Sunday, June 28, 2015

Everything Embry: June 28

Testicular Cancer Update

Monday morning Jacob went in for his bi-annual PET Scan at Texas Oncology. Wednesday morning we went in for the results and, as expected, he's healthy as can be and cancer free! We adore his oncologist who always remembers little details about Jacob's job, Embry, etc. Crazy, the next time we go back, we'll have another little one tagging along! 



26 Week Baby Update

I had a slew of appointments this week for my pregnancy. Wednesday I met with the Diabetes Clinic and got a bit of a lecture. I test my blood sugar fasting in the morning and after each meal. I've been kicking butt and having really low numbers, especially after my three meals, but have been right at the limit for the fasting, and a few mornings up to 5 "points" higher. He made me write down what I've eaten all week, especially in the evenings, and turns out I have taken too many carbs out of my diet. I thought I was doing a bit of a bonus if I was allotted 3 servings of carbs at dinner and I didn't eat any. Turns out it can be doing just as much damage as eating too many carbs. So, I've made sure to eat some healthy carbs, especially at dinner where I was cutting them out completely. 

Friday we went to the high risk OBGYN and my OBGYN. We got a sonogram at the high risk and even a 3D sonogram. Baby Toddy is already soooo cute! Jacob thinks he looks exactly like me....but I still have my doubts! Hah! We shall see in less than 12 weeks! Also, his measurements of head, abdomen, and femur have him measuring exactly at 26 weeks, so very average sized. Everything else looks normal and healthy, yay!

My OB was a quick tummy check and everything went fine there as well. Hooray for "boring" doctor's appointments.



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Our Week


Counting the fish at school

After school we stopped for Sonic Happy Hour and took it across the street to White Rock Lake


I told E this was a running path at the lake and she insisted on running it the rest of the time, hah

Tuesday we rode the free trolley downtown to Klyde Warren park to take advantage of their Imagination Playground and splash park! We went with a friend with two boys who E gets along great with!









Getting back on the trolley to head home

She napped from 1:00-5:00 pm after our downtown adventure! Mommy napped for about an hour as well-hah

We took full advantage of our neighbors pool this week and swam there two afternoons, one time for 2.5 hours

At one point she thought she had a floatie on...and didn't and "swam" to me! Shockingly it didn't scare her and we did it over and over- she would jump off the step and "swim" underwater about 5 feet to me.


We saw Despicable Me at Alamo Draft House Summer "Kids Camp"- tickets are only $1 =) She loved the movie and kept saying- This movie is soooo silly

Just a little popcorn...... ;)


Getting ready for date night!
Jacob and I did a date night swap with our neighbors and went out to dinner and a movie Friday. Embry did great going down at their house at bedtime- we picked her up about 10:30 and she transferred fine at home!

Fish City Grill (I had to trade my mashed potatoes for Jacob's veggies....LOL)

Jurassic World in 3D! Very cool!

Pictures we got from Embry's "Sleep over"

Goodnight smooches from Eliot






Toddler toga made out of her swaddle blanket!

Saturday afternoon ice cream



Saturday splash padding =)





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Father's Day books with Daddy

This girl could do "crafts" all day long!

Our little barista making our morning coffee


My little bell pepper thief

I went to a fun take home spa party where we made foot soaks, body scrub and facial masks!


Giant baby!

Reading nook



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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Everything Embry: June 21

Embry's First Day of School

Embry's first day of school could not have gone any better! We made the big mistake of telling her Sunday evening and she begged about every other minute if it was time for school NOW? School NOW? School NOW? And it all started up Monday morning.

At drop-off we were thrilled to see both of her teachers were familiar faces, one who she had her first year at MOPS. She ran right into her room and started playing in the little kitchen. No time to even smooch Mommy goodbye.

I got so much done without my little sidekick and the five hours flew by! It was so nice to have a little break and know she was having fun.

When I picked her up her teachers said that she did great, never would have guessed it was her first day, she asked to go potty twice, fell asleep right when naptime started, and overall was a good girl. She looked exhausted when I picked her up, as the one downside is they only get 90 minutes to nap, and she still naps 2-3 hours (or more) at home. But on our walk to the parking lot she kept saying, "More school again now???"





Off on my day alone!!!! =) =) =)

Our Week


So, so sad that when we arrived at story time, someone was sitting on the "E" on the carpet...


She settled for the "M" for Mommy (that was really an upside down W)

And then she swiped the E. LOL

Tropical storm Bill brought our fair share of rain this week, yet again!



Wipeout on our walk
 
My little helper- she is obsessed with helping me cut veggies and fruit
 

We saw Rio 2 as part of Studio Movie Grills Kids Summer Series! $3 tickets for older movies! E and her friends did great. They started getting restless after about 1 hr 15 min, but I found a bag of suckers in my purse and they all settled back! Another plus, is it's an eatery, so eating lunch kept them quiet ;)

The three amigos!






Splash park cutie!

E and her "Bonnie Boo" as she calls her! LOL

E usually naps naked but she insisted on sleeping in her "night-night gown"

Little miss in her favorite dress, had to have a pink headband and a pink bow after nap

I started a summer book study with my MOPS group with childcare included so Embry goes back to "her school" for 90 min on Fridays now!  

Austin Trip- Graduation Party and Multiple Father's Days

We had a super fast trip to Austin to celebrate one of our good friend's med school graduation party! We stayed with Jacob's parents and got to have an early Father's Day celebration, then Saturday night we had the party. Mimi picked up Embry after she made a quick appearance and had her first Mimi sleepover! Jacob and I actually stayed out until midnight and got to sleep in! Sunday morning we celebrated Father's Day with my family and hit the road midday.

Hula- Hooping at Kiki and EPa's

She LOVED swimming with Kiki despite the freezing water!


As I was running out on an errand, she talked E-Pa into swimming with her in the rain.


Going to celebrate Dr. Dan!


The new doctor and his new-wife-to-be =)


Father's Day Brunch at the Fannings!

The Dads and babies, minus Lucy

Not happy about not being able to swim in the middle of a thunderstorm

Little Mama Embry to the rescue





While it was lightening and thundering, they had fun playing in buckets of water.





Uncle Jon!


Daddy and E

Mimi and Papa and their grands


The best dad around!
 
Jacob, Embry, and I stopped by to see Uncle James on the job for lunch on our way out of town!


Mushy Father's Day

I'm definitely one of the luckiest girls ever to have a dad like mine! We are excited to announce that we're naming our baby boy after him! We've decided to name him Todd Lucas Higgins. Todd- after my dad Todd and Lucas- after Jacob's twin brother Luke=) Jacob and I hope that our Toddy will be half the man that my dad is! He's truly the best!

 
 
 
Monogrammed hats for our boy!


And for my husband...He's the most hard working, selfless person I know and I truly believe it when I say, I'm not sure another dad adores his daughter as much as Jacob adores Embry. I love watching them together and can't wait to see him with our son in a few months!




 
 

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Her all time favorite dress she requests to wear it daily.


She's loving showers these days, especially showers in the guest room.



Feeding baby brother through my belly button. Love toddler logic.

FaceTime with Lucy!

Daddy worked late some this week, which meant Mommy got to do bedtime for once!

Biggest girl!

Baby Boy Bump at 25 weeks

Me and some of my neighborhood friends at a going away dinner for Samantha =(



Embry is getting awfully good at signing her "E" =) She also has "T" for Tomi and Toddy down!

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