Monday, July 23, 2007

Memorial Weekend 2007

Brother working on J's fort
Everyone pitches in to help J with his presents!!


Emmi notices Uncle Brentie's "bling"
Very First Skating Lesson!!

She's a natural!!

Captain "Jake" Sparrow

Friday, July 20, 2007

May 2007

Just a day at the park....home in La Center~




May 2007






May 2007

Sleeping Beauty


May 2007

My sweet and beautiful girl on my birthday

Easter 2007

Best Easter with my Daughter~








April 2007

Fun day outside with Mommy~









April 2007

Emmi's Favorite Bear, "Boo"



April 2007

NapTime with Mommy

April 2007

I love this girl!!!

April 2007

Fun Day at the Lake!
My Little Tree Kisser!







March 2007

To Grandma's House we go!!

Dancin' Dancin!!
Sweet Jacob Matthew

Loungin' around.....

March 2007


Nighty-Night Love Bug

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Simple Update

Emily and I are getting happily settled into our new life. Emily is absolutely thrilled to spend every day playing with Uncle Jacob!! She is quite the Grandpa's Girl, even though if you asked mom she'd say Emily's a Grandma's Girl~ Emily's vocabulary has expanded tremendously! Every day there's new words and phrases! Last night she said her own name for the first time....unfortunately I have yet to hear it... She knows who everyone is and also responds to & understands all commands. She is so content and always so sweet & loving. She remains to be the happiest baby that I have ever seen! She's also the tallest one-and-a-half year old that I have ever seen. She is taller than her new friend Lakota, who happens to turn 3 in August! I have always said that she's my little super-model!!

I am loving my new job! I work in the Birthing Center at St. John's hospital in Longview. It is so wonderful being right in the middle of all of the new babies being born! I even was lucky enough to hold a brand new 11-hour-old baby girl for almost an hour! Talk about perks of the job! It's a commute from home, but the 30 mile drive goes pretty fast both ways.

Needless to say, I am very satisfied with my life-changing decision for my daughter and I. Things are swiftly moving in a very positive direction for us. She is obviously happy and I, too, feel SO MUCH better... at home... with family~

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Being your Mother

My dearest Emily Jane,
Being your mother has been the greatest gift I could ever imagine... You have completely changed my life, and I am forever grateful! Nothing has ever been so important, or meant so much. The past 18-and-a-half months of my life have been so incredible! Watching you grow and learn, and develop into the most beautiful and amazing little girl... I am so lucky! Every day I am so thankful that we are together.
I'd also like to thank you for the mother that you have created in me. I am a new person, with a whole new set of values, responsibilities and priorities. And the love in my heart that you have created!! I am so full of love for you! My cup runneth over.....
My angel, my heart... you are so forever loved