Let Me Tell You 'bout My Best Friend!

Yesterday, we finally got to meet Baby Trey!! That morning, Emma and I went to pick up breakfast and talked to Rachel about getting together for a little bit. After I got off the phone, I told her Rachel and PJ were coming over with their baby. She was so excited and hollered "A BABY!!!!! I have a baby TOO!!!" When they came over that afternoon, Emma was beside herself. She wanted to hold both boys and would rub Trey's little face and laugh and laugh at him. She was not happy when it was time for them to leave, but is looking forward to seeing them again soon!

Well, hello hand

Yesterday afternoon the AC went out in our house and when we woke it, it was way too hot for us to be at home. I immediately got everyone dressed and out the door. We enjoyed breakfast at Starbucks and then headed to the mall to kill more time. While we were wandering in and out of stores, I looked down at Luke and noticed something. He was checking out his hand! He was looking at it and moving it all around. It was so cute!! I don't know that he has fully grasped (no pun intended) the concept that he has a hand he can grab things with. But he is starting to notice it's there.

Busted!

Sunday afternoon, Emma and I headed to Target to get a few things and of course Emma was wearing the pink shoes that are still too big. After wandering around for awhile, it was time to go home. We started walking and all of a sudden, Emma tripped over her own two feet. Luckily, her face was able to break her fall. Yep-she landed square on her face-more specifically her mouth. As soon as I picked her up, blood was everywhere! All down her face all over her shirt and she was screaming bloody murder. My whole body broke out into a sweat as I started trying to think what to do. I left the cart (along with one of those stupid shoes) and as we were rushing through the store I remembered the cafe area they have. I got her some ice and was able to control the bleeding-but her poor lip had already tripled in size. As I was trying to get her to calm down, she repeatedly asked for her other shoe. We went back to the cart and everything was still there. We made it to the check-out and out the door and ran into Mom and Rob. It was so HOT outside, so we went back inside and she picked out a cherry slushie and was not happy with the ice on her lip. I knew Matt would be better at being the tough guy and he took care of business when we got home. She was a tough little girl, watching Dora and dealing with the cold pak. We put her to bed later and then ended up having her sleep with us in our bed so we could make sure everything was ok. The pictures really don't even do justice to just how big her lip got-but you can get the idea

Vroom Vroom!!

Emma got to have special time with just Mommy and Daddy and we took her to her first movie! For the past week, we were talking up going to see Cars 2 and getting popcorn, candy and coke. She was getting so excited and every time there was a commercial for Cars, she would start asking to go see the movie. Yesterday was finally movie day. We woke up talking about the movie and she kept saying we were going to the "movie show" and have Dr. Pepper (she IS her mother's child). We got get her down for a nap so she would be nice and rested for the movie. Normally when we go to the movies, we sneak in (shhh!) our own candy and sometimes soda and just get popcorn. Since this was Emma's first movie experience, we wanted to get everything at the theater-which meant spending twice as much as we normally would, but it was worth it! The movie theater has a kiddie box that includes a drink, popcorn and fruit snacks. Matt and I had to have some snacks too, so thirty dollars later, we were all set for the movie. We got there in plenty of time so that she could take it all in. When we walked in, she was amazed (and I mean AMAZED!!) at the size of the screen! And so excited for the movie to start, since we go there early we had to watch all the previews and she was getting a little impatient. But, she did well. Before the movie started, there was a Toy Story Short Film and she was so excited! The Toy Story movies are her favorite and she was so excited to see them on such a big screen. When it ended, she whipped around and said "Mommy, its over!!" Matt and I both laughed because we knew she would not be happy when Woody and Buzz were gone. Quickly, she was over it because Cinderella's castle appeared with fireworks. She said "Ooooooh, it's so pretty!!!" The movie started and she did really well. There wasn't anyone sitting in front of us, so she spent some time standing up and laying her chin on the chair with her arms out. She turned around at one point and saw the projector and pointed and said "Look, another movie. I wanna watch that one!" We had to explain a few times that the bigger movie was better.
Winnie the Pooh comes out on the 15th and we know she's going to love that movie even more!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kiki!!

Yesterday was Katelyn's birthday and she wanted to eat Crackle Barrel for dinner. So Matt, Emma, Luke, Papa, Blair, Nana, Jessie, Aaron, Katelyn and I headed up to the Crackle Barrel for a nice country dinner. We all started off with some mouth watering biscuits and jelly. We had a hilarious server named Jake; who, by the end of dinner, told us his whole life story. At least it was entertaining :o)
Half of us enjoyed a yummy breakfast for dinner while others chowed down on chicken BLT's, Chicken and Dumplins' and roast beef. After dinner, we spent some time in the Store checking out all the candy, toys, and cute clothes. Emma picked out a pink water bottle filled with suckers-no surprise there! And  then we headed outside to spend some time on the rocking chairs. Emma was loving the fireflies and wanted to catch one, but was a little too afraid to touch them.

Happy 4th of July!

Our 4th of July plans this year meant a day at the lake! Along with Roger, Blair and Katelyn; we packed up and headed down to the lake to meet my parents and hopefully get some sun and a nice long boat ride. We arrived around 11 with sunny skies and a nice breeze. It wasn't long before we had to get into the water-it was HOT! Luckily there were plenty of floats to lay on and cool off. Emma was not into swimming in the lake AT ALL-she screamed and I mean screamed when I put her in the water. Even after she got out, she was screaming for me to get out until she was distracted by the music on the boat. Matt took Blair and then Katelyn on a nice :) jet ski ride before we had Dad's "famous" ribs for lunch. Then it was time to head out onto the water-the sky was starting to look a little dark, but we were heading off anyway. We made it to Queens Landing and about 15 minutes after we docked, the sky was getting dark. And sure enough-the bottom fell out. We waited for almost an hour for the storm to pass and it got very cold out. We all bundled up under towels (and it started raining again) and braced for the chilly ride back. Of course, after we got back to the house the rain was completely gone and the water was very calm. But it was still pretty chilly. We decided that we would head on home and made it home in time to watch the NYC fireworks on TV. It's not quite the same as real fireworks, but it was probably better to stay in than try and take Luke out to the loud noise. The rain threw off my plan to get a bunch of family pictures-including Katelyn and I in matching bathing suits-ha!-so I only have a few from the boat.

 

"Sun"day Funday!

Yesterday, Matt, Emma, Katelyn and I had a great time at the pool. We got Emma some water wings and a small inner tube that we were hoping would hep get her swimming in the pool-and it worked! She took a little bit of warming up-she was afraid she was going to be under the water the whole time. Finally, she realized that the floats would keep her up and we weren't that far away from her. She was in the water for almost an hour floating around and saying "Look at me, I'm swimming!!"