Feeling better...

We survived the flu, at least Shane and Emma did. I still don't know for sure if I had it or not...from what I heard from other people, my symptoms suggest that I did, I just didn't get the fever or body aches that Shane and Emma experienced. We spent all weekend at home...even though we weren't feeling well, I still really enjoyed our 3 days of lounging and being together doing nothing!
Hard to believe our week is now half over. Emma and I have so much fun together, she is so entertaining! She is learning so many new things, is fun to teach her and see her grow! Here are a few pics of her playing!

Emma showing you where her belly button is...which she is obsessed with, along with everyone elses. And she has the cutest 'outie' belly button!

Emma being goofy! I took apart her activity jumper so I could put in a tote and store, she loved the seat and keyboard once I got it apart, so I left those out for now!

This kid has to sit in everything!

A quick Monday project...baby shoes! Emma is modeling them here! I used some scraps from my last diaper bag project, I just wanted to see if I could make them and I think they turned out cute!

Sick Day...

Its Friday and we are all home sick! Emma woke up with the flu on Wednesday and Shane woke up with it this morning. I have been fight sinus crap for almost 2 weeks and now I am pretty sure has turned into my annual sinus infection, and I have a cough and itchy throat to go along with it! We were suppose to go to Lincoln to spend the weekend with our friends, Heather and Jon, but had to cancel. Even my mom, sister and gramma were gonna come and see us on Saturday, so its disappointing. We won't get to see everyone until Christmas now.

Well, I don't have much to report, but here are some pictures.

Emma hanging out with daddy while watching the Huskers game last weekend

Right before this picture I told Emma to say 'cheese', which was the wrong thing to say, cuz then she said cheese and pointed towards the refrigerator, wanting some cheese! ha!

Emma playing

I finished up 2 diaper bags last weekend. I posted pictures of one of them on my website, so check it out, and the other one was purchased as a gift, so will post pics once it has been given.

Have a good and healthy weekend!

A quick Monday post...

Thought I would share a few pics of Emma being her funny self from this weekend! We had a good weekend, it was a good mix of being productive and relaxing. Shane was brave and had me cut his hair. He has been wanting me to try, so that he doesn't have to pay a barber. We kept meaning to do it shortly after he got a haircut so that I would have some line to follow, but of course we never got to it and he was in need of a haircut so I just gave it my best! You know it couldn't have turned out too bad since I let him out of the house this morning! Ha!
I forgot last post to tell you about my Monday night thing that I did decide to do...a belly dancing class! A friend of mine is doing it at her church and asked if I would be interested. Its free and great exercise, and fun and the ladies in the class are hilarious...lets just say that I am the youngest...by more than a decade!
Well, its off to bed for me! Enjoy the pics!

I was cleaning in the hall closet and Emma came across our safety glasses from our goodyear days, she thought they were very interesting!

Emma playing with a bra...silly girl!

I tried to tell her that is not how we wear them!

Me with my beautiful daughter!

This one is for Auntie Heather!

The following pictures are from today when Emma saw her daddy at the door at lunch time! She gets just so excited, it is so darn cute!

Clappin' cuz daddy is home!

Happy Friday!

Things have been crazy at our house! Emma is changing so much! Our biggest change is, she is weaned from breast feeding. She has been for a week now. She pretty much self-weaned. It was hard to let go of that bonding, but I feel very blessed that we made it past the year mark and it was a great experience! I also have so much more confidence breastfeeding for when the next baby comes along!

Emma walks all over now, and loves to dance! She has added a few more words to her vocabulary, and communicates the things she wants better everyday (but don't doubt for a second that she doesn't scream anymore!) She says cheese, and says juice the best she can. Today, I asked her if she wanted cheese, she said cheese, walked to the frig and tried to open the door!

I've been busy sewing. I went from 5 to now 7 diapers bags in the works. Right now, I am working on 2 at the same time that need to be done in the next few weeks. We looked at sewing machines last weekend, to get an idea on what its gonna cost to get a new one. Of course, the one that I would love to have doesn't fit in the Dave Ramsey budget...yet, anyway! Shane just keeps telling me that 'if I live like no one else right now, I can live like no one else later!' (for those of you that don't know, that is Dave's motto) I told him I am changing it to ' if I live like no one else right now, I can sew like no one else later'! ha! In reality, I am hoping to at least bump up into a sewing machine that has a 10" arm, and offers a few more features than what I have now.

It's hard to believe its already Friday! We don't have much planned for the weekend. I still need to find Emma a jacket, I went to the QC on Wednesday to just Target and Old Navy, and they didn't have the sizes I needed, so I may talk Shane into shopping, but doubtful! I will probably just end up ordering off the internet. We still have some organizing to do around the house, and I need to get more things listed on freecycle, I already got rid of a bunch of clothes earlier this week on there!

Well, I can't think of anything else right now. Below are some pics from the last week or so!

Emma fell asleep while sorting thru my tulle scraps!

Emma looking like a little girl, not a baby anymore :(

Bein' cheesy!

Looking so cute in jeans!

Emma crawls into everything!

Emma's dress I made her. It was my first attempt, so next time should be better!

Emma Walking

Here is a short clip for those of you who have been asking for one of Emma walking. I took it on my camera, and forgot that it doesn't 'take video' sideways...so sorry! Excuse the TV background noise as well! I will try to get a better video later!

*don't ya just love her cute puma outfit!

Wow..an update!

I am way behind on posting...and I don't see me getting caught up anytime soon!
Things have been crazy busy around here! I don't even know where to begin!

Emma is, as always, her funny, goofy self! We are constantly entertained by her and amazed at all the new things she does and says! Her favorite thing is to get into boxes, totes, baskets...anything that she can fit or almost fit her cute little butt in! (you will see pics below)

Shane is enjoying the college football season, of course...so our weekends are now worked around when the Huskers play! He also joined a Wednesday night bible study at church that runs for the next 8 weeks. We also started small group back up on Sundays.

As for me, wow, I have had a lot going on! My Tuesday morning bible study started back up (we use to meet on Thursdays) and we are doing a Beth Moore study on the book of Esther. Its a fairly in depth study with homework. Monday morning lapsit at the library also started back up, so Emma and I have been going to that. And I have plans to do something on Monday evenings...if I decide to continue, I will fill you in! (I couldn't make it this first time on Monday, but plan to go next Monday).

I have also been doing TONS of sewing! I got my last order out and moved on to one for a benefit that is this Friday. I also made a tutu to go with another basket I put together to be part of the silent auction. And I am also donating a custom diaper bag, so I made a few burp clothes and put together a basket of goodies to go along with the gift certificate. I also have 5 orders for diaper bags in the works. Some I can start working on, others will wait until ppl find out genders of their babies and make fabric selections. In addition to all that, I was asked to donate a custom diaper bag for another silent auction being held in November. I feel blessed that God is using my talents and hope that I can live up to His expectations and plans for me! (Pics of my latest projects will be coming soon)
Which brings me to the realization that I have so much sewing ahead of me (each diaper bag takes over 15-20 hours to cut, piece together, and sew) and could really use a new sewing machine that has a 10" arm, and several other features that would help immensely in sewing my diaper bags. My sewing machine has been giving me some fits, but it has been a huge blessing from when I first got it (for those of you that don't know, I won it in a drawing). Its a really nice machine, just doesn't have all the features that I need, but has definitely allotted me to do stuff that I couldn't with my first one (which was also a huge blessing, a gift from my parents way back in college). So I praying that if God sees fit, He will bless me again (because these sewing machines aren't cheap)!

My mom and I have been enjoying webcaming the last few days...she now has high speed internet, thanks to my brother who recently started his own wireless internet company called wireless inet, you can check him out here www.wirelessinet.net. My mom's web cam was pretty old and didn't have a microphone, so i ordered her a new one, and should be arriving in a day or two, and then we will be able to video chat!

I know there are more things I wanted to write, but I can't remember them now! So I will end here and head to bed! But first, here are some pictures of Emma...

Emma getting into the stuff that I had gathered to get rid of...and her fav, my underwear!

She is always running around now with my underwear around her neck...she is so silly!

See that big purple spot? Emma took a dive into the corner of the end table and had to have her cut glued shut! Poor kid, it bled all over the place and scared her mommy to death! It happened this past Saturday night, so of course the doctor's office is closed and it was past urgent care office hours, so we had to take her to the ER. I was a little concerned because she threw up afterwords, and the bleeding wouldn't completely stop after an hour, so we took her in. We are hoping she doesn't have a huge scar. She picked at the glue today and got some off, and of course took her eye brow hair with it...I hope it grows back fast! I told Shane she got her first eye brow waxing and it didn't go very well!

Well, heading to bed!

Emma's 1 Year Stats

Emma had her 1 year check-up today, which included 4 shots and her blood drawn. Poor girl, I felt so bad. Shane, thankfully, volunteered to hold her while they took the blood from her poor, little finger.
Doc said Emma looks great, happy and impressed with everything she is doing and saying!
Her new stats are:
19.5 lbs - just below 25%
27 inches - just below 25%
She said she is petite!
We go back for booster for the flu shot next month, then again in 3 months.

We are happy its Friday, Shane got super excited last night when he saw that he will get to watch the Huskers game tomorrow on ESPN 2!
Have a good weekend!

Fun Pics from the Weekend...

A brief post with some pictures from our weekend. We didn't do much. Shane finished up in the basement so we are done and can cross that off our list! Praise God! Now we just have to clean and move things back in place. I cleaned around the house and played with Emma. Today, we went to church and relaxed most of the day. This afternoon, while Emma napped, Shane and I sat down and talked about our financial goals and things of that nature. (I felt like he was running a meeting at work!) Next week we will revisit our budget and go over more stuff.

We have a busy week ahead. Tomorrow is baby lapsit at the library. Thursday is massage day (oh, its been too long!) and Friday, Emma has her 1 year check-up. And the rest of the week I will start on a new diaper bag and accessories that is a donation for a benefit in a few weeks.

This first set of pics Emma was telling a story and making the funniest faces and sounds, I snapped them all in less than a minute...

And that adorable Husker tanktop was a gift Emma got in the mail from her Aunt Janice this week...isn't it the cutest thing!

Do they look alike?

Emma being her sweet, sweet self!

Proof that my smiley, happy baby does get mad and sad sometimes!
If you look closely you can see her 2 new teeth that popped thru yesterday...one on each side of her front 2 teeth.

Love, love this pic!
Shane and I couldn't help but laugh!