Easter Weekend

I was so excited for Easter this year! Hailee was with us and I was prepared for it!

Friday, we had great fun at the park up the street from our home.

Saturday, we cleaned the house and decorated eggs.

The Easter bunny was up until midnight putting together baskets and stuffing eggs for the next morning and then she was up at 5:30 a.m. to hide the eggs around the front room, put out the baskets and get ready for church before the girls got up.Abigail wandered into my room just before 7 a.m. just when I was finishing getting ready....perfect timing!!! So we went into Hailee's room and went to wake her up.

Hailee slowly woke up then we attacked baskets

and Hailee showed Abigail how to hunt for Easter eggs.

Then we got ready for church. My girls were awesome and we had a great day!

I'm sorry these blogs were so late but we hope you all had a great and happy Easter and remembered the true meaning of Easter.

Abigail's Birthday

Abigail had a week long celebration with her birthday...on her birthday we went to the park and played and then the next weekend we had a birthday party at Grandma and Grandpa Tucker's (well, it was part of Easter dinner). I cannot believe that she is already 2!! Sometimes, she seems way too smart for her age but she can't verbally express it but attitude wise she's got it down! I love my Abigail so much and I am so blessed to have her in my life!!!

Grandma and Grandpa Melville sent Abigail a new baby stroller and baby doll, she loves them!!!!
Abigail is great at taking care of her babies!
Say Cheese with your cake Abigail!MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And she got tonz of awesome clothes!!!!

Surprise!

I'm excited to share two surprises in the past 24 hours...
Yesterday, the Bishop wanted to meet with me and he asked me if I was ready to have a calling in the ward and I think I shocked him with my enthusiasm. He asked me to be on the Relief Society Enrichment Committee. I am so thrilled! I have wanted to hold a calling in the church for so long but have never been able to be involved or worthy to hold a calling but now I finally feel like I am. I was worried it was going to be in the nursery and I was not looking forward to that one if it came up because as much as I would love to be in the nursery with Abigail and all the other little ones of the ward, I feel that I need to be learning and renewing my testimony and spirit with the lessons that we have in Sunday School and Relief Society meetings.
My other surprise was that at about 4 'o'clock this afternoon, Hailee's dad called me to ask if I would come to get Hailee tonight because he didn't realize that Hailee's school was out this Thursday and Friday (we thought that it was Monday and Tuesday). I was thrilled and though I have had to rearrage my whole entire schedule for the next 4 days, I'm excited to have Hailee again and have ALL my girls together, lol! We are going to have fun for this Easter weekend.

Ultrasound

I had the ultrasound today and I'm excited to announce that the ultrasound tech was 90% sure that the baby is a girl! I know...another girl! I'm destined to be like my mom, I guess. I will have Dr. Williams check next week to see if he can for sure tell. The ultrasound tech said that she was keeping her legs tight together, as my mom said, "being a proper lady."

For those of you who know me, I am really excited, I know I wanted a boy but this is a blessing meant to be I'm sure, where I do not have to buy so much to get ready for the baby.

Emma Lynn

18 Weeks

I've decided it's time to start the count "up" to the time the little stinker is born. I'm so excited...I don't know why considering the circumstances and I do get anxious and wonder if I'm crazy when I look in the backseat of my car and try to imagine 3 carseats back there and they are all full but I've never felt so much peace in my life since things have happened recently and that is the best feeling that I haven't had in a very long time.

Since I'm starting to get a tummy (I know! A lot of people are rolling their eyes and saying 'yeah, right!') I've decided to document this one (I had Felisha take a picture for this week). I'm sad when I look back at my past pregnancies and I hid from a camera or always had my arms in front of my belly hiding it but not this time! I'm enjoying that little bump and excited for it to grow.

I've also been feeling it move and all I can relate it to lately is something rolling around on your tummy giving you motion sickness (not to mention the most excruciating heartburn!) and then little jabs now and then. I can already tell that it is going to be a little monkey like Abigail from what we've seen on the ultrasound and just the way it feels when it moves...I am soooooo in trouble!

Next week is the "big" ultrasound at the hospital where they do all the measurements and stuff so maybe we will see then what it is but I'm pretty sure I have a good idea ;)

Ummmm...I don't look very happy in this picture because I was smiling then Felisha took the picture at the wrong time, lol (love you sis!)! But can you see it? There's a bump! I know...I'm a dork.

Precious!

Here is a video of Abigail saying what Maama and Papa say, and yes that is a swim diaper on her head...thanks to Maama for allowing her to think it is so cute and should be used as a hat, JK! It is cute!