I would love it if you would check out this video....
Dont worry...it's nothing inappropriate. Its very sweet and it should tug at your heart strings just a little bit :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCdZwitrNoY&feature=channel
I would also appreciate it, if you read this, to PLEASE comment!! I am thinking of forgetting this whole blogging thing, because I feel like I am writing to myself...and I already know everything I want to say!!!
(Chelsea...I know you read it :-) )
Thanks!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
We saw Santa!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Have Kids???
Thinking of Having Kids? Do this 15 step program first!
Lesson 1
1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time.
Lesson 2
Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...
1. Methods of discipline.
2. Lack of patience.
3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.
4. Allowing their children to run wild.
5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, atisleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.
Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.
Lesson 3
A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...
1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)
2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.
3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.
4. Set the alarm for 3AM.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.
6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.
7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.
9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)
Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.
Lesson 4
Can you stand the mess children make? To find out...
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.
2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.
4. Then rub them on the clean walls.
5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.
6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?
Lesson 5
Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.
1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this - all morning.
Lesson 6
1. Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and a jar of paint, turn it into an alligator.
2. Now take the tube from a roll of toilet paper. Using only Scotch tape and a piece of aluminum foil, turn it into an attractive Christmas candle.
3. Last, take a milk carton, a ping-pong ball, and an empty packet of Cocoa Puffs. Make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower.
Lesson 7
Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.
1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.
2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.
3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.
4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.
Lesson 8
1. Get ready to go out.
2. Sit on the floor of your bathroom reading picture books for half an hour.
3. Go out the front door.
4. Come in again. Go out.
5. Come back in.
6. Go out again.
7. Walk down the front path.
8. Walk back up it.
9. Walk down it again.
10. Walk very slowly down the sidewalk for five minutes.
11. Stop, inspect minutely, and ask at least 6 questions about every cigarette butt, piece of used chewing gum, dirty tissue, and dead insect along the way.
12. Retrace your steps.
13. Scream that you have had as much as you can stand until the neighbors come out and stare at you.
14. Give up and go back into the house. You are now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk.
Lesson 9
Repeat everything you have learned at least (if not more than) five times.
Lesson 10
Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is also excellent). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.
Lesson 11
1. Hollow out a melon.
2. Make a small hole in the side.
3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.
4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.
5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.
6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air. You are now ready to feed a nine- month old baby.
Lesson 12
Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.
Lesson 13
Move to the tropics. Find or make a compost pile. Dig down about halfway and stick your nose in it. Do this 3-5 times a day for at least two years.
Lesson 14
Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.
Lesson 15
Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 14 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.
Lesson 1
1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time.
Lesson 2
Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...
1. Methods of discipline.
2. Lack of patience.
3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.
4. Allowing their children to run wild.
5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, atisleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.
Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.
Lesson 3
A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...
1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)
2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.
3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.
4. Set the alarm for 3AM.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.
6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.
7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.
9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)
Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.
Lesson 4
Can you stand the mess children make? To find out...
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.
2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.
4. Then rub them on the clean walls.
5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.
6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?
Lesson 5
Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.
1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this - all morning.
Lesson 6
1. Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and a jar of paint, turn it into an alligator.
2. Now take the tube from a roll of toilet paper. Using only Scotch tape and a piece of aluminum foil, turn it into an attractive Christmas candle.
3. Last, take a milk carton, a ping-pong ball, and an empty packet of Cocoa Puffs. Make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower.
Lesson 7
Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.
1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.
2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.
3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.
4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.
Lesson 8
1. Get ready to go out.
2. Sit on the floor of your bathroom reading picture books for half an hour.
3. Go out the front door.
4. Come in again. Go out.
5. Come back in.
6. Go out again.
7. Walk down the front path.
8. Walk back up it.
9. Walk down it again.
10. Walk very slowly down the sidewalk for five minutes.
11. Stop, inspect minutely, and ask at least 6 questions about every cigarette butt, piece of used chewing gum, dirty tissue, and dead insect along the way.
12. Retrace your steps.
13. Scream that you have had as much as you can stand until the neighbors come out and stare at you.
14. Give up and go back into the house. You are now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk.
Lesson 9
Repeat everything you have learned at least (if not more than) five times.
Lesson 10
Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is also excellent). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.
Lesson 11
1. Hollow out a melon.
2. Make a small hole in the side.
3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.
4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.
5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.
6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air. You are now ready to feed a nine- month old baby.
Lesson 12
Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.
Lesson 13
Move to the tropics. Find or make a compost pile. Dig down about halfway and stick your nose in it. Do this 3-5 times a day for at least two years.
Lesson 14
Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.
Lesson 15
Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 14 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.
Check this out!
Check out these super cute EcoZoo Bags and enter for a chance to win the little pig bag!!
http://justwemoms.blogspot.com/2008/11/ecozoo-bags-and-giveaway.html
http://justwemoms.blogspot.com/2008/11/ecozoo-bags-and-giveaway.html
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Day light savings...
I hate it. Who's bright idea was it anyway??? Did they NOT have kids?
Emersan usually goes to bed between 6:30 and 7 and gets up around 7. Day light savings time screwed us up big time.
Night one: Went to bed at 7:15(8:15 before DST) due to a birthday party. Got up at 5:45!!!
Night two: Went to bed at 5:30(this is what I get for having Dustin watch her so I could go to class) got up at 5 am.
Finally tonight, night three, she stayed up until 7:30. I am hoping and praying that she sleeps past 6:30. It is wrecking havoc on her. She fell asleep on the floor at the babysitters today and she has NEVER fallen asleep anywhere other than in her bed or a place that resembles a bed(pack and play). Then she took at 3 1/2 hour nap after the little cat nap on the floor! So...I am hoping we are caught up and we will be ok from here on out.
Emersan usually goes to bed between 6:30 and 7 and gets up around 7. Day light savings time screwed us up big time.
Night one: Went to bed at 7:15(8:15 before DST) due to a birthday party. Got up at 5:45!!!
Night two: Went to bed at 5:30(this is what I get for having Dustin watch her so I could go to class) got up at 5 am.
Finally tonight, night three, she stayed up until 7:30. I am hoping and praying that she sleeps past 6:30. It is wrecking havoc on her. She fell asleep on the floor at the babysitters today and she has NEVER fallen asleep anywhere other than in her bed or a place that resembles a bed(pack and play). Then she took at 3 1/2 hour nap after the little cat nap on the floor! So...I am hoping we are caught up and we will be ok from here on out.
Election Day!
Today we voted. I was prepared for the worst... long lines. I had to re-register because of change of address and I was in and out in 10 minutes. It was great.
They had a mock election for all the students today...hosted by 5th grade. At the end of the day, the votes were tallied and...
OBAMA WON BY 16 VOTES.
Another elementary school did this a few weeks back and it was a tie!! I have never seen kids so involved in the election. There were posters around school on the candidates that the students made telling you why you should vote for each one. Little conversations here and there were overheard from little kids about why they should vote for whom ever. I had to stop 2 little kids and tell them that both candidates were still good guys, no matter what happens. It was cute. Just think..2nd graders debating politics on the way to recess!
I hope you voted! What a privelage it is that we are able to!
They had a mock election for all the students today...hosted by 5th grade. At the end of the day, the votes were tallied and...
OBAMA WON BY 16 VOTES.
Another elementary school did this a few weeks back and it was a tie!! I have never seen kids so involved in the election. There were posters around school on the candidates that the students made telling you why you should vote for each one. Little conversations here and there were overheard from little kids about why they should vote for whom ever. I had to stop 2 little kids and tell them that both candidates were still good guys, no matter what happens. It was cute. Just think..2nd graders debating politics on the way to recess!
I hope you voted! What a privelage it is that we are able to!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Trick or Treating
This year, we went to a Fall Fest at the church in Bondurant. Emersan loved going from room to room! She mostly stayed in the room where you could play basketball. She loved playing with the basketballs and trying to make baskets, like the big kids! After fall fest, we stopped by the fire station to get a glow stick and see the fire trucks and some of Dustin's fire fighter friends. We then went across the street and hit up one house. Emersan loved it! She got to pick out her own candy! She tried to pick up their pumpkins and throw them (like a ball) but we caught her before she broke their pumpkins!
She did a great job and I really think she enjoyed it. She didnt really want to wear her costume at first, but got used to it after a while.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Our little talker...
It seems like Emersan is learning something new everyday. She just amazes us by what she is doing and repeating. She has learned the word "no". Although she has no idea what it means. She just likes to say NOOOOOOOO. She also said "ok" the other day. She was yelling up the stairs for daddy, who was in the shower, and I told her that daddy was in the shower. She turned around and said ok and went on to play with something else. Wow.
She also says DeeDee now, which stands for her friend Aiden at daycare. She will also say "memmy" when asked to say Emmie.
There is never a dull moment with that child.
She also says DeeDee now, which stands for her friend Aiden at daycare. She will also say "memmy" when asked to say Emmie.
There is never a dull moment with that child.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Pumpkin Patch!!
Today, we took Emersan to Williamsons pumpkin patch. She had fun walking around and checking out all the pumpkins! She loved seeing the animals too. I have also included some pictures from last year, just to see how much she has changed since last year. Enjoy!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Anybody out there?!
Just curious to see if anyone actually reads this or if I am just writing to myself. PLEASE let me know if you do read this. Because if no one is...I can probably think these thoughts to myself and not waste a whole web page. It would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Friday, October 10, 2008
It's about time!!
I have been trying to blog again, but this dumb thing flagged me for spam?!?!?! It wouldnt let me on here for days!
Anyway, that's beside the point. I'm back now.
Emersan had her 15 month well baby check up today. She is 27.1 lbs and 30 inches long. She has officially tripled her weight now! She is doing well other than the fact that we have to go to a cardiologist, yet again. This will be the 2nd time in 3 months. The first time she went, the doctor heard a heart murmur so that needed to be checked out. Emersan was put through a serious of testing, EKG, ultrasound, and X-ray, but she ended up being ok. The cardiologist heard a small heart murmur but said that it was fairly normal and would come and go her whole life.
Today, the doctor heard it again, but that is not why she has to go this time. Emersan is a breath holder. For those of you that dont know what that is, sometimes when she cries, she passes out. For more information go here www.drgreene.com/21_557.html She has done this for since she was about 7 months. Well lately, it has gotten to be far less frequent but sometimes when it happens, it takes a LONG time for her to start breathing again and for her to fully become herself again. Usually when she passes out, its just for a quick second and then she starts crying again. When she has "bad" spells, it takes a while for her to catch her breath and then she is very lethargic for 15 or so minutes. Very scary. She also becomes pale, clammy, and just not herself. So I told the doctor that and they are going to send her back to the cardiologist to have a heart monitor put on her to test her heart rate when this happens. If they say everything is fine, then she has to go see a neurologist to have a sleep deprived EKG done. Not fun.
I really just ask for prayers for her. I can't seem to handle this as well as I should. Thank God for Dustin because he is calm and can handle this sort of thing much better than I can. I just HATe seeing my baby in these situations. Pray that she grows out of this soon.
Onto a lighter note, Dustin and I finally get to enjoy a date night next Friday. I am beyond excited because it has been a long time since we have been out. First off, I dont trust a lot of people to watch Emersan because of her episodes. Anyway, my mom is coming down and offered to watch her...I do trust her :-) We are excited! We are going to dinner and to see the movie Fireproof.
Oh, and Emersan is beginning to talk so much more now. She loves to repeat what you say...tell daddy to start watching his mouth!! She says so many words, no sentences or anything and really some of the words only a mother would get. For instance, she has this blankie. She calls her "gankie" She will say Daisy for Macie, and good ghoul for good girl. She is so smart. She is just an amazing little lady. Growing like a weed.
Emersan and I went up to MN to visit grandma and papa. We took Emersan to the Mall of America for the first time... I have to get my pictures developed still. Dummy me, forgot my camera at the apartment so my mom bought us a disposable camera. So they probably will suck but thats ok, at least I will have them. I will post them when I get them.
Till next time :-)
Anyway, that's beside the point. I'm back now.
Emersan had her 15 month well baby check up today. She is 27.1 lbs and 30 inches long. She has officially tripled her weight now! She is doing well other than the fact that we have to go to a cardiologist, yet again. This will be the 2nd time in 3 months. The first time she went, the doctor heard a heart murmur so that needed to be checked out. Emersan was put through a serious of testing, EKG, ultrasound, and X-ray, but she ended up being ok. The cardiologist heard a small heart murmur but said that it was fairly normal and would come and go her whole life.
Today, the doctor heard it again, but that is not why she has to go this time. Emersan is a breath holder. For those of you that dont know what that is, sometimes when she cries, she passes out. For more information go here www.drgreene.com/21_557.html She has done this for since she was about 7 months. Well lately, it has gotten to be far less frequent but sometimes when it happens, it takes a LONG time for her to start breathing again and for her to fully become herself again. Usually when she passes out, its just for a quick second and then she starts crying again. When she has "bad" spells, it takes a while for her to catch her breath and then she is very lethargic for 15 or so minutes. Very scary. She also becomes pale, clammy, and just not herself. So I told the doctor that and they are going to send her back to the cardiologist to have a heart monitor put on her to test her heart rate when this happens. If they say everything is fine, then she has to go see a neurologist to have a sleep deprived EKG done. Not fun.
I really just ask for prayers for her. I can't seem to handle this as well as I should. Thank God for Dustin because he is calm and can handle this sort of thing much better than I can. I just HATe seeing my baby in these situations. Pray that she grows out of this soon.
Onto a lighter note, Dustin and I finally get to enjoy a date night next Friday. I am beyond excited because it has been a long time since we have been out. First off, I dont trust a lot of people to watch Emersan because of her episodes. Anyway, my mom is coming down and offered to watch her...I do trust her :-) We are excited! We are going to dinner and to see the movie Fireproof.
Oh, and Emersan is beginning to talk so much more now. She loves to repeat what you say...tell daddy to start watching his mouth!! She says so many words, no sentences or anything and really some of the words only a mother would get. For instance, she has this blankie. She calls her "gankie" She will say Daisy for Macie, and good ghoul for good girl. She is so smart. She is just an amazing little lady. Growing like a weed.
Emersan and I went up to MN to visit grandma and papa. We took Emersan to the Mall of America for the first time... I have to get my pictures developed still. Dummy me, forgot my camera at the apartment so my mom bought us a disposable camera. So they probably will suck but thats ok, at least I will have them. I will post them when I get them.
Till next time :-)
Sunday, October 5, 2008
My first time...
Posting a blog! I LOVE reading other people's blogs and I thought maybe it would be fun to start one of my own. So bear with me as I learn how to use this thing.
For now, I will just post some of Emersan and her halloween costume. She is going to be a lady bug, like she was last year, but it still fits so why not?!
For now, I will just post some of Emersan and her halloween costume. She is going to be a lady bug, like she was last year, but it still fits so why not?!
And some of her last year in her same costume!!
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