2008

January

February

It's a girl!!

MarchGetting E's room ready!!

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Emily the Grouch

Cantankerous, thy name is E!

I am not going to lie, you were a big doody-head today.

WOW!

Lina, your alter ego, was rearing her crabby head today…in full effect.

I get it; you can’t be the wonderful, sweet, loving angel that you are 99% of the time. Today was the 1% day…
I suspect the root of all this hostility is due to the fact that you did not want to sleep last night. And, you really didn’t want to be awake, either. See, there was no pleasing you last night. Binky…pshhh Bottle…whatever Snuggles…get real.

In other words, you fussed all night.
Not to be outdone, you fussed all day, too. A sample conversation between you and I today:

The Mommy: “E, it appears that you are tired and not yourself. Perhaps you would like to take a nap?”
Lina: Screaming, translation: “Woman, are you insane? This is my 1% day, and I am taking full advantage of it.”

The Mommy: “Maybe you would sleep better if you had a full belly?”
Lina: “Yes, feed me! I need to feed and gather my strength. It is going to be a long day, lady. *Evil laugh*”

The Mommy: “Ok, lets try that nap again. I tell you what, how about Mommy lays down and takes a nap with you?”
Lina: Screaming, translation: “How dare you suggest that I need a nap! You will feel my wrath!”

The Mommy: “Emily Ryan, how about we play with one of your new toys?”
Lina: Screaming, translation: “Beotch, please!”

When The Daddy got home this afternoon, he could not believe what I had told him about our day. After 20 minutes, I rescued him from your shrieking…

The Daddy: “She is fighting demons!”

Oddly enough, this picture was taken today...

Peas or demon baby spewage? The jury is still out on this one...

PS: Don't think I don't recognize the irony of this posting and yesterday's...

Loving It

The Daddy and I are entering into the final week of Christmas break. Even though it is going a little faster than I would like, I am thoroughly enjoying my time.

I am banking a lot of extra sleep hours to prepare myself for being AT work at 6:30 am (more on this later).

I am able to spend so much time with my sweet girl. Oh, how I enjoy her!! She is so much fun and is developing the sweetest personality. And she is starting to look for me when I am in a different room. She makes my heart smile. I love this precious time with her.

Aunt Ami and I have been hitting the gym on a regular basis. I am happy to report that I no longer feel like I am going to vomit after a workout, and actually look forward to going! I know, who are you and what have you done with Ashley??

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Emily's First Christmas

this one is for me too, right..

Giraffe kisses!Mush, elephant!

Mommy with her favorite presentLook who's sitting up by herself with the Daddy

Black sheep and snails...that's how E rolls!

Wishing you all the joys and blessings of this Christmas season.

A Christmas Eve Tale

So, we are on Christmas break...and letting it all hang out.

Chilling with Grandpa


Getting all dressed up to go to church and dinner.


Leaving Santa a little treat...


and a bribe.

The best present of all...

P.S.: Merry Christmas to Max, who is locked up in kitty jail :(

6 Month Check Up

What screams Christmas cheer more than 3 vaccines?! Hooray! And that was only half of what was due today...

Background on E's diet...she eats like a horse.
3-4 6-8oz bottles of milk or formula; nurses twice a day; 2 bowls of cereal; 2 jars of fruit; 2 jars of vegetables.
According to this, you would think she would weigh 25lbs by now...she is barely above the 25th percentile mark on the growth chart at a slim 15.1lbs.
She is still a mini giant at 27.75"; well above the 95th percentile. Long and lean, the String Bean Lady.

Speaking of string beans, how nasty are they? They are our newest veggie and could not be any grosser. I try everything that E eats, and I almost had a seizure, they were so awful. I am nauseated just thinking about it.

Road Trip!

We are home from Christmas with Memaw and Pawpaw in East Texas. Emmalina did really well on the ride home considering 4 hours is a really long time to be awake in a car seat and we were down to our very last packed diaper. (way to go mom for under-estimating the frequency of E's peepee schedule.)

Aunt Susan, Aunt Carla and Megan came up Saturday for a visit and we had a nice dinner. E met Jett (Boomer Sooner) and Laura (Red Raider) and sensed the bad right away. She even told Jett how Texas was robbed, but he wasn't hearing any of it; so, she pooped on him. (That's my girl!)

Look what Emily got for Christmas from Memaw and Pawpaw:

Girl, what happened to your pants???