What We've Been Up To

After enjoying a week of vacation, we came home to a whirlwind of work, family reunion, and ball practice. Feels like we never left home.....


Our beach trip was very nice this year. We didn't have WiFi in our condo and that was fine with me. No computer or XBox for a week. We were practically the Ingalls family.


The weather was great while we were gone. It rained one day and we spent that day shopping. We managed to catch a movie while we were gone. Bo and I took Emma to see Cars 2...total waste of time. The boys saw Transformers 3 and loved it. Emma would have to I'm sure. The girl is all about weapons.


Emma has been completely off schedule and her eating habits have been way off as well. She has not eaten much at all lately. She did like tartar sauce and managed to eat a small bowl of it while were out one night. She also loves butter. Bo hates it, but I give her a spoon of butter on occasion. Last night was one of those occasions. She was so happy. While I let her watch a movie and I collapsed on the couch after working all night, she kept coming in and smiling at me. She had butter smeared around her mouth and just looked adorable. After the third time it hit me that I had only given her a small spoon full of butter and she was up to something.



I found the butter bowl half empty and little pinky marks all through it. She had butter all over her face, hands, and in her hair. She had gotten the bowl out of the refrigerator and just had a feast. Note to self...butter has to go on the highest shelf.



Here are a few more pictures of our week away.



Brady's mug shot.
Waiting on our crab claws, oysters, and clam strips. This boy can lay away some clam strips!

Silly momma and Emma pictures.

Such serious faces.

Okay, he is just plain handsome.

This one is too. Amazing that they look nothing alike.

Emma made a friend who just happened to have a fish in his bucket. The little boy kept putting a plastic spoon down in the water and then putting it in his mouth. Needless to say his mother was going crazy.

Just a Few More Beach Pics

Brady and Emma writing in the sand.
Okay, she is just plain cute.

My little beach bunny.

My handsome boys. They were having way to much fun getting their pictures taken.

Brady...aka...Thor.

I love this picture of my goofy boys.

I love this one too.

It's just like those pictures of the movie stars in US Magazine emerging from the water with their 6 pack abs.

You can't catch me daddy!

Sun,Surf, Seafood, and Sanity...

Just a quick post to say that we have not fallen off the side of the world.




We just took a few days to get away and enjoy some beach time. For anyone who has followed along over the last few years, you may recall that Emma HATED the beach 2 years ago.



Fear Not.



She loves it and I think that I have a beach bum on my hands. That is my kind of girl.

Striking her crane pose.

I will post more pictures when I have time. We drove home yesterday and then I headed straight to work and experienced 12 hours of wondering why I ever came home:)

Nothing says fun like working in an Emergency Department on a holiday weekend.

Happy Father's Day

Yes, we do have 3 kids. But as a parent of teenagers, let me tell you it's hard to get everyone together for any sort of pictures and Emma NEVER wants to cooperate!

Happy Belated Father's Day to my sweet husband.

My Little Groucho

Yesterday amid a clean and purge session in Ashton's room, Emma became the proud owner of some new glasses. She has literally worn them ever since.

3 Years Ago.....

I am a day late with this, but yesterday marked 3 years since we got "the call" about Emma. I remember it so vividly. It was one of those really crazy days and it fell on a Friday so that made it a really crazy weekend.




3 years later, our girl has come so far and so have we. Our lives have been forever changed for the better. God knew she was our girl.



Emma loves aprons. She wears them all the time. She has one on as I type this post. Giggee found her the cutest apron and hat while she was recently out of town. Of course Emma doesn't like to cooperate when I am attempting to take her picture so this is the best I could get. The apron says "Princess of the Kitchen". It should say "Princess of EVERYTHING".

The poor child and her mother spent Friday and yesterday at basketball tournaments. We lucked out today and another mother was able to be the designated driver. Of course, today will be the day that Ashton scores a gazillion points and makes history and I will have to hear all about it later:)

Should I Stay or Should I Go

Emma had a very busy morning playing with Rory. They "swam", caught a wayward butterfly, and played with Play-Doh. Oh to be 4 again.....All I have heard for the last few days is "Rorrrry play, Rorrrry play"




After Melissa picked Rory up and Emma ate lunch, it was nap time. Mom's favorite time of the day:) I had already been up to the room once to check on her and she was playing with her toys that she had politely decided to move to her bed. The next time I went up this is how I found her. Sound asleep and snoring. Suffice it to say she had a busy morning.

The last week was busy with ball camps and church camp, although I had to pick Brady up early because he wasn't feeling well. Emma also had a 3 hour speech evaluation. It was a beneficial visit I think and I am anxious to hear back from them. I think we are going to make a change over the summer and start our speech therapy somewhere else.

The hearing aids are going well. She isn't too fond of me inserting them but she has gone and gotten them out of the container herself and wants her "beep beeps" in. She is beginning to copy a lot more of what we say. I'm not so sure that is a good thing.

Emma has been so busy the last few days. It must be Christmas in June because she has decided that her new favorite thing to do is wear her Christmas stocking hat and apron and watch "The Polar Express" while saying "Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas". She is also very fond of riding in her baby doll stroller right now. She insists on strapping herself in and then when she can't undo the strap she just stands up and walks with the stroller attached to her backside. She has also become a huge fan of horses and rides her rocking horse all over the house an inch at a time.