps us on our toes.

I ready my friend Leah's blog today and she really made me think that I am so glad that I am a Mom. I am so blessed with my little girls and with Andrew. He really is the best guy ever and I love him. I am also blessed to have a wonderful family. Some of my friends have been having family drama and I just got to thinking that I have the best family. And I don't just consider my side my family I mean all of Andrews side as well. They all are so wonderful and I know that I can just call any of them and they will help me with whatever I need. Andrew and I were talking about how our life has been since we moved back to Idaho. I would not have changed it. I really miss all my friends in Las Cruces especially Leah and I wish we were able to talk more but I know that we are where the Lord wants us to be. I was talking to Lisa today about our ward and I am finally feeling like we are in the right place. It has taken over a year for me to feel accepted but now I have good friends and people that I really like in the ward.

So all in all I am in a good place for the time being and I am enjoying my little family. Some one said to me "don't let your little girls grow up too fast" and I just thought I really can't control that, all I can do is enjoy the ride. :)

A lot has happened lately.

I just realized I have not blogged for a long time. I guess I have been super busy. Imagine that... Well things are going pretty good. I made it though all of the county fairs that I was involved with. Now I just have state fair to worry about. I was working a ton but now I am back to only 19 hours a week. Woo HOO!!! I really love being able to spend time with both of my girls.

Andrew is now back in school. Boo!! Thank goodness that he only has one semester left because I think his schooling stresses me out more then him.

Tonight is marking a turn of events in the Tolman household. Kodi is now sleeping in the toddler bed. We have needed to switch her over for quite a while but now that Maren is growing out of her current bed we really need Kodi to sleep in a bed instead of the crib. It only took 5 times of her getting out crying for me and me putting her back for her to stay in there. Hopefully the rest of the night goes well. I think we will wait for tomorrow to put Maren in there with her. I should probably explain that both the crib and the toddler bed are in the girls room. It will be super nice when we no longer have a baby sleeping in our room. They are so noisy. Maren is always grunting and making wierd noises in her sleep.

Well make that 6 times for Kodi, she just came out again. This is going to be a long night. Wish me good luck!!!

Pioneer Day/ Tolman Reunion

This weekend was super fun and was filled with family and good times. We went to West Piney for a Tolman Reunion. On our way there we stopped at my favorite store Target!!! I found some good deals on baby clothes which I always love doing. Then we are lunch at a park in Idaho Falls which Kodi had a great time and Maren pooped out of her clothes. Thank goodness for Shelly's help getting her changed. A baby+poop+a park table+the sun=disaster. After that we drove to Swan Valley and got some super good square ice cream. Then we got to the lodge and it is really large. It has enough beds and space to fit all of Andrew's family, now thats AMAZING. :) Kodi had a really great time with her cousins and her aunts and uncles. Amy even took Kodi down the big slide which she loved. Maren was such a great baby. She slept most of the time and when she was awake she was happy for the most part. She loved sleeping on her aunts and I think I loved the freedom of not having to hold her all the time.

It was so beautiful up there. Just look at that scenery.

Kodi and aunt Amy going down the giant slide.

Maren was crying on our way home and when I turned around to comfort her this is what I saw. Kodi was plugging her ears. It was just so funny I had to take a picture.

We also got to stop and see my brother Morgan and his family on our way home. Pioneer day also happens to be Morgans birthday. Kodi got to see her cousin Rae Rae (she actually called her that) and uncle Morgan gave her a fudgesickle so she was in heaven. Then we drove to Poky and stopped and got Roxie dog and then we finally got home at like 10:00pm. It was a super good weekend. :)

July 19, 2011

Today Maren is 2 months old!!!. Our sweet little baby is growing up so fast. She is gaining weight and growing like crazy. She has already grown out of her newborn clothes and she is in size 2 diapers. She is such a pretty little girl and is always smiling. She and Kodi are total home bodies and they are happiest when we are home hanging out. But Maren is also a working girl and goes to work with me. She is really good most of the time and lets me get all my work done. Some days are rough but that is normal for such a little baby.

Kodi and Maren are actually good friends. They totally play off of each other. If one is happy then the other is happy and if one is sad then the other is sad. Today Maren was laying on the couch and Kodi layed next to her and Maren fell right to sleep. They really comfort each other. I did not know that having two little girls would be so great. It is nice that they are being such good friends to one another.

So this last Sunday Kodi got to start going to nursery and it was so great. She got along with the kids and it looked like she was having a blast. She still doesn't understand the snack sharing thing and she stole her neighbors snacks. Next time she will be better hopefully.

Yesterday for work I had to help with a poultry clinic up at the fairgrounds and I took both girls with me. When we were getting ready to go I told Kodi that we were going to go and see a chicken. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed her bibb and asked for some chicken. I think she wanted chicken nuggets so I had to explain that we were going to see a real live chicken. When we got there and saw the chicken she was so excited. She was squealing for joy and she wanted to hold it and love on it. But it was a dirty nasty chicken so I didn't let that happen.

Sad story my Kindle broke and I am so stinking sad. I have no idea what happened to it but the screen is all cracked and now it doesn't work. Really crappy deal. I totally love that thing. I seriously used it all the time. But oh well I guess I don't need it anymore. :)

Some days I want to pull my hair out

So this week I started working again. My first day was not the best. I was super emotional and really stressed out. I don't know if Maren cried more than normal but I was just really worried about bothering everyone else so every time she made a sound I got more and more on edge. Yesterday went really well and Maren slept most of the time. Today we were out at the fair grounds in Blackfoot for the state horse contest and it was super hot. Maren was really not enjoying herself. Then after work we tried to go grocery shopping and Maren had a melt down so I just had to leave my cart and go home. Then when we got home I asked Andrew to take Maren since she was still crying. He did, but he just sat down right next to me so she could continue to cry in my ear. So I asked him to take her in the next room so I could get a break of the crying he acted like I was worthless and that I should be the one calming the baby down. Sometimes men just don't understand. I am sure I will hae something else to complain about later today but I will just stop now while I am ahead.

Maren is over a month old

Time sure is flying by these days. Maren is now over a month old. She is doing great and is a super fun baby. She has her cranky moments and likes to sleep alot but we are all adjusting to having her. Even Kodi likes her baby sister. She keeps telling me that the baby is hers and then she tries to take Maren away from me. But sorry Kodi thats not happening. Having two children is different. I am busy all day long and then at the end of the day I look around my house and I feel like I haven't gotten anything done at all. I am really worried about when I go back to work. When I am pregnant I totally lose my memory and then for the next 6 months after I am still trying to find it. So work will probably be really interesting and I am going to have to plan ahead and take lots of notes so I can stay on track. Also I am going to take Maren until I stop breastfeeding her so I am going to have to multi-task like crazy. Hopefully it will all work out.

So I have some funny Kodi stories. The other day I was feeding Maren and then I looked in the kitchen and Kodi had climbed in her highchair all by her self. She was eating some cereal that was left over from breakfast. When she saw me she just said "hi Mom" like everything was normal. Silly little lady.

Kodi has started to not like wearing clothes and every chance she gets she runs around naked. Last week I went into her room to get her fom her nap and she was had stripped down to her diaper. Then yesterday I told Kodi to run into her room and grab a diaper so I could change her, she went and got it like a good girl. I had to put Maren down so I could change Kodi so when I got back into the living room Kodi had taken off her pants and her diaper and was sitting in front of the TV just hanging out, literally. Ha ha she is so funny.

She is also talking so much. Her new favorite word is "horse" and she is always saying it. We have some flash cards with the letters of the alphebet and on the cards there are also pictures. For H there is a horse. The everytime Kodi pulls out the cards she goes through them and finds the H and yells HORSE!!!.

Here are some pictures from Maren's Blessing and also from Kodi playing with some bubbles.

Kodi really loves bubbles. She has even figured out how to blow bubbles and she has so much fun doing it.

Maren Nichole Tolman

38 week pregnant.

Our first family photo.

Baby Maren was born May 19th, 2011 at 5:16 pm. She was 8 lbs 2 oz and 20.5 inches long. I was induced and had to me into the hospital at 4:00 am. It was a long crazy day. I had an epidural but it stopped working an hour before Maren was born. I felt the whole thing and I have a real appreciation for modern medicine and also for women who have babies natually. Both my little girls are so amazing and I love them so much. I was not very happy when I found out that I was pregnant but now I know that I would not want my life to be any different.

May!!!

I know it is already the 6th of May but I just wanted to say Yea! May is here. It seems like I have been waiting for this month forever. So in 11 or 13 days I will have my little Maren! I have been going to the doctor like every other day. I have had my stress tests and the ultrasound done for the week and I passed, well I should say Maren passed, with flying colors. Thank goodness my little one is doing ok. On Thursday I decided to ask my doctor if I could just be induced and have my baby this next week and she turned me down flat. So I was a little irritated, imagine that!. So I asked if I still needed to take more tests since the baby is doing fine and my Doctor said that yes I still have to do all the tests. I wonder if she knows how much those things cost. By the time that Maren will be born I will probably have 8 ultrasounds, 8 non-stress tests, blood work like 5 times and there is probably something else I am forgetting. But seriously if the baby has nothing wrong with her why all these tests. We are going to be living on the street once we see how much this is all going to be. I know I am thinking about this in the wrong way, I should be more worried about her health and not the cost of it all. But really. URGH!

So Kodi is super funny these days. She is just learning so much and she is so smart. She totally runs the house and she knows it. She lets me know when she thinks I am doing something wrong. She will say "no no ma ma" and then she will give me a look. She also learned the word "ouch" which she uses to her advantage, usually in public. And now she has "uh-oh" down. So when ever she drops something, which is usually on purpose she says "uh-oh". Another fun thing that she is doing that totally melts my heart is she will blow kisses. She does a good job and blows really hard to make sure you get that kiss. I love her so much. Its a good thing we have her.

Andrew is done with school for the semester. YES!!!! FINALLY!!!. He just works so hard at his job and at school I miss being able to just hang out with him. He starts summer school the same week the baby is due but all his classes are on line.

This weekend is Mothers Day. Andrew and Kodi got me a Kindle reader. I love it. Riley, my mom and I are getting our toes done on Saturday and that should be fun. It will be nice to have cute toes for a while. John is in town for a few days and we are having a family party tonight. I made blueberry pound cake and it is super yummy. So good in fact I don't want to share it. But Andrew told me that I dad to. :) Its a good thing I have him to keep me in check or else I would be 200lbs by now.

Well that is all for this edition of Ashley's random thoughts! Happy Mothers Day to everyone.

Baby Maren

So this morning I went to the doctor to have an ultrasound to check the size and if the baby was breech. Right now she is 6 lbs 8 oz and she it not breech. Thank goodness. Bad news: there is too much fluid aound her so I am now considerend HIGH risk. I have to have a stress test 2 times a week and have an ultrasound in addition to my regular doctor visits. So I will be living at the hospital. I am super glad that they are taking such great care of me. It makes me wonder if I had the same problem with Kodi and no one ever checked to see when I was in New Mexico. I am so grateful for insurance and being able to go to the best doctor now. I am totally freaked out about what is going to happen, but deep down I am just so glad that I have so many people looking out for me. Especially my Heavenly Father.

April 26th, 2011

Well today started off not so fun. Kodi had her 15month shots yesterday, boo. So last night she woke up at like 3:30 am. Since I have a very active baby inside I was not able to get back to sleep. So I have been awake since 3:30. Then Kodi decided to wake up for the day at 5:00am. Yeah me. Well actually she was so happy to see me and she was all smiles. We sat on the couch together and she watched cartoons. Every 5 minutes she would look at me and give me a cheesy grin then she would jump on top of me and give me a hug. So that part was pretty nice. But then when Andrew finally got up he started ordering me around, telling me how I needed to do all these different things. And let me tell you I do not take orders, especially since I did not get much sleep and I also played with Kodi for 2 hours while he slept. I am positive that pregnancy is the time in a man's life where he is just way out of touch. I honestly feel bad for men when their wives are prego. I know for me I am so moody. One minute I want nothing to do with Andrew then the next I am crying because he hasn't said anything nice to me that day. I am so ready to be over this craziness. And I am sure that Andrew is also. :) But this morning it was snowing again. I was a rebel and decided to wear some ballerina flats instead of real shoes. I went to the grocery store since I was not going into work until after I went to a doctors appointment. By the time I got out of WinCo there were big puddle of water that could not be avoided, so my feet got really wet and cold. Then I had to pack all my food and other grocery store crap inside. I got the lovely opportunity to go to the doctors office. I am now to the point where I have those really, super, amazingly not fun weekly appointments. Urgh! But good news my baby is fine. She might be breech right now so I am going for an ultrasound on Friday. If she is in fact breech then I have to go to the hospital on Monday and have her turned. (I really hope that I don't have to do that, so pray that I don't) The whole process of turning a baby sounds painful and not fun for mommy or baby.


I need to put up some pictures this week. Kodi had a great easter. We got to spend time with my family. All is well in Pocatello. I am pretty sure that I am falling asleep while I am writing all this. So if I made no sence at all forgive me. I have 22 days left to be pregnant.

April 2011

Well as of today I have 37 more days to be pregnant with my second child. WOO HOO!!!!!! This last weekend I was with some of my sister-in-laws and we were talking about contractions. I had not had any this pregnancy and I was feeling really good about that. I told them that I hadn't had any so far. Then the very next day I had a bunch. Since then I just keep randomly having really hard contractions. They are not close together and they vary in length of time. So I am not worried, but I never should have said anything. DANG!. But back to seeing my sister-in-laws. We all met in Utah and had a grand ol' time. I laugh so much when ever I hang out with the. I just love them so much. Plus we got to go shopping and I love to shop. The weather was really crappy and it snow/rained the whole time. We were really dumb and didnot take any pictures and I am super sad about that, but oh well. April looks like it will be a busy month so look out I am sure I will have lots to share. :)

Yes I am posting again

So I go through these waves of blogging. Some days I just have nothing to say while others I cannot say enough. So I went to the doctor today for a checkup. We pretty much scheduled the day my little baby is going to be born. May 18th, 2011. I counted and that is 50 days from now. I am measuring right on, which is a good thing. My weight gain is not too low and not to high. Just right for where I am. In the end if I continue the way I am I will only gain 25 lbs, I was the same with Kodi. One kinda scary thing is that the new hospital will open right before I am due. Like they are moving into the new hospital on the 10th of May. I really hope that I don't go into labor. I don't see that happening but who knows. I also really hope that they get all moved and ready to rock and roll at the new hospital. Ok now I am done blogging for the week. I promise. :)

14 Months old

March is almost over!!!!!

NEWS FLASH... There are only 3 more days left in the month of March. Yikes. I knew this was going to happen. I just got so busy that the month has buzzed by me. I looked at my calendar this morning and had a minor freak out. Like 7 whole weeks and 1 half week before I have another child to watch after. I have so much to do. I want to spend as much quality time with Kodi before this other one gets here. She and I had a great weekend. Andrew, sadly, was on call and was out and about most of the time. But we did get to go to the spring fair as a family and then out to lunch on Saturday. It was really nice to spend some time together outside of the house. Sometimes I feel like all we do is stay inside all cooped up. And I am not a fan. Also on Saturday it was warm enough for Kodi and I to play outside a little. We let the dogs out (Roxie and Riley, my parents dog) and Kodi chased them around. She was having so much fun that I could not tear her away. When we finally did go inside she was kicking and screaming. But it was getting chilly and I don't want a sick little girl. OH! I accomplished something this weekend that I am pretty happy about. Andrew LOVES and I mean LOVES english toffee. I have never made it before. They had some at the spring fair but it was super expensive like $5.99 for a little square. So I told him that I would make it. I found a recipe online and called my mother to find out how it is done. It is actually really easy or at least I had beginners luck. But it turned out perfectly crunchy and delicious. YAY me!!. I just found another thing to make Andrew love me even more for. :) It has been a little while since I posted some pictures so in a few days I will get to it. I have been picture crazy lately since Kodi is now over 1. Everything she does is just amazing and super cute. She has such a personality. She has started having little tantrums. I personally think that they are super funny because she is so dramatic. Last night she was angry with her dad and didnot want him to hold her so she pushed her way off of him and then ran over to the DVD player and hit it as hard as she could and then she would not look at us. She also is getting good at getting really mad and laying on the floor and not looking at you. She does that thing where when you are trying to pull your child along and they just pull back and sit on the floor. That one drives me nuts, but hopefully it won't get worse (knock on wood). I love my little Kodi and I cannot wait to meet her sister. When I was pregnant with Kodi I had all these dreams about how she would be and what she would look like, but with this one I have not had one single dream. I really wish I knew what she is going to be like. No matter what I will love her.

Funny Weekend

So I feel the need to get this written down so in later years Kodi can look back and read it. This weekend we all had the stomach flu and we were pretty weak and pukey. Kodi is typically a happy child even when she is not feeling 100%. On Saturday night for dinner she was super hungry and was hoovering in green beans. I mean the second I would put some on her tray they were in her mouth. So since she kept eating them I kept giving them to her. She ate other things as well. I got to thinking she was going to have a pretty scary diaper the next day due to all the green beans, but then it was bed time and I didn't worry about it. 3:00a.m. rolls around and Kodi is up and crying. Andrew went to go and check on her to see what was wrong. Then he yelled at me to wake up and said "go find some sissors", I was half asleep and I was way confused. So when I didn't jump right up he yells again for sissors this time I got up and went to get them thinking "why in the world does he need sissors to change Kodi's diaper?" Then when I got back into Kodi's room I saw the mess. She had pooped so much that her white onesie was now green. The whole thing was green, even her shoulders! Thank goodness we left it on her the night before or else her whole bed would have been green. Andrew cut it off of her and she was pretty upset and then we gave her a bath. That child is so funny and she doesn't even know it.

March....

Kodi has a new favorite past time. CLIMBING. It doesn't matter what is it, if its taller than her then she is going to climb it. I took these pictures this morning. She thought she was being extra sneeky, she just did not realize that I had pushed the chairs in.

I sure love this little girl. She is always putting a smile on my face. On this particular Sunday Kodi actually left her head band on the whole day. She has not done that since she was an infant.

March is here and it is going to fly by. I only have 10 weeks left of being pregnant. WOOHOO!!! Lots of people who are just finding out that I am with child keep saying, "wow your pregnancy sure is going by fast". I just look at them and think "yea right". I have felt crappy since September and it now March. But now that I have such a short time left I am getting really excited and My mom has started work on the new bedding for the girls. As soon as it is done I will post some pictures. :)