Tuesday, July 31, 2012

WORKING

Geoff was holding Em while he was working last night. I thought it was so cute that she was leaning against the desk like she was a little person and not a baby, like she was actually working on something. She is such an alert little thing it wouldn't surprise me if she actually was trying to figure out what he was doing. :)





READING BOOKS

Cali is seriously so cute with Em! She is constantly coming over to give her kisses or play with her. Last night Em was sitting in her chair and Cali came over with a book to read it to her. She read her the whole thing whether she was paying attention or not. :) Em sure is lucky to have such a great big sister!!





Monday, July 30, 2012

PRETTY IN PINK

Em looked adorable, as usual.




Oh, and whenever we take Geoff's car and have to put the seatbelt around Em's carseat she loves to hold the seatbelt, usually with both hands. It's like she's on a ride or something. It's so cute!

FUN FILLED SATURDAY

We had a big lunch at our house. On Friday we decided to have lunch at our place Saturday so my kids could just play in their room while we all hung out. I made chicken salad croissants (which are so yummy if I do say so myself!) and we had a packed apartment. :) Lisa, Wade, Shaun, Allie and Riley came of course. Our (Lisa, Allie and my) old roommate Jena and her family were in town so they came and so did Chad & Kaleena. It was Kaleena's birthday so I made a chocolate cake (also yummy if I do say so myself) and we sang "Happy Birthday" to her.

The 3 nursing Mom's...
(we thought it was funny)

The 3 babies...
Em, Evan and Riley


Em and her buddy Riley...

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Kaleena...

Saturday night we all met to do some Cosmic Bowling. We let the kids stay out a little late so they could come with us. They'd never been bowling and they had an amazing time! They thought it was so cool and had fun dancing around between their turns. It was so fun to go with them!

Aedan bowling...

excited that the ball hit the pins...


Cali was a little nervous her first time...

Em with Lisa...

Cali rolling her ball...
(it was a size 10 but she wanted purple)

I got a strike! Yipee!

Aedan loved looking at the scores...

Good form!

Geoff got out this thing to help the kids balls go faster...

excited Aedan...

Em's cosmic shoes... :)

Lisa & Wade held Em pretty much the whole time...

Cali cheering...


silly Cali!

LOVE this face!

Dancing and jumping to the music with Daddy...


Geoff did awesome!

Em's headband likes to slide to the side...


Em loved playing with Lisa & Wade...

Me with the birthday girl!

LUNCH

Lisa & Wade came into town so we went to lunch on Friday with Shaun & Allie. We decided to go to Souplantation (yum) which the kids love too so it was great! 

Half way through lunch Em had the biggest explosion I've ever seen!! I had to hold her out in front of me all the way to the bathroom so I wouldn't get my outfit all nasty (which she thought was super funny!). Lisa helped me by handing me wipes and the diaper and everything else. I had to take Em's onesie off from the shoulders down because there was such a mess! Yuck! I was so glad I had an extra outfit. :) I wish I would have taken a picture before I changed her because it was seriously the worst I've ever seen! On both sides up to her armpits, up her back, ect. 

Lisa & Wade held the babies for a while. They love our babies! :)



LASER TAG

Friday night we went to a Surprise Laser Tag birthday party for Geoff's friend Mike. My parents came over to watch the kids for us so we could go and the kids could still go to bed on time (the party started at 8). It was a pretty fun party! We played laser tag, ate some pizza, played some more laser tag and played some mini-golf. I totally kicked Geoff's booty the 1st round of laser tag and then he kicked mine the 2nd round (thanks to some punk kid who wouldn't leave me alone! Also... Geoff had never played before and he's a fast learner.). We had a fun night!

Mike got to spin the "birthday wheel"
(he really didn't want to)

Here we are with Mike and his girlfriend JoJo...

TIRED GIRL

The other morning Em was to tired she fell asleep while playing with her toys. I walked over to put her to bed and she was already asleep! So I just moved her to her bed. :)



A few nights ago we went to bed and I heard a sucking noise. I peeked at Em and she was sucking her thumb! She's been doing this lately. Sometimes she spits out her binky and just sucks her fingers or thumb. She prefers her thumb if she can find it. :) I know this is a horrible habit so we usually try to switch her thumb for the binky but I just can't help but think it's also totally adorable!! Especially since she hasn't figured out how to close her fingers when she does it. She always has her hand across her face. It makes us laugh every time! :)

I almost woke her up taking this picture. 

ARTISTS

My little artists have painted again. They love it! It's really fun for me to watch them get creative. I love it!

Aedan's painting is of the transformers. The black & brown blob is the garage and all the other colors are the transformers. The big red and blue one at the top is Optimus Prime. The yellowish grey above the garage is Bumble Bee. The green car at the bottom is "Honky" (the kids named my car) and the white one on the bottom right (hard to see) with black wheels is "White Flower" (the kids also named Geoff's car). The road is at the very bottom...


Cali also painted "Honky" which is at the top (green and red). Her road is at the bottom also. The rest of her colors are My Little Ponies. If you know them by name... The orange one towards the top is Apple Jack, the purple one in the center is Twilight Sparkle and the pink one on the right towards the bottom is Pinkie Pie. Those are the only ones she specifically named.


I just like her big smile in this one...