After school at the park

Friday we went to the park, and I learned several things. I met some nice moms who shared some juice & snacks with Emily. I learned some park etiquette--like when the strange boy comes over and chugs Emily's sippy cup, it's okay to take it away from him. Emily's got quite the arm when it comes to throwing sand. I learned that Emily makes friends pretty easily (she played with the little red-haired girl quite a bit). Maybe I'll make park Friday a habit.

New laptop

I wrote a grant for a laptop, but didn't get it--my friend did. Then she moved, so I got it anyway. The paper is there for a size comparison.

The morning after

This is where I discovered Emily on Monday morning, after her little drug episode.

Thank Goodness It's Monday

Okay, I know I'm actually posting on Tuesday. But I didn't have time yesterday.

I'm glad last week is over. Jon probably worked at least 80 hours at church on the auditorium remodel. I'll post pictures when it's totally done--some of the lights that came in were defective. On Saturday, my mentor, friend, and adopted mom in Oregon passed away after a long battle with cancer. On Sunday, Emily decided to show me that "child-proof" is just a suggestion, and helped herself to a little too much of her prescription cold medicine, so we spent four stressful hours watching her and calling poison control to give them updates. Luckily, all was fine; the last report we had to give to poison control was very appropriately at midnight. So, I'm glad the week is over, and we're starting fresh.

I gave her an Oreo

Okay, so she's not the only napper

Cindy?

If you look close to her left hand, you'll see the yellow soccer ball (near Pooh's bottom) that she HAD to have in bed with her. We've been kicking it around a lot lately.

Napper

The past two afternoons, Emily has fallen asleep nearly mid-play. I guess the one nap at daycare isn't enough.

Congratulations Jessica!

and Justin. We can't wait to meet Brooklyn.

Football

Touchdown

Sorry, it has a long intro, but I was too lazy to edit.

Bubbles & bath

Trying out another hairstyle

Such gossip

You're only young once

New hairdo

Helping Daddy

I never wanted to be one of those "child lock" houses, but man, they make things a lot easier. We've moved everything dangerous, but she would help herself to lots of snacks, and she broke a big glass bowl. It's funny how much she wanted to help Jon, but then when she realized what he was doing, she was pretty mad.

Playing in the rain

Football game

Someone else likes Dog

This is what happens when Jessica calls

You should definitely click on it to enlarge it. I let her eat the remnants of her snack pack (a rare sugar treat). She basically has chocolate pudding covering most of her body. And yes, I admit, I was bribing her to be quiet while I talked. What can I say--Jon got to go to Six Flags, and we needed a treat, too.

The stats

I'm nine weeks pregnant, due April 10 (or 14, depending on which date you'd like to go with--as if I'll actually have the baby on one of those days!). So Emily will be 21 months old, and I'll get to miss the last 6 weeks of school--perfect!

Emily's park video #2

I finally posted it on youtube--too big for blogger to upload.

Big girl bed

Since Monday, Emily has been sleeping in a toddler bed. She sleeps on a cot at school, so we thought this was a logical decision. However, we currently have to sit outside of her door until she falls asleep. I'm pretty sure the only time she's quiet is when she's sneaking out of bed.

Park video--the updated, "good" video

I totally uploaded the wrong video last time! Here is a good one...

Another trip to the park

We've been taking advantage of the three-day weekend and the somewhat cooler morning weather--on both Saturday and today we went out to breakfast and then to the park.

First taste of sand (Cindy, I'm not sure she's ready for the beach).


The worst part was, she was so snotty and sweaty that the really fine sand stuck all over her. We had to do a sink-bath (which she barely fits in anymore) when we got home.

Kyrie's cage

Emily got in and out of the cage all by herself, and did so several times.

Kyrie, our temporary dog

We're watching our friends' dog, Kyrie (keerie) for two weeks while they're back in Georgia. She is about the size of a Jack Russell, and she's QUICK, so I didn't get a good picture of her yet. Funniest thing--she LOVES playing with Kronk. Maybe because he's still kind of a puppy. They will play and play and play all day (and night) long. So far they've all gotten along really well, and it hasn't been a big deal to have a fourth dog over. It probably helps that she's so small.

Student driver

Emily is now tall enough to get on her little car (albeit backwards) and push herself all around. She loves it, and our backs love not having to push her around.

Lunch

I gave her a marshmallow after her lunch and it was hilarious. She never would bite it, she only sucked on it.
Smalls waited patiently for handouts. She doesn't know how much Emily eats.

Park trip

More excited about juice than the park.
Jon worked with Smalls on some basic commands that she seemed to be forgetting (I swear she is a goldfish).
Sand was VERY interesting.

Would you peel those grapes?

Enjoying some grapes after waking up from my hour-and-a-half morning nap (I still look tired!).