Wild hair

Kind of tough to see, but her hair is getting long & thick enough to really do bed-head.

When do they learn to PICK UP?

I must admit--I let her do this while I was drying my hair. She didn't hurt anything, but I'm hoping she'll learn to put it back when she's done playing with it (ha!).

Sickie

Emily has decided that a double-ear infection would be nice to have this week so that I could take her to the doctor without using a sick day. I decided that since she was more than cranky and waking up several times in the night, I'd go ahead and take her.

#3 Extravaganza

Jon took a half day on Tuesday and all of Wednesday off so that we could have date days and take advantage of paid-for daycare (cheaper than a babysitter). Tuesday we saw Pirates, and Wednesday we saw Shrek and Spiderman. I felt like a teenager--we walked out of Shrek, walked right into line, and then back into the theater for Spiderman. Perfect.

The uh-oh video

Little storm

We had some stormy weather today, and apparently there was some wind, too.

What I love about summer vacation

I can no longer say sleeping in (Em was up at 6, and we'd eaten, gotten dressed, done Wal-Mart, played, and gone down for a nap by 9am), so I'm deciding that what I really like is being able to cook a nice dinner and still have the energy to clean it all up afterward.

You'll be proud of me--this is the first time I've ever cooked seafood! We had shrimp & barbecued Tilapia, along with corn on the cob & rice pilaf (Grandma Hale's recipe, of course).

Emily had ravioli, because she's been REALLY into eating with her hands recently, and didn't want to wait for the fish. Oh, and for dessert we had tapioca, to go with the fish theme (fish eyes...).

Pillows for Emily

Emily picked out this fuzzy material at the fabric store today (BIG Memorial Day sale) so I made her some pillows with my surger. She likes them a lot.

Sidenote: Jessie, I got cones for $.99 apiece!

Warning

When putting the groceries away, make sure your summer school supplies are not within crawling/climbing distance.

ping pong ball

Crawfish Boil 2007

Ready to go...

We wore the bikini in hopes of playing on the water-involved inflatables, but they all looked too scary or muddy. She did flirt with Evan, however, and got him to feed her snacks.
Since we couldn't use the swimsuit at the church, we came home & swam in the tub.

Morning snacks

Looks like we're going to have squinty eyes for a while.

I still really love the exersaucer because I can take a shower without worrying that she's unrolling the toilet paper or getting into something she shouldn't.

New fun thing--reaching into the can to get snacks out. I tried putting just a few in there so that when she inevitably dumped them there wouldn't be too many wasted. It was big fun.

Kronk's friend

Kronk made friends with another Dane today--he was visiting our neighbors across the street. Kramer is a 9-year-old Brindle (Kronk is a Harlequin), which is pretty darn old in Dane-years. He used to be a show dog.

*Sorry for the nature of the pictures--I was trying to get some and hold Emily, who desperately wanted to hold the camera, so I had to take them quickly. On the top one I wanted to show how much taller Kronk was than the other dog.

Fighting sleep

Today Emily was really fighting her nap (I think she was too tired), and it took quite a while to get her to fall asleep. When I tiptoed in, I discovered she had fallen asleep sitting up, but then kind of hunched over onto some blankets/animals.

This week...

Sorry for the lack of posts. You'd think that with company gone, I'd have more time to post.

*Today is the last day of school (!!!). Yesterday was the last day for students, and we have to go today (pointless, except for the part where we get to go out to lunch).

*Latest happiness--vanilla coke is back. Now I don't have to spend all of my money at Sonic.

*Emily is saying "uh-oh," or it sounds a lot like it. We'll have to get it on video soon.

Pics from Wednesday

Still doing squinty eyes.

Em's bobble head impression & high five

Does this mean she's a head-banger?

Family pictures

I'm not sure what her current fascination is with making a crying face for the camera. Side note--she does like the new pajamas that her great grandma bought her.
The only way we could make her laugh (this was picture 44, or some crazy number) was to hang her upside down.

More bathtime fun

You can see her new uppers

Napping

Now we know where Jon gets it.

Good traveler

Teeth, teeth everywhere

Poor Emily is getting all four top teeth at once. Grandma bought her some teething toys and popsicles, and we also invested in a real toothbrush so that we don't have to use the finger thing any more.
She was a bit like a dog getting her ears scratched when we brushed her teeth--and she cried whenever Jon would quit.

You can kind of see the bump on her left eye where she fell & hit the coffee table. Sadly, it did not produce an impressive black eye like we had imagined.

Visitors

This past week Jon's mom and grandma have been visiting. Emily has LOVED staying home and being spoiled by them. We have loved having them here! They arrived Monday (Jon picked them up in Dallas), and they're heading back tomorrow. We will be sad to see them go.

We rented a bed from Rentway, which ended up being a GREAT deal (especially since we no longer have a guest bed). They bring it, set it up, and take it away all for a very low price.
Kronk really liked grandma, but I'm not so sure she liked him.

Mother's Day

Poor Jon (& Emily) didn't have the best setup for my first Mother's Day (long, boring story), but I had a great day. Emily told me that she wanted me to stop and get Starbucks on the way to church, so that was nice. Then Jon sat with me for nearly all of first service (a rarity among pastors). He brought home lunch with a special dessert. He bought me a surger (woohoo!!), and Em made me a wonderful picture-flower at school. I had time this afternoon to do what I wanted to do (even though Jon would rather those things not include laundry & vacuuming). This evening I'm going to simply relax. A great Mother's Day.

Crawfish Boil video

Click on this link to the Crawfish Boil promo for our church...Jon helped make the video, and it's hilarious!

Peek-a-boo with duck blankie

Tylenol

She grabbed the syringe when I was trying to squirt it in her mouth. It only looks like she's starring in a slasher movie.

Fun at the Fosters

We watched our friends' (the Fosters) kids (Cade, 5, & Emerson, 3) on Saturday while they ran down to Alexandria. We had lots of fun at Camp Foster.

We all got tattoos (not as cool as Cindy's), but I only got a picture of mine.
Emily can roll her tongue.

Emily wanted to eat the plants.
First time in a sand box.

Little Bit, the neighbor's "dog"

Emily was too excited to take her morning nap.

Bathtime fun on Friday night
Emerson made sure Emily had a clean face.
Emily was braver than her mom when they found the water snake.

There was a lot of showing--showing us the toys, and showing Emily the toys.