Tagged

I got tagged by Danielle.

All about my Hubby......

What is his name? Rob
How long have you been married? Five years
How long did you date? Six months, but he proposed after four months
How old is he? 36 TODAY!!! Happy Birthday!
Who eats more sweets? Easy! I do!
Who said I love you first? He did
Who is taller? He is
Who can sing better? Me
Who is smarter? It depends on the subject
Who does the laundry? Me
Who pays the bills? Me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Rob
Who mows the lawn? Rob
Who cooks dinner? Me, but sometimes Rob will on the weekends.
Who drives? Rob
Who is more stubborn? Me
Who kissed who first? He kissed me
Who asked who out first? He did
Who proposed? Rob
Who has more siblings? Me
Who wears the pants? Me

I tag everybody!

"Nope!"

I've been trying and trying to get Emily to say the ABCs with me. She'd refuse. She'd sometimes even let out a frustrated growl at me when I'd try. So it was such a pleasant surprise when she began repeating the letters with me. I was so proud when she repeated in her cute voice, "A, B, C..." When we got to letters she didn't want to repeat, she'd say, "Nope!" She doesn't like F, G, or H. But the rest she'll say. All the way to "Zeeee!"

"Mine!"

Okay, which one of you taught Emily to say "mine"? I know I didn't do it. Everything is "MY!"

Me: "Emily, give me that balloon before you bite on it and it pops and you choke on it."
Emily: (yelling over her shoulder as she runs away) "MY!"

Hmmm. Well, since everything is yours, little girl, pick up that poop that you left on the floor while you were streaking through the house with your naked little bottom flashing for the whole house (actually, just me) to see. It surely isn't "MY!" poop. Pick up your messy room, too. None of those millions of toys are "MY!" either. BUT, the tripod is "MY!", the camera with the lens worth more than the camera itself is "MY!" The leftover remnants of crackers that have been crumbled and pulverized into the carpet, not "MY!"

What's Cuter than Cute?

Emily has recently picked up some really cute things. So, what IS cuter than cute?

• She's started saying "help" when she needs help with things. She got one of my flip-flop slippers "stuck" on her arm and seemed to think she couldn't get it off by herself, so she sweetly said, "Hep. Hep." I took it off her arm and she proceeded to put it back on. "Hep." **Okay, so just a few minutes ago, she was saying, "Hep," and she walked into the office with poop on her hand. Oh, the joys of poop awareness.
• "Appoh" is how she says "apple".
• "Opphoh" is how she says "hippo".
• "APPEEE!" is how she says "happy".
• "Ebboh" is how she says "elbow".
• "Eeeeyaaa-eeeeyaaa" is the sound a donkey makes.
• When she says "sad", she makes a sad face and kind of looks down and says, "Sa."
• When you ask her something and she doesn't know what it is, she puts her hands up and kind of shrugs her shoulders with her head to the side.
• Instead of saying, "No," she says, "Nope!" Me: "Hey, Emily! Do you see that bird?" Emily: "Nope!"
• She shares her food with her toy animals and she makes an eating sound when they eat and she makes a sipping sound when they drink.
• Sometimes she says "sorry". Only it sounds like "Ah sahyee." Sometimes she says it at appropriate times, like when she drops something, and sometimes she just says it out of the blue.
• This may be TMI or even WTMI (Way Too Much Info), but I've been letting Emily flush the toilet, even when it's just when I've gone potty. The she says, "Bye-bye, poopoos!" Even when it's not poopoos that she's flushing.
• When she doesn't get her way and if she's standing, she'll scream (eh, not so cute) and get real stiff with her arms at her sides and she'll sort of flare her hands out. This may require an illustration to help you picture it:

Okay, okay, enough with the cuteness already!

Delighted

Each day I'm amazed at how lucky I am to have been blessed with this beautiful little girl. She challenges me daily and makes me want to be a better person. Sometimes I don't feel like I deserve her. I am so delighted to be her mom, her teacher, her friend.

The other night as we were getting ready to go to sleep, we went through our little rituals of singing songs and giving kisses. I started a new tradition the other night of kissing my finger and then pressing my finger to her lips; kissing my finger and pressing it to her nose, then eyes, and cheeks. As she was in between awake and asleep, she kissed her finger, touched my lips, grinned a sleepy grin and then drifted off to sleep. Tears came to my eyes and I melted a thousand times. She is simply amazing.

New Blog

Yes, I have yet another blog to look after. This one is for documenting Emily's achievements. Right now it's going to be focused on her potty training efforts. It will be an invite-only blog due to its sensitive nature, and really and truly, I don't want just anyone reading about my daughter's potty adventures. So, if you'd like to be added to the list, shoot me an email! robandchrissy@charter.net

Tagged!

I was tagged by Kelly.



Here's how it works:



1. Pick up the nearest book (one of at least 123 pages)

2. Open the page to 123

3. Find the 5th sentence.

4. Post the next 3 sentences

5. Tag 5 people.



The closest book to me is Digital Wedding Photography - Capturing Beautiful Memories by Glen Johnson. Okay, these sentences are boring, but here goes... "What does it all mean? The first thing to notice is that both files get data in the highlights and shadows. The real difference is that when the camera produces its own JPEG file, it compresses all the tones together, producing a much more contrasty image."

So, does it make you want to read it? Alright, I tag Cheryl, Issa, Angela, Heather, Linda, Lanae, Jessica, Pea, Teri, Lori, and anyone else I may have missed.

Coloring

The other night Emily got into the front closet and pulled out some brown wrapping paper that we have (that we never really use) and strung it around the livingroom. Instead of getting annoyed, the idea came to me to tape it to the kitchen floor so she could color on it. I admit, the idea wasn't really mine; I wouldn't have thought of it if I hadn't seen Cheryl do this with her kids.

Of course, I had to get in the picture to make it a family photo. But look how much fun we had! She had red on her bum from sitting in my crayon rendering of a Converse shoe.

"Side!"

We've had some pretty weather the past couple of days. A couple of evenings ago we went outside so Emily could get some fresh air. She's been croupy lately. She's getting better, but she still has a bit of a cough.

Her new favorite word is "side". Which means outside. She points to the back door and yells, "Side!" and signs please. If you say, "Outside?" she gives you a very afirmative "Uh-huh!"

She loves these rocks! How many toys does she have? How many toys have I tripped over? How many toys have I had to put away because she has too many toys? And here she is, playing with rocks. *sigh*

My little "Grandma Magnet"

She was trying to play catch. I told her to hold her hands out and she held out one and just waited for the ball to hit her. Her friend Elizabeth is awesome at playing catch!

Annnd...time to go in.

February!

Here is a little calendar for you. You can save it as your wallpaper...

Pretty Day

I bought this little jacket several months ago and I finally put it on Emily today. It's an 18-month sized jacket, but it fits big on her. It's so cute! She loves all the buttons.

Feelin' Puny

Feelin' Puny
Originally uploaded by pixels & blog dreams

Emily hasn't really felt very good these past few days. I think she's on the mend, though. No fever since yesterday evening! And yesterday evening was the highest it'd been, but it could be because she was bellerin' the whole time I was taking her temp. No telling.

This morning she woke up chattering away, asking for peaches and bananas and her juice. She can say "peaches" and she can sign "banana", but juice...well, she signs "drink" and says, "ungh." Reminds me of someone...JASON.

Senior Year

This is a little questionaire I found on a blog of a friend of a friend of a friend. (I *heart* blog surfing). Remember your senior year of high school? I'm sure some of you remember. Well, this was fun to fill out, so enjoy. I'd love to see your answers!

1. Did you date someone from your school? Yes, Chris Terry for three months. This guy named Brian Tiehen wanted to date me.
2. Did you win anything in Senior's Who's Who? Ha, no. If I did win, it woulda been "Who's she?"
3. What kind of car did you drive? Michael's sky blue piece he named Winnie Faye.
4. It's Friday night...where r u? Most likely home.
5. Were you a party animal? Ha, no.
6. Were you considered a flirt? HA! No.
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No.
8. Were you a nerd? Most likely. Geek, dork, nobody--whatever you want to call it.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? No, but I did get a couple of detentions that I served during lunch. I couldn't get to school on time.
10. Can you sing the fight song? I remember the tune, but not all the words.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? I don't remember ANY of my teachers' names. But I thought the Film Analysis teacher was cool. She drank "cough syrup" a lot.
12. Where did you sit during lunch? The first table on the left as you'd come down the stairs into the cafeteria. I ate with Anna Butler and some other chick and this other chick and this guy who had a crush on Anna. I forget their names!
13.What was your school's full name? Coronado High School
14. School mascot? The Mustangs
15. Did you go to Homecoming and who with? Ha, no.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes. I would have played soccer
17.What do you remember most about graduation? The stupid hat. And it was HOT. And there were 400 the graduated, so it took for-freakin'-ever.
18. Where did you go senior skip day? Pfft, I went to school.
19 Were you in any clubs? Heh...no.
20. Have u gained some weight since then? I think I've lost weight actually.
21. Who was your Senior prom date? Uh...my second cousin's nephews best friend. Seriously. I don't remember his name. He was tall and he closed his eyes for the picture. Dweeb. His name mighta been Matt. Or David. Eric? No...
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Um, no. I didn't go. I wasn't invited. (See #2)
23. Who was your home room teacher? I think my English teacher.
24. Do you still talk to people from school? No. (See #2)

Okay, I'm tagging anyone and everyone.

Shhh...

Do NOT disturb. She's "thinking". If you catch my drift. I got downwind of her drift. Ick.

Oh Crap.

After entering Ree's "Name that Photo" Contest, I decided I'd check out her readers' blogs. I went through the comments of The Contest post and clicked on the names that had links. There are a lot of blogs I enjoy! I'm still going through the blogs. And I've added a lot to my favorites.

So here's my question: How many links can you add to your favorites? I have a ton. Will my computer crash as I add one more link to my favorites? Will it scream out "Too many! Get a life!" And when I'm done adding PW readers' blogs to my favorites, when will I find the time to go back and visit? Crap. I need more hours in my day.

And now I'm wondering if they've checked out my blog. Oh, now I'm nervous.

Outside

We went outside yesterday to bask in the sunlight that we were blessed with. The skies were beautiful! Emily hasn't been feeling well and I figured a trip outside would cheer her up.

In this last photo, I had asked her "What's that?" to get her to look at the camera, and in return I got this expression. It looks like she wants to say, "Duh, Mom. It's grass!"

Smartie Pants

I doubt this is a big deal to anyone but me, but I just thought I'd share a few things about Emily. She knows a few letters of the alphabet. I, O, U, M, S and B. She can say and sign "circle" and "star" and can identify circle, star, square, rectangle, and triangle. She can sort her shapes in her shape sorter like a pro. The other day we were on our way home from Walmart and as we were nearing our street, she signed "home". She recognized our neighborhood (probably because we go that route every day).


And she has GREAT nose-picking form. I'm so proud.

Nightgown

She looks so girlie in her nightgown. But then I look at her bruised legs from playing hard and I watch her play with cars. She is her mother's daughter.

"Wee Wee Wee..."

Nana was here this week. We had a good time. She helped me get my kitchen organized. We also went through Emily's toys and made room for her new ones. We got some photos hung around the house and a curtain hung in the kitchen. My house looks and feels so much better. Thank you so much, Mom! I don't know how to thank you.

I said goodbye to Mom today. I was sad, but I knew she needed/wanted to go home. I thought about holding her hostage, but that's just not cool. Dad was so nice to drive all the way down to pick her up. I appreciate him doing that. It was a nice day for a drive, though! Pretty day. I went and laid down for a nap after they left and when I closed my eyes, I could still see the glare of their WHITE car. I got a tiny tear. *sniff*

You've Got a Little Something on Your Face...

There is a saying that if you get chocolate on your face, you're not eating it fast enough. Very true. Sometimes. Like when my daughter eats chocolate, she doesn't waste much time, but she still ends up with it on her face.
Oh, there are times she savors it. But mostly she scarfs it up when given the chance!