NY Vacation

Roll out the red carpet 'cause we're back! We went to NY to visit my grandmother, uncles and a few cousins. I felt sick most of the time because of the humidity, but we walked around NY city and saw a Broadway show (Hairspray). "Wicked" was sold out so we couldn't see that.
Victoria was good and spoiled the whole time. One day we went to Playland and she went on all these kiddie rides, some of which were a bit rough for such a small person, but she's a daredevil. She loved it! I got sick when John made me go on one that spins around in circles. I told him I didn't want to do that one and that I would get sick, but he made me and well I got sick.
It was nice to see family and do a few things, but it was hard to coordinate things because of lack of a ride so at times we were at the mercy of others. Next time we'll probably take a shorter trip. But, bottom line, we're back.

4th, ok it was the 5th, of July party

This year as usual we went to Provo for the fourth and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks from our Riley house roof. Victoria enjoyed them a lot, but then fell asleep next to John and didn't see a lot of the show. She was so tired because she did not take a nap that day and it was passed her bedtime. After the firework display we jumped in the pool for a while because we were waiting for the traffic to clear up. It took so long for it to clear up that we didn't leave until 2am. Anyway, we had planned a bbq at our Salt Lake home for the next day so we had our own barbeque on the 5th with our Salt Lake friends. Here are some pictures from it. Above our friend Dani was trying to say it was the 4th (hence the 4 fingers) but it wasn't. Please ignore how tired and big I look in the last pic...I was tired and I blame pregnancy. If that counts for anything. :)

Swimming

I did it! Well, John did it. We finally figured out how to transfer pictures from my new camera. It turns out my laptop ports are going bad and not always working properly so we transfered them using John's laptop instead. Here are some pictures of Victoria swimming with her friend Maverick. Everything was going great until he pushed her over and then she didn't want to swim anymore. Go figure. :)

V's Vocabulary and Katrina's Birthday

People usually ask me what V can say these days. So I've decided to make a list of things that she currently says. Lately she's been catching onto words really fast...about one a day if we take the time to teach it to her. So next time you see her she'll probably know lots and I won't be able to keep up. I thought she'd like to know what her first words were one day. I tried to keep it in the order that she said them, but some of them are out of place. So here goes:

Dada, Mama, Whoa, Wow, Up, Pop (soda), Bop, Dog, Boo, Eye, Uh-oh!, That, Cheese, No, Open, Shoe, Juice, Hello, Bye-bye, Whoo-hoo, Ewww, Dude, Ow, Milk, and her latest...'Thank you'.

Keep in mind these all sound like a baby saying it so, for example, "hello" sounds like "lello" and "Thank you" sounds like "tank jou." This, of course, makes it cuter. :)

Ok so for my birthday John got me a new camera. Yay! So hopefully I can finally post some good pics and more...coming soon (when I figure it out). Also, a much looking forward to professional pregnancy massage at a spa because some days your back is just about to die and I'll be needing it. So there you go. That's the little update on us.

Anxiety at the Hospital

I tried to post this earlier, but it didn't save. I told you all I would keep you posted on all baby happenings so here I go again:

Monday, May 19th I started to spot a little blood, but didn't think much of it because I did with Victoria as well. I was told if it got worse I should go get myself checked.
Tuesday, May 20th around 4:00PM I was bleeding a lot. I got scared and decided I should go in to the ER. I thought I was having a miscarriage. I called John and waited for him to come home. We went in and waited...a lot. I think I waited almost 2 hours to even get checked in. Victoria was running around the waiting room and John chased after her. I just sat nervously. When I get called in I get my blood pressure, temp, and heart rate taken. The EMT responder asks what's wrong and I tell him. He types it in the computer and leaves. Another person comes in and asks me what's wrong. A little annoyed I tell her. She types it in and leaves. A third person comes in and takes me to a room. In the meantime, John sniffs oxygen to pass the time. He gets high. I'm told to change and wait for a nurse. I do so. A nurse arrives and takes my blood for tests. I wait again. Another nurse comes for an ultrasound. Finally I can find out if the baby is alright. Thankfully the baby is ok...for now. It is healthy. "What a beautiful alien/skeleton thing!"
I go back to the room where another person is getting insurance info from John. Waiting and more waiting. For what? Test results and a pelvic exam so I can know why I'm bleeding. Victoria is cranky. It is passed her bedtime and John doesn't believe me when I tell him it'll take forever for the doctor to come in and that he should just take V home. 30 minutes later he finally does. I fall asleep waiting. I'm starving and I can't have food because if they decide to do surgery on me I can't have had food for at least 8 hours. Boo.
A nurse finally comes to save me from my misery. She explains she's waiting for a RhoGham vaccination. The doctor comes. I'm checked and she can't tell why I'm bleeding. She says it may just be a popped blood vessel. I now wait for my RhoGham shot. After I get it I have to wait 20 minutes to see if I have any side effects. Finally, finally, I am discharged. It is about 11:00PM. John comes and gets me and we go home. So in summary, everything is ok. I'm supposed to just sit around for a few weeks and try to stay off my feet. I'm finding this hard since I get bored just sitting around (go figure). And there you go. John is still high.

The Official Unofficial Announcement

To all those that don't know yet this is the official unofficial announcement that I'm pregnant again. Yay! I'm currently 12 weeks along and am doing alright. I'm throwing up a lot like I did with Victoria, but I'm better prepared mentally for the task, which is good since I also have to watch Victoria. I waited to tell people this time because miscarriages are common (about 1 in 3). So don't feel like I was holding out on ya. I was holding out on everyone. We're excited and looking forward to another beautiful baby. And yes it was planned. We don't know the gender yet, but we'll keep you posted on all baby info. In fact, perhaps we'll do a poll for those that would like to guess (Sorry Kristen, I'm copying you).

Good Riddance

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