Silly songs

I finally captured some of Emily's singing while she was in the bath today. It wasn't her best version of songs, but it wasn't her worst. You'll have to excuse my voice--I could blame the cold, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't sound good even if I weren't sick :). When you notice that she keeps going back to the Barney song, I want to assure you that she's never seen it in this house--I completely blame daycare. I also notice that when she's in the middle of the alphabet and gets to "i," she tends to veer off into the Barney song. Poor girl.

Crazy hair & bubble face

Ponytail

Sorry they're so blurry!

Some of Emily's teachers were giving me a hard time because of her long hair, and how it's always in her face. I determined to let it grow, and not give her bangs, so I've been trying to train it to go to the side. The other day she came home with this ponytail (thanks to Bibi), and she was in love. She cried and cried when I took it out, but until today, she wouldn't let me put another one in. I didn't take a picture of today's attempt because I'm a little embarrassed at how bad it turned out!

Fat lip

Emily slipped this afternoon and crashed into the coffee table, splitting her lip. I know it could've been A LOT worse, but there was still a good amount of blood--I was glad Jon was here. She didn't cry much, and was more than excited to suck on a piece of ice, which was good. Most of the swelling was on the inside, so I didn't get very impressive pictures. I mean, this first one looks like she was drunk and that's why she fell.

Camping video

I think she's in for a rude awakening when we actually do go camping.

Snow! (Emily's first)

Visit from Jeff

Jeff surprised me and came for a visit this weekend. He showed up Thursday afternoon, and got to stay until Sunday afternoon. He played TONS with Emily, and became a quick favorite (she's still wandering around saying, "Jeff...Jeff...Jeff...). He brought her this dog, which we've had to drag around since then. He also makes a comfortable bed, apparently.
Asleep again (aka spoiled)...
Patty cake (Sidenote, I put this outfit together specifically so that she could wear the tights. Crazy, I know.)

Making room for baby, phase one

We started by moving the office into a corner of our bedroom. Jon built an awesome desk, and we moved the computer and file cabinets in. The old office/new nursery is by no means close to being ready to paint, but it is a whole lot closer to being empty.
We found this fabric to make curtains--I love it. We may try to copy some of the animals to do stencil/mural things on the wall like with did with the paw prints in Emily's room.
These are the four paint colors for the room. The darker pink & darker blue are the main colors, with the lighter colors for accents.I've loved Emily's ladybug backpack so much that I bought a similar one for the new baby. I know, it's a cat, but it's REALLY cute.

Weird...but good

I passed my 3-hour glucose test!

Goodbye Christmas Break

I did NOT want to go back to school today. As much as we missed our families at Christmas, it was great to have two and a half weeks here (Jon was off one of them) to do stuff around the house and have family time. It seemed like a long break, and I felt very well-rested, but I still don't want to go back. I keep reminding myself that I actually only have three more months.

The actual best part about the bathtub frog

A few of my favorite things

This frog pod thing for bath toys is a recent lifesaver. We never realized how annoying all of those things were at the bottom of the tub until they were gone. The scoop comes off of the frog's back, you get all of the toys while the water is still in the tub, and then it drains everything when you put it back on the wall. Genius. Thank you, Target.
I should probably give most of the credit to daycare, but I LOVE Emily's schedule. I love the fact that for the past two and a half weeks while we've been home, she's fallen asleep almost instantly at 11:30 for her nap. At night we still struggle a little to get her to fall asleep right away, but it's getting better.

Pregnancy update

I'll try to get a belly shot soon. I'm currently 26 weeks, +12 pounds, and once again failed my glucose test (by 2 points!!!). Friday I took the 3-hour glucose test, so I guess I'll find out Monday if I have to do the diet again--I'm assuming I will. Last time I passed the test, but was close, which is why I did the diet.

Spoiled--couldn't resist

These letters from Target were too cute. I haven't decided where I'm going to put them yet, but wherever they go, they'll be adorable. I just wish that the "Y" was striped.

Raking leaves

We procrastinated enough and decided to rake the leaves in our backyard (by we, I mean Jon. I was more of a supervisor). Since the ground was muddy/poopy/leaf-y, I made Emily wear her rain boots that she inherited from Emerson. She LOVED them. Oh, and you can see the flat spot in the leaf pile where Kronk thought we were making him a bed.

Student driver

The driving age is ridiculously low in Louisiana.
Her face upon hearing the news that she's actually have to move to the backseat and let me drive.

Back when I was ambitious and thought I might actually get Christmas pictures/cards made...

This is how Emily would smile for pictures. Most of you have noticed that there weren't Christmas cards this year, and there probably won't be, FYI. Some things just didn't get done.

Recent Emily-isms

*I think she got tired of me asking what things are in books, so this morning she quizzed me..."What's that?" (sounded like "sat?") and pointing to everything.

*In the car she's been seeing birds, and we always have to say hi to the birds. She also calls the dogs when we have to put them out (Deeds, out). Today she combined the two, and when we were driving she kept saying, "Birds, come!" Sadly, they didn't.

*My sister gave Emily a keychain-sized Tickle Me Elmo, so now every toy that makes noise or talks is called Elmo. Elmo also has to travel around with us, and loves to ride in the Little People car all over the house.