Thomas update!

Tom made is safe to South Carolina! He called me today and said he is getting yelled at a lot and not sleeping and doing TONS of paper work! This first week of basic is called reception and he is basically inprocessing. He says he is ready to start actually basic and get yelled at while doing something other than paper work!

Emmalyn and I are doing well. We both miss daddy but have plenty on our plate right now to keep us occupied. As soon as Tom gets his address I will let everyone know. I know he would love the encouragement of letters and card.

Here are a few photos from our Zoo trips right before Tom left.

Big news!

Tom joined the Army! He leaves for Basic in less than 2 weeks. Life has been a bit crazy! Our lease is up at the end of March. So we are packing up the house. I will be staying with family friends until Tom is done with Basic. Then we will spend a little time together and then we are off to England to chill with my family for a few months. Tom's job, Crypto Linguist will be very demanding during his Advanced training ( AIT ). He doesn't need to worry about Emmalyn or I so it will be a perfect time to crash with the parentals! Life is going to be crazy for the next year or so, but we are very excited for the new adventure!

Now many of you will have noticed I have been really bad about my project 365. I am going to be picking it back up tomorrow. I did miss quite a few days so I will just start over tomorrow. For now here are some events we have been up to the last few weeks! Enjoy.

Road trip to Colorado

 

Standing on her own like a big girl!

Evil baby smiling at the scar she gave Grandpa!

Love me Fi, Love me ( FYI Fiona DID NOT love her)

Getting some lovens!

Grandma Jen and Grandpa sure are smitten with this little girl!

Making a friend at Miss Stacia's baby shower

Ready for miss Stacia's baby! Hurry up baby!

Being nosey!

The boy!

The Girls

My hall skipping buddies!

Once again a MASSIVE catch up!

 

Day 34

2/3/2013

Mail Time

She just adores her daddy! She follows and watches everything he does. People say she looks like me but man of her mannerisms already remind me of Tommy. Oh boy am I in for it or what?

Day 35

2/4/2013

 

Girl time!

 

Also my Birthday! I got the pleasure of watching Miss Mac in the morning. She just adores Emmalyn. I loved this picture. My birthday was really nice. Jen watched Emy and Tom took me to P.F. Changs. Yum Yum!!! It was amazing. 

Day 36

2/5/2013

Park!

 

It was beautiful outside, so we decided to go outside and play! So of course mommy took her camera. Well little miss wasn't having any picture taking and kept hiding. She would rather play with my keys. But either way we enjoyed our day of fresh air!

Day 37

1/6/2013

I'll help you mommy.

 

I was doing laundry and the she was just enthralled by the dryer. She stood there watching it for a good 10 minutes. Then she started pulling all the clean clothes out of the basket, so laundry fun time was over. haha!

 

 

Day 38

2/7/2013

Orange!

 

Emmalyn and I decided to go grocery shopping at dillions and on the way out I noticed they had orange slices for samples. I wanted to see how Emy liked the taste of it. She gummed on it for a few minutes and seems to like it. 

In my next post I will have some very exciting news! Can't wait to share! Let the guesses begin! Hope all is well!

S

33 {365}

Day 32

2/2/2013

Playtime

 

We took Emmalyn to the park today as it was gorgeous outside. She loved the swing. She was smiling and giggling. The slide and teeter totter were not such a big hit. Over all it was a great afternoon as a family. Here is an extra photo just for fun tonight. 

Not so sure about the merri go round either :)

29,30,31 and Feb 1

Well folks I have made it a month taking photos each day. While I will say it has been fun I am not very happy with my photos. In March I am taking a class from a website I love called ClickingMoms. They have tons of classes and while they are a bit expensive, I have heard amazing reviews and raves about them. I missed the sign up for February and they sell out fast so lets hope I get in the March one. I really want to take my photography to a nother level and actually learn to take amazing photos.

Anyway, I am proud I have stuck with it and taking photos each day. Now, I just need to get better about uploading on here more often, but baby steps right?

So here are some photos from the last few days.

 

Day 29

1/29/2013

Play Time

 

What could be better than wooden spoons and and pots and pans and a sippy cup! She can play in the kitchen now while we cook dinner. 

 

Day 30

1/30/2013

Paper

 

Little girl is getting into everything. And she learned how to rip paper and is putting in her mouth. It seems like my full time job these days is to keep Emmalyn from eating everything.

We got to skype Grandma and Aunt Tasha in England and wish grandma and very happy birthday!

I know I sure an missing them a lot lately.

 

 



Day 31

1/31/2013

Baby food

 

 

Love this stuff. Now most of you know I am making my own baby food and I am just shocked at how easy and cheap it is to make it. I know exactly what she is eating and she has liked everything i have made so far. Well the pears took an extra day to get her used to them.

 

However, These puffs and yogurt melts are amazing. Emmalyn loves them and they are easy to take on the go and easy to give to her. When I take them out of the diaper bag and shake them Emmalyn's eye light up and she gets super excited. She knows what she is about to get.

 

 



Day 32

2/1/2013

Let me out!

 

I opened the front door this morning to look out side and she how the weather was and to just breath som fresh air. This little cutie came up to the door and tried to get out. I love the light shining down on her head in this photo. 

Take care and everyone have an amazing weekend!
S

Day 26,27,28 and a standing baby!

Day 26

1/26/2013

Reading Time

 

We were reading Where is spot! I used to LOVE the spot books when I was really little as well. It was really fun to be able to read it to my child. Bonus; it is short enough for her little attention span! When we were done reading, she was so fascinated with the book. Working so hard to open it. 

 Also big news later in the day we caught her pulling her self up to standing position on one of her toys. We were so excited.

Day 27

1/27/2013

PEARS!!!!

 

Yummy pears for dinner. She finally ate some of them with out making a face. Then procceeded to get yogurt all over her face. She is like a little bottomless pit. She eats so much of the solids when we feed them too her. 

Day 28

1/28/2013

Not happy

 

 

Little Girl woke up from her nap and was not happy, so I headed upstairs to get her and by the time I got up there, I found her like this. She immediately got happy the minute I walked in. What a little stinker. I sense many many more interesting photos of her to come soon.

 

 

Hope everyone is having an amazing beginning to their week. I am missing my parents a lot this week. Working on getting our passports so we can visit them.

 

S

Day 24 & 25

Day 24

1/24/2013

Baby Food

Yum! I have really enjoyed making Emmalyn's food! It is SO much cheaper. I made her Pears and Mangos! We tried the pears this morning and it did not go over well at all! She gagged and made a huge show out of it. We will continue to work on that. 

Day 25

1/25/2013

Sleepy head

I just loved this shot of her. She wouldn't hold still very long so I was lucky I got this! She looks so inquisitive. 

S