So when my ob was just kinda talking to herself at the beginning of my appointment today, "now how far along are you?" as she was checking my computer file, she said "you could probably tell me exactly". To which I responded "33 weeks and 4 days". And yes, I was exactly correct. :)
Overall, the visit went well. I only have one more 2-week appointment before I start going weekly. crazy!
The only little hiccup was over weight gain. After only gaining 19 pounds over 32 weeks, I all of a sudden gained SIX in the past two weeks. She was starting to get onto me a little bit when she checked my legs for swelling and then said "aahh...so that's where those six pounds are coming from...well, it will be nice because it will go away almost immediately!" So yes, my swelling has started again.
Back story: I swelled A LOT with Emma. At before 30 weeks I couldn't wear my rings, and by this time I was in full chipmunk, only wear flip-flop mode (one of the only nice things about being preggo in summer time!). So I was really proud of myself this time through-- ring still fits easily and no noticeable swelling in my legs. Until literally, last night. Last night when I took off my socks I was shocked by the unmistakable indentions from the bands. And then yes, I had some fun that only swollen preggo women get, making indentions in my canckles and watching them stay in. (Come on former preggo women, you know you enjoyed freaking out your husband by doing that just a little bit.) Today, I noticed my socks becoming a little bit more uncomfortable as the day went on so yeah, the swelling wasn't too surprising to me.
My dr's advice? Try to lay down for a while each day (Daniel's been helping me do that lately...or insisting that I do that once I get home from school!), increase my water intake (I feel like I drink A LOT already...but I'll completely cut out everything else except water for the next few weeks), and cut down on my salt intake. When she talked about salt she proclaimed doom over my Texan soul....you need to cut down on salt-heavy foods like Chinese and....gulp... MEXICAN.
Now does she not know that for pure Texans, Mexican is like the sixth food group that you must consume at least 3 times a week? Now for you non-Texans, that doesn't mean we go out and eat Taco Bell or at a restaurant that often...oh no...I COOK Mexican regularly ...it's one of my favorites.
So in order to try and keep from swelling up like a chipmunk on steroids...I will *sniff* do my best. All I can say is that I hope that someone brings Pollo ala Mexicana from El Paseo to me once I deliver..... oh what sufferings I must endure. :)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
33 weeks and counting!
Just a quick update on Baby Montgomery#2!
No, we still dont' know if it is a boy or a girl. I can't believe I will make it the whole time without knowing! We have names picked out, so we'll see once he/she arrives if the name "fits". Emma told someone yesterday that she wants a baby sister, and if it is a boy they could take him home instead of coming home with us. Oh my. But she had a good time with Kirk and Janice Holland's 10 month old boy tonight...so I think we will be ok. :) I have registered for both boy and girl stuff, with showers being planned after the birth. We have enough to bring the baby home, and really...how much do you REALLY need at first? We just have to make sure that the baby carrier hasn't been attacked by bugs in the garage...but I think it is ok.
I had another appointment with Dr. Thigpen, our high-risk pregnancy doctor on Wednesday. Everything looks great from my little bleeding/tearing episode in December. I never had a sonogram this late with Emma, and it was amazing to see how much more defined all of his/her features were! You can really see his/her eyes, nose shape, and mouth curve! He/She had his hand over his face (just switching to "he" for ease sake...) and at one point stretched it towards the sono wand and you could count and really see all 5 fingers. It was like he was saying "hello out there!". They take a lot of measurements at this sono than just a regular sono and all of his size measurements were reading about a week further along than we thought! Although I will keep 7 weeks in my mind so that I don't lose my sanity wishing for sooner, 6 weeks would be nice schedule wise-- an Easter baby perhaps! He was weighing in at 5 pounds already from all of the measurements they took. We'll just see!
Dr. Thigpen then came in to do the echocardiogram. Again, it is AMAZING to me that I was looking not only at my baby's heart, but we could see all of the 4 chambers, the fully formed walls of the chambers, the flow of the blood through the chambers and yes, a fully and perfectly formed aorta! Again, technology is amazing sometimes. So Dr. Thigpen told me to stop worrying about the heart and start worrying about how to pay for college! He discharged me from his care and when I said that made me happy, he tried not to be offended (not really! He says he likes it when he gets to discharge people from his care!) .
Not 15 minutes after I left his office estatically, did I get the news that a friend's 7 day old sweet baby girl passed away that morning from lung/neurological problems. We grieve with the Bassett family (please keep them in your prayers). Again we are reminded of how close we got to losing our Emma Rose, and how blessed we are by her existence. We might have had a hard first year and complications still after, but at least she is here. I am reminded that we don't know why God calls some precious angels home and why some are given additional time here. Why was Emma spared when we know of many that are called home so early? Only God knows and we must trust that His glory will be revealed through the miracles and the "losses". I think going through our experience and seeing other's experiences just makes you so thankful for the gifts we have been given, for health, and for family.
Onto less deeper thoughts...I am carrying baby pretty well. My weight gain has been really good- only 19 pounds so far! I only gained about 30 with Emma so hopefully I'll stay below that mark again (don't worry, I'm definitely eating for two! For some reason pregnancy is the only time I DON'T easily put on weight when I eat and eat!). I'm not swelling this time like I did with Emma at all-- I'm still easily wearing my ring! The winter temperatures have definitely helped with that aspect. I was already chipmunk-looking at this point with Emma! I have definitely felt sorer sooner this time around. Most days I'm sore from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. And yes, the waddle has definitely started (some days more pronounced than others!). One of the hardest things about this pregnancy is the energy issue. Not only am I following Emma around in the evenings after teaching all day (although I am getting better about laying down once we get home from school, letting her watch a movie before I start dinner- sometimes a TV babysitter is ok right now!) but at this point in my first pregnancy the school year was almost finished. It will be most definitely harder working/teaching up to my due date. I'm sitting a whole lot more as I teach, which is REALLY weird for me to do (I'm usually walking around a whole lot more), but hey, what can you do? Right now I am really pushing my two AP classes to finish as much material as possible before the baby comes. My AP Calculus class is in good shape- we should finish right after Spring Break. AP Chemistry just covers a whole lot more material, but I switched the order of material around at the beginning of the school year so we just finished up all of the "new" material, and they next few units are 90% review from last year, with just a few new concepts here and there.
Well, it's 9:45 on a Friday night and yes, bed is calling my name. Ahh...getting older and being pregnant!
No, we still dont' know if it is a boy or a girl. I can't believe I will make it the whole time without knowing! We have names picked out, so we'll see once he/she arrives if the name "fits". Emma told someone yesterday that she wants a baby sister, and if it is a boy they could take him home instead of coming home with us. Oh my. But she had a good time with Kirk and Janice Holland's 10 month old boy tonight...so I think we will be ok. :) I have registered for both boy and girl stuff, with showers being planned after the birth. We have enough to bring the baby home, and really...how much do you REALLY need at first? We just have to make sure that the baby carrier hasn't been attacked by bugs in the garage...but I think it is ok.
I had another appointment with Dr. Thigpen, our high-risk pregnancy doctor on Wednesday. Everything looks great from my little bleeding/tearing episode in December. I never had a sonogram this late with Emma, and it was amazing to see how much more defined all of his/her features were! You can really see his/her eyes, nose shape, and mouth curve! He/She had his hand over his face (just switching to "he" for ease sake...) and at one point stretched it towards the sono wand and you could count and really see all 5 fingers. It was like he was saying "hello out there!". They take a lot of measurements at this sono than just a regular sono and all of his size measurements were reading about a week further along than we thought! Although I will keep 7 weeks in my mind so that I don't lose my sanity wishing for sooner, 6 weeks would be nice schedule wise-- an Easter baby perhaps! He was weighing in at 5 pounds already from all of the measurements they took. We'll just see!
Dr. Thigpen then came in to do the echocardiogram. Again, it is AMAZING to me that I was looking not only at my baby's heart, but we could see all of the 4 chambers, the fully formed walls of the chambers, the flow of the blood through the chambers and yes, a fully and perfectly formed aorta! Again, technology is amazing sometimes. So Dr. Thigpen told me to stop worrying about the heart and start worrying about how to pay for college! He discharged me from his care and when I said that made me happy, he tried not to be offended (not really! He says he likes it when he gets to discharge people from his care!) .
Not 15 minutes after I left his office estatically, did I get the news that a friend's 7 day old sweet baby girl passed away that morning from lung/neurological problems. We grieve with the Bassett family (please keep them in your prayers). Again we are reminded of how close we got to losing our Emma Rose, and how blessed we are by her existence. We might have had a hard first year and complications still after, but at least she is here. I am reminded that we don't know why God calls some precious angels home and why some are given additional time here. Why was Emma spared when we know of many that are called home so early? Only God knows and we must trust that His glory will be revealed through the miracles and the "losses". I think going through our experience and seeing other's experiences just makes you so thankful for the gifts we have been given, for health, and for family.
Onto less deeper thoughts...I am carrying baby pretty well. My weight gain has been really good- only 19 pounds so far! I only gained about 30 with Emma so hopefully I'll stay below that mark again (don't worry, I'm definitely eating for two! For some reason pregnancy is the only time I DON'T easily put on weight when I eat and eat!). I'm not swelling this time like I did with Emma at all-- I'm still easily wearing my ring! The winter temperatures have definitely helped with that aspect. I was already chipmunk-looking at this point with Emma! I have definitely felt sorer sooner this time around. Most days I'm sore from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. And yes, the waddle has definitely started (some days more pronounced than others!). One of the hardest things about this pregnancy is the energy issue. Not only am I following Emma around in the evenings after teaching all day (although I am getting better about laying down once we get home from school, letting her watch a movie before I start dinner- sometimes a TV babysitter is ok right now!) but at this point in my first pregnancy the school year was almost finished. It will be most definitely harder working/teaching up to my due date. I'm sitting a whole lot more as I teach, which is REALLY weird for me to do (I'm usually walking around a whole lot more), but hey, what can you do? Right now I am really pushing my two AP classes to finish as much material as possible before the baby comes. My AP Calculus class is in good shape- we should finish right after Spring Break. AP Chemistry just covers a whole lot more material, but I switched the order of material around at the beginning of the school year so we just finished up all of the "new" material, and they next few units are 90% review from last year, with just a few new concepts here and there.
Well, it's 9:45 on a Friday night and yes, bed is calling my name. Ahh...getting older and being pregnant!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Out of the mouth..
Scene: Car Ride, this afternoon
Emma: Mommy, I dropped my bear!
Mommy: Well, I can't reach it right now, you will have to wait. Next time, you need to hold on to him.
Emma: I couldn't hold on to him.
Daddy: What were you doing with your hand?
Emma: Sucking my thumb.
Mommy: Well, how about the other hand? Why couldn't you have held on to the bear with your other hand?
Emma: I was picking a booger.
A worthy reason.
Emma: Mommy, I dropped my bear!
Mommy: Well, I can't reach it right now, you will have to wait. Next time, you need to hold on to him.
Emma: I couldn't hold on to him.
Daddy: What were you doing with your hand?
Emma: Sucking my thumb.
Mommy: Well, how about the other hand? Why couldn't you have held on to the bear with your other hand?
Emma: I was picking a booger.
A worthy reason.
Friday, January 1, 2010
2009 in review...
Ok, so I do realize that is has been since JUNE that I updated the good old blog. Busy summer, followed by months of bad morning sickness and a virus on the computer just didn't put the blog on the high priority list. Maybe this should be a New Year's resolution????
But first, let's look back on 2009 in the Montgomery household as I look to 2010, praying that it will be a great year...
(Side Note...blogger was being INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING and wasn't letting me move photos around. So all the photos are at the end, it totally messed up chronological order.....AAARRRGGGHHH)
January:
-Unfortunately, 2009 started off on a bad note when I came home one day to find that we had been broken into. They demolished our back door and stole our computer, video camera (with all of our video from Christmas), safe deposit box with Daniel's passport, all of our social security cards, a letter I wrote to a future child on my wedding day, and my in-laws slides of their wedding day. They also took my pillow case (?) and ransacked our bedroom and closet looking for valuables (not that we have any...). They also took our supply of batteries. Hm. Blessedly, they didn't look in the kitchen to take the only other object in our house worth much, my digital camera. They also didn't do any other major damage to the house, so that was a blessing. We never filed with insurance (although we did have the police come) since the deductible and the increase in our homeowners that would result was more than the value of what was stolen. We were blessed, however, by the generosity of friends and family during this time. Two donations helped pay for replacing the back door and my cousin generously allowed us to use her old desktop. Blessedly, my passport was in my purse for a different reason (see March), we closed/open all new bank and credit card accounts immediately, and after careful monitoring of our credit reports and putting alerts on them, we seemed to have gotten past any identify theft for the moment.
-Daniel also went on his annual brothers ski trip and had a great time, and we saw my brother show his Palamino, Foxy, once again at the Fort Worth Stock Show.
February:
-Kinda a boring month, but I did finalize all of my Texas Teaching Credentials. I am finally fully certified to teach 7-12 grade Mathematics and 9-12 grade Chemistry with an additional endorsement in gifted education in the state of Texas.
March:
- I led a wonderful group of LCCS students to San Sebastian, Spain for a mission trip over Spring Break. I had never been to Europe before, nor been on a flight oversees, and I had a blast! It was exhausting, and had one frustrating evening episode with some over-friendly fellow residents at the hostel, but overall it was an amazing trip!
April:
- In preparing to be the star wide receiver (hah!) on the senior/staff Powder Puff football team, I caught a pass, jumped up to celebrate my amazingness, and came down in a heap. Yep, tore my ACL celebrating. Blessedly, it was not a complete tear (I had problems with the same knee in high school), so I was able to avoid surgery and just go through physical therapy. It happened on April 9, 2009, which is kinda ironic (you will see why in a few months). It did however, derail my plans on running a 5K last year (I was almost ready!), well that and another reason that again, you will see in a few months.
- Daniel started singing with the choir at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in downtown Fort Worth. It was a nice extra paying job, and he enjoyed singing with quality singers again.
May:
-Finished my 6th year teaching at LCCS (yea!!). Had two AP classes, who did amazing on their AP exams. My AP Calculus kids had a 100% passing rate (yes, there was only 4 of them, but still, I was proud! Half of them scored 5s!), and my AP Chemistry kids had about a 70% passing rate (including my first 5 in Chemistry!).
June:
-The start of a busy summer for us! Daniel turned the big 3-0 on June 29. We had several friends over, and then the boys played some poker. It was a fun, easy evening of fellowship.
-Daniel and I also celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on June 9- time flies!
-We also took a weekend trip with Aaron, Ashley, and Henley Gentry to a lake out in east Texas. Emma and Henley had a great time playing together in the "cabinet" ...ie cabin. A lot of swimming, eating, and even some putt-putt!
-Daniel formed a group of singers called "Fifth Octave" with singers he had met last year in a production. They put on a full-scale recital at TCU in June- it was great!
July:
- Our precious Emma Rose turned 3 years old! With her 3rd birthday came potty training (yeah!) and disappearance of her "wis"...ie. pacifiers. Of course, she immediately discovered that she could suck her thumb instead....so I don't think this is quite the victory I had hoped for.
-Emma also had a great report at the cardiologist....everything looks great! In fact, after our annual echocardiogram next summer, our cardiologist said he probably would only need to see her every 2 years instead of every year! Yea!!!
-Daniel traveled for almost 2 weeks with the St. Andrew's choir to England for a choir tour.He had a great time, and it was weird for him to travel to a foreign country without being responsible for LCCS high school students on a mission trip! (We've never been out of the country without them!)
-While Daniel was in England, I got to call him to confirm the news that we had suspected....our little family was going to expand to include another baby! It was hard waiting until he got back to start spreading the news, and just not to be able to see him when I told him (although we were pretty sure when he left). Baby Montgomery #2 is due on April 9, 2010. See the description of April's happenings to see why this date is a little ironic. This baby is definitely a different experience than the first time around. I had MAJOR sickness up through 18 weeks or so, all day all night, although I never actually threw up. Just really, really, really bad nausea. So bad, that I did have to get on medicine to get through the work day. But blessedly, that has finally passed!
August:
- Laura turned the big 3-0! At my birthday dinner with friends, we let everyone in on our upcoming addition! Daniel did get me a Wii and Rock Band, because we all know that I am a rock star in disguise!
-August began another year of school- my 7th one teaching at LCCS. It is a little weird considering that my little cousin is a senior this year and I was in 7th grade when he was born! Also weird considering that these seniors hadn't started kindergarten yet when I graduated high school! (getting old....) Not only did I start LCCS, but so did Emma! She is in the 2-day pre-kindergarten class for 3-year olds and LOVES it! It is so much fun having her go to school with mommy! We have to make our rounds when I pick her up from her classroom to make sure she sees all of the people who have seen her grow up! (and me grow up!) She also goes to our local Primrose School the other 3 days, so this has been different for her (and us)....to go somewhere all 5 days of the workweek.
- When Daniel returned from England, he started his current position as the Choir Director at Silver Creek United Methodist Church in Azle. It is a small, country church, and Daniel had to get used to leading people in hymns rather than praise songs, but we enjoy the people and the fellowship!
-To wrap up our summer, we did two major renovations to our house (since house prices are falling and it looks like we will defintely be here for a while). We replaced all of our carpet in our living room and hallways with cherry hardwood laminate. They look great, and make the space seem bigger, but you do have to sweep them more regularly-- cat hair shows up immediately! We also replaced all of the yucky laminate floors in our bathrooms and laundry room with tile, and also replaced our laminate kitchen countertops with tile, complete with tile backspash and an extended island that makes it into a breakfast bar. It looks great!
September:
-Not much happened, just life! (and morning sickness....)
October:
-For Daniel's birthday, I gave him 4 tickets to the big U2 concert at the new Dallas Cowboy stadium. Daniel, his dad, his brother Jeffrey and I went and had a blast! Not only is the stadium a sight to behold, but the concert was AMAZING. A wonderful experience!!!
November:
- I had my first appointment with the high-risk pregnancy doctor this month, to check for birth defects. It was amazing seeing an echocardiogram being performed on a 20-week old fetus! We could see all of the chambers...wow. Everything looked good at that point, however Emma's defects are ones that are very hard to identify in the womb, so I will go back at 32 weeks for another checkup and sonogram/echocardiogram.
-Emma had her first school "performance" for Primrose's Thanksgiving feast. She was a very cute pumpkin and knew her songs perfectly, but as soon as she went on stage with the rest of the kids and saw all of the parents, she broke down into complete hysteria. :( So, she finished the performance in mommy's lap while I sang the songs for her! Oh well, many more years to come for stuff like that!
December:
- December brough our annual Jones get-together at my brother's house in Houston. Unfortunately, Emma started coming down with an ear infection and was up for about 7 hours the night before our family portraits were going to be taken! So we got a few big family portraits in (she was such a trooper- I think at least one looks fairly decent of her) before taking her to the emergency room down there. She did have a major ear infection (her 3rd in about 6 weeks) and some congestion in her lungs. But it was amazing what some drugs and a nap will do- she was a totally different Emma by that evening, the Emma we know and love! We did end up taking her to her ear specialist since her tubes had fallen out over the summer. Her ears looked fine by that point although her adenoids (sp?) could probably come out. She did however, still have a raging sinus infection. We got on a different round of antibiotics and will see him again in a few weeks. He thinks she might need to go to an allergist and have her sinus cavities cleaned out surgically, and he would take out the adenoids at the same time. We'll see how that comes about in January.
-If that medical adventure wasn't enough (because this is our family afterall...) I was admitted into the hospital for about 30 hours of observation after I had some bleeding. The sonogram revealed a possible slight tear/seperation in the placenta, but baby was doing great and when I had a followup visit today, the doctor didn't seemed worried. I don't want to go back to the hospital though, until I'm in labor (which I don't want anytime soon little baby!).
-Daniel organized and produced his first Christmas cantata at church. We had a great little choir of 16 voices and it went great!!
-And of course, we celebrated the beautiful white Christmas in Texas this year. What a treat!
So what does 2010 hold for us????
Obviously the biggest addition is the one in my belly! We are bucking the trend and don't know whether Emma is getting a baby brother or baby sister. It is so amazing to hear her talk to my belly and rub it very carefully! She loves playing with her baby dolls - I think she is going to be an amazing big sister! So I am at 26 weeks today, so hopefully only 14 more weeks to go!
May you be blessed in 2010!
PHOTOS:
Emma's Thanksgiving Party at LCCS
Emma dressed as a pumpkin before her big Thanksgiving Performance for Primrose...right before she broke down in tears... :(
Halloween: Our beautiful little princess (it was cold that day!)
Practicing to be a big sister at the Pumpkin Patch with Ava Grace Huntley
The Montgomery Family at the Pumpkin Patch October
Enjoying Hot Cocoa at an LCCS Football game!
Daniel and Laura at the U2 concert at Cowboy Stadium, October
On our way to the U2 concert
Baby Montgomery#2!
Emma, our Rock Star in the making (she gets it from her mom...)
Emma's first day as a student at LCCS- August
Emma and Mommy at the Zoo- July
Living Room Floors after:
Living Room Floors Before:
Emma's 3rd Birthday- July
Receiving the hard-worked for accreditation certificate for LCCS- July
Our little princess- July
Emma Rose- July
A New Hat at Wal-Mart- Summer
Go Rangers!!! Summer
Emma and Henley at the "cabinet"-- June
LCCS Mission Trip to Spain, March:
Cooking on a Hot Day-- May
Easter
At Stock Show- January
With Uncle Em and Foxy at the Stock Show- January
But first, let's look back on 2009 in the Montgomery household as I look to 2010, praying that it will be a great year...
(Side Note...blogger was being INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING and wasn't letting me move photos around. So all the photos are at the end, it totally messed up chronological order.....AAARRRGGGHHH)
January:
-Unfortunately, 2009 started off on a bad note when I came home one day to find that we had been broken into. They demolished our back door and stole our computer, video camera (with all of our video from Christmas), safe deposit box with Daniel's passport, all of our social security cards, a letter I wrote to a future child on my wedding day, and my in-laws slides of their wedding day. They also took my pillow case (?) and ransacked our bedroom and closet looking for valuables (not that we have any...). They also took our supply of batteries. Hm. Blessedly, they didn't look in the kitchen to take the only other object in our house worth much, my digital camera. They also didn't do any other major damage to the house, so that was a blessing. We never filed with insurance (although we did have the police come) since the deductible and the increase in our homeowners that would result was more than the value of what was stolen. We were blessed, however, by the generosity of friends and family during this time. Two donations helped pay for replacing the back door and my cousin generously allowed us to use her old desktop. Blessedly, my passport was in my purse for a different reason (see March), we closed/open all new bank and credit card accounts immediately, and after careful monitoring of our credit reports and putting alerts on them, we seemed to have gotten past any identify theft for the moment.
-Daniel also went on his annual brothers ski trip and had a great time, and we saw my brother show his Palamino, Foxy, once again at the Fort Worth Stock Show.
February:
-Kinda a boring month, but I did finalize all of my Texas Teaching Credentials. I am finally fully certified to teach 7-12 grade Mathematics and 9-12 grade Chemistry with an additional endorsement in gifted education in the state of Texas.
March:
- I led a wonderful group of LCCS students to San Sebastian, Spain for a mission trip over Spring Break. I had never been to Europe before, nor been on a flight oversees, and I had a blast! It was exhausting, and had one frustrating evening episode with some over-friendly fellow residents at the hostel, but overall it was an amazing trip!
April:
- In preparing to be the star wide receiver (hah!) on the senior/staff Powder Puff football team, I caught a pass, jumped up to celebrate my amazingness, and came down in a heap. Yep, tore my ACL celebrating. Blessedly, it was not a complete tear (I had problems with the same knee in high school), so I was able to avoid surgery and just go through physical therapy. It happened on April 9, 2009, which is kinda ironic (you will see why in a few months). It did however, derail my plans on running a 5K last year (I was almost ready!), well that and another reason that again, you will see in a few months.
- Daniel started singing with the choir at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in downtown Fort Worth. It was a nice extra paying job, and he enjoyed singing with quality singers again.
May:
-Finished my 6th year teaching at LCCS (yea!!). Had two AP classes, who did amazing on their AP exams. My AP Calculus kids had a 100% passing rate (yes, there was only 4 of them, but still, I was proud! Half of them scored 5s!), and my AP Chemistry kids had about a 70% passing rate (including my first 5 in Chemistry!).
June:
-The start of a busy summer for us! Daniel turned the big 3-0 on June 29. We had several friends over, and then the boys played some poker. It was a fun, easy evening of fellowship.
-Daniel and I also celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on June 9- time flies!
-We also took a weekend trip with Aaron, Ashley, and Henley Gentry to a lake out in east Texas. Emma and Henley had a great time playing together in the "cabinet" ...ie cabin. A lot of swimming, eating, and even some putt-putt!
-Daniel formed a group of singers called "Fifth Octave" with singers he had met last year in a production. They put on a full-scale recital at TCU in June- it was great!
July:
- Our precious Emma Rose turned 3 years old! With her 3rd birthday came potty training (yeah!) and disappearance of her "wis"...ie. pacifiers. Of course, she immediately discovered that she could suck her thumb instead....so I don't think this is quite the victory I had hoped for.
-Emma also had a great report at the cardiologist....everything looks great! In fact, after our annual echocardiogram next summer, our cardiologist said he probably would only need to see her every 2 years instead of every year! Yea!!!
-Daniel traveled for almost 2 weeks with the St. Andrew's choir to England for a choir tour.He had a great time, and it was weird for him to travel to a foreign country without being responsible for LCCS high school students on a mission trip! (We've never been out of the country without them!)
-While Daniel was in England, I got to call him to confirm the news that we had suspected....our little family was going to expand to include another baby! It was hard waiting until he got back to start spreading the news, and just not to be able to see him when I told him (although we were pretty sure when he left). Baby Montgomery #2 is due on April 9, 2010. See the description of April's happenings to see why this date is a little ironic. This baby is definitely a different experience than the first time around. I had MAJOR sickness up through 18 weeks or so, all day all night, although I never actually threw up. Just really, really, really bad nausea. So bad, that I did have to get on medicine to get through the work day. But blessedly, that has finally passed!
August:
- Laura turned the big 3-0! At my birthday dinner with friends, we let everyone in on our upcoming addition! Daniel did get me a Wii and Rock Band, because we all know that I am a rock star in disguise!
-August began another year of school- my 7th one teaching at LCCS. It is a little weird considering that my little cousin is a senior this year and I was in 7th grade when he was born! Also weird considering that these seniors hadn't started kindergarten yet when I graduated high school! (getting old....) Not only did I start LCCS, but so did Emma! She is in the 2-day pre-kindergarten class for 3-year olds and LOVES it! It is so much fun having her go to school with mommy! We have to make our rounds when I pick her up from her classroom to make sure she sees all of the people who have seen her grow up! (and me grow up!) She also goes to our local Primrose School the other 3 days, so this has been different for her (and us)....to go somewhere all 5 days of the workweek.
- When Daniel returned from England, he started his current position as the Choir Director at Silver Creek United Methodist Church in Azle. It is a small, country church, and Daniel had to get used to leading people in hymns rather than praise songs, but we enjoy the people and the fellowship!
-To wrap up our summer, we did two major renovations to our house (since house prices are falling and it looks like we will defintely be here for a while). We replaced all of our carpet in our living room and hallways with cherry hardwood laminate. They look great, and make the space seem bigger, but you do have to sweep them more regularly-- cat hair shows up immediately! We also replaced all of the yucky laminate floors in our bathrooms and laundry room with tile, and also replaced our laminate kitchen countertops with tile, complete with tile backspash and an extended island that makes it into a breakfast bar. It looks great!
September:
-Not much happened, just life! (and morning sickness....)
October:
-For Daniel's birthday, I gave him 4 tickets to the big U2 concert at the new Dallas Cowboy stadium. Daniel, his dad, his brother Jeffrey and I went and had a blast! Not only is the stadium a sight to behold, but the concert was AMAZING. A wonderful experience!!!
November:
- I had my first appointment with the high-risk pregnancy doctor this month, to check for birth defects. It was amazing seeing an echocardiogram being performed on a 20-week old fetus! We could see all of the chambers...wow. Everything looked good at that point, however Emma's defects are ones that are very hard to identify in the womb, so I will go back at 32 weeks for another checkup and sonogram/echocardiogram.
-Emma had her first school "performance" for Primrose's Thanksgiving feast. She was a very cute pumpkin and knew her songs perfectly, but as soon as she went on stage with the rest of the kids and saw all of the parents, she broke down into complete hysteria. :( So, she finished the performance in mommy's lap while I sang the songs for her! Oh well, many more years to come for stuff like that!
December:
- December brough our annual Jones get-together at my brother's house in Houston. Unfortunately, Emma started coming down with an ear infection and was up for about 7 hours the night before our family portraits were going to be taken! So we got a few big family portraits in (she was such a trooper- I think at least one looks fairly decent of her) before taking her to the emergency room down there. She did have a major ear infection (her 3rd in about 6 weeks) and some congestion in her lungs. But it was amazing what some drugs and a nap will do- she was a totally different Emma by that evening, the Emma we know and love! We did end up taking her to her ear specialist since her tubes had fallen out over the summer. Her ears looked fine by that point although her adenoids (sp?) could probably come out. She did however, still have a raging sinus infection. We got on a different round of antibiotics and will see him again in a few weeks. He thinks she might need to go to an allergist and have her sinus cavities cleaned out surgically, and he would take out the adenoids at the same time. We'll see how that comes about in January.
-If that medical adventure wasn't enough (because this is our family afterall...) I was admitted into the hospital for about 30 hours of observation after I had some bleeding. The sonogram revealed a possible slight tear/seperation in the placenta, but baby was doing great and when I had a followup visit today, the doctor didn't seemed worried. I don't want to go back to the hospital though, until I'm in labor (which I don't want anytime soon little baby!).
-Daniel organized and produced his first Christmas cantata at church. We had a great little choir of 16 voices and it went great!!
-And of course, we celebrated the beautiful white Christmas in Texas this year. What a treat!
Moody Family Christmas
Emma enjoying the snow on Christmas Day
Emma's offering to Santa-- including a vitamin (she was very insistent)
The Monty-G 3
So what does 2010 hold for us????
Obviously the biggest addition is the one in my belly! We are bucking the trend and don't know whether Emma is getting a baby brother or baby sister. It is so amazing to hear her talk to my belly and rub it very carefully! She loves playing with her baby dolls - I think she is going to be an amazing big sister! So I am at 26 weeks today, so hopefully only 14 more weeks to go!
May you be blessed in 2010!
PHOTOS:
Emma's Thanksgiving Party at LCCS
Emma dressed as a pumpkin before her big Thanksgiving Performance for Primrose...right before she broke down in tears... :(
Halloween: Our beautiful little princess (it was cold that day!)
Practicing to be a big sister at the Pumpkin Patch with Ava Grace Huntley
The Montgomery Family at the Pumpkin Patch October
Enjoying Hot Cocoa at an LCCS Football game!
Daniel and Laura at the U2 concert at Cowboy Stadium, October
On our way to the U2 concert
Baby Montgomery#2!
Emma, our Rock Star in the making (she gets it from her mom...)
Emma's first day as a student at LCCS- August
Emma and Mommy at the Zoo- July
Living Room Floors after:
Living Room Floors Before:
Emma's 3rd Birthday- July
Receiving the hard-worked for accreditation certificate for LCCS- July
Our little princess- July
Emma Rose- July
A New Hat at Wal-Mart- Summer
Go Rangers!!! Summer
Emma and Henley at the "cabinet"-- June
LCCS Mission Trip to Spain, March:
Cooking on a Hot Day-- May
At Spring Picnic- April
Easter
At Stock Show- January
With Uncle Em and Foxy at the Stock Show- January
Monday, June 29, 2009
special hat...
Emma found a special hat in the freezer aisle in walmart. I promise, she did it all by herself. And we took a bath when we got home. :)
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