Playdates Galore

This week was a great one, Emerson and I were all over the place visiting friends and meeting new ones! We started out the week going over to Cathy (Corrie) Froese's house. She was in town from Canada and has a little girl, Bailey, who is 2 1/2 and her little man, Cooper, will be 1 at the end of May. We had a great time catching up- it had been since last summer that we had seen each other. I swear, we'll make the trip up to Canada one of these days.

LOVE this picture of Cooper. It was the best I could get of all three...


We had a great lunch and I got two people looking at the camera. Not bad.
That night we met Shawna and Grace Testerman and Will, Jonathan and Amber at McDonalds for $1.79 Happy Meals and some time to play in the Playland. It was awesome.






She loved crawling through the tunnel thing after a little coaxing.

Yesterday, I visited my girlfriend who I went to the police academy with who has a 4 week old, Gracie. It was Emerson's first time around a teeny baby and she did pretty well but darn it, I forgot my camera! You'll have to take my word for it, she's BEAUTIFUL!

THEN today, we went out to Kansas to see little Hadleigh Von! She was so precious- and so very tiny. SUCH a beautiful baby.
Emerson and Audrey got to playing after sniffing each other out, so to speak. Can I say how much fun it is that they are so close in age? Stacy and I were joking today that they won't get to be roommates on Solah like we were, because we're all broke these days, they'll have to get an apartment together and go to Longview! Just kidding girls. (Sort of...)

I went upstairs to change Hadleigh's diaper and came back to this. Priceless!

The girls shared some Goldfish as a snack.

I put on Baby Einstein (or Crack TV as I call it) and they were mezmorized. Audrey has taken to her old "bucket" they've gotten back out for Hadleigh. Hilarious! Miss Emerson so pooped after our busy week! She's still sleeping as we speak. Have a great weekend! I'll update soon!

What we've been up to...

We've had a busy couple of weeks- I quit my job at Smokehouse (long story) and have started working at Outback. So it's been crazy getting used to a different restaurant but it's going well. Oh- and I shouldn't blame my lack of blogging just on my new job- the real reason is because I discovered Facebook. Good lord. Thank goodness the newness has worn off a bit because MAN it's addictive!

I had to work on St. Patrick's Day and was bitter Bob about it, but maybe next year. Emerson was in the green spirit however...



"Get my binky down!"


"Please!!!!!"


"Thanks."


Miss Emerson last year on her first St. Patrick's Day. Seems like yesterday!!!



Such a face... She's up to something for sure.



I hosted Bunco last Monday and here are my 3 pregnant BFFs hanging out in Emerson's room. (When do you stop calling it a nursery????) Amber (whose baby boy is coming two weeks from today!), Katy Z. who is due mid-May and Fran who is due with her second baby girl in July. Another one of my BFs (Stacy) just had her baby, Hadleigh. It's in the water- I'm sticking to Diet Coke!


My little mooch. Once we sit down to eat anything, she is not far behind wanting whatever it is we're having. Bunco night it was chili Frito pies. Yum!


Notice she's trying on my slippers... Hopefully her feet will never be as big as mine.


Emerson "dancing" at dinner at Harry's Country Club. It's her new thing.


Ryan's parents came in town for the weekend to get their Emerson fix and we took them to Power and Light before the night "rush." The PBR thing makes for a cool backdrop!

It's not about me anymore!

I was talking to a wise man once (Ken Mac!) and I was telling him how I always get Emerson all dressed up anytime we leave the house and how I always look terrible. She hardly wears an outfit twice and I'm in the same pair of my brother's old sweatpants (that I swear will "mysteriously" disappear someday) and a hoodie. Ken, without hesitation, said, "Yes, but wouldn't it be sad if it were the other way around?"
Well said, Ken.
On that note, a perfect example from last Sunday Night Dinner and our getups...

Cute as a bug, Emerson.



And then there's me...

















(In that damn shirt again!!!)
















Oh well, as long as we're all happy and healthy, right??? :)

My Two Valentines

Valentines Day this year I worked at Smokehouse. The Fish promised we'd be busy so I sucked it up so Miss Emerson was Ryan's valentine this year.

This was her first valentine outfit earlier in the week with some random face...

Her Saturday Valentine's Day getup for her big night out on the town with dad.

Ryan took her out to Bass Pro to look at the ducks (real and fake.)

And then took her for some drinks...
They had dinner out too (at Taco Bell) and Ryan said she was a very good girl...

Emerson is enjoying her SpongeBob card (with stickers!) from Uncle Cole and Aunt Sarah. Thanks for her gifts, guys!
Silly faces the next morning... (I swear I do own other sweatshirts...!)

He's Back!

So the reason for my lack of blogging and lack of recent pictures of Miss Emerson is because Ryan was in Europe for work for 3 weeks! He took the camera with him, of course, so I thought I'd post a couple of his trip! He was in Paris for a week, Germany for a week and then 5 days in London. He worked his tail off but had a good time and is happy to be back in the good ole USA. Thanks to all of you for your positive thoughts you sent my way with me being a single mom for 3 weeks! Thank you for your phone calls and taking us under your wing. (You know who you are!!!! ;)

Ryan was in London for their first snow in 20 years or something. Not a big deal to us but I guess it sort of shut the city down! This is his view from his hotel room.

Ryan bought Emerson a Paddington Bear book- priceless!

I did take a couple of pics last week when the weather was so beautiful. We brought up her swing and had some fun outside.

You can sort of see her two teeth she got about 3 weeks ago. FINALLY! I was starting to get worried! Thank you, Ginelle, for calming my fears- she does have teeth!