do I really need a title???

This is the outfit Emily started out the day in...the first of three. yep, it was one of those days.

Celia and Marc got her this purple puppy for Christmas. You can personalize this particular one to say your child's name and other favorites (well, I picked favorites for her). She LOVES it.

I decided we'd try a bath in the big tub tonight. She flopped over once and leaned a bit too far forward once! Minimal crying and she was ready to splash some more! (but I think we might wait a few more weeks before doing the big tub again!! the sink was a better size..but her smaller tub is still fine too.)

(this picture reminds me of the akward way photographers make you hold your head for portraits)

She was happy to jump jump jump after she was clean.. . . .. .

I swear, she just loves her brothers.

and this one just cracks me up.

and this is her most of the time. happy little lady.

clearly the dogs had a rough day.

isn't this the best picture? (I know I say that about a lot of pictures!!)

Short & Sweet!

We've been busy, busy, busy and I've been super tired lately! There's just not enough time in the day for everything that needs to get done!
Here's a few pictures from tonight! (I still need to take my camera to Jake's karate class and snap a few photos!)

Pretty sure she's wondering why Zach's playing in her bath!

and she's always all smiles for Jacob.

Taking a bath in the sink was the highlight of our sweet little overtired Emily's night!

The boys were very quick at getting their toys (and Emily's) picked up quickly so they could play one quick round of MarioKart!

Jacob was the lucky one that got to try to play with Jelly Bean on his lap!

love!

Emily finally slept through the night again last night--she's done it twice before at my parent's house around Christmastime (I think thats when it was at least!). She fell asleep at 8:20 last night and then woke up at 4:52 to eat.. It would've been great if she would've gone back to sleep after eating but no such luck!!! She's taking after her brothers as an early riser! She's been one happy little girl all day long!

pretty sure she's just now discovered that she has teeth. She's given me a few goofy smiles like this one today.

 

She kept going after Zach's shoelaces. He finally said "can you please move Emily!!"

A much less goofy smile!

Isn't this the best?

and we were all so happy to see Daniel!! So glad he's back from CT!

(Emily was already in bed once he got home.)

Too bad he's the weekend shift supervisor this weekend so we won't see him much.

 

smiles and giggles.

We had such a nice day today! Emily's finally feeling much more like herself and was in the best mood when we got home after taking the boys to school (yep, we walked to school with a wind chill of 12 degrees! brrrrrrrr!). Anyways, I decided I needed to take a few pictures of her silly little self.

giggles. like her momma.

I think she was trying to hide. :-)

my goodness. I just love her.

she's a ham just like her brothers!

 

Once I got everyone clean and in their jammies I decided we needed a new picture of them all together!

and that was their idea of a good picture!

 

After my grandma passed away in January I cut a few clippings off of her snowball bush, researched "viburnum propagation" and set out to grow my own! I made 4 soda bottle terrariums (yes, like everyone's made in school!) and then did one just in water (Daniel said he thought that was the best way to root a plant so I figured I'd give it a whirl!).

I put them all in a windowsill and they've been sitting there for a month and a half. I look at them multiple times a day (they're right by Copper's crate so anytime I put him in and let him out I see them). Back to the point of my story though, I locked Copper in his crate this evening and the kids and I left to go get milkshakes. I looked at the plants and saw nothing different. We got back home and I let Copper out and found this:

I'm taking it as a sign from my Grandma that she's ok and is always with me. :-)

 

Jake's poor couch!

What is it about our pets and Jake's lightning mcqueen couch?

 

It's probably a good thing that Zach's batman couch is upstairs in his bed (because sleeping in a bed isn't good enough--he sleeps on his folded out batman couch in his bed) or else Copper would probably be in it.

 

We actually do have 2 dog beds...that rarely ever get used.

we're still here!

Since I posted 5 days ago I've been tired exhausted. Emily came down with a cold at the end of the week and seemed to feel absolutely miserable starting Friday morning. She sounded terribly hoarse Saturday from all of her crying on Friday. Today she seemed to be feeling better but still sounds pitiful. After her afternoon nap today she seemed happier than she's been the last few days. (And instead of needing to be held by me constantly, she was happy to sit on the floor and play and jump in her jumperoo...and I was able to leave the room without her getting upset!) Tomorrow should be even better! So, since my last post, we had valentine's day (which by the way was super romantic in our house--chili dogs and mac n cheese for dinner with 3 kids), Jacob earned another stripe at karate and also participated in their "parents night out" night, Zach and Daniel had a fun dinner at Friendly's, and we went to another birthday party (so yep, there was more cake!).

Emily's decided shopping is fun. She loves Target as much as her momma. (and can't wait til she can eat their popcorn like her Zachy)

The kids all got Valentine's from Granny & Pa.

For whatever reason blogger won't open up my pictures of the boys with their valentine's. I'll try again another time. (Or else they'll show up a bunch of times on here since I've told it to add them quite a few times!!)

 

Sweet little lady was already super grumpy but she just loves our cats (though I can't say the feelings mutual--Tubble runs from her like he does the boys...Jelly Bean puts up with the fur tugging for a little bit and then leaves). As soon as I plopped her on the bed next to Popcorn (Tubble) she got a big goofy grin!

I got the kids valentine's day stuff out the night before. The boys asked me where Emily's candy was and after I told them she didn't need any candy so I didn't get her any they said they'd share theirs! How sweet! ha! The tall gifts at the end of the table are for their teachers and teacher's assistants. And yep, Daniel even got a little box of chocolates too. While I was getting everyone's stuff ready he said "I didn't buy you anything" so I told him I'd take his stuff back. :-) The boys sort of made Daniel's candy "community candy" and helped themselves!

 

Emily got a rose from her daddy for Valentine's Day. I got flowers too.

 

While Jacob went to Parent's Night Out at the place he does karate, Daniel and Zach went to Friendly's for dinner while I stayed home with Emily (we would've gone if she would've been feeling well but she was just so unhappy I thought she'd be more comfy at home).

They made his straw into a Z for Zach!

Ice Cream time!

 

Today was our neighbor, Emma's, 3rd birthday. Emily seemed to be feeling better so we went but she stuck right by me just about the entire time.

Abby and Emma in Emma's new dresses putting on her new makeup at her new vanity. I can't wait for fun girl stuff like this!

They're so sweet.

A quick smile!

Her cake! All buttercream (except the princesses!!).

Birthday girl with her cake.

She's such a little sweetheart.

Just before I took Emily home. She was tired.

and snuggly.