Today 5 years ago.....

Today 5 years ago.....I was waiting at home for Rob to return from LAX with Stephanie and Kayla. I felt a little "funny" and thought I might be in labor, but wasn't sure because I was two weeks from my due date. I called him and told him to come straight home, don't do any sightseeing. I then cleaned up the house and took a nap with Meghan (she was 21 months old). When he returned we hung out and then went to my scheduled doctor's appointment. Nothing much was told at the appointment....I was 2cm and 90%...so I was told to go home and if I started having contractions under 10 minutes apart to go to the hospital. (side note....we lived about 35 minutes from the hospital). I hung out with Steph and we started dinner. I noticed my back pain was getting closer together and it was about 3-5 minutes apart, so Rob and I gave her all the info about Meghan and the house and headed out. The hospital, Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster CA, wanted to send us home because I was still at 2cm and nothing had changed since my 3pm appointment. It was around 8pm and we told them we were not leaving, so they said I could walk around for an hour and if nothing changed, I would have to go home. Well....20 minutes later I was at 6cm, so they started to believe me;) I had to wait for a labor and delivery room and thought I was going to deliver in triage, but finally I was taken to L&D.... it was around 930-10pm. I was able to get an epidural and relax a little and my sweet little Jenna decided to check out the world at 1030pm!!!

Today is Jenna's 5th birthday!!! She has changed so much over the past five years and I have to say I have enjoyed each and every moment. Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl, Jenna!!!

Skating pictures part 2

Jenna with Daddy!

Averi and Jenna

Kristy, Meghan, Maren, Jenna, Summer, Averi

Hayden and Mikey

Roller Skating Party

We had Jenna's 5th birthday party this past weekend at the Lakenheath Roller Rink!!! It was her first time skating and the first time for a few of her friends too. This was also her first birthday party with friends...(normally it was with just the family and extended family).

The pictures speak for themselves!!

Averi, Allison, Jenna and Meghan

Kori, Mikey and Jenna

Me...helping Jenna skate

Before the party started....Kristy, Ryan and my crew!

Jenna singing

We watched High School Muscial 2 this evening ....we have watched it so many times the girls can sing all the songs...but they still don't know the exact words!  This is a video of Jenna singing for Rob!!  

New pictures of Baby

I had to wait to show off my new pictures because we had to scan them!!!  I never had a 3-d ultrasound picture of Meghan and Jenna.  Things have changed since I had the girls and I love that I have been able to see the baby a few times already!  These scan pictures were taken at Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge.  The staff was very nice and it was actually easy to find.  I took my friend, Kristy, with me because my appointment was at 8pm.  Rob stayed home with the girls but everyone will go for my 20 week appointment.  We will try to find out if it's a boy or girl at that time. The tech that did this 12 week scan told me by looking at the baby, he is making a 70% guess that it is a girl.....so we will see in about 8 weeks or so if he was right!

Baby is healthy and growing right on schedule!!!

12 weeks preggo

12 weeks pregnant and feeling great!!! 

My due date is estimated to be December 25!!!

Audley End House

We went to visit Audley End House on Saturday.  The weather was perfect and we really enjoyed our day out.  The girls and I have been to the house and gardens when Rob was deployed, but there were some changes from last year and I think I could go back every week to just hang out in the gardens.

Here is a little history about the house...... Taken from my English Heritage book....

Audley End takes its name from Sir Thomas Audley, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor who, after 1538, adapted the extensive buildings of suppresed Walden Abbey as his mansion.   The house has changed hands a few times over the years and was much much larger at one time, but it cost so much to upkeep the house, most was torn down.   The Baron Braybrooke family was the last family to live in the house and the interior represents the taste of the third Baron BrayBrooke. 

We took the house tour and we couldn't take pictures inside. It is beautiful and they have rooms on two of the three floors for show.  We then headed to the gardens and tried to fly a kite (not enough wind).

Rob and the girls....side view of the house.

The girls sitting on the Temple of Concord.

Back of the house and gardens.

Rob and the girls running. 

(Temple of Concord in the far back of the picture)