Yummy

Throughout the day today, Emily found the bag of sour patch kids and helped herself to at least 4 handfuls.

Tonight she picked up one of Baileys dog treats and took it. I thought she was going to find Bailey to give it to her. About 10 minutes later she comes in chewing something crunchy, it was the last of the 4-5 inch long doggy treat. I can't believe she ate the whole thing!

Emilys new favorite thing to do is ask for rides everywhere. She is really into piggy back rides and wants them all the time. She wants rides to go to her room, upstairs/downstairs or just around the hallway.

Nick took Emily to see Yogi Bear the movie today. Nick said Emily LOVED it. Laughed for alot of the movie, even at parts that weren't really funny. She really seems to like talking animals for whatever reason.

I finished wrapping Emilys presents for Christmas. She has way too many, and those are just the ones from us. She is so spoiled ;O)

Letter to Emily

Feb 2008

Dear Emily,

Here I am 37 1/2 weeks pregnant, sitting in your Snoopy nursery. There are so many things on my mind and so many things I want you to know. I love you so much! I have only seen you on the ultrasound, but as I feel you move everyday, I love you even more. I can't wait to hold you and to see you.
I have wanted to be a mom since I was little. Growing up, wherever there was a baby, there I was holding them. I have always loved being around kids, that is why I became a nanny. I was ready to have a baby as soon as your daddy and I got married, but we had agreed to wait at least a year. But when the year was up, your daddy still wasn't ready so I waited. Years passed, then one day, out of the blue, your daddy said he was ready. I was SO excited!
I remember the day I found out I was pregnant. It seems like only yesterday. Your daddy and I agreed I would wait and take the pregnancy test on Sat., but I just couldn't wait, so on Fri. morning after your dad went to work, I took the test. I tried not to get my hopes up, I had already taken several tests in the months before, and they had all been negative, so I was preparing myself for yet another negative test. Imagine my surprise when it was positive! I couldn't believe it! I turned to Nova(one of our cats) who was sitting outside the door, and shouted "I'm pregnant!!" She didn't seem to excited though. I was going to call your dad right away and tell him the fantastic news, but I realized he was still in the car driving to work. Then I decided I wanted to tell him in person, not over the phone. So I hatched a plan. I went to the store and bought some newborn diapers, some baby onesies, and other baby stuff, and I would give it to him as a present when he got home from work. That afternoon, I got a text message from him about something, and after I replied to that, I sent him a text telling him I had a present for him. He askedif he could guess what it was. Thinking there was no way he would guess, I said sure. His guess was " you took the pregnancy test early and your pregnant" ARGHHHH!!!!! I was so mad! How did he know. He had ruined my whole surprise. I tried to send him a text to throw him off the trail, but he saw right through it. He pretended to be surprised that night when I gave him the gift. Now we both look back and joke and laugh about it.
As soon as your daddy found out he was going to be a daddy, he went into baby buying mode. Everytime he came home from shopping, he would have a cute little outfit for you. He went online and found baby Snoopy stuff and convinced me to do the nursery in Snoopy, and I'm glad I did, he is so cute. He bought you lots of things on Ebay, especially after we found you were going to be a girl.
I am so lucky to have found your dad. He is the best husband I could ever hope for. He has always taken good care of me, and he has to put up with alot. I don't know why I got so lucky to end up with such a great guy. And I can't wait to see him become a dad. He loves you so much already. I love to see his eyes light up when he talks to you, or how excited he gets when he feels you move. He asks me everyday when you are going to come out(he isn't very patient)
I have loved being pregnant! It is such a miracle to have someone grow inside you. I have had a great pregnancy No morning sickness, not even any cravings.
Your daddy wants you to come out, but I am still enjoying being pregnant. Maybe its a little selfish of me, but I love being able to feel you kick and move around, and knowing that you are mine. I am finally going to have a baby! I am finally going to be a mom, that thought is also a little bit scary. I am going to be in charge of another life. Am I ready for that responsibility? It is a daunting thought. Sometimes it seems so sureal. We have your nursery all rady, and all your clothes washed and ready for you to wear, it is hard to believe that you are almost here. Soon there will be a baby in the empty crib, soon there will be a baby crying and dirty diapers to change, and soon there will be a dream coming true. Your daddy and I dream of you so often, sometimes when we are sleeping, but mostly when we are awake. We dream of what you will do, who you will look like, and what kind of little girl you will become. I can't wait to hold you and rock you to sleep, to see you smile and laugh, to kiss and hug you, but most of all, i can't wait to see your daddy do all of those things with you. Through all this I have grown to love your father even more that I ever thought possible. I pray that one day, many many years from now, that you will find a man as good as your father. Until then, I hope your father and I can teach you all we can to help you prepare to go out into the world. I'm sure we will make mistakes, please forgive us, we have never been parents before, and we will do our best. I just want your to know that we both love you so much, we will always have your best interst at heart, even if it isn't fair, and we will always be there for you, no matter what.

With all my love,
Mom

Everybody and their dog(or hippo) part 2

So I signed up for twitter a few months ago for one reason, to follow hippobob. Who is hippobob you might ask? Well he is my daughters best buddy, her stuffed hippo named Bob. Yes, my daughters stuffed hippo has a twitter account. My husbands doing, not mine. He also jokes that his email address is hippobobbyonemoretime@whatever.com. Anyway, I had to sign up to twitter to get his tweets. I have to say, I like Facebook alot better. I cant say why(not that I won't say, I just can't put my finger on it), but Twitter just annoys me. Maybe its just the few people I follow, i don't know. If it wasn't for hippobob, I would be outta there. But since he is there, I gotta play nice.
I was reading Star last night and come to find out that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills famous dog Dizzy or Diggity or whatever the dogs name is ( i could look it up, but I really don't care that much) also has a twitter account. Who would of thought?

Everybody and their dog (or hippo)

So it seems like everyone I know has a blog, so I thought it was time that I jump on the bandwagon. I haven't decided how I want to write it yet. Should I write it to Emily, since this will be my digital scrapbook for her? Should I write it like a would to a audience? So many things to decide.


Anyway, let me introduce myself. My name is Stephanie or Steph for short, but more commonly called "MAMAAAA!!" by my beautiful almost 3 year old daughter Emily. I got married to the most amazing man more than 8 years ago. When I say amazing I mean it! Nick cooks and does the laundry! As well as tons of other great stuff AND puts up with all my crap. Every womans dream man, and I got him, I am so lucky! We live in a quiet New England town. I love it here! So different from where I grew up out west. We have 3 cats, Snickers, Nova and J.J. and 1 dog Bailey.


I can't believe my little girl will be 3 in a few short months. Time has really flown by. I remember when we were still in the hospital after she was born and I was holding her for the first time after they had taken her away to do the bath and what ever else they do, and she started to cry and Nick came over right away and took her from me and calmed her down. I knew right then that he was going to be the best daddy ever!

I keep meaning to write these down before I forget, but I never do, so I will do it here!


Emilys favorites(as of 11/19/10):

food-cheese sticks and grape tomatoes

books- Green Eggs and Ham, The Cow Loves Cookies and If You Give a Pig a Party

buddies- a brown bear named Ruby, a grey hippo named Bob, and one, sometimes two stuffed Snoopys

TV show- Dora the Explorer(she refuses to watch anything else, only a couple months ago it was the same for The Backyardigans)


Movie- How to Train Your Dragon and Cars (until recently it was Princess and the Frog, Bolt, and Wall-E)


only phrase I understand her saying- ohh I sorry didn mean to=Opps, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to


toy- train set, puzzles, magna doodle, any kind of ball and ball popper


activities- coloring, play-doh, watch tv, take Bailey to dog park




other things I want to remember:


she can count to 13 in english and 7 in spanish(at least watching all that Dora is good for something right?)

she knows most of her shapes


she knows most of her colors, but gets them mixed up sometimes


she is starting to learn the alphabet


she LOVES to run


she can buckle the top buckle of her car seat by herself and gets upset if I forget to let her do it


she loves to pretend to be asleep


she loves for us to pretend to be asleep so she can tickle us awake


she loves to hide under the covers and pop out and say boo


she loves candy

she almost always takes of her shoes and socks whenever we are in the car


she loves the watch the youtube clip of Snoopy and the bunnies over, and over and over, and over

she is the cutest little girl ever and I love her so much, this is my favorite picture of her and I, it was taken Christmas 2009