Six Months!

Emily is six months old! We had to break out the party hats again (mainly because Lila couldn't ever put them away) and celebrate one more time but who cares... with Emily we have a lot to celebrate! You've come along way baby!! Emily is precious! She is our joy and we are amazed at what our God has done! Happy 1/2 Birthday sweet girl!

Birthday Girl!

Happy Second Birthday Lila!!! We did a lot of celebrating this year, first we had our Elmo party at my parent's house over Labor Day weekend, then our sweet friends from playgroup threw Lila a surprise party (Barney cake and all!) and finally our little family celebrated on the big day! And celebrate we did... all day!! We started the celebration with Emily and I waking Lila up wearing silly party hats and singing happy birthday. Then we had Lila's favorite breakfast (blueberry muffins)which she helped to make (her favorite part). We went to the park where Mommy lost count of all the times I had to go down the slide per Lila's "Come on Mommy, Come On!" We had lunch at Chick-fil-A, where Lila eats more polynesian sauce than chicken, and came home for a much needed nap. When Daddy got home from work the party continued at The Zone where we bounced in the bounce houses and went down the great big slide up to the point of exhaustion. We filled up on pizza and came home for cake and presents. Lila just about fell asleep in the bath tub and we all went to bed that night with enough celebrations under our belt to last the whole year through! I really can't believe how fast the past two years have gone. I am absolutely amazed at Lila and the spunk she has for life. She is my heart and I am so proud to be her Mommy! Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Labor Day Weekend

We went down to my parents house for Labor Day. Wayne wanted to get in a little hunting and we celebrated Lila's second birthday with the family this year. I was really worried about how Emily would do on the plane but she did great..slept the whole way there and back. She really is the best baby... so laid back, calm and patient. Completely the opposite of her big sister!
Summer, Brandt, Charlie and Kate came down for the weekend as well so we had an Elmo party to celebrate Lila's big 2!! It was so fun and my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents enjoyed meeting Miss Emily for the first time. Happy Birthday Lila! (just a little early!)

My mom bought a bunch of pools for the backyard so the kids could have a good time and we wouldn't have to worry about life jackets, arm floaties, etc. The kids loved it. Charlie caught two frogs that ended up swimming with him, but Kate and Lila weren't sure about them... I guess it's a boy thing!

By far the funniest thing all weekend was Kate (she usually steals the show... she's hillarious!). Anyway, Kate has this infatuation with her Papa. She always wants him to hold her, play with her, read to her, she even sleeps with my parents during her stay... while she was waiting for Papa to take a shower she played with my mom's make-up... but according to Kate "I just used one thing".... yeah, waterproof mascara! This is how my dad found her and brought her down to show the rest of us... that's kate for ya!!

Catching Up....

My thyroid surgery was a success, no cancer was found, but it has taken me a whole lot longer to bounce back from it than I anticipated. If I had known beforehand just how bad it was going to be I would have waited a few months to mentally prepare. Who knew something so small in your body could cause such chaos when it was gone! I think we are finally on the right track now with a few minor tweaking of the medication and I am starting to feel like myself again. So I'll be updating my blog... filling you in on all that has been happpening, which was alot!

Messy Morning...

I hate it when the day starts off with a mess...



Lila thinks she is a big girl these days and wants cereal like her Daddy for breakfast. I have obliged as long as I feed it to her. This is what happened when I stepped away to get some juice!

My surgery is scheduled for Wednesday morning at 8:30am. So when you wake up Wednesday please say a quick prayer for me and the doctors that all will go well.

Busy! Busy!

I haven't posted in a while... we've been pretty busy around here! We celebrated Wayne's birthday last week...


And took Emily to church for the first time! Here's our family photo all dressed up!


We went to the developmental pedi last week to learn about Emily's developmental delays and then I was up to my ears in paperwork and phone calls trying to get Emily's evaluation with ECI and her therapies all lined up... they start this week. Hopefully they will go well and I won't have to line up private therapy... that's a whole new headache!
I also spent time trying to line up appointments with surgeons for my dreaded thyroid surgery. Don't laugh... but I start "interviewing" them this week. I REALLY don't want this surgery but since I have no other option, I at least want to be very comfortable with the surgeon. Hopefully I will like the first guy and can have my surgery at Centennial, close to home and close to the girls!

Today my sweet, sweet baby is four months old! I'll post about that later when Wayne's home and there are more hands on deck... right now Lila wants to dance herself silly to Barney songs and Emily just woke up so gotta run....

Happy Four Months Emily!

Emily is four months old today! All babies are miracles but as I look back at pictures of her first few weeks and months I am amazed at what a true miracle she is! I can't believe how far she has come and how big she is now! My little three pounder is almost unrecognizable to me in all those old photos. We praise God for our little blessing and thank him wholeheartedly for the miracle of Emily! Take a quick trip down memory lane and check out her progress!

Then....







And now...







Her check up isn't until next week so you'll have to check back for her stats, but my baby scale here at home says she is a whopping eight pounds... pretty good! I'm still trying to get a good picture of the two girls together. Every time Lila holds Emily it seems to turn into a hug which then turns into a choke hold, poke to the eye or a finger up the nose.. lovely, I know! I guess I shouldn't have worked so hard on teaching body parts... Anyway this last time I got a few sweet ones out of like fifty...




You can't tell but Emily is screaming in this picture!