Chocolate Cheese

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First of all, I don't know what is up with my pictures, but I cannot get them to move below my post.

We had a great week and weekend. I am now on a new kick of cooking for the family. Jason has been very pleased, and it's been nice to sit down every night as a family.

Saturday Jason, Emme, and I went to Hattiesburg so I could visit my friend Jill and her new little boy, Tripp. Jill and I taught across the hall from one another for two years. She went into labor at 30 weeks and gave birth to her precious little boy Tripp. He weighed exactly 3 pounds at birth, a little over a week ago. When I saw him yesterday, he was already at 3.5 pounds. Tripp has proved to be a fighter and has made his parents proud! Please pray that Tripp will continue to grow bigger and stronger every day. I brought my camera to the hospital, but it wasn't behaving. I will try to attach a new picture of him.

After the hospital, Jason and I took Emme to Chuck E Cheese. She, of course, loved it, especially the Barney ride. She walked up and said, "Hey Barney!!" like she was expecting to see him there. I just had to include a picture of Emme looking at Chuck E Chesse with an "you come here often?" expression. The pic of Emme crying was proof of how sad she was when we had to leave. She kept calling it Chocolate Cheese, so as we were walking out the door, she was begging to go back to her Chocolate Cheese!

We had some friends over to watch football Saturday night. A great Saturday for all the DAWG fans! Speaking of fans, Emme is quite a fan of her friend, Brady Michael. She inundated him with LOTS of kisses and hugs last night. I'm going to have to watch that!

After church today I asked Emme what she wanted for lunch. After a few seconds of real consideration, she replied, "Fried chicken!" Bless her heart... she really does take after me!!

Happy Birthday to Emme!

A lot has happened since the last time I posted. Emme turned two and we celebrated by having a party last Saturday. The theme was an ice cream sundae party. All the children were able to decorate their sundaes and enjoy cake. We had everything set up outside- the food, the jumpy thing, the trampoline, everything. I don't know why I overlooked one small detail... THE HEAT. It was seriously insane. Like high 90's. It was miserable! Emme's cake was honestly melting and balloons were popping. We promptly decided to take the party inside. It worked out great and much cooler! Can I please just tell you about my child. In the middle of opening gifts, she decided she was over it. She left the room, got her pacifier and blanket, and was done. No more opening gifts. She is just so funny like that. I don't want to call her antisocial, but once she has had too much, she just decides no more. So strong-willed!!



Jason's mom and stepfather came in town for the party. We enjoyed visiting with them and had a nice dinner Friday night. I brought my camera but didn't realize I forgot the battery! Emme had a GREAT time with them.



Monday we were met with the effects of Hurricane Gustav. We were VERY lucky. Other than trees down and electricity out for awhile, we were pretty much unharmed. We were supposed to have received much worse. Jason, Emme, and I spent the day at my parents just to be safe. Our house is surrounded by tons of trees. We just got our cable, Internet, and phone back tonight. YAY! How sad is it that I was quite bummed to have missed 90210 and Gossip Girl. Perhaps I need to grow up, but it's just too much fun to watch those shows! Having no TV was actually a good thing- we had lots of quality family time. When Emme went to sleep, Jason and I watched the first two seasons of Northern Exposure. While this might seem boring, you must remember that I record Murder, She Wrote and Newhart every night.



Today was my first day back at work and Emme's first day back at school. I was a little nervous when we pulled up, but she started clapping and cheering. What a difference! I am including a slideshow of some pics of Emme's party.