When you are enjoying life as much as we are, its hard to sit down and write about it. So, sorry its been a while...
My Grandma Hammer, Emma's Great Grandmother, came to visit for Amelia's baptism and I snapped this picture and I'm heart melted. She is such a special woman and this was a special moment for sure.
Emma is now 2 years + 3 months and so full of sass and so goofy! (part her mama, part her daddy). She is very stubborn and independent while still staying very close to me or her daddy. She has her daddy's smarts. SO smart! I might be a little biased but when teachers from her school confirm that she is very smart, you have to believe it. Loves coloring and is sticker obsessed and also loves playing kitchen "Look mama, I'm cooking like daddy" - that's right... mama does NOT cook. I'm fine with that.
Emma can now count to 10 in English and Spanish (skips 4 and 7, but its still adorable.. and loves to say Cinco!), sings Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, Baby Bumble Bee (she loves this one), Itsy Bitsy Spider, says her own prayers "tank you, Jesus", knows a lot of animals names.... and STILL LOVES Mickey mouse Clubhouse (club-a-house) - Emma's pronunciation. And she has officially lost her baby fat rolls... She has a sway back like her mama so that belly sticks out, poor thing.
Emma and Moose's relationship is still hit or miss... but when it is a hit, you capture it! This is now framed in our house. "Kiss for Moose"
Her hair has gotten so long and soft (thanks to the Beautycounter kids collection) and this mama has hair envy. It's becoming more of strawberry blonde like a her GiGi. I'm hoping its just the summer sun fading it out, but when both grandmas have blonde hair, both grandpas and her daddy have brown/black.. you never know.
I'm hoping she keeps the red! Us blue eyed gingers are one of a kind. :)
Emma is still doing great with her glasses. She actually requests them in the morning. "where my glasses?" We are also still patching. She typically is pretty good with this, but she has her days. Poor Dustin has to handle this everyday. 2 hours every day. She can get a little clingy or snippy during those 2 hours, so we try to distract with a movie. Some of her top favorites right now are - Home, Good Dinosaur, Ratatouille, 101 Dalmatians AND Mickey Mouse Club-a-house. Either way, Dustin and I feel like it is really helping and working with her left eye. We actually go to the eye doctor today to see the progress. Cross your fingers for a good report!
We tried potty training Labor Day weekend and quickly realized that she is too young and didn't really get the concept. Saturday was probably one of the longest days of our lives, Emma included. She basically was nakey all day and DID pee-pee in the potty several times, which we were so proud of her for! However, Sunday... she knew what was going on and refused to drink anything, which defeated the purpose of learning to pee-pee in the potty. Monday - this mama was over it and so was she, so we were in pull-ups and happy.
We are going to try again soon!
It's finally Fall here in Nashville and it feels uh-mazing!! High of 67 today! Why do I have to be in an office right now? At least I can look out the window. Take what you can get!
So with this Fall weather brings our Anniversary (October 1st 2011)!!! 5 year anniversary!! What? When did that happen? So, we are headed to Gatlinburg to enjoy this weather, take E to the aquarium, and hunker down in a cabin in the woods. I'm so excited!! Hello hot tub and being lazy while watching the Georgia and UT game! As of right now, we are undefeated! Woop Woop! #GBO
And with fall comes, playing outside with friends! This is James, also a ginger and our neighbor across the street. They are too cute together!
All I wanted was a trip with my little family to the mountains.. and Dustin delivered! He's so awesome. We LOVE him oh so much!
More to come on that... I'm sure there will be a ton of pictures taken!
XOXO
