Carousel

There is a carousel at the mall and the girls love to ride on it. We don't get to do it very often, I hate paying $1.75 for a 2 minute ride. But every once in a while its worth seeing them laugh and smile.

Sprinklers

I was being spontaneous today and I let Emma play in the sprinklers across the street. She had a great time. I am trying to be more spontaneous lately.


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Friends at the park

We met at the park with our friends today. We tried to get 4 children b/w 18mo and 2 years old to sit still and smile so we could take a picture. Yeah, well, here are a few of the best ones. It was cute, I showed Emma the picture and said "who's this". Emma said there were two Emma's and two Maddy's in the picture! It was funny.

MeMa's Birthday

For my mom's 50th birthday I have planned for 50 different friends or family to give her a gift every day for 50 day's before her birthday. Emma was the first day. So we went in to surprise her and start the birthday celebration. We decorated her door and had cupcakes. She was very surprised. Here are a few pictures from today.

Windy

I rolled the window down while we were driving home the other day and Emma thought it was the neatest thing! She laughed so much.

Over the hills and through the woods...

To Gigi's house we go. We traveled to my grandparents house for a family reunion this last weekend. We left on Friday night thinking that Emma would sleep the 8 hr trip. Ummm, no. She took a hour nap and was up until 2:30am when we got there. Although we were all exhausted she was so good! On the way back she only napped for 20 min and then finally fell asleep the last hour of the trip. She wasn't quite as happy on the way home sitting in her car seat the whole time. Towards the end she kept saying "up, up". It was kindof sad. Here are some pictures of Emma with her great uncle David, Great grandma (Gigi) and Great grandpa (Papa), and her great aunt DeAnna.

Dancing Queen

Emma just loves to dance!


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Packing

We are going on vacation so we pulled out the suitcases. Emma thought they were some kind of ride. She wanted them to move and go. It was funny.

Dancing in the rain, I'm dancing in the rain....

It was sprinkling tonight so I was being spontaneous and let Emma play in the rain. She thought it was a blast. I am trying to be more spontaneous lately.

Pee pee on the potty!

I bought a book about peeing on the potty, thinking it may keep her sitting longer. Yeah right!

Giggles and laughs

Emma and I were playing on the couch and she was in such a good mood so I cracked out the camera. She is the cutest baby ever!

Groceries

At one of our grocery store they have these neat cars attached to the shopping cars and you know how much Emma loves to drive so I thought I would give it a try. Emma loved it and it kept her busy an quite. She loved to honk to horn.

Grapefest

Laura and I took our girls to the Grapefest today. It was so much fun. They had a ton of stuff for the girls to do. We shopped around and then let them play in the kid area. The kid area included tricycles, big legos, crayons, a petting zoo, bounce house, and a kid train. It was so much fun and the girls loved it. We wished that it was available all year long, not just for this few short days. Here are some really cute pictures of all of us on the train, the petting zoo, and the girls playing. You can click on the images to make them bigger if you want a closer look.

Cool weather

Finally, a day that isn't 110 degrees outside! Emma and I went to the park, a real park. We meet Laura and Maddy. It was so nice. I wanted to get a blanket and lay on the grass and take a nap. Of course, I would have had to tie Emma up to a tree or something to keep her from wandering off while I napped. Guess we forgo those type of things when we have children huh? We had a great time at the park. We are going to go back tomorrow if the weather is still nice. I LOVE the fall. It is my favorite time of year.

Church

Kevin took Emma to Church today! I am so excited, I wish I could have gone. Not being able to go to church is the one thing that is really hard about working weekends. We have been waiting until Emma can walk before we take her to church. That way she isn't crawling over the floor and then sticking germs in her mouth when she sucks her thumb. So hopefully she won't get sick too much this next fall/winter/spring. I am sure we are going to have to deal with her being sick several times being "exposed" to all the other children. I guess we will see.

Belly Button

I showed Emma where her belly button was today. It's so cute. She is so cubby that she has to move her fat out of the way to find it. When she finds it she laughs and sticks her finger in her belly button and wiggles it around. I will try to get it on video. It is really cute.

Box?

Now that Emma is walking she loves to carry things around. Especially boxes. She loves to carry around the wet wipes box. She hasn't figured out how to open it yet so there can't be much harm to it, plus, it keeps her hands occupied and out of trouble.

Ice cream

We took Emma to an ice cream parlor (do they use that word still?). We got her a small scoop of vanilla ice cream. She loved it. She ate all her's then some of mine. She cried when it was all gone!

Bird

My mom got Emma a toy bird recently. When you push it's tail it sings. Emma loves it. Well, today Abby got ahold of it. Here is a picture of Emma kissing the bird, and then shortly after I found it chewed up. So, I sewed it up. I think it looks a bit creepy, but Emma still liked it.

Outfit

I just love that Emma is walking now so that I can put her in cute clothes. Before I would have to worry about catching dresses when she crawled. Now I can put her in all types of cute skirts and dressed!

Bath Time Pictures

So tired

Emma was watching Boz (her favorite DVD) while I was vacuuming. I still put her in the exersaucer sometimes when I can't have her following me around. When I was done I came back and found her sleeping. Isn't she cute?

Good News/Bad News

The good news is that Emma does not have a UTI . The bad news is we don't know what's wrong with her. Kevin said she was a bit fussy this weekend but overall seemed ok. Today Emma was very fussy and had a fever of 100.1 this afternoon. She took a great nap and seemed happy tonight. The MD wanted to wait it out for a week or so and see how she is feeling. We'll see how she is this week.

UTI?

I took Emma to the doctor today. I have been wondering lately if Emma might have a urinary tract infection (UTI) or bladder infection. The other day she was pulling at her diaper and crying and last night she was crying saying "Potty, peepee, owwie". Last night she also had a low grade temp of 99.8. So I decided to go ahead and take her into the Dr's office. The MD examined her thoroughly. I think he thought I was making it up or over paranoid b/c it is unusual for children of this age to have UTI's. So I put a urine collection bag on her and we waited, and waited, and waited for her to pee. Finally, she peed and they did a dip stick test and it showed +1 Lukocytes, which basically means she could have an infection or it could be contamination since they did not collect the urine by a sterile method (which would have included a catheter and very invasive and painful). Anyways, so the MD is going to send off the urine for a culture and he started her on antibiotics. We'll find out Monday! I'll let you know.

Fish

Emma loves fish. We have a fish tank that she stops at frequently to look at the fish. We also redid her bathroom in fish which she loves. Here we are at the mall looking at some fish!

The Real Park

Now that Emma is walking I took her to the real park today. She seemed to really like it. I found a park near where grandma lives that has the soft squishy foam flooring instead of bark. That way Emma could walk without stumbling. She seemed to really like it, but boy was it hot! Her cheeks were all red when we left. I stripped off her pants when I put her in the car and cranked up the air. (I put her in pants so that if she fell she wouldn't scrape her knees, also she crawled up the stairs).