Birthday Party Wrap Up!!

Here are a few pics from Emma's Birthday party!!! I hope you enjoy!!!

This is Emma's cousin Carter! What a sweet boy! We wish we

could spend more time with them!
Emma was loving the gifts but only wanted to open them
while sitting on her new Dora bike from NaNa and PaPa!

Here's Carter again...going down the big slide!

Amy and Andy were able to make it for the party!

They got her the cutest Tinkerbell outfit!! Emma had

to wear it that night!

Here is the swingset that Emma got from Mommy and Daddy

for her birthday!! It just took Daddy a week to put together!! LOL

Just one of the slides at the party!! FUN FUN

Emma's birthday cake was YUMMY!! Here's Emma dismounting from one of

the slides!

We had a smaller pool for the little ones! Emma

thought it was a horse!! LOL

It has been a while since I have posted and well I have a great excuse...or excuses!!! I had to attend a training for two weeks which sucked the life right out of me, in between the two weeks, we had Emma's 2nd birthday party, then the last day of the training I came home, packed, and headed to Ider so we could leave bright and early the next morning for our Disney adventure! I believe that about covers it... i think! I wanted to do a post for Emma's birthday party and another for the Disney trip so this one will just cover the party! It was a great day with tons of friends! We had a water party and it was HOT!!! I apologize to all the poor parents that had to sit in the sun while your children were nice and cool on the water slides!!! Just know they had fun at your sacrifice!! Emma had a blast and loved every single gift she received! I will be getting the thank you cards out soon, but as you can see from the crazy list of things above...I just simply haven't had time!!!

The Summer So Far!!!

So here is our summer...so far!! It has been a blessed one with fun in the sun with friends and family! The best way to re-cap our summer is through great pictures! Emma has been quite the entertainer this summer. She is growing up so fast right before our eyes. She has the greatest personality and quite the sense of humor.
Here she is "digging for gold" as her PaPa looks on with laughter and well...SHOCK!

On the fourth of July we were blessed to spend the day with my family and Emma got to Slip n' Slide for the first time! She was a little hesitant but enjoyed it after a few trips down the slide!

The Ice Cream Truck came for a visit through our neighborhood! Emma was excited, but I think her dad and I were more excited than she was! Thanks to our fabulous neighbor for being there to take a picture of all of us at the ice cream truck!

Emma has become obsessed with "pops" and there have been plenty of them this summer! Nana and Papa keep their freezer stocked for our visits!

Emma also had her first experience at a Japanese restaurant! She ate her weight in food and loved the show that the chef put on...and was quick to tell him NOT to do the big fire anymore! He was great and gave her a little bit of everyone's food. She wasn't too sure of the chef getting to close though! LOL We got to share this experience with our dearest friends, which Emma LOVES just as much as she does her own family. They ARE our family!! Candi and her kids mean the world to us! Candi is like a sister to me and I have become a stronger woman for knowing her! She is my best friend and I owe her more than she will ever know! I only hope that I can be the friend to her that she has been to me!!

We also took a trip to Alabama Adventure and LOVED it!!! Emma had a blast and I must admit...I DID TOO!!! We had a great time with our "besties" and WILL be going back for more fun in the sun!

How could I leave out all of our FUN playdates with our wonderful neighbors!! Emma and Bryce have such a sweet bond and I can't even explain what joy it brings to my heart to know that Emma has such a great "boyfriend" in Bryce! He let's her love on him and at times boss him around and it is just precious to be able to watch them play together and grow! I have also been blessed with the friendship that I have been able to develop through this little love affair!! Bryce's mommy has become one of my best friends in the world and her love and support and kind shoulder to cry on, laugh with, and fuss with means all the world to me! I don't know how I have made it without her!!

Emma has been swimming NON STOP! She has become miss independant in the pool...well everywhere really, but she loves the pool! She reminds me so much of myself sometimes and it makes me smile thinking about the fun times I shared with cousins swimming all summer long! I know she will love it just as much as her mother and father did!

We've also played with Carli at the playground this summer!! It was loads of fun and can't wait to do it again!!

We had water day too!!! It is so much fun to get play in the water when that Bama heat kicks in around here!!

Well I hope you've enjoyed the update and I have plenty more, but it wouldn't let me upload any more pics, so until next time.....We hope you are enjoying your summer as much as we are!!
God Bless,

Kelli and Emma

HULA GIRL!!

We've had a great couple of weeks with lots of swimming and visiting the family! It has been CRAZY BUSY and I will def. post later about all of our adventures, but for now I will leave you with a couple of pictures of my HULA GIRL!!!

A whirlwind of a trip!

We took a quick trip to Rhode Island to visit with Justin's family and I am still tired! Justin's father suffered a stroke a couple of years back and he isn't doing well so Justin wanted to go visit him while we could. Emma had a blast playing with ALL of her cousins and Gus! (Gus was our dog before Emma came along, and we sent him to live in Rhode Island with all the kids.) We had such a great time and I got some really good pics of Emma while we were there!

All of Justin's family laughs at me because I always have bows in Emma's hair, or frilly outfits on her. They say she is def. from the South! So when I broke out the tutu, I thought they were going to fall over laughing! Please remember Justin and his family in your prayers. His father has never really had a good relationship with any of his kids, but it is still hard for them to see him like this. He did come to life when he saw Emma running around. I think I even saw a smile out of him....and Justin too!

I have plenty more to write about, but I hear a little girl calling for her Mommy in the next room!! Can't turn down that voice!! :-) Hope you are all having a blessed summer!

With Love,

Kelli

TuTu CUTE!!! HA

This is another one of my tutu's! As you can tell, Emma

loves playing in them. She wore one to church last Sunday!

I am hoping to get some more pics up soon.

My computer is acting up and I am having a hard time getting the pics

uploaded! UUGGHH....Technology!!

Let me know if you would like a tutu!

I can do any colors you want and any size!

The name of the business is TUTU CUTE!

HA! You gotta love it!

A-Day Game and Quality Time

So we went to the A-Day Game back in April and Emma loved it!

Emma wore her Alabama Tutu that I made her and it was a hit!

Everyone was clapping and yelling for her.

She even did a few twirls for them when they clapped!

She loved looking for Big Al and sitting in Papa's lap eating snacks!

She is definitely a Bama Fan!
Roll Tide!!!!

We also got to spend some quality time with the Grandparents!

Emma spent time at the park with Nana and Papa and I

got to spend time with my grandmother as well!

As you can tell from the pictures....

SHE LOVES THEM!!!!!

She had a blast and still talks about the slide and asks for Nana and Papa!

We had a great time and can't wait to do it again!!

What a month!

I apologize for the month of no posts! It has been a little hectic around here and there has been plenty of things to post about, but honestly, I haven't caught my breath yet! We have had hospital stays, Mother's Day, tutu making, and end of school activities....all which are fantastic stories! Today's post will just be about the hospital stay so I can keep it short! :-)

A couple of weeks ago Emma was just not feeling well at all, and then....the fever! So I took "priss" to the Dr. and he did blood work and gave her a good once over (enter lot's of screaming) and said everything looked fine. Well that was until he got the blood results. Her blood work was a little crazy! He said she looked great but her white blood cell count was high so he wanted her to come back in the next morning and do another stick to check her blood again to see if it was any different!

We came back the next morning and it was still high. She had to get blood drawn from the lab...FUN!!! and it was STILL high! Because this was a FRIDAY he decided he wanted to keep her close and monitor her....so that meant a weekend in the hospital. WOOHOO!!!!

We started our stay with nurses sticking Emma and blowing veins because she was so dehydrated, Emma screaming and crying because she is terrified of all things medical, and VERY uncomfortable furniture to sit/sleep on! We were there from 8:30 Friday morning until 8:30 Sunday night! It was a very long weekend that ended with questions of what was wrong with her NOT being answered, and Emma literally banging on the windows screaming...."OUT....OUT!!"

When we left Sunday night her blood count was back up and she wasn't running a fever! We left with Boo Boo's in our arms and feet from tries for the IV's that we are still hearing about from Emma! But we are home and we are HAPPY to be here!!!

Thank you to all of you for your thoughts and prayers! I will hopefully have more posts soon!

Kelli