Emily and Me

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Fun in the kitchen with mommy!!

Emily just loves to help Momma in the kitchen! Earlier this week she helped me make spinach dip!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Homemade Tooth-box for the Tooth Fairy's upcoming visit!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Never Grow Up...

To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that...

I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No, no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up...

Just stay this little...
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up

First grade!!!

So after several years of wondering when I was going to have the time to catch up... I finally decided to just do it and to not look back.

My little girl started the first grade today! I don't know how it happened!! Just yesterday I could hold her lengthwise on my forearm while I vacuumed :)
I am so proud of the beautiful person Emily has blossomed into! She is so bright and intuitive, and immensely loving and thoughtful! She is my bright, shining star.
Today at school she was the superstar for the day! She led the line to recess and to the cafeteria. She made two new friends, Iris and Savannah. I think that sounds like a wonderful way to start a new school year!
We are both really looking forward to a new school year; at a new school and with new friends. I think first grade will be quite an adventure!!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Special Day at School, April 16, 2008

My Little Ham!

Isn't that the funniest and cutest smile??!!??! :)

My big girl....she is growing so fast and getting so big.

When I look at her, I try so hard to see my little tiny baby girl.... When we are having full conversations about her day and she's telling me what she thinks about things, I just love that she's growing up into such an amazing and smart little girl.

Isn't she huge???

April 2008

In the kitchen helping us cook breakfast (in big girl panties!)

Some older stuff.....Feb 2008

My prettiest girl watching Jacob play basketball :)

Chuck E Cheese Feb 2008

We always have so much fun together at Chuck E's. Except for, of course, if HE is there. (HE translation = someone dressed as Chuck E Cheese)

I don't think Emily has ever been so terrified. Poor baby! I actually have to admit...he kinda freaks me out, too. He followed us down the hall to the women's restroom, and to this day, every time we're in a public restroom Emily asks "Is Chuck E Cheese here mommy??" She's so afraid he's going to come in!

Dora "Pumge" (Emily translation - sponge)

Our Trip to Southern Oregon - Jan 2008

We spent a marvelous weekend in my old stomping grounds... Grants Pass.

Grandpa's Hotcakes

Only in Grants Pass will my daughter get to feed a deer from her highchair.....

With our sweetest cousin, Natalie :)

Grandpa and Grandma :)

And of course, tons of presents for Emily!!!

Friday, March 14, 2008

First Zoo trip in 08!!!

Zoo Train!!!

Driving her first Land Rover!

March 4th, Emily's surgery

I recently noticed that Emily was unable to bend her right thumb. After consulting with Emily's pediatrician, we were referred to an orthopedic surgeon to take a look at it. The surgeon said that she has "trigger finger" and it's easy to fix, but it has to be done surgically. I agreed for Emily's sake and made the date with him. Even though I was terrified... SURGERY is a horrifying word for a mother about her baby daughter. I was a nervous wreck, I couldn't talk about it without crying....and don't even try talking about it with my dad :)

So on Tuesday, March 4th, my mom, brother and I took Emily to the Surgery Center for her scheduled surgery. We checked her in and they brought us back immediately. She sat on my lap anxiously, she actually loves going to the doctor. The anesthesiologist explained that he had medicine for her to make her drowsy before they put her under. (Yes, they had to put my baby under.) So we gave her the medicine and within minutes she had this blank stare on her face, she looked and acted like she was stoned. Then the nurse took her and she was off to the OR. This was the most traumatic moment for me, taking my baby away from mommy's safe arms to the Operating Room. But I held strong and walked out to the waiting room. We made small talk with another pediatrician who's husband was having surgery. Felt like ions until the Doctor came out to tell us that surgery went perfect and Emily was about to wake up. He mentioned that as soon as he loosened up the tendon in her thumb that was tightened, her thumb went boing! Straight!

Within minutes I heard my baby girl's scream. Boy, was she upset!! We rushed to her side and it took her quite some time to calm down. I can only imagine that she was scared, hurting and pissed!! Waking up to a room full of strangers with IV's in your arm and foot and this huge bandage wrapped around your arm. My poor, sweet baby. I just held her and rocked her. We were able to leave the Center right away to take her home. Of course our first stop was to McDonald's to fill her empty tummy full of her favorite pancakes!! When we got home, you'd never had known (besides the bandage) that she had just had surgery that morning!! Running around, playing, watching her favorite movies, laughing.... it was amazing. She is amazing. Throughout her entire recovery she never complained, not even once about pain. It's been 10 days today and you can barely even see the incision sight. Kids are absolutely incredible!! And mine, of course, is just even more so!!

What a trooper!!!

Getting used to the bandage

Just as happy as ever!!!

My little girl.... she is growing into such a beautiful child! She is getting so big, growing to be over 3 feet tall already!! (And she still only weighs about 27 lbs!)

She amazes me constantly about how much she learns daily. She knows her ABC's by heart, she can count to 20 all by herself - and beyond with help, she sings songs all day long that she has learned at daycare, like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star & Old MacDonald. She remembers the smallest details of her daily events, her memory is incredible. And thank goodness she didn't inherit my horrible eyesight, she can spot a plane in the sky, even if it's just a tiny dot, and she spots birds in trees from so far away! She is super curious about every noise.... "what's that noise?" she is always asking me. Even her speech amazes me, she speaks in full sentences and we carry on "grown-up" conversations. She is the biggest joy in my life and I am continually grateful for this beautiful little blessing in my life.