Pool Hoppin' and One Tired Mama

This past Saturday Emma and I went with Susan, GMa Mary, & Ashleigh to an 80th birthday party. It was such a nice party and there were so many people to see Aunt Joyce. Emma quickly spotted the swimming pool and did not stop until we left.

She loved looking at the water and sticking her feet in to splash.

Ardyn and Emma had a blast walking across the step and doing it over and over again. Then they spotted the neighbor's pool who are great friends with the people whose house we were at and they ran to play on their steps too. They were pool hoppin'!! :)

They they wanted to throw sticks into the lake.

Emma had a blast, but I was one tired mama!!!

No worries- I came home and we both crashed for about three hours! Success!!! :)

Another Weekly Recap :)

Emma found this at my mom's last week and just had to get into it. 

I told her she was having more fun in it then than she ever did as an infant. 

 Then she went inside my mom's and had to have a cookie.

 She only wants the cream. So she gets one, opens in up, examines the cream, and ...........................

 then GOES TO TOWN eating it. :)

 So I am very honored to announce that I was announced Teacher of the Year for my county this past Thursday night. I will now fill out paperwork for the state. I received two beautiful bouquets of flowers at my school on Friday. The ones on the left are from my mom and the ones on the right are from The Williams. Love them all!!

So I got a text on Friday from our realtor that there was an agent wanting to show it Saturday morning. We got up earlier than we would have liked, went to eat breakfast, and then made a trip to Wal-Mart. My mom met us at Hardee's and went to our newest Wal-Mart with us.

 Emma and I had bedhead and she was wearing her pajama shirt. I told Scott we fit right in to Wal-Mart that morning. :) But on a good note- I got a text from our realtor today that said our house is in their top three of houses they saw. I just continue to pray that if they are the right owners for the house, then things will move forward. And if they aren't the ones God has for this house, we will continue to be faithful to his perfect plan for us. She was reaching out to her NayNay in this next picture. 

Yesterday, my mom and a few friends got together for a small lunch gathering to help celebrate me winning county wide TOTY! These two girls and I have been friends for 16 plus years!!

Me and the awesome caramel cake that was made on a last minute request from me. :) Brittany (above in the black shirt) and her mom, Valerie (below with Emma) made it for me. 

 Valerie and Emma playing outside in the beautiful weather yesterday.

 It has been an awesome week for us!! I will try my best to blog a little more often. :) :)

Recap of Our Week

Emma and Cali sharing a blanket to watch Mickey Mouse.

One morning before heading to school.

Yes, she even has a life-size stuffed animal of Mickey Mouse who shares the bed with her. :)

She was telling Cali goodbye one morning before going to school.

So the dance teacher at my school bought these one day and they looked so good. She also said they were good. So the next day, I bought some to try and they were so yummy! The honey adds just a hint of sweetness and the captain wafer crackers are so much better then the normal orange crackers.

My brother and his wife, Krista, have a dog named Daisy who looks just like this puppy. I had to record her one night so I could send them the video of her calling this puppy Daisy.

 She woke up one morning before school and wanted to go play with her kitchen before going to school.

 Here is another morning as she was heading out to head to school. I love this outfit on her. 

 She loves to "feed" the pig at my mom's house. :)

 So this post was random from our week. I hope you had a great week too!!

First Beach Trip of the Year!!

My mom took this "selfie" of her yesterday morning and then sent it to me on the way home from the beach. I woke up with my throat still hurting and a low grade fever. The fever went away quick with medicine. My throat was going to hurt whether I was home by myself all day or at the beach. I decided I would rather be at the beach with a sore throat than stuck at home all day. :) Mom, Scott, and Emma were going to go whether I went or not. Scott's family had been at Panama City Beach all week and were actually heading to Mexico Beach for the day yesterday to meet up with his dad. It was perfect timing. We decided to all meet up at the same spot. Mexico Beach is perfect for small kids because it is not crowded at all, but there isn't much to do there is the afternoon/evenings. 

This was the view as we pulled up to the beach! The weather was awesome!

Emma was not so sure of the sand at first, but quickly warmed up to it and had a blast playing in the sand, water puddle that had formed, and finding seashells. :)

She is my kinda girl!! What is it with snacking on the beach??!? Something about it makes it that much better!!

 This is Grandma Mary (Susan's mom) who just turned 80. Doesn't she look great!! She was a beach bum all week.

 Emma wanted to be like me when I was a toddler at the beach- she ran around in just her diaper for a little while. Haha! But then I made her put on her cute little coverup so we wouldn't have to worry so much about her getting too much sun. Her little cheeks have a nice color to them today. I got a little on my neck and legs. Scott's poor back is pretty red. I was in charge of putting it on his back. :/ But we were not good about reapplying!

 We left the beach after about 4 hours and drove around Mexico Beach while Emma took a cat nap. Then we went to go eat seafood before heading home. I have to brad on Emma!! She did awesome of the 3 hour car drive there, the whole time we were at the beach, and the drive back. Day trips with a 2 year are possible!! :) :)

Spring Break :)

My Spring Break was this past week. We had so much fun just hanging around the house and doing things locally. On Monday, Emma went to daycare so I could run errands, get some things done around the house, and meet some friends for lunch. On Tuesday, she started it off eating oatmeal. She use to eat it a lot as an infant, but we stopped because we felt like she would want something different. She loved it Tuesday!! We will have to start giving it to her more now that she has had a long break from it.

She loves to see herself in our phone as we take pictures of her. :)

 After breakfast, we went in her room to play. She took every Mickey Mouse character she has into that small tent of hers. She wanted me and Cali to get in there too!

 She loves playing with Cali, but is quick to get on to her too when she is bothering her. She acts like a little mama!!

 Then she wanted to play with her keyboard. 

That got old so she tried playing it with her feet. Haha!!

We had a friend, Kalynn, come over for lunch. Then Emma and I went to Chehaw to see the animals. I have no idea why I did not take any pictures while we were there. We came home and she took a long nap. After Scott got home from work, he took Emma back to Chehaw to play on the playground while I stayed home and got dinner ready. She is finally brave enough to slide all by herself. 

 She also loved swinging on the tire swing while they were there. 

She went back to school on Wednesday since I had a hair appointment and was trying to find a dress to wear to the Teacher of the Year banquet in just two weeks. On Thursday, she started it off by eating 2 1/2 eggs. Then she lined up her MoMo characters and then sat down beside them for a picture. :) She loves Mickey Mouse. Scott and I are going to take her for a quick trip to Magic Kingdom in November. We are very excited!

We met Scott for lunch and then came home for a play date. I had three of my friends and five of their girls plus a precious baby infant girl come over to play. I have to admit I am OCD about my house being clean, so this was a test. My OCD was twitching. Haha!! But the girls had a blast so it was all worth it. 

 They were loud and baby Hollyn never woke up. 

All five girls were doing their own thing here. :)

On Friday, my dad brought us breakfast and to play with Emma for a little while until it was time to take Emma for her checkup. The girl loves eggs and bacon!

 She was watching The Cat in the Hat while we waited for     Dr. W to come in. 

 

Everything checked out great! She was flirting with Dr. W. I think she finally likes him. She has always cried/fussed/squirmed when he would try to look into her ears/mouth/eyes, but she did great today!

My throat started hurting either Thursday or Friday morning, but by Friday afternoon it was full blown hurting. I was having chills and fever too. I had this virus back in February. I laid in bed most of Friday afternoon once Scott got home from work. Luckily he was already planning on getting off at 12. We were suppose to go camping, but every place we tried was booked. It is a good thing because we had a cold front come through and then I wasn't feeling good. This is what my living room looked like once I woke up. Haha! It is worse than the mess the five girls made on Thursday. But Emma was very creative, used her imagination, and had fun so it was all worth the mess!

 Oh, and I will leave my Spring Break post with Emma's outfit on Friday while she was playing. I was dying over the stockings and shoes. LOL! And of course she was wearing a Minnie shirt. 

** It is Sunday and my throat is so much better. I am on day two of my pills. I could not tell much of a difference yesterday with day one pills, but I can tell it is improving! It is a good thing since I have to go back to work tomorrow. ** :)