Ember is Binky Free!!

We had the "joy" of taking away Ember's "baba" this month. Instead of just taking it away cold turkey we decided it would be better to just cut of the tip and see if she noticed. Well that was stupid she noticed right away and screamed that her "baba broke!" So we changed our game plan and told her that when she was done being a baby and grew into a big girl that all her "babas" broke. She accepted that explanation and didn't place the blame on us but she was devastated!We spent the first week spending 1-2 hours listening to her scream herself to sleep at night while preggo mommy was about to lose it as well! But somehow with the disgusting premonition of Ember's gross food covered binky being swapped with my helpless tiny babie's in August I stuck to my guns with lots of support from Daddy and Buddy and didn't give in! So after a few days of holding the broken "baba" I told her she could trade her broken binky for a something. She decided she would like to have a Cinderella Happy Cake! So after a week when she was sleeping, on occasion, with only a few minutes of crying, we made her some delicious gluten free cupcakes with a Cinderella on top!

4 months pregnant!

Ok here is the first picture I have taken where you can actually tell I am pregnant! I am finally feeling better! YAY! But getting some wicked headaches at the end of the day :( I am not feeling the baby quite yet but I'm hoping that changes soon! The exciting news is that at the end of the month we get to find out the gender of the baby! We will keep you all posted!

What we have been up to!

As you can see Ember likes to be nakey! :)

The kiddos having a movie night!

Sorry we have not posted anything since January! We have been spending our time doing some not so fun things. Lets start with Jim. Jim has had knee surgery on BOTH of his knees this month. After a long time of pain and some swollen knees him and his surgeon decided he needed to have a repair surgery done on both knees. He has been home recovering and trying to make it to work when he can to do office work, which we appreciate, so that maybe he will have some vacation left for when the baby comes! So right now he is busy doing physical therapy to get back to his active self!

I haven't been in much better shape. As with the last time I was pregnant the first trimester and me are enemies! So after 12 weeks of puking and feeling pretty much miserable I was really looking forward to the heavenly moment I had with Ember's pregnancy when I woke up and felt awesome. Unfortunately, that is not what happened. So here I am almost 15 weeks not throwing up as much, but now feeling light headed and dizzy all day. Oh the joys of motherhood.

So needless to say after having two gimpy parents Ember has been enjoying a lot of time with both sets of grandparents! And we appreciate all the help they have all given us!

Also in the past month we had a visit from the Albuquerque Finney's up at Buddy and Pappy's house.

What's next for the Anthem Daultons is more rest, hopefully some lifted spirits, nice warm weather here in the desert (80 degrees tomorrow!) and a spring with less injury and sickness!

Hope you are all doing well!

A final catch-up on 2010

Here are a final few pictures from 2010. We started December with Jim's 30th birthday where I surprised him with the announcement that I am pregnant! A few days later we celebrated Ember's 2nd birthday with all of our friends and our parents. She had a Curious George themed birthday and had a great day! Then we headed up to Flagstaff in the snow to celebrate Christmas with the family! And the year rounded out with a freak snow storm in Anthem!! It is still pretty cold here but finally getting warmer! 2011 has been good so far except the few bouts of morning sickness that are kicking in :( We will update more later!!

Farewell November here is to a calm December!

November has been the most trial filled month of the past few years! It started with Grandpa going to heaven. Then ended with a wonderful, sweet funeral for Pappy after he decided to join Grandpa in heaven. I feel so blessed to have had two wonderful grandpas who couldn't have been more different but the same in their love for all of us! I was truly blessed to have been able to spend time with both and say my goodbyes before they passed away. Now that the initial stress, sadness and anger is subsiding I can see the blessing in that opportunity :) One happy moment in November was the success of Jim getting his first Elk during his hunt and now we have a FULL freezer!

So we started December off on a happy note celebrating Mom's birthday with a trip on the Polar Express. I didn't know what Ember would think of the whole thing but she was very excited and even liked Santa! She is walking around with the bell he gave her and tells me all about him giving it to her! She is growing up WAY too fast! I mailed out her 2nd birthday invitations today and we had our first movie date to see Tangled! She is talking in full sentences and has become quiet bossy. Yesterday she was in trouble for coming over to me on the couch and saying, "Mama, you no sit here, I sit here you get down now!" that was after we had an argument that went something like this, "Mama, wheres my baba?" " I don't know Ember what did you do with it?" "Mama, you have it!" "No I don't Ember." "Mama, where is it, you have it! I have it?" "Ember I don't have it you go find it!" "Mama, You find it now and then I have it!".......guess who won? Yeah I went and found it and she got it :( One point Ember!

So up next on the Gypsy Train is Jim's 30th Birthday which we have jointly decided to celebrate in January so he gets a real celebration not a rushed Christmas time one :) That is followed by Ember's 2nd Birthday party and then Christmas in Flagstaff! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

Halloween and Fall

We have had a great time enjoying the better weather here in Phoenix! We took Ember to a pumpkin patch in Scottsdale and went on a wagon and picked a few pumpkins. Then we headed up to Flagstaff and went to Pinewood's halloween festival so we could spend Halloween with daddy! This week we had our best friends Sammie and Kaiya down for a sleep over while Jim worked. Our next adventure is off to Atlanta to honor Grandpa and see the Finney family. We will post pictures when we get home!

September Activites

We had a busy September and October hasn't been any calmer! We moved, mommy left the family to go to Atlanta, and this week celebrated Jim's dad's 72nd birthday! We also have been enjoying the cooler weather, we even got a hike in! As you maybe noticed there is a half naked picture of Ember! I wanted to share her new favorite hobby......half taking off her clothes :( Hope you are all doing well!