BIG GIRL BED!

Well, we've done it. We switched Emma to a big girl bed. Emma loves to climb in her big girl bed. I'll let you know how she does. Kevin is a little worried that she will get up and play in her room. I guess we will see. I made the orange covers for the side rails, cool huh? I was pretty proud of myself. =)

I love you mama

Now this is why I am a parent. I was rocking Emma tonight before bed and she reached up and ever so gently rubbed my cheek and said "I love you mama". Oooohhhhh, I think my heart melted at that very moment. My eyes teared up a bit. It was one of the sweetest moments I have had as a mother. It is all worth it for these moments!

Swim Lessons

I signed Emma up for swim lessons this summer. The city actually offers lessons for 2 year olds, most cities you have to take a mommy and me class. It is great! I don't have to get in the water and Emma loves it. The first few days she was a little hesitant in the water and wouldn't move without holding onto someone's hand. Being that she was the only girl with 5 other boys in the class the swim instructors tended to baby her, I asked the swim teachers if they could try to get her to start walking on her own in the water. After one session she was off on her own! My baby is getting so big.

Odd ball

I put Emma on the potty today to see if she would go, she didn't, but I walked out to get a clean diaper and some pants and I came back and she was wearing her bloomers on her head. She is such a goofball. She is definitely my daughter, when I was a kid I always liked putting pantyhose, the legs of cut off jeans, and other weird things on my head! hehehe =)

Share

While we were visiting Kaleb this last week the funniest thing happened. I was dishing out cherry cobbler to everyone. I had given Emma a scoop of vanilla ice cream first. Well, by the time I sat down to eat my cherry cobbler Emma was done with her ice cream. She looked at my bowl and said, "Mmmmm, pie." I told her, "Emma, you already had your ice cream, this is mama's." And she said, "Mama, share!" Well, how could I resist! You can't teach a 2 year old to share if you won't share. She is so clever.

Kaleb

My mom, Emma, and I are flew out to see Kaleb, my brothers new baby and Emma's cousin. We stayed June 11th-June 15th. We didn't do anything exciting other than sit and hold a sweet baby! It was great, I miss him now that I am back home. Here are some really great pictures of Kaleb.

The first time our mom held Kaleb.
These are a few of my favorite pictures of Kaleb. Krystal looks tired! Krystal's Grandma was visiting this week too. Bath time. It was fun to bathe them together. Emma holding Kaleb. She called him baby Kaluv, which sounded like k-love. Krispy Kreme. Yummy.Emma and Uncle Brian.Holding baby Kaleb.

Maddy and Anna

I babysat for Laura tonight and I took the most beautiful picture. I just love these girls!

Art projects

I am trying to be better with Emma about doing art projects. If I take her to the reading time at the library they give out easy already prepared art projects. Emma loves to color, glue, paint, play with stickers, and try to use the scissors.

Naked baby

After Emma's bath she ran out into the
living room and grabbed my hat.

Free Food

Chipotle was giving out free burritos and taco's to anyone who would bring in canned food for the local food bank. So we waited in line for some free food! It is about 8pm when we took these pictures, notice the line that is still outside the window.

Just like papa

Emma just adores her papa. Here she is trying to lean against the wall just like papa. She tried so hard but she couldn't quite figure out how to cross her leg in front of her other leg.

Ft Worth Zoo

Well, you know how much Emma loves animals. Laura and I decided to take the girls to the zoo today! It was a blast. We didn't see the whole zoo. When you have children of napping age it is a bummer some time. It was fun even though it was hot! Here is a video of Emma talking to the monkeys. Funny!

"Hi, Monkeys"

I love this picture of the girls looking at the orangutans!
Baby Giraffe
Elephants. Boy it sure is hot out here!
Laura and I. (It's so rare we get pictures of ourselves!)