Boo Boo's

This is the most tragic story. We were all going to meet my mom for dinner at Jason's Deli. I walked ahead of Kevin and Emma to see if my mom was in the restaurant already. I turned around to lock the door of the van just in time to see Kevin tripping on the curb and falling to the ground while holding Emma. He tried so hard to roll her out of his arms so that he wouldn't land on her, but from my perspective it looked more like he threw her face first into the ground. I rushed over to her and scooped her up and she was still in the silent cry, you know what I mean. There was blood all over her mouth. My mom rushed out of the restaurant and I sent her to get a wet towel to wipe the blood off and some ice. Poor Kevin, he tore his pants and his knee was bleeding badly. When he saw Emma with blood on her face he immediately teared up and I could tell he felt horrible! After several minutes I was able to get Emma settled down enough that I could assess the damage. I wiped away the blood and found that she had busted open her lip and scraped her upper lip on the concrete. Luckily all her teeth were secure, that is what I was most worried about. She also had some road burn on ther left shoulder and forearm. It was tragic. She had been in such a fun giggly mood and then it was ruined. Of course it didn't help that I later pinched her finger b/w with highchair and the table. She cried almost the entire time we were in Jason's. So afterwards we took her to Target and bought her a small toy. I know, we shouldn't use bribery for good behavior, but we felt so bad for her.

Here is a picture of her the night it happened.
She also had a scrap on her left shoulder.

Here are some pictures the next day.

Kevin's Knee, ouch!

Silly Goose

Emma cracks me up all the time. She found these two pair of baby rattle socks. She put a pair on her hands and feet. She thought it was the funniest thing. It amazes me what she can find entertaining.

Pigtails

Ok, these are the cutest pictures ever!! I put Emma's hair in pigtails and it was so cute. It somehow seem to make her look a lot older I think. (And yes, she is sitting on the toilet.)

Beam me up, Scotty

Here is what happens when you give a two year old some old hair bands to play with. =)

Steer

I went to lunch with a friend of mine in Southlake today. The town center is such a neat place to walk around and shop. As art Southlake has artist decorate these steer's. Some of the steer's are more interesting than others. I found this one particularly neat and pretty. So I got Emma out of the car and took her picture with it. hehe =)

Watermellon Store

While Emma and I waited in the car Kevin ran into the back to deposit a check. After a few minutes Emma asked where daddy was and I told her that he went into the store. She saw this sign in the window and said, "Daddy in the watermellon store?". I thought it was so cute so I took a picture. These are the things you don't remember as your children grow up unless you write them down. And as bad as my memory is I would have already forgotten by now had I not written it down and taken a picture.

Pony Tail

Emma finally has enough hair to make a pony tail!

Isn't she cute? I sure think so.

Painting

I cracked out the art projects for Emma to work on today. Here are her finished projects. I have been hanging them up in the playroom. They decorates the playroom nicely. She kept getting paint on her shirt so I just stripped her down. Much easier. =)

Sprinklers

I needed to trim the bushes really badly. So I thought I would let Emma play in the sprinklers while I trimmed the bushes. She didn't really like the crazy everywhere spray of the sprinklers but then she learned she could grab one of the hoses and spray it where ever she wanted. She is so creative.

Kaleb

My mom went out to NC to visit my brother, Brian, his wife, Krystal, and their baby Kaleb. Here are some adorable pictures of Kaleb. I wish I could have gone to see him. I miss them all. =(
Here is the cutest video of Kaleb laughing!

Family Pictures - Time to go home

Aunt and Uncle pressure

So instead of peer pressure we gave our nephew "aunt and uncle pressure". We convinced Xavier to give up the shaggy look and do a blue mohawk. And he let Kevin cut it, even though Kevin's never cut a mohawk before! Hehehe. Actually I think it turned out cute. We even convinced Xavier's stepbrother, Jacob, to do it too. Man, I wish I could have a blue mohawk. =)

Coming Home From the Dells

It was about and hour and a half trip from where Jeanna and Mike lived to the Wisconsin Dells. After Summer and Emma took a nap they were entertaining themselves. They are so silly!

Also, here are Kevin and I being silly ourselves. Actually, it's me being silly and Kevin is humoring me as always! hehe

Wedding in the Wisconsin Dells

While we were visiting Kevin's sister, Jeanna, got married to Mike on August 11th in the Wisconsin Dells. It was a fun trip and Emma did great. She got to play with her three cousins, Xavier, Jacob, and Summer. Here are some pictures to highlight the wedding and weekend in with Dells.

The hotel we stayed in had a water park! It was great, Emma loved it. Unfortunately she got a cold and had a fever the night of the wedding so she went to bed early. But she got to enjoy the water park two times.


The wedding was very nice! Kevin walked his sister down the aisle and Emma was a flower girl.



It was so awesome the Kevin and Jeanna's aunt, Donna, and cousin, Kim, (with her husband and son) were able to make it to the wedding. That was very special to both of them.

Batting Eyelids

We taught Emma how to bat her eyelashes to get something she wants. Here is her attempt to convince Uncle Mike to play more Ring Around the Rosies. Personally, I think she looks like she is having seizures! She is so funny.

Ring Around the Rosies

Emma loved to play Ring Around the Rosies.
Here she has some willing victims, I mean, participants! hehe

Vacation in Wisconsin

We went out of town to Wisconsin on August 7-15th to visit Kevin's family. It was so nice be around his family. I really do wish they lived closer so that Emma could grow up with some cousins! While we were visiting we went to this really neat organic farm out in the middle of no where. On certain nights the people who live on the farm cook stone fire pizza. It was a neat experience and was a lot of fun! Plus the pizza rocked!

Hi Maddy!

Laura and I have figured out how to use the video chatting program! It really has helped me not miss her as much when I can see her face on the computer and we can talk for a while. Well, this afternoon we let the girls talk. It was so funny to watch them. They really didn't seem to know what to do, I think Emma thought it was just a picture of Maddy and was confused when she started moving and talking. hehehe Emma brought Maddy some of her toys to play with together, I thought that was funny. I can't wait to see them again!

Holding Hands with A Boy!

I just think it is so cute when Emma holds hands with other kids. Here she is holding hands with a little boy from church. This is before they each think the other had cooties! hehe

In Trouble

Emma got in trouble tonight for being ugly with us and being disobedient. We took her food away and turned her into the corner. Here she is crying and saying "hold you, mama" (translation: hold me, mama). I thought it humorous, so I included it for you.