One of the shopping centers here does "Enchanted Snow Fall" on the weekends through Christmas. We took Emmy to see it and she loved it. It was fun to play in it. It's really tiny bubbles, but it does kind of look like snow and the kids loved it. It fell in your hair and stuck to things just like snow, but it wasn't cold! This is our kind of snow fall! :)
My baby girl is growing up too fast! She has become a little independent person. Her new favorite phrase is "I told you let me do it!" and she says it with authority.
On Monday we went to my parents house to help them out and do some crafts. When I told her it was time to go home she didn't want to go. She told me she wanted to sleep at Grammy's house! I wasn't sure what to do. I tried to talk her out of it with no luck. I looked to Shaun for reinforcement and he struck out too! Grammy said that it was ok if she stayed, but even told Emmy that Papa was going to bed and that she had things to do. Emmy was determined to spend the night there. She told me that she would be ok and that she wouldn't cry. I couldn't believe it. I wasn't sure how I felt about it. . . rejected, relieved, confused? So, we put our stuff in the car and got ready to go thinking that she'd change her mind as Shaun and I got ready to leave. No luck she waved and hugged me goodbye! Then come to find out that as she was going to sleep she didn't ask for me, she asked for Abby, the dog! It was a nice blessing because I was able to get a lot done without her around, but still. She's not even 3 yet!
Then, to top it all off she's decided that she can get out of her bed all by herself. She has been calling me from her bed to come get her since we took the railing off of the crib 2 months ago. . . What am I to do? Where has my sweet little baby gone? I guess that's just life and part of growing up! UGH!
Isn't Emmy cute? I loved the outfit that she wore to chruch so much that I just had to take her picture!
Well, I finally caved and I gave into peer pressure! I read Twilight! I had been resisting since I college ruined the joy of reading for me, but I was finally talked into reading the book that EVERYONE has been buzzing about for months! And to top it all off I did it in one day! Amazing to me since I have Emmy around. It was good and I did enjoy it, but I"m not so sure that reading is something that I should do often since not much else got done yesterday! I will have to finish the series though . . . Now I'm officially one of the club!
Last night we carved pumpkins as an extended family and had a lot of fun. Emmy helped carve a little bit, but wanted nothing to do with it when it came time to get her hands dirty. Fortunately we had bought her a little one that she could paint and she thought that was great! It was especially fun to have Cathleen there, who by the way is pumpking carving challenged! It's amazing her pumpkin turned out good! We'll get her some help for next year!
It was a very sad weekend at our house. We got home late Friday night to find out that our dog, Andrew, wasn't in the backyard. The dogs got out of the backyard, and some of our neighbors were able to catch Abby and put her back, but they couldn't catch Andrew. Unfortunately he was hit by a car and had to be put to sleep. We have all been very sad and we miss him a lot. The hardest part is Emmy asking where he is. She asks a lot. I don't think she understands why he isn't here. We've just tried to tell her the truth in hopes that it will help her. She loves the dogs and plays with them a lot. It seems like she had been paying extra attention to Andrew lately. Abby has also seemed to be missing him. We are trying to give her a little extra love and attention to help her cope. Andrew was a good dog who always liked to play and we will think about him often! It's hard to believe that he is gone.
Well it finally happened. . . I was dreading it, but it's done. We took the crib railing off of Emmy's bed. Yes she is 2 1/2, but she hadn't tried to crawl out of her crib until last week. When I told Shaun about it, he decided that she was too old to be in the crib still. So, when he got home from work on Friday the front railing came off. I have to admit that I was really kind of bummed about the whole thing because I enjoyed the freedom of having her "stuck" in her bed. I was dreading the thought of her coming out whenever she wanted. I was thinking about struggling with her at nap time to get her to stay in bed and take a nap and just didn't want to deal with it! But alas, I had no choice. I must also add that when her Daddy took off the railing she cried saying, "my crib, don't take my crib away" and wanted us to put it back on! I almost had Shaun talked into putting it back, but he wasn't having it. It was time for her to grow up. To my surprise since it came off on Friday she has not gotten out of her bed! She will still even call me to come and get her when she wants to wake up! I couldn't believe it. She is such a strong willed little girl that I was sure she would take advantage of her freedom. It's actually been a little bit easier to get her to go to nap and sleep because she can do it herself. I don't know if it's because it hasn't clicked that she can get out or if she just likes to yell. Maybe she's just a really obedient kid (yeah right!). Now she tells me that she needs her bed because she's getting bigger. Although, last night she did ask me if she could have her crib back. I hope this post doesn't jinx the luck that we have enjoyed thus far! Maybe now it's time to redo her room decor!
Here's the birthday boy helping the magician do one of his tricks. I love the expression on Joey's face. Classic!
Emmy and Cathleen. Emmy wouldn't leave her alone the whole weekend. She lover her so much. Cathleen had taught Emmy to say the "Captian Jack . . . Hot", but this weekend Emmy told her, "Captain Jack not hot anymore!". Cathleen was crushed!
Emmy would laugh just because the other kids were. It was pretty funny to watch.
Cathleen posing for the camera. Isn't she cute???
Happy birthday Joey!
