Hallelujah & All I Want For Christmas

Emma is back to her sleeping through the night self!! She went to sleep so easy last night and slept until this morning. Tonight she was also easy to put to bed. She loves her sleep and I hate to see her fight it. She fought it hard for several nights which I think it due to the famous Christmas song.

All she wants for Christmas is her two front (top) teeth. She has her two bottom teeth but her two top teeth are coming in at the same time. Her two bottom ones came in at different times, so I know these two top ones coming in together are causing her some pain!! I can't wait to see them.

Emma's Christmas tree in her room.

Santa Baby??.......Not!!

I got Emma dress up so cute to go have her picture taken with Santa tonight. Scott, Emma, and I met mom, Jeff, and Krista at the mall. She was not having anything to do with sitting in his lap. She would smile at him, touch his hand, but did not want to be anywhere near him or his chair. She even freaked out while sitting in Scott's lap next to Santa. O well.....had a good excuse to put her in one of her many Christmas outfits.

We then walked around the mall a little bit before going to eat at Johnny Carino's.

She is passed out asleep. Her sleep has been off the past 4 or so nights. Not sure if it is because she is not worn out from daycare since she stayed home this past week with me, if she is teething, having nightmares, or what. But waking up at midnight these past fews nights has thrown Scott and I for a loop as we are use to her sleeping through the night. She went to bed easy tonight like her normal good sleeping self so we will see if she is back to sleeping through the night.

OJan & Emma

This picture is too cute not to post!!

Black Friday Shopping & Getting Our Tree

Scott went out last night to get Emma a few Christmas toys from ToysRUs. He said it was crazy, but I think he really enjoyed the excitement of it. My friend, Kalynn, came to my house and went shopping with Emma and I. My mom met us while we were at Target. We went to ToysRUs, the mall, Target, then to eat at Ruby Tuesday, Pier 1, Wal-Mart, Seats, and then back to ToysRUs. We were worn out. Poor Kalynn was stuffed in the back seat with Emma.

Later the evening Emma and I ran to Southern Elegance and then met Scott at Joanne's Fabrics where I got some fabric for her birthday. We went and got our Christmas Tree. She loved riding in this car while they were preparing to put our tree on top of Scott's truck.

Once Emma finally went to sleep, we decorated it. My whole house smells like Christmas tree with the real tree and the plug-ins from Bath & Body Works. Love it!!!

Thanksgiving at OJan's

Mom hosted Thanksgiving in her house for dinner tonight. 

Here are some pics she took with her camera.

Emma in her cute turkey shirt I had made for her.

Me waiting to eat and looking at Black Friday sales.

Krista's dad, Chuck

Krista, her step-mom Selena, and brother Sam

Krista's two sisters, Amber and April. And Brandon's back :).

Emma eating some ham. She tried every single food I had on my plate.
The girl knows she loves her food!!

She was so content sitting in her highchair.

Happy Turkey Day

Today was Emma's first Thanksgiving. I will be doing a longer post with more pictures of Emma and our Thanksgiving at my mom's house, but wanted to include a picture of my sweet girl on this special day. We are so thankful for her. She has brought so much joy into our lives. Scott is at Toys R Us right now getting her a few presents for Christmas.

O' Christmas Tree

Scott's brother, Peyton, came to spend time with us today and stay the night. We went to our local Christmas tree farm with my mom to get her a tree. She picked out the tree she wanted and the guys there did everything else for us.

While they were preparing the tree to be put on Scott's truck, we took pictures of Emma in front on the Christmas trees.

She loved riding on this see-saw. She held on like a big girl.

This is the owner and one of the employees. The owner is such a sweet man. Before we left, they sang We Wish You a Merry Christmas. It was so sweet. We will be going back to get our tree and take some more pictures of Emma. We were there this time last year getting our maternity pictures done. Crazy how fast a year has gone by! 

Scott and Peyton ran it to my mom's while me, mom, and Emma ran to go look at a house. Then we went home and ate Sloppy Joe's that Scott had made. I love this meal when he makes it.....it is so good!! And Emma loved it too. 

Then we ran to the mall. We had an hour before they closed. I ran to one store to buy Scott's gifts and he was in another store. Then we switched stores to finish up. It was crazy, but so much fun! The mall was having crazy good deals today. I will get out on Black Friday, but not first thing in the morning. These deals were better than getting up a 3 a.m. 

Such a fun day getting the Christmas tree and spending time with Peyton. Can't wait to decorate it tomorrow!!

Thankful for Fall

I have always said Fall is my favorite season of the year. I love everything about it. It reminds me of going to the fair, eating the food, and riding the rides. I know Emma will love riding fair rides in a couple of years.

I think of pumpkins during the fall. I love pumpkin pie, pumpkin scent candles, and pumpkin soap.

I love to burn my fall candles. My favorite candles come from Bath & Body Works. They smell awesome and make the whole room smell yummy!!!

If the weather would stay cool, I love watching the fire in our fireplace. I love my fireplace and think it it simple and pretty.

I am thankful for lazy nights at home with my family. We love this chair and will sometimes squeeze into this chair. When you get two adults, a baby, and a dog into this chair it gets crowded but we love our play time in this chair.

And thinking of fall reminds me of my favorite fall holiday which happens to be a week from today!! Going to enjoy my lazy evening at home with Scott. Sweet girl is sound asleep.

Our Little Doll

This sleeper has to be the best one I have ever seen.
 It is super soft and Emma looks like a little doll in it.

Lazy Sunday

It has been a lazy day. We came to moms after church to eat lunch. Sandra fixed some amazing pork chops and rice. We also had green beans, corn, biscuits, and cake. Emma loved eating it all.

Then I took Emma outside to play in the yard. She loves outside and the weather today feels great!! She loved picking up the leaves. 

I rocked Emma to sleep for her nap time. I love that she lets me rock her. She use to not like being rocked to sleep, but we rock her to sleep just about every night now. She is currently passed out on mom's bed with mom. Scott and Krista are asleep in the living room. Sandra and I are being lazy on the computer and poor Brandon is at work.

Emma's adorable outfit OJan got her from Disney.

We have been so busy lately, that lazy days like today are just what we needed!! 

Christmas Shopping & Visiting Family

We had a pretty lazy morning today. Took our time getting ready. Then we went to Verizon to order me an I-phone 4s. We then went to mall and got Emma something for Christmas. I went ahead and got some of Scott's presents even though he was with us. He was afraid they wouldn't have any left when I went back to get them. He knows what I bought him...just doesn't know exactly what it is. The man is funny...he hates surprises!!

Then we came back home to relax for a little bit. Later this afternoon we went to visit with Scott's grandparents. We watched part of the Georgia game over there. Then we went to eat supper with his mom and Larry. She fixed BBQ and Cheesecake....two of Scott's favorites from her. They were both great. Emma loved eating everything on my plate! We finished watching the GA game over there.

We are home relaxing and sweet little girl is sleeping good. It has been a good day!

Trip With the Girls

I am thankful for trips with my favorite girls. I had Thursday and Friday off due to a furlough day and then Veteran's Day. I love to go places on my days off. I found out mom and Krista had today off too, so we decided to go to Atlanta. My mom and Krista had never been to Ikea before. We left Thursday night after Krista got off work and went quickly to Tanger Outlet Malls. I was worried we would not make it before they closed, but we did. I treated myself to a Coach purse. Then we found our hotel room after visiting Atlanta airport first....got off at wrong exit. Emma thought it was play time at the hotel and it took her awhile to go to sleep. She did the same thing a few weeks ago when we stayed with Scott's family.....she knew she wasn't in her normal routine and house.

We woke up today and went to Ikea first. We had their 99 cent breakfast which consisted of eggs, hash browns, and sausage.....it was awesome! After we ate, we did some shopping there. Then we went to Lenox Mall and did some more shopping. Shopping with a baby is different....totally worth it, but didn't take many pictures of our trip because I was having too much fun just enjoying the moments!

Getting started at Ikea.

It was a quick, but nice trip with just us girls. I did several things on this trip I do not like doing......driving at night and driving in downtown Atlanta. Yes, it was guaranteed I was going to have to turn around just about everywhere we went because I either missed my exit or got off at the wrong one. But we made it everywhere we intended to....maybe just a little later than we were hoping for. :) 

Still shopping at Ikea. She is such a happy girl....unless she is hungry or tired!

Sleeping Beauty

I love going in after Emma has gone to sleep to look at her. She looks so precious & peaceful when she sleeps.

It is one of the last things Scott and I do before getting ready for bed. Emma has no idea how much of a blessing she is to us. She has brought us so much joy!!

Picking Out Her Presents & Eating Cheesy Bread

Emma and I went to see my dad tonight. My dad knows how much Emma loves looking at sales papers so he already had a stack on the floor waiting on her. She went right to town tearing them up. She found the Sam's one and had it opened looking at it. She was showing me what she wanted for Christmas and her birthday!!

We ordered a pizza and as soon as I sat down with mine, she thought she needed some. I gave her some of my cheesy bread and she loved it. This was after she had a full bottle and a jar of apple, mango, and kiwi. I know I have said this before, but the girl LOVES her food.

She kept saying "mama" all night. It is the sweetest sound!! We enjoyed our visit.

Sonic Cokes & Sweet Girl

Today I am very thankful for Sonic coke. I could drink it everyday. I love the taste of their cokes. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the crushed ice!!! And the prices during Happy Hour are awesome. I picked one up after work today and it made my day even better.

I can't do a post without including this sweet girl. God has blessed us with such a sweet and happy baby. 

OJan's Birthday

Today is my mom's birthday. I could not have asked for a better mom. She has always been there for Brandon and I and I know she always will. I can count on her for anything. And she has crazy amounts of love for this little sweet girl!!

Several of us(Krista, Jeff, Sandra, Dacia, John, Cody, Emma, and I) took mom out to eat at Makata's. It was very good. Her two sons(Brandon and Scott) were working.

The guy cooking the food was funny. Emma got scared when he did the fire....last time we took her to a place like this, it didn't bother her.

Emma went crazy over the soup they brought mom. Emma also loved eating the sherbert they brought to us after we were done with our meal.

Sandra got mom a cake which was delicious. Emma had to try it too!! The girl LOVES food.

Happy Birthday again mom!! I am so thankful for you. I hope I am as good of a mom to Emma as you are to all of us!!