Emma's 1st snow fall

It was too cute, it snowed today, and I decided to take Emma outside.  Now since we don't have a snow suit and she has hidden her shows I took her out and let the huge snow flakes flakes fall on her it was too cute. She had the biggest grin on her face.

Emma's 1st Christmas!

Emma had a wonderful 1st Christmas, it was a little stretched. But she made out on clothes and toys from all ends.  She still never got the concept of unwrapping the packages, we had to open them, then had it to her, then she got excited. LOL it was cute. Next year the families are going to have to spread the Holidays between 2 days instead of just 1, and if they can not handle it, then they can wait until her birthday to give her, her gifts. Because I am still not recovered from the stressful day, I spent more time driving and listening to my daughter scream then I did enjoying the Holiday.  Next Birthday in exactly 2 weeks. Pictures to follow.

Our very 1st Family Christmas photo

This is our cherished EVER Family Christmas photo. And of course, it is less then perfect, she was on the verge of crying. She as of right now, has this thing that "new" men or ones she sees less often, make her cry. LOL. As you can see daddy TRIED to make her smile, he was only successful in holding of tears momentairly. But he gets a kiss and A for effort.

Belated update

Wow.  Almost forgot about our blog.  With so much going on with school, the Holidays, and then getting things in order for next term, it completely slipped my mind.  So an update, Emma is a walking machine.  She walks like a little penguin it is too cute.  For 2 days now she has crawled out of our bed on her own...scary for me.  She also climbed into the new dryer.  We are getting really excited with the upcoming Holidays, and then her birthday..her 1st birthday, I think I might cry! It has happened so quickly.  Before I know it she will be in school....oh lord here are the tears.  On that soggy note, I am going to check laundry and put her to bed.

Emma's first steps by herself.

OMG! Today was the greatest day EVER! We went to the mall, to get out of the house and do some walking..that wouldn't get us wet. By "WE" I mean Nicole, my sissy Kiara, Missy, myself, and Emma. We stopped to let the girls play at the little play structure they have there. Man was it a mad house. We were sitting around watching Kiara run around and keeping Emma bug close, cause as I said, it was a mad house, and the bigger kids are crazy, jumping off structures and not paying attention to those around them, Emma was already head butted by a 4 yr old little girl, whose mother had nothing at all to say...GRR Don't get me started on parents these days...but back to the story. Emma was standing next to me hanging onto my shirt and was watching this little boy a little over a year run around...and just let go of me and kept going on her own she took maybe 10 steps and then fell over 2 or 3 steps from her target. I was the typical Mom and screamed, then almost cried. Needless to say about 30 other witnesses say my daughter fight for independence today, and then witnessed her silly mom fanning her eyes to keep the tears away. Ah well it was the greatest day ever...well almost the greatest day, that day was the day my baby was born.

My little girl is growing up so fast

OMG! My little girl is getting so big, and sometimes it just stops me in my tracks. It hit me today like a ton of bricks. It hit me today, while I was finishing up some homework.
She is doing so well standing by herself, and takes a few steps without support like from the couch to the coffee table. She is also hell on knees. She only has one speed, speed of light. Lol.
She is getting so independent. And has so many cute little quirks. And so damn entertaining.
Where would I be without her.

Pumpkin Patch 10-24-09

Well Saturday was the first day off for Daddy with no plans, so we decided to make a trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie's Island. I am really glad we made the trip. It was a nice fall day. Sun and all. We took a hayride down to the pumpkin patch, after seeing the barn animals, Where Emma was extremely excited about the mini pony and the ducks. The hayride on the other hand was not that entertaining for her, until the ride back, we held her up so she could stand-up on her own, she loved it. She loves her pumpkins but she loves the Churro Nuggets best. Lol.
On the drive home, Shane and I decided that we are going to hold onto the children's traditions of holidays and what not, until Emma decides she is too big.

EMMA'S CHECK UP

EMMA had her check up today she weighs 21.14 and is 29.5 inches long. Nothing big to report other then she is spot on where she should be. She had blood drawn today...and hated it! big shocker. And had her H1N1 shot...thats all there is Ill post some pictures from the time we were waiting on the doc, but right now it is late and Emma needs to go to bed.

Damn it all to hell

My Emma Bug gave herself by a black eye. She was unstable on her legs and fell and bumped her eye on the table, and her poor little perfect face is very disfigured. Makes momy sad.

Milestone for Emma

Emma got her ears pierced today with her Auntie M. it was so sad, and so cute she got a lollipop actually her first and that was the cute part, as well as her little earlobes with those cute little colorful daisies in sparkling in them. My little girl is getting so big and in a way that saddens me, and then again it excites me, I look forward to all the things I can teach her, that we can experience together, all the things I get to witness her do, her growth, and her problems I will fix, or make better...and yet we are right back to being scared...wondering if I will get it just right? Will I be good enough? I know as a first time mother this is expected...but it seems like such a suffocating feeling to doubt my ability as a mother, as her mother.

I knew it!

Well Emma finally broke her 1st tooth last month, today I discovered a second tooth broke through today. Could have been the reason she did not sleep for the last 3 days, hopefully we should sleep tonight. As soon as I can get a picture of the little bugger I will post it.

A week without Daddy.

Well Daddy left us last night. He is out there trying to hunt in this cold weather, and we miss him already. Emma refused to sleep last night. And she is now being a holy terror, which is why I broke down and confined her to baby jail. I need a moment where I am not chasing her to keep her out of something, or digging something out of her mouth. But I doubt I will get a quiet moment while daddy is gone. I hope the rest of the week is not like this, I might go insane. I hope he gets his deer early, and comes home quickly. DADDY WE MISS YOU, I MISS YOU!

Emma's growth.

Well Emma is getting to be a very big girl now. She pulls herself up on things and will walk around anything she can. She isn't quite walking on her own yet, but we are almost there. And she snacks on most of what we eat. She loves spaghetti, ice cream, cheerios, Nilla cookies, homemade peanut butter cookies, she is like a little bird in that aspect. She comes to you with her mouth open. It's really cute. She is getting quite the personality on her.

August, September, & the beginning of October.

Sorry it has been a while, alot has gone on. In August, there was a big move. We moved from our old crappy apartment to a deluxe..just kidding. We moved in with another friend of mine, bringing the roommate count up...but it has been good. We now live in Oregon City in a 3Bd, 2Bth house with car garage, fenced back yard, and room for Emma to grow. It really has been a great move.
Between work, the move and unpacking...I got drained. Most of my free time was spent unpacking and purging and organizing. Then the s*&t hit the fan, and I lost my job, I just started the end of July. I was devastated and started my downfall to depression. Then mu unemployment was denied..another devastation. However there is a little bot of light in there, I started classes again, had a little bit of stressed there had to rearrange schedule and find a sitter...now I am getting ready to start the 3rd week of classes, Emma is going to be 9 months months old. That made me realize she will be a yr in 3 months. OMG that is scary. but I am excited. We also got Emma's pictures done at kiddie kandids, and they are so freaky cute, it was a very long day though.check out the photo after the session she is passing out

It Has been a while

Hi all.
So back in August Shane & I got Emma's pictures done at Kiddie Kandids, and they are soo adorable. I am constantly changing my default pictures on myspace & facebook to one of the various one we got, as well as my background on both the PC and the laptop. And I though I should share. So here we go.

BUSY BUSY little momy & bug

Sorry it has been a hectic time...I have forgotten to update my wee followers the very few. June ..was not terribly eventful, just uber stressful, found out alot of things I may not have really wanted to know...and now that I am dealing with...July started out a little rocky and stessful due to the crap I found out in June. For the 4th we met my mom down at Rockaway Beach for the light show. LOL Emma's first trip to the beach...first toe in sand feet in ocean experience. I wish I had someone to take photos of those moments but they were all wrapped in thier own things..it is okay I doubt I will ever forget those. Then I we had the very unfortunate loss of Missy's Nanny. She is a very special woman that will be missed. And that almost brings us upto speed, except for a few little goals I have been working on more. Like walking once a week. We took a 4 mile walk (round trip) thaok us too a park tot to sit an relax with the kids, and the other is some job hunting...that is looking good...OH GOD I HOPE.
And that brings me to the huge event. I took Emma to the Zoo for the first time...and I know you are all thinking she is too young, and that maybe. She is too young to FULLY enjoy the zoo, but her little ever so seeking eyes found all there was too wonder, and she was really interested in alot of the exhibits. I definatly got a ton of pictures of that experience. The few photos I posted one is Emma with Daddy on the 4th with a sparkler. One is Momy & Emma at the park, she is blowing bubbles. ONe was another 4th photo op with Emma loving all over her Nonny. And the last is Emma and I on the Zoo train. I know no one understands the significance, but when I was a little girl my Mom took me on the train everytime we went and I have this picture with Me, My Mom, and a stuffed animal...and I had to have one with my little girl, actually I got a few. Okay folks that is enough blogging for me I think it is off to bed.

Emma growing up

I know we have not been keeping you updated, but time has been tight. While I have a few minutes I wanted to let everyone know of Emma's growth. In a little close to 2 wks she will be 6 months old, And is sitting up fairly well on her own. She is also getting quite the personality of her own she squeals, spits and coes alot. She also loves her food. Her favorite veggies are carrots, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes and peas. She loves her fruit too, bananas, mango, apples and blueberries that is all we have tried thus far. And she weighs 17 Lbs 12 ozs. I think that about covers it..oh and we are pericing her ears next month, yay.

Lovely day at the park

While we have to pictures of the park. It was a wonderful day. We met at The International Rose Garden at Washington Park. We met up with Meesh and Baby Will. WE sat and had a light snack at the playground and then walked down to the Rose Garden, which I must say is NOT stroller friendly! Phewy on them. And now we are sitting at home...a nice day. One I enjoyed thoroughly.

Getting out of the house

Em and I have finally found something to get us out of the house...we are taking Baby Message Classes. I know lame, but we like it..we have something to look forward to Fridays. And Daddy and I have found a fairly happy medium. Mac' is a crazy little devil who gets into everything, but really does cuddle well. It has been 4 months and ten days since my little girls birth and I spent the first night away from her May 13th. She stayed the night at my aunts I needed some space, I love her to death but I felt like I always had her...which any mother will tell you starts wearing heavy on your nerves. The night nothing big...a movie then to bed where I slept horribly (woke with a kink) but through out the night I felt like I was missing something...kinda like where did my cell phone go. And I had to tie myself to the couch to keep from running over there as soon as I woke up...and found out what I already knew my baby is a happy baby and she is a gem. I know that I need a day here and there to just worry about me. And I know she needs it to start with her independence but after it comes to an end and I get to pick her back up it is like her birth all over again, and emotional meeting without the pain. LOL