Eggemeyer Christmas

This past weekend, the Eggemeyer's came up to celebrate Christmas with us! They were nice enough to come see us - since a 6 hour car ride would not be fun for me... We were definately spoiled rotten :) Here are a few pictures:

Claire getting caught opening presents!

Mrs. Potato Head - her new favorite toy!

Aunt Tracy got Claire an A&M pallet for Christmas. When you roll it out, it has a built in pillow and blanket. This will be perfect for MDO :)

Trying it out...

Her favorite part about opening presents...the tissue paper!

She loved having it dumped on her!

Claire isn't the only one who likes her A&M blanket...

25 Weeks

I'm almost 2/3 of the way there!! Crazyness! So far the gender of baby Eggemeyer is still a surprise... Russ has kept up his part of the bargain - and lost 15 pounds over the last 5 months. Here are a few pictures from the last month or so...

The two pictures on the left are from when I was preggo with Claire at 25 weeks - and the two on the right are from baby #2. This baby "popped" a lot sooner and I think I am definately carrying it a lot lower.

Checking out the cotton at Aunt Sheryl's.

Claire's "Kissy Face"

Her new favorite thing to do is swaddle - and she's not picky on who she's swaddling...

Don't feel sorry for Tuff - he lets her do this!

Swaddling her baby :)

Madison (7 mo), Claire (20 mo) and Quinn (3 mo)

We got to babysit Claire's friend Jaxson the other day. He is 1 month older than her.

Hugs!!

Jaxson's vocabulary is amazing - he knows so many words. Here he is teaching Claire a few things!

This was taken in Sept 2009. It's crazy how much they can change in a year's time.

18 months and 20 weeks

Claire had her 18 month check up last week - and she finally broke the 20 Ib mark! She weighed in at 21 Ibs and was 31 inches long. Dr. G was happy with her development, and wasn't worried about her lack of words. Don't get me wrong, she talks/sings non-stop - but most of it is in her own language... We also had our 20 week ultrasound for baby #2 today. The doctor wrote down the baby's gender on a card and sealed it up. :( So it's still a mystery... but the nurse slipped up once and said "he" - and the baby weighs in at 14 oz, which is pretty big! So we're guessing it's a boy!

Claire's first time in heels...

Granny O'Mara came down from Kansas for Labor Day Weekend!

Watching Dora :)

Ready For Some Football!

Grandma and Grandpa Eggemeyer came into town this weekend - for a little vacation... They did anything but relax. In the three days they were here - they went to Hawaiin Falls Water Park, Six Flags and the new Cowboys Stadium. Since Claire is too little to enjoy rides - and I am preggers - we skipped out on Six Flags and the Water Park, but we met them at the stadium on Saturday. The stadium is outrageous to say the least...here are a few pictures from our visit.

Claire when we first stepped on the field... you can't help but look at the screen!

Cowboys Locker Room - Stephen McGee - gig'em!

Trying on D. Ware's helmet...

Holding a Press Conference

Touchdown!!

The stadium is so big - they needed a nap

Her new friend - they played keep away forever!

Playing Catch Up...

I've come to the conclusion that I'm the worse blogger...considering it's been 3 months since I last updated this thing. We have had a wonderful summer - that went by entirely too fast! Claire changes everyday and it's safe to say she is no longer a baby, she has become a toddler. Over the summer we also added another Eggemeyer to our family. :) My due date is January 29th - so he/she is cooking right along! We go in early next month for our 20 week sono - where normally we would find out if it's a girl or boy...but we're going to let it be a surprise this time. If it was up to me, we would find out next month - but Russ is very adamant about this one being a surprise. We actually made a bargain - he had to give up alcohol for my entire pregnancy (except for on our annual River Trip, Thanksgiving, & Christmas) - in order for me to agree to do this. Our dear friend Caroline even helped us type up a contract and we all signed it - including my doctor - who thought the whole thing was hilarious. So - as of right now - Russ has lost 10 Ibs and I have gained 3 Ibs since we found out we were expecting. I wasn't expecting him to loose so much weight so fast - I rather enjoyed him gaining weight with me while I was pregnant with Claire!

Baby #2 at 8 weeks

Since May - Claire has started adding words to her vocab everyday. She is not the biggest talker out there, and the only actually sentance she has put together is "Bad Bo" - but she will usually try to repeat anything you ask her to. Her favorite word is "doggie" - she loves to give our dog hugs and sit as close as he will let her. We haven't started the potty training process - but we did buy her one and it sits in the bathroom. If she sees you going to restroom - she wants to sit on hers - but so far all she has done is pass gas! One of these days she'll do some other sort of business in there, and then I guess we'll start potty training. I'm not in any real rush - but it would be nice to have her out of diapers by January!

Claire and I spent two weeks in Houston earlier this month visiting family, while Russ was away on business. We survived our first road trip together - with the help of her DVD player and Dora the Explorer! She was tuned into Dora the whole time, and hardly made a peep! While we were down there - we found out that she is a water baby...I don't think a day went by that she did not get in the pool. She even learned how to blow bubbles!! GiGi bought her a life jacket - which she loves! If you let her, she'll just float on her back around the pool by herself. It's pretty funny to watch. While we were visiting, Claire got to experience the beach for the first time. We actually went three time while we were down there. She liked the water and the waves. Claire also received a new nickname - Babyzilla - she was great at knocking over any sandcastles that were built! At the end of the second week - we drove down to New Braunsfels for a long weekend of floating the river. Russ met us down there the day we arrived. Claire floated twice - the first time we went on a mini-float to see if she would like it or not - and she did great sitting in my toob. But the second float didn't go so well. We took her in the middle of the day, so it was pretty hot and she ended up taking a nap on me the last hour. Poor little girl was pretty tired. But it was a great trip - it will be interesting to see how it goes next year, when we have a 2 1/2 year old and a 6 month old...

Babyzilla and Aunt Kim building a pyramid

Claire enjoying her life-jacket!

Pool time with Uncle Willy

Swimming with GiGi

Claire's new hiding spot...

Hugs for baby Landon :)

Kisses for Baby Ellie

Bye Bye Bottles & Paci - Hello ER?

It's hard to believe that it is only Wednesday...considering the week we have had. Monday morning I woke up and decide to take away the pacifier and bottles. Claire was overly attached to her pacifier and bottle. In order to take a nap - she needed three pacifiers - once for her mouth and one for each hand. As for the bottles, they just needed to go! After washing them everyday (sometimes every other day) for 15 months - there comes a time when the just need to be packed up and put away! So our house is a no paci/bottle zone - and it's glorious!! The first two naps were a little rough on Monday, but by Monday evening - she was able to fall asleep without any problems.
When Claire woke up on Tuesday - Russ and I noticed that she felt a little warm and wasn't quite as perky... A little back ground info - since we made our Christmas/Easter/Birthday trip to Kansas last month - Claire has had a cough/runny nose. She also got one of those 24 stomach bugs - which lasted a whole week for her. So she's been congested for the last month and still hasn't regained her appetite. Back to the story... so she woke up on Tuesday and didn't hardly touch her Dora yogurt - which is really unheard of - and didn't want anything else we offered. Right before her nap, her temperature was at 100.9* - so I gave her some Motrin and put her to sleep. Around lunch time I checked her temp again and it was close to 102. So I switched over to Tylenol. After her nap - all she wanted to do was cuddle and watch TV. She has become a little more cuddly and will sit still for about 5 mins - but all she wanted to do yesterday was cuddle - so we knew something was up. I took her temp again and it was still around 102 - gave her Motrin and Russ called the nurse. The nurse wanted to wait 30-45 mins since we just gave her more medicine - so we were supposed to call back if fever didn't break. Well 30 mins later her temperature was up to 105.4* and Claire could hardly hold her head up. And since we're so lucky - it was already after 5pm, so her doctor was gone for the day. So I frantically give her a bath while Russ packs up all the necessities and we make our first trip to the ER.
So we make a mad dash to the ER - and thankfully we're the only people in there. The nurse gets us in right away - and does all the usually stuff. Her temp was down to 103.9. Which was out of the danger zone - but we were still worried. The nurse also weighed her, and she still weighs 19 Ibs. This was a little surprising because that's what she weighed three months ago at her 1 yr check up. But she also didn't eat for a week when she had the stomach bug and didn't eat well all day Tuesday. Just a real quick note - it's really amazing the kind of things people come into an ER for. While we are in the separate waiting room getting her temp and weight checked - and young lady comes in asking if she can be admitted into the ER for a pregnancy test. Are you serious? Our nurse was very polite and more understanding than me (although I was way past freaking out - and my nerves were shot). She told the woman that you can buy PG tests at any pharmacy, Walmart - even the dollar store. Then the woman asked again if she could be admitted - and the nurse went through it all again. After an awkward silence - she left. We then were led into a room to sit and wait to be checked out by a doctor. This was my first time to be in an actual Emergency Room - and I was expecting it to be crazy busy like Grey's - but it was pretty boring.
So the nurse takes us to our room and the doctor comes in to have a look. He finds that Claire has an ear infection in one ear and wants to do a chest x-ray - thinking there might be fluid in her lungs. After another round of Tylenol we made our way to radiology. Walking over there I had the worst images in my head of them strapping her down to take the x-rays... it's actually much more worse than that. The nurse sets her down on this seat, and then puts this plastic cylinder thing around her - with her hands above her head. It was horrible. The nurse had me leave the room while they finished up. So we head back to our room and wait for the doctor to review the images.
Sometime later the doctor comes in and lets us know that Claire has pneumonia along with an ear infection. He also wants to draw blood to make sure they haven’t missed anything. On top of that – he mentions that Claire will get a shot of an antibiotic. So a nurse comes in, and by this time Claire is hysterical. So it takes four of us to hold her down for the nurse to draw two vials of blood. Then she comes back and gives her the shot. Now every time Claire sees/hears this nurse, she cries uncontrollably. After another thirty minutes of waiting – they let us go home.
It has been two days since this happened – and I’m happy to report that her fever has stayed below 101 and she seems to be feeling much better. I can’t complain that she seems to want to snuggle a little more too! J Please keep our little girl in your prayers for a speedy recovery.