Sports Saturday

All decked out in her UAB gear...she even had UAB socks...those didn't last long!

Watching the game with Janet.

She FINALLY let Lee hold her.

and Jordan.

Walking to the Preds game with Daddy.

Waiting on the game to start.

We WON!! 4-3 in overtime! Family pic after the game.

Walking back to the car...she loves to ride on Chase's shoulders!

Today was a fairly busy day for Emory. This morning Emory and I headed out to Franklin to watch Jordan play volleyball and to visit with Janet and Lee. (Chase went fishing with the guys) Emory really enjoyed watching the matches. She has been going through a HUGE mommy phase recently, but she finally warmed up to Janet and Lee after the second match and let them hold her...thank goodness...my arms were getting tired! :) After lunch we headed back home. Em tried to fall asleep in her new car seat...didn't go so well. Every time she would be good and asleep, her head would fall forward and she would wake up and get mad. Poor thing. I felt so sorry for her! Of course when we got home she only played in her crib when I laid her down for a nap!

Tonight we were invited to go to a Predators game. For those of you who don't know who they are, they are the National Hockey League team we have here in Nashville. Another plus to Nashville...sorry Birmingham friends but it's true, we have an NFL team and an NHL team...anyway. The game started at 5 tonight instead of 7 (which I will explain later). It was kinda nice for us since we have Emory. The tickets were in the all inclusive section...now that is the way to watch a game...free food, free beer, and better seats. We had a great time at our first Preds game. Emory made the jumbotron 3 times!! I came home to a message on Facebook that said "ummm...i think i just saw Emory on the jumbotron!" She was just so cute they couldn't stay away from her! haha!

Emory did great all day considering all she had was a 30 minute nap in the car. I love Saturdays!

Oh and the reason the game started so early was something about an "Earth Hour." Downtown Nashville participated in the 60 minutes of no power tonight from 8:30pm until 9:30pm. They had a free concert from Jo Dee Mecina and then turned all the power off in downtown for 60 minutes. We didn't stick around for that. You never know how that might turn out!

Em's New Ride

I finally broke down and bought Emory a new car seat. Really I had no choice. She was getting WAY too long for the other one and she is about to be a year old which means in two weeks she can face forward! So far she doesn't seem to mind it. I think she enjoys having the extra room. The real test is going to be if she sleeps well in it!! I actually installed it myself...it only took me 30 minutes! Ha! I was practically sitting in the seat trying to get it tight enough! I wanted to make sure my baby was safe!!

New Recipes

I have provided two new recipes to Beth's Recipes. Crock pot steak burritos and chicken enchilada casserole. In Chase's words "these burritos are money!" Enjoy!

Nap Time

I don't know when it happened but it did...but we are down to one nap a day! Since Emory is now sleeping until 9am every morning, she isn't taking a morning nap. So, around 2pm she gets kinda irritable and goes down for a nap. Today was no different. I laid her down in her crib, turned on her fan and CD player (Bob Marley lullabies), kiss her and walk out. Usually she plays for a little while, switching out her pacifiers, talking, sitting up, lying down, so on and so on. This usually doesn't last very long and then she is down for the count. Today, after she had quieted down, I went to check on her and this is what I found....


It was too cute not to take a picture!

Blue Turned One!!!

This past weekend we drove to Jacksonville to celebrate Blue's first birthday. Saturday was the party and we all had a great time. The hard part was trying to convince Bennett that it wasn't HIS birthday. He wanted to help open all the gifts! Jamie had bought him an Ironman sleeping bag to keep him occupied...it worked for a little while! :) Here are a few more pictures for the weekend.

Blue and Emory hanging out with Aunt Haley

Not happy about something!!

Just needed some lovin' from momma!

Swinging with Dude.

Swinging with Daddy!

"Cha, get out peas! Get out peas!!" Bennett was not happy that Chase had gotten into his sleeping bag!!

(new post below)

Happy St. Patrick's Day...

a day late!! Sorry!

11 Months!

I can't believe it...it's been 11 months!! Is she really going to be a year old in one month?!?! I don't believe it!

So updates:

-She learned to CRAWL!!! yay!
-Of course because of the crawling thing, she is into EVERYTHING and nothing slows her down...time to babyproof!!
-She is "talking" much more and is always trying to tell me something.
-She cut another tooth on the bottom...total is now 7!
-She is also pulling up to her knees while crawling around the house.
-She will take a few steps while holding our hands but once she realizes that you will support her all the way, she lifts her feet up!
-Her new thing is if she isn't ready for a nap she pulls herself up on the side of the crib, throws both pacifiers over the edge and then crys out every few seconds until you come and get her. I am usually greeted with the cutest little smile! I love my job!

She is really developing a little personality and I am looking forward to the rest of the journey ahead! We love you Em! Happy 11 months!

Recipes

I love to cook. Now, finding the time and deciding what to cook is another story. I have gained a few new recipes from the girls at work and plan to try them soon. I am ALWAYS looking for something new. I have about 10-15 really good "go to" recipes that I feel like I cook all the time. One of my friends and fellow bloggers has recently decided to start a recipe blog. I plan on contributing a few of my recipes to it (as soon as I find the time to type them up and send them to her). The link is here and also under my list of Friend blogs. She has already posted a few things that I am looking forward to trying. Check it out!

What is it...

about dog food that babies find so fasinating. Maybe it is just the fact that it isn't theirs and they aren't suppose to have it.

Don't worry, she didn't get any pieces to her mouth. But Chase and I did have a good laugh while taking these pictures. Harley didn't seem disturbed by Emory lurking around his food. I guess he figured, he does it to her, whats the harm in her trying to get his food? Belle on the other hand kept backing away with her tail between her legs looking to us for help. Finally i guess hunger won out in the end!

(new post below)

Spring has Sprung!!

At least for a little while! Saturday was beautiful and we couldn't help but spend the day outside. While Chase washed his car, Emory and I played in the front yard and got some good ol' vitamin D!!

All Those Toys...

and she'd rather play with paper!!

My New Hobby

For Christmas, my parents bought me a sewing machine, a very nice sewing machine. I had plans to actually use it but never had the time until last weekend. Really, I had no idea what I was doing and needed my mom to help. She hadn't sewn in a while but at least she had made more than curtains (that's all I have attempted). I think my first project turned out very well. It only took me about a day from start to finish and wasn't as difficult as I had thought. Emory looks so cute in her new dress. She is going to wear it to church on Sunday. Now I can't wait to start something else!

(new post below)

Busy Bee

Now that she knows how to crawl...nothing is out of her reach. Except of course the higher shelves...but she's almost got that down too!

**note: i had to tie her pajama legs behind her because she was getting tangled up in them when trying to crawl. She went nonstop after that!!**

(new post below)

Video Time!!

This was the first night that Emory crawled. Now she is much more efficient and into EVERYTHING!!! And yes we are teasing her with the pacifier to get her to crawl...whatever works!

Finally!!!

So after 10 1/2 months Emory finally decided to crawl!!! We spent the weekend in Birmingham and spent some time with Payton Saturday night. I told him his job was to teach Emory how to crawl. He would crawl up to where she was sitting and then crawl away, stop and look back at her as if to say "ummm, you didn't follow!" I guess Emory was just taking notes to practice at a later date because tonight she crawled!!! It's about dang time! Before now she was completely content sitting and reaching as far as she could to get a toy. Now, nothing is out of her reach. She of course isn't too quick right now but I am sure we will get there! I'm just glad something was interesting enough to crawl towards...it was her pacifier, by the way! I was able to get a video that I will post later, but I have to sign on to Chase's profile and it's late and I have to work tomorrow. Oh and she even tried to pull up on her exer-saucer tonight too! She got to her knees and then saw that her Daddy was laughing at her and stopped! Two big milestones...FINALLY!!!