Dolls & Ducks

Emma has recently fallen in love with this baby doll and dog. She has had them for awhile, but has recently found her love of dolls and stuffed animals. 

The dog and doll had to even go eat with her tonight. I will pick my battles and taking the doll and dog to eat was not that big of a deal. It was that or hear her pitch a fit and at the end of the day, it will not matter that she ate with a doll and dog in her highchair.

Then we came home and rode bikes. I got a bike for my birthday two weeks ago, but we have been so busy that tonight was the first evening we could ride bikes together. We stopped to feed the ducks some bread.

As soon as we got the bread out and threw the first piece, they got out of the water and came straight up to us.

Emma got out of her bike trailer to help us feed the ducks. She was doing a great job throwing the bed to them.

She enjoyed visiting with the ducks. We will have to go back and visit them again.

We then rode for awhile in a nearby neighborhood. It was a laid back kind of night and that was just fine with me!! :)

Bananas & Dog Food :)

I went to a Pampered Chef party last night with some ladies from my church. It was so much fun. They served us fajitas, homemade salsa, and volcano cake. The fajitas were amazing! I told Scott we need to make our own very soon. The party was at a house very close to my moms house, so I dropped Emma off with her for the couple of hours I was at the party. Emma enjoyed playing outside, eating dinner, playing in the tub, and then eating a banana for a snack. 

 We got home and she had her sippy cup in the kitchen floor. Cali ran up to it and Emma did not like that. She said no and then ran to Cali's food dish and kept saying "this hers" "this hers" "this hers." It was her first time putting two words together at the same time. She was determined to let Cali know where her food was located.

Then she squatted down and said "mmmm" as if you prove to Cali that it was yummy and she should not mess with her food!! It was so funny.

A Weekend Full of Friends

This past weekend was one filled with friends. Scott went to the Georgia game with two of his friends. They had a good time! Saturday after Emma had her first nap, we went to my moms where we met up with my good friend Brittany and her mom. We have all been friends for the last 16 years!! She was my maid of honor and I will be her matron of honor in her wedding next March. I have been wanting to make a wreath and finally found one I thought was very cute and pretty simple to do. I am far from bring a crafty person. :) I really thought they turned out cute. 

Here is my wreath on my front door. I can't wait to stack some pumpkins on my black planters and maybe get some cute fall type pillows for my rocking chairs. I will post a picture once I get the pumpkins in place. Scott and I want to go to a local melon/pumpkin patch this weekend to get some pumpkins and such. 

Sunday morning, I was taking some pictures of Emma to send to Scott. She got a kick out of seeing herself in the screen. 

She is a mess! :)

Sunday after lunch, Emma and I drove an hour and a half to visit two of my roommates. One is pregnant with her second baby and was having a shower. I have not seen Jadie (on the right) in like 20 months and it has been years since I have seen Lauren (on the left). It is crazy how much has changed in 5 short years: we finished college, got married, and had babies!!

Emma, Stryder (Jadie's cute little boy), and Ranier (Lauren's precious girl) enjoyed sitting under the table. Emma is 5 days older than Stryder. 

Scott sent this picture to me on Sunday before they headed back. He got Emma this cute shirt to wear on Saturday's when the DAWGS play!

Monday night after bath time, she had fun putting on my hair wrap. I enjoyed this past weekend so much!! 

Moe's With Lillie & Josh

This is Lillie. She went to Daytona with us for a week last summer. Emma LOVES her!! They saw each other again yesterday. It had been awhile. Emma went right o Lillie. We went to eat at Moe's since Lillie loves Moe's.

This was after we ate. Emma has gotten much bigger since Lillie last saw her so she is almost too big for Lillie to carry. :) Emma loved hanging like that.

This is Josh. He was Scott's roommate and best man in our wedding. He has been around Emma a lot, but she never wants anything to do with him. We were in the parking lot after eating and she HELD HER ARMS OUT TO HIM!!!! We were all shocked. Josh joked and said she probably did not realize it was him that was holding her. :) I put this picture on FaceBook with the quote, "Emma does love Josh!!" :)

We got home and Emma thinks she is big enough to dress herself. Too bad she was trying to put shirts on as pants.

Josh, his brother Matt, their uncle, and Scott left early this morning to go to the Georgia game. They got there early so they could tailgate and then walk around downtown Athens before the game tonight. Scott sent me this picture once they got to Athens. They will come back home tomorrow. I think this is Scott's first guy trip since Emma was born. He deserves to get away but we miss him like crazy!

My Birthday Weekend

Scott and I got to go to dinner and a movie on Friday night. I cannot tell you the last time we went to a movie together. My mom picked up Emma from daycare and took her to Mark's Melon Patch. They grow pumpkins for people to pick and get in the Fall. They have all kinds of sweets, vegetables, and boiled peanuts. My  mom bought some for Emma and bought some more to boil at home. She also bought Emma some peach ice cream, but Emma did not want anything to do with it once she saw the peanuts.  

After I got my hair cut on Friday, Scott and I went to eat at Mellow Mushroom. Then we went to see Hope Springs. We went to my moms to get Emma and she was having a blast. She was sitting in my mom's lap messing with makeup. Her and Aunt Krista enjoyed eating boiled peanuts my mom picked up at Mark's Melon Patch.

Saturday was my birthday. It was such a great day!! It started off wonderful because Emma and I got to sleep in until 9:00!!! Then we went and got Chick-fil-a for breakfast. Then we went home and opened my gifts from Scott and Emma. I got a warmer for my kitchen from Target. It smells so good! I also got some really cute and different picture frames to sit around my house. We still have to print off family pictures we had back in January and we just had some more done last night I will want to print off too. Then we went to my moms where she picked up Outback and fried chicken for me and had the best caramel cake waiting!! She bought me a bike for my birthday so we can all go ride bikes together.   

Brandon and Krista came over for the fun too! They gave me a pen for my I-pad that I have been wanting.

Emma and Uncle Brandon reading a book together before we left. 

We left my moms and ran to pick something up from Bath & Body Works. We were hoping Emma would nap once we got home before going to take pictures yesterday evening, but that did not happen. She took a 10 minute cat nap in the car while I ran into the mall. She was fussy yesterday too before taking pictures. I was expecting the worse during the photo shoot, but she did wonderful for not having a nap pretty much all day! After the photo shoot, we picked up Moe's and brought it home to eat and make a tent in the living room. Emma thought it was the best thing ever! It lasted about 15 minutes before she tore the roof down! :)

She watched a Disney movie for a few minutes before bouncing off to do something else. She is not into the TV much, which I guess is a great thing. I do not want her to watch a lot of TV!!

 Today we went to church and then to eat at the brand new Olive Garden that just opened up! It was wonderful. Her and mom were sitting outside waiting patiently.

 She was being super silly inside the restaurant.

We left there where Emma napped for 2 1/2 hours. I did too and it felt wonderful!! Then we went back to my moms where she had finger foods cooking. My mom, Brandon, Krista, and I went bike riding to a local yogurt place. It felt so good outside. Scott's dad, Susan, Gma Mary, Peyton, and Makayli came to see us and me for my birthday. I have had one of the best birthdays this year and it is still not over. My dad is taking me out to eat tomorrow night. :)

Loving the Weather & Daddy/Daughter Day

Emma would not wear her Braves hat for nothing at the game, but was having a ball wearing it the other night at the house. Silly girl!!!

I left work early yesterday morning because Emma's school called to say she had a fever and was pulling at her ear. :/ The last two times she has had those symptoms, it was because she had hand/foot/mouth. But the doctor confirmed she had an ear infection. We left the doctor and went home for awhile while her medicines were being filled. We picked those up and came back home where she napped for two and a half hours. Once Scott got home, it was so nice outside (for once!!) that we spent time going to get the mail and play in the front yard. 

 Cali enjoyed the nice weather too as we went to check the mail. 

Emma is getting to be such a big girl which is sad to me! I am loving her being more independent but I do not want her to grow up so fast. 

She loves her some Cali. :)

She absolutely loves being outside. It calmed her down so much as an infant and will still calm her down if she gets stir crazy in the house. 

We felt it was best to keep her out of daycare today as well so her body could fully heal. Scott stayed home with her. They were able to spend a lot of daddy/daughter time together. She slept in this morning too. She had just woken up in this picture and you can tell she would not have felt like being at school today.

Scott meets up with two of his guy friends every Thursday for lunch and today was no different. They went to Olive Garden (without me and it just opened on Monday :/ but I know we will go plenty of times now that we have one in town). Emma showed out some while they were there, but they all survived! Then they went birthday present shopping for me. :) I finally made a list this year. Normally, Scott is having to think of things to get me. Not this year!!

 She was feeling much better by the time I got home from work. She was ready to boogie and began to turn on the music from our alarm clocks! Then this evening, we took her to All American Fun Park to let her ride some rides. My mom met us there. We even got to play a few games. :) We got enough tickets to get Emma a dino figurine and some bracelets.

She loves the merry-go-round!! She was holding on tight!! :)

 Here is my mom bowling(or whatever you call that game!).

Then we went to the mall to get her some tights for her fall mini photo shoot this Saturday. She got to see the doggies while we were there too!! Tomorrow is Friday...........and Saturday is my birthday. I can't wait to spend time with family this weekend. 

So Ready For Fall

My mom remembered she had a rocking horse in her attic and recently brought it down. When we went over to her house Monday night for dinner, she had it all ready for Emma. Emma loved it!! She was able to climb on and off by herself and would rock so fast on it!

We went to the mall on Tuesday night and left with a cookie cake slice. Emma was eating a piece with pink icing so her lips were bright pink. :)

The rest of the week flew by for us. We did not have much planned outside of work. On Friday, we went over to a friend's house for cake, coffee, and games. I decided to start on some Pinterest things I want to make for my favorite season and made these cute acorns. 

Aren't they super cute!!! Emma wanted to eat every Nutter Butter there was!!!

Last night we had friends over for the Georgia game. Emma did great and even went to bed with them all here which I was nervous about. She has tried to fight sleep in the past when there have been people over, but she did great last night. Today we went to my moms for lunch. Afterwards, Scott washed and waxed my car. It was feeling so nice for once outside, so we took a blanket outside and chilled out for awhile in the nice weather. She was munching on crushed ice here. She got her love for ice from me and my mom.

My mom was getting her to kick the ball. Scott wants her to play soccer when she turns 3. I think the toddlers are so cute in their soccer outfits.

She was enjoying the cooler weather today too!!! We did not go outside much this summer unless we were heading somewhere because it was just too hot, but I plan on spending as much time as possible outside once the weather cools down some.

Being super sweet! The girl loves to be outside. She will get upset if we do not let her outside. She played outside at my moms for probably 45 minutes and would have stayed out much longer if we had not left to go home so we could get in our Sunday nap. :) She napped for 3 hours. She woke up not feeling well but is acting much better now.

We went to eat at Steak-n-Shake and she was enjoying a yummy Banana milkshake. We have had such a nice weekend!!