Live, Laugh, & Love

Emily is 7 months old today :)
She is aaaallllllmmmmooossstttt crawling. She is trying so hard, it won't be long. She gets her tummy off the ground, rocks a time or two, ends up sliding backwards, and then is down for the count. The bottom gum line is changing everyday - I don't think it will be much longer before a tooth pops up! and most importantly to add to her accomplishments - she's a cousin!! We are so excited that Hayden is here!

Not much else to report. The snake count is now 4 - sort of. I was walking Allie the other morning in the neighborhood. We were on the sidewalk when I thought I saw a worm - turned out to be a baby snake about 5 inches long and the crazy thing striked at Allie's leg. Thank goodness it was so small and couldn't hurt Allie. So it wasn't on my property....but a sidewalk in the neighborhood....so I'm counting that as my space and not the snake's!

Not sure what the weekend holds for us. Thought about going camping, and still want to, but since we all ready made the trip to San Antonio this week, I think we are going to hang around here. Maybe we will try to discover a new park around here.
Enjoy the day!

Isn't he a cutie? :)
Hayden was born Wed. 7lbs 10 oz and 20 inches (I think). All are doing well.

Hey there!
What a weekend. I posted earlier, but to the wrong blog, so I'm just now getting it on this one. And you say....wrong blog? Yep - I started a new blog of just pictures of Emily. See the family doesn't get to read this and that way I don't have to edit myself. But emailng pics has become tiresome - having to resize them, send them one at a time individually to each family member cause they still have dial up connection or because if I send to a group they never get it - it goes in the spam folder and they can't remember to look there. Anyway....new blog of just Emily. Took a while but its all there e-m-s-pics.blogspot.com Feel free to see her grow. I will still post the occasional pic here - but most will be on her blog. If you'd like a hard copy I'll have Walmart mail it to you - just let me know.

Anyway....got an email Friday....from Aaron's parents.....that his grandmother died :( yes you read that rigtht....an email. (now you're understanding what I meant about editing myself!) Still have not talked to his parents - as Aaron says don't try to figure it out just pretend its normal.

And why do people ask -- so what do you do all day? (angie you are not included in this as I am just amazed that you can stay home and actually get any work done!) Just because we fought to have equal rights in the work place does not mean we HAVE to work - it means we have a choice. I want to stay home with Emily. and what do I do all day? what you pay other people to do for you while your at work....I clean the house, do the laundry, mow the yard, grocery shop, cook, and most importantly take care of my child! I do not get coffee breaks, lunch breaks, smoke breaks - I'm lucky to get a shower and maybe just maybe a very short nap. I am so tired of people treating me like I'm lazy and worthless because I don't work outside the house. I do not need a job to define me. I'm happy with my little life. We get to do more as a family because we don't have to spend our weekends doing chores - nor spend our money paying others to do our chores. I respect those that have decided to be working mothers --- I just want the same respect.
and now I will step down from my soap box...

Happy thoughts....been reading my favorite book The Secret Garden :) and went for morning walks both Sat. and Sun. We discovered two parks close to the house. One was ok - just a path through some trees and around softball and soccer fields - but the other was great! It has a lot of trees, a pond with fish and ducks, has swings and stuff, even a putt putt course -- reminds me alot of our old park -- Allie just has to stay on a leash though. She doesn't seem to mind --- just happy for the walks. So if I get up early in the mornings we will head to that park, if not we will wonder around the neighborhood.

A friend had her baby about a month ago. I got to see her Thurs - so precious! She's already 9 lbs. Seemed so small - couldn't not grasp that Emily was even smaller at birth - only 6lbs 2.5 ounces.

Kristi is not due until August 11 - but my bet is next Friday. Keep your fingers crossed!

Enjoy the day!

Where does the time go? I thought I had blogged alot this past week, but I guess it was just in my head. Anyway Aaron's aunt spent the week with us. We had a wonderful time and were so excited that she finally got to come and see Emily for the first time. We hope to meet them camping soon - maybe when it cools off a bit. This weekend was great. Sat I took a long nap and then we headed to the neighborhood pool. Pretty nice! Today we found a new Super Target close to the house, came home, took a nap, and then headed to Tom and Kristi's to swim and grill kabobs that we picked up at Super Target. (I like that super target - if ya can't tell!) After dinner Kristi offered some frozen yogurt, but soon changed her mind to Baskin Robbins!!! My favorite of the ice cream world. And possibly even better than ice cream - Allie and I got to go for a walk Sat and Sun morning. I hope to continue, just a matter of getting out of bed. I miss just Allie and me time - we had great walks in Duncan every morning. Squirrels, rabbits, armadillos, turkeys.......
Next weekend we hope to camp at a place that has a waterpark - not far from here - if I can work the logistics of Allie out.
All of you that want to go camping just name the when and where! Our schedule is pretty open - just a few weekends that grandparents will be here.
Well that's about it - hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Enjoy the day :)

What a wonderful weekend! We got to the park Friday evening - now setting up and having a hungry baby is a little challenging, but we did just fine. Sat morning we went for a little hike. Emily was very excited, but was asleep in no time - Allie loved the walk. I swear when we got there that dog was smiling, and so was I! Anyway after the hike we took a little nap and then met up with our good friend Alex for some awesome bbq at my favorite place and then we went to his house for a massage - he's in the process of getting his license - let me tell ya he's GOOD! While Aaron got his, I had the chance to chat with Alex's mom who is so sweet! Then we had some Mexican food and headed back to the park. Aaron dropped Allie and I off at the gate and we walked the half mile or so to the campsite - how I needed and enjoyed that time :) When we got to the camper Aaron wanted to walk around for a bit, so we loaded Emily and found a short trail - made it back just in time for the rain. This morning after breakfast we did one more short hike and then packed up. Good food, good friends, overall great time!
We had been so worried about Emily possibly crying and disturbing other campers - yeah that lasted until the screaming kiddos and then yapping little dogs showed up! Emily did great! and of course Allie was her perfectly behaved little self.
However one lesson was learned. Emily suddenly has quick hands and is interested in grabbing - bad idea to put hand in refried beans - hot plate, hot plate! Poor thing let out one heck of a scream! All is well, no burns or anything - just a hard way to learn she is interested in grabbing everything! a spilled drink would have been so much easier than the fear of a possible burn.
We are already planning our next trip - I love camping - can't explain it - but I need it.
Hope everyone had a great weekend! and now Aunt Shirley is coming for the week - does it get any better? :)

GONE CAMPING!!!
:)