AHHH!

Viv's Sonshine school teacher asked me today if I could make Vivian's mac and cheese a little less messy for her to eat. Sure, and after that I'll achieve world peace, solve world hunger and fix that whole global warming thing.

Spaghetti and a 1 year old

Viv loves feeding herself and most of the time it's not too bad...except when it's spaghetti! I've never seen such a gorgeous orange face in my life!

Needless to say it was bath time after this and I actually rolled her in the high chair down the hall so that I wouldn't have to carry her all the way to the bathroom with all of that on her!

Anyway, she enjoyed herself and she enjoyed my cornbread as well. She's a hungry girl!

In other news, I go for my twelve week doctor's appointment tomorrow. Only two more days of being on the progesterone pills. At my first appt. they said my progesterone levels were a little low so I have been on the prescription since last month. What's funny is that anyone I told about it asked if it was a suppository. I didn't tell all that many people, but I swear that they all asked the same question. Melody asked me that on Sunday and when I said that I took it orally, she wanted to know if it was the kind that dissolved under the tongue. That's when I got worried. Apparently know one knows about the kind that you just swallow. So I started thinking, what if my pills are supposed to be suppositories and I've been swallowing them for a month!! What would that do to me?? Anyway, after BK I went home and double checked my prescription and they were just regular pills that you take with a glass of water. What a relief! Sorry if I looked freaked out Melody, now you know why!

What Viv's Been Up To

I thought since my last post was so gross, I would update you on some good things that Viv has been doing. She loved riding the carousel at Quail Springs mall and sat very still! Not sure what was happening with the camera on that second one, but it still kind of turned out cute.

She also loves facing forward in her big girl car seat!

She has just started to love playing with dolls. She always hugs them really tightly! This one is one of her favorites because he giggles when you push his stomach.

She looks so grown up carrying a baby doll!

Even when she's trying to suffocate him, it's still cute. Just don't get any ideas about holding babies like this once the new one comes!

In other news, she can hold my hand and walk across the room, stand by herself for a little while, and walk from the couch to the ottoman.
She also got three more teeth for a total of 11! She is growing up too fast!

The tale of puke and poop, by Vivian Stansberry

It's official, we can't go to restaurants anymore with Vivian. The last two days we have tried to eat out and it has ended in disaster. I'll start at the beginning...we got two gift cards to Charlestons for Christmas. We were so excited because it is one of our favorite places to eat. I shot a wedding on Saturday and we decided that when I got home we would use our gift cards. I was very tired, hungry and cranky after a long day on my feet and very little food so Charlestons sounded great. Everyone was fine until a couple of minutes after our spinach and artichoke dip arrived. Viv started throwing up, and by throwing up I mean projectile vomiting right into my hands! It was going eveywhere and it wouldn't stop! Of course the restaurant was completely busy so it was soooo embarassing, and Vivian was totally humiliated. We were able to salvage the shirt she was wearing but eveything else had to go into a plastic baggie. The waiter was very nice and cleaned up the puke off of the floor and everything. Needless to say, it kind of ruined the experience.

Next, today after church I was starving! Vivian had acted like a complete maniac all during church, which is her new routine. I was so glad to sit down and put her in a high chair and be able to relax and eat. Boy, was I wrong! This little angel pictured above did the grossest thing that I've ever seen or smelled. We had just gotten our meals, (Mexican food by the way) and I smelled Vivian. Matt and I did the "not it" thing for a while and I decided to lift up her dress in the back and check down her diaper to see what the situation was. Well, when I lifted up her dress I could see the poop was already in a pool in the high chair, up her dress, up her back and going down her legs in her tights. We sat stunned for a second and then leaped into action! I've never seen such teamwork! There was of course NO CHANGING TABLE in the bathroom. Side note: I think that there should be a law where every restaurant has to have a changing table in both men and women's restooms. Anyway, I ended up taking her dress off of her and holding her up by her arms so that Matt could get the tights. The smell was something I've never experienced before. I immediately started gagging and almost broke my no puking streak again! Anyway, I held up naked Vivian while Matt cleaned her off with about 250 napkins and wipes. He even said that a big chunk of poop fell out of her diaper and onto the floor. That must have been when I was gagging and looking at the ceiling. She ended up with a diaper and her church coat on with no shoes or socks. We had to ask the waiters for bags for the diapers and napkins and poop and another bag for her clothes. We got our check, to go boxes and were out of there! So, that was our weekend. How was yours?

Merry Christmas!

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments on the last post! We're very excited about the new addition to the family. We're heading off tomorrow for Christmas in Porter, so see you guys after the holidays! Be safe and Merry Christmas!

Expecting Days...Again!

That's right folks, Vivian is going to be a big sister! I found out the day before her birthday and we announced it to our family at her birthday party. I made her the Big Sister t-shirt and brought her out into the living room where everyone was. They took a minute to figure it out, but eventually got it! Anyway, we are really excited! I had my first appointment with Dr. Hall yesterday and the baby is measuring about 5 days ahead, the same as Viv did. So with the ultrasound, my due date is July 25th. Anyway, there's the big news!

The gag

Oh boy, tonight was a first. Just for a little background info, I never throw up. I never threw up when I was pregnant with Viv. I probably haven't done it in about 10 years. I hate the whole idea of it and I rarely get the throwing up sensation. Until tonight. Vivian actually had me gagging over the toilet. It all started with a nice bath for Viv. She had already had her hair washed and was all clean and she was playing and splashing when I looked down and the water looked dirty. Upon further inspection I realized that she had pooped in the water! There was poop floating everywhere! I had no idea what to do. I grabbed her out of the water, drained it and then had to pick up all the wet and mushy poop and put it in the toilet. That's when the gagging started and I almost threw up! Almost, I still haven't broke my record. So then I had to clean the bath tub and tile around it, because like I said, she was splashing. After I cleaned the tub I had to re-bathe her and re-wash her hair. What a disaster! Anyway, I of course took pictures of the ordeal. I have circled the poop so that you can see it. I know you're all dying to get a nice close up! I actually think the first one is pretty gross because you can tell the water that is splashing up on the sides of the tub is brown. SICK!
In other news, Viv loves playing in the living room and sitting in her big girl chair that was given to her by Tamika and Isabella. She loves sitting in it!

Steps

So, Viv walked a couple of steps the other day from the couch to the ottoman! It was very exciting, but she hasn't done it since then. She's so close to walking, it's scary! This is another outtake from our Christmas photo shoot, she really hated the hat, so it wasn't easy! We went to see Santa at the mall the other night so I will scan that in pretty soon and post it. She's not smiling, but she's not crying either! I say it was a good trip.

I've never been tagged before

I feel so special! Anyway, here it is:

8 shows I watch:

Grey's
Survivor
America's Next Top Model
Project Runway
Gossip Girl
Big Brother
Desperate Housewives
What Not To Wear

8 Favorite Restaurants:

Charlestons
Ted's
El Chico
Chili's
Earls
Mazzios
Hideaway
Taco Bueno

8 Things That Happened Today:
(Not a lot since I just woke up)

Took a shower
Played with Viv in bed
Fed Viv and changed her
Checked email
Blogstalked
Thought about going Christmas shopping this afternoon
Got Viv out of the dog food bowl, again

8 Things I look Forward To:

Christmas parties
Christmas and family time
Watching Viv grow up
Heaven
Seeing all my girlfriends together again
Going on vacation with Matty
Seeing my granny in Heaven
Having more kids

Things I wish for:

Viv to grow up a Christian
Health and happiness
A fun girls trip to Chicago when Morg has her baby
Being able to stay home with Viv
Peace
More picture opportunities
More dates with Matty

I tag: Jayna, Morgandi, Marcy, Lynn, Dara, Amy W., Mike, Riz

Viv's funny sleep position

The other day I went in to check on Viv during her nap and this is what I saw when I walked in. I figured she was sitting up playing, which she does sometimes, but when I walked over, it was a different story!She was out cold and even snoring! It looked so funny that I had to grab my camera. When I checked her later on she had changed to a regular sleeping position. She's so funny, even in her sleep!

Just Some Pics

This is one of Viv's favorite toys that she got for her birthday, she loves to dance to the music and shake her microphone around.

She also got these pajamas for her birthday!

I'm finally getting around to putting the pics of when Jayna came to visit. Viv absolutely loves Jayna!

Thanksgiving Weekend in Porter

Here are a couple of pics from our Christmas card photo shoot, I'll save the others for the cards!

She always has so much fun at our photo shoots!

Here's my bro and his new baby Anderson, he is sooo cute! Anderson, not my brother, you know what I mean.

This is my dad and Sam, it was my dad's birthday the day after Thanksgiving so we had a party too!

Viv and Aunt Mar at the birthday party!

Dad and Sophie about to blow of the candles. He needed a little help I guess!

The cake was so good! Mom made it and I decorated it.

Cute pic of Matty and Viv. We had a great weekend, now it's Christmas season!