Emergency Room

When I woke up this morning I felt horrible to say the least I thought maybe I was getting dehydrated. I tried to call my doctor that I haven't even seen once yet but she's been on vacation for like 3 weeks now which is a little weird considering she was only supposed to be gone a week. Anyways though they couldn't see me so Jason took me to the emergency room and it turns out I was just a little dehydrated nothing too severe I would hate to see what really dehydrated would feel like. I just haven't been able to keep anything down so they gave me another prescription my 3rd one this month to see if this helps so wish me luck. When I was at the E.R. they gave me an IV and I was liking freaking out I don't know why but I just felt like claustrophobic or something because I couldn't move and the drip was going like 1 drop an hour it was so slow. Finally they speed it up though I don't know why I was flipping out so bad it was just an IV but I guess I just really really don't like needles. Anyways I'm glad it was nothing too severe that was a relief. Ava stayed at my neighbors house while we were gone and we came back and she didn't even want to come back home with Jason, I was glad for her independence though. I have count down until my first trimester is over and praying for this sickness to end I have like 2 more weeks or something like so they estimated.

Ava's Trip

Since I have been so sick with this pregnancy mostly the morning sickness Ava went to go stay with my parents last weekend. I was feeling horrible when I woke up last Thursday since I had been getting so sick I thought that I might have been getting dehydrated so my Mom offered to watch her. I was nervous since she had never been away from us for more than one night but I think she did OK so she stayed three nights with them. The doctor at first put me on some kind of nausea medicine and it didn't do anything at all so I called them back and asked for something different but they said no. I went to our family doctor in desperation and they gave me a different medicine to try and it seems to be working a LITTLE better not much. I just hope and pray that this won't be another pregnancy like I had with Ava I don't know if I will be able to make it that long being sick. I just keeping staying positive though and try to have a good attitude. I don't have my first doctors appointment until Oct 27th and they estimate that I will be 13 weeks then but we will know a little better then. School is going well it is just keeping us busy. Jason has his days off today so we can catch up on the house as sick as I've been it has been hard to do much of anything. Ava is getting so big I was really proud of her for staying with my parents for those three days she did really well. She loves playing dress up as you can tell from the new pics that I have posted. She is just learning so much like she starting to know her ABCs really well and counting and all these different songs and she surprises me a lot with the different words she knows like she was talking about a pier on TV yesterday and I didn't even know she knew that word.

Hurrican Ike

We thought we were going to have evacuate for Hurricane Ike but since it shifted up to Houston we didn't even get wind and maybe a little rain. Our beaches though just from high tide were gone there wasn't even a beach so there was minor flooding just from that and that was before it had even rained. Houston got slammed though my parents and grandparents and aunt and uncle's house all had some damage. At my Mom and Dad's house they lost their whole fence and had a little bit of flooding minor I think though. My brother stayed at my Mom's house through the hurricane and I don't think he has ever been so scared he said the house was just shaking and the wind had this evil howling like he had never heard before which is a given with a 110 mile an hour winds. We are trying to play catch up with our homework so we have been pretty busy we have our first test in economics this weekend so wish us luck.

Ava Doctor Visit

Ava went to the doctor for her 2nd year check up. She was 27 pounds and 2'10" she was like in the 60 percentile so she's had a big growth spurt since we went at like 18 mos because she was only in the 50th percentile then. She got a shot and shockingly we didn't have to hold her down the nurse just told her she would get a sucker and she was fine. My niece Larissa is spending the night with us tonight since my sister in law hasn't been feeling very well I think Ava is glad to have someone to play with they have been doing really well together. Jason is working late it's like 8 and he had to go back I think they are trying to prepare just in case the hurricane comes but hopefully it won't. Jason found out yesterday that he has lost 8 pounds since we started working out but since we weren't able to for like 2 week we are both extremely sore today. Jason had to sleep in the recliner with the heating pad just because he was so sore. I better go I've got homework to do and baths to give.

Sickness & School

Unfortunately Ava was sick AGAIN on her actual birthday I can't believe it! She was sick her first birthday and then this birthday, poor girl! I thought Ava was feeling better because she didn't have fever so we went ahead and took her to Houston for her birthday party on my side of the family and she got my Dad sick and he's got strep throat now. Once Ava was finally over her sickness completely I was like thank God like can get back to normal and then I got sick, so it's just been a crazy week and half. We got a little behind with school work since we got sick so we were up till like 2 last night trying to catch up but we finally did. We have been working out pretty steady for about a month now with the exception of the last 2 weeks because of the sickness but I lost five pounds! yeah! I'm not sure how much Jason has lost the only reason I know mine is because I went to the doctor. Anyways it's been a crazy couple of weeks. School has been good though I don't if Jason's has adjusted to being back in school yet but he's getting there but he is making really good grades so that's good.

Ava's 2nd Birthday

We just had Ava's 2nd birthday party here at our house in Portland. She made out like a bandit but she was just so excited and had such a good time with all the other kids. She is getting so big. She had a Little Mermaid cake and all she wanted to do was stick her hands in it. We also had little cupcakes to go around the cake but the kids just weren't that into them to my surprise. Ava got a tricycle, care bears(grumpy and sunshine because according to my neighbor she is drastically one of those two), a princess couch, dress up clothes, regular clothes, a pretend make up kit with a purse and phone, and a puzzle. I set some of the toys in her closet for a rainy day so she'll be able to appreciate all them eventually. Ava has pretend painted my nails her nails and even Jason's nails a million times already and she has only had it for a couple of hours, she is such a girly girl.I have not written in a while so a lot has been going on and I don't even know where to start. Ava is potty trained now finally! Yeah! NO MORE buying stupid diapers that cost a fortune. She was actually pretty easy to potty train I think it was more me that was procrastinating it. Jason and I start school on Monday so we're a little nervous and excited but hopefully we will do good. I just can't believe Ava is two she talks so well for her age everyone we see is always making a point of how well she enunciates her words which I don't know where she gets that from because my Mom has said to me a million times, "Enunciate your words Emily, I can't understand you!". I am going to put some pics on here and videos of Ava.

Exhaustion

We are so worn out from vacation, we just can't seem to catch up on sleep. We did have a really good time though. I think one of the things that I liked most about our vacation was going to a show in Branson. We went to the Shanghai Circus and we all really liked it, it is unbelievable how strong these little tiny girls our they were lifting like 3 times their weight. Ava is cuter than ever, every time she does even the smallest thing she gets this really excited voice and then she'll shout, "I did it!!!!!" it is the cutest thing ever. I have decided to take some classes at the college, so I have been looking for a mothers day out program for Ava and I think I finally found one. This is not the first time that I have said I'm going to take a class but for some reason I feel more determined this time. I guess because Ava is a little older and more independent and I think being around some more kids would be great for her. The thing that gets me is just finding the right place for her where I feel I can trust whoever I am leaving her with. I'm a little nervous because one of the classes I will be taking is Calculus 1 and it has been a long time since I've taken math. I'm sure it will work out though. My birthday was on the 9th and we actually got to go out for my birthday we went to the movies and out to eat and it was fabulous! We went and saw Get Smart and we laughed our butts off, it was hilarious. Ava stayed with my brother and sister in law and it sounds like she really well with them which was a relief since we don't really leave her that often.