A big two year old!

Emmy's birthday was lots of fun this year. We had been talking the day up for a week or so. She knew exactly what she wanted! First thing out of her mouth when she woke up in the morning was 'Emmy's birfday, I wear Sunshine and have Manny cake!' She loves her Little Miss Sunshine shirt so much, and my mom was making her a Manny cake, and he is her favorite. So we ate breakfast, put on her Sunshine shirt, and asked her what she wanted to do! At first all she wanted was to stay home, play with Daddy, and watch cartoons. So we stayed home until nap time.

After nap time we asked her what she wanted to do. She wanted to get a fruit smoothie and play at the mall playground. So we went to the mall to do just that! Dan and I just sat and watched her play. She loves to play around and with other kids. She has so much fun at the mall playground, despite the chaos that is there!!! After her fruit smoothie, we headed home and then to Aunt Celeste's for her birthday party. Our house is so small, we are so happy that Aunt Celeste offered to have the dinner and cake and ice cream at her house, thank you!!!

We ate Emmy's favorite dinner, Cafe Rio Salads, and then opened presents. She got great gifts from everyone, and loves all her toys especially this baby doll from Celeste, Ty and Layn (her first). She loves the doll, and is constantly trying to 'change the bum' on her doll.

After presents we had cake and ice cream. Emmy was in love with her Manny cake, as you can see by her giving kisses to him. She loves anything to do with Manny. I think its so funny, you can't find any girl stuff with Handy Manny on it! Thank you Mamaw for the great cake!

Emmy had a great birthday. Thanks to all who helped make the day special. I can't believe she's two. Its amazing to me how fast these first two years have flown by! They become toddlers so fast, and lose the baby-ness about them! She is still so much fun though, I wouldn't trade it or go back! We love you Emmy.

Merry Christmas etc.

Things have been a bit crazy around here lately! I went on a work trip to Disneyland for a couple days, and it was Emmy Daddy time while I was gone!!! They had a great time together, of course. What's not to love about Daddy time? Daddy's are way more fun than that tired and nauseated Mommy!!!

A few happenings around here, Emmy had a birthday, and I have not yet

posted pictures. Its on my list to do, but I need to download the pictures still. I know, procrastination! She got lots of fun toys, and had a small party with family. Here is a picture of her with her favorite friend from her birthday. She got this Mickey from Peepaw, and just loves him, he goes everywhere with her!!!

Aunt Nanny sends so much fun stuff for Emmy. Here are a couple pictures of some of the fun things. At Halloween she sent a bunch of orange and pumpkin stuff, and for some reason Emmy loves these pumpkin slippers. She can't walk on our hard floors without sliding all over, but she still loves to put them on and try to walk around in them!

I think she loves that she can put them on herself too, she is obsessed with trying to dress herself lately. She will go in her room and get all the piles of clean folded clothing, bring them into the front room and spend the next hour trying to dress herself with them. Its too funny, Daddy calls it fashion show, even though she is rarely successful at actually getting dressed. I'm all for the independence though!!!

This next picture is of the gingerbread house Nanny and Grams Fae sent for Christmas! Emmy had so much fun putting it together for FHE! The directions say you have to let the house sit for 15 minutes after putting the walls up, and that was hard for Emmy to do. She was so excited to decorate it! She loved it. Thanks so much Nanny and Grams!!! It was so fun to do!

Yes, Emmy is licking her fingers. Although that icing does not look the least appealing to me, she couldn't keep her fingers out of her mouth!

Emmy loves anything that has to do with Christmas, which is really good for me, cause I have the tendency to be a bit of a scrooge when it comes to Christmas. I love the meaning of the holiday, and all the traditions, I just dislike the crowds and how everyone is extra stressed, and everyone in the malls, on the roads, etc. are just plain rude to each other. Emmy is a good reminder of the good about the holidays to me. Every time she hears Christmas music, sees lights, spots someone sporting a Santa hat, or sees a Christmas tree she comes right up to my face and says 'dats Cismiss Momma, dats Cismiss (Christmas)'. Its cute, and definitely puts everyone in a better mood around here.

Hope you all have happy holidays! We sure will! Merry Christmas!!!!!!

So, on a side note.

What does this mean? First of all, it means that I am not immune to pregnancy tests!!! Hooray! For those of you that haven't heard the story, lets just say I have a 1 win 15 losses record with pregnancy tests, and all of the tests were taken when I was at least 3 weeks pregnant!!! So I am happy to know I don't have to get several blood tests to figure out I really am pregnant and not just going crazy! :)

Second, this means that all the tiredness and sleeping in I have been blogging about does not mean I have mono!!! With Emmy, the first trimester was the most difficult, cause I was so tired. It gets easier for me from there, even the last few weeks I am not as tired as the first few months!!!

We will be having another baby next summer, isn't that the greatest time to have a baby here? Yeah, I didn't exactly plan that very well, did I? But its okay, I will take it!

Thanksgiving -- finally!

I know, the holiday was over a week ago! HA!

We spent our holiday in fabulous Baton Rouge, Louisiana! Thank you again, Bill for having us out. We had a great trip, very relaxing. I slept in every morning, I really took advantage of Dan being around!!! Emmy had a blast with her PeePaw (that's what she calls Grandpa).

We visited Mike the Tiger at LSU (seriously, still shocked at how many people were there just looking at the tiger).

Had Thanksgiving dinner with Dan's Aunt Donna and Uncle Scott - delicious food! My favorite was the cranberry chutney over cream cheese with crackers to dip and eat. Yum-oh!!!

Visited with Dan's mom a lot, including going to Baskin Robbins - Emmy loved it. Ate almost an entire scoop of ice cream!

And just hung out! Emmy had so much fun, and just loved spending time with PeePaw. We can't wait to visit again, hopefully sooner than later. :)

Long time, no post!

Wow!  It really has been a while!  I have just been so exhausted lately, hmmmmm.....

Anyway, we are in Louisiana right now, Baton Rouge, visiting Dan's Dad, and having a blast.  Here is a picture of Emmy's favorite thing to see here:

This is Mike the Tiger, LSU's current mascot!  They have the most amazing tiger enclosure for him, and he is visited by thousands and thousands of people each year.  LSU blood runs deep!  I am constantly amazed at what great fans there are here in Baton Rouge, and the entire south.  Although they had a pretty sad game yesterday!  We were at a rest home for the last five minutes of playing time, and it amazed me that all the patients were actually focused on the game, and knew what was going on!  The south is the place to have a football team, they have the best fans!  

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  We sure did!  Post more soon.

Happy Halloween!

I know, its a little late. I have been playing catch-up around the house. Every weekend I seem to get really behind, and every Monday I have to try to get everything done at once! I guess I am just a true procrastinator, down to the core :)

This year Emmy was a butterfly. She had the most adorable wings, and two really cute curled pigtails. She loved being a butterfly actually. When we first got the wings, she didn't want anything to do with them. One night her Papa was over for dinner, and told her that when she wore the wings she would get candy. She immediately let him put them on her and turned as said I want "candy, cah-ket (chocolate)." So, for the past week every time she saw them she would ask for 'cah-ket' and want to put them on. The night of Halloween she was so excited to get candy! We went to my parents ward Trunk or Treat. She walked up to each person and said 'cer teat' (trick or treat), even the scary ones. This girl has her priorities right, candy over being afraid of scary people! Ha! She got tons of candy, and probably would have eaten it all that night if I let her!

Here are a few pictures of the night.

Ready to go Trick or Treating!

At the Trunk or Treat with Uncle Roger.

Ty and Celeste, didn't he make a great Joker?

He was acting so funny, he kept hiding and scaring me, totally in character!

It's so hard to be so little and not be able to go down the big slide :) They watched for a good half an hour!

Daddy's Little Girl

I think all children have a special relationship with their Daddy. This is especially true for Emmy and Dan! I can remember my Daddy when I was a little girl being so much fun, coming home from work and playing games with us. I remember my Dad inventing a game called the Tickle Monster. He would lie on the floor and pretend to sleep, and all us kids would sit on the couch. If any of us dared to leave the safety of the couch and get too close, he would wake up and tickle us until we got away. I remember that game being so much fun for all four of the kids in my family. Really my Dad was probably just tired, and this game helped him get a little rest!

Dan and Emmy have invented so many games, just like I remember my Dad doing when I was little. As soon as Emmy hears Daddy at the door, she looks at me and says "Daddy find you". Then she runs off to hide in one of the bedrooms, and waits for Daddy to come find her! She loves to 'hide' - even though she still thinks just cause she can't see Daddy he can't see her! They have made up countless games - panda bear, Emmy sandwich, puppies, etc. Dan's creativity amazes me. How he can go to school all day long, not to mention ride the bus system there and back, and still comes home and loves to play with Emmy is something I admire in him.

Although kids typically cry for Mommy when they get hurt, are hungry, need a diaper change, or are tired --- Daddy's have the best job and develop a unique relationship through love and play time!!!