McCranie's

June 20th

2009-06-21T18:15:00.000-07:00

Todd wanted to begin celebrating Emily's 2nd birthday early. We went to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner. Emily loves this place. She went to a birthday party there a few months ago. That was her first experience there. She had a wonderful time running from machine to machine. She didn't really play any, she just liked moving the gearshifts up and down and pretending to drive some of the cars. They have a Toddler section. She did get to ride the Barney ride. She was 'riding in the car with Barney' and he was singing the whole ride. She had a ball on that one. Of course she had to go down the slide. Up the stairs, down the slide, do it again, and again, and again, and again. You ge the idea.

We didn't get any pictures since we left the camera at home. :( But I am making up for it with lots of pictures of the rest of Emily's birthday celebrations!

Easter Fun

2009-04-17T18:49:00.000-07:00

On Saturday before Easter our Ward had an Easter Egg Hunt for all the kids. For each child who particiapated in the hunt you brought a dozen eggs to hide. It was Emily's first time on a hunt and she picked up quick on how to play the game. I have had my 3 oldest nieces particiapate in the past and it was fun to have 2 of the 3 younger kids come and join in the fun with Emily.

Emily getting ready for the hunt. Each child gets to hunt and take home a dozen eggs. It is fun to see what is in each one.

Emily, Kelsey, and Will in action!

Trying to get a group shot of all the Hunters!

As good as it's going to get!

Here are "The Girls".

Here is one trying to get all the kids. As you can see they would not all look the same way at the same time.

All in all we had a great time. It was just too short. It was nice to have most of my nieces and nephew join in the fun.

2009-03-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

This week Emily has started some really exciting things. She is running everywhere, of course. I think she has one speed...fast. She has started using complete sentences. For example, "Hello how are you?" and "I watch Barney". It was cute and exciting and amazing all at the same time. She is growing up so fast. She really enjoys Nursery. After sacrament she wants to walk (really run) to Nursery. Last week she ran past the door to class and she stopped and turned around and ran right on in the classroom. No bye to Mom or anything. I am gratefull that she enjoys Nursery and just goes right on in. No seperation issues with her!

Barney Barney Barney

2009-02-05T12:01:00.000-08:00

Emily has discovered Barney. She wakes up saying Barney. That is all she wants to watch these days. My sister in law had tons of tapes she let me borrow. My nephew when through a huge Barney phase as well. She discovered how to turn the tape the correct way to get it into the VHS player. It was cute watching do that for the first time.

She is growing and changing every day. It is truly amazing to see her. She is a huge blessing in our lives. I can't image my life without her.

We went to Cici's for dinner last week and she loved it. It is nice to be able to put a plate of food in front of her and she will eat it on her own.

Cooking Cooking Cooking

2009-01-26T18:29:00.001-08:00

What a day I had on Saturday. My friend Heather and I prepared freezer meals. Heather made 11 meals plus one dessert and I make 6 meals. It only took about 5 hours and we have meals for the next 2-3 weeks. It was great. We decided to try and do this once a month. Hopefully this will make meal prep easier and smarter. :)

These are some of the ingredients we started with.

These are most of the finished meals.

We had a great time sharing recipes and chatting while planning and cooking. We may have to find some other recipes to try next time. If you have any ideas or recipes you are willing to share . . . I am all ears.

Merry Christmas!~

2008-12-26T20:06:00.001-08:00

We have a wonderful second Christmas with Emily. She so enjoyed opening presents and getting excited about them. She is now a professional present opener. No help needed. It is exciting to see her grow up and enjoy this experience. It is sad too that she is growing up so fast. She is just jammering away all the time. She is so good at copying what we say. Double syllable words and saying 'bless you' after a sneeze. It really is cute.
Hope ya'll had a wonderful Christmas with friends and family.

2008-12-19T18:49:00.001-08:00

Wow! It is hard to believe a month has gone by since I last posted. I have lots to do and catch up on. Maybe soon I can get pictures downloaded and post some here. This week has been so incredible busy. I don't know where the time goes.

Emily Anne

2008-11-21T05:27:00.000-08:00

Dinner at Cici's Pizza

2008-11-21T04:57:00.000-08:00

Last night we had a night out as a family. Emily has been off baby food for some time now and I am still working on feeding her all the same things we are eating. Last night was the first time she picked up a slice of pizza and went to town with it. It was great to see! She just enjoyed herself. It is awesome to see her growing up and enjoying food. (Much like her Dad!~). Now that she has all those teeth, I feel more comfortable giving her different types of food. She loves dark meat chicken the best with Mac 'n Cheese coming in slightly ahead.

Emily Update

2008-11-18T07:45:00.000-08:00

I though I would get started with an update on what Emily is up to these days.

STAIRS:
Emily has been going up for some time now. She has now mastered going down the stairs. It still scares me but not as much. She is becoming a real pro at it.

TEETH:
We thought she wasn't going to ever get any in. The Pediatrician said not to worry until she was 15 months and still toothless. Well at 13 months that first one popped out. Then 2 more quickly came. Now at almost 17 months she as 5 more popped thru. 4 of those being her first molars. I am really surprised she had taken them as easily as she has. There are a couple of more that are on their way to popping out soon. Before too much longer she will have a whole mouth full.
She is really excited to brush her teeth. I think she like the flavor of the toothpaste more than anything!

TALKING:
She is jabbering all the time now. Her vocabulary list is growing each day. She can say Mama, Dad, Em (for Emily), up, banana, apple, waffle, hi, bye-bye, go, ball, all done, and even this week she has learned Football and Baseball. She is working on Jesus, down, and milk. She even says some of her favorite songs: Ba Ba Black Sheep, eieio for Old MacDonald, Row Row Row your boat, and she shakes her head side to side for Wheels on the Bus. (Wipers go swish swish swish which I move my head from side to side.) She is pretty amazing to us.

BOOKS:
Emily loves looking at books and turning the pages. We try to read each morning. We have started going to storytime at the local library. She is doing good with learning to sit and pay attention. Hopefully she will continue to enjoy books and reading like I do.

Just Getting Started

2008-11-16T18:31:00.000-08:00

Well we finally decided to start a Blog. We have friends and family far away and I think this will be easier to keep updated than e-mailing. Not that I don't LOVE e-mail, but we are all busy and it is hard sometimes to keep up with everything.