Halloweenie

What a full and exciting week this has been! Lots of festivities! This year we did things right... it was Emme's first Halloween after all...

Showing Emme the innards

"You didn't say you were gonna kill it!"

I guess it's okay now...

Taking some peeps

Just sittin back watching Mama

Being cuter than ever!

All in one scrape

Whoops out of order...

The finished products.. Emme's is sitting on a diaper. Holly's is in the middle. Mine is the pin-up looking one...

We carved the teeth of the pumpkin to match the ones Emme had. The length and everything!

Holly's

Liz's

We washed all the seeds then roasted them. Yummers.

Made Dinner in a pumpkin for Halloween din din

Keeping the tradition alive

Right before we headed out Trick-or-Treating!

Aunt Holly, Emme, and Mommy!

Filling up the lamb's little basket...

It was a great night. Lots of suckers for Emme!

Pumpkins for my Punkin

This is a wonderful time of year! Halloween in my second favorite holiday! (it would be #1 but for obvious reasons *cough Christmas cough* it's second). My sister, Holly, Emmers, and I were really looking forward to finding a great pumpkin patch out here.. We were determined! We ended up going to two. The first one was very much more little kid oriented and way to much chaos going on for my taste. We tried another the very next day. It was in Marble Falls, TX and it's called Sweet Berry Farm. It was so cute but very packed. We didn't mind that part though. We ended up getting one Cinderella pumpkin, a few gourds, a scarecrow, and 4 pumpkins... don't ask how we got everything home. I plan on making dinner in a pumpkin with one of them =). That's one of my favorite Halloween memories when i was a kid. Below are the pics of our days at the pumpkin patch!

Day one at the first pumpkin patch (thumbs down)

Emme and Mommy infront of the only cool thing there... the Silo.

Day two: Just getting to Sweet Berry Farm

Very festive, I think.

Emme getting into the spirit, too.

Cutie Pumpkin Pie!

Checking them out

My sweetie and I

She loved it!

Aunt Holly and Emme

She is such a cheeser.
Stuffing a Scarecrow!

Holly and her new man Jack.

Emme decided the pumpkins scared her! =)

About to leave. We had an awesome day!

Here's to 25+ years to come!

I wanted to start by saying that I love my Husband very much. He is the reason I am the person I am today. Not only is he the best Husband a wife could ask for, with our new daughter, he has shown me the father figure I've always dreamed for my children. We have always adored the type of relationship we have built together. Having a baby has made it that much healthier. Although he is currently not with us on his birthday, I hope he feels the love and appreciation his family feels for him at home. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and are aching for him to return to us fast and safe. I thank the Lord everyday for the blessings He has shown our family and for keeping us safe. I know there isn't a lot I can do for him on this special day, but I hope the following will do... I have dug up 25 of my favorite memories with Eric over the years. (there are so many more i could have posted... ill save that for his 75th or something..). Sorry, some of them are not in chronological order. He knows when they took place and this is for him anyway...=) Hope you enjoy the stroll through the years and know that Emme and I love you very very much and cant wait to celebrate many many more birthdays with you. The best way to go through the pics is looking at them from the bottom -up.

HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY MY LOVE.... Daddy and 7 week old Emmelyn
Playing with Daddy

Good times, Babe.

My whole world

New Daddy with new Emme

Sky Diving!

Our snow hustler we built

My first time seeing snow.

Monster Truck in Alabama.

We know how to have a good time

New York City Valentines Day 03'

Coming home from Iraq 07'

Welcoming him off the bus from Iraq

I missed you too, baby.

Welcome Home Sweewee - Iraq 07'

Honeymoon in Florida on our way to Emerils for Dinner 05'

After dinner we found a little volleyball court and decided to play for a bit... In our Sundays best!

Mr. Incredible at Disney World on our Honeymoon 05'

Disneyland

Hello Handsome

In our first home with our first doggy, Butters.

Las Vegas 05'

Yup.

Smoochies

Taking engagement pics....=)

29 days...

Until Eric's home!

Home again!

Wowzers!


After 6 long weeks with a 8 month old, we are finally home. Don't get me wrong- it was totally worth seeing all the family so no one get their feelings hurt, mmk?


I missed my bed so so much. It was as amazing as i remembered it!


Since the last blog Emme has whizzed through her 8th month of age. She is now 9 months old! Crazy girl. Let's start out with what new with her....


* Crawls all over the place now!! (At first she did this 3 leg crawl/scoot thing for like 3 weeks so we never thought she was going to! =))


* Says "Na-Na" when she wants food or is excited for it. (I swear the girl eats a banana a day so i wouldn't be surprised if that's what she is going to call all food.)


* Has 4 teeth and is working on the 5th! ( boy that was fun..)


* Is still around 15 lbs and in size 3-6 month clothing. She is getting too long for some of them though.


* Loves having Aunt Holly around to play with. Holly is my older sister who is joining us for 6 weeks until Eric comes comes! She is a big help to me and Emmers adores her.


* Still a big Mommy's girl though. I eat it up!! =)


* She pulls herself up to furniture and stand supported by it... walking along furniture is coming soon i feel it!


* Thinks Ace is the funniest thing around! He'll just walk by her and she'll belly laugh, it's too cute. I'll try to get Ace to do it again and he just thinks he's in trouble or something. He gets very confused. Poor doggy.


* Speaking of Ace, Emme plays in his water dish all the time. She is starting to grasp the "NO" concept but it's def a work in progress. I JUST got a mobile baby on my hands for Pete's dragon! =)


* Officially baby-proofed the house! All the electric sockets are plugged along with the cabinets being locked. She has a good safe playing area in the house.


* She has outgrown her duck bath so it officially in the tub a la carte (with a no-slip mat of course). She tried it out last night for the first time and Mommy got a little emotional due to the fact my little Emmers is growing up!


* She still sleeps through the night and takes her naps during the day. Thank the lord, i sure did miss my sleep and i still remind myself how good i have it now compared to just a couple months ago. She really is getting easier by the day. And no, I'm not naive- i know the 2's are just around the corner- I'm just being optimistic.


* She is now being formula fed/breastfed. After a lot of tears and struggle with this decision.. Emme was solely the decision maker on this one. She let mama know she doesn't like to nurse anymore. It really broke my heart but she was going through this thing were EVERYTHING else interested her more than nursing. Come to find out she never grew out of it. She just wasn't getting enough milk.. so now were on 4 feedings a day. Morning/Night feedings she seems to get a lot of milk from me so I'm keeping those! =) Then afternoon feedings are now formula (which she loves! *insert dagger here <3*).>

* She is eating constantly and is always interested in what mommy is eating. Its all healthy crap so I'm sure shell become disinterested in no time!

* .... Trying to see if i left anything out... and yes, i type/think out loud....NOPE that's all that comes to mind!

To sum up the 6 week adventure- it was good to see family and hang out with my siblings. After the Boise trip we flew straight to phoenix to spend the week with Eric's fam before we headed home to Texas. It was awesome to show them the new things and quirks that Emme loves to show off. Last time they saw her was when she was 3 1/2 months old. On both sides!

Also to report while i was gone, my brother Doug and his wife Nicole welcomed their first baby Claire Nicole Turner born August 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm weighing 9lbs. 10 oz and 23 in long!

And goodness sakes that was all natural!! It was a beautiful home birth that consisted of the Father, Nicole's parents, and the Mid-wives! What a blessing she is! Gorgeous little girl.

I am sad to report though that after i developed the pictures i did not save them on the computer so i have none to upload! I will, however, have plenty more to post in the near future- i promise! Until then- take care everyone. We love you!

I'm still alive

I know i have not been on for a bit. We're still on vaca so as soon as i get back.. tons to catch up on. In the mean time since my b-day is around the corner(cough tomorrow =)) and i just got the COOLEST gift ever from my thoughtful hubbers.... i just have to show it off!

It's called the Kindle and it can download and store books, newspaper, magazines. No paperback anymore! Price range for the books cost $2-$9! What a steal! I'm so in love with it and can hands down say its the best b-day present ever. Thank you babe!

Any idea where we're headed?

Miss Idaho....