I finally went through all the emails I got for 3 Trees Gotta Go and approved people. I couldn’t write back to everyone, but I did read each and every email. I’m very sorry if you did not get a reply, I’m trying to sort through my inbox and make sense of everything and that can be quite a task at times! I always sit down to do it late at night because it usually takes a while and I like to do it all at once, when the girls can’t interrupt me. Anyway, if you registered and still don’t have access, email me.
Isn’t it funny the kinds of emails you get? Like I really want to enlarge my penis size. RIGHT. Or how about a new portable oxygen concentrator? Yah. Mmmmk.

A few things. . .

1. My boutique got a face lift. Again! I know. But this one is really nice, clean, and professional looking. I adore it.

2. I’m having a Back to School Sale! Free shipping on all domestic orders.

3. I have several new things (including the infant clippies) so go look!

4. I’m thinking about starting up an affiliate program where you can earn money by referring people to my boutique. Cool, right?

5. If you have acne scars then that site might interest you. The site in the link, not my boutique. :P

That’s it for now!

- I like the fact that it takes about 13 minutes one way to get to the grocery store. It helps me shop smarter and not go out as often for small cravings.

- I’m not really liking the fact that Verizon doesn’t have towers out here yet, so my cell phone doesn’t get very good reception. Maybe I need a cell phone repeater?

- A plus to not having a good cell phone signal - not as many unwanted calls!

- I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many stars before!

- Not living near a mall/craft store/etc. really, really helps me save money. It’s so tempting when you get bored and the nearest mall is less than a 10 minute drive away!

- I love the glimpse of nature that comes with living away from the city. Especially the deer that come up into the field in the mornings.

I could go on and on.

I don’t think I’ve ever really spoken much about Emma’s temper. She’s had an extremely bad temper since the day she was born. I remember when I would go see her in the NICU, she would scream and scream and scream, and I remember thinking, “What the heck am I going to do with this baby?” That might sound harsh, but the entire experience was very overwhelming. I had Ava who was happy and content, hardly cried, and then Emma who was the exact opposite. In the beginning I always felt sort of guilty, wondering if I would “like” Ava more than Emma because Emma seemed to be so “difficult”.
Well, turns out I like them equally the same - and I’m not just saying that to sound good! Emma’s temper is getting worse the older she gets. Let me give you a couple examples of her temper. She goes from 0 to 60 in a split second. She always has. One moment she will be happy the next she will be screaming at the top of her lungs. It’s a piercing scream, louder than I’ve ever heard any baby scream before. If she feels like she’s not getting what she wants when she wants it, she throws a bloody fit. We’re talking like, arms flailing, legs kicking, frothing at the mouth. Her temper has gotten much worse lately. The fits are magnified and I have a feeling she’s not going to cool down any time soon.
I’ve always had a feeling that Emma’s temper might be related to the fact that she’s a preemie baby. The reason I had them when I did is because Emma was on the verge of growth retardation - she had hardly any growth from one appointment to the next when they decided to take them early. They had two placentas, but for some reason Emma’s placenta stopped working properly and she wasn’t getting the nourishment she needed. Ava, on the other hand, displays no signs that she was premature. She has always acted like and developed like a full term baby.
So tonight I was browsing around and came across some interesting articles that have confirmed our suspicions. I’m convinced now that Emma does some of the things she does purely from her prematurity. It’s not just the temper that had stood out. She is very, very stubborn. She knows how to do something, but she won’t do it until she darn well feels like it. She’s also fairly lazy. It might seem odd to call a baby lazy, but it ties in with the stubbornness. She was capable of crawling “normally” much before she decided to actually do it. She would often just sit there and wait for you to give her what she wanted, or she would drag herself with one arm to where she wanted to be. We knew she could crawl on all fours because we had seen her do it, but she just didn’t want to the majority of the time. I’m pretty impressed though, she’s consistently crawling on all fours now. I can’t remember the last time she did the one arm crawl. Now if we could just convince her to walk… I think she is capable of standing on her own, maybe not walking yet, but I think she could stand on her own, she just doesn’t feel like she wants to yet. Sometimes you can catch her not paying attention and she’ll “accidently” stand without holding on to something. So I know she can, she just doesn’t want to.
Anyway, I read some studies on personalities of premature baby girls, and so much of it matched up exactly to how Emma is. It’s very clear that she possesses personality traits that are commonly found in premature babies. It’s frustrating to hear from a pediatrician that these types of things are not related to prematurity, but how can it not be? If you think about it, it makes total sense.
Some of the points in the articles that described Emma are:
(This is getting long so I’m going to put the rest behind a cut) Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sooooooooo ready for fall. I can’t wait to wear jeans, sweatshirts, SHOES. I don’t even know when the last time was I actually put shoes on. I’m also looking forward to attending high school football games, watching the leaves change colors, and being able to go outside without getting instantly sticky from the humidity. I think fall is probably my most favorite season. Fall and spring. I like the happy mediums.
It will also be much more pleasant to build when the weather cools down. I don’t expect we’ll start until September. It’s just too hot right now. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to do the inside stuff where we can pick out everything for each room from the flooring to light fixtures.
So, if fall could hurry up and get here, that would be nice.