Carnival Time!

Tuesday night we went to our local carnival. Last year we took Em and she had a good time, this year she (and I) had a GREAT time! I took her first on a little dragon ride and she was not happy and a little scared before it started, but it didn't even take one loop around the track for her to be totally into it and having so much fun! She was mad when we had to get off, but I told her there were so many more fun rides to experience including an elephant and with that she was sold. They even had these little bikes that the kids have to ride themselves, which I was positive she wasn't going to do but wanted to let her try anyway. I put her down, walked out of the gate and two seconds later I hear, "mama, mama" with this kind of confused sounding voice. I said, "over here, Em", thinking oh crap I have to go back in and get her. Instead, she looked me dead in the eye, lifts her arm way above her head and says, "Hi, Mama", with a huge smile on her face. This smile stuck with her the rest of the ride as I stood with Andy and my parents in complete amazement. We rode 5-6 other rides, won a nemo stuffed fish in a water squiriting contest and found out she is NOT a fan of cotton candy, which is totally fine by me, but loves carmel apple with peanuts. So much fun! I'm hoping the weather holds out at least one more day this week so we can go back!

I LUSH Daddy!

Last week Andy was traveling for work and had to stay overnight in Detroit. Emmy LOVES her Daddy, (i mean who wouldn't!) and always misses him when he's gone. She does however, seem to understand when I say he's away for work rather than just gone for the day. She knew Daddy was on a "hairplane" as she calls it and whenever we would see one in the sky she would say, "Daddy, Daddy", it was too cute. After his overnight, we were talking to him from the airport. As we were about to hang up, as I always do, I said, "Emmy, say bye Daddy, love you". We always tell her to say I love you, knowing full well she won't, but hoping one day she would. Well today was the day, she said I LOVE (came out Lush) Daddy! It totally melted Andy's heart and mine too of course. She has now said it a few times to both animate and inanimate objects, but it doesn't matter to me! She LUSHES ME!!!

First "Real" Haircut

Now I know I have taken Em to get a haircut a few times before, but after today I would now say she has had her first official haircut. She sat in the chair (verse on my lap) for the first time and Leah (hairdresser) was actually able to cut all of her hair, including the bangs and Emmy was amazing! She had been asking to get her haircut for a few weeks now after I had casually mentioned that Charlie needed to get his haircut. Since that day, she had repeatedly been asking and I figured since we are taking family photos in July this is a perfect time to get it done. Emmy absolutely LOVES Leah (she talks about her all the time and even wanted to invite her to her birthday party) and she is so sweet and patient with her! I would say today was a huge SUCCESS!

BEFORE!

AFTER With Leah!

Order Up!

For some reason (maybe because we eat out too much) Emmy LOVES taking orders. She has been really into drawing for a while, but in the past week or so this has turned into order taking. She will following you around the house saying, "order, order, mommy you order". It's very funny! The other day we were meeting friends for a picnic lunch so we stopped at the local deli to grab some food. I ordered my sandwich and she choose to have a grilled cheese. My sandwich was done first and in the bag and the woman from the back rang the bell and said grilled cheese. The cashier was busy helping another customer so at the top of her lungs Emmy yelled "order ready, order ready" as if the woman didn't hear the bell ring. Apparently Emmy didn't think she was moving fast enough. Everyone had a nice chuckle!

Here is a preview of the order taking...

Friends!

We met some friends the other day for a walk around town and then we sat under a tree for a bit and just enjoyed the warm, sunny weather! Emily loves her friends and is starting to remember people by name and ask for them which is really sweet. She has always loved her baby dolls but now also really loves real babies and always wants them to sit on her lap. I have one friend whose daughter is 7 months old and such a good sport about letting Emmy "hold" her. Emmy loves it so much that she doesn't even mind when Addison tries to pull her hair. Hope she doesn't start crawling anytime soon or Miss Em is not going to be too happy!

Bubble Fun!

We have been taking full advantage of the beautiful weather and getting outside as much as we can. After this winter we couldn't wait! We have been to the park almost every day and if we don't make it we at least play in the driveway with her car and bubbles. Emily is obsessed with bubbles. The other day while at Target I bought a bubble gun and she LOVES it. Andy makes fun of me saying I could not be lazier using this machine, but I told him blowing bubbles can be very tiring! Regardless of laziness or not, she can use the machine herself and she loves every minute of it!

Daddy took a break from working and joined us for some playtime!

Cereal? Yes please!

Every now and then I have an "ah ha" moment and I realize that Emmy is really turning into a little girl and is not a baby anymore. It's usually the little things that do it to me the most, like the other morning when I came into the kitchen and saw her sitting at the table eating cereal like a big girl. It seems like only yesterday we were feeding her at every meal. The time really does fly, but luckily we're having a great time along the way!