I swore I wouldn't get this behind again...but here I am!! I have TONS of pictures to post so in the interest of time and my own personal laziness, I am going to download them to shutterfly and post the link! Ghetto, I know but I have to resize eveything before I post it here and that would take way too long.
Darren's parents(John and Carol) were here for about a week a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty excititng for Ayla. It was the first time that she totally understood who they were and that they were coming. She had so much fun with them. She adores her "Grampa John" and spent lots of time following him around and watching him. She got "Gramma Carol" to read her lots of stories, which is one of her favorite activities.
We went to Kobe Steak House for dinner one night with my parents, John & Carol and Tom & Sabrina - it's amazing food! They cook at your table and do all kinds of tricks...it was fun and Ayla was mesmerized. We celebrated Tommy and my mom's birthdays too. Yum-yum-yum!!
We also got Ayla's ears pierced while they were here. I did it once before when she was 4-5 months but they were crooked and I ended up taking them out that same night. It wasn't planned at all - we happened to be walking through the mall, I asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced and to my surprise she said "yes". It wasn't very dramatic at all. I asked her several times if she was sure she wanted them - I even took her to potty and came back. She was sure. She picked out the little pink "diamonds" and sat very still while they cleaned and marked her ears. I put her on my lap and put my arm around her so she couldn't raise her arms up and that freaked her out a little, she started to fuss and 1...2...3....SNAP! They were done. She cried for 3 seconds....long enough for them to hold up the mirror at which point she went from Waaah to "Oohhhh, pretty!" She's a girly girl, that's for sure!! At any rate, they're adorable and so is she. I'm really glad we got them done while she's young enough that I can take care of them. They've been really easy so far and she doesn't touch them at all.....no grubby hands touching them = no infections!
BUNNIES!! Crazy as it is....we now have two bunnies. We have a black bunny named Ming-ming and a white bunny with brown spots named Sprinkles. They are sweet, cute, litter trained and Ayla loves them. We were considering getting her a bunny for Easter and in our research learned that they do better in pairs. As crazy as it sounds, bunnies are kind of hard to find in Omaha and with Easter coming up, we got them when we found them. They aren't as much work as I anticipated and because they're litter trained, they're virtually smell-free. VERY convenient. Ayla loves to feed them and pet them.
Last week we flew to St Louis for a very dear friend's first birthday! Happy 1st birthday Kendall!!! Ayla was great and we made the whole weekend about her. We flew in on Friday and checked in early. We hung out at the hotel, swam, had lunch, napped.....fun day. Saturday was rainy but fortunately Kendall's party was indoors! It was soo fun. It was at a carousel park. We roda on the carousel a bunch of times, played, ate, had cake. It really was a great time. Ayla cried that night because she wanted to go back to Kendall's party and see Jenni(Kendall's mom). We also went to the children's museum which is 10 times the size of ours. It was fun for all of us!! We also went to a kid's movie, playground, the mall, more shopping, the Arch and swam about 10 times! Ayla liked being on the plane and was very well behaved. I'm sure it helped that the flight is only 50 minutes :)
I also had an HSG this month. It is a test where they fill your uterus and fallopian tubes with dye and through radiology are able to check that everything is open and shaped correctly. I got the all clear. The type of miscarriage that I had in November is kind of rare and carries some weird risks of recurrence. Anyway, all is clear and April will bring doses of clomid and hopefully a baby soon after!
I think that covers our last month or so in a nut shell. I'll post links to pictures this afternoon!
Darren's parents(John and Carol) were here for about a week a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty excititng for Ayla. It was the first time that she totally understood who they were and that they were coming. She had so much fun with them. She adores her "Grampa John" and spent lots of time following him around and watching him. She got "Gramma Carol" to read her lots of stories, which is one of her favorite activities.
We went to Kobe Steak House for dinner one night with my parents, John & Carol and Tom & Sabrina - it's amazing food! They cook at your table and do all kinds of tricks...it was fun and Ayla was mesmerized. We celebrated Tommy and my mom's birthdays too. Yum-yum-yum!!
We also got Ayla's ears pierced while they were here. I did it once before when she was 4-5 months but they were crooked and I ended up taking them out that same night. It wasn't planned at all - we happened to be walking through the mall, I asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced and to my surprise she said "yes". It wasn't very dramatic at all. I asked her several times if she was sure she wanted them - I even took her to potty and came back. She was sure. She picked out the little pink "diamonds" and sat very still while they cleaned and marked her ears. I put her on my lap and put my arm around her so she couldn't raise her arms up and that freaked her out a little, she started to fuss and 1...2...3....SNAP! They were done. She cried for 3 seconds....long enough for them to hold up the mirror at which point she went from Waaah to "Oohhhh, pretty!" She's a girly girl, that's for sure!! At any rate, they're adorable and so is she. I'm really glad we got them done while she's young enough that I can take care of them. They've been really easy so far and she doesn't touch them at all.....no grubby hands touching them = no infections!
BUNNIES!! Crazy as it is....we now have two bunnies. We have a black bunny named Ming-ming and a white bunny with brown spots named Sprinkles. They are sweet, cute, litter trained and Ayla loves them. We were considering getting her a bunny for Easter and in our research learned that they do better in pairs. As crazy as it sounds, bunnies are kind of hard to find in Omaha and with Easter coming up, we got them when we found them. They aren't as much work as I anticipated and because they're litter trained, they're virtually smell-free. VERY convenient. Ayla loves to feed them and pet them.
Last week we flew to St Louis for a very dear friend's first birthday! Happy 1st birthday Kendall!!! Ayla was great and we made the whole weekend about her. We flew in on Friday and checked in early. We hung out at the hotel, swam, had lunch, napped.....fun day. Saturday was rainy but fortunately Kendall's party was indoors! It was soo fun. It was at a carousel park. We roda on the carousel a bunch of times, played, ate, had cake. It really was a great time. Ayla cried that night because she wanted to go back to Kendall's party and see Jenni(Kendall's mom). We also went to the children's museum which is 10 times the size of ours. It was fun for all of us!! We also went to a kid's movie, playground, the mall, more shopping, the Arch and swam about 10 times! Ayla liked being on the plane and was very well behaved. I'm sure it helped that the flight is only 50 minutes :)
I also had an HSG this month. It is a test where they fill your uterus and fallopian tubes with dye and through radiology are able to check that everything is open and shaped correctly. I got the all clear. The type of miscarriage that I had in November is kind of rare and carries some weird risks of recurrence. Anyway, all is clear and April will bring doses of clomid and hopefully a baby soon after!
I think that covers our last month or so in a nut shell. I'll post links to pictures this afternoon!
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