Alive and Kickin'

Yeah...I know that the background is still Christmas on this blog and I haven't posted in like MONTHS, but let's face it...I am scrambling to get all the things done that I need to get done: spending time with my darling TWO year old and terribly handsome hubby, lesson planning, grad school work, wife-y business (ie. laundry, dishes, cooking), land-lot buying, and house planning....ARGHHH! Just wanted to let you know that we ARE alive and kickin'. We will catch up again maybe sometime this summer. Loves ya!

ps. Isn't Ems too cute! She was washing her car just like Papa!

So Thankful

What a joy it was to have a day off. I enjoyed spending the day with my little doodlebug. We played and attempted to take a Christmas card photo. This isn't the chosen one, but I thought it was pretty darn cute! Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! We all have SO much to be thankful for!

Pumpkin Fun

Wordless Wednesday

Like Father, Like Daughter

21 Favorite Quotes from Emma

To celebrate Em's 21 month birthday. I thought I would come up with 21 things she loves to say.
1. "I love you, ___________." Fill in the blank with Mommy, Daddy, Granna, Baby,etc.
2. "Bye,Bye. C-ya."
3. "Choc Milk" for chocolate milk
4. "Peas" for please
5. "Mommy peepee in potty. Daddy peepee in potty" Can you tell what we are working on?
6. "Five 'lil unkeys, Sitin on bed. Mommy call doctr, doctr said. No more unkey jumpin on bed." She loves to sing this while jumping on the bed and waving her finger to tell them not to jump on the bed.
7. "Ank, you" for thank you
8. "Crunch Berries"
9. "Sowee" for sorry
10. "Peace out."
11. "ganna" or "nanna"

12. "Mommy shoe, Daddy shoe, Emma shoe" She's really into labeling.
13. "side,side" Code word for Outside
14. "Go Tigers" Yes, we finally got her to say it!
15. "I go church." She says this EVERY time we pass the church. (or any church for that matter)
16. "Goldfi" for goldfish crackers
17. "bees" for any bug. She is deathly afraid. Wonder where she gets that from?
18. "Emma Muuuuuney" in her cute southern drawn-out accent
19. "Pappa, Pappa" She still sounds like a little french girl calling out for my Dad.
20. "Charwee, Charwee" Em's friend, Charlie came to visit this past weekend. Every time he leaves, we hear "Charwee" for days and days.
21. "Night, Night. Sleep tight." This is the last thing she usually says to me before going to bed.

**Random pictures from our trip to a local fair and Em's first Krispy Kreme.**

Wordless Wednesday

All work and no play.

First Day

My mom had surgery Friday and can't keep Emma this week so she can recover. Em left this morning for her first week of preschool. A trial run I guess you could say. It was a last minute decision to even GO to preschool. My mom's doctor had told her she would be up and back to her normal self the day after the surgery, but failed to mention that she couldn't lift anything over 25 pounds. Emma tops the scales at a whopping 26 pounds. We thought about putting her on a "No no-no's (donuts) and No cheese diet", but decided that preschool was a better option.

I spent Friday trying to find a place that would take her for the week and luckily the place I worked at last year decided to take her in. One of my best friends teaches the class and has graciously offered to take Em home with her every day after school.

Emma LOVED her first day of school. She has talked about it ALL night long. Apparently they learned about firetrucks, Elmo, and jumping monkeys. Her teacher said she was very well behaved. I have to admit, I teared-up a little bit watching her get excited about her backpack and lunch box. I know it won't be long until we will be walking her into her kindergarten classroom. Time flies. *Tear*

PS. Sorry for the el-crapo picture. My stinkin' camera decided to stop working correctly today. I think something is wrong with the focus thingy or the lens. It is having trouble focusing and actually TAKING pictures. I tell ya one thing, Canon better fix it.