notes...

today we had extra kids here, so we walked to the big playground for the morning and into the afternoon. then played at home in the backyard... and after the extra kids left, i took hallie & kai to their friend's birthday party! they had a blast! it was nice to not have emerson with us... i really got to play with the kids... push them on the swings, jump in the bouncy castle with them, and just have more attention on THEM for once instead of miss emmy. kipp stayed home with emerson.... tomorrow we're off to a wedding... no idea what any of us are going to wear -- should be interesting!

i love love love my sling! it's so purdy! this is a pic of emerson SLEEPING in it today! it's the first time she's ever slept in it.... it was so cute. all you could see was her hat and her legs. so cozy.... i had to crop myself out of the pic... it's funny how you think you look a certain way and then you see pictures and wonder, "WHO is THAT?!!" or maybe it's just me! LOL
happy hallie!!!
hallie LOVES flowers!
not sure why this pic is so small.... but it's still cute!
tonight at the bday/playground!
kai, after jumping off the TOP of the purple equipment behind him. yes, very much a BOY!
kai at the playground/bday tonight
the beautiful princess bouncy castle at the party tonight... the one hallie wanted so badly but she got stuck with blues clues because of the whole weather/party date change. i felt so badly for her when she asked tonight why izabella got the one SHE wanted :( oh, and you should've seen hallie's face while izabella opened her gifts... i just wanted to leave... not sure if this is normal or what to do about it, the preschool jealousy phase?!? :(
my kids, again, at the playground
kai, before jumping off the purple thingy

more pictures...

ok well that worked... good to know ;)



hallie practicing her "roar!"
a mad emerson! i love her hands when she's mad!
hallie in grandma's rocks... probably not really supposed to be "playing" in there....
do you think she looks like her brother & sister?
kai, trying to love his sister...
kai practicing his "roar!"
cutie girl hallie!
hallie, running... grandpa BBQ'ing in the background...
the kids, being krazy, like usual ;)

pictures..........

does anyone else have issues with uploading pics to blogger? sometime it lets me upload 5 at a time, and after about 2 rounds of this it just lets me do 1 at a time. grrrrrr.... so here's the first "batch"! i'll try making a new post and see what it lets me do...




the kids, running around (pulling each other?!) at grandma & grandpa's house
my girls!
caught hallie & kai filling grandma's gardening ornaments with rocks from the garden...
3 kids in the grass...
kai, grandma says, "he's such a boy!"
beautiful emerson
emerson.... trying to grab mom's camera
the kids in a friend's pool at a moms meetup we went to!

feeling sick & sad

well somehow i knew this would happen. the new dayhome family changed their minds.... not about me, but about the mom going back to work in general. this leaves me with no income, an uncertain future.... i can't go back to work and leave my babies in someone else's care. i just can't. so what do i do? we NEED to have a second income.... i'm so sad and so confused and unsure of what to do, and i need to figure this out ASAP. i feel sick to my stomach :(

calling all bloggers?!??

where are my fellow bloggers?!? i know i can always count on *J* for new blog entries and lots of great pics, and a couple other people posted but i'm missing reading everyone's blogs! and then 2 blogs also just up and disappeared!?!??!! what the heck?!!!! :(

today was another busy day (would you expect any less of me?! LOL) we spent the morning and part of the afternoon at a playdate with a whole bunch of other moms & kids. it was great! then we were home for a little bit but the kids were driving me nuts, so i sent them outside to play on the GRASS -- yes, i'm loving the new grass, as are the kids! tonight we went to my parents' for a bbq and to visit with some guests from out of town.

i'll post pics later, haven't uploaded yet today but i think i have a few to share!

yesterday...

yesterday's pics...


hallie at the park
kai at the park
emerson at the park, nice hair! she likes the kids' snacks, but mom doesn't open them for her... and so far, that is ok with her ;)
kids at the park...
emerson's first sink bath, due to a tube mishap/ formula spill in the exersaucer!
my girls... what beauties!
my kids... love them!!
ok girls.... i said "beauties" don't make me have to take that back! hehe
hallie's tiny little caterpillar she found... which later was lost in the house and thankfully found again...
where emmy likes to hang out...
funky pic of hallie...
tiny caterpillar, all curled out because it was terrified ;)
my kids, hard at work empying the toy bins to make a tower?!?? ok then!

randomness

i haven't posted in a few days.... not too much to update with so here are some random pics...



kai at gymboree at a friend's birthday party
kai at another friend's house, using some binoculars

kai trying on daddy's hat, so cute!

my girls!

kai on daddy, but looking a bit scared or something!

ok, time to do something....

hallie says to me, "mommy, how come your tummy is still so big but there's not a baby in it anymore?"

'nuff said. time to get cracking on this weight issue.

9 months old!

(first off, i stole this idea from karlynn, it was so cute! can't take credit)

i am 9 months old! i am usually a pretty good little girl for my mommy. i sleep well at night, from about 6:30/7pm straight through until about 6:30am. my mommy leaves me in my crib, which is in her room, when i wake up and i just play in there and talk to myself until everyone else wakes up. i'm so easy going, i don't mind one bit.

i still get all of my formula through my gastrostomy tube in my stomach. i will start trying to drink on my own, thickened formula, soon. so far, i don't like it so my mom isn't too sure what to do about that. i am eating lots of other foods... my favorites are: any fruits, my oatmeal cereal, and cheerios. i will also eat yogurt, grated cheese, grated apple, mashed pears, toast, rice cakes, goldfish crackers, most veggies... i don't really like meat yet, and some veggies are pretty gross too. i still choke a bit on things but the doctors said it's not a concern.
i have 2 teeth on the bottom, and no more yet although i have been drooling like KRAZY for a couple of months now, and my mommy is wondering where the rest of the teeth are!?!

i can sit up very well on my own, but i don't crawl yet. i am sort of starting to attempt to move out of the sitting position, but my leg gets stuck under me and sometimes i can get from sitting to being on my tummy, and i just learned how to roll from my tummy to my back. other than that, my mom thinks it's a pretty good thing that i don't really move yet i am happy to sit and play!

my mommy is always telling me how good i am. she says i'm so happy and easy and she really really loves me. my big sister also tells me that she loves me, and that i'm cute. sometimes she bugs me though when she sits behind me and hugs me too tight. my brother likes to try to make me smile, but sometimes he does weird things, like try to clip things onto my shirts, or feed me things i shouldn't have, or knock me over.... i cry so that mom knows what's going on. my daddy, well he can always make me smile! he 's a pretty funny guy!

i've started to "make strange" with people. if you're not in my immediate family, watch out because when you talk to me, i might give you "the look" and then start screaming. i really just prefer to be held by mom right now, and i'm a bit hesitant with anyone else. i'm sure i'll "get over it", as mom says.

oh! my mom finally did something with my insane hair today! she bought a baby clip at cinnamon baby and it's very stylin'! (see the pics of beautiful lil me on this post!) aren't i CUTE?!!

ok, i have to run. my mom needs her computer back and i really should be in bed already ;)

night night!

love miss. emmy!