And a baby make 3! Me and You here comes baby #2!!!!!
So YES, we are expecting again. I am 13 weeks along and so far everything is going well. We were able to meet with our doctor today and luckily got some cute shots of our little peanut. Just like Emma they said this one sure "moves alot". Watch out Mommy! We are sure excited to welcome a new addition to our family probably the end of July, beginning of August. We feel so blessed to be able to have even Emma and so we're truly trusting in whatever the Lord has in store for us.
So my sister very kindly let me know that I need to be blogging more, even if it is just the mundane day to day things, so here it goes.
Last week my Dad and Dorothy came out to visit for a few days on the way back from their cruise. Hearing about their cruise and seeing videos sure made me hungry to go on one. For one thing the food looks amazing, and it would be nice to just go on a nice relaxing vacation with just my hubby. This seems like a very unlikely scenario since we have obligations such as pets and a child, but oh it would be nice.
It was so nice to be able to spend time with family, and Emma sure loves to see her Grandparents. Although, our silly dog barked at them the whole weekend it turned out pretty nice. We went to a neat antique car museum, and also saw some amazing instruments as well that they had on display there.
Emma has been so humorous lately. She sure picks up a lot from our dog. Besides trying to eat and drink out of his dog dish she has now really gotten into "kisses". Not just cute little pecks, but yucky slobbery kisses. I realized this morning as the dog was licking her and she was trying to "lick/kiss" it back that this may be part of the problem. Oh so gross. I am going to have to work on her "kissing" etiquette.
Last night Emma woke up at 3:00 a.m. with a nightmare. She was so worked up that she did not want to go back to sleep, she wanted to stay up and play. I made her go back to bed, but 30 minutes later she was up screaming again. She would not lie down again until I layed on her bedroom floor next to her for the remainder of the night. I guess it helped both of us since Mike is gone on a business trip this week and so at least I could be with her. I just hope this will not be a common occurrence.
So things are going well with our church callings. I am teaching the 11 year olds and am really enjoying the class. It is a fun challenge knowing how to teach them since I am so used to the little ones, but it is amazing how much they know and how thirsty they are for knowledge. I hope I can help them even just a little bit at this crucial age to gain a stronger testimony of the gospel. I am also the new choir director. I've had this calling before, but it sure intimidates me every time. Hopefully everyone will be patient with me.
So I have truly been dreading writing this post because so much had happened in the last couple of weeks that it would take FOREVER to write all about it. Hopefully I can get in some of the highlights. We were able to head home to Utah for Christmas this year, and it is always so nice to see everyone. Unfortunately, as hard has we try we are never able to spend as much time as we would like to spend with everyone. Our week was pretty scheduled out from the beginning. It was nice, but I think we were all ready to be back to our normal schedules again. We were able to attend the Pierce Christmas party for the first time in 3 years which was great. Unfortunately we got there late, and didn't have as much time to chat as usual. I'm amazed at how large our family is getting, and I hardly saw most of the kids. There's a big group of us. Thanks to Heidi for hosting and Dad and Dorothy for all your thoughtful gifts. We spent Christmas Eve with Amy's mom and were able to see Heidi's family again that day. The best part of the whole trip for me was just seeing Emma interact with all of her Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. She is truly a social butterfly and was having a great time for the most part. We spent Christmas night and morning with Mike's mom, sister, and brother at the "hanger". It was fun to watch everyone open their presents Christmas morning. Emma must have know something was up because she insisted on waking up at 5:00 a.m. Urgh! Oh, well that's the fun of Christmas. We were able to go to the Sharp Family Christmas party which is always fun. We have some fun traditions of a "non" talent show and singing Christmas songs. It's just nice to be together with family. For Christmas Mike's mom gave all the married couples a date night. She arranged babysitting for the kids so we could all go out to eat at yummy "Tepanyaki". Some other highlights were watching Emma play with her Grandpa Cleon, being in Cache Valley, seeing old friends, going to the temple and seeing Elder Anderson there, playing games with Jackie (Worst game of Settler's EVER, but great company!), and mostly just spending time visiting with loved ones we don't see very often.
Our drive home was CRAZY! Thankfully Mike was driving because I would have been a mess. The roads were so icy and the wind was even worse. Luckily it cleared up past St. George and was really good the rest of the way.
We spend New Year's Eve with the Andal family. There is always A LOT of good food involved and we just have a good time being together, playing games, singing karaoke, and watching movies, etc. It was so fun watching Emma and her cousin Annadele play together. They are just a few weeks apart in age and have a lot of fun together. Unfortunately Emma is the ringleader for getting into mischief. We'll have to keep an eye on them in the future.
I was a little nervous to come home because I wasn't sure what to expect, but our pets luckily survived, with superior care, and it has just been so nice to get back into the swing of things. Emma has been sleeping and eating so much better and it's nice not worrying about our pets. We sure miss being around family and can't wait until we get to see you all again.
OH, BTW I got a new camcorder/camera for Christmas so hopefully I'll be able to include some fun pictures and videos of Emma.
So here in Bakersfield they have a zoo equivalent called the CALM. It pretty much just has some birds, and a few other wildlife like bears, bobcats, snakes, deer, and now a mountain lion. After living so close to the Columbus Zoo it really isn't too much to shout about, but we REALLY enjoyed the Christmas light show that put on each year. We weren't expecting too much, and were pleasantly surprised. Emma LOVES the lights. She says "WOW" every time we see some as we are driving. It was so nice having a night out as a family. Emma was able to ride her first train, as well as a carousel. I don't know how much she liked it while riding the carousel, but she sure didn't want to leave it either. The funniest moment of the night was when we "tried" to get her to take a picture with Santa. Last year she didn't quite know what was going on, but this year she was terrified of Mr. Claus. She was just clinging to me with all her might. Ever since then, every time we even see a toy Santa clause she starts to get nervous. Pretty funny for the girl who used to not be afraid of anything. She is starting to get more nervous around people she doesn't know. Anyway, it was a fun night seeing the lights.
I found this cute video of Emma with Molly that I never posted, and then I just recorded another one so you can see how much she's grown in the past 6 months. Can't wait to see you all soon.
So after Thanksgiving I was less than motivated to get up my Christmas decorations, but once I got started I couldn't stop. It actually didn't even take me too long this year. The only problem I ran into, which I had anticipated, was Emma wanting to play with the tree. I decided to put it up on a table so she couldn't get to it, but now she just climbs under the table, and I'm so worried she is going to go play with the lights plug in the wall. Who knows, we may have to do without a tree this year if she keeps it up. Boy has Emma been crabby lately. I don't know if she's going through a growth spurt or if the terrible two's have started already, but every other word is "NO"! and she refuses to do ANYTHING that she DOESN'T WANT TO DO! If mom wants to read books, she is definitely not doing that. She just whines about everything, and is starting to do the whole rag doll trip. Oh boy, I have my work cut out for me. Any suggestions other than patience. I just don't want her to think she can just get away with acting like that, but I also want to be understanding of her needs as well. Gotta find a balance, but it's sure hard to reason with a toddler.
This is Emma's new favorite trick. Climbing up and over the back of the couch. Yikes!
This is Emma showing me where her's and the snowmans noses are.
On a happier note we found a surprise in our garden today. I had totally forgotten about my carrots because they hadn't been growing very well. Our garden has really been trial and error this year, but look at these beauties. Good thing Emma LOVES carrots because we'll be eating them for awhile. So exciting!
This year we were lucky enough to have a lot of the Sharp family come our way for Thanksgiving. We'd known about it for awhile so we had plenty of time to prepare. It was a lot of crunch time at the end getting the house ready (Which basically means I went Pierce crazy and worried about things that honestly don't matter to anyone but me). In the end it was just nice to be with family. Since we don't get to see them very much anymore it was a nice visit. Everyone was so great to help out and Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be a breeze with their help, although Mike had to get in a little teasing about my "table decorating". Thanks for everyone who was able to make the trip, and especially being willing to drive the extra distance to visit us. We can't wait to see you again for Christmas!
As usual I forgot to take pictures so this is all I got.
The Sharp quartet reside in the hot and dry metropolis of Bakersfield, CA. Mike has been working for Nestle Dreyers Ice Cream for almost 3 years now. Amy is a very lucky stay at home mom and she enjoys spending time with her beautiful family, a dog and a cat. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and are thankful for how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings joy and happiness into our lives and family.
