Sugar Mountain

This past weekend we went to Sugar Mountain with Paul's family.  Fred, Gin-g, Paul, Blake, and Emily ended up going tubing instead of skiing and from all reports they had a great time.  We're all excited that next year Emmie will be old enough to go tubing...she's going to have so much fun!  After everyone got back from tubing we took Emmie outside on the hill behind the condo and the guys packed down some snow for her and we slid her down the hill.  She didn't object to it but I wouldn't say she loved it...she was mostly confused about what those crazy adults were doing.  She spends a lot of time thinking we're all crazy.  After awhile we went and got a cookie sheet and sat her on that. 

There was sooo much snow on the balcony! 

Sitting outside with all her snow gear on.

Paul making a snow angel on the balcony.

Slidding down the hill.

Playing in the snow with Papa Coach.

Emily and Blake getting her set on the cookie sheet.

When she wasn't playing in the snow we entertained her in the condo.  There were lots of fun things to do and really everything's fun when you have an adoring audience.

GG put on a puppet show with Emmie's animals up in the loft.

There was a spiral staircase...Emmie was constantly crawling over there to try and climb up!

Greeting her adoring subjects!

I just love this picture.  She's giving her mousie some water...what a little nurturer...until she tossed him on his head...hmm...might need to work on that...she's going to be such a good big sister (don't worry...we'll have curbed the "tossing the baby on it's head" behavior by then!).

The place we stayed wasn't pet friendly so Franklin stayed with my parents while we were gone.  Apparently he slept pretty much the whole time!  I figure he was taking advantage of being able to sleep without having to worry about a baby trying to pet him!



Show Us Your Life

This week on Kelly's Korner she's doing Show Us Your Singles.  I have a few single friends that I think are absolutely fabulous and I've always on the lookout for the perfect person to set them up with.  So, this week I'm turning to Kelly's Korner to find someone for my friend Kristy.

Kristy is 30 years old and lives in Columbia, SC where she is a pediatrician (and a fabulous one at that!).  Kristy is originally from Conway, SC and she is a graduate of Furman University and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.  The most important thing to know about Kristy is that she loves Jesus and she is looking for someone who shares this love.  She is active in our church and has been on multiple medical mission trips.  Kristy is also a big football fan and attends as many USC football games as she can each year.  While she was at Furman Kristy was a member of the band and she still enjoys watching the bands at halftime during the football games.  Kristy is very much a people person and she's always organizing social activities for her friends, such as dinner out or going to the movies or the lake.  She's also one of those people who can't go anywhere without running into someone she knows!  One thing I like about Kristy is that she's a good listener and is easy to talk to and she's a very practical person so she gives great advice.  Kristy also has an adorable labradoodle named Sydney who's around a year old and is so much fun!

If you know someone who is interested in getting to know Kristy email me at lucybell83@yahoo.com or leave a comment!

Birthday

Yes, I know, this post is super duper late but better late than never right?  By the way, I'm FINALLY back online...yay!
We had Emmie's birthday at our house on December 19th.  Afterward I told Paul that this would probably be her most elaborate birthday party and she won't even remember it!  Luckily, I had lots of help from the grandmothers.  They both brought lots of yummy food so I didn't have to make too much.  Also, our friends Abby and Ben drove down from DC for the party and they got to town on Saturday and were a HUGE help!  I was worried about Emmie being overwhelmed by all the people but it didn't seem to faze her at all.  Franklin on the other hand kept hidding behind me whenever someone new would come in...then he found his Gran's lap so he calmed down a bit.  All in all we had a great time...especially the birthday girl.

Emmie's birthday sign that I made.  I was inspired by the banner that Mac had at his party.  I was sooo pleased with how it turned out!

My Martha Stewart ladybug cupcakes.  They were supposed to have black licorice antenna but apparently no one in Columbia carries thin black licorice so our ladybugs had no antenna...but they were still cute and yummy!

The food table. (Have you figured out yet what the color scheme was?)

Emmie's birthday dress that I made her and Christa monogrammed

Emmie playing with my cousin's little boy Corey. (When I went to take the picture they were playing together but of course Emmie moved before I could take the picture.)

Addison and her parents, Rebekah and Ryan, were in town visiting Rebekah's mom so they came by the party for a bit.  It was so good to see them! (Rebekah was my walking buddy in the neighborhood and I miss all of them soooo much.)

Liv and Kristi and Kristi's cousin came to the party as well. 

Emmie and her Great-Grandmothers.  My Grandmother is on the left and Paul's Mammy is on the right.  Emmie thinks Great-Grandmother's are great!

Emmie and Liv playing with one of Emmie's new toys.

Emmie's birthday cupcake.

After I put it on her tray she kept looking at it like she wasn't sure what to do with the cupcake.

(Sorry about my butt in the picture...my internet conection is too fragile to worry about cropping...I have to get all this typed before I lose it!)

I put a bite in her mouth and...

...she thought about it...

...and decided that cupcakes were so good she should stuff the whole thing in her mouth at one time!

This was at the end and you'll notice there's not too much of a mess...that's because she didn't let many bites escape!

This wagon was one of her presents so after her party we took a walk around the block and tried it out...she loved it...especially since it had a cupholder for her water!

13 Months

I am 13 months old!

• I wear 12mo and 12-18mo clothes and I mostly wear 18mo pajamas.
• I wear a size 4 shoe.
• I wear a size 4 diaper.
• This month I celebrated my 2nd Christmas.

• It snowed TWICE this month!


• I went to Sugar Moutain with GG, Papa Coach, Uncle Blake, Emily, and Mommy and Daddy.  I can't wait to go back next year when I'm old enough to go tubing!

• I went to visit Gran and Grandaddy this month and the Giant came home from college for a few days to visit with me!
• I'm walking more and more.
• I've started learning that I can climb on things which makes life quite interesting for whomever is watching me!
• I had strawberries for the first time this month and they were yummy!
• I went on green vegetable strike this month.  Although I will eat brocolli or peas mixed with yogurt but I don't like fruit mixed in my yogurt. (Strange, I know.)
• I became a hat lover this month.

Sunday Style Section

After not having internet access I'm definitely playing catch up with Sunday Style Section!  Emmie got so many cute clothes for Christmas and then I couldn't share them with everyone!  Hopefully the internet issue at our house will be solved soon!

This is an outfit that Paul's parents gave Emmie for Christmas and I LOVE it!  Really, what's not to love?  It's pink and green for my future DZ!

So...I really like this dress and when I bought the tights you couldn't see that there was red on them because of the way they were folded...I was not happy about the red but what can you do?  Next time we will wear this with some pink tights.

How cute is this consignment store find?  The sleeves are fuzzy!

Another cute outfit from Paul's parents!  The best part?

The matching hat!  On a side note...Emmie has suddenly become a hat fan!

This cute little knit dress is another consignment find.  I think she looks like a future tennis player...minus the crying...she was in a bad mood that day and this was the best I could get!

I love this purple outfit!  And it has a hat!  Uncle Blake gave this to Emmie for Christmas and she LOVES wearing the hat...she'll wear it with any outfit!

How cute is this little Ralph Lauren outfit?  It's from Paul's Aunt Shirley and it looks great with a big pink bow!

I think this is the picture of the week...the fauxhawk!  This was after her bath the other day...we were being silly.

Her fuzzy shirt again with some jeans.  We'd already been through 3 pairs of hot pink pants...her stomach was upset from the antibiotics she's on for her ear infection...poor baby.  Also stylish?  The rocking chair from Gran!  She climbed in and out all day.

I just think she looks so sweet in this picture!

Emmie in ALL her snow gear!

It's stylish to sled down a hill on a cookie sheet! 

Last but certaintly not least...Paul making a snow angel!  Ha!

Playdate

Last week my friend Tiffany from work and her daughter Josie came over to play.  Josie is 3 weeks younger than Emmie and they had lots of fun "playing" together.  We hadn't seen them in a while and Tiffany and I had a lot of catching up to do!

Emmie says...

Emmie wanted to make this post...she's quite excited about it!

Guess what everybody?  I've got a BIG announcement!  I'm soooo excited (I think)...

I'm going to be a ....

That's right!  My mommy's due date is July 23rd so she is 12 1/2 weeks pregnant!