What We've Been Up To...

I feel like I haven't updated our goings on for a while. Part of my problem is that I keep forgetting to take my camera with us when we go places. I've also temporarily misplaced my camera twice this week. When I don't have pictures to post I'm much slacker about updating the blog!

-Friday we went to the Children's Garden with Emmie's friend Will who will be 3 in January. We met Will at My Gym when Emmie was around a year old. Emmie was still pretty much too little to jump on the trampoline but during Free Play she would sit on it and Will would jump...she loved it! Will would always come and find Emmie and say "Come jump baby." So cute! Anway, we hadn't seen Will in a long time but Emmie and Will were in the same class one Saturday and now that his mom, Carissa, isn't working anymore they're free during the week. They had so much fun running around at the Children's Garden and Carissa, Ellie, and I had a great time hanging out. Will was so sweet with Ellie. One time he came over and gave her a hug and as soon as he moved away Emmie stepped in and wrapped her arms around Ellie and cut her eyes at Will...as in, "this is MY baby". It was pretty funny. Will's dad actually works for the same company as my dad and Jason just started working some in the Greenville office and eventually they will move up there.  See, all my friends move.

-Monday we went to the Children's Garden with Lindsay from work and her little boy Mason (8ish months) and Marie Lousie from church and her girls Evelyn (2) and Libby (8ish months). My camera actually did make it that day but I was pretty slack with my picture taking. I think everyone had a good time although Emmie kept hugging Evelyn and knocking her down. She doesn't give the most gentle of hugs.

Emmie hugging Mason.

Hugging Evelyn.

 



Mason, Emmie, Ellie, Libby (she's over there with ML), and Evelyn.



-Wednesday we went to My Gym where Emmie introduced herself during circle time. (In our world this is a big deal. All these kids who are normally so outspoken suddenly become super shy when it's time to say their name!) Later in the day we went to Publix where I saved over 50% and got some great deals on diapers and wipes!

-Today we went over to play with Jackson and his mom Christina. Jackson and Emmie were HILARIOUS! I thought I had my camera with me but it had fallen out in the car and I hate that I didn't get any pictures. Jackson has tons of great toys, including a swing set! They laughed and played and ran around after each other....so cute! Jackson's swing set has a little clubhouse and there's a door on the bottom and every time they went over to the door he would hold it open for Emmie...what a gentleman! Jackson and Emmie were standing next to each other and Jackson lifted his arm up like he was going to put it around her and then changed his mind...it was like a flashforward to their teenage years! Christina and I both saw it and we laughed pretty hard! -I love to watch Emmie play with other kids. Sometimes she does more of the "parallel play" where they both play but don't really interact and sometimes, like with Jackson, she plays WITH her friend which is so much fun to watch! -The past 2 nights Ellie has slept for about 10 hours straight...woohoo! One night she went to sleep around 8 slept until about 5:40 and then went back down until 7:45 and last night she "went to bed" at 8 but actually was up till about 9:30 and then slept until 7:30 this morning. She did wake up around 1:15 but I went in her room, put the pacifier in the mouth, patted her back about three times and went back to bed. I've definitely enjoyed the extra sleep! -Ellie's been working on her tummy time. I laid her on my bed today while I was standing beside her folding laundry and she enjoyed it because she could see me really well.

-Other than the whole not wanting to sleep for long periods of time at night thing (hopefully we've turned a corner on that) Ellie is a great baby. She's so happy and loves to just lay around on a blanket and watch all the craziness around her. She is sooo smiley and has started really laughing...such a great sound! She only takes little catnaps but as long as she's happy I'm ok with that.
-When she's not yelling "no" or completely ignoring what you say, Emmie is at a really fun age right now. Everything is a new adventure and the other day she got out of bed and started dancing around the kitchen laughing at the top of her lungs...what a great way to start the day!
-I'm watch a lot of primetime TV but there are some shows I'm currently obsessed with. I love Big Bang Theory. Always have, always will. Castle, NCIS, X Factor, Mentalist, Desperate, and Greys...all good. I also really like Unforgettable...it's a good twist on a cop show. But my OBSESSION is Revenge. It's on ABC and it is riveting! It was only supposed to be a one season show but apparently it's such a hit they've found a way to stretch it to a second season. I just hope they don't ruin it. This year I stopped watching Private Practice and I must say, I haven't missed it. I'm considering giving up NCIS Los Angeles.
-Emmie is currently quite interested in all the leaves that are falling. I can't wait until we have a yard full of leaves that we (meaning Paul) can rake in to a big pile and let her jump in them!