Playing Catch Up!

I have been meaning to post more blogs over the last few weeks but it has been crazy busy. Now I am catching up on the posts. Enjoy!

Emmerson's babbles...

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Emmy is really starting to use her voice. It is so much fun to sit with her and make "conversation". She loves when someone pays attention to her. (Sounds like another little girl I am a mommy to.) She is still such a good baby! She makes having 2 kids a bit easier for me. She is growing so fast so I thought I would share her talking to me!

Our San Diego Trip (May28- June2)

Our trip to San Diego was fabulous! We got to see family including my dad's cousin, Steve, and his family, minus their son. My sister Michelle, nephew R.J. and bro-in-law Richard. We had so much fun going to Sea World with Bella also! The most important thing we did was to go support Sheldon, my dad and cousin Emily. They ran the Rock-n-Roll Marathon on June 1st. What an accomplishment! We were so proud of them! We were ready to come home by the end because we were all exausted. It was well worth it, though.

Isabella's Bedroom!

Her big girl bed! She loves her toddler bed! When Emmy is ready to get out her crib, we will get Bella a BIG girl bed! She loves being a big girl!
This is her toy box and her table and chairs. Above her table are pictures of her cousins, R.J. and Jayden, her sister and mommy and daddy! She loves looking at them.
Her books! We put these books away 2 or 3 times a day. She has a shopping cart and she loves to load it up with her books. She loves to read too! She loves books by Sandra Boynton and her Elmo books!
She loves playing in her kitchen. We recently brought it up to her room so she could play with it up there. It was downstairs in the playroom but I thought it would be more fun since her table is in her room too. I was right!
Here is Isabella's canvas painting my friend Kacie did. Bella's is beautiful! It was Kacie's first one and I think she did a wonderful job!

A Day at the Park...

It has been so nice the last few days so we decided to take it to the park with some friends! We are trying to enjoy it before we get into triple digits with high humidity; which is right around the corner.
For some reason Bella was going down the slide with her eyes closed. She was being a silly girl!
Bella and her "friend" Colter.

Emmerson's bedroom

I just wanted to share a few photos of Emmy's room with you. It is very simple but fun!
My mother-in-law and I painted the pink stripes. Thanks to my good friend, Kacie, who gave me some tips, it turned out great!
I love this bedding! Believe it or not, I got this at Wal-Mart! I saw it and knew it was for Emmy. It is perfect!
Kacie, who I mentioned before, did a painting for us when Bella was born. It was so beautiful and so I wanted one for Emmy too! Here it is. She is such a talented friend! I will post some pictures of Bella's room soon so you can see hers. As I am on the subject of Kacie, I would like for you to keep her in your prayers. Her and her husband, Chris, just had a baby boy on Saturday name Schafer (sp?). He was perfect and beautiful. Before they left the hospital on Sunday they did the routine check before going home. Long story short, they found a heart defect. He is going to have to have open heart surgery when he is 4-6 months old. The success rate is 95% so that is good but as any parent would be they are upset and concerned. They are definitely leaning on their faith in the Lord but it is still difficult to comprehend. You always EXPECT your child to be born with nothing wrong but when it doesn't happen that way you are forced to not take life for granted. Life is so precious and is more precious when you have little one's to share it with! Please don't take it for granted and please pray for my dear friend, her sweet baby boy, Chris and Hayden their 2 year old daughter.

Potty training time!!

This is what we are doing now! Bella is doing great! When she goes she gets 1 M&M for her reward. She has done both in the potty and is very proud of herself. So are we!!