Emily's Trip to Dallas

Last weekend, Mimi and Bub took Emily to Dallas for Uncle Jeremy's graduation from Seminary. We were a little hesitant at first about letting her go. She has not been to anything like that before and we just weren't sure how she would behave. But, after looking at our to-do list for Baby Girl #2, we decided that we did need the time to work and get things done!

We got so much done! We had a to-do list a mile long and crossed several things off which was very exciting! It will all be done in 2 weeks whether we're ready or not :)

Congratulations to Uncle Jeremy! Apparently Emily did really well and stayed at the graduation for the whole 2 hours and 45 minutes!! I was way impressed! Afterwards Aunt Vicky & Uncle Jeremy had a great party at their house with BBQ and cake and everything! We thank you to Mimi and Bub for taking such good care of Emily and to Aunt Vicky and Uncle Jeremy for being wonderful host and hostess to her :)

Uncle Bob, Emily, Mimi, Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Vicky, Bub and Grandmother Pat! Uncle Bob experienced his first trip with a 2 year old and lived to tell about it :)

I'm assuming this was taken after the ceremony :)
All dressed up and ready to go....just wish her eyes were open :)

Emily's first introduction to a video game. These are all Emily's cousins-in-law, right? Naomi, Emily, Nicholas and Natalie!
Nicholas showing Emily how it's done!

Big Sunday Night

A few weeks ago was a big Sunday Night for us. It was the Spring Concert and all of the children's choirs and handbell groups performed. My handbell choir played as a big group for the first time since I have been the director! I was SO nervous but they did a GREAT job! Also, the 4-5 year old choir that I have been helping with sang. My friend Layne is officially the director of that group. However, on this particular night she got the stomach bug........shew :( So, I directed 1 song of handbells, then 2 songs of 4-5 year old choir, then the second song of handbells. Needless to say I was a little stressed out, but everyone did GREAT!

To top it off, we had decided to let Emily come to Big Church because she loves to listen to the handbells and she knew the songs that my little kids were singing. Aside from one tantrum at the beginning (a slight misunderstanding between her and Daddy :) she was perfect for the whole concert....well, I think they left at the next to last song. She got to see Mommy's groups perform and that was the most important :) Most of the little kids songs had some sort of motions that went to them so she would stand up and try to mimic what they were doing. When each group was finished she would just clap and say "Yeah!" It was so cute to watch her! We did decide that that was a one time only deal, I just don't think she's ready to sit through a real church service yet!

Sitting like a big girl!

She wanted to do just what the groups were doing!

Baby Girl #2 Update

Starting last week, I go to the doctor 2 days a week on Mondays and Thursdays. They are doing a N0-Stress-Test both Monday and Thursday and then I see Dr. Smith on Thursdays. So far everything is going well! Nothing is progressing, except for the size of my stomach :) We will keep you posted if anything changes!

I cannot believe that Baby Girl #2 will be here in 2 weeks! These past 9 months have gone by SO FAST!!! First of all, we have finally decided on a name!! It is.....a big secret :) We did this with Emily and it worked really well :) So, we decided to do it again! There has to be some sort of secret when she's born and since we already know she's a girl, this is the next biggest thing!

We are almost finished with the nursery. As soon as we get it all put together, I will post some pictures! We have finally finished getting all of our "baby" stuff down. Emily has had a wonderful time playing with the carseat, swing, high chair! She'll say "When I was a baby I used to swing...or sit...or eat here!" It's so sad that she is not a baby anymore! She's almost 3!!!!!!

As I mentioned before, Charles' work had a shower for us, some of my friends had a shower and our Sunday School Department had a Diaper/Wipe shower for us one night! We have gotten so many things I just can't believe it! I had to take a picture!

Family/Friends Shower

My friends Adrianne and Tarah and Adrianne's Mom, also hosted a Family & Friends Shower for us! We are so fortunate to have such wonderful family and friends! Of course on the day we picked the weather was absolutely horrible! But my family from Ft. Smith and Harrison drove over just for us! I appreciate all that driving everyone did!

The shower was beautiful! Adrianne and her Mom and Tarah outdid themselves! The food was wonderful, I think I had 3 plates!!! We again got so many wonderful things! I just can't say enough how blessed we are with family, friends and co-workers! Thank you Tarah and Adrianne for all you did and for being great friends!! Here are just a few pics from the shower!

Part of the food table, somehow I didn't get a picture of the whole thing!

The gift table. All of the shirts and onesies in the front were made by Adrianne and her Mom! There are 3 shirts with matching bows for Emily and Baby Girl #2!
Tarah, Adrianne and I!

Southwestern Energy Co. Shower

Charles' company hosted a Baby Shower for us a few weeks ago! We were totally surprised and had not even planned on registering or anything until they started talking to Charles about it and asked him to register for a few things (we maybe registered for more than a few :)! We had it over lunch one day at Catfish Hole....yummy! Even Emily asks to eat there sometimes! They even had cookies from Ricks....delicious!!!!! I could eat those every day! My Mom and Charles' Mom even got to come up which made it extra special! We got so many wonderful things! Charles is so blessed to work with such a great group of people! Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate, we had a great time!

Not the best picture of either one of us,

but the only pic of both of us!

Thank you to everyone who came! It was a great shower!
One of the pile's of presents. Two of the ladies made the diaper cake....it is too cute!

Dessert...need I say more :)

What in the world?!?!

So, a few weeks ago Emily was playing around while Charles and I were watching tv (don't tell anyone :)! We realized she had gotten really quiet and was in the bathroom ALONE! So, we go in there and her hair is all slicked back, greasy and she's standing there playing with it! We were like "Emily, what in the world is in your hair?" And she said "Well (every explanation starts with well now) my hair needed some lotion!" SHEW!!! Fortunately it only took 2 washes with Mommy's Herbal Essence to get it all out, but we have put all lotion up in locked cabinets now :) Both of these pics are before we even put her in the shower....shew :)

Playday at Whit's

A few weeks ago, my friend Brianne was gracious enough to watch Emily so I could go up to do some stuff at church. Thankfully she said Emily was very well behaved except for a minor incident with the next-door-neighbor's dog that even left Brianne shakey :) Apparently it was a pretty big dog, but no injuries to report!

Whit as only 17 months, but he and Emily seem to get along really well. I think Emily likes it because he pretty much just follows her around! He came over here last week while Brianne got her hair done and was a perfect child! He did not cry, fuss, anything! He LOVED Emily's table and chair set, it looks like one might be coming to Clay & Brianne's house sometime soon :) Anyway, Brianne is so good to take pictures of everything and she sent me a few cute ones! I did not take any while he was here, I will have to the next time!

Pretty girl :)

They make a cute couple :)
Her so cute :)

He has the prettiest blue eyes! Excuse Emily's panties...yes, she is wearing big girl panties pretty much all the time now!