This was Arora's lunch today: one bite peas-spat out, one bite carrot, one bite broccoli- spat out. two bites pasta, 2 oz orange juice. Then all done full. How is she still running everywhere??

getting ready for baby

I can hardly believe it is the beginning of June! Ender will be here in no time, well sometime between 7-9 weeks. We cleaned out our closet and are getting things organized for him to arrive. We set up his bed, and that alone made it seem like he is going to be here so soon. My sister Heidi is throwing me a baby shower on June 12th. I am excited to see so many friends and family and celebrate this coming baby.
In getting ready for Ender I am thinking about things that we will do the same, and things we will do differently then we did with Arora. Some things that will be the same are: using hypnobabies for Ender's birth, Breastfeeding,and EC.
Some things that I will do differently are: Take it easy at first! I really jumped back to doing everything after Arora was born, this time I'm going to ease back into our routine. This also means asking for and accepting more help.
Also I would love to find a Le Leche League or some other breastfeeding support group to go to. I had a difficult time starting nursing Arora and I think it added a lot of stress to those first few weeks. On the same track, I need to find a GOOD nursing bra. I just bought one from Motherhood Maternity and hate it :( Of course I can't return it now because I wore it. There are pads sewn into the bra that have moved, so now they are all bunched up and look pathetic. There is no way to move them back unless I rip open a seam. It is basically not wear able.
I would love your suggestions on your favorite nursing bra.
I am trying to get arora ready for the baby. We have been reading lots of books with babies in it. We also made this poster. We talk about how babies sometime cry and what to do if a baby is crying. Such as give the baby a toy, sing a song, maybe the baby needs to go potty or is hungry etc. I think Arora will be a great big sister.

photo update

We took these photos last Sunday. I am 29.5 weeks pregnant. Arora is eating the first ripe strawberry of the season.

new blog

Dear Friends,
I have started a new blog. A themed blog all about mothering. Please visit it at http://meaningfulmothering.wordpress.com
I think you will all enjoy it. Please leave your comments and suggesting. I will keep this blog as a family update blog, but will be updating the other one much more often. Love Holly

We finally decided to start paying for internet at home. Before we had a really spotty wireless connection from David's work. It just wasn't cutting it!
So I had some pre-labor contraction last weekend and was told to rest as much as possible this week. Then we all came down with colds. Well now I feel fine, and on Monday I will see my midwife to get the all clear for actually doing stuff again. Thanks to everyone who helped out this week.
One day I was so bored with staying at home and resting, so David suggested we have a Harry Potter marathon. he even made this little sorting hat and wand to make me smile. What a wonderful husband I have!


p.s. for some reason it will not up load the pictures But I will try again later today.

things I have learned this week

1. We started making our raised beds in our garden; I love to dig, playing with that shovel was a lot of fun!
2. Even if you think your child is potty trained take a change of clothes; or you will have to go to Kmart and buy a pair of underwear and pants because you do not have time to go home before your next appointment.
3. When you are trying a new place for lunch and 1/2 and sandwich cost over $6, just leave. No tuna sandwich is THAT good.
4. I have renewed my love of garage sales. 3 baby outfits, 2 bibs, 2 blankets a toy, 3 books and a teddy bear for $3.75!
5. Go to the temple often, then get ice cream with your sweetheart.

David rides the horse

One of Arora's favorite games is when Daddy rides her rocking horse. Sometimes David will really get into it.


Today I went shopping with my friend Stephanie and her baby Lexi. We went to Toys'R Us to look for doll accessories. Santa brought Arora a baby doll for Christmas. She is really starting to like it now and has been wanting to get the baby dressed. We picked up a little ducky outfit and a 6 in 1 playset. Later today I went to target to just double check I got a good deal and boy am I glad I did. Target had almost the same set, little crib, with removable changing station, carseat, bouncy chair, high chair and a baby carrier and stroller for $15. I had paid $35 at Toys' R Us! So back to Toys' R Us the first one went. We opened it up after nap and Arora loved it. We took her baby on 3 walks and ended up having a picnic dinner because she saw not done walking the baby. The only problem is, Arora was very upset that the baby did not have any shoes to put on to go outside. I don't think they make doll shoes that small but maybe we can find some newborn socks and shrink them.
When I was leaving Target, I was approached by a man (some kind of producer I think) who was looking for people who might want to be on "Super Nanny'! I guess they are going to be filming here in Portland and are looking for problem kids. I told him that Arora don't sleep. He said the studio would be in contact if they thought it would work. I would love to have Super Nanny come and help me get Arora to sleep. We have tried everything! We started putting her to bed at about 8pm, by 9 she was nowhere near asleep, 9:30 at least in bed. Now it is 10pm and she just started crying again for her circle pillow, not the square one. So aggravating.