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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Priceless

It is moments like this that you want to remember forever!!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

5 Months Old!!






According to my rough calculations Emma is 12 lbs. 6 oz. and 24 3/4" long. She is still a very happy baby and is still breastfeeding for all her feedings. I have actually tried to introduce the bottle but she refuses to take it right now. We have also introduced a little cereal to fatten her up. We started with oatmeal and she wouldn't eat it at all. I then introduced barley and she actually loves it. So for right now we are sticking with the barley because it works. She is starting to get a day time schedule. We actually get a good morning nap right now but the afternoon is still spotty. She goes down really good at night. I put her down between 7:30 and 8:00 and she is down for the night. She wakes up around 4 am for a feeding and then gets up again @ 7 am. I am very happy with that schedule right now!!





Here is a picture of both Will and Emma at 5 months!!  Do they look like brother and sister or what????





Monday, September 12, 2011

Vacation Time

As parents you want your children to experience the things you did as a kid and you look forward to sharing those experiences with them.  At the same time you quickly learn how much work and how exhausting it is to take a vacation.  The days of a relaxing vacation are long gone.  Mike and I may have been a little too eager for this long of a trip with a 4 month old and a 3 year old but we all survived and had a good time.

We left on Friday August 26th for our 10 day road trip.  Our plan was to head to the cabin in Osceola, MO for the weekend and then to Branson for 4 days and end up at my grandparents at Table Rock Lake.

We had a great time at the cabin and the boys got to do some fishing and boating.  Will went on some treasure hunts and went through an entire package of caps for his cap gun while shooting at all the wildlife.  This was probably the most relaxing part of the trip because there was nothing else but us and the wilderness.  We had a few issues like the bed breaking in the middle of the night, the AC going out (luckily we had just the guy to fix it), no tv, flat tire on the tractor, and Mike getting electrocuted!!!  These are the trips we will remember for a lifetime. 



We left Osceola Monday morning and went to the Safari drive thru zoo which is just east of Springfield.  We have driven past it 100 times and decided to finally go.  We saw all sorts of crazy animals and will had fun just sitting in the front seat and feeding the animals.


One of the crazy animals we saw was this zedonkey, a cross between a zebra and a donkey.  First time I have ever seen one!!


After the zoo we headed straight for Branson and stayed at the Grand Country Inn which had an indoor and outdoor waterpark a lazy river and a baby area.  This was one of my backups if the weather didn't cooperate.  We picked the perfect time to head to Branson as it was their least busiest time of the year other that the dead of winter.   We enjoyed having a waterpark to go play at after being out in the 100 degree temps.  Even Emma got in on some of the action.



We spent 3 nights in Branson and 2 days at Silver Dollar City.  We were able to do all sorts of things because there were no lines.  In Branson we rode the ducks and Will even got to drive, Mike and Will rode go karts and bumper boats, we also went miniature golfing.  We even contemplated going to the Dixie Stampede but decided to wait a few years.  At Silver Dollar City Emma went on her first carousel ride, Will went on all sorts of rides in the kiddie area.  He even went on Fire in the Hole and the American Plunge, which didn't go so well.  Of course we had to get picks in the giant Rocking Chair at SDC.  I know somewhere there is a picture of me in that chair when I was Will's age.



Here is a picture of a very terrified boy.  He said he really wanted to go on this ride but I think it was a little too much for him!! 



After all this fun we still had plenty more to do.  On Thursday we headed to my grandparents who live in Shell Knob, MO off Table Rock Lake.  We had a nice time with all my family.  It is so nice to get some quality time in.

Here is some pictures of my babies with their loved ones.





Will had a blast  swimming in the lake, tubing and trying to surf on a piece of driftwood!!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Rolly Polly Emma!!




I finally captured it on film.  Not only is she all of a sudden rolling both directions all of the time but she is starting to dig in her feet to start to crawl.  This video was taken on September 3rd while down at my Grandparents house in Shell Knob, MO.  I guess she wanted to impress her great-grandparents.