TWO

Two years ago today, this precious little angel joined our family

I remember the first time I got to see her. I couldn't believe how beautiful she was and I felt so lucky to be her mom. She truly is a miracle and we are so blessed to have her as our daughter :) 

Happy Birthday EMMA!!!

April 26, 2012

Her favorite things to do are: watch Toy Story 2 (and one), read her princess books and play with her princess barbies, color (on more than just paper...), bubbles, anything Winnie the Pooh, baby dolls, play outside, play in the pool, run around naked :)

Her favorite foods are: gogurt, blueberries, cheese, eggs, chicken, peanut butter and honey sandwiches

My favorite things she says: 'I wub (love) you' (she always whispers it), princess, Archemedes (the owl from The Sword in the Stone), paci, 'bye garbage truck', Master Shefu (from Kung-Fu Panda), 'squeeeeze' (when she gives you a hug), bless you (after you sneeze), 'cheeeeeem uup' which means 'clean up' - so cute how she says it!

Songs she loves to sing: The wheels on the bus (her favorite part is: 'the babies on the bus go wah wah wah'), Skida-marinky dinky dink, Patty cake, The itsy bitsy spider, Ring around the Rosies

Her favorite books are: Disney Princess Essentials Guide, Hop on Pop, Tickle Teddy, Spongebob Square-pants, The Snowman, Animals on the Farm  

Things she is learning: colors, counting, and shapes. She can say all the colors but when you ask her what color something is she'll almost always say 'blue'...we're working on it :). And this is how she counts: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10. 

Birthday party with friends and family

Easters, and schtuff

*kissy faces*

So this is actually not just an Easter post, it's a March/April post. I'm just really good at posting only once a month.....

In the middle of March our good friends Chad and Carissa got married! They had an open house here in AZ before the wedding and Emma thoroughly enjoyed the cotton candy stand. We grabbed one for her and as we were walking away she grabbed another one for her. Cuz one just isn't enough :)

mmm...sugar.

Random picture collage of when we built a fort with Emma in our living room. I was feeling really nostalgic when I built it because I did that with my siblings ALL THE TIME growing up.

And they were bomb. We brought in lamps and pillows and blankets and a TV to watch movies, and a fan cuz it would get crazy hot inside. Man, those were the days... :)

Our friends wedding was up in Utah so we made the trek up there with Spence and Tay (ROAD TRIP!) and we were fortunate enough/really sad to leave Emma here with family :) It was so fun to be able to visit with friends (and as fun as it was feeling like newly-weds without kids who could do whatever they want, whenever they want, I MISSED EMMA SOOO MUCH!)

Carissa looked a-MAZing and we couldn't be happier for them :)

After the luncheon

BFFs

And this is what Emma was up to while we were in Utah - having WAY too much fun with grandma and grandpa and cousin Porter.

The trip home was wet and cold but we got to see a rainbow as we entered Phoenix and that made my day

So one day I was sitting at the computer doodling around when I looked over to see this:

Emma lying on her back in the middle of the floor reading a book. For some reason it just cracked me up I had to take a picture! She is such a sweetie pie and I can't get enough of her.

Paige played on a club volleyball team this season and it was so fun to see her play in her tournaments! I remembered to take a few pics at the last one I was at (the end-ish of March).

scrumptious nakey girl.

This is at 23 weeks! I felt huge then, but now that I'm 26 weeks I really AM huge.

Beginning of April we celebrated Spencer's b-day with lots of friends at El Charro - yum.

Then we celebrated Easters! The Saturday before Easter we had a celebration at my parents house and then we spent Easter Sunday with Thomas' family (but who forgot to take any pictures of Emma in her adorable Easter outfit on Sunday? me. wah wah.)

At my parents, we colored easter eggs, had an egg hunt, and celebrated my brother Parker's birthday after our Easter FEAST.

Emma had so much fun finding eggs in the easter egg hunt. We helped her only a little *wink wink*.

Wow, look at all those eggs!

Opening up her goodies. I think this was her favorite part :)

Parker turned 17 this year!! I can't believe it. To me he's still 8 years old skating around in his wheelie shoes grinning from ear to ear with his adorable smile... time seriously flies by so fast

Oh yeah, in between all the festivities, Emma and Porter decided to go for a swim in the water table :) They eventually made it to the big pool after they realized this one was a little too small.

And speaking of pools, check out this new addition to our backyard! Emma love, love, loves swimming and water and swimsuits and being outdoors, etc. so this kiddy pool Thomas got for her is perfect! I can even get in it with her when I'm feeling up to it :)

Updates:

1. Thomas is finishing up midterms this week and then has a camping trip planned for Friday night with some friends. Anyone wanna have a girls night with me and Emma? I'm probably going to make no-bake cookies and stuff my face until I can't move.

2. My sister, Lindsay's birthday is on Friday! Too bad she lives in Sacramento and I don't get to see her. wah wah :(

3. Emma will be TWO YEARS old next week! I can't believe it. So, lately I've been feeling torn and a little sad because it's starting to hit me that in a few months there will be another little human being in my life that will need my attention and I won't get to spend every minute of the day with my mimi. Emma and I have been best buddies her whole life, we do everything together. We even have inside jokes and a secret handshake ;) I think I'm just feeling overly sentimental and want to cherish every second I have with her right now :)

4. I am 26 weeks today! and I'm feeling pretty good. Starting to get uncomfortable sleeping at night and it always feels like my feet are on fire so I have to stick them out from under the covers to cool them off. Oh yeah, and heartburn has started to kick in... lovely.

5. Summer is basically here. Supposedly it's going to be 100 degrees this weekend. Bring it on.