the first day of our lives...

Friday, December 7, 2012

Anyone else have a hard time disguising their handwriting?

I guess I'll have to do this again for myself in 11 days. Awkward.

This hour officially marks the start of my labor one year ago. Ammon had just taken a NyQuil and gone to bed. I was getting ready for bed and wondering if tonight would be the night I would get to meet my sweet Little Miss Adele. Little did I know that my labor would begin 45 min later and I would be holding my little mini-me only 3 hours later. She has forever changed our family.

Tonight we were cuggling on the couch while watching a movie, and I couldn't help but think of how loved and blessed I am. Love my girls. Love my main man. Love the Lord.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Short but sweet

I've realized that blogging has overwhelmed me lately as I try to catch up with our busy lives. So, I've decided to post a pic daily with a short caption. Here's the last couple days (yes, the pics are in a weird order, but I bet you're smart enough to figure it out since I'm not smart enough to figure thus Blogger app out)...

Emma and I went to the Lollipop Concert (kids Nutracker shortened) with friends Bethanie and Dione Russell. Super fun new tradition!

Adele hates her car seat. In an effort to get her to stop screaming, I tried reaching back and feeding her GoGurt. She was so mad that she squeezed it. Everywhere.

We started Elf on the Shelf. Day one Bob brought Emma a sucker back from the North Pole. Day two Bob was getting a piggy back ride from the angel on top of our tree.

We've had two rounds of the stomach flu at our house in the last two weeks. Round one was awful for Emma, but round two was worse! I got the dreaded "your kid is puking" call from preschool. Adele missed round one, but definitely made up for it during round too. Poor pukers!!! On the good side, Emma has finally learned to throw up in a bowl!!!

Monday, July 9, 2012

Oh yeah... we bought a house.

Front view. Obviously. (The minty-green color of the house is temporary.)

Driveway to the garage AND Jes's studio (that second garage behind the house). Photos of studio below.

Entry way. Furniture forthcoming.

View into entertainment room.

Front room.

Kitchen. The plan is to remove the half-wall/counter and set an island/bar in the middle.

More kitchen.

Office.

Master Turtle's room.

Bean's room.

Master. Clearly, the previous owners loved green. Note curtains.

Back deck.

Side deck.

View from the backyard. Just beyond the trees is Hole 5 of the Country Club Golf Course.

Jes's dance studio. A shout out to Craig Brown (aka The General Contractor aka Master Carpenter) for his help putting this together.

Another view of the studio. For more info on Jes's growing business go to dancevolutionflagstaff.blogspot.com.

Of course, it wouldn't be Flagstaff without a beautiful mountain view. That's Mount Elden through the pines.

4 years

Happy 4th Birthday, Miss Emma-bean!

So excited that we survived those "terrible twos" and "worse-than-terrible threes". Emma is actually much happier, a much better listener, and has a super fun personality!

Stats:

39 lb. 10 oz. (81st) 44.2 inches tall (97th...off the charts) BMI - 14.3 (17th...we're doing our part to fight childhood obesity haha)

Nicknames:
Emma-bean

And...that's about it :)

Facts:

*Emma has a mind of her own and it is REALLY hard to change it! She refuses to let me pick her outfits. Period.

*Emma has to match Adele almost daily. If Emma gets dressed before Adele and Adele doesn't have an outfit that matches with Emma's, Emma changes. Makes for a long morning.

*Emma also gets tired of outfits. She'll change AT LEAST 3 times a day. Makes for lots of laundry, which I've now taught her how to sort before washing and put away after washing.

*Emma is very social. She loves hanging out with friends, and she has LOTS of friends (so not me).

*Emma asks deep questions! Instead of just asking "why" to things, she'll ask, "Mom, how come that man is driving a cart?" "What happened to his leg?" "When can he walk again?" etc.

*Lately Emma has been really into relationships. When I get off the phone with my mom, she'll say, "Who was that?" "Your mom or dad's mom?"

Miss Steffanie: Emma's Preschool teacher that we will miss dearly!

Emma's new bike for her birthday. Complete with a seat in the back for Adele...or her doll.

The new bike gang is in town

On Emma's real birthday, we invited her friend Alora to Peter Piper Pizza. Emma won the jackpot--literally--at one game. Here are her 200 tickets that she won from just one token.