What an Improvement!

We had a better week at daycare. Thursday afternoon I walked into Emme's classroom to see her chasing another little girl around the room. Score! She is finally interacting with the other kids. Friday morning Emme turned around and said, "Bye... see ya!" She didn't cry at all this week, which is such a big improvement!

We were getting into the car one morning and as I was backing out of the driveway, Emme put her hands over her head and said, "Oh no!" When I asked her what was wrong, she replied, "Where's my purse?" I'm telling you, this girl is one priss pot! She walks around in my shoes all day, pretends to put on makeup, loves my jewlery, and asks to wear dresses.

We have a very busy upcoming week. I have Bunko at my house this Tuesday, and Jason's family is coming in town Friday for Emme's birthday party. We are planning an ice cream sundae party, and the forecast says rain. YIKES! If anyone knows how to do an anti-rain dance, get moving! Can you picture 15 kids designing their own sundaes in my living room?

I cannot believe our baby girl is about to turn two. I know it is SO cliche, but kids do grow up so fast. While I already miss the days of holding her in my arms as a baby, I can say that this is an AWESOME stage. Getting to know Emme's personality is so much fun. She teaches me something new everyday. I can just see that little mind working... the things she can come up are hilarious. Jason and I are blessed with such an easygoing and sweet natured little girl. Talk about the definition of unconditional love!

We decided that when Emme turned two, we would take away her pacifier. The bottle at one year, the paci at two, hopefully the blanket next year! Wish us luck :)

Should Have Knocked on Wood!

I spoke too soon. Week 2 of daycare didn't go as great as week 1. At all. Every morning started with, "No, school. No, boys and girls. No, play. No, mommy." To make matters worse, real tears were involved when I dropped her off. Not the fake whine that will be over by the time I make it to the car. Real crocodile tears. As you moms know, your child's tears result in your tears. I have shown up a few days at work pretty upset. Not a great state of mind when you have to teach teenagers. I know, I know... just give Emme some time. It will get better. I'm trying! I have considered just quitting school and letting the student loan people arrest Jason and just live in a tent. Please pray that this whole transition thing gets easier for both mommy and daughter! Emme's teacher does say that she is warming up during the day. She is talking a lot more to her and playing more. I just want this next week to be better.

Michael, my brother, turned 26 Thursday. To celebrate, we all went to eat Friday night. Afterwards, we went to Michael and Jamie's house. They live in a converted dairy barn- it is such a cool place! They have somewhat of a mini-farm, complete with goats! As a baby, Emme loved the goats. It took her a little while to warm up to them this time. When she finally was brave enough to go up to them on her own, one goat tried to lick her hand. Of course, it scared her death! Too funny :)

PawPaw and Emme safely observing the goats


On a mission

Sweet expression


Happy Birthday Uncle "Mighty" (Emme says this instead of Mikey)

Aunt Jamie and Uncle Mikey

Boy, does this girl have attitude!!

Family picture after dinner

Emme with her great grandfather or PawPaw too!

Bath time!

Yes, pizza makes us this excited!

I had to include a post-tantrum picture. Emme pitched a fit because we had to come inside to eat dinner. If Emme could, she would just move in and live on her slide. We LOVE being outside! We HATE coming inside!

Poor Daddy!

To say the least, this weekend could be called Jason's very own comedy of errors.

Friday night started out great. A few of us teachers met up with our friend Jill, who is now working at a different school. We had a nice time eating Mexican and just having girl talk. Meanwhile, Jason had the men over for a NCAA football tournament on the PlayStation. Oh yeah, did I mention there were kids involved? I would have LOVED to be a fly on the wall to see those boys trying to juggle football with screaming toddlers!

Saturday morning was when it started getting crazy. My aunt borrowed Jason's truck to go shopping with mom. Well, she accidentally drove to my parent's house, 30 miles away, with Jason's emergency brake on. Let's just say a fire extinguisher was involved. Bless Aunt Dianne's heart! As you can imagine, Jason was freaking out! The truck will be fine. However, he is now driving my Saturn from UGA days.

So after worrying about that all day, we went to eat with the Durr's. As I am getting Emme out of the car, I notice Jason's wallet was on top of the roof. Seriously! He had put it on the car earlier in the day. As we were both commenting on how lucky he was, his face turned white. He realized that his Blackberry was on the roof as well. Jason looked for that thing forever! Just picture his friend Joseph driving on one side of the road and Jason walking on the other with a flashlight. No luck. It is the phone his firm gave him, and he receives all work related stuff on it. So now he has had his truck and Blackberry to worry about it.

This will be my first full week with students. I have one pretty rough class, but two good ones. It all evens out. Let's hope Emme has another good week at school. She has been a riot this weekend! We went over to some friends' house tonight for dinner. We were watching gymnastics on TV, so Emme kept trying to imitate all the moves and running around the house during the floor routines. She was cracking me up!! I don't think I have ever seen her so hyper. Maybe she was excited because her MeMe and PawPaw bought her some new shoes today. She is just so girly and loved getting to try on all different types of shoes. A shoe store to Emme is heaven! We were all shocked to learn that she needed a size seven shoe!! To be as petite as she is, Emme has big feet. Her new white Keds really stood out on those skinny legs :)

Sorry so much writing and no pictures. No time for a camera when you are coaching the next Olympic gold medalist! I hope everyone has a great week!!

Back in the Saddle

We had a pretty relaxing weekend. I enjoyed spending time with Jason and Emme. I did order Emme's invitations... I cannot believe that she is about to turn two. Wow! I was pretty tired this weekend because I started back to work Thursday. Neither Emme nor I is used to waking up so darn early. The summer really spoils us! It is always very hard to leave Emme, but it is especially difficult at the beginning of each year. She has done great so far at Heaven's Little Saints, her school/daycare. Valerie was unable to pick her up Thursday or Friday, and I was SHOCKED to learn that she took a nap both days on the nap mat. I guess she didn't want to be the odd man out. Her best little friend Claire also goes to HLS. The teacher told me that during Friday's nap time, she had to separate Emme and Claire because they wanted to talk and play rather than sleep. How funny is that! I think those two just might be a hand full for their teacher!

I know that some of you must be thinking that for someone who was reluctant to start a blog, I certainly post a lot. Well, I have a feeling that this is all about to end. I cannot access this website from school, so hopefully I will have time on the weekends to update the blog. Jennifer, you are right, this blog stuff IS addicting!

I am attaching a photo to show how I am able to get ready in the mornings with little bit. Emme can barely fit in the sink, but she still loves cramming herself in it while I get dressed. The other pictures are of her showing off for MeMe and Pawpaw.