Family Visit and Baby Shower

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted to the blog. We've been so busy around here the last few weeks. We are in the process of moving to a new house in a couple of weeks and have spent our time looking at houses, getting appraisals, inspections, packing, etc. We are excited about getting moved before our baby arrives! We are only moving 4 miles from where we live now but will have a little more space and a great yard and swing set for Emily and Baby "B" to play!

Last Friday my family came to town for a baby shower some friends had for me. Friday night we went to the American G*rl store for my niece Sarah. We ate dinner at the bistro and Sarah and my sister had a lot of fun shopping:

On Saturday morning we went to a shower brunch and had a lovely time. I appreciate all the gifts we received and spending time with great friends:

The kids had a great time playing in Caroline's play room:Sarah was such a big help this weekend playing with Emily. After the shower, my family started the packing process and Sarah and Emily played great together the whole weekend:Mom made this dress for Baby "B":
Michelle made these outfits:
This week I've tried to do some packing and Emily has been right there to help me : )
She has also wanted to wear pigtails every day this week. And she takes great measure in making sure the ponytail holders match her outfit. This girl knows how to accessorize:Well off to do more packing . . . .

Sleeping Babies

Emily has been playing with her baby doll a lot this week. On Monday she said her baby needed to take a nap in the hallway and put her there, covered her up, and gave her an animal to sleep with:
Well she's been there since Monday and Emily keeps walking by her and telling me that we need to be quiet because her baby is still sleeping . . . I hope baby doll is o.k. . . . I mean she sure has been sleeping a long time : )

Then tonight she decided that several of her animals needed to take naps in the hallway:
I hate to break it to her in the morning that the AC guy will be coming by and her animals are going to have to nap elsewhere since he'll be in the hallway . . .

She has also enjoyed wearing my flip flops around the house this week:
It has been a very stressful week for us for various reasons this week so pictures like this make me smile . . .

Sunglasses

Today Emily decided to wear her sunglasses . . . and she wanted to wear them while she ate her yogurt.
She wanted yogurt out of the new pack that I just bought, but there was one left over from the old pack so I told her we needed to finish that one first. "OK" . . . but when that yogurt was finished she told me she was ready for the new pack (different flavor and had a different character on the label). So crying ensued when I told her she couldn't eat it right then but would have to wait. Then it was time for a nap and she wanted to sleep with her sunglasses. I told her that would hurt her ears but that we could leave them on the dresser and she could get them when she woke up . . . "OK".

Well guess what she asked for right when I walked in her room this afternoon after her nap:

Crazy nut! After I handed her the sunglasses she said she was ready for her other yogurt : ) This girl doesn't forget anything! So she ate her 2nd yogurt of the day while wearing her sunglasses.

Friends are having a baby shower for me on Saturday and Emily is going with us. I haven't spoken about the baby shower in about 2 weeks . . . but today I told Emily, "Paw Paw and Dee Dee are coming this weekend" . . . and she said, "we are going to the baby shower together!" . . . wow . . . how did she remember that????

Stuff like this cracks me up! She did nap today. I've decided this week to wait about an hour later than I normally do for naptime to see how that goes . . . today it worked . . . we'll see what the rest of the week brings.

Play time

Today, several of us got together with friends that moved away several years ago. We met at our church and had planned on letting the kids play on the playground but it's been raining all day today . . . so we all crammed into the 2 year old classroom. The noise level was CRAZY but it was fun for all of us to catch up with Angela and Cindy and to see their children:

Emily has been hit or miss on her naps this week. She didn't take a nap on Tuesday and didn't take a nap today either. Right now it's o.k. because she is still in a baby bed and plays while I work . . . but oh what to do when we move her to a big girl bed in a few weeks . . . I think my glory days of working part time while she naps might be coming to an end . . .

Indoor Play

We met Emily's friend Julia at an indoor play area today. The girls enjoyed seeing each other and running from place to place:


We found out today that Julia and Emily will be in the same class at school starting in a few weeks so I know Emily will be excited!

Singing

It has been a CRAZY week so I haven't posted anything on the blog. Last night after Emily's bath she kept singing "Do a deer . . . " so I got it on video. Each night before bed we have to pick out a new animal to sleep with and then she picks out songs to sing. For the past few nights it's been this song. Enjoy!

Playing in the Sand

Yesterday morning several people from church took their children to an indoor play area. So Emily and I met them there. The main area is a big ol' sand box. Emily has never played in the sand so she had a big time. It was hard for her to jump in the jump zones because of the big kids so after a few times on the slides she enjoyed this:

I took this picture the other day while she was napping . . . I love seeing children sleep . . . they are so cute:Giving up the pacis was easy for us . . . thank goodness . . . Emily now enjoys picking out a different animal to sleep with every day. She only wants one in her bed at a time.

Yesterday when we were leaving the house she had to open up one of her books and leave it open on the couch and sat Little Merm@id on one side and Cind&rella on the other and told me that they were going to read the book while we were gone : ) She also tried to cover up Little Merm@id this morning with a post card and told me she was sleeping . . . the post card was her blanket. Funny girl!

This morning we went to the library to check out an Elm0 DVD on potty training . . . we just watched it . . . I was a little grossed out . . . and laughed out loud at the adults and animals dancing and singing about pee and poo . . . oh the lengths we will go people . . . the lengths we will go.