tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13134612178615821892024-03-13T21:51:21.106-07:00EmmaAidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-68547902412736734622009-08-04T08:25:00.000-07:002009-08-04T08:27:04.201-07:00Aidan and Emma have a new Blog!Please check it out, I have decided to combine Aidan and Emma's blogs into one! Go to: <a href="http://aidanandemma.blogspot.com/">http://aidanandemma.blogspot.com</a>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-39169557778397678612009-07-20T10:02:00.001-07:002009-07-20T10:24:07.591-07:00Emma and Aidan's blogsI know I have some followers that only check Emma's blog. Aidan does have a blog on a different site and if you want to follow that one it is: http://aidan-memoirs.livejournal.com I am thinking about combining there blogs into one, b/c I have a hard enough time updating one, since Emma is over a year now, I thought I could creat one that was for both of them, make it easier on me atleast! ha! <br /><br />I need to upload some new pictures I've taken, things have been super crazy around our house with an open house recently and Aidan still getting over this stomach bug which I just found out today it was bacteria related and not a virus, you can read more about that on his blog. Emma is just getting around so fast these days, she doesn't even crawl anymore, but her poor legs are showing a new walker, she has scraps and bruises from tripping and falling down, but she usually just brushes it off and keeps on going, much different than her brother! ha! She is so adventurous as well, when we go to the playground she wants to climb up there right behind Aidan. We went to the park yesterday and I let her climb up behind Aidan and I had to climb up behind her, not the most fun for me, but I didn't want to deny her the enjoyment of climbing up to the slide. She climbed all the way up to the top and it was a huge slide probably about 10 feet or more off the ground, I tried to make her lay on her back and slide her down with Chris waiting at the bottom and he said she was grining from ear to ear when she got to the bottom! Fearless! It took Aidan probably until he was 2 1/2 to get up the nerve to go down big slides. I think I am going to have my hands full with Emma. :)Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-52288928005181354222009-07-15T13:03:00.000-07:002009-07-15T13:45:01.262-07:00Emma trying to SwingI just had to post this video that my mom took of Emma last weekend. She has had this baby swing for a while and Papa Rick has yet to put it up and Emma discovered it while playing and tried her best to swing in it and is clearly upset with her Papa for not having it up for her. too cute!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cyb1sswMAi4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cyb1sswMAi4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I ran across this video of Aidan when he first started walking, so cute when they are learning how to walk. It really doesn't seem like that long ago. He's 3 now and he and Emma both started walking around 15 months.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMY9JuPTUjc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMY9JuPTUjc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-57719255048625992262009-06-25T05:40:00.001-07:002009-06-25T05:40:52.196-07:00Emma's starting to walk!Here is the video of Emma the other day walking around! Enjoy!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2NwgWyjZZMM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2NwgWyjZZMM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-5388428102048856322009-06-22T06:53:00.000-07:002009-06-22T07:06:04.805-07:00We are Walking!Well, I can't believe it, my little baby is walking! She has been teasing us for about a month or less with a few steps here, few steps there, but the past few days she has started walking across the room and can get up from a sitting position and walk off. She has been really good at standing for about a month a half, her one year pictures were mostly of her standing, she has really good balance when she is standing still. She is still very unstable and will fall down after about 10-12 steps, but she is on her way. I got some video of her walking this weekend and will hopefully post it this week. They are so cute when they first start walking, all babies have that drunken walk with their arms in the air, so funny to watch. I love to see the excitement in her face when she is walking or has walked across the room and she turns to see if we saw her, too cute! <br /><br />On another note, I'm so ready for my two babies to stop fighting over me, although part of me loves that they both want me to hold and cuddle them or sit in my lap, its also so frustrating and tears at my heart b/c I end up having to choose one over the other b/c they will both hit and poke at each other if I try to hold them both at the same time. Emma has gotten really good at this and thinks its hilarious to poke at his eyes and pull his hair which he totally freaks out when she does this. She is tough one though, when he does push her or try to be a bully big brother, she is right back at him and is very determined. I still nurse Emma in the evenings and that is usually when Aidan wants to sit in my lap and watch tv or wants me to pick him up, makes my evenings super stressful and Chris trys to intervene and help out, but it usually ends up with them crying louder which I feel bad about too for him. He has a hard time with the crying and whinning, which I do too, but I guess I can tolerate it longer than he can, mommy thing I suppose. This too shall pass I know, but its definitely tough having two so close in age, I'm glad I did, but its hard and exhausting at times!Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-16082659707847603592009-06-15T06:48:00.000-07:002009-06-15T07:46:57.732-07:00Beach Trip 2009We recently got back from our annual family beach trip to Ocean Isle Beach, NC. We had so much fun getting together with the family. Although I feel like I need a vacation from my vacation. The kids had a lot of fun, but there was a lot of fighting over mommy the whole week and boy was it exhausting. I think my family definitely was feeling exhausted for me, b/c as much as everyone including Chris wanted to help me they couldn't when all either of them wanted was me. Don't get me wrong I definitely feel loved by them both, but it is really hard to try to confort both of them at the same time when they are fighting for my attention. Aidan's favorite words that week was "My Mommy!" while he is trying to push Emma away from me, Emma is going to be tough after all of this with her brother, b/c she does not hesitate to push him back. She is closer and closer to walking, but still would rather crawl or her fav to walk around on her knees. I'm not rushing her to walk by any means, but I will be glad in some ways when she does start walking b/c it will mean that Aidan will start walking around everyone again too! Since Emma gets carried around most places, he wants to be carried too and usually by me. Maybe I'll develop some toned arms after all this carrying 35 pounds around! ha! Even though they have times fighting they also have the sweetest moments too when they are laughing and playing together, its so cute. I need to try to get some of those on video. Here are some pictures from the beach. I am also going to post some on Aidan's blog as I need to update his too.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Emma playing on the playground at the beach.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghopvKMVIa54Ub5gA7oXha-9NBu6KCpSY5q4sNtz2Tt9rDcdjKqQZ0QT4YZxSVN6bn6ALjcVLZSYJV4sjzuvnGA4QXnNlQYC1N9Snvapovp-Yf_nfTwsmoUqf3KJzWRuqLb0lk4yXWu30/s1600-h/DSC02890.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555227834508050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghopvKMVIa54Ub5gA7oXha-9NBu6KCpSY5q4sNtz2Tt9rDcdjKqQZ0QT4YZxSVN6bn6ALjcVLZSYJV4sjzuvnGA4QXnNlQYC1N9Snvapovp-Yf_nfTwsmoUqf3KJzWRuqLb0lk4yXWu30/s400/DSC02890.JPG" border="0" /></a> Standing up by the slide<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z569jINJJjR4QYB_MxBvXs1M2vovn1gLyUaYBHQ223wDS6zCaE_FAVHU1FCtizIAEZdHfyxh0tFlTkozZetoMVlKlxenKPbl9iSSa6ZPWDrzFgiH_m8F1BF3GkYoz5VpPLdhubV5Csw/s1600-h/DSC02885.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555224360929042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z569jINJJjR4QYB_MxBvXs1M2vovn1gLyUaYBHQ223wDS6zCaE_FAVHU1FCtizIAEZdHfyxh0tFlTkozZetoMVlKlxenKPbl9iSSa6ZPWDrzFgiH_m8F1BF3GkYoz5VpPLdhubV5Csw/s400/DSC02885.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Loving the slide!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao1lOBQCKCdvdIAszo9Etm1bQjNxpuF5LaqqQBw_iBV1-IsmaH80nptx3oJjguruYmuqHq1xw-Xzfez2ZRVP8coGSH9pzDRUUJykGEGvR2LYiUOFCyYtcLQW6Z-98O27OOIDswzh9pjI/s1600-h/DSC02874.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555222694421858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao1lOBQCKCdvdIAszo9Etm1bQjNxpuF5LaqqQBw_iBV1-IsmaH80nptx3oJjguruYmuqHq1xw-Xzfez2ZRVP8coGSH9pzDRUUJykGEGvR2LYiUOFCyYtcLQW6Z-98O27OOIDswzh9pjI/s400/DSC02874.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Playing in the sand in front of our beach house.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcWcpp_wrAg8rIRN1MpFI1uomHsUWt2s7sR1JiVOt1G0RUDCs-kEpd6u7jqF9FKB4tisyZX9KdtpsKd_VZwCaPC_NRpqxFh_ZeRLCk6HFhlGvG_Uet20fUe6gSXKJWZUopL6qJJPr_Bg/s1600-h/DSC02859.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555091445881186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcWcpp_wrAg8rIRN1MpFI1uomHsUWt2s7sR1JiVOt1G0RUDCs-kEpd6u7jqF9FKB4tisyZX9KdtpsKd_VZwCaPC_NRpqxFh_ZeRLCk6HFhlGvG_Uet20fUe6gSXKJWZUopL6qJJPr_Bg/s400/DSC02859.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sweet Girl<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqEdIaEJl4WT1B6VJHJcJKsi2nftD1JQ7YrcqS8W-HuXqxQHfBsnoWpwmDES4y4LRtyj7o4Zsv12Vv7N7UmJQpN9QEE1CwQgIjCq6SE3HojCnLvbtksW_uu3lackXdgIwDfzoQWtYJPc/s1600-h/DSC02854.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555086180825858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqEdIaEJl4WT1B6VJHJcJKsi2nftD1JQ7YrcqS8W-HuXqxQHfBsnoWpwmDES4y4LRtyj7o4Zsv12Vv7N7UmJQpN9QEE1CwQgIjCq6SE3HojCnLvbtksW_uu3lackXdgIwDfzoQWtYJPc/s400/DSC02854.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Playing with her brother in the sand<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jX1gHFvH6EfOI8tdBcVTtNs1HvNKarPeMJg-RJUlEqD-w9fM6R9ab8vskQ5QbgMzrfdMfKwhbrlQxnHWurYgwRTmJZ8HBWHk4EfVWY3v2YIDKSwh_zq33sa5qYInvoySHf2svymS6l0/s1600-h/DSC02850.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555080570064786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jX1gHFvH6EfOI8tdBcVTtNs1HvNKarPeMJg-RJUlEqD-w9fM6R9ab8vskQ5QbgMzrfdMfKwhbrlQxnHWurYgwRTmJZ8HBWHk4EfVWY3v2YIDKSwh_zq33sa5qYInvoySHf2svymS6l0/s400/DSC02850.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sitting pretty<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyxpNvmf-_XrHiski4IegfmlmZGS3CGjsCa_KbtuvuED7M6pKSsOeTDaRudbJoM-xZLS4jIZOprbcwJU3QCkNj_oCC-mtR2E_0EsSa0dTsrrx-BDVEC9mCuePpkm3pjvkzcOiKFewz3U/s1600-h/DSC02843.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555071560617746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyxpNvmf-_XrHiski4IegfmlmZGS3CGjsCa_KbtuvuED7M6pKSsOeTDaRudbJoM-xZLS4jIZOprbcwJU3QCkNj_oCC-mtR2E_0EsSa0dTsrrx-BDVEC9mCuePpkm3pjvkzcOiKFewz3U/s400/DSC02843.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hanging out with her cousin Matti by the pool<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NBi4JaTKyaYf82-VJTg5cVYN2TI1QZ58D1U47ZhccJn7YmGGG2S4kJQEM2M9yglPOHO2COdWW8jGtrcqZABNLXTOBzIJAKNBfh_rvdTDfj4aooMjHHb98ioRrvUQSz4oF5Er6edE0Ls/s1600-h/DSC02831.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347555070220112658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NBi4JaTKyaYf82-VJTg5cVYN2TI1QZ58D1U47ZhccJn7YmGGG2S4kJQEM2M9yglPOHO2COdWW8jGtrcqZABNLXTOBzIJAKNBfh_rvdTDfj4aooMjHHb98ioRrvUQSz4oF5Er6edE0Ls/s400/DSC02831.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sitting in her brother's beach chair.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQBPCda5qHmaSVIqo-RZ1v3zDuMTfBTWYm0dhdADcaE_LBDMheZb6orqRJBrx_uwERMiQ1CrvmwtPWMckIPS2gmW1JqyoUZah_1ZyetSI6rTs_61VxKSx7oaDofPoTNvvVxrnyCMHt3Q/s1600-h/DSC02824.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554911482714898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQBPCda5qHmaSVIqo-RZ1v3zDuMTfBTWYm0dhdADcaE_LBDMheZb6orqRJBrx_uwERMiQ1CrvmwtPWMckIPS2gmW1JqyoUZah_1ZyetSI6rTs_61VxKSx7oaDofPoTNvvVxrnyCMHt3Q/s400/DSC02824.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Playing with Matti.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojjgbp8oODGgjQAjAvXszzm2EifjjoO_DONbGJ_VBeIUPf6kyXE3jBJr4Yaz_WR_w8H8pcSvtdrqOM3ZEyaqnRc_cUv7UyOZDU69kJY8Xq8vmm_drCnZqfmTYEcy6nTPJnaiHjV-4HGs/s1600-h/DSC02809.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554909299608386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojjgbp8oODGgjQAjAvXszzm2EifjjoO_DONbGJ_VBeIUPf6kyXE3jBJr4Yaz_WR_w8H8pcSvtdrqOM3ZEyaqnRc_cUv7UyOZDU69kJY8Xq8vmm_drCnZqfmTYEcy6nTPJnaiHjV-4HGs/s400/DSC02809.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Playing with Daddy in the Pool<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi139owGUUQmamTDa2aju55ZwFNtzH5IR84y3t9GwXyJsP-XKcqzx2wWBcG0g3oy_zksuxv6GAhLHKmMpwRgakOmlclKeqsENsKFQNzIbRs3ZDkDhIG8j1-Wfopq5T6FulA8kn4wTOX4tM/s1600-h/00900100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554905063469122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi139owGUUQmamTDa2aju55ZwFNtzH5IR84y3t9GwXyJsP-XKcqzx2wWBcG0g3oy_zksuxv6GAhLHKmMpwRgakOmlclKeqsENsKFQNzIbRs3ZDkDhIG8j1-Wfopq5T6FulA8kn4wTOX4tM/s400/00900100.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Playing with my brother<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrGaplHU0an9PgFlqTrKkjvIshPetxmUfpEoK4AE8i4zoYZAzBhNgvepr_pe077_Gn4fGIuOsp2dZpYClEWwpfW82-ytkj0CB8tKLSwCnLgFpsh0bA62lwU8wBo7l-RfF0Pb-45xdu8U/s1600-h/00900093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554902735482242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrGaplHU0an9PgFlqTrKkjvIshPetxmUfpEoK4AE8i4zoYZAzBhNgvepr_pe077_Gn4fGIuOsp2dZpYClEWwpfW82-ytkj0CB8tKLSwCnLgFpsh0bA62lwU8wBo7l-RfF0Pb-45xdu8U/s400/00900093.JPG" border="0" /></a> I love this picture even though the film is overexposed. I can probably crop it to print.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaWW1w-h3A6SYsZBExhQF6nVYQI4FWUc57Zg9TXNVVQFgamli5oufrhrkCk7tTSx4MjqN3YweBOfhV9KssmAYcKHka3d9HKt7YnmKRT5ZeXpXou3XTD7qF9yjPnwmWtTmUqvjsFbw7mg/s1600-h/00900090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554896631261778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaWW1w-h3A6SYsZBExhQF6nVYQI4FWUc57Zg9TXNVVQFgamli5oufrhrkCk7tTSx4MjqN3YweBOfhV9KssmAYcKHka3d9HKt7YnmKRT5ZeXpXou3XTD7qF9yjPnwmWtTmUqvjsFbw7mg/s400/00900090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This one turned out so well of both of them playing in the tunnel.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkd3r__6gfEcslPKg7zwHWrWHPBPsyXYvwR83UVKDd2BG3w_QVk_pzCn0uZr1Mdo8_1j_VZ-xNVzk6zyOjB9dqkv2WO4o2ucVLD235w1pAOAmUFN4LYtWfiKkNkoV-_zC6DVfbB5l0IE/s1600-h/00900086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554706634978434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkd3r__6gfEcslPKg7zwHWrWHPBPsyXYvwR83UVKDd2BG3w_QVk_pzCn0uZr1Mdo8_1j_VZ-xNVzk6zyOjB9dqkv2WO4o2ucVLD235w1pAOAmUFN4LYtWfiKkNkoV-_zC6DVfbB5l0IE/s400/00900086.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Playing in the sand.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPlaACmfzJb4RVdDqWxt6rlisiNjst1dahohPSQwuJ-TY_baWkntjfVtW0DEI0Ut2w1-om9x_H_EdjLZJrpcA24carG4fs8FzerdoZWiTFCxfeEtAtaJHoMhAmR_zgAVvh1g92Vg0Xts/s1600-h/00900075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554697049648274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPlaACmfzJb4RVdDqWxt6rlisiNjst1dahohPSQwuJ-TY_baWkntjfVtW0DEI0Ut2w1-om9x_H_EdjLZJrpcA24carG4fs8FzerdoZWiTFCxfeEtAtaJHoMhAmR_zgAVvh1g92Vg0Xts/s400/00900075.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxCcEFma7m4svXLrfXYdTI0a_ZxNdAfCtnyRzfIKIdd7sqTc53EZWhc8aZFbMs0pCcLlLA-aAalWa91rFD9yEIqaOx2EClKYsYElxUCLCC_2u4O23sbYfZa7fT967wUBhgTcx_TQKPJ4/s1600-h/00900073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554695876450306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxCcEFma7m4svXLrfXYdTI0a_ZxNdAfCtnyRzfIKIdd7sqTc53EZWhc8aZFbMs0pCcLlLA-aAalWa91rFD9yEIqaOx2EClKYsYElxUCLCC_2u4O23sbYfZa7fT967wUBhgTcx_TQKPJ4/s400/00900073.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I'm getting the hang of pushing these things.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJkKrqlJqyQo9dSDVeKuEmqGIRbdwURbeV6v8qMiBUdH5BJemCoCUEHtWR52jyZId8THrLrkCF5DiU8JjLfzbl7tiP7Mdq5-2Hh-EyAdOF861V0m2PuSmF1_II4atGRfFmOqKoaekHm8/s1600-h/00900063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554691959440690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJkKrqlJqyQo9dSDVeKuEmqGIRbdwURbeV6v8qMiBUdH5BJemCoCUEHtWR52jyZId8THrLrkCF5DiU8JjLfzbl7tiP7Mdq5-2Hh-EyAdOF861V0m2PuSmF1_II4atGRfFmOqKoaekHm8/s400/00900063.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Having fun riding around<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7w6OTn8sPCCdtVx9eZfslO7OGJPWZBp48WfdYztze1moY36Ua1RfhcqUsupL5bfYG03Wb7eBd6S4GWxWnfUzdjKuNdytjCFCqVswOSZGylGadKqON3TFwlky1D5C1yizAY5DmBNzV2g/s1600-h/00900061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554684676377858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7w6OTn8sPCCdtVx9eZfslO7OGJPWZBp48WfdYztze1moY36Ua1RfhcqUsupL5bfYG03Wb7eBd6S4GWxWnfUzdjKuNdytjCFCqVswOSZGylGadKqON3TFwlky1D5C1yizAY5DmBNzV2g/s400/00900061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_i8SwJ5XGzzA8dRPMXjDk0u-JWCaAX2XQQveywvJt8-vDrAuk5eKzakYV6WZIJ7c2JshwN4Ocp3tp7t0v78AUPadYeeaHREjGQPMLIhRLePcIeEEDiqQLLSiA6xskgg4kUTY8RggUIQ/s1600-h/00900059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554537512280098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_i8SwJ5XGzzA8dRPMXjDk0u-JWCaAX2XQQveywvJt8-vDrAuk5eKzakYV6WZIJ7c2JshwN4Ocp3tp7t0v78AUPadYeeaHREjGQPMLIhRLePcIeEEDiqQLLSiA6xskgg4kUTY8RggUIQ/s400/00900059.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Emma loves her big brother (most of the time) ha!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZpAAKLGmls3EEzE1RYul4shJQIkuwJ-tcpAmHhQCGotQAcmY66gX65MAqW3FyrERmXZEPBqCtPEZOHURbwFsYulHBLs0IpY7A0NW6_KkRlWC0DaXlgmjDzXgs01DIq3B7N-2aTxws1U/s1600-h/00900055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554530426433298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZpAAKLGmls3EEzE1RYul4shJQIkuwJ-tcpAmHhQCGotQAcmY66gX65MAqW3FyrERmXZEPBqCtPEZOHURbwFsYulHBLs0IpY7A0NW6_KkRlWC0DaXlgmjDzXgs01DIq3B7N-2aTxws1U/s400/00900055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Aidan making Emma laugh in the baby pool.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm7PBoGT9qNLtLs3oFq1joIpari4XUJPyhXX4BeHZPMijG-8dQl3k7OF88_ImR72W6GZDWAmgxEhLCzdFk6NjjCmgXb6cRaM13J6_ChtpYFY5IpXKlWWxYrjQrmRxY1ocbaalwpY3bow/s1600-h/00900053.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554527257462914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm7PBoGT9qNLtLs3oFq1joIpari4XUJPyhXX4BeHZPMijG-8dQl3k7OF88_ImR72W6GZDWAmgxEhLCzdFk6NjjCmgXb6cRaM13J6_ChtpYFY5IpXKlWWxYrjQrmRxY1ocbaalwpY3bow/s400/00900053.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hanging out on the front porch.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIMnHEhEHocAWhhcKqp2TU6bQ2wy5xCURfkSRkYn3URSpzWuEWn-wAZ6PNcvl_iXUtMM8BLeZENeuSa-E3_Bo9vKXDHRq4RZrjEMVtLUzZhRRrMMGakBQvQjDwQqvzzatenKlW4j-Img/s1600-h/00900031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347554521200462482" style="DISPLAY: block; 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She is growing and changing so much and doing her best to keep up with her big brother. She is also trying to keep up with her cousin Carter, he is almost walking and she is not far behind. She took her first couple of steps this past week and has started walking some when holding on to her hands and occasionally with only one hand. She is so different in how Aidan was at the same age, he has and still is very cautious when doing anything new, for example the slide, it took him until recently maybe a little over 2 1/2 before he got up the courage to go down any slide, now he does it with ease. But, Emma is different, she is already going down even the tallest of slides with the biggest grin on her face and wanting more! We recently went to my dad's for a cookout and he took me and all the grandkids for a ride in his "mule" tractor, similar to a golf cart but lots more power. We went all over the property and up and down the driveway, fast enough to blow our hair back and Emma was holding her arms up the whole time like she was on a rollercoaster! too funny! She loves checking out the horses, chickens, dogs, and the kittie. Yesterday we went out to lunch to Chickfila and let Aidan play in the playground, another recent discovery of his, took him until recently to get up the nerve to go ALL the way through. Since no one was in there I let Emma crawl around and check things out, next thing I know Chris's Dad is asking me if I put her up there, she had climbed up all by herself and was about 3 steps up into the playground. Well, she was having so much fun I didn't want to yank her out, so I let her keep going. She was so proud of herself and was having so much fun and just kept climbing and climbing. Well, then I started realizing that I should have stopped her after I couldn't see her anymore. I kept asking Aidan what she was doing and he told she was right here. Then, I asked him if she was near the slide and he said yes, I asked if she was comng down the slide, well, i'm not sure, but I think he misunderstood and gave her a little shove b/c I heard him say "Here she comes". Next thing I know she is tumbling down the slide, poor little thing, very startled. She did not get hurt thank goodness, just a little scared, but after crying for a minute or two she started pointing like she wanted to go back. Oh man am I in trouble! ha ha!<br /><br />I took her to the park on Saturday and had her 1 year pics taken with Becky Vanderveen and had so much fun. The weather was perfect and I think we got some good shots, Emma did a lot of standing, I didn't realize until then how good she was at standing for periods of time. She did not however like the damp grass. When I put her down in the grass she imediately picked her legs up and gave me a look like ewww, gross what did you just put me on! It didn't take her too long to get use to it though and was crawling around in know time. The only bad thing was I think she had a reaction to the wet grass and now has nice red bumps on her legs. Here is a picture that Becky put on her blog from the session. My sister and Carter came to watch and ended up in a few of the pictures at the end. Here they are on the grass together. Emma was pooped! ha!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfogK35232sM_vw121E_CiWhd43GGiBmZ_L7qTxRs53wM_i_vPOB0zZ5GUSEDjGK5DJibCSnTsj3MskFBrYJzeyT4cdonIFfGUqPMTE_GqaClWKaXjPchGWXgaTg4V-pRtA17FDdrH_w/s1600-h/Emma+and+Carter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340169675931921554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfogK35232sM_vw121E_CiWhd43GGiBmZ_L7qTxRs53wM_i_vPOB0zZ5GUSEDjGK5DJibCSnTsj3MskFBrYJzeyT4cdonIFfGUqPMTE_GqaClWKaXjPchGWXgaTg4V-pRtA17FDdrH_w/s400/Emma+and+Carter.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYwrc-f-AKq3DmgcHE0AJUrk2vzHG6muS4Dh61ntIbExArtWZW_42LAjQ-oY8Sh-T0fcQgE5jxSqh75riXnBKxUDhDN6PXlvCocs4LRGUVW4wWkVZW0nBO8SuChmOYgSUkdRJjG2Iz28/s1600-h/Emma+and+Carter.jpg"></a> </div>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-3159788787329332282009-04-17T08:09:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:35:19.987-07:001 year and already a Diva!Emma recently had her 1st birthday and had lots of fun! I will post some pics of her eating her cake. She has really started showing her personality lately and I get the feeling she is going to give me some trouble when she gets older, she is very strong willed and isn't going to take crap from anyone, esp. her brother. Ha! She is really on the move lately and is crawling up a storm and is crusing and climbing with ease. I'm waiting for her to take those first steps, not sure if it will be anytime soon she seem pretty comfortable doing what she doing now. She is doing so much more at her age than I remember Aidan doing, I know all kids do things at a different pace and maybe its b/c she trying to keep up with Aidan and her cousin Cooper. I recently took them to McD's for some ice cream and to play on the playground. Aidan has finally gotten to where he likes climbing through the playgrounds and going down the slides. Well, there was no one there that day so I let Emma play at the beginning on one of those tunnels and she climbed part of the way up, I had to go in there after her. Well, I ended up climbing in there with her and Aidan (pretty picture if you can imagine) probably not meant for someone in her mid-30s! I have a nasty burn mark on my elbow from the stupid plastic tunnel. Its a lot harder to climb up those things than I realize esp. while holding a 1 year old. What was I thinking! Killed my knees as well! I finally get to the top and start wondering what the weight limit is on this thing, yikes! Go to the slide and hope I don't scare Emma to death and of course being an adult and of a good size we went barrelling down the slide and phenominal speeds and static electricity the whole way down as well. Emma loved it though, didn't scare her a bit, she wanted to go again, I've created a monster! Then, when I pryed her fingers off of the playground b/c I certainly didn't want to do that again she proceeded to have a complete tantrum, bending backwards and boy was I glad we were the only ones there that day. I had also gotten Aidan and myself an ice cream cone, I was going to let Emma just try a little, well she had a different idea and clamped down on that cone and would not let me get it back from her and she proceeded to eat the entire ice cream and cone! I will post some pics of that as well. She is definitely going to keep me on my toes!<br /><br /><div align="center">Here she is at her last photo session (10 months)</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO768ZHEkYUwkci5hMvpx9iTgIEX3FYA0fV_lO4AcQ-ZyagRrggHPWOkF1PhFeCAbQtCHt8c5XLryM2r-mrkFRyw_dDRkjAGfQMAL6y6GF1pLbgOh5VhxwPqFNo_r9lXuut8ciIPorfQ/s1600-h/IMG_7119.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682908938008962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO768ZHEkYUwkci5hMvpx9iTgIEX3FYA0fV_lO4AcQ-ZyagRrggHPWOkF1PhFeCAbQtCHt8c5XLryM2r-mrkFRyw_dDRkjAGfQMAL6y6GF1pLbgOh5VhxwPqFNo_r9lXuut8ciIPorfQ/s400/IMG_7119.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is her Hello kitty Cake<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zA9hi6WS6caG4bPlK30GZLBzVpLili64S1zN4GHzydQtANNZD62ko-jESwcnEgWyzKwAw0pVcv0ncid0fP5KCZhofEoYRu8uPHlj3syaapT8zZXE16_DzuGdykfD5E-QB1IyMXhR3B4/s1600-h/emmascake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682907354705506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zA9hi6WS6caG4bPlK30GZLBzVpLili64S1zN4GHzydQtANNZD62ko-jESwcnEgWyzKwAw0pVcv0ncid0fP5KCZhofEoYRu8uPHlj3syaapT8zZXE16_DzuGdykfD5E-QB1IyMXhR3B4/s400/emmascake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is with her cousin Matti Newton<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0QGMP9U0Zmn73uCQefUo2rrmwra21K-ITYwQ75GSVZoUz3Oq857FNWgxHqg1I7TjP5JgHAwOyHCh5I_ePqXAZ8mSFaGXdDysxNRqseUI1XYSIRDnnv_v8MuSMuVcPV_uDvG04EKmQOg/s1600-h/emmaandmatti.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682905987199698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0QGMP9U0Zmn73uCQefUo2rrmwra21K-ITYwQ75GSVZoUz3Oq857FNWgxHqg1I7TjP5JgHAwOyHCh5I_ePqXAZ8mSFaGXdDysxNRqseUI1XYSIRDnnv_v8MuSMuVcPV_uDvG04EKmQOg/s400/emmaandmatti.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is enjoying her ice cream cone! with the death grip on it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uK2zk1VKIg3GJ1yVpKAW0RXhrSfE4zulBeRmpSOoevm22l4DID96jjHTJU9WmjX4cmPvD_yJVB2AP7yUZKSORvRVnSYiROAQhRSheeTRrJnKvQQc6C_-J13gPZhF4ixJUG1622yCaJM/s1600-h/EmmaIcecream2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682903915793122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uK2zk1VKIg3GJ1yVpKAW0RXhrSfE4zulBeRmpSOoevm22l4DID96jjHTJU9WmjX4cmPvD_yJVB2AP7yUZKSORvRVnSYiROAQhRSheeTRrJnKvQQc6C_-J13gPZhF4ixJUG1622yCaJM/s400/EmmaIcecream2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Enjoying her 1st ice cream cone at McD's!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0xmjWlqyyKFT0aB7cMF5RVoJQHJAf2X1-r5H-MnS0jgs42IGrEfNzZYqawzamQNgfrxToQADUAv5EkVHEQ1X9TIiidfYIKxKjA8oOTi73YjzJi0gj51tMgjWS0d-crVCUz9pfg6aQi4/s1600-h/Emmaicecream.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682900430880882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0xmjWlqyyKFT0aB7cMF5RVoJQHJAf2X1-r5H-MnS0jgs42IGrEfNzZYqawzamQNgfrxToQADUAv5EkVHEQ1X9TIiidfYIKxKjA8oOTi73YjzJi0gj51tMgjWS0d-crVCUz9pfg6aQi4/s400/Emmaicecream.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This pic is from a while back, but it cracks me up! Diva!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI-6PD3fYRZteJ51GMPLHR-_PN7d_2Jack1D0TSP2o_dL4oz4UlVCBvKLaBp3nmR4HOgLVlyqhEKYgW_S0GxeuIzI7OIT8WGJa9OobTTXP4LbL8vMX0Lcf3GeB1nV5THyDKFn1qb8L10/s1600-h/n1409816750_30318276_5608299.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682383932167634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI-6PD3fYRZteJ51GMPLHR-_PN7d_2Jack1D0TSP2o_dL4oz4UlVCBvKLaBp3nmR4HOgLVlyqhEKYgW_S0GxeuIzI7OIT8WGJa9OobTTXP4LbL8vMX0Lcf3GeB1nV5THyDKFn1qb8L10/s400/n1409816750_30318276_5608299.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Eating birthday cake! I didn't think about how that black icing was going to look on her face! ugh!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaW-4JE7U9JDLUPjeAWyn_7ihBvK3fptdPoFb_3T1tzq1umBUA6RkVZBP1JlKMX2VapWTS5vCFNGLndz5v-g9gEkfFZkT1p9i1w06M5aaY80Vs5o4mV6uCtY5FhimLMTF8i-S7R1dFG4M/s1600-h/emmacake3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682384175312306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaW-4JE7U9JDLUPjeAWyn_7ihBvK3fptdPoFb_3T1tzq1umBUA6RkVZBP1JlKMX2VapWTS5vCFNGLndz5v-g9gEkfFZkT1p9i1w06M5aaY80Vs5o4mV6uCtY5FhimLMTF8i-S7R1dFG4M/s400/emmacake3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Eating cake!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ29KH2LQRt4t0C6Nnf6Q2N3_Pny9qIhdBzj8J3McsxDBpX4HKu-3CJt1Z-Ro_a0v-6Jnbj9U18L0desZt1bVzY2dnPgnLqo8jEVZpQFnRQqmBcITNWMXKU0OpRnRPkq_HT69PGYKPsBE/s1600-h/emmacake2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682382218456834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ29KH2LQRt4t0C6Nnf6Q2N3_Pny9qIhdBzj8J3McsxDBpX4HKu-3CJt1Z-Ro_a0v-6Jnbj9U18L0desZt1bVzY2dnPgnLqo8jEVZpQFnRQqmBcITNWMXKU0OpRnRPkq_HT69PGYKPsBE/s400/emmacake2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I can't believe she actually wore the hat, probably b/c she was too busy with her cake!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizO969MwMntmCu3m-fI-mF1tAUrKkNiKybphMRcujfXjK7UuysjwayEsq39Azd_JkcAMBN6NCLIiU45kzPWhlYDWQEfl7cTEvd_Jh-riDi4gDkHIJsIo1scPMyo0u9Gb96JnarDKEGENY/s1600-h/emmacake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682379282900994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizO969MwMntmCu3m-fI-mF1tAUrKkNiKybphMRcujfXjK7UuysjwayEsq39Azd_JkcAMBN6NCLIiU45kzPWhlYDWQEfl7cTEvd_Jh-riDi4gDkHIJsIo1scPMyo0u9Gb96JnarDKEGENY/s400/emmacake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Aidan and Emma at Easter! Happy to be dressed up aren't they!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45fHkRwICbMxM7gXRa-fCzjzxZNwJQcUgN1whe4KHtWq0q9_vImfp-fZH2jWfbG593OijETGI00oCQ3y1XCTXd_VcFhEuc4gDeG_BHFf0JH3DP6zrSTnqgCyW1oTVuLfhKj2ZmR9UWBo/s1600-h/AidanEmma.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325682381112945186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45fHkRwICbMxM7gXRa-fCzjzxZNwJQcUgN1whe4KHtWq0q9_vImfp-fZH2jWfbG593OijETGI00oCQ3y1XCTXd_VcFhEuc4gDeG_BHFf0JH3DP6zrSTnqgCyW1oTVuLfhKj2ZmR9UWBo/s400/AidanEmma.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-61320340590085349912009-03-05T07:16:00.000-08:002009-03-05T07:33:13.203-08:00Emma on the move!Emma is really moving around these days, she has really taken off. I finally got some recent video of her crawling and pulling up. Of course, Aidan wanted to get in and stand in the spotlight! I have a feeling she will be telling him a thing or two when they are more the same size! <br /><br />This first one was from a week ago.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_dVZiB6W13c&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_dVZiB6W13c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />this video was taken last night. and yes, if you are wondering what is on Aidan's head its one of my headbands, I was wearing one last night and he had to put one on too. I kept making me think of that strange guy on American Idol with the headbands! ha! <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a-GXqCeH5zQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a-GXqCeH5zQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I have another video of Aidan singing his ABCs I'm going to post on his blog, so cute!Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-85603209059651149522009-02-25T13:57:00.000-08:002009-02-25T14:12:16.876-08:00Growing up way too fast!Its been forever since my last post and I only have myself to blame. Part of the reason was my job loss back in October and then just being busy at home with Emma I never thought to get on the computer for some reason. Funny how it takes me going back to work to think about updating Aidan and Emma's blogs. I will post pictures soon I just wanted to write some things down before I forget.<br /><br />Let's see...Emma started crawling at 10 months, now at 11 months she is really crawling all over the place and pulling up. I know she will be crusing anytime. The days of me being able to leave her on our bed and not worry about her getting off are over! She will probably be running all over the place by the summer I'm sure. We are sooo still struggling with sleep at night and during the day. I think I am sleep deprived for sure. She was actually sleeping through the night around 6 months of age and then when she started crawling and pulling up she decided she was going to cry everytime she woke up. I did the "cry it out" with Aidan and it worked great for him, but for some reason I keep puttint it off with Emma. Aidan's crying broke my heart too, but Emma seems to have the different kind of hold over me! ha! I hope I can figure out something soon, I don't know how much more of no sleep I can take. <br /><br />The best part of having 2 little ones is watching the interaction between the two of them. Emma is finally starting to really interact with Aidan and vice versa. Aidan will talk to her in the car and sometimes will say things like" Emma watch this or Emma look" and will make a funny face or do something silly and I will hear her chuckle. She really watches his every move and definitely trys to mimick him. <br /><br />okay, all for now. I will download some pics and video asap! :)Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-114299392645169162009-01-08T13:01:00.000-08:002009-01-09T12:38:49.660-08:009 months old and a new yearI have been so slack in updating both my babies blogs. It sounds crazy but I had so much more time and energy to blog when I had a job. To update everyone if you don't know I lost my job back in October and am still on the job hunt, I've had some promising interviews but waiting to hear back from those potential employers, we'll see. So, in the meantime I have been a SAHM to Emma while looking for a job, some of you may think this sounds like the life of leisure, well I'm here to say, YEAH RIGHT. Even though Emma has not started crawling yet, she can still get around where she wants to go and if she gets her way she wants me to carry her there on my hip. I'm so struggling with daytime naps with her, she seems to not need a nap or is content to sleep on me after nursing which I must admit I don't mind her doing from time to time, its relaxing for me as well. I certainly have enjoyed this time at home with her which is probably why she is so good at the naps! ha! She does great at night time, still getting up in the middle of the night to nurse, which the Ped. keeps telling me that she doesn't need that night time feeding anymore, but whatever I'm doing what feels right to me. She goes right back to sleep and doesn't get up until the morning so I don't see anything wrong with it. We had a good 9 month visit with just one shot, so not too traumatic, I usually nurse her immediately afterward and it calms her right down. One thing I realized recently is that I really have to make more time for myself doing something with friends. Its so difficult to do that when nursing, I plan to nurse for atleast a year or as long as Emma wants to, but I am ready for a little freedom too. She's fine taking a bottle during the day, well sometimes she has to do a little coaxing my MIL tells me, but its the night time nursing that I don't think she would do well without. We'll see I may try to do it soon. Here are some recent pics of my sweet girl, I have some video I am downloading to you tube that I would put on here soon as well.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here she is on her new rocking horse she got for Christmas.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDmSlkcMehoiymlmQzSTRQIXfh9qJnEDEUeUm70TlJ0ud9sV5Qzrq8GHQs2xRkcPduVlvMuRJzpaiPA9qAXpoZ01iZgWVF4paAUqz6fFqyXjuaUogoiUNUAmX4cwo6f0INY0SJnOKxxE/s1600-h/DSC02429.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDmSlkcMehoiymlmQzSTRQIXfh9qJnEDEUeUm70TlJ0ud9sV5Qzrq8GHQs2xRkcPduVlvMuRJzpaiPA9qAXpoZ01iZgWVF4paAUqz6fFqyXjuaUogoiUNUAmX4cwo6f0INY0SJnOKxxE/s400/DSC02429.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289040158375019154" border="0" /></a>Emma and Aidan in there cute matching outfits from Uncle Gary & Aunt Julie, love these!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYVb5Uclgzl81EWwYoLOoQxTK_nseS1SZQcILOBKXHVmKZCJ1oMc4rHH0PMiBJNsPwokPgba6IjK4tZk3NcBrGVvmhxoD6bGxzKDayx3q2rOX-Y8WB7ujinWODT87M7uiVTMgLusA8RA/s1600-h/DSC02447.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYVb5Uclgzl81EWwYoLOoQxTK_nseS1SZQcILOBKXHVmKZCJ1oMc4rHH0PMiBJNsPwokPgba6IjK4tZk3NcBrGVvmhxoD6bGxzKDayx3q2rOX-Y8WB7ujinWODT87M7uiVTMgLusA8RA/s400/DSC02447.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289040156460249842" border="0" /></a><br />Emma having fun in the tub, love the chubiness!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal-Wb3XQY5RWVQVTBXZ1OVtT9zaB2GYiIIHbzf5Nk1qqMR4gcCw7ZlYfbc_TGLLynf7UkzL39iuqj2ABTg2IA0vK6ivwCOyQHkx_uu3Ke0Q2l0MfKkTolGfgOKIASZxfXXWbzKoFx9fM/s1600-h/emmabath.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal-Wb3XQY5RWVQVTBXZ1OVtT9zaB2GYiIIHbzf5Nk1qqMR4gcCw7ZlYfbc_TGLLynf7UkzL39iuqj2ABTg2IA0vK6ivwCOyQHkx_uu3Ke0Q2l0MfKkTolGfgOKIASZxfXXWbzKoFx9fM/s400/emmabath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289040149031752610" border="0" /></a><br />She is so looking at her brother in this shot!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdeNQUXhlzMDUPkObwZ5shG4H3WX7LonVByaKgCvlJmydcPAAYB3QWS5zNtheTGyRt6NJ0J5gMwaXf49T4Pfv6CNb8aTDbCMhH6GMe909lRliDDPW6FzTM9y1fBjSIXNTMWG-tLWLioY/s1600-h/emma2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdeNQUXhlzMDUPkObwZ5shG4H3WX7LonVByaKgCvlJmydcPAAYB3QWS5zNtheTGyRt6NJ0J5gMwaXf49T4Pfv6CNb8aTDbCMhH6GMe909lRliDDPW6FzTM9y1fBjSIXNTMWG-tLWLioY/s400/emma2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289040121218824946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Having fun at Christmas!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdJFNQKFWmlH3Ma0mAjiPVUBmZtN0blZhYH-CJfZRoRLjwEucw_oZlAww0_yFEUs1jOxaNfz9ca9gg3SqqsSk4QstGGs3eoa0wNupHkclORXj8aUjQwRc1IrphFAlD1TIh8TwKvqcewc/s1600-h/DSC02422.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdJFNQKFWmlH3Ma0mAjiPVUBmZtN0blZhYH-CJfZRoRLjwEucw_oZlAww0_yFEUs1jOxaNfz9ca9gg3SqqsSk4QstGGs3eoa0wNupHkclORXj8aUjQwRc1IrphFAlD1TIh8TwKvqcewc/s400/DSC02422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289035965402299362" border="0" /></a><br />Aidan and Emma hanging out in her crib!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22cqHCHqg6IZsDNilaxLZ04Z8WDUfcdltoY5GtqY3h_P7wefALQ861c2jWL1JRS5En6cSorz47eWqka4RABCu4uV13lrFMCWJBVIJIj71R1wYcEdM-_OH4lZUSaLh_iRjG_LCcHDToTE/s1600-h/aidanemma.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22cqHCHqg6IZsDNilaxLZ04Z8WDUfcdltoY5GtqY3h_P7wefALQ861c2jWL1JRS5En6cSorz47eWqka4RABCu4uV13lrFMCWJBVIJIj71R1wYcEdM-_OH4lZUSaLh_iRjG_LCcHDToTE/s400/aidanemma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289035960319636994" border="0" /></a><br />Pics of Emma courtesy of the Vanderveens, so need to order my pics when I can afford it!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDYOjbwOwffrxEVq6NA1wLgMnU8cfZwm062xvWA05HcAfO2zXC3tR61r0qf7LeUOJpQoOQpOmEYKwJ_Qq4YfG_S7Iu4qjyJ_tdBtetoAuHNI62Vdemn-ut8PUsvWyQRWUUbVuI0KNJEo/s1600-h/320_IMG_1596.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDYOjbwOwffrxEVq6NA1wLgMnU8cfZwm062xvWA05HcAfO2zXC3tR61r0qf7LeUOJpQoOQpOmEYKwJ_Qq4YfG_S7Iu4qjyJ_tdBtetoAuHNI62Vdemn-ut8PUsvWyQRWUUbVuI0KNJEo/s400/320_IMG_1596.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289035949440132002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAFVVDg903MfL0Az6-sLaYB5eaTStttIDdwSJ7eEHoStLuhEeq6C2P8yi4iw_IzSVy2YNzB2ZUCILm69JFwlgsT6YBqjVh7TlVJUdgaAKJUiHxZg3wY7zXmkH7pogjxjWfb9kvAM2sVM/s1600-h/320_IMG_1582.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAFVVDg903MfL0Az6-sLaYB5eaTStttIDdwSJ7eEHoStLuhEeq6C2P8yi4iw_IzSVy2YNzB2ZUCILm69JFwlgsT6YBqjVh7TlVJUdgaAKJUiHxZg3wY7zXmkH7pogjxjWfb9kvAM2sVM/s400/320_IMG_1582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289035946054152850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XMJPh536TJte-NnBFV0FDHC3tYJx6JngRzSkIzSckPf107j12saG0vuHXxlkdb1go0DulMYHoKYx54q_l3WpBAu_r2mRZc-ImOL_NHIjBaKWUjRowMPkDKariZXSGzVA3pWEtl1zC6c/s1600-h/320_IMG_1519.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XMJPh536TJte-NnBFV0FDHC3tYJx6JngRzSkIzSckPf107j12saG0vuHXxlkdb1go0DulMYHoKYx54q_l3WpBAu_r2mRZc-ImOL_NHIjBaKWUjRowMPkDKariZXSGzVA3pWEtl1zC6c/s400/320_IMG_1519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289035946637117874" border="0" /></a>Here's a video of Emma watching a Christmas Elmo doll sing:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JIuHpPTra2A&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JIuHpPTra2A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Here's a video of her on her new rocking horse she got for Christmas:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VG-m-5ZFyFo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VG-m-5ZFyFo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-30250282399530980002008-12-08T08:49:00.000-08:002008-12-08T09:09:06.646-08:008 months oldWow, I can't believe my sweet girl is 8 months old. She is growing way to fast for me! She is sitting up pretty good and to my happiness that is all she is trying to do right now. I'm hoping she'll fall in her brothers footsteps and wait to crawl and walk until after her first birthday. we'll see....<br /><br />She has started eating more lately. We recently went with my Dad on a trip to the mountains to get our Christmas tree and had so much fun. After we got our tree we went out to eat at this yummy country restaurant and Emma had her first taste of cornbread and loved it! I was so surprised at how well she was at picking up food. I have to keep reminding myself that she is old enough to eat some table foods, I keep thinking she is younger than she really is, but she was picking up that bread like a pro. So, I started giving her some more things like cheerios and puffs and she does great. I think she really likes eating with us at dinner time, I believe she was feeling left out before.<br /><br />Today is huge though, I decided that I really needed to try to work with Emma on her naps and just lay her down which usually results in major crying. Today is Chris's day off from work so he was here to help keep me from going in there and it worked she is napping while I type. She cried on and off for about 30 minutes, but finally gave it up, yippee! Hopefully I can keep this up for her afternoon nap! I seem to have been worse with Emma than with Aidan when it comes to things like this, I guess its because this is my last baby and I'm hanging on to all the little things like snuggling and holding and rocking her. I'm sure to spoil her rotten! ha! well, here are some recent pictures of us on our Christmas tree trip and Thanksgiving at my Dad's and Aunt Bonnie's house the next day.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">my cousin carter!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw4oXqQtCBSheamKpqhdIIbbBnn3DLnA72_jhiF4of9gty1ZNR-hbLCogrlVF3Cj8Es-PW7vzOc1NaQA57bEcyl5Nhj_aOEa6ys6ulwI7Gmk8UitxJlbJHjFifQNSsujfF6Mgk9LYQT8/s1600-h/carter1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw4oXqQtCBSheamKpqhdIIbbBnn3DLnA72_jhiF4of9gty1ZNR-hbLCogrlVF3Cj8Es-PW7vzOc1NaQA57bEcyl5Nhj_aOEa6ys6ulwI7Gmk8UitxJlbJHjFifQNSsujfF6Mgk9LYQT8/s400/carter1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466653617546850" border="0" /></a><br />hanging out in my room on my rocking chair<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL-iZrz0JlPFqCAGAVbkFJKA8b1kcoJsSywyajommxTJusXRxTTVMYo0caZlP8I1DgLApAJNODqgYIXg5kQw0PonlskU2xdK9sv41zMFc1rRTNAlzhjnveavrRNecMjXhGKiSGVz3yY4/s1600-h/DSC02358.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL-iZrz0JlPFqCAGAVbkFJKA8b1kcoJsSywyajommxTJusXRxTTVMYo0caZlP8I1DgLApAJNODqgYIXg5kQw0PonlskU2xdK9sv41zMFc1rRTNAlzhjnveavrRNecMjXhGKiSGVz3yY4/s400/DSC02358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466646678823890" border="0" /></a><br />me and my stinky brother<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGrKu8JScmX-urxlUh-XlkaDT7n0unjMIjQoJ3Ptt1JgEickMZL6arA2Dvb5NHtaJc9XM6xNCiTwVXNhcMm2wKfIyevYbOdb_yfE9ff2gFKYYj7zxV4QySKwXzl28uRFaXd_xL8VZzqI/s1600-h/DSC02356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGrKu8JScmX-urxlUh-XlkaDT7n0unjMIjQoJ3Ptt1JgEickMZL6arA2Dvb5NHtaJc9XM6xNCiTwVXNhcMm2wKfIyevYbOdb_yfE9ff2gFKYYj7zxV4QySKwXzl28uRFaXd_xL8VZzqI/s400/DSC02356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466643604866338" border="0" /></a><br />me and mommy at the tree farm I was so snuggly I feel asleep!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZrYtgfKpLVHdTYmEjn3XwXmLxBWXSBCNxhJw2o6eLsmo3RTSPvsefJF9eWtjtUoRoGL4RfHoarzJOC9vI7oKcMp2vQ4UAt4AzijYaBJMIAMtS4bAmJwEa_skqfoDmtQ2GsFS0Q391Wk/s1600-h/DSC02348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZrYtgfKpLVHdTYmEjn3XwXmLxBWXSBCNxhJw2o6eLsmo3RTSPvsefJF9eWtjtUoRoGL4RfHoarzJOC9vI7oKcMp2vQ4UAt4AzijYaBJMIAMtS4bAmJwEa_skqfoDmtQ2GsFS0Q391Wk/s400/DSC02348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466308872016626" border="0" /></a><br />having fun at Aunt Bonnie's<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8ZZqFeVaE967llJgQWt7VtXp0uGbT9FUNynvhNeCLhOumKNguWkTq0VlqpOR-gsjykIxY040r516BQme1vlfK8JoM_p4kCwEUgcAzHCL_nKW-uwIRy5Odb44ozSWVtpWYE2v9ZcAHKU/s1600-h/DSC02332.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8ZZqFeVaE967llJgQWt7VtXp0uGbT9FUNynvhNeCLhOumKNguWkTq0VlqpOR-gsjykIxY040r516BQme1vlfK8JoM_p4kCwEUgcAzHCL_nKW-uwIRy5Odb44ozSWVtpWYE2v9ZcAHKU/s400/DSC02332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466298988157810" border="0" /></a><br />trying to take a picture of the cousins<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsvC-8_pKa1kBQocdkfL_Zs6bzo7EnmmzoCLd_T7qK3TWzxqjU4c37h3I5bQa5hci82Wgik8GVKsxbgdTBI_uXpKQZYCCQj2XDhEb5pVsuL_Xm7wUhWMeGv5VZnuilZZr8TIlWei2qq4/s1600-h/DSC02311.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsvC-8_pKa1kBQocdkfL_Zs6bzo7EnmmzoCLd_T7qK3TWzxqjU4c37h3I5bQa5hci82Wgik8GVKsxbgdTBI_uXpKQZYCCQj2XDhEb5pVsuL_Xm7wUhWMeGv5VZnuilZZr8TIlWei2qq4/s400/DSC02311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466293902530626" border="0" /></a><br />ready for thanksgiving!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLvv59KE-IDI3mYzcDNgWOkrwIjxGXKTEWzJFWSpWBjBGL2yUpUCoqhLDb4O3o5hvkaiIqIbD_1nUr9y6bqugCVkrdtcX66IUP8M3mYYtTJ3LgTMSqVN-jJqVdl8rxDCemoP1qYaHFrQ/s1600-h/DSC02308.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLvv59KE-IDI3mYzcDNgWOkrwIjxGXKTEWzJFWSpWBjBGL2yUpUCoqhLDb4O3o5hvkaiIqIbD_1nUr9y6bqugCVkrdtcX66IUP8M3mYYtTJ3LgTMSqVN-jJqVdl8rxDCemoP1qYaHFrQ/s400/DSC02308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466288780803074" border="0" /></a><br />me and my cuz riding in the car<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcgdwgFlhhx23g2ZhbDEYv8n46v7BqnrrabXFKgL4JZ9VzWBJFbNde2rMfp0TH7RtH8L4dLhgu75oFzQE_CGprl27q7TyQLHY_QgaXiAy1EtoVEf_uewbSIhvj1n5gU1pvI1DRy_F-5Q/s1600-h/DSC02299.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcgdwgFlhhx23g2ZhbDEYv8n46v7BqnrrabXFKgL4JZ9VzWBJFbNde2rMfp0TH7RtH8L4dLhgu75oFzQE_CGprl27q7TyQLHY_QgaXiAy1EtoVEf_uewbSIhvj1n5gU1pvI1DRy_F-5Q/s400/DSC02299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277466275589691442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here's a video of all the cousins together, we were attempting to take a picture of all of them together, it was too cute.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lmf1snSSY10&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lmf1snSSY10&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-40494811770955899832008-11-15T19:49:00.000-08:002008-11-15T20:05:23.732-08:007 monthsEmma is changing so much everyday, I can't believe she is already 7 months old. She has her 2 bottom teeth, loves to stand on my lap, and has almost mastered sitting up. She is so busy and very curious of her surroundings. She already seems to be doing things so much faster than I remember Aidan doing them. Even though its hard being at home and trying to look for a new job, I have also enjoyed our time together. I love spending some alone time with her just to snuggle, nurse, play and relax. She really is an easy going baby and already loves her brother and laughs at everything he does. Its really so sweet watching them together, esp. when they don't know I'm looking. We had our family pictures taken today and I think they turned out okay, I only got to see them briefly, so I can't wait to see them again and hope to find one that Chris and I both like. Here is a video I took of Emma today in her exersaucer, she really has so much fun in it.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xgageaMOrbU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xgageaMOrbU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Here are some recent pics of my sweet girl.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Me and Daddy - Do I have him wrapped or what?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3ApT_QAmuLItEKs6sw5xt1iEu7MzwDKnJqmY9wPDcZxnRi3ti4W1w0S49g5cuSqPd2_JRk8sSRN-amjs6e1TOA4fzw1M1uawLI2hKBdKfq6dSk6M1ff7ad_rH4jJ3s83QGab5VcYqbI/s1600-h/emmadaddy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3ApT_QAmuLItEKs6sw5xt1iEu7MzwDKnJqmY9wPDcZxnRi3ti4W1w0S49g5cuSqPd2_JRk8sSRN-amjs6e1TOA4fzw1M1uawLI2hKBdKfq6dSk6M1ff7ad_rH4jJ3s83QGab5VcYqbI/s400/emmadaddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100742485808834" border="0" /></a><br />Having fun with my brother!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguuc7GmuIYVPuMx24HpGPDgoU_fYdr9qZb1ktWAUpmXNuv9QrPycBdMERUyD5LZdmsbwPw9MkGz_-mpAuqFNF4mBDeOSIjRI665fe0ST8z4qOiRc9K4vL5_8QTGcLEJ6fNfC5VdoaWkM/s1600-h/emmaaidan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguuc7GmuIYVPuMx24HpGPDgoU_fYdr9qZb1ktWAUpmXNuv9QrPycBdMERUyD5LZdmsbwPw9MkGz_-mpAuqFNF4mBDeOSIjRI665fe0ST8z4qOiRc9K4vL5_8QTGcLEJ6fNfC5VdoaWkM/s400/emmaaidan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100734585479618" border="0" /></a><br />This is my silly face!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbIzicnR3J06vTu2Cs7P2PzAhxUNzJZl88WfuxLbtm1x20NWbEtEgsd24V8D1MvOoaFx9CXpEm94EkT-JlT18XisskGcsEpVC76XMCfESlypmS6E9QToJpVsOhn8FqgD0n_CZojKYqPU/s1600-h/emma6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbIzicnR3J06vTu2Cs7P2PzAhxUNzJZl88WfuxLbtm1x20NWbEtEgsd24V8D1MvOoaFx9CXpEm94EkT-JlT18XisskGcsEpVC76XMCfESlypmS6E9QToJpVsOhn8FqgD0n_CZojKYqPU/s400/emma6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100349077398754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9j_9U8aWyFdIUCTBNw2VNbQ06WNRnpugSEJBPbHKSJ0hPfGJ2LTTdlAY-JIy2anu1-WqnZE3igyy8vDB7kq5MQBZslD2eLRE-ixcmwHQwrKDTxWB_uRtODvD5WCsJDqKUyNeLBebphtM/s1600-h/emma5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9j_9U8aWyFdIUCTBNw2VNbQ06WNRnpugSEJBPbHKSJ0hPfGJ2LTTdlAY-JIy2anu1-WqnZE3igyy8vDB7kq5MQBZslD2eLRE-ixcmwHQwrKDTxWB_uRtODvD5WCsJDqKUyNeLBebphtM/s400/emma5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100339626907186" border="0" /></a><br />Check out my teeth! My hair is finally starting to grow a bit!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfhaVlfoAJvGJHYFurju9yZCmXkPAHQekzSYARMyfBSQ-bVkQxR5h5jMFmKueDAPfzX8b0_yTfQD5HM9XXpXzMHSNb4k26yOFBuy7SNNlAOiXs7HLeFaee8l0gnb8MRiRdejCrK3QyQs/s1600-h/emma3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfhaVlfoAJvGJHYFurju9yZCmXkPAHQekzSYARMyfBSQ-bVkQxR5h5jMFmKueDAPfzX8b0_yTfQD5HM9XXpXzMHSNb4k26yOFBuy7SNNlAOiXs7HLeFaee8l0gnb8MRiRdejCrK3QyQs/s400/emma3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100334726756866" border="0" /></a><br />Blue eyes!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xQYBPbtjNvQTvaScGbLxyUg2Ghqu7y8C9ROv-lO7Jd6hquPKBeLRHEpRMcLozM-YjgyQ7Ftn3Sybt6E3NDkoc0gnofsHjSQa2huZ9aeq_cjgcajFT7k-sN7cFcChhRl3uhZOcyRm-vg/s1600-h/emma2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xQYBPbtjNvQTvaScGbLxyUg2Ghqu7y8C9ROv-lO7Jd6hquPKBeLRHEpRMcLozM-YjgyQ7Ftn3Sybt6E3NDkoc0gnofsHjSQa2huZ9aeq_cjgcajFT7k-sN7cFcChhRl3uhZOcyRm-vg/s400/emma2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100330534411554" border="0" /></a><br />So much fun!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76UqxHhnw-tVLGJFudLp-9Up6ImQT01zUc3jV7sYL57lwSupVG-WEs3dA4j50I6ywL-6pO1e6IzcFgVVyxRjzqQEHKMXbQR-3l7IMLS5tVoL-wZB1xvOPJfOdfGerJtTMyNeZWuyHIVE/s1600-h/emma1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76UqxHhnw-tVLGJFudLp-9Up6ImQT01zUc3jV7sYL57lwSupVG-WEs3dA4j50I6ywL-6pO1e6IzcFgVVyxRjzqQEHKMXbQR-3l7IMLS5tVoL-wZB1xvOPJfOdfGerJtTMyNeZWuyHIVE/s400/emma1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269100326629179266" border="0" /></a>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-50976992942167375442008-10-25T10:16:00.000-07:002008-10-25T10:47:45.526-07:006 month checkupEmma finally had her 6 month checkup even though she will be 7 months on Monday. I can't believe she is almost 7 months old, isn't that crazy! I have really enjoyed the extra time I have gotten to spend with her, the circumstances are the best, but I am enjoying my extra mommy time anyways and looking for a job as well. I'm trying to stay optimistic about the whole job thing because that is me, I'm a very optimistic person and I know that something will work out eventually. :) Emma had a pretty good appt. except for the shots, ugh poor thing got the "snubs" as my cousin Julie likes to say! She also got this look of worry on her face for the first time with the dtr. she started sticking her bottom lip out as if to say I don't think I like you messing with me! She weighed in at 18 lbs, 9 oz and 28 1/4" long, which I think puts her in the 97% for height, but about 75% for weight. I went back and looked to see what Aidan was at 6 months and he was about the same, 18 lbs, 12 oz and 29 1/2" long. She is really starting to do more things lately, she really trying to sit up on her own, I've got a video of that below, I've also got a video of her trying some sweet potatoes for the first time too. Her two bottom teeth are really coming in now and she has started saying Dada, so I guess that is going to be her first word, Aidan's was Mama, so I know that is making Chris happy.<br /><br />Its a rainy Saturday afternoon and the house is momentarily quiet. Aidan is taking a nap and Chris is downstairs rocking Emma to sleep. So, Momma has some time to herself to update blogs and surf the net and drink coffee, yum! It wont last long so I'm going to add the pictures and video while I have a chance.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Emma sitting up in the highchair like a big girl eating sweet potatoes! If you look closely you can see her teeth coming in on the bottom.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNCpjHNQWm6ODEmH_CHIRu9sv4gIF1G5p5cgN21hIAiAUPZrnK1t42mALm7Ht2o6LPW_AlyaEQuNSqtyP8AQ8ooRq0SO4STcKfPeOaN5ZyNKgc-GS4nPwgjap-RQqOztOS33iJePkKeU/s1600-h/emmatooth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNCpjHNQWm6ODEmH_CHIRu9sv4gIF1G5p5cgN21hIAiAUPZrnK1t42mALm7Ht2o6LPW_AlyaEQuNSqtyP8AQ8ooRq0SO4STcKfPeOaN5ZyNKgc-GS4nPwgjap-RQqOztOS33iJePkKeU/s400/emmatooth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261147457561354178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGte-Kl4jTQGhty0KOxzM65pPPJmy2s33F6666Lq6nCR2NF-gLPEULbS3a7kLZdwxbyNLRl3TH2OjeTGN4nQpSH4sbUYSZItsiSnYd1D4pizB2c9K-GSrWVUcvHg9RmfjfOt04hRAZvI/s1600-h/emma2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGte-Kl4jTQGhty0KOxzM65pPPJmy2s33F6666Lq6nCR2NF-gLPEULbS3a7kLZdwxbyNLRl3TH2OjeTGN4nQpSH4sbUYSZItsiSnYd1D4pizB2c9K-GSrWVUcvHg9RmfjfOt04hRAZvI/s400/emma2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261147119476900754" border="0" /></a><br />Trying to sit up<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQmYmsU7YhaiBzTFAlMO1bw_gsBi1GlflHYMp1JTlVr5zbdJPtuPnPDp-JWJskltC_Az_IcJX3OCSMX8MV9c4_ECFXv_5FQsN5hqPDJs2XUp09FClvdSnMns0eB8WIoYzRK48_QwGWu0/s1600-h/emmadolly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQmYmsU7YhaiBzTFAlMO1bw_gsBi1GlflHYMp1JTlVr5zbdJPtuPnPDp-JWJskltC_Az_IcJX3OCSMX8MV9c4_ECFXv_5FQsN5hqPDJs2XUp09FClvdSnMns0eB8WIoYzRK48_QwGWu0/s400/emmadolly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261147447335063378" border="0" /></a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><br />Wearing some adorable leggings that my friend <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5663453">Ashley</a> made.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaurtx-SiXQIjR64Xpnc9CQalTXvPaYhyV-kDhFNu4pJW4J7T1taf7eSKN8XVh_HLTz_e7w8-OFMea7HzdY85AemvnHpgVnHRLBLVmGL6e_Al7MoqZd3qNMuJHScQRt-TWigVXqh-An8/s1600-h/emma8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9_cOgSahUjKtPYb672d8sZ3Eqje3LRSw4S1VfsJona05q9Gm6ocwhdZyDVlAPk6u57wnrRfJ4BdS6WsLj6Du1itOeN-9vGy9v7TAmvqKyrWNjJPLEkdIXaqmQg1P_HGOdFWSIyiJmz8/s400/emma3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261147121248551602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yQEsfK8gjvI"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yQEsfK8gjvI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed> </object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-ptDBwHSzHQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-ptDBwHSzHQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-73581366297834017522008-10-07T06:49:00.000-07:002008-10-07T07:10:41.504-07:00Emma's new laptopEmma saw Carter's new laptop and just had to have one herself! Well, Nana went out and got Emma and Aidan one to play with and I took some pictures of her checking it out. I also had some "neked" time on several blankets and she loved it and didn't have any accidents either. I took a few pictures of that as well. She is really starting to roll all over the place now. I have to be really careful where I put her now because she is on the move. She is wearing me out not sleeping lately, whew! I can't think straight half the time! I put her to bed and I go to bed and what feels like a few minutes really was an hour or two go by and she's up, I nurse her back to sleep make sure she doesn't need changing, fall back into bed and 2 hours later back up again and we repeat this until its really time to get up. All I can say is I'm sleepy! :) Here are some pictures.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Emma doing her daily sit ups! She is always trying to do this when I lay her on her back!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7uL3hcP-JSsvjdlvAOgt6iC73JoYWMVU24E03WWjn6LrTnduiuOqWF7WyOWWZP2oM_-GZLOna9nKHDC3lA4TSsLOT8x1ZN9jzVzaKpA6_aMGVda4FjsobIH3LoaMSPu_CNHKMpkiuOI/s1600-h/emmasitups.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7uL3hcP-JSsvjdlvAOgt6iC73JoYWMVU24E03WWjn6LrTnduiuOqWF7WyOWWZP2oM_-GZLOna9nKHDC3lA4TSsLOT8x1ZN9jzVzaKpA6_aMGVda4FjsobIH3LoaMSPu_CNHKMpkiuOI/s400/emmasitups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254413082604588674" border="0" /></a><br />All smiles! I love being naked!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNGATw-yNtNYPcKswu_wu1j-DwRgAsGc9fZppBPoQvdbbyFJuVIqhmmpq2vmoYSraihMvdDc2-tR-MmbDqrKRV4czZ-FtfjFpFTbby4O5RfLlHs2CjJX_GNMstKln0kb9fhX1Kg0AOX8/s1600-h/emmasmiley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNGATw-yNtNYPcKswu_wu1j-DwRgAsGc9fZppBPoQvdbbyFJuVIqhmmpq2vmoYSraihMvdDc2-tR-MmbDqrKRV4czZ-FtfjFpFTbby4O5RfLlHs2CjJX_GNMstKln0kb9fhX1Kg0AOX8/s400/emmasmiley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254413086912605762" border="0" /></a><br />Enjoying her naked time!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf01CnVPQO3cbqOWgIjI4h9h9UwDMtPTvzlwopkGbiWm0VCRLPU7NM5bmdAmkvXOKgS0ZAV0CPvBh4qKBKQGU4SuOzHN79eIUMR88Xga9uA_C3ar7tUG9yQ5Ug5sHM2Q84vCQxcmsYADE/s1600-h/emmatooth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf01CnVPQO3cbqOWgIjI4h9h9UwDMtPTvzlwopkGbiWm0VCRLPU7NM5bmdAmkvXOKgS0ZAV0CPvBh4qKBKQGU4SuOzHN79eIUMR88Xga9uA_C3ar7tUG9yQ5Ug5sHM2Q84vCQxcmsYADE/s400/emmatooth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254413096200308514" border="0" /></a><br />A new hat I bought her off of Etsy.com I love it! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXIGKZJweSBlzDzi2VcAr1rMZAXFEuxK8a1ler06KNMcV_LvEjsveV04-_pLqHiczUCTq3T_P-NkpdMQ-RMf8D6lltz6_JqMSHZqIXXKELjMK6iHAIMkQ0afpQjc0f5LG51rY4riU2bo/s1600-h/emmasnewhat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXIGKZJweSBlzDzi2VcAr1rMZAXFEuxK8a1ler06KNMcV_LvEjsveV04-_pLqHiczUCTq3T_P-NkpdMQ-RMf8D6lltz6_JqMSHZqIXXKELjMK6iHAIMkQ0afpQjc0f5LG51rY4riU2bo/s400/emmasnewhat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254413104949767058" border="0" /></a><br />Another view of the hat.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuk-hGqdDcag2yeKfweV3C8qIBm_kIcYUXPaDywc1fEe1wZ8qlPh9KQcfy8jIw-CzjvcsbOIgMz3vRgaCKzw3M2xW_1jp1rxhNlTHbExOrEHR14qPCGrgpttWcDJtvDi3aXM_8tvJhnKE/s1600-h/emmasnewhat2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuk-hGqdDcag2yeKfweV3C8qIBm_kIcYUXPaDywc1fEe1wZ8qlPh9KQcfy8jIw-CzjvcsbOIgMz3vRgaCKzw3M2xW_1jp1rxhNlTHbExOrEHR14qPCGrgpttWcDJtvDi3aXM_8tvJhnKE/s400/emmasnewhat2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254413109560977298" border="0" /></a><br />Emma's ready for school in this new outfit or maybe just ready to play with her new laptop.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGHnpqCY8rYt3kwLAYiOltpNwX8YB9vKzXNHpjuR4f2OqP59qjlXHuhsDFVUkTSWjEVFMmzh7N83AP5VYTfbCPNN8_4HhSYfrDGeyUY8ExcnEmxsY5xxUeTO0VHFPH_HbRa05hygafNo/s1600-h/emmak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGHnpqCY8rYt3kwLAYiOltpNwX8YB9vKzXNHpjuR4f2OqP59qjlXHuhsDFVUkTSWjEVFMmzh7N83AP5VYTfbCPNN8_4HhSYfrDGeyUY8ExcnEmxsY5xxUeTO0VHFPH_HbRa05hygafNo/s400/emmak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254411690197201106" border="0" /></a><br />Hmmm...what is this mommy?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVOOjuYGvzCIHoheutrWWeTb6qFiIBjJE12j4NXff8KDGOjCaADQWAw9Lj1031zwc1CkSENg5mf_a27aj06C7Bi2ventbLXWbh6wmuoESxiYsG3ul5PSzn4OzKqTtO8zCnrU8m_EoErQ/s1600-h/emmalaptop1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVOOjuYGvzCIHoheutrWWeTb6qFiIBjJE12j4NXff8KDGOjCaADQWAw9Lj1031zwc1CkSENg5mf_a27aj06C7Bi2ventbLXWbh6wmuoESxiYsG3ul5PSzn4OzKqTtO8zCnrU8m_EoErQ/s400/emmalaptop1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254411694436744370" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, I think I know what to do with this.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqWmHdwaN1vFXkzk4rU7HVdaxRRs0pffw8w89Xs0sZWLHiahb7_gZK3pZa_-Lmh0sJIpSPWPT5MFMpicVHH4072W750_fAgHGUpxHE3ukXlhYCOZrB799XM_pEKvNrY8jtjW6h6HamhM/s1600-h/emmalaptop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqWmHdwaN1vFXkzk4rU7HVdaxRRs0pffw8w89Xs0sZWLHiahb7_gZK3pZa_-Lmh0sJIpSPWPT5MFMpicVHH4072W750_fAgHGUpxHE3ukXlhYCOZrB799XM_pEKvNrY8jtjW6h6HamhM/s400/emmalaptop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254411696717461346" border="0" /></a><br />Oh yeah, this is cool.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiON5CYxte3NOA_6nafok-LRvZJXk05MEpZs3hICkO2a4rfoPHOmw3QM7-8Pr7MsmRfwhzzhkCyi9CXA5JLYSI_d8pM94UmHy4Wd8v4cPbmNCd1dSTY1NHc2xkqfrAOIgEK3bC2eeRMwwM/s1600-h/emmalaptop2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiON5CYxte3NOA_6nafok-LRvZJXk05MEpZs3hICkO2a4rfoPHOmw3QM7-8Pr7MsmRfwhzzhkCyi9CXA5JLYSI_d8pM94UmHy4Wd8v4cPbmNCd1dSTY1NHc2xkqfrAOIgEK3bC2eeRMwwM/s400/emmalaptop2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254411702637693618" border="0" /></a><br />What else you got for me, I figured this out quick! <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWB3zInNw5n1KwPe5qiD0Mt6k7MLjotVmQL_dDmsBmMikFYIT50eEBl7g4XdrWrbnEYeT5e6zGdeFfJbGnyHiVCGUOziHBxui7JDEAIRsDqMpCVJUTuvhZBIO6hGTOZyLMhFKKNnMgPo/s1600-h/emmalaptop3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWB3zInNw5n1KwPe5qiD0Mt6k7MLjotVmQL_dDmsBmMikFYIT50eEBl7g4XdrWrbnEYeT5e6zGdeFfJbGnyHiVCGUOziHBxui7JDEAIRsDqMpCVJUTuvhZBIO6hGTOZyLMhFKKNnMgPo/s400/emmalaptop3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254411711429267714" border="0" /></a>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-24326164174210863272008-10-02T07:04:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:22:37.911-07:001 minivan, 1 tooth, 1 layoff...Well, I can't believe what my MIL discovered yesterday! Emma has a tooth coming in! One of her bottom teeth has broken through the skin. How in the world did I miss this? I can't believe it, it makes sense now why she has been so cranky this last week or so and every time she would bite down on something she would scream. I just thought she was getting frustrated at the toy she was playing with, man I need to pay more attention. But, then again I have been consumed with other things going on in my life. I recently got my notice at my job and my last day is in two weeks. So, needless to say I'm not happy about this and I'm not sure what I'm going to do next. Of course I am sending out resumes and starting the job hunt, but I dread it all. On the other hand, I am looking forward to spending a little quality time with Emma while I'm searching for a new job. I keep trying to tell myself these things happen for a reason and hopefully something even better will come along. ugh! I just need to win the lottery! ha! <br /><br />I swear I going to post some new pictures of Emma soon. I've just got to get myself together. One good thing did happen recently, we got Honda Odyssey and I love it and my car payment is cheaper too, which is a real good thing right now. <br /><br />Emma is getting so big, we had her pictures taken at the Vanderveens on Wednesday and she was so cute smiling and laughing. I can't wait to see the pics again, they showed them to me briefly and as usual I'm going to have a tough time deciding! While I was there I picked up some pictures from our last visit and wow she has changed so much, she doesn't even look like the same baby. Its amazing how much they change in their first year, job or no job I am getting her pictures done a few more times this year. I can't not get her pictures made ya know! She loves being naked, we did some pics with her in the buff and they crack me up with her little rolls! I need to get a "naked blanklet" like my sister has for Carter so Emma can roll around and move easier, I know she would love it. I still can't believe my baby has a tooth and she just turned 6 months, isn't that early, seems early to me. Aidan had his around 7-8 months. Oh well, hopefully this isn't a sign that she's going to do everything early, yikes!Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-31760509963857957922008-09-18T11:46:00.000-07:002008-09-18T12:06:54.568-07:00Where does the time go?Today is my 4th wedding anniversary, I would have never thought that 4 years after our wedding we would have a son and a daughter. It seems so crazy but wonderful! I was sitting in Emma's room the other night rocking her and I started thinking about how she is growing up too fast and I feel like I'm missing it. I felt this way with Aidan too, I guess it has something to do with working full time and really only seeing your babies at night and on the weekends. Its hard, but what can you do. I feel like Aidan's first two years have flown by and while I sat rocking and nursing Emma in Aidan's old rocking chair I thought, this is moment is going to be gone in a second. I have to enjoy every little moment with both of them. I feel guilty at times b/c Emma doesn't get the full attention that Aidan did as a baby, but that is something that can't be helped being the 2nd child. Part of me is so excited to see her get bigger and start doing more things and then the other part of me wants her to stay in the snuggly cute immobile stage she is at right now. ahhh...I know I can't stop time, so I'm doing my best to drink it all in and remember all the little moments.<br /><br />The one thing that is so neat about siblings is there instant love for each other. The other night Aidan had been at home with his Daddy for a while before I got home with Emma and as soon as I put her down he rushed over and immediately started "talking" to her and loving on her, it was so precious! She just looks so adoringly up at him too. I know this will change as well when they get older and start getting on each others nerves. <br /><br />Emma wants to sit up so bad it is killing her. Whenever I lay her down she immediately starts pulling her head up like she's going to do a sit up! She is going to have a six pack before her 1st birthday! ha! She has also started rolling a bit from back to front and front to back, not much but when she's in the mood. I finally started putting her in an entertainer and she likes it for brief periods of time, I think she likes the different view of the world and watching her wild brother run around. She still loves being on the changing table and getting her diaper changed, I think she feels "free" without any clothes on and she can really get her toes in her mouth without all those clothes in the way. hee hee! She is also very ticklish and has the cutest laugh. She's growing so fast, she'll be 6 months old in a week. The 1st year just flies by so quickly!<br /><br />On my 4 year Anniversary I look back and am so thankful for a loving husband and wonderful father and two beautiful healthy children and how quickly it can happen. I remember being in my late twenties before I met my husband and thinking I am probably never going to get married or have kids and then BAM here I am married with 2 kids....life is a crazy wonderful thing!Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-39627183668274188492008-09-09T13:36:00.000-07:002008-09-10T11:52:46.008-07:005 1/2 monthsI just wanted to add some new pictures. We recently went to my Aunt Bonnie's over the weekend and hung out with the family. My sister was in with her little boy Carter. It was great to see her and him, he has grown so much! Here are the pics:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Emma hanging out in her cousin Matti's stroller<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgsJsdCS0D-bDeEKWSc7WQBZkb_wzddM6m6nNOsJ7XmRGRftJ-RZQidQqUwa2SMC2GEVHkdb8R0M7KudDYPkuHz7k_al5u-M0BUyuuNddn7JnKtBn3sVwgp2K0CRkqn0xNhqnMUAjdOY/s1600-h/Emmak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgsJsdCS0D-bDeEKWSc7WQBZkb_wzddM6m6nNOsJ7XmRGRftJ-RZQidQqUwa2SMC2GEVHkdb8R0M7KudDYPkuHz7k_al5u-M0BUyuuNddn7JnKtBn3sVwgp2K0CRkqn0xNhqnMUAjdOY/s400/Emmak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244136111583484690" border="0" /></a><br />Swinging for the first time, she loved it!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-k8mbOAt5MeZebmW0VhyphenhyphenI7fC-raQKjoWjqHNnna-AWt9YnYzy0kjHEI8TJxK2n0jFPgleCm9eHfw8S8Il58yUE5KC12b_RH-RNOMKuxoYsMvXeduaHjMGTqhWyrTEmLuO6qJ300PNdLE/s1600-h/EmmaSwingin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-k8mbOAt5MeZebmW0VhyphenhyphenI7fC-raQKjoWjqHNnna-AWt9YnYzy0kjHEI8TJxK2n0jFPgleCm9eHfw8S8Il58yUE5KC12b_RH-RNOMKuxoYsMvXeduaHjMGTqhWyrTEmLuO6qJ300PNdLE/s400/EmmaSwingin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244136114955165570" border="0" /></a>I like these straps!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr6PO6AQPr9D9epinxvnIg1X623QG_Qq7bMJvjl46Io9bBmwAaDAcQxA8qAGtv7Tdc-Q5ElGqd_PSR8z2dH3f5PAKQJJWWMon8Tnrirg7-Rx6QWji85MTgcqtlL3ziJHZLfckm5kmOtY/s1600-h/Emms.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr6PO6AQPr9D9epinxvnIg1X623QG_Qq7bMJvjl46Io9bBmwAaDAcQxA8qAGtv7Tdc-Q5ElGqd_PSR8z2dH3f5PAKQJJWWMon8Tnrirg7-Rx6QWji85MTgcqtlL3ziJHZLfckm5kmOtY/s400/Emms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244136118499639026" border="0" /></a><br />Swinging with my cousin Matti! Aidan enjoyed pushing them both!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO257dZfTqZ6lrGxmklDfSZOR4cuSE2Fq-GmDMwK7AAIJSaDBm6gkVzx3YdreJ6sHnCSUt2JRaa56PSuYMUeT7R0HqwUZiaGNN6TNvCl0dKqCCmHph3_0v4zUKNWq58Kp1zBfcx8E9O4/s1600-h/lazydayz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO257dZfTqZ6lrGxmklDfSZOR4cuSE2Fq-GmDMwK7AAIJSaDBm6gkVzx3YdreJ6sHnCSUt2JRaa56PSuYMUeT7R0HqwUZiaGNN6TNvCl0dKqCCmHph3_0v4zUKNWq58Kp1zBfcx8E9O4/s400/lazydayz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244136125540242898" border="0" /></a><br />Me and Emma relaxing at the Lake<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZHEDtdOfURGYAsZpMTu9yI5jJMuXwht9_epR7HiDrztmeWpiDYt84vvPS-izMNmDY79-akklkRA3UEwK1rrmmB6qsLirHMVYApZ5o96ChtghVoFklohnccE11ernUVg0ZgKcR5FTYs0/s1600-h/MommyEmma.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZHEDtdOfURGYAsZpMTu9yI5jJMuXwht9_epR7HiDrztmeWpiDYt84vvPS-izMNmDY79-akklkRA3UEwK1rrmmB6qsLirHMVYApZ5o96ChtghVoFklohnccE11ernUVg0ZgKcR5FTYs0/s400/MommyEmma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244136127654684466" border="0" /></a><br />Blowin Bubbles<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1kl9ENhbLC2wn5mFwCUpI6O7UfOIEwRCNgfiociZWZ_9Hg5tJwfkNcy81nYEeXhGxliCmC2PjsaJcU-b0u4VAPGcWm6cKsqtKriaa2UYxZBtu1X3qc6YTosaPiMEKXbQ654_UUaIYxY/s1600-h/blowinbubbles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1kl9ENhbLC2wn5mFwCUpI6O7UfOIEwRCNgfiociZWZ_9Hg5tJwfkNcy81nYEeXhGxliCmC2PjsaJcU-b0u4VAPGcWm6cKsqtKriaa2UYxZBtu1X3qc6YTosaPiMEKXbQ654_UUaIYxY/s400/blowinbubbles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244124485287622178" border="0" /></a><br />Aunt Bonnie and my cousin Carter<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwjXma0Z9KG6bcRDvVUp-ZulGdqmagJKkrvOHqrSS20_jzXd_tkYT4Bzdfte1tx82s16NHcLfPnNLLLI3n_6gkEgM3gXQMycIEIAol7oyz3k8TtqqVYU0AcamXyR9UCTt4MEAJfwhrMY/s1600-h/BonnieCarter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwjXma0Z9KG6bcRDvVUp-ZulGdqmagJKkrvOHqrSS20_jzXd_tkYT4Bzdfte1tx82s16NHcLfPnNLLLI3n_6gkEgM3gXQMycIEIAol7oyz3k8TtqqVYU0AcamXyR9UCTt4MEAJfwhrMY/s400/BonnieCarter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244124491593759490" border="0" /></a><br />Emma and Carter<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_3RMylnJam6xPWXGX64iAeSGR18dAbLNx0D8m6mRHeUUtCYeoLt3w7GF51bOrjdnMe9xkDTnO1-hcRPZLvUvjdsg4YsbFWxGauQwmS-BdFjzsdTcUYati7pDHoAcOKkSKAhHbqshE3E/s1600-h/CarterEmma.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_3RMylnJam6xPWXGX64iAeSGR18dAbLNx0D8m6mRHeUUtCYeoLt3w7GF51bOrjdnMe9xkDTnO1-hcRPZLvUvjdsg4YsbFWxGauQwmS-BdFjzsdTcUYati7pDHoAcOKkSKAhHbqshE3E/s400/CarterEmma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244124496747756754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdpwc2t44m9Q85p9uHyPnm9GASNhWLi3uXH_bUE3smxPwM99G0DBvfy2hHBVNCDbi0SljbexQRAYwQjs9ki80Ttqd5jYXwrE2M4DJjpjbbIshBlEZLV2fodFVTl73lBf6Z3JY-FIrGDg/s1600-h/CarterEmma2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdpwc2t44m9Q85p9uHyPnm9GASNhWLi3uXH_bUE3smxPwM99G0DBvfy2hHBVNCDbi0SljbexQRAYwQjs9ki80Ttqd5jYXwrE2M4DJjpjbbIshBlEZLV2fodFVTl73lBf6Z3JY-FIrGDg/s400/CarterEmma2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244124494793372130" border="0" /></a>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-90455792498848159932008-08-27T11:48:00.000-07:002008-08-28T09:56:40.881-07:00Back from Vacation & 5 months old!What a trip! I've never seen so much rain thanks to the tropical storm. Emma of course didn't notice a difference and still had a good time. She is growing way too fast, but so far isn't doing too many new things too fast. She had discovered her feet and loves to hold them. She can roll to one side, but not all the way over. She's still pretty vocal and loves to watch and observe everyone, esp. her brother. She has such a good disposition and is always so cheery and happy. She is even use to her brother when he has a tantrum, if she is nearby she gets this quizzical look on her face and will look at me, like what is wrong with him mommy? The loudness of him doesn't seem to phase her unless he does it suddenly. I can't believe she is 5 months Today! She is at the stage in nursing where she is so easily distracted by anything, its quite funny at times. Sometimes when I'm nursing her I might watch a little tv or be talking to someone and then I'll look down at her and she stops nursing and gives me the biggest milky grin. So cute!<br /><br />The drive home was the hardest part of the trip. The drive down we did at night, which worked out beautifully b/c they both slept most of the way down. The drive home we did during the day, Emma did fine, but Aidan got tired of being in the car very quickly. Even after we had almost been in the car for 9 hours I would look over at Emma in her seat and she would just grin at me. She was probably the only one still in a good mood by the time we got home.<br /><br />I didn't take as many pictures as I normally would b/c of the weather. The only thing I really did want to get was a family picture of all four of us. Its just so hard to do for some reason. The few times we did try Aidan wanted to do something else and I didn't want to have a picture of him screaming b/c one of us was holding him or Emma wanted to eat, the timing was never right. We could have done it if the weather had held out for us. We did try inside too, but the best we got was pics of either me and Aidan, Chris and Emma or three of us never all four. Oh, well, can't do anything about it now. We'll have plenty of family shots soon I know. Lori got some cute pics (I think) on her camera of Aidan and Emma sitting beside each other, I can't wait to see those. All in all it was a good trip and so good to see everyone, hopefully we can convince Uncle Gary and Aunt Julie to come up for a visit sometime! :)<div style="text-align: center;"><br />You can really see her hair in this one, its finally starting to grow a bit.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SWY2KylFphaZqXUnomak8eWNJ5hFWyXrd_zx4TNpkR-dx3tU8BTtfk9XhdV1-5ya23CxyFRa7x9Tk3ZLah2P4aIfas7yTteDz_w5guPlYmvoKghuTJpr_VQ6K04b3sX31xsRroXbVVQ/s1600-h/DSC02057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SWY2KylFphaZqXUnomak8eWNJ5hFWyXrd_zx4TNpkR-dx3tU8BTtfk9XhdV1-5ya23CxyFRa7x9Tk3ZLah2P4aIfas7yTteDz_w5guPlYmvoKghuTJpr_VQ6K04b3sX31xsRroXbVVQ/s400/DSC02057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239609319606484418" border="0" /></a>This one cracks me up, she is memorized by her moving hand! It turned into a freaky picture too!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZQuyyYnZ-GduV57G3gfihD0tRSazsnoqsjvnNvslABsF3Z6LNuHbBECM_Rql8qOY_HbjNySv_x3HbGzwrH8mAq6gB9jBE-TqRZLidWpEbSmO0mH3WLIaVnwun_2MY5vs3sgV-UgvuIE/s1600-h/DSC02075.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZQuyyYnZ-GduV57G3gfihD0tRSazsnoqsjvnNvslABsF3Z6LNuHbBECM_Rql8qOY_HbjNySv_x3HbGzwrH8mAq6gB9jBE-TqRZLidWpEbSmO0mH3WLIaVnwun_2MY5vs3sgV-UgvuIE/s400/DSC02075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239609326238680882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAItqhGVfpZQrYIGzXPmn-hMk2tytJf0P7YQLKg3FiJTEfqVj0Q23USDo10sI9k37wCJPrN-Y8bdaw3VvYOWH7G3OiYQ7eAYBR5WadD4CRLXZPmHFYF86TOAwR4gLpqAiVRLQ0pKwgdw/s1600-h/DSC02034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAItqhGVfpZQrYIGzXPmn-hMk2tytJf0P7YQLKg3FiJTEfqVj0Q23USDo10sI9k37wCJPrN-Y8bdaw3VvYOWH7G3OiYQ7eAYBR5WadD4CRLXZPmHFYF86TOAwR4gLpqAiVRLQ0pKwgdw/s400/DSC02034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239602111780673842" border="0" /></a><br />I love holding my feet!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_upJVY65pmGVR1KS4sUZn2b5EJcFRwgPzIeVzmeluoh7vSUupg4cBjyL7rwEAinIY5D-mnGUrFWRiS97AGKFv2MSGNlIUcL8sqzVsI_0kUI-JldnHFN_ZXsI5TTGCBgT2aoh7sw5XQU/s1600-h/DSC02047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_upJVY65pmGVR1KS4sUZn2b5EJcFRwgPzIeVzmeluoh7vSUupg4cBjyL7rwEAinIY5D-mnGUrFWRiS97AGKFv2MSGNlIUcL8sqzVsI_0kUI-JldnHFN_ZXsI5TTGCBgT2aoh7sw5XQU/s400/DSC02047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239602119338399426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjc84virdb_laybpxIPGMYx_uzy5ZZA8W_5B_TzvRZfCeWOvIBbX6iktgjbwB5M-tHhbPewXltJGPvLvDTYfWT5Bi4fIkEszzjO3buQm-QvGT8sVJmJMVuwjZOqlUxsCeCxLuIN86wOc/s1600-h/DSC02056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjc84virdb_laybpxIPGMYx_uzy5ZZA8W_5B_TzvRZfCeWOvIBbX6iktgjbwB5M-tHhbPewXltJGPvLvDTYfWT5Bi4fIkEszzjO3buQm-QvGT8sVJmJMVuwjZOqlUxsCeCxLuIN86wOc/s400/DSC02056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239602123893940098" border="0" /></a><br />Sitting in the bumbo seat. This is blurry b/c I turned the flash off so I could get her with her eyes open, poor thing automatically closes her eyes now when she sees the camera.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr37rRGiuojH8a9LgU_TJRNV83-SfPnGq-96azy_3udj6OOfORxbVbGWZcS9AFyT2HFXz4MM6rFJ_NTRIeBdVQrQChrV7p6ernufQ85bvLoK33AWhajBxNIjRkz1SJixqrriF-vHnQpE/s1600-h/DSC02069.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr37rRGiuojH8a9LgU_TJRNV83-SfPnGq-96azy_3udj6OOfORxbVbGWZcS9AFyT2HFXz4MM6rFJ_NTRIeBdVQrQChrV7p6ernufQ85bvLoK33AWhajBxNIjRkz1SJixqrriF-vHnQpE/s400/DSC02069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239602127284867218" border="0" /></a>This one is blurry too, but I thought it was cute!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DnM1Ifb5vptoKII3BLpGPeay4GEHo32kmGgHpG2dupHTqUWYnl_fKQfia5sebhMY3k-JlnzMRVrVRoCLmjdRrUL5P7_Pwc1wm6DKn5gyoABCrcnBBJcUgcet8CnqZY8X52dgXEaYqLk/s1600-h/DSC02071.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DnM1Ifb5vptoKII3BLpGPeay4GEHo32kmGgHpG2dupHTqUWYnl_fKQfia5sebhMY3k-JlnzMRVrVRoCLmjdRrUL5P7_Pwc1wm6DKn5gyoABCrcnBBJcUgcet8CnqZY8X52dgXEaYqLk/s400/DSC02071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239609330473092466" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Emma and Uncle Gary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_q2Lqh79t3c9Ko7lAGN24jMn51XKN_7pQM79XjCLylTYOagVhq-tZvGG8h1tEkz6sKjPlyaq2oIRi8dJv66wCkMfgFZC_vBGjEYRjI6lFECakOLC7pb3SfL_1HQlTMY2o_x3Reo-fWrc/s1600-h/DSC02004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_q2Lqh79t3c9Ko7lAGN24jMn51XKN_7pQM79XjCLylTYOagVhq-tZvGG8h1tEkz6sKjPlyaq2oIRi8dJv66wCkMfgFZC_vBGjEYRjI6lFECakOLC7pb3SfL_1HQlTMY2o_x3Reo-fWrc/s400/DSC02004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239298025375532802" border="0" /></a><br />Emma was rocked by her Uncle Gary a lot and loved it!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnU2MvDoz9UGL76h2VsL_fD0L0ox3zCpIclFGx13oNzlWqs13LGHnd_QkfkudoHhlozOwS22LXFa2E7Z63yTAlF7uEcSrrCObAWAAR4zd5T3hZQccFVY8x0Er8lJ7c7xqYpn6XyBbw38/s1600-h/DSC02006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnU2MvDoz9UGL76h2VsL_fD0L0ox3zCpIclFGx13oNzlWqs13LGHnd_QkfkudoHhlozOwS22LXFa2E7Z63yTAlF7uEcSrrCObAWAAR4zd5T3hZQccFVY8x0Er8lJ7c7xqYpn6XyBbw38/s400/DSC02006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239298030145441922" border="0" /></a><br />Sweet Girl!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvvu2kgwEQZYs5aRhzXxUzlpmN3avdghnPBNpwCw4OEnxNWyax7tREEWi363YpFjOXKLYJ4cL5p4m0VsJsxQfxkgn152_SwDNXNEePxsee7SACzMk3XyopeAEYa4H-DjGKpOGlKi1h4g/s1600-h/DSC02013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvvu2kgwEQZYs5aRhzXxUzlpmN3avdghnPBNpwCw4OEnxNWyax7tREEWi363YpFjOXKLYJ4cL5p4m0VsJsxQfxkgn152_SwDNXNEePxsee7SACzMk3XyopeAEYa4H-DjGKpOGlKi1h4g/s400/DSC02013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239298035898432706" border="0" /></a><br />My cute chunky monkey<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIB4V7DVL6CqDGbQQYNk-BaQtHFjRv0TDPVVLnJa5AeV9nvhVyaGTUcyZ8B4nWAsUA9Kq2VeQvOMpFaiLd023m0XmHiZKFcM3n4Aqh1ORXOT0DGOHMd0SoXl5_T4_6uiNPllyXaqsfuJ4/s1600-h/DSC02015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIB4V7DVL6CqDGbQQYNk-BaQtHFjRv0TDPVVLnJa5AeV9nvhVyaGTUcyZ8B4nWAsUA9Kq2VeQvOMpFaiLd023m0XmHiZKFcM3n4Aqh1ORXOT0DGOHMd0SoXl5_T4_6uiNPllyXaqsfuJ4/s400/DSC02015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239298043109324994" border="0" /></a><br />Emma chillin by the lake in her tankini!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztGPz2ZahvoGS9qtAejmjYEiPPjUXdcYGqKT_8JZqeHJQS7WIp68kWi81b8ATMiUbdzt1m9O-SAWwQBRkEsk5G781xzemHd82EK89TA_e0e3w0hv5bbJjcd6YUuQkW-Eln8AT-htMilc/s1600-h/DSC02022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztGPz2ZahvoGS9qtAejmjYEiPPjUXdcYGqKT_8JZqeHJQS7WIp68kWi81b8ATMiUbdzt1m9O-SAWwQBRkEsk5G781xzemHd82EK89TA_e0e3w0hv5bbJjcd6YUuQkW-Eln8AT-htMilc/s400/DSC02022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239298054121686546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here's a video of her playing under her gym: <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwDV4o5HWSI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwDV4o5HWSI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Here she is on her tummy: <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L5MUsPHFzoI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L5MUsPHFzoI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Here is one of her kicking and swatting at the toys in her gym(I'm not sure why my camera goes out of focus while I'm filming, drives me crazy!): <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bxmmCQJpk8Q&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bxmmCQJpk8Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-65311591717565175232008-08-14T13:48:00.001-07:002008-08-14T13:55:22.233-07:00On VacationWe are getting ready to leave for our family trip to Florida! I am so excited! I will post pictures and hopefully get some video while I'm there and update when I get back. I'm not sure how the drive will go, it takes a around 8 hours to get there and we are leaving tonight after work. Evening drives usually work best for Aidan, hopefully it will be the same for Emma. Once it gets dark I'm hoping they will drift off to sleep. But, then again 8 hours is still a long time in the car whether you're sleeping or not! ugh!<br /><br />If you are wondering where we go in Florida...its to Chris's Aunt and Uncle's house on Kingsley Lake, right outside of Jacksonville. We go every year and stay for a week, we hardly ever leave the house, which is the way I like it. Its so relaxing! It will be great to catch up with everyone and it will be the first time the Fl relatives have seen Emma. I can't wait for them to meet her in person! I'll post some pics when I can!Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-18939677340749099672008-08-06T07:38:00.000-07:002008-08-06T07:46:20.110-07:00Sweet EmmaEmma is such a good baby, so happy and chatty! She's changing everyday and is really trying to roll over but has only gotten from her back to her side and she loves playing with her feet. She's become very observant and loves to watch her brother playing and talking. When I go to get her out of her crib in the mornings she always has the biggest grin on her face. Here is a picture I took of her yesterday, she loves laying on the changing table and esp. loves getting her diaper changed. I didn't realize until after I took the pic that she was still commando, whoops. Let's hope she doesn't continue this trend in adulthood (pullin a britney!) ha! ha!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaKmO3Iuw8XAYc8UmdzKnCbPZ1-eWAXUxNvag-vCw5nBPHVtcz1FbHk8BkNd-Qr258bo1hxRWW3nVdcV8_eoZBBaXPoNDXYkx0-wvMtgi3Mt1yVpWNb7R3QujJ91Ch3Aj5ovAJz00AiI/s1600-h/Emma4months.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaKmO3Iuw8XAYc8UmdzKnCbPZ1-eWAXUxNvag-vCw5nBPHVtcz1FbHk8BkNd-Qr258bo1hxRWW3nVdcV8_eoZBBaXPoNDXYkx0-wvMtgi3Mt1yVpWNb7R3QujJ91Ch3Aj5ovAJz00AiI/s400/Emma4months.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231415355656873442" border="0" /></a><br /> Here is a video I took of her yesterday at her Gramma's house when I went to pick her up from work.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pKqa4BS3DlI"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pKqa4BS3DlI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed> </object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-69435401391322078922008-07-28T07:48:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:31:00.889-08:004 months oldWell, I can't believe my Emma is 4 months old. Time is really going by so fast with her. She is really changing so much lately. She is so much more interactive with us and is such a happy girl. She has discovered her feet and is desperately trying to put them in her mouth. She has recently started sucking her thumb and I think she will continue to do it, which is fine with me b/c I can't nurse her constantly like she wanted to in the beginning and she never took to a paci. She laughs and talks a lot now and is so curious of everyone around her. She has started really trying to grab at toys and of course once she gets something it goes straight for her mouth. We are still doing great nursing, but she tends to like the left side over the right, which if I'm near a pump is not usually a problem. But, if I'm away from home and she refuses to take that side I start to get engorged I start to get a little panicky. Sometimes she will take the right side with no problem, but there are times where she will kick and scream when I'm trying to get her to latch on and if I switch to the other side she is totally fine? Isn't that crazy, I don't remember Aidan doing anything like that. I'm not sure what's going on there? Have any of you other BF moms experienced anything like this?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzacLkqqaQauTZAKATmyMaQkWEDDFwWFolPDk_QIOUFJlQOjDtAf6GjFROGx6Ui0CmsPtphVQUyI4u7k94LfjpyZK0hhBpUtkzQE7zaQbXS7Hgx699OFeOlz6dD61Z5Omzw6S1soIEjU/s1600-h/SuckingThumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzacLkqqaQauTZAKATmyMaQkWEDDFwWFolPDk_QIOUFJlQOjDtAf6GjFROGx6Ui0CmsPtphVQUyI4u7k94LfjpyZK0hhBpUtkzQE7zaQbXS7Hgx699OFeOlz6dD61Z5Omzw6S1soIEjU/s400/SuckingThumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084859331130098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvYGxTNujp6nj4a2zWz7lVk2NntCRivON10PYCzJta3PKfMta8Mwd_5XKEBJetfka9Kh-uf_DYt4LWy4sMxHIhTSoRuS3brW7lSUBv7dpKcs5IJ4ckua0hX38IXBC2ixXy4ZoDYGAfAA/s1600-h/suckingthumb2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvYGxTNujp6nj4a2zWz7lVk2NntCRivON10PYCzJta3PKfMta8Mwd_5XKEBJetfka9Kh-uf_DYt4LWy4sMxHIhTSoRuS3brW7lSUBv7dpKcs5IJ4ckua0hX38IXBC2ixXy4ZoDYGAfAA/s400/suckingthumb2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084859655112306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">trying to roll over<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBxVRwgnGfwGfEfJR-csUnhtTKM4_8YbEk-FAr3jWi73vjRmFCk7V-lSegeLO7QUMTGi8dTMVUn8-QqyTjz5FaZ1qUeyTa3577Ss5O0ciElGVqSiQQg4gT552UHWixztjlLmW2qm433o/s1600-h/emmak1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBxVRwgnGfwGfEfJR-csUnhtTKM4_8YbEk-FAr3jWi73vjRmFCk7V-lSegeLO7QUMTGi8dTMVUn8-QqyTjz5FaZ1qUeyTa3577Ss5O0ciElGVqSiQQg4gT552UHWixztjlLmW2qm433o/s400/emmak1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084602930194194" border="0" /></a><br />my cute chunky monkey!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOg4e0sNJWa_sPyNLTWgsTaFO5kZ8HSaljUDixUUM_FZ3uDfxCSXAeoLNGLBmviP6cnVoBGLz-DGylcZUK4UljRYGdgkfGtwRLov2vk3u1wDxdJ7N-BPfJ9HyJo4o0hPMQvj9mjj3HQk/s1600-h/SweetEmmaK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOg4e0sNJWa_sPyNLTWgsTaFO5kZ8HSaljUDixUUM_FZ3uDfxCSXAeoLNGLBmviP6cnVoBGLz-DGylcZUK4UljRYGdgkfGtwRLov2vk3u1wDxdJ7N-BPfJ9HyJo4o0hPMQvj9mjj3HQk/s400/SweetEmmaK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084607954163394" border="0" /></a><br />Emma and her cousin Matti playing<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtJY4eCXe5ZpvjPHGHka9iID9sWoueDU4WILV7Sg5W0xybGZ7xzJC7GLh_mHw7HqliJBPwuby1WfGGTQwWaOAB9Bm25g-UnHyvdXZWOSW5cBWPHuILKrLRf8aJ5MWOMHssmWLQ7GTwuA/s1600-h/EmmanMattiplaying.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtJY4eCXe5ZpvjPHGHka9iID9sWoueDU4WILV7Sg5W0xybGZ7xzJC7GLh_mHw7HqliJBPwuby1WfGGTQwWaOAB9Bm25g-UnHyvdXZWOSW5cBWPHuILKrLRf8aJ5MWOMHssmWLQ7GTwuA/s400/EmmanMattiplaying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084608814932114" border="0" /></a><br />oops I didn't mean to cut her head off in this one!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANjg1ZRoLEz6wzXexeeMd8gNPT8KATRrvpyEzgew6f9c6-_cRh35Ru-sgLOxOu9-Yq_Dqm88WQqt2SjJHXSJdAbz7FkTdLkf4PEDfd4hAKfTwokL4HA_cxsE2SU9mUlCD76iIgKQJy2A/s1600-h/mommasgirl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANjg1ZRoLEz6wzXexeeMd8gNPT8KATRrvpyEzgew6f9c6-_cRh35Ru-sgLOxOu9-Yq_Dqm88WQqt2SjJHXSJdAbz7FkTdLkf4PEDfd4hAKfTwokL4HA_cxsE2SU9mUlCD76iIgKQJy2A/s400/mommasgirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084612724104338" border="0" /></a><br />sitting up with assistance<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohMVm7EsXJJsmdiCVCT1wMtk9ZfpaschcTmuF-ydg1DZjB8LglP86tX941tIO5Ppu-0m3om4t9FLmd_-Xm05LWagLwETgzSKpSdgZcMa_ptIUv4LIs8Z0f9bOYHRpNrzeSJImjxwRf0E/s1600-h/sittingup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohMVm7EsXJJsmdiCVCT1wMtk9ZfpaschcTmuF-ydg1DZjB8LglP86tX941tIO5Ppu-0m3om4t9FLmd_-Xm05LWagLwETgzSKpSdgZcMa_ptIUv4LIs8Z0f9bOYHRpNrzeSJImjxwRf0E/s400/sittingup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228084618755967586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a video of her laughing at her Nana B. Its a little dark, but so cute!<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rABI9Kl9eEI"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rABI9Kl9eEI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed> </object>Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-12074893427406843432008-07-18T06:06:00.000-07:002008-07-18T06:18:32.314-07:00pink eyeone more thing that Emma has gotten from her brother. Aidan had to go to the dtr on Wed. and we were told that he definitely had pink eye and was not allowed to go to school the next day. When I went to pick up Emma Wed. afternoon it looked like someone had punched her in the eye, it was pitiful. So, I took her to the dtr yesterday morning and she also has it. I was glad to go to also ask them about her still being congested and having to clean her nose out constantly. They told me they weren't concerned as long as she didn't have a temp and wasn't coughing with every breath. I'm not sure if that really makes me feel better or not, I guess I will just continue to do the same thing I've done and hope that it clears up soon. The Medicine they give you for pink eye really works fast, both of their eyes already look better. Even though its more than difficult to put eye drops in both an infant and a toddler, talk about torture! I'm so paranoid about touching my eyes now and I think my hands are going to dry out from putting anti-bacterial gel on them. But, other than her eye and a little congestion they said she was very healthy and they were happy to see she was still gaining weight throughout all of these boughts of sickness. She was still wearing her clothes and diaper, but she weighed in at 16lbs! My big girl. I wonder if she'll be any heavier when we go back for her 4 month check up in two weeks?Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-32704782766932655622008-07-16T06:14:00.000-07:002008-07-16T06:40:05.005-07:00I worry...I worry about so many things these days, I'm truly feeling like a mom. I worry that I'm not bonding with Emma the way I should or that I'm not spending enough time with her. But, that's because Aidan is very clingy to me lately and wants my undivided attention which I want to give him, but then I feel guilty for putting Emma down to tend to Aidan. Having two children is definitely a challenge and I love it, but at times it can be very stressful. This is usually in the evening when Emma wants to nurse and Aidan wants me to pay attention to him. Chris does his best to intervene but both of them usually want me, which makes me feel wonderful but I end up being pulled in two directions and not sure what to do. I usually end up going to Aidan because he is the one saying "Mommy, Mommy" and Emma has to wait until I can get to her. I worry that I'm doing the right thing, but like my Mom told my cousin on her blog "Go with your heart" and that's what I'm trying to do. When you have one child it seems so difficult and crazy and you can't imagine having another, then you have your second child and its an even wilder and crazier ride that seems to be a whirlwind at times. I'm so glad I had both my babies close together and I've heard that its tough at first but it will be easier when they are older. We'll see... <br /><br />Emma has been such a good baby so far. I hate that she has gotten sick from her brother being in daycare, but what can you do. She still seems congested and I'm constantly putting saline up her nose and suctioning. I also put a blanket under one side of her mattress to elevate her and have a humidifier in her room to help her at night. I'm not sure what else to do? How long is she going to be like this, I know the dtr said that colds last longer in babies but this is ridiculous! ugh! Even though she has been snotty and congested she is always in the best mood and she has been the best sleeper, I'm trying not to get used to it b/c i know this will not last, but I usually nurse her on and off for about two hours in the evening, then put her in her crib around 9:30 and she sleeps until 6:00 in the morning, crazy I know! I can't believe she will be 4 months on July 27th. She is such a talker lately. I never remember Aidan making so much noise and babbling like she does. I have a feeling she is going to be a little chatterbox! I also think she "talks" so much b/c she is making sure we know she is around! She has really become aware of her surroundings lately, she smiled at our dog Macy the other day and loves watching her brother and he gets a kick out of getting a reaction from her, very cute! I put her in the bumbo seat the other day and she seems to like sitting up, she's still a little wobbly but likes the view she has. I will try to get a video of her in it soon and of her talking up a storm. <br /><br />Well, I'm starting to understand the worry that my own mother has endured for over 36 years with me and my sister. You can't seem to stop yourself even if you want to. <br /><br />I worry about my babies....Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313461217861582189.post-89965955289235277542008-07-10T08:09:00.000-07:002008-07-10T08:16:02.235-07:00Interesting blogsI got this link from my friend and fellow blogger <a href="http://babydavis2008.blogspot.com/">Ashley</a> (thanks for posting that) it just cracked me up. Its a blog that is about L&D and a nurse telling stories that happen. There are some wild and crazy people out there is all I have to say! ha! Click <a href="http://itsababynotbrainsurgery.blogspot.com">here</a> to see the site.Aidan and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204752692670953006noreply@blogger.com0