Take two

This week we had our second swim lesson and our second trip to the fair. I think it is very "fair" to say that the second of both were better than the first! :-) 

To start off lets look at some more of our favorite people at Just Like Home

All of these girls are getting so big!!

Emma "do you know there is a butterfly on  your shirt!!??"

Elle and Emma playing chase!

Hug and kisses from LaLa to end the day.

Audrey has moved up to the toddler room but we had to come visit  before we left

In infant 1 these two were mortal enemies

But look at them now!! 

Good morning LaLa

With only one week left I am sad to go but after visiting Montessori and Miss Hailey on Tuesday I am excited!! I think Emma is going to thrive there after the initial shock of the change...and speaking of change...they change them standing up! Crazy right, but like with everything else it has a purpose. It gets the kids used to pulling up their pants after they go potty. But what do they do with poopy diapers you say...they have them face away and then bend over to get it all wiped off! ;-D This is probably going to have to start happening at home too...oh brother! ;-P

With a week of seconds I almost forgot there was a first. Emma had her first tropical snow! I remember when they would put of the stand in Brinkley and that is when you knew summer was finally there! It was just as good as I remembered it being all those many years ago.

And I think Emma was a fan too!

Swim lessons went great but with daddy gone to the deer woods it left only mommy to gather up all our stuff and get us up to Bentonville on time! We almost didn't make it and I seem to remember forgetting something but we did make it. This class was the class of the daddy's! I was one of three mommy's in the water with all the men and their little ones. (there were 10 pairs total so it was a lot of babies!) Emma was pretty happy with everything except being put on her back to kick. That move she can most surely do without!

We start off singing "The Wheels on the Bus", do a little "Humpty Dumpty" and end it with "If You're Happy and You Know it Wave Bye Bye" Emma love the songs and she did so great going under the water. She would get out on the side and jump to me and go under without hesitation. Well not really jump since she hasn't master that move but she would fall to me. :-)

I was even able to get a sweet mommy on the side to snap a picture of us while we were in the water. 

If only there was a "cute" way for me to wear my hair while I am swimming... 

 

We had a good weekend but due to Mommy's lack of cooking skills in the kitchen Emma's dinner one night consisted of Slim's french fries and a confetti cupcake from Bliss Uptown!

We read lots of books and Emma has learned "Bible" and asks to read her bible all the time. Sometimes she will just read it herself in her chair!

She also fell asleep on me while she was sitting on my lap. Those who have been around my child know that she is like a boy in that she goes 0-60 in no time flat and rarely slows down! But we were playing on the floor and she crawled up in my lap and sat very still. I convinced her to let me move to the couch and she allowed it and was asleep in my arms in no time. I held her for a long time just loving the snuggling that I haven't gotten since she became mobile. Emma has also only slept in our bed on a few occasions and in her crib since she was 3 months old so I was surprised when she slept for an hour on the couch.  

I think it was the rain that lulled her to sleep so early...and I covered her up right after this picture!

Then when daddy got home from a fun weekend in the deer woods he was COVERED in chigger bites and seed ticks! :-( He feels sooooooo bad and nothing is helping but time.

This is NOT Michael but this is exactly what his legs, feet and the lower half of his back look like. (this is a picture of an adult with chicken pox but chigger bites look the same and itch as bad!) :-(

Daddy did save the day on Tuesday when I got the call that Emma was running a fever. She got picked up by her wonderful daddy and taken to the doctor. Good news was no strep, bad news was it was a virus that could last 2-3 days.

 She fell asleep on Michael while waiting for the doctor to come in.

She has finally reached 23 lbs after holding at 22 for 6 months. She is growing taller but not putting on much weight which explains the loss of some of those "rubber band marks" on her arms and legs. I got tons of work done on Tuesday after hours and came home to tag Michael and give him a break.

The bathtub has turned into Emma's own personal art studio. Showings are held daily at 7:00 pm!

 
Yesterday I stayed home with Emma and she had a great day! She didn't run a fever at all and we played in her swing, went to Walmart and Lowes, had lunch with some girlfriends to celebrate a birthday, I made a family photo flip book for Emma to put names and faces together and then...

We went to the Washington County Fair! :-) 

I really wanted some special friends to come along but as they say life happens and they weren't able to make it. Emma and I did have a great time and I finally got my carousel pictures I had hoped for from our first fair trip.

She got to feed the goat!

And pet the horse

    




And oh the cows!!! One even Moo'd at her!! 

Then we tried the carousel again and while I didn't get a smile I didn't get any tears so I think that is a vast improvement!

 

My FAVE!

 One last shot before we go. :-)

We are so excited for the start of college football so expect to see tons of Razorback and Bama photos from this weekend!! :-)

Be blessed!

Jill