Cherish the Moments

I sit here this quiet Sunday morning pondering the question, why? Why did a beautiful young girl have to die? In my head, I KNOW that it was God's plan, but in my heart, I ache for the family. A little girl that will never graduate high school, will never go to prom, and will never go to college. A mom who won't be able to pick out her daughter's sweet 16 present, who won't be able to see her in a white wedding gown.

You see, this little girl grew up in my church. She went to Sunday School and I used to keep her in the nursery. She was part of the youth group and was loved by everyone. Last night as her mom wrote "Time sprang forward last night yet my clock has stopped." Please pray for this sweet family as they deal with the devastating, surprising loss. May God be with them and give them peace.

Today, I have hugged Em a little tighter. Kissed her a little longer. I've been cherishing the little things because only God knows the plan for our lives.

New Things

Em has been up to some serious business. I feel like she has gotten so BIG this week. I believe she is just about done with bottles. She no longer wants to sit long enough to take one. We already phased out the morning bottle and I think the night time one may go very soon. I'm not quite ready for it. No bottles means, she's no longer a baby!

She has an obsession with the stairs. It is a rekindled love. Remember this?
She absolutely LOVES the outdoors. Only problem is when you try to take her back inside. Her royal highness throws a royal fit. See pic above!

And, lastly, the girl LOVES some fruit. Strawberries are her current fave as well as bananas and blueberries. She is not, however, a fan of peaches. Huh? Silly girl.

As for Mommy, she has photo overload disease. This disease is characterized by a LARGE number of photos on several different camera cards and NONE in photo albums. Seriously, the last photo that is actually in an album was taken on St. Patrick's Day LAST YEAR!!

Spring Break Goal:Print off and organize photos into albums. Look back over the past year and probably get a little teary eyed. (And probably, take more pics of Em to add to album.)

Busy Life

We have been out living life. Enjoying every minute and trying desperately to get our house really to be lived in by this weekend.

This past weekend, I met some friends for a Fondue Party (SO FUN) and a round of Partini. Partini is probably one of the funnest (i know it's not a word) game that I have played in a long time. I am already looking forward to a rematch and this time BOYS... the girls will win!

Sunday consisted of church and more housework. Emma was great during "big" church and hopefully I can no longer call her the church bully.

I am so glad that this week is halfway over. It has been a long one. Monday was BUNCO night so I didn't get to see Em before bedtime and that just breaks my heart, but it was fun to spend some time with the girls. No more big plans for this week but the weekend is jammed packed again. I love being busy, but I also enjoy those weekends that plans are nowhere in sight!

(I know posts without pics are so boring, but I am at work sitting next to a 5K student that I am almost positive just "went" in his pants. ShooooWeee. How much longer till 6:00? Will post some pics after Em goes to bed.)

Back to School

Like Lindsay, we are looking into preschool. Hard to believe that our little girl will soon need a backpack. I am hoping that a little time away from home will help with our sweetie's sharing problem.

As I told you a while back, we've been having problems at church. Poor girl is the church bully. (j/k) She always wants what the other children have and will do almost anything to get it. I guess it doesn't help that church is right smack in the middle of nap time either. Last week she had a total melt down. I am so glad that my Mom was the nursery worker and not some poor sweet church lady. The little boy she beat up didn't even come to church this past Sunday...I'm guessing he was scared. I'm hoping she gets over this "not sharing phase" fast and magically turns back into my sweet little doodlebug. Yesterday she was wonderful!

The fun thing about school is backpacks! I have picked out several for our little doodle. You help me decide!

Wisteria Lane, Seattle Grace, and a DWTS prediction

Perhaps my most favorite guilty pleasure is Sunday night ABC television. Desperate Housewives never seems to let me down. Is there anyone else out there that is totally into this show? I tried to play along with After the Final Tweet but I just never been into reality tv shows. I've always loved a good drama or comedy. I think if I had to rate my favorite shows on tv right now, they would be...

1. Desperate Housewives


2. Grey's Anatomy


3. Brothers and Sisters
   
4. Criminal Minds


5. How I Met Your Mother (had to throw in one comedy)

I think it's funny how you can get so invested in a particular show. You feel as if you KNOW the characters and you really care if Izzy and Alex get back together or if Susan and Mike finally find their happily ever after.

In other TV news, I am pretty darn excited about the new season of Dancing With The Stars. I guess you could say that DWTS is the only reality tv show I have every REALLY watched. Preseason prediction for a winner is Evan Lysacek. He is so dedicated to scating, I can only imagine how much time and effort he will put into his dancing practices.

Wordless Wednesday

Bananas, Cars and Accents

I feel like every muscle in my body is calling out to me " REST!!, REST!!" We worked all weekend at the new house and still have SO much to do. To say that I hate moving is an understatement. If I never see another box in my entire life...well I won't say that because I would like to buy another house some day.

In other news, Emma has decided to eat again and has a newfound love of bananas. I am so glad that she is temporarily out of this phase of not eating. Last week she would only eat cheese products and well you all know that is just NOT GOOD in the diaper department.

She has also added a couple of new words to her vocabulary including ball and car. My dad has a model car that she loves to walk around with and say "car, car" with a loud Bostonian accent. My friend Keith would be so proud. Don't know where the accent comes from but I am thinking she might be a Red Sox fan.