Strawberry Picking

Haven't really blogged in a long time. Lots has happened. Too much to write about. Let's just start from today.

We went strawberry picking and had a blast. Addy, Garth and I picked strawberries and Em walked around checking everything out. Addy was really good at finding red, juice berries! I think we came away with 13 pounds of strawberries. Perfect for the strawberry shortcake we are making for tomorrow!

My baby is one!

I can't believe the Emery is one today. One year ago we were a family of three. One year ago I was in the hospital getting ready to have my second baby. My second baby girl. Another love of my life. Another beautiful child, inside and out. Someone you would bring so much to our family of three. We became a family of four one year ago.

I love you Em! You are blessing to our family. You make all of our days brighter, funnier and more exciting! You are the love of my life! XOXO

Some pictures from her party!

Three Years Old!

My first baby girl is three!

Addy had a princess party for her third birthday. Complete with a castle for taking pictures, princess food: fruit wands, pretzel stick wands, peanut butter star sandwiches, and a castle cake, frame decorating, and lots of presents!















We went out to eat and had a pink birthday cake on her really birthday!





A walk down memory lane...











Actually wrote this post 6/5/10

Too long...

It's been a long time since I've blogged...too long!

Emery will be 6 months old on Wednesday, it has been a very fast six months.

Emery...



still sleeps in her co-sleeper, in our room.
is sleeping in a sleep sack.
can sit up, for a few minutes, all by her self.
loves her bobo.
gets up on her elbows and knees and rocks back and forth.
gets where she wants to go.
had a hard time gaining weight, so she...
takes 3oz. breast milk, 3 oz. formula bottles 5 times a day.
laughs.
smiles.
is becoming scared of strangers.
thinks Addy is hysterical.
loves her exersaucer.

Addyson...



sleeps in a big girl bed.
has never gotten out of her big girl bed...until today.
said bye to her bobos.
loves her little sister.
is potty trained.
has a puppy.
likes to feed Winston.
wants a job so she can buy ice cream from the ice cream man.
loves to read books.
pretends.
can be a horse, dolphin, princess, tinker, or dog at any given second of the day.
likes princess movies and Tinkerbell.

MUCH better day!

No, I don't want to go to work...ever again. Yesterday was an off day I can't believe I even wrote that I might want to go back to work. I was just checking my work e-mail and saw that there was a birthday celebration on Monday. I thought "Oh, that will be nice for everyone at work...you know since it's the last full day of school and everyone is stressed...that was nice of them." Then I remembered I will be a work on Monday. I almost cried. Seriously, almost cried. Kissed my babies forehead (who is sleeping on my chest) and almost cried. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WORK! Ugh! I hate that I have to work. I am off to find things I can sale. There must be something worth money in this house. Maybe I have 1 million dollars in my mattress. A girl can dream!

Emery will be 11 weeks old!

Oh my, 11 weeks old...not possible.

I go back to school on Monday for 2 1/2 days. I don't want to go back. Or maybe I do? Maybe I need a break? I haven't been away from Addy and Em in 11 weeks. I love them to pieces but I am stressed. I'm not sure why. Maybe because the house is a mess, too much of a mess for me to start cleaning so the mess just gets bigger, or maybe because Addy is at a hard age. She just wrote all over her teddy bear with a red marker. I mean all over. Then broke down screaming, crying, coughing, choking, red marker all over the place. 2 1/2 has been a hard age. She screams and screams and cries when she doesn't get her way, or doesn't like something I do. I don't give in, I thought it would stop (isn't that what they say?) Maybe I should give in, at least she would stop screaming?

Yes I want some cheese with my whine!!!

5 weeks!

Oh my...Emery is actually 6 weeks, almost 7! I haven't taken her six week picture but I will.

Emery at 5 weeks...



Addyson at 5 weeks...



Here's some pictures from the last week...

all of these pictures taken on my iPhone!