Enjoying Beautiful Weather:)

Emmie Grace has really been enjoying just playing at her house. This weather is perfect for playing on our front porch (in her PJ's of course). She loves to draw on her chalkboard and ride "Neigh":)

1ST DAY OF "SCHOOL"

Emmie Grace started back to Mother's Day Out today!!!!! I wish I could say she was excited to be going back, but all she said this morning was "I not go school" over and over....it changed to "Mommy go school too" once we got in the car. I guess she decided she better try another angle since we were already on our way. One of the best parts about the first day back is that Daddy went with us...although it didn't make it any easier and EG cried when we handed her over the door. Not to worry though, no more than a minute later she was happy and glad to be playing with her old friends as well as new ones. She had a GREAT day and loves her new teachers this year!!!!! Oh....did I mention how happy I am that MDO has started back:)
P.S. Happy 29Th birthday Brett and Happy 19Th anniversary Kym and David.....

Beach Trip:)

Emmie Grace is TWO!!!!

Last Day of MDO

Trying to catch up!!!!

Oh!!!! Where to start. EG has grown and changed so much in the past several months. It's hard to believe our baby girl will be 2 in four short weeks!!!!! Every age is so much FUN and we love to see EG enjoy and learn so many new things. EG is talking all the time, and can repeat pretty much anything you say, she loves to "read", loves Ray Ray (especially trying to take his ball and telling him NO). We are working hard on "please" & "thank you" which she is starting to get the hang of. EG is sort of small for her age.....something like the 5th percentile for weight and 30th for height.....I think the problem is her taste buds are quite odd for a 2 year old....her food of choice is feta, onions (cooked or raw), yogurt, tomato, SALAD (yes!!!), hummus, oatmeal, blueberries, watermelon, strawberries... (etc...on the fruit), black olives you get the idea. Let's just say that if only I ate like EG I might be in the 5th percentile too.

I'm sad to say that Mother's Day Out ended in May and let's just say I'm sure I miss it a little more than EG does. On the other hand we are having a GREAT summer, if it's not "pool time" with our friends, visiting the zoo, picking blueberries, the park, walking, tree top or getting lunch ... it's usually NAP time at our house. EG is down to 1 nap a day and I try to make it a long one (2-3 hours).....if she wakes up early, she'll usually stay in her bed and play with her babies or "read". I've bragged to my friends that she will sleep until 8:00 a.m......I just leave out the part that we are very unscheduled parents and she isn't in bed until 9:00 p.m. or later (YIKES).

Okay.....I feel sort of caught up, so until next post (which could easily be in 4-6 months)....I'm good. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!

What a FUN Christmas!!! Emmie Grace loved the Christmas tree, she would point to it and say "oohhhhh". We only had to tell her about 100 times not to take the things that looked like toys off the tree. She also loved seeing Christmas lights, listening to Christmas music (especially the ELF soundtrack), talking about Ho Ho (but not seeing him in real life), pointing to the nativity set and saying "mama", reading lots of Christmas books, opening presents, etc. It's hard to believe it's already 2010, was it really 10 years ago that we were stocking up for Y2K, how funny. Time is flying by EG is growing so fast, she has just started jabbering all the time it's adorable. She can say mama, dada, pap pap (pacifier), ray ray (every dog), boo (book), and several other things I can't think of right now. Anyways HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! Hopefully I'll be better about posting on our blog this year.