Happy 1st Birthday Emma Paige!

Dear Emma,

This is your mommer and I want to write you a lil' note on your first birthday! First off, let me start by saying this year has been a true blessing, you have moved into my heart and changed my life forever. I love you more and more each day. A year ago today Mommy and Daddy were in Lexington awaiting your arrival, although we were both nervous as heck, we knew that this was going to be the most wonderful adventure we have ever been on, and boy were we right!

Here's some stats on your life these days....

-you love sleeping, you normally go to bed anywhere between 9 and 10 and sleep till the same time the next morn :)

-your wearing a size 3 diaper

-and a size 12 month in clothing

-you have 4 pearly whites

-you love bananas and pizza!

-our black cat Baxter is your best bud

-your favorite toys are books and cell phones

-you say mama and dada all the time, ive also heard you say "hey" and "eye"

-you have your Daddy wrapped around your finger

-your walking and almost coming to a full run...uhhh ohh!

You are a very busy girl and love to stay on the go. We love you more than words can say. Emma Paige, you are truly our pride and joy!

Love,

Mommy

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Fathers Day!

Scott & Emma...does it get any better than this?

First off let me start by saying how much I LOVE Scott. He is by far the love of my life. Have I mentioned yet that he is the best dad ever? Ok let me do so...HE'S THE BEST DAD EVER! Everytime he comes in a room, Emma lights up, her eyes sparkle and she has the biggest smile on her face. That is love. He always helps out, watches her so I can get out (see below post), feeds, bathes, plays with her. Everyday I can see their bond grow stronger, in the near future it will be safe to say we will have a complete Daddys girl on our hands, and I fear I will be left in the dust :)

Me and my dad...or Poppy to Em.

My dad is also the best dad ever, yes in a blog world you can have two greatest dads! Duh!

So I salute to all the wonderful dads out there...HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

Ashleighs Gettin' Hitched

All of us girls attempting a picture, the first night there.

This is my friend Ashleigh....is she smokinnnnn' or what? Shes getting married July 18th, 2009 so we went to VA beach for a weekend to celebrate MUHAHAHA!

What a FAB weekend we had too. Many drinks, tons of good times and LOTS of laughs, could you ask for a better weekend? The weather was wonderful, sun all three days!

Theres just something about being with a group of girls that you love so much, its like having a house full of sisters.

Oh yea, the anticipated question. Did you leave Emma at home? Yes, I did. It wasn't easy by any means but it was something that made me feel good to know I could survive. Since Scott was working weekend shift (Fri, Sat and Sun.) him and Emma both packed up and stayed at his parents for the weekend. This turned out wonderful for both, Scott could go to work but yet he could come home and spend his nights with Emma. During the day Scotts mom, MeMe would watch Emma until Scott got off work.

Did I miss them? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!

Swimmin' at the Y-M-C-A

Today was my first day swimming EVER! and I loved it sooo much! At first I didn't really know what was going on, mom, dad and me all piled up in the car early with baber suits on! I was sleepy so I took a lil' nap on the way to the Y and when I woke up, surprise! My MeMe was there and we all went swimming together. I got in my with my mommer first and took turns going back and forth between her and MeMe while my dad took pictures. I finally got the hang of splashing water everywhere (as you can see :)

Relay For Life/Rhinestone Rockin'

Sweet baby Emma at Relay For Life...notice she is wearing a onesie that says "My Mommy is a Rhinestone Rocker!" YaY!

We spent the day at AET for Relay For Life and it was a wonderful time. Emma was such a good girl, she rested in her play yard and strolled around with me and her Poppy (my dad).

Since I am the c0-chair for our area Relay For Life, I had to spend all day there getting various things together. We had lots of different events going on, homemade ice cream, dancers, singers, bands, raffles, prizes...it was really a very enjoyable time and my team ended up raising over $5,000!!!!

Baby Contest

One of the events my Relay For Life team put together this summer was a BABY CONTEST! YaY! I put Emma in so she could help raise money for such an important cause but she wasn't able to win any of the prizes. With everyones help we ended up raising over $1,200! WOW!

I had an absolute BLAST making her milk jug. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

I made the entire jug with decorations ALL out of stuff laying around or house or in our recycling bins! I used alot of cardboard, plastics, washcloth, gatorade cap, toothpicks and my favorite...the sand is cinnamon & sugar!!!

Yard Sale City...

Erica, Mandy and I all had a yard sale together at my house! Whew...let me tell ya, what a task that was. Can you imagine having boxes and boxes of things that 3 girls don't want anymore! Mandy came over the Friday before the sale and we all hung out and priced our stuff for the next day. Landon and Emma did the most work....