Happy Mother's Day to Me!

THANK YOU Tracy and Barbra for my awesome amazing wonderful unique Mother's Day gift! I love it!!!

Tracy was babysitting Emma one night and took Emma to the pottery store and made her footprints. Then later on she went back and painted the plate for me. Isn't she awesome? :)

I thought this was cute from when Uncle Chandler was here.

Uh-Oh!

That's Emma's newest word! I think she started saying it Monday night and it is so cute! I would post a video of it but I can't find our camera charger for it and both batteries are dead. :(

Emma Has Her First Real Fever :(

Yesterday she was really clingy and I couldn't get her to take a nap for anything even though she was extremely tired. Finally at 2pm she went down and slept for almost 3 hours! She acted fine all night except her fever got up to 100.2 I believe. She felt so hot to me. I had already given her 2 doses of Tylenol earlier so I went for the big guns-Motrin. George finally got her to sleep around 9:45pm and she slept all night. At least we think so b/c George forgot to turn the monitor on in the bedroom! Anyways, she just woke up and her temp is 101. She's NEVER had a fever over 99.6 (I think) until yesterday. She's acting great so hopefully it will be gone in a few hours. Keep my little princess in your thoughts today.

Our Memorial Day Weekend!

Emma and I decided to travel to the wonderful land of Tennessee for Memorial Day! George had already made plans so we left him behind. We took our time driving up going the back way which consisted of Fayetteville, Lynchburg, Tullahoma, Manchester, McMinnville, Sparta, and Cookeville. It was so beautiful I just enjoyed every tree and flower while Emma jammed to Elmo!

When we reached McMinnville we met up with my bestest most beautiful friend, Rachel and her sister Megan and daughter Madalyn. I don't get to see them very often but I am super excited about going to Rachel's wedding in July in Florida.

Best Friends Forever-Madalyn and Emma! Aren't they just adorable?!


My sweet Magpie, Madalyn, Emma, and Rach



From there we traveled to Cookeville to stay with my favorite in-laws! They are so kind to let us stay with them and eat their food. :) We also got to play with the coolest cousins in the world and they let Emma go swimming in their pool!

This is my favorite pic of Isaac...he's such a handsome lil guy!


Graham's newest look! We miss you Graham-Bo!


The kiddos playing together.


And Ikey poo teaching Emma bad things! :)



Then on Sunday we headed over to Sparta to visit my side of the family. First stop, the Adam's family (snap, snap). For the past year my family has had an exchange student from Germany named Jana. She is the sweetest, most kind and beautiful young lady and I'm so incredibly glad she became a part of our family. Unfortunately, it is time for her to go back home and we are all going to miss her so much. She has really enjoyed her stay in the states and I hope she gets to come back soon! We love and miss you already Jana!!!!!!!

Kelsey and Emma


Down on the farm!



Kelsey and Jana-my gorgeous cousins!



Kelsey, Emma, and Jana



From there we headed farther into the big town of Sparta to my Granny Scott's house. My cousin Paige came down to so she could play some more with Emma.

Here are Paige and Emma posing for me. I could not get Emma to smile!


Paige was making Emma a flower tiara!



Paige, Emma, and my Granny swinging on the porch.



And the last stop was Nashville, Tennessee to visit my awesome cousins Monya and Melica!! We love going there b/c Aunt Marsha and Jim always have the best food ever!! They never let me down with the food and I always overeat way too much. :( Thanks for having us!

The girls about to go swimming before the storm. :(
Melica, Emma, and Monya


Cutie patootie in her bathing suit!


And again...


Overall, we had a wonderful holiday and it felt good to get home. Lucky me came home to a CLEAN house thanks to my favorite husband! :) He's too good to me! Check back for more pics!

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These are mine!




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Our New Babysitter!

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Chandler's BIG Test!

Are you surprised I took the camera? Of course my picture taking didn't make him more nervous! It was probably all of the big sister driving knowledge I shared with him. :)

The test lady doing the car checks...


Start your engine!


And he didn't even hit a parked car...oh wait, noone is dumb enough to park around the entrance!


Making it out of the parking lot...


He's on the main road! Watch out Fayetteville!


Made it back safe and sound...


Nice parking job!


The end.

***NEW DRIVER ALERT*** (Watch Out!)

Yay Chandler passed his drivers test!!! He is officially allowed on the road by himself...very scary! Just kidding, he is a wonderful driver. We are soooooo proud of him and I think he's rather happy too!

I've got more pics from the actual driving test to show later on today. Way to go Chandler!

15 Month Pediatrician Appointment

On Tuesday Emma visited Dr. Dudley for her 15 month appt. I love going there b/c the staff is so nice and upbeat! We had a wonderful appt. Emma weighed in at 19 lbs 5 oz which I'm pretty sure she weighed that about 4 wks ago but the doctor said that is fine. She is also 29 inches long!! That's a big jump from 12.5 inches at birth. She finally made the regular growth chart too for weight (5%), length (25%), and head circumference (10%)! I can't believe she made all 3!

Dr. Dudley also asked if she had started pulling up yet and I was like "yeah, she's walking now" and Dr. Dudley was so amazed! She couldn't believe all of the words she's saying and everything else she's doing. She said she is no longer a preemie and that Emma had made her day! As her mother, I'm so incredibly proud of her and sometimes I forget just how far she's come.

Lastly, she also got the chicken pox vaccine and the MMR shot. I had forgot she was getting those and felt bad b/c I had been telling her all morning she wasn't getting any shots. She cried and it broke my heart but she was better within seconds.

So once again Emma is thriving and George and I couldn't be happier for her! We have such a little miracle and princess.

I've Got A Toe Biter! Gross!

Recently Emma has been intrigued by my toes and she likes to try and bite them! I don't know what makes her want to do that but it really grosses me out especially when my feet are dirty! Don't worry, I won't be posting any pics of this! :)

Where'd Everyone Go??

Uncle Chan-Chan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Uncle Chan-Chan came into town to take his drivers test today so I had to get in some cute shots before he leaves.


"Aww Uncle Chan-Chan, I love you"


More to come!

Vacation (Part VIII)

Just wanted to share one last beach pic...for now! :)

Vacation (Part VII)

Here's some cute pics we took of Emma one day. It was so windy out so her hair is all over the place but they are super duper cute!




I played with this pic & had some fun with the colors!


All smiles!

Vacation (Part VI)

This was right before we headed home. :( Yes, I am in my pjs!


Emma saying "See ya later alligator" to the beach!


The wave


And the beach says "In a while crocodile!"


Cute lil feet!


In case you are wondering where Emma's cute outfit came from...Aunt Kathy got it for her in New Orleans and Grammy brought it down with her. It is so cute! Thanks Aunt Kathy!!!

Vacation (Part V)

This was our home for the week and it was lovely! It was a condo so we had a mini house with a kitchen that looked almost just like ours! In fact, the countertops were exactly the same as our house and the wood cabinets were about the same color with the black appliances. I wonder why I picked this room? :)

Our livingroom


A view from the balcony doors. You can see our kitchen in the far back and the washer/dryer is there too.


Our bedroom & balcony from the room. (Very uncomfortable bed by the way)


The dresser area in the bedroom