Excited about my Clip 'ems!!

If you haven't checked out my crafty blog..... handyhats.blogspot.com Then what are you waiting for?!?!?!?!? =)

I am having SO much fun with my baby girl and she is a GREAT model for all my fun Clip 'ems I have been making!

Check it out!

The Handy Hat gal and the Crafty Clip 'ems lady too! =)

More babies....

BABIES

Emelynn and Madeline just 4 days apart!

So it's early in the morning 7/14/11 and I really should be doing my homework before the baby gets here.....but just wanted to write!

That's right! Another baby...no not ours, although watching Madeline has made me think how fun it would be to have twins or just another baby now! =) And yes by "fun" I do mean crazy/wild/fun/hard/wonderful and I am sure all those other things that mothers with twins experience.

Jeff and I met Liz and Justin through our birth class at the hospital and then at our reunion with all the babies she was talking about how she needed someone to watch her babe Tuesdays and Thrusdays from 9-2. I thought about it and since I LOVE being home with my sweetie and it would bring in a bit of income, WHY NOT!? =)

We are going into week 2 and I am very glad for Wednesday, a day between the craziness! I am really enjoying it and wonder if in the fall I will want to just continue this or sub in schools....Having been a teacher for sooooo long and having my own classroom I sometimes think that subbing would be hard for me...going into a class you don't know, spending a few hours with kiddos you don't really have a connection to....don't really know if I will enjoy it! Now I do get to try it out and sub on Fridays when Jeffrey is home with her, but who knows maybe having 2 girls around a couple mornings a week is all I will really want and need to do to help out with our budget......

I am SO enjoying being home with my sweet one and can't imagine doing anything else! I know that for some moms it's not doable but I really think that if it's a priority in your family you can work to make something work for you!

I am blessed to be able to help Justin and Liz on those days of the week so that Liz can be home with her daughter all the other days!

Emelynn and Madeline are already having fun together! I can't wait to see them grow and do things together!

E and M enjoy their toes and hands! And Mamma Maia couldn't resist a photo shoot in E's matching dresses! =)

Well....let's just say

NEWBORNS come and blog time doesn't really exist...

2/27/11 our Emelynn Irene was born!

2:46 A.M

7lb 1 oz and 19.5 in

Our precious girl!

Amidst the diaper changes, crying, feeding, diaper changes, feeding, sleeping, feeding, diaper changes, feeding, well you get the picture!! =)

WOW! It has been 4 and a half months since our little sweetie has arrived and we grow more in love with our Emelynn Irene everyday she is with us!

We are so proud of all she can do!

Summer-time sweetie!

3 month sleeping beauty!


4 days old-----4 months!!! WOW!

At 4 months this is what Em likes and can do:

*Roll over from tummy to back and back to tummy!

*Giggle and laugh at you (she especially does it for daddy)

*Stand up with help!

*She is working on sitting

*She is working on standing too!! =)

*LOVES any form of water and being outside!

*Enjoys being with people and is now letting us know when we aren't in the room that she wants us back!

*Loves to talk with people

*Is enjoying sticking her feet and hands in her mouth whenever she can!

*She loves studying faces and sticking her hands in your mouth or nose!

*Gives GREAT wet kisses!

*E enjoys playing on her own for up to half an hour!

*She LOVES TV...argh..those bright lights just attract her attention and she will roll over in order to see it!

*She is trying a sippy cup!

*She loves her vibrator chair.
*She is enjoying learning about her jumperoo activity chair!

*She sure can toot and burp! =)

*Loves momma and breastfeeding...

*She loves NAPS! =) YAY! Momma does too!

and so much more that I can't even think of all the things...... =)

She dislikes:
*Having bottles...she will eventually take them but it's a struggle....

*Being left alone for a long time...We have a social girl on our hands!

*Sitting in a poopy diaper...(but who can blame her!?)

*Could care less about the swing....

And that's about it! There isn't much that our girl doesn't like these days....

Now let's see if with the courses momma is taking this summer I keep up my blog....I LOVE reading other friends blogs so I would love to keep mine up too! =)

WE LOVE HER!

but look at that face.....=) How could we not just adore her!? =)

4 months and LOVING bath time!

Emelynn Irene we are proud of you and can't wait for all the new experiences ahead....=)