Amen!

Today Little E was naked sitting on the potty..she clasped her hands under her chin and said "Amen". It was so adorable. Then she said "Mommy do it" She showed me hoe to clasp my hands and had me repeat her. She smiled so big, she was very proud of herself.
I just love everything that she does!

The things she says.

I love the things that Emme says...She ow says "Hold you", meaning hold me mommy. She always says "I sorry Mommy" if she runs into me or something. When she gets a boo boo, she has me kiss it to make it better. I absolutely love it.
E is also a little Momma. She must always have her baby with her. She holds the baby and says "shhhhh shhhhh shhhh" and bounces the baby. The baby is always covered up with her "banket" (blanket) and goes on long rides in her stroller all day everyday until it is time for bed and she either sleeps with Emme or E puts her to sleep in her cradle by E's bed. Anytime we leave the house E has to take the stroller too. We put E in her seat, hand her baby, bottle, and sippy, and then we have to load the stroller in the back of the car. She always checks to make sure it got there and we did not leave it behind. It is so cute. Also, baby always eats what E eats. She feeds her lots of bites. I love my "Little Momma".
Oh yeah, Emme got new Bunny Slippers today and she loved them. She put on her Pjs today and then of course she had to put on her new house shoes. They were super slippery, so she kept falling, it was pretty comedic!! Sorry E for laughing at you.
Last night at Aunt Holly's Heidi and Hannah gave E her bath then they dressed her in one of their night gowns and coaxed E to put on some panties just like them. She loved them. She ran downstairs to show everyone. When she would show someone, she would lift her gown and stick out her pelvis. Too funny. So this morning, I thought we could try panties and the potty. She out on the panties and danced around so proud of her Melmo panties (Elmo). She sat on the potty for a good 30 minutes off and on. The she did a big Panty Dance and then ran to her room. She came back to my room saying "Tee tee Tee Mommy". Of course, she went teetee on Melmo. Ah oh. So we are back to diapers. She doesn't really get it yet that she is not supposed to go in her pants, and everytime she needs to go that she should go to the potty. So I guess we will wait until later when she is ready and can communicate really well.
I love you Miss E. You are too special punkin.

The actual Birthday

E is 2! Wow, I really can't beleive it. She had a fun day, but was kind of sick most of the day. We woke up and had a special B-day breakfast complete with candles in her eggs. She loved that and actually blew them out herself. Then we play around the house for hours with Daddy. We got ready and headed for the mall to have lunch and go to Build A Bear. She picked a puppy. Very cute, but wow, they are truly expensive. She had fun playing with all the strollers there.

We headed home and tried to take a nap. She wasn't going to have that on her day. We just hung around the house and played the rest of the day.

She is so special to us, and we can't beleive she is such a big girl. Thank you Jesus!

Emme's 2! (almost, she had her party today!)

Yesterday we had much preperation for Emme's big Birthday Party. She helped make her cupcakes. It was her first cooking experience. She definately liked the reward of her hard work.

Emme licking her sweet rewards!

Pouring in the ingredients.
We had a great and very busy day today. We set off this morning to cousin Hannah's Birthday Party and a Bounce house place. Emme loved it. She was of course already tired from that party, and we had to head to her party at her gymnastics gym. She had a great turn out, and loved it. She was not much on staying with the party. She liked running around checking out the water fountain and the babies that were there.

Hannah, Emme, and Heidi

The Birthday Girl

OOOOOO, presents!

Miss Emme was asleep the minute her head hit Daddy's shoulder. He rocked her anyways. We are so excited out baby is growing up, but so sad she is getting so big and independent. We have to savor the moments that she will let us snuggle her and love her, because it goes so fast.

Emme, we love you more than you will ever know. You are truly the most precious thing in our lives. Happy Birthday! (2 days early) Love, Mommy and Daddy

Emme's 1st Emergency Room Trip

During the storm Emme decided to jump off the bed into her 4 year old cousin, Hannah's arms, unfortunately Hannah could not withstand the 23lbs and fell to the floor with Emme in tow. Emme hit Hannah's head with some part of her chin (we think) and bit right through her tongue. It gushed blood all over my shirt and it hurt very bad. She cried forever. After 3 hours her mouth was still bleeding, so we met her Daddy at the hospital. Daddy is a paramedic, so we got the VIP treatment. By the time we got to the emergency room her tongue had stopped bleeding and had already began to heal.
Well, it wasn't a completely wasted trip, E got to see Daddy and that is a real treat for her. She absolutely cannot be out of his arms when he is home. There is something about a Daddy and his girl.
Update:
This morning Emme awoke happy and her tongue looked good. She ate good and her tongue did not seem to bother her at all. I was able to get a look at it this morning as we played tent under the covers with a flashlight and it has already closed up majorily! Amazing how we can heal so fast.
7 days until Miss Emme is 2!!

Whoo Hoo!! She Did It!

Yeah, she did it! I thought the day would never come when she would be ready to actullay sit on her potty longer than 2 seconds. She actually sat for about 5 seconds (with her pearl necklace on), then she stood up and said "Mommy, look, tee tee" I of course jumped up and down and made a huge deal of it. Then she ran to get her Uncle Dan to see. He did really good and acting excited. Is it crazy that I teared up seeing my precious baby so excited she did such a wonderful and big girl thing? I am so sad, but excited she is getting older.

Thankfully, she still lets me rock her everynight before I lay her down. Who knows how long that will last, but I do know it will be over way to soon.

We sit and wait!

Yeah, Emme went tee tee in the potty!
Wow, it takes a big mess for one small tee tee! She was not able to make it all the way on the toilet after her first tee tee fill-up. We had two towels to catch the rest!

And she's off in her big girl panties!

We are planning tomorrow for a day at the home in big girl panties! Say your prayer for us.

Potty Time

Well, we are hoping it is getting closer to Potty Time! Emme spent a lot of time bare bottomed on Saturday with her potty. We have had the potty sitting out for about 6 weeks, but Emme does not want to sit on it unless she has clothes on. Saturday, she finally sat on her potty with no diaper on. Yeah!!! She tore lots of toilet paper and did a swipe on her bottom like she was wiping and then dropped the paper in the potty, then she would retreive the used toilet paper and do it all over again. She even had her puppy go teetee in the potty! She never made any teetee, just lots of torn paper. After about 30 minutes, she brought me a diaper and she layed down. I think her diaper actually makes her feel good!!

Say your prayers for us, she is definately not interested in putting any teetee or poopoo in the potty. I don't want to have a 3 yr old in diapers!

Emme's puppy going teetee

Emme wiping her bottom! I love this picture, I will be sure to save it for her first date!!! Thankfully she is wearing her necklace!

Busy Days

Emme assisting the cripple!

Peek a boo

Emme on Mimi and Pops "trashcycle". That is what we call a bike we found in the trash!

Miss E has been sick the last couple of days. We had gone so long since her surgery and she was fine, but then colds struck my brother and nieces, so E is now sick. She acted like she felt better today, but we did not chance is, and stayed home from church. Instead we went to Central Market to stock up on yummy fruits and veggies and of course try all the samples. Emme loved that part.

We have stayed busy lately. I have begum teaching the Prek class at Emme's MDO. It is pretty fun, but lots of work. Teachers definately don't get paid for all the hours they put in.

Last week, I suffered from excrutiating tooth pain. I went to the dentist and she said I needed a root canal. So of course no one could get me in until the following day. I went home and began the dosage of Lortab the Doc prescribed and was sicker than a dog. I threw up for hours in addition to my tooth pain. The worst part was when i wanted to sleep I had to remain sitting up or else my tooth got even more unbearable. Anyways, I finally went to the Endodontist and she said she did not think I needed to have a root canal. She sent me home in hopes that my tooth would get better. (this was Thursday) My mom had luckily come into town the day before and was able to take Emme and I back home with her. It was so fun for Emme. I of course laid there in agony over my tooth.

Mimi and E played hard. My mom called Emme her little shadow. Everywhere Mimi went, her Emme was sure to go!! They ran errands, visited Pops at school, swam, played outside, went over to visit GG and Papa (Emme's great grandparents and also my parents neighbor).

The funniest thing E learned at Mimi's was the "go Fishin" game the one that goes round and round and you have to stick you pole in the mouth while it is open. Anyways, she thought it was so fun to stick her finger in the mouth and then pretend to scream like the fish was eating her finger. She is a clever one. Also, mimi's light switches are lower so she got a stool and stood on it to turn the lights off and on.

Mimi was tired from our visit I am sure. We met David Monday morning had breakfast and Emme and I went home. Remember it is Monday (labor Day) and I am still in pain. So finally on Tuesday, we returned to MDO. I had to teach in pain still. I called the Endodontist as soon as they opened Tues morning and they could not see me until Wed at 11am. I wanted to cry! I made it thru Tuesday and Wed morning I dropped E at my sisters and headed for my appt. This is the 1st time I have evr really wanted to drop $1000 on a dang tooth! I arrived and the Doc looked at my tooth and said "lets do root canal". Ya Think?!!! I was releived of tooth and gum pain with in an hour! I loved handing over $1000 for that fix. I was so excited about sleeping laying down I couldn't stand it!.

On Thursday, David and I made plans to head to see my other sister for the night since her hubby was out of town and she like me hates to stay by herself. I got in my car to head to MDO Thurs morning and get a call from my mom, whom was already visiting my sister and planned to leave when we arrived. Anyways, she proceeded to explain how she was chasing gold balls with my nephew in the street and stepped on a curb failure and Broke her ankle!

Ah oh as Emme would say. So, David and I drove to pick her up and then take her car back home. We arrived back at my parents with mom in tow and her cast. So Emme got to be with Mimi again, only this time mimi's shadow stayed very still since mimi couldn't move too much. When mimi would try to walk on her crutches Emme would pull her crutches assisting her in her walk.

Well, that was a long post, but it had been awhile. We are now pain free and getting better, and back in our own beds for a while. Yeah!