We are officially WALKING!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Yes Yes, No No
Emma will shake her head yes and no- I'm not quite sure she knows what it means, but she still does it for us. This video is a bit long, but filled with cuteness!!!
A WARNING FOR ALL THE BEES OUT THERE!
This is the evil bee that was flying around inside my house this afternoon (of course, while Felix was out of town). After tormenting me for almost an hour buzzing around and around me as I sat, shaking on the couch, armed with a fly swatter, I decided to take action. I could hear my heartbeat as I waited for him to stay still on the window....and as soon he did, I sprayed the ENTIRE BOTTLE of "flying insect" spray on him.
He must now suffer the consequences and lie dead on my window sill- a warning for all his friends who dare try and enter my house.
Speaking of bees...... I spent all day yesterday painting the blue trim of our house- white. As you can see, I only got the parts I could reach with the short ladder, which include the door on the left & right of the house, all lower level windows, and the lower level trim. The part of the trim that is half blue & half white is where the bees nest was, and the bees kept flying all around me while I was balancing on the top of the ladder- so I thought it best to get down and leave the "dangerous" painting for the pros.
BEFORE FELIX POWER WASHED THE HOUSE.........
AFTER! WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!
I was testing out different shades of yellow to paint the shingles- but after power washing the entire house, we are choosing to stick with the natural cedar shingles and only paint the trim white- plus put up our black shutters. So now, I need to figure out how to get rid of my three sample color swatches I painted on!!! Paint thinner and remover is not working- we either have to sand the color off, or replace the shingles. Big whoops on my part!
I hope to have the house finished by the end of the month- pictures to come!!! Slowly but surely, we are fixin' up this fixer upper!!!!
He must now suffer the consequences and lie dead on my window sill- a warning for all his friends who dare try and enter my house.
Speaking of bees...... I spent all day yesterday painting the blue trim of our house- white. As you can see, I only got the parts I could reach with the short ladder, which include the door on the left & right of the house, all lower level windows, and the lower level trim. The part of the trim that is half blue & half white is where the bees nest was, and the bees kept flying all around me while I was balancing on the top of the ladder- so I thought it best to get down and leave the "dangerous" painting for the pros.
BEFORE FELIX POWER WASHED THE HOUSE.........
AFTER! WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!
I was testing out different shades of yellow to paint the shingles- but after power washing the entire house, we are choosing to stick with the natural cedar shingles and only paint the trim white- plus put up our black shutters. So now, I need to figure out how to get rid of my three sample color swatches I painted on!!! Paint thinner and remover is not working- we either have to sand the color off, or replace the shingles. Big whoops on my part!
I hope to have the house finished by the end of the month- pictures to come!!! Slowly but surely, we are fixin' up this fixer upper!!!!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Memorial Day Fun!
We had a great Memorial Day together- I couldn't have asked for a better day. Felix was home all day with us, and we had many visitors! Felix started the day by mowing the lawn and fixing up the grill while Emma & I enjoyed a nice walk around the lake (I know, I am VERY spoiled during the "off" season when Felix is home so much!).
Then, Carrie & Whit came to visit- we are hoping Carrie moves closer soon- it would be so so fun. Emma seriously LOVED her. I've never seen Emma play with someone other than me or Felix the way she did with Carrie. She was climbing all over her and would do things to be silly with her. It was so cute to see.
It was really nice to see them again- too bad we didn't get any more pictures of all of us together. Carrie & Whit could only stay for a short while, but then Kristy & Matt came over for a lunch BBQ of burgers and then we grilled AGAIN with our neighbors- a delicious dinner of chicken & steak kabobs, and grilled corn. It was a bit of a challenge to make the kabobs since Felix doesn't like onions, and our guests don't like peppers. What else do you put on a kabob with the meat? Well.... we had zucchini, mushrooms, and tomatoes. DEELICIOUS. I have to say I was surprised that we were able to have 2 bbqs in one day. My favorite thing to do!! And we even used our new outdoor table (my trash to treasure find). We figure that we have used the table 3 times already- so we are satisfied with our purchase, even if we never use it again!
Carrie & Emma checking themselves out on the camera.
Emma's new toy! She absolutely LOVES this toy we got from a friend of ours. She thinks it is hilarious to crawl through the hanging chimes or the hanging curtain (seen on the left side of the toy)- and even MORE hilarious when we stick our head through it.
"Here I come!!!!!!"
We love that she is such a smiley little baby. Very few are privileged enough to see Emma's "bed head". Enjoy these rare shots of her morning 'do!
Then, Carrie & Whit came to visit- we are hoping Carrie moves closer soon- it would be so so fun. Emma seriously LOVED her. I've never seen Emma play with someone other than me or Felix the way she did with Carrie. She was climbing all over her and would do things to be silly with her. It was so cute to see.
It was really nice to see them again- too bad we didn't get any more pictures of all of us together. Carrie & Whit could only stay for a short while, but then Kristy & Matt came over for a lunch BBQ of burgers and then we grilled AGAIN with our neighbors- a delicious dinner of chicken & steak kabobs, and grilled corn. It was a bit of a challenge to make the kabobs since Felix doesn't like onions, and our guests don't like peppers. What else do you put on a kabob with the meat? Well.... we had zucchini, mushrooms, and tomatoes. DEELICIOUS. I have to say I was surprised that we were able to have 2 bbqs in one day. My favorite thing to do!! And we even used our new outdoor table (my trash to treasure find). We figure that we have used the table 3 times already- so we are satisfied with our purchase, even if we never use it again!
Carrie & Emma checking themselves out on the camera.
Emma's new toy! She absolutely LOVES this toy we got from a friend of ours. She thinks it is hilarious to crawl through the hanging chimes or the hanging curtain (seen on the left side of the toy)- and even MORE hilarious when we stick our head through it.
"Here I come!!!!!!"
We love that she is such a smiley little baby. Very few are privileged enough to see Emma's "bed head". Enjoy these rare shots of her morning 'do!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
11 Months
11 Months....
and starting to get a little fiesty!
"show me your tongue"
......getting bored with the photo shoot
Enjoying some morning time together- I always have my buddies by my side! Emma seemed really intrigued with Sid the Science Kid that morning!
I take Emma to the mall once a week and we meet up with some friends and play in the kidzone. Here is Emma in the little playhouse- her friend is peeking at her behind the tunnel.
Here is her friend Declan and his mom. Already pulling her pig tails.... boys will be boys!!
AND THIS.......
is why we practice sign language! She gets quite frustrated when she cannot communicate what she wants, so she simply opens her mouth and just lets out a scream, and usually a little shake. This scream means "I WANT THAT CAMERA!"
So I have really been focusing on teaching her signs- and so far, she has mastered "more", "eat", and "milk". I also made on up for "help" and "play", and she seems to do those as well.
Some other skills we have been working on:
and starting to get a little fiesty!
"show me your tongue"
......getting bored with the photo shoot
Enjoying some morning time together- I always have my buddies by my side! Emma seemed really intrigued with Sid the Science Kid that morning!
I take Emma to the mall once a week and we meet up with some friends and play in the kidzone. Here is Emma in the little playhouse- her friend is peeking at her behind the tunnel.
Here is her friend Declan and his mom. Already pulling her pig tails.... boys will be boys!!
AND THIS.......
is why we practice sign language! She gets quite frustrated when she cannot communicate what she wants, so she simply opens her mouth and just lets out a scream, and usually a little shake. This scream means "I WANT THAT CAMERA!"
So I have really been focusing on teaching her signs- and so far, she has mastered "more", "eat", and "milk". I also made on up for "help" and "play", and she seems to do those as well.
Some other skills we have been working on:
- Giving hugs- SO CUTE! If we give her a teddy and say "hug" she squeezes it tight and rocks back and forth.
- Points to her belly when asked where it is
- Blows kisses
- Waves hello and goodbye
- Sticks out her tongue when we ask
- Crawls over to the stairs and says "tee tee" (brush teeth) when we say, "Emma, ready for night night?". Then she climbs the stairs with our help and we do our bedtime routine.
- Helps me brush her teeth, and even rinses her toothbrush in the water
- Picks up a cell phone and holds it near her ear and says "dah dah"
- Puts her head down on a pillow if we ask her to (then she does it for attention because she is just so darn cute and she knows it!)
- When we say "Emma, want to walk?" she crawls over to her push toy and walks all over the house with it- even moving it out of corners when she gets stuck.
- She says "stuh" for stuck.
- Other words she has mastered: dog (dah), banana (anana), dah dah, duck (duh)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
A Mother's Day Weekend
What a wonderful first Mother's Day! Felix kicked off the weekend by surprising me and taking me out to a fancy little Italian dinner on Friday night. He even secretly arranged for our friends to come stay at the house and watch Emma after I put her to bed (thanks Kristy & Matt!!). So off we went to the restaurant and enjoyed our evening together. It was the first time we went out to dinner alone since Emma was 2 weeks old!!!!!!!
This morning we were up bright and early and went out as a family for an early breakfast together. We tried out a local favorite and it was delicious. Although, we felt like the "newbies" in the place after we overheard the waitress talking with all the tables around us as if she has known them for years!
They gave me a pretty little flower on my plate for Mother's Day that Emma couldn't keep her hands off (prior to sticking it in her mouth), so we stuck it in her hair.
And here is Felix's Mother's Day gift to me. He has started the process of power washing the house. Let me tell you- it is like an eraser!!!!! Look at the difference in this picture already- and the wood is wet here, now that it has dried the wood is a nice light tan. I just can't believe the difference.
AMAAAAAAZING!
Is this the stud I married? He finished the entire side of the house this afternoon and is going back for more tomorrow.
After I took these pictures (with Emma in my arms) Matti decided to run off the deck and run free in our yard. I must have been a sight to see running after Matti with Emma on my hip. Luckily, Felix took Emma from me just as Matti decided to high tail it out into the woods behind our house. As I was chasing him into the poison ivy filled wooded path with my white socks and fake red crocs on, I thought to myself that there was a real possibility I could lose him this afternoon. Thank goodness he stopped to go potty on a bush so I could grab him. Gone are the days where I was able to let him loose in the park and he would come running right back to me. Little rascal.
This morning we were up bright and early and went out as a family for an early breakfast together. We tried out a local favorite and it was delicious. Although, we felt like the "newbies" in the place after we overheard the waitress talking with all the tables around us as if she has known them for years!
They gave me a pretty little flower on my plate for Mother's Day that Emma couldn't keep her hands off (prior to sticking it in her mouth), so we stuck it in her hair.
And here is Felix's Mother's Day gift to me. He has started the process of power washing the house. Let me tell you- it is like an eraser!!!!! Look at the difference in this picture already- and the wood is wet here, now that it has dried the wood is a nice light tan. I just can't believe the difference.
AMAAAAAAZING!
Is this the stud I married? He finished the entire side of the house this afternoon and is going back for more tomorrow.
After I took these pictures (with Emma in my arms) Matti decided to run off the deck and run free in our yard. I must have been a sight to see running after Matti with Emma on my hip. Luckily, Felix took Emma from me just as Matti decided to high tail it out into the woods behind our house. As I was chasing him into the poison ivy filled wooded path with my white socks and fake red crocs on, I thought to myself that there was a real possibility I could lose him this afternoon. Thank goodness he stopped to go potty on a bush so I could grab him. Gone are the days where I was able to let him loose in the park and he would come running right back to me. Little rascal.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Grandma
Emma's Grandma came to visit for a few days and had so much fun. Emma just couldn't get enough of her- Grandma would sneak around a corner and play peek-a-boo and Emma would just break out into a huge smile. It was great to see!!
And while Grandma was here- Emma's Dora kitchen arrived- what a treat!!! Felix & I put it together while she was napping and when she woke up, we brought her into the playroom to see it and she LOVED IT! She has not stopped playing with it yet!
So many things to open & close and bang together. And the radio on the kitchen plays quite a catchy tune- Emma can't help but start dancing when she hears it. Her goal right now is to be able to climb on the oven door, but I am glad she is realizing that the little plastic door is not going to hold her up.
Loving Grandma's glasses, and kisses. Emma gave Grandma muchos besitos while she was here!
Emma was thrilled to show off her eating skills for Grandma.
This last picture is blurry because the two of them just would not sit still! But it was still a pretty cute picture so I thought I would post it.
See you soon Grandma!
And while Grandma was here- Emma's Dora kitchen arrived- what a treat!!! Felix & I put it together while she was napping and when she woke up, we brought her into the playroom to see it and she LOVED IT! She has not stopped playing with it yet!
So many things to open & close and bang together. And the radio on the kitchen plays quite a catchy tune- Emma can't help but start dancing when she hears it. Her goal right now is to be able to climb on the oven door, but I am glad she is realizing that the little plastic door is not going to hold her up.
Loving Grandma's glasses, and kisses. Emma gave Grandma muchos besitos while she was here!
Emma was thrilled to show off her eating skills for Grandma.
This last picture is blurry because the two of them just would not sit still! But it was still a pretty cute picture so I thought I would post it.
See you soon Grandma!
Proof!
Proof that Felix DID in fact change her diaper while I was gone........
I came home, and her frilly laced pocket pink pants were on backwards!!!!
I came home, and her frilly laced pocket pink pants were on backwards!!!!
But Felix my love, I would welcome backwards pants EVERY DAY if that's what comes with you changing her diaper. We love having you home to play with us more often now!! (and thanks for taking over morning duty, the many diaper changes, and feedings, and playtime too)
Friday, May 1, 2009
Let's Play 20 Questions.
I'm told when I was younger and we would play 20 questions in the car, my answer was always "chocolate ice cream". To this day, it is still my favorite. It appears to be Emma's too as I let her take a few sucks from my fudge pop.
Check Me Out, Baby!!!!!!!
My biggest project yet!!! A partition wall for the playroom- can you believe it?!! I did it all by myself!! It may look easy, but it took a lot of planning, problem solving, and drilling :) I even had to have lumber cut at Lowes for me!!
I started by finding this one 3x3 (9 boxes) bookshelf on craigslist that I liked, thinking I would just put it on the wall for Emma's books. But then, TAH DAH, I got the idea to get a 2nd bookshelf, attach it to the first and create a partition for the room.
Since the bookshelf had an open back, I had to find a way to make it look nice on the outside, so I took wall paneling and attached it to the back, and then- the hardest part- tried to add trim. Fancy shmancy, huh!!
I even used a miter box to angle the trim.... it's my first try, a bit rough, but I'm still glad I went with the angled sides.
And then I had to attach it to the wall somehow- but the baseboard heater caused a big gap, so I used this wood. I know, I know, not PERFECT, but it works!! And I even used the nice finished wood. We also screwed the shelf into the floor on the far end so it wouldn't shift. This baby is secure!!
Peek-a-boo!!
We blocked off the opening with some of Emma's toys.....
but Matti figured out how to get out!
Yes, Yes, I am up for hire :) hehe
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