Here's our evidence for future use... Yes, there was once a time when Emma did indeed like veggies- more so *raw* veggies, or even frozen peas! She was helping prepare food for dinner, and Daddy nearly had to fight her to get the broccoli back to cut up! She was gnawing a little barren place on the side...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Another health check up!
Today is only a little more than half over, but we have done so much! We had an appointment for Emma with Dr. Barry this morning, everything checked out well- she's up to 18lbs 10oz, which is a pretty good gain, and is measuring 31.75inches in length, also good! He was pleased with her progress and we'll wait until she's 2 years old before checking again. After that, Mommy had a checkup herself, and everything was good- blood pressure, belly measurement, no proteins in urine, baby's heartbeat good, no problems! Afterwards, we went ahead and got lunch out, then let Emma peace-out in the car while we ran a few errands. We wanted to get her some finger paints and chalk to play with in Daddy's workshop, and we also got her this huge coloring book, which she has had fun with already! So here she is, officially 21 months old!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Hike and horses
Emma getting to try out riding the "moose" bareback. She had a good hold on his mane and really liked it.


Saturday, June 26, 2010
More pictures, more berries!
Well, cherries to be exact! This is the latest haul on cherries- Daddy braved the cherry tree with his ropes, harness, and ladder, and got quite the prize for his efforts! Should have taken a picture after he was done pitting them, cooking, and canning for pie filling... you would probably have seen steam coming out of his ears and some bizzare looking purple hands...
So, is she trying to escape or just airing things out??? Nothing better than nakey time after getting out of the "pool!" (this picture has been removed due to the suggestion that there are a significant number of ridiculous idiots in our world today.)
This is the best thing I've ever found to put in my shopping cart! Emma did this on her own while I was organizing her toys and books... she just kept repeating one word/sound over and over again... I turned to see her in it! Apparently she was trying to get my attention because she wanted her sandal which was on the floor next to the cart. She's recently also developed a bit of a fascination for trying to put on her shoes- she had one on correctly this morning (usually the sandals go on backwards) but just on the wrong foot. She wore it around for probably an hour like that before I could convince her to take it off!
Just had to post a picture of the awesome flowers we received for our 11th anniversary! They are just gorgeous! They smell amazing too, and there was a balloon that came with it... I wonder where that might have gone... I think a tiny little girl may have confiscated it as soon as it made it through the door...

Monday, June 21, 2010
Seems like we have an abundance of pictures to share all of a sudden! Emma's recently been stealing cups at breakfast and has started drinking like a big girl!!!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Just thought I'd share some of the pictures of our upcoming fruit harvest! A few of the trees really hit their stride this year and we even had to thin the fruit from the branches, there was too much!! The green gage tree continues to decline in health although it's such a tiny tree I can't believe it's terribly old... but the remaining healthy branches seem to have really tried to produce heavily this year- hope it's not the last hurrah! Also got a nice handful of early raspberries from the garden, and we're watching for more ripe blueberries to come along!
Some grapes coming along nicely!
Green gage!
Ok, so today you could call this blog "the life around Emma" since I don't have any Emma pictures to share... just thought you all might want to get a glimpse of how Emma's little sister is coming along! I apologize for the silly head-cut-off picture, I've been posting pictures every couple of weeks on a forum with other ladies due in October, and I didn't want my face up there... By the time I thought about posting the picture here for the followers to see, I had already uploaded the images and was too lazy to go back to take more... :P
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Blueberries!!!!
Well it appears we're in blueberry season here!! Emma figured out really quickly which ones are the best to pick, and I have no idea how many she ate!! In addition to her intake and a few for mommy as well, I got a huge handful of ripe berries!! Most of our plants don't have berries on them, not sure if they're later season berries or if the plants just need another year, but I'm majorly impressed by the ones that are producing- it's awesome!!! YUM!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Emma and mommy went out for a really long walk this morning and got many wonderful things! First, a huge bouquet of daylillies (Emma had a great time dissecting one to see what was inside the bud!)
Monday, June 14, 2010
Well, we've finally gotten a little information gathered, and we're scheduled to go to Wake Forest August 10 to get Emma checked by the pediatric ENT specialist. Until then, we're just doing the same-ol, same-ol, and as long as no problems develop, we'll be set. Sounds like we're likely to get an appointment to give a thorough history, have her examined, and possibly repeat the flexible scope Dr. Prussin did up her nose... not pleasant, and not looking forward to that one, but depending on what he sees there (if he does feel the need to repeat it), he will tell us either it's minimal enough to just monitor, or it's significant enough to go on and examine her under anesthesia. If we end up with the latter, we'll probably have to schedule another time to have that done. So we'll see what we come home with!
Otherwise, Emma's doing great, she's blazing around the house like a little race car, coloring in her coloring books, playing with her puzzles, and reading her books! We're still trying to get her talking more- she's continuing to do the same "guh" sound for just about everything, but we've managed to get her to make a few new sounds with a lot of prodding! Hopefully there will be more soon- she gets so excited when we show how happy we are she did something so great!! :)
Today was mostly a day out, doing errands- for some of them, Daddy dropped Mommy and Emma off at the library and they had fun playing with the toys, watching the children, and reading a few books. Emma especially liked a little game of chase through the book stacks on occasion, and she would sometimes squeal really loud all of a sudden! Luckily she was not the loudest person in there!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Emma riding the glider ram
This is one of the playsets at the Collington Harbor playground on the sound- Emma figured out how to make the glider go- she had lots of fun and liked going from one swing to the next.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Beach trip!
We just got back home from a week at the beach and had tons of fun! Turns out Emma's not really into getting her feet in the sand... :) We did enjoy a nice swim in the sound on our last day on the beach, it was so mesmerizing that Emma fell asleep in Mommy's arms. There are a ton of pictures, here they go!
First day on the beach- Emma fell asleep in the car on the short ride to the beach, and was a little overwhelmed by all the wind and noise of the waves... she warmed up to it after about 20 minutes of laying on top of Mommy
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