Our Saturday/Sunday

We went to Scott's brother, Peyton's, graduation on Saturday. He graduated from high school. It was bittersweet! I have known Peyton since he was like 8, so I have seen him grow up into a great guy. He is off to college in the same town I went to college. I can't wait to go visit and see how Valdosta has changed. Susan threw a great party with family and friends. It was all so nice. After we ate a delicious meal, some went swimming. Emma would not get in until Scott got in with her. I did not bring my swimsuit, so I tried with her aunt and uncle and she was not happy until it was with Scott. 

Peyton is the one looking creepy behind Scott. Haha!!! He is so funny! Emma is like fish in water when she is in a pool. I am taking her Tuesday to get some ideas from a friend of what I can do with her in the pool since she is really too young to learn how to swim.

Today after church we went to eat at my mom's. She was looking at herself on the phone while mom was taking pictures.

She was having fun with her diaper/wipe holder. She was trying her best to fasten it. She is such a sweet/happy girl!!

Then we left to come home to nap with Emma. We grabbed one of my favorite snacks on the way home thanks to my mom. :) I will take Happy Hour Sonic coke and cheese sticks any day!!!! Not to mention.............Scott and Emma love them too.

Fantastic Friday

Friday was such a busy but fun day. Scott had to work until 12:00, so Emma and I started the morning outside. She loves being outside. She loves to pick up rocks that we have in our backyard. 

I sent some of these pictures to Scott while he was working and told him Emma was going to be his little yard helper. She loved to look at the flowers in our planter box.

 She has a thing with squinting her eyes at us and she did it before we went out for lunch. I sent this picture to my mom who loves to play the squint game with Emma.

Friday was my dad's birthday, so we all (Scott, Emma, my brother Brandon, his wife Krista, and I) took our dad out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings. Then since Scott did not have to go back to work, we took Emma to Toys R Us to get her a plastic pool and then to Chuck E. Cheese to ride some of the rides they have there. I have been wanting to take her for awhile. We placed her on one at Toys R Us but did not have any change on us so we took her off and she started crying because she wanted to rise it, so I knew then that she would love Chuck E. Cheese rides.

Yes, there are a bunch of pictures of her at Chuck E. Cheese, but this is how I keep up with what all we do with Emma. I can look back one day and see what all she did on her first visit to Chuck E. Cheese. 

Emma and I went on their small play area and rode the slide to get down. She was not sure at first, but was laughing by the end. 

Friday night, Emma, my mom, and I went to watch Scott play his last two softball games for the season. Life if totally different now with a walker. Gone are the days that I can sit back and relax and Emma can chill in her stroller. She knows she can walk and get places faster................so she wants to walk EVERYWHERE!! I told a friend at the softball park how we as parents want our babies to walk so much, but then when they do finally learn, we want them to sit down for awhile. Hahaha! She loved eating her cheeseburger and chips that OJan shared with her. 

Yes, she was even walking while eating her cheeseburger. She would rest for a quick minute and then would be up walking around again. She said "hey" to EVERYONE she met. OJan said she got her "friendly/talk to anyone" gene. 

After she finished her cheeseburger/chips, she wanted some of our boiled peanuts. The girl is an eater and not a picky one, so I can't complain too much. She will eat just about anything you put in front of her.

We watched some of Scott's second game. Somehow Emma has picked up a love for ice. My mom and I both LOVE crushed ice. I put her in the chair I was sitting in and gave her a cup of crushed ice from the concession stand and it kept her occupied until we were ready to leave. I am so glad my mom went with me to the game. 

We had such a fun Friday. I hope you all did too!!!

Summer Break Is Here

We have had a busy three days so far. I had to go back to my school Tuesday to finish up, but we got a call from her school that she was freaking out about her feet and was not wanting to walk. I took her to the doctor to see what these two knots were on her feet. As soon as I started to tell him about her feet, he looks at them to tell me she has hand, foot, mouth. This is the second time she has had it. She first got it last May............what is it with May and getting this virus??? This is her at the doctor's office. Standing on her feet that she would not stand on at school. Once we got there and left she has been happy girl and has not whined. I think she just wanted to be with mommy and not at school!!

We finally went grocery shopping Tuesday once Scott got off of work and came home to fix Sloppy Joe's. Scott makes the best!! We wanted something quick because we wanted to get ready for American Idol.

Here is Emma feeding herself. She loves to feed herself. She started off good...................

and this is how she ended. She had already had a bath and insisted on running her hands through her hair, so needless to say, her hair was a HOT MESS!!!

I let her try part of a pop-tart for the first time. She was not sure what to think of it at first, but did give in and eat some of it. 

I know it seems like all she does it eat, but I promise it was just the normal daily meals. :) This was lunch yesterday. I fed her the leftover Sloppy Joe and did not have near the mess.

We had a couple friends over last night for the American Idol finale. We were all rooting for Phillip Phillips because he is great, but also because he is from our home town. Emma was awesome for the two hours. She played, ate cheese sticks late at night, and then topped it off with some cheesecake. I promise her wight is only like 50% and she brushes her teeth daily!!! This was her soon after our friends left. She was so tired. I think it is too cute that she has her bracelet and ball she was playing with in bed with her. We love her so so much!!!

Here Fishy Fishy

My mom, grandma Shelby, Emma, and I went to the small aquarium in town after I got off work Friday. Emma had fun looking at all the little fish and turtles.

She climbed up these steps to get a closer look at the sea animals. She is doing a great job walking on her own now and even walked by herself in the aquarium. Our sweet little bug is growing up too fast!!!

Phillip Phillips Came Back Home!

I live in the same town Phillip Phillip's is from. We went to the same high school. I know his sister from a painting pottery place she use to own. If you do not recognize the name..........he is in the Top 3 for American Idol. The top three contestants go back to their home town for a few days. The people here have showed him just how much we support him. People met him at the airport last night when he arrived. People have followed him everywhere today: to a radio interview, out to eat at one of his favorite local restaurants, to his families pawn shop, to a parade held for him, and then to a concert he put on. It was such a fun afternoon. Scott was helping a friend shoot some video for something, so my brother and I went to watch the concert.

My brother and I on our way to the concert. 

Tons of cars on the side of the road leading to the concert.

Emma did so good while we were waiting. She kept herself entertained and did not fuss one time while we were there for several hours.

Excuse the gnat/boogie on her face. :)

Emma and I then met up with my mom and grandma Shelby to listen to him sing a few songs. On the way out, we ran into Scott's dad and grandma Mary who also went to hear him sing. We are all hoping he will win AMERICAN IDOL!!!

A ton of people there to support him.

The Best Purchase

We should have purchased this a LONG time ago. After eating at Firehouse last night, we went to Target to get Emma a toddler bed. She slept in her bed great the first 10-11 monts of her life. Then she started fussing if we put her in it, so instead of fighting with her for an hour, we would just put her in bed with us. She would fall asleep pretty quickly and we would all go to bed happy instead of tired from trying to get her to sleep in her crib. But, we were tired of waking up some morning feeling like we got beat up during the night by her little sweet feet. I was not sure if the toddler bed would even make a difference, but did think she really did not like being confined in the crib and liked the feel of a bed better so it was worth the money to see.

We got home and Scott started putting it together. After it was put together, she played on it for a little while. 

She fell asleep pretty quickly but was a little fussy (think it was because she was not feeling good). She slept all night and if she did wake up, we would make the shhhh sound and she would go right back to sleep.

Scott took this next picture this morning when he woke up. It looks to me like she was sleeping very well in her new bed. 

Tonight after getting home and bathed, I put her in the toddler bed and sat on the floor beside it rubbing her back. It took all of 2 minutes for her to fall asleep. It is such a great feeling!!!! We should have bought that cute little bed way before now.

Where Firefighter's Go

We almost always go pick Emma up from daycare together on Friday's. She gets so excited when we both walk in to get her.

We went to eat at Firehouse. I was worried if they would have anything for Emma. I know she could eat the meat, but did not think she was ready for the sandwich.......I was wrong. 

We got her a kids meal sandwich and she did great eating it like a sandwich...........I did not have to tear it up or anything. We then ran a few errands before coming home to spend family time together.