Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Emma's 1st swim lessons

This week we embarked on new waters...literally!
We signed Emma up for swim lessons and had our 1st go at it. At first she was a little hesitant and would tell her teacher "I don't want to right now!" (put her face in the water, blow bubbles, etc)Then, she got more comfortable, thank goodness, and was the kid who was yelling and waving to me, "Mom, I did it!", or tell her neighbor in the water, "That my baby Georgia over there!" Guess who was mad about being stuck in her stroller instead of in the water. She did kick her legs when the teacher would tell the class to!
Overall it was a success and she walked away happy and excited to go back! I wish I could say at the end of the 4 week class we will have a super swimmer, but I know better than that. I guess like most parenting things it is going to take time, effort and practice to get her where she needs to be to be safe in the water!I am glad we signed her up and are getting her more comfortable in the water. We decided not to spend the $ on Georgia's lessons just yet. I would have to be holding her in the water the whole time and I didn't think it was worth it..so we will just work on the same things that Emma is on our own time!

Monday, May 3, 2010

something borrowed, something BLUE?!?

After a quick weekend in CS, I am exhausted. I guess staying up way past my bedtime for a few nights in a row can really take its toll.
We got there late on Friday and pulled right in to Freebirds. I know there are Freebirds in other towns, but it just isn't the same. Does anyone else know what I mean?..Freebirds and Wings 'n' More are just 2 of the places that I really care to eat and crave but only when I am in CS. Saturday morning Daniel watched the girls while I headed out on the town..I had warned him before I left that Emma was under the weather a bit, with green diarrhea, but was seemingly feeling fine otherwise! He blew me off!
I got a text a few hours later (I was just a few minutes from home) saying "Emma had pooped all over the floor, literally." Then, followed by another text saying he "had got sick and thrown up twice while cleaning it up!"
I sent a message saying "ooh sorry" but I have to admit here and now I changed my course of direction and ran another errand, just so I would miss any and all of the clean up process! After a long day, including lunch at Wings 'n' More and a nap, we headed to a wedding shower for our friends, Brandon and Sara! It was great to see everyone and catch up.
We are running out of wedding showers and seem to be attending more baby showers nowadays. There were 3 pregnant friends there, lots of kids and I was later told talk of vasectomies! That made me laugh to think of where we have come from just a few years ago.
I really love that even after 11 years of being graduated from highschool we are still friends and get to make new friends with eachothers' spouses too!
We had pizza rolls at the shower, which was fun because Double Daves is where most of the guys worked at one time or another through college, including Daniel. Double Daves is basically how I met Daniel, because he worked with all my highschool friends there and they brought him to a party I was at!The girls had a lot of fun and were so worn out from the party and whole weekend. They slept basically the whole ride home which usually never happens. One of the reasons they were so tired is because Saturday night after my parents put them to bed, Emma had woken up, decided to go see Georgia and was trying to crawl in her crib. Luckily my parents heard her because she was moving a chair and it got stuck in the doorway and toppled over. When they went to check Emma was already in the crib hanging out with Georgia. My dad said they were just playing there together at 11 p.m. Then the next day we found a tube of lipstick in G's crib, that Emma had stolen out of my purse at some point and used to decorate a few things. It could have been worse, I guess.

So now I am a little leary of sleeping arrangements once the baby comes. That is consuming my thoughts and I keep going back and forth on where I want them to sleep. To keep the guest room or not, that is the question!

The other question is are we having a GIRL or BOY??? Will we need something BLUE or will we save money because we already have everything Pink you can imagine??!!
We finally get to find out this Saturday!! So stay tuned!!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

glimpse into the future..

a phone rings in Emma's room
Emma: "It's ok. That's just one of my cell phones, Mom!"
Mom: "Okay"..I guess she is planning on having 2 like her father?!

E: "but I want to watch t.v. (drawn out real long and whiny). Can I watch a movie?"
M: "You already watched 101 Dalmatians today. I think that is enough t.v."
E: "No it not!"

M: "Emma, why do you have lipstick in your bed? Where did you get if from?"
E: "I love you, Mom!"

E: "I need make-up for my lips. Georgia, (who was wanting some real bad) you don't get any because you are a baby girl!"

E: "I got my purse (said like POOSE) and my jewelry (showing me her anklet she put on). Now I am ready to go to the mall, Mom."

And finally, hopefully this is a very FAR glimpse into the future..

E: "I got a baby in my belly too. It is a girl not a boy. I not like boys. My belly is getting big like yours"(sticking her tummy out)!
M: "What if Mommy has a boy, like Daddy, in her tummy?"
E: "I not have a baby boy. I gonna have a baby sister!"

Won't she be heartbroken when she realizes she gets no choice in the girl/boy matter.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Fiesta Parade

E & G's school had a Fiesta Parade today. The rain held off so we were able to enjoy the little ones parading around, dancing, shaking maracas, & singing various songs.
The kids had so much fun and it was really cute to see Emma dancing & singing to the songs she had been learning.Parents were asked to decorate a vehicle for each child with streamers, flowers, etc. We chose Emma's baby stroller as her vehicle because I didn't want her to get stuck on her tricylce and not be able to steer it in with all the traffic around her! She was really excited to decorate it and loved adding every last feather, glitter sticker and flower. She even dressed up her baby doll. The kids got into groups with their classes and were led to sing and do motions to songs..They did "the Chicken Dance", "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", & a few songs in Spanish! Emma was very into the motions, especially all the shimmies they did. I loved that she was willing to stay with her class and not be clingy to me. Her personality really shown through today.