"Happy Day Emme" with the Tuggles

The kids and I were able to go down to Illinois and celebrate Emme's birthday with the Tuggles. Emme is so funny she has been calling her birthday her "happy Emme day!" My Aunt Monique and her kids were in town to visit as well. She has two girls that doted on Emme and Elijah! It was really great to see all of the Loes! We had a great visit. Emme cried all the way home because she wanted to go back to her Bop-Bop's house.

Emme loved her happy day cake

Elijah was a wonderful big brother and he set the table for everyone

Emme loved the purple flowers on her cake

The purple icing ended up all over Emme

Emme at 2 Years Old

Emme had her 2 year check-up today. Here are her stats:
Height-32in (23%) Weight- 20lbs (0.45%)

Sir Bounce-Alots

Emme LOVES to jump, so we took her to an indoor bounce house play place. She had a great time. There were these big blow-up slides that Emme was very interested in. She was willing to climb all the way up the ladder to get to the top, but she wouldn't slide down. So I had to climb up there and literally throw her down the slide! She screamed the whole way down. I felt so mean, but once she was at the bottom of the slide she was all smiles and wanted to go again. We had pizza and icees and then played arcade games. Emme had a way fun time.

Emme's Birthday

We celebrated Emme's birthday on Thursday and Friday this week. You would never guess it from looking at Emme, but she loves to eat. So we went to the Golden Corral for her birthday dinner. Then we had her favorite part, the chocolate fountain, as her "birthday cake."

Emme enjoying her birthday feast. She even picked the broccoli herself!

Elijah was a very happy guy that it was Emme's birthday, because he got lemonade to drink!

Emme dipped her own treats in the chocolate fountain...

and enjoyed them very much!

Embry Elizabeth

Embry Elizabeth is 2! It is amazing how fast the last two years have gone by. When I found out that Emme was a girl, I was really nervous. I cried and cried because I didn't think that I could be a good mom to a girl. Elijah had been so easy for me, and so I really wanted another boy. I am so glad that we do not get to pick, because I wouldn't trade being Emme's mom for anything in the world.
Emme is a Daddy's girl. Everyday around 3 she starts hovering around the windows waiting for "Daddy home." Emme is so fun to be around. She is hilarious and crazy! Emme truly is like a little whirl wind. Emme loves to dance and sing and she knows the words to all of the songs on my ipod. Emme is an amazing little sister. She loves Elijah so much! She found a picture of Elijah from when he was about her age, and she insists on sleeping with it every night. It is all crumpled and worn, but she loves it. She loves her "Eli-ah!" Emme has also taken to Gideon. She always wants to make him happy and she has taken it upon herself to make sure that I feed him on time! Emme gives the best hugs! When she hugs you, you can tell she is loving you with all of her heart. Emme is a beautiful girl inside and out. We are so lucky that we were blessed to have her as a part of family for the last two years.

Splash Pad!

We have several splash pads within just a few miles of our house. We have been to one that is a daisy that sprays water, but today we found a splash pad that had a dragon sprinkler! It was very exciting! Elijah loves the splash pads, and he loves running through the water. Emme isn't so sure about the actual sprinkler part, she mostly wants to just run around the outside of the splash pad.

3 Months Old!

Gideon is 3 months old! Time has really flown by! Gideon is still a very happy baby. He loves to smile (non-stop like his Daddy) and he even giggles now, which is hilarious to hear. He laughs like his Pop-pop! Gideon loves Elijah and he will let him hold him until Elijah gets tired of him. He is handling Emme much better now. Emme loves giving him all of the baby toys and he always repays her with a smile. Gideon loves laying on his side, and insists on being that way instead of on his tummy. I think he likes to be able to see what Elijah and Emme are doing better from that angle. He is still a great sleeper and a great eater. Gideon LOVES to talk, and he talks all of the time! He has a deep little voice and when he cries he kind of growls like a cub. We call him a little cheetah cub because he really sounds just like one. It is hilarious. We love our little Gideon. He is a great addition to our family. Gideon has made me very happy and has brought me enormous joy!
Thank you Andrea Hatchell for the beautiful quilt you made for Gideon!

Iron Girl Emme

Every night Dustin and the kids have a Nerf gun war. Emme was tired of being shot in the face and head, so she put on Elijah's space helmet. Then she told us she was Iron Girl Emme. Nice!

Silly Emme

Since we have been going without diapers during the day, this is how Emme looks all day. I think little kids in undies are hilarious, especially when their undies are like 4 sizes too big. LOL I am really proud of how awesome Emme has been doing with the potty training. I have just a few more weeks to have her completely potty trained before she turns 2! I think we can...I think we can...I think we can.

Potty Training Victories

Emme has been doing awesome at potty training. We hit a rough patch right after Gideon was born but we have slowly gotten back up to where we were. Emme had no accidents today! And she hasn't had a wet diaper in the morning or after naps for a couple of weeks now. So that is promising. But we are still doing diapers at night just in case. An accident at night is not fun for mama or Emme.

Hanging out With the Boys

Dustin and Elijah have been watching the original Transformers cartoons on Netflix the over the last few days. Gideon loves the colors from the show and will stare at the tv with the boys. So they decided to put him in the bean bag chair so he could see the tv better. Men and their love of the tv - it starts so early!

Sunday Best

The boys ties finally arrived the other day. They were suppossed to be here for Gideon's blessing, but better late than never I guess. The boys looked adorable in them, and Elijah loved matching Gideon.

Emme also had a new church dress. She was not excited about getting her picture taken though. She certainly was not the ray of sunshine that her yellow dress made you think of. LOL Thanks Auntie N for the dress.

Awesome Memories

The last few days I have had the song "wherever you will go" by The Calling stuck in my head. I love The Calling! I went to itunes and searched The Calling and in the suggested artists they listed Vertical Horizon and Tonic! I love them too! Yeah, needless to say the kids and I had a dance party with some oldies but goodies. It was awesome! Reminded me of sitting in traffic on the way home from hawthorne mall in Erin's old beater blue car in 100 degree heat with no AC. We didn't mind though because we singing our hearts out and eating candy from the candy store! Love you Tink!_

Emme and Gideon

For the last 10 weeks I have been trying to get Emme to call Gideon by his name instead of "baby." Finally she did! The last few days she has been calling Gideon "Ideon" pronounced exactly like Gideon just without the G sound. Then today she has been telling him all day "love you baby Ideon!" Too cute!