Fire Station

Today we headed to the Fire Station after a quick stop at the Farmers Market. It was once again with the Mommies group. Plenty to see and check out. I think the best part for Emmi was sitting in the fire truck. We followed it up with a yummy lunch.

Boo Boo

Emmi had her first major boo boo. After we had gotten done running on Sunday, a neighbor and her 18 y/o daughter were out walking. They asked if Emmi and I wanted to come along. So we walked up to the pool. While Emmi played in the parking lot the 18 y/o was riding her bike. After she was done she started to chase Emmi. When she caught her, Emmi kinda expected her to pick her up but the girl didn't quite have her as she is a high functioning special needs girl so down on her face she went. Emmi has 2 chipped teeth. It timed out Ok since Emmi was due for a cleaning anyways. But my poor baby has chipped teeth :( which does not even seem to phase her.

Safety first. She loves to wear her helmet whenever she goes out in her buggies.
Here is a pic where I tried to capture her teeth.
Here she is at the dentist today.

What's new?

What's new you ask..

Well this week was Emmi's last week of baby camp as she knows it. Laura has been gracious enough to babysit her for the past 16 months but she has decided that she didn't want to continue on. So we have found a new sitter right around the corner, thanks to the Mommies network. Daniela has 2 boys, 1 & 3 who Emmi will get to hang with during the summer. Cant wait for that as next week will be the first week.

We have been to the pool twice, yes I forgot my camera both times, but Emmi isn't overly interested in it. First time I had to hold her the whole time, second time she just wanted to play on the stairs. We may get her arm floaties to see if that helps.

She also is interested in the potty but not ready quite yet. If she has a chance she pulls her diaper off and puts it in the toilet. We also let her run diaperless often before bed. She takes her baby to the potty or she will tell us she has to go so we go through all the motions but no action yet. So maybe by the end of the summer she will be there but who knows.

She is getting so big. She no longer uses her tray from her highchair. It is so awesome to see this across from me while we eat lunch or dinner together.
Cleaning up.

Baseball game

Since Cousin Oliver was pitching in Kannapolis for the Delmarva Shorebirds we just had to go. This kept Emmi up until 10:00pm and not home until just before 11. But she was able to see Oliver pitch and see fireworks. She did wake up at 5am of course but went back to sleep until 8.




Voie and her cousins also came along since they couldn't pass it up either.

Part 1- Lazy 5 Ranch

If you are in NC you have to go to The Lazy 5 Ranch... It is a privately owned ranch that you can either drive your car around or on a wagon to check out all the animals. We figured we would take the truck for our first time. It was so much fun. Emmi sat in the front with us and she just kept yelling "Animals Animals". There is also a petting zoo of sorts that you can walk around where they had birds, turtles, kangaroos, goats, etc. She also got to ride front facing in the truck which was a first. Here are some pics.

Part 2- First part of the weekend.

One of our weekend adventures is to hit up the dog park. Since they say no kids under 12 Emmi gets to ride around in style instead. Jacob also saved our life this week, as I was playing with my new camera not watching where I was going there was a huge black snake crossing the path. He called me back to him and then I saw why. I would have stepped on the snake if I kept going.

It is really cool as each time we have been we have seen different wildlife, from an owls flying above, to deer in the field, to now the snake.

Here are some pics of the dog park:

Happy 1/2 Birthday to Emmi!!!

That is right today is Emmi's 1/2 birthday. She had a busy weekend with Memere here since her cousin Ty-loie is just 6 months and one day older so she celebrated his birthday with him. We had planned to head to the Lazy 5 Ranch but got rained out.

She did have her check up today where she weighted in at 25.8 lbs and 32 1/2 inches tall. She got a great bill of health like she gets each time.

Emmi facts are she sleeps from roughly 7:30pm-8:00am at least lately, she naps once a day for 2-3 hours, still nurses 2-3 times a day, loves to play outside, on a delayed vaccine schedule so none as of yet, she is also in that toddler picky eater phase, typical girl with the happy scream, and is just so much fun as she is exploring her world.

New pics to come.