Claire is HERE!

6 lbs 9 oz
19 3/4 inches long
Born at 11:04 am December 30, 2008
She's Perfect!

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I am stunned.. Little baby Claire has yet to show up. Olivia was 1 week and 1 day early. I thought this baby would be EARLIER then her... apparently she has other plans. Tomorrow (3 days from my due date) I will have my membranes stripped. You can look that one up if you don't know what I'm talking about. If there is still no baby I will be induced January 2. The day after my due date. The Doc says if I don't want a C-section we shouldn't let her get too big (but I am not fond of inducing BEFORE the due date...) So, that's the latest- hoping she comes some time tomorrow... I will be sure to post pics and updates again soon! Oh- p.s. I am SOO happy she didn't come Christmas! What a good little babe!

Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning from Sarisker on Vimeo.
And no, Santa brought no baby. FEW!

Just in case you were wondering...

No, there is no baby here yet. I am a little disappointed she has not come yet. I was really hoping for the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, or 21st. Aaaah rats. Now it is just getting TOO CLOSE to Christmas. Poor Poor little baby. From now on I will be crossing my legs and hoping for January... or December 29th and then on.

Meeting Santa

waiting for her turn.. Almost there!


a little shy... (notice the tight grip on Daddy's jacket!)


warming up a bit...


So happy she made it through, and even got candy! YUMM!!

Olivia got to meet Santa tonight. She did rather well considering her fear of new people. She can be pretty shy. As you can see, there was definitely no sitting on or near the man, but she did tell him a few things. She said she would like a Barbie for Christmas and she said Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Here is my belly at almost exactly 38 weeks. I had my appointment today. I am now dilated to a 3 and 90% affaced. Oh, and I can feel it! I hope hope hope she makes her way into this word before Christmas Day. Our bags are now packed for the hospital and Livies is packed for where ever she ends up! She made sure to pack toys and books (just incase Emmies took her since she has no toys at her house!) Emmies- don't worry she would still LOOOOOVE to go to your house and talks about you 90% of the time she's talking. ;) She loves her Auntie!

Twilight Movie

Here's a link to Bella's Lullaby. Apparently this isn't the song used in the video, but I thought it was quite beautiful! So, the movie... What does every one think?! I was kinda disappointed really. I thought the books were sooo much better. But, that's alright. The first time Edward spoke... UGH, he sounded kinda gay (yes, that is mean...) I thought for sure the movie was ruined after that. His voice got better though, and it ended up being alright, but I must say, the boy is much more attractive when he doesn't speak or smile...Just my opinion though! I am hoping the next movies will be better quality with a bigger budget. We'll see!

Little Miss Blue Eyes

Some random Livie pictures for Ma! (yes, she still LOOOOVES her binkys...even at age 2!)

We are doing good. I'm in pain. No baby yet. This is the week I hope she comes. PLEASE CLAIRE, PLEASE!

Doughnut making

So- this last Sunday we decided to make doughnuts! Yumm! Olivia had fun making and playing in the dough. It is fun that she is old enough to 'help' now. She pours in the ingredients, helps stir (with the helping hand of mommy) and taste tests- even the flour. Turns out flour doesn't taste that great ;) We watched the Christmas devotional and had fun eating our doughnuts and listening to our prophet. Olivia made sure to point out Monson every time he was on the screen and say "LOVE HIM!"
Since Sunday- Livie makes doughnuts in the bath with Barbie. She's quite the cook in the bath these days!

Baby Update

Well- today I went in for another Dr's appointment. The little babe seems to be doing very well. My tummy has been measuring really small and they have seemed a little concerned about this, So, today the Dr took me in to do an ultra-sound to make sure little Claire was not too tiny. She measures about 6 lbs. 3 oz. as of today, so she is right on schedule. She should be right around the same size as Live when she is born- of course depending on how early/late she is. Her head is REALLY far down and ready to push on out- so it hopefully shouldn't be long! I am dialated to 2 1/2 and 80% affaced. I feel 9 months pregnant. There is no denying how uncomfortable the last few months are! I can't wait to hold her and snuggle her! We are excited!!

Talking

Just Talking from Sarisker on Vimeo.
Our video is finally working again! We had to get a new battery for our camera and it took like 7 months... oops! So, more videos to come!! Sorry this is such a lame-o video and isn't that interesting, I mostly just wanted Liv's on video!

Pedicures

Before... (above)

After... (below)

Olivia gets a monthly pedicure. "Lucky Girl" (that is how Olivia refers to herself when she gets her way) She has been getting her pedicures since she was about 1 years old. She LOVES to get her toes painted- although she really dislikes getting her nails clipped. So- in order to get those nasty little toes and fingers clipped (they get so sharp, long and dirty...) I bribe her with some polish when we are done clipping! When we were done today she said "SOO Pretty!" We only do toes, since finger nails are sure to not dry fast enough (we would definitely have polish every where!) Anyway... just for the records- here are some fun things about Liv:

-The other day I had gotten up from the couch and was wobbling to the kitchen to make lunch. After sitting I often grunt and wobble from the pains of a big belly and sore back. I look behind me and Olivia is holding her tummy and wobbling along behind me! She and I laughed about it for awhile. She is so funny- and she knows it!

-While eating our pizza at lunch the other day Olivia started to pull off the little pieces of sausages and putting them on my plate. I said "you don't like them?" She pointed to the sausages and said "turtle poop!" I laughed and laughed, so of course Livs had to add to it and she called her cheese "turtle peeps" She just thought she was hilarious. The odd thing is that she has never scene a real turtle and I'm sure never turtle poop!

-A few months ago Livie picked up her scriptures and starting 'reading'. She proceeded to say "God said...hdjsahfkjash" then she would flip the page and say it again "God said... blah blah" The rest after "God said" was just mumble jumble made up words. Ever since that has been her way of scripture reading.

-We were looking at pictures in the Book of Mormon- you know how they have just a few in the front... anyway- she sees the picture of Jesus and I ask "Who's that?" She says "Jesus" and then a minute later says "Love him!" What a sweet pea! Some how she can always recognize Jesus in any picture and always talks about how either she loves him, or how he loves her. Some times it honeslty makes me wonder if she really does remember Jesus a tiny bit from Heaven.. just maybe!

-Today I was vaccuming all the rooms in the house and Livie was following me around as I went. After I vaccumed her room she says "Thanks Mom!" How sweet it that!? I am getting thanks from a 2 year old. It's always nice to be appreciated! She proceeded to tell me after vaccumig my room "Doin good!" She got lots of hugs for being so sweet!

-Olivia got to see her cousins Sam and Benjamin for Thanksgiving this year. I was really surprised to see how much she LOVED her cousins. Sam and her played together really well.While in the car together Sam and Olivia laughed for about 40 mintues over nothing. They would look at each other and laugh and laugh and laugh. Olivia was so good with baby Benjamin too. She wanted to hold him lots and give him lots of love. She loved every minute she spent with him. It made me happy to know she is no longer jealous of babies and no longer tries to hit them when I hold them. She was nothing but sweet to little Ben. She talks about holding and seeing Ben again constantly. We tell her she will get to see and hold baby Claire really soon and she seems pretty excited about it!

I stole this picture from Kristen's blog! You can just see how happy little Ben makes Olivia!

Family Pictures

Well- on Sunday I thought we would take some family pictures... This one caught us all off guard- we weren't ready yet. hahaha, Now you know what it takes to get a 'good' picture... we most definitely won't be using this one for our Christmas cards!! Isn't it amazing how much friendlier we look with a smile!?

Addresses

If you would like a Christmas card this year (that is if I get around to it) I will need your address. If you know I do not have it- maybe you have moved, or if I've never sent you anything in the mail before.. then give it to me! Please e-mail it to me at Sarahthy5@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Little Runner

So, behind our back yard there is a beautiful trail and field of grass. Livs and I went out the other evening to run and play back there. Olivia LOOOVES to run. She ran down the little hills in the grass over and over again. She could run forever! It is so fun to watch her run and play!

Pictures of Baby Claire! (in the tummy ofcousre)

The comment I hear the MOST about my belly : " You're so tiny!" The above picture is to show you why they may say such things... but then I turn to show the side view... and BOOM! Theres a belly!

So, we are just about a month and a half away from the due date now. It has gone by so fast! So far the pregnancy has been pretty much just like it was with Olivia, except I haven't gained as much weight (yet). With Liv I gained 25 lbs total, and with this one I am only up to 10 lbs now. I suppose I could gain 15 lbs in a month, but it's not likey ;) Oh- and no, I do not TRY to diet or not gain weight, I guess I am just lucky like that- I've always just stuck to the same diet I always eat..
The scariest thing of this pregnancy was that I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I ended up at the hospital doing a loooong 4 hour test and having my blood drawn over and over and over again. It turned out, I DIDN'T have it and the Dr's office was wrong. Lucky for me,or else I would have probably been losing weight and going crazy on that diet. I did a diabetic diet for about 4 days when I didn't know my test results from the hospital. It was a hard diet to stick to (although probably much easier for me since I was doing it for the baby). I really feel bad for diabetics. It's not just that you can't eat sugar, you don't get to eat hardly any carbs either. Sad... Who wants to eat meat all day every day!?
Well, in the past 3 days I have been feeling huge... not so much when I look in the mirror, but I FEEL huge. I feel like I can't grow anymore. I could swear I am dialting and the baby is coming tomorrow... but probably not ;) I am guessing this baby will be early though- I just have so many weird pains that is making me think I will go early. Livie was a week early... but I think this one will be like 2 weeks early. I guess we'll have to wait and see! I have a Dr's visit in 1 week and I am excited to see if I have dialted or if I've just been dreaming these pains!

The New House

Olivia's play room in the basement- it's under the stairwell

The living room/kitchen/dining room area

Olivia's room

my craft/computer/workout treadmill room!

So- we moved... We moved about 40 minutes North of where we were to be closer to Brett's work and for future jobs if needed. It some what stinks for MY job- seeing that now I am 40 minutes away- but I only work on Saturdays- so, it's alright! I work at a salon as a hair-dresser in case anyone didn't know. I've been at this salon for just over 3 years now and I really love it there. Everyone asks if I will keep working after the next baby and moving... I can't decide. We'll wait and see! There are many pros and cons... so, it's a hard decision. Anyway- we love our new house. There are many little fix it projects that come with any house, but so far so good! The floor plan is SOO much nicer then our old house. We REALLY miss our old neighborhood- I don't think any could compare... but we'll adjust! Even Olivia talks frequently about missing her friends and such. It's hard to move... but really it's been pretty good so far. No new friends yet, but that will take awhile!

Halleluja!

We FINALLY have internet after a very long wait! It was killing me! So- here are the latest pics of Olivia- since I know my mom would want these first. I have other posts to make but no time right now. We are off to the temple tonight and I still need to shower and get dressed! So- more later!

Olivia the giraffe! She had a lot of fun with the Eldredges on Halloween this year.

Playing with all the baby stuff that has come out of storage! Olivia loves putting her babies and stuffed animals in the bouncy chair and the swing!

Olivia wearing a baby bunting that was in storage! It never did fit as a baby!

Painting her pumpkin...

Eating an oreo as we walk down stairs to the basement

First snow of the season (about 1 week ago) We got about 3 inches!

Olivia's FAVORITE pj's- it is a PURPLE dress with eyore on them!

Walking around in daddy's shoes

Real Quick

We don't have internet at the new house, which is why there are no new posts! Sorry! I am at work, and have someone coming in in just a minute (busy busy..) but I thought I'd explain why I haven't posted! Hopefully next week we will get ineternet! Pictures of the house and belly soon to come!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch earlier tonight with "Emmies and Ickos" (Emily and Fransisco) Olivia REALLY wanted to see them. She had talked about seeing them all day long, so we thought we would call to see if they could play. Fransisco's brother and his family came along for the fun too. We picked out some pumpkins, took pictures, and hung out. Fransisco had never been to a pumpkin patch- apparently in Equator Halloween is no big deal so he has yet to experience all the fun festivities involved! We planned on carving our pumpkins after the trip, but decided to play board games instead. It was fun to hang out and laugh.

Video Clip

Olivia LOVES THIS video. She asks to watch it over and over "Funny baby mommy, funny baby!" She has the biggest grin when she watches it. She thinks it's hilarious.

Follow my blog!

So- have you sceen the new 'following' feature on Blogspot? It is like a feed-reader on your blogger dashboard. I added a link so you could 'follow' my blog on the side bar (at the bottom) if you want! I've started adding people to my list so I don't have to use my feed-reader anymore. It's kinda nice!

Free Quilt

this girl is giving away a free quilt to a lucky winner! The contest ends tomorrow though... She is a very talented girl- she is a great quilter and photographer- 2 things I am trying to become an expert at too!

Fun in the Bath

I was just thinking while we were bathing the other day- "this bathroom has some good lighting for photos!" So.. you get bath time photos! None of Brett and I though ofcousre.. we are a little camera shy in the tub ;) hehehe