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!!

A Day at Deana Rose

Deana Rose is a place that has many farm animals that you can pet and feed. They have numerous play areas for the kids and plenty of fun activites for them to do. The best part is that it is free for everyone. There are a few things inside that cost like a pony ride or a hay ride but all of the other things are free. We had such a good time. It is only about 15 minutes from us.
I was really shocked when Bella was petting the goats and feeding them. She has been going through this stage of not liking to get close to other creatures. She was so much fun!
This is Bella's "friend" Colter. An arranged marriage is already set up for the two of them. We went with my friend Jennifer, Colter and her daughter Alex. It was a great time with them!!

Mother's Day

Me and my girls. I was so proud that day to be a mom of these 2 beautiful girls! I am very blessed!

Emmerson was dedicated at church so that made it extra special. I was also asked to sing and the video shows that. It was such a beautiful song and I wanted my girls up there with me. Isabella was so cute but she kept distracting me and so I lost my words a few times. I know nobody cared because most were crying and laughing at the same time. It was such a special moment for me. Hope you enjoy!

Our first zoo trip of the season!

Bella eating her strawberries. She has always got to be snacking on something.
We were not sure how she would react to the sea lions getting right up to her but she loved it. They did it a few times and barked and she loved it.
They have these kangaroos there and we have never seen them come this close to the path. A couple of them were very close. They are normally up in the field sleeping in the sun. It was really cool.
Emmy slept most of the time in the B' jorn but when she woke up she was a happy girl.
We can't wait to go back. We bought a pass this year so we will be going as much as we can as long as the weather stays nice and not too hot.

The "joys" of living in the midwest!

Our weatherman Bryan Busby!

(I got this picture on-line)

Ok.... so tonight a storm rumbled through and it wasn't just any storm. It was a severe thunderstorm that produced baseball size hail and tornadoes. We were watching the news and all of the sudden we heard our tornado sirens go off. "Are you serious?? We have to go down to the basement??" So we got the kids and made sure we had their pacifiers and blankies and off we went. Thank goodness most of the basement is finished with a t.v. Wait! We have sattelite!! It went out so we listened to the radio. Finally the t.v. came back on and we were able to watch the storm blow through. The tornado did not touch down; there was just "rotation" in the sky. The storm headed right towards my parents house and there was actually a tornado that touched down right before it hit my parents town. We are all safe and all is quiet now.


Ever since we (me, my parents and sister) moved here to the midwest (13 years ago), I have hated storms. Some people love them and I think they are crazy! I grew up with earthquakes and I would much rather be in an earthquake than a tornado eventhough you don't get a warning with earthquakes. Anyway, I just had to share our experience. It was very scary and I am so glad it's all over....until the next storm comes!

A good mommy....

I was sitting on the couch nursing Emmerson and Isabella was sitting in her pink chair with her baby. I looked over at her and she was talking to her baby saying, "here, let's go on this side." She then proceeded to put her baby up to her right little boobie and feed her baby. I just smiled and giggled quietly so she wouldn't hear me. When she was "done" she came over to me and took my nursing pad and said, "This is for Bella's boobie", and then walked away.
I knew this would happen at some point and it was hilarious just as I imagined. Just another mommy taking care of her little baby!!

our day...

We went to a place called Tunnel Voyage. We went to the park but it was way too windy for Emmy. So this is where we ended up. Bella had a lot of fun going down the slide, playing in the balls, going down the slide and going down the slide!

Emmy just hung out with Me-ma except to eat. There was alot for her to look at. Her eyes were all over the place. She is a very inquisitive little girl just like her sister was.

I had to throw this picture in because when she makes this face, the sound that comes out is absolutely adorable. It is very pitiful; both the look and the sound. I wish you could hear it. Maybe I can get it recorded one day.

OK.....this is a huge thing! Her sucking on this me-mo (pacifier) is great. Bella always sucked on those ugly green Soothie one's you get from the hospital. She never would take another pacifier. So I was determined to get Emmy to suck on one of these. The first few weeks she only sucked on the Soothie pacifier and it annoyed me because they don't stay in the mouth very well. Last week I decided to try this pacifier and low and behold, she took it! It took her a little while to want it but now she takes it!! Shirley, I get to use those straps now!! They work great! Yea!!

Daddy and his girls...

I went into Bella's room to put her to bed and this is what I found. One of the sweetest things in a mother's life. Proud daddy and happy kids. It melted my heart.
Emmy is 6 weeks now and really starting to smile and coo back at you when you talk to her. We had her wellness check up today and so that meant shots. It wasn't very fun but she did good. She weighs 11 lbs. which is in the 50th percentile. She has way passed her big sister. Bella has always been in the 10th or below and so this is a big difference for me. I am able to put things on her that Bella never got to wear because it got too warm out. She is a big bundle of joy! We are starting to get a routine going and starting to get the hang of having 2 kids. What an adjustment it has been!!

On Saturday we took Bella's crib out of her room. We had her big girl bed and the crib both in ther room and she always wanted to sleep in her "old bed". So we finally made the decision to take it out because in her little mind she had an option and she always chose the crib. She has been doing alright but now she knows she can get out of bed and play. Today I had to go in there about 8 times to lay her back down. She finally fell asleep and slept for almost 3 hours. What a big girl!!

Feet???

Isabella:

"Patty cake, patty cake baker's man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can. Roll it, pat it, mark it with FEET, put it in the oven for Emmy and me."

"This little piggy went to the market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast FEET, this little piggy had none....and this little piggy said wee wee wee, all the way home!"

The Nadeau house the last 4 weeks!