So it's been a week or so...I've been lazy okay and just haven't gotten on here to write anything! Nothing exciting has really happened. Emma is starting to talk more, which is nice but makes me a little nervous that she's just going to start talking and shock us! Then it'll never stop!! I was sick the beginning of last week, just couldn't seem to stay away from my friend "Mr Porcelain" Unfortunately, Emma and I didn't get to hang out with Lincoln for a few days. But I am feeling much better, thank goodness! No one else got sick, so that was really nice. Knock wood it stays that way! Adam has been working and started playing softball with his work team for the 'beer leagues" in Lethbridge. He's liking that. Emma and I have gone to one game, but given that the weather wasn't too great for the last two games....hopefully it's nice tomorrow so we can go watch but we'll see!

So..we have a new nephew on the way, Lynsey and Patrick are having another boy! We are all pretty excited! I mean we were all rooting for a girl but we'll take another boy! He'll be just as much fun as Lincoln is so we'll take him! haha Not that we have much choice in this matter!! :O) She's not due till the beginnig of October so we have some time to wait for him to arrive still...patience is a virtue I know! :O)

Hmm....a friend of mine asked me the other day how I liked being a Mommy, and I got me thinking about being a Mom. So, just for you Alyssa, here is a list of 10 think I love about being a Mommy.

1. I get woken up every morning with a soft nudge, a smile and a cuddle. What more could you ask for at 7 in the morning!
2. Even when I am having a bad day, all I need a smile from the most beautiful girl in the world and I feel better...even if it's for only a moment.
3. I get to spend everyday with the most entertaining, interesting, cutest person in the world, now that makes for a good day!
4. I get a hug any time that I want, and an occasional kiss that feels like getting a million bucks (the kisses are hard to come by!)
5. I never thought that I could love someone so much in such a short period of time, and that is an amazing feeling to know that they love you back just as much.
6. I get to experience everything from a different perspective that I never thought I would ever see...again. Like finding a grasshoper and oohing at how high it jumps, or thinking that everything is a dog and likes to bark! :O)
7. I have a whole new out look on my life, and I want to do the best that I can so that she can be proud of me.
8. I enjoy the moments that her and I get to share, like her poop experiences at the hospital or wiping it on my arm!
9. I love watching her sleep and cannot wait till she can tell me what she dreams about!
10. That I can help make a difference in the world because of an amazing little girl that I have been so blessed to have in my life.

I love you Emma!

Well this weekend we took a break from the internet. Was nice to not have the computer on, however Adam was not soo good! He tried to sneak onto facebook and hotmail a few times...then I threatened to disconnect the internet and he stayed off all day Sunday!! I was pretty proud of him for that...however I will not go without saying that he did complain an aweful lot! lol Oh how I love you Adam! :O)

We are going on two weeks of Emma sleeping in her big bed! She has been doing an awesome job of sleeping in her bed. Only comes out when she has a bad dream, we cuddle and she goes back to bed no problem! And I am thoroughly enjoying not having to get up to get her out of her crib in the morning...she just gets out of her bed, nudges me, and we cuddle in my bed till we have to get up for the day! It's soo great! However...the last couple of nights we have not had this luck, she goes to bed and is back up within 2 hours crying and wanting to sleep in my bed with me! Last night I tried to just put her in my bed and let her sleep but she crawled out and came to me...so I layed down with her till she fell asleep but I fell asleep too and Adam had to sleep on the couch! Tonight...she didn't last 30 minutes till she was out crying and screaming....she is in her bed tonight, fast asleep. I hope this doesn't become a habit because staying up late with a crying baby who won't let me go any where without her is kind of a pain in the butt....literally because she's usually sitting one me!! Hopefully she stays in bed all night and I get to actually sleep tonight! Emma has recently became kind of obsessed with wearing my shoes! lol I don't know why she started doing this but every pair of my shoes gets worn at least once within a day! haha She even wears Adams work boots once in awhile! Crazy Lady!

Sorry video is sideways and has no sound! I can't figure out how to rotate it or get sound going!! lol Sorry, but you'll get the jist of it!

Hmmm....what else is going on with us....nothing! How exciting! Well, I am going to go watch the rest of Smallville with Adam and go to bed. Emma and I get to hang out with Lincoln tomorrow! Hopefully it's nice outside so we can go to the park! :O)

A few things have happened in the past week. Nothing to major but things!
Emma and I hung out with Lincoln all week last week. Emma's Uncle Patrick has gone out to Manitoba to sell security systems, so we've been hanging out with Lincoln everyday! It's always fun! They are both learning so much from each other and picking up on weird quirks the other has too! Emma now bangs her head against the back of the couch when she is sitting on it...it's funny! She is just a crazy lady as it is, and she is talking up a storm! Even if we till don't understand what she is saying, she is talking like we do know! She is such a big girl. On Thursday we made Lynsey, Lincoln's Mommy, a Mothers Day present! I had him paint her a picture, Emma wanted to paint too but we did one at home already! We also made Mothers Day cards, which Lynsey was the only one to get her because the others were left behind at my Dads!

Tonight I took down her crib and put her in her toddler bed, I am hoping it goes good and she doesn't fall out! It's only like 10 inches from the floor so it's not a far drop if she does, but if she does she'll wake up...so I am preparing for a long night tonight!! She was pretty excited to help me take down her crib but I don't think she realized what was really happening though until I did put her to bed!! She screamed but....she will eventually fall asleep! I'm excited!!

On Thursday, Emma and I took a much needed trip to Red Deer. The trip to Red Deer wasn't needed, the time away was, but Red Deer was a good choice for some time away! We arrived at bed time so we didn't do too much Thursday, Friday we met my Dad for lunch, Emma got to taste Jello for the first time!! Then we hung out with Erica and met baby Bella! Emma loved Bella, she's a baby of course she would! Saturday we went for lunch at an all you can eat Japanese restaurant...was soo good! Emma got to have her first taste of sushi there! It wasn't raw sushi, had crab meat in it I do believe! She liked it! Then Emma went shopping with Grandpa, he said she was a hoot talking to everyone!! That night Sandra and I went to see Nightmare on Elm Street, not so great. Wasn't a bad movie if it would have been the very first one made for NES but it wasn't and they just ruined the whole story line...but you'll just have to see it to know why I say that! Grandpa and Grandma Shirley got to babysit Emma while I was gone, and they enjoyed it! Then on Sunday Shirley took us girls out for a Mothers Day Brunch! Was very nice, Thanks Shirley!! Emma got to dip her own strawberry into chocolate fondue!! She did very good, eating the strawberry was messier then the dipping itself!! Our ride home was horrible!!! It rained, and when I say rained it poured rain so bad that I was doing 80 on the highway!! There was even times when it was hailing!! That happened from Red Deer to Calgary, and to top off the horrible rain, my windsheild wiper got lose so I had to stop in Bowden to find a wrench to fix it! I drove around Bowden for almost 15 minutes looking for a gas station!! Then in Calgary there was a few stops that lasted almost 20 minutes each because there was construction going on and had to slow right down or the lanes were ending!!! I am glad to be home from that drive!! Emma slept from Bowden to Fort Macloed! Was nice to have her sleeping, unlike the drive up when she was awake 95% of the time and screaming at me because she was throwing her toys and treats on the floor!! It was nice to get away and to have time to myself...with Emma! lol

Had time to think about things and figure things out and what not. Was nice! So we have some big changes that are going to be happening and hopefully they are for the good and do us all good in our lives together! We'll see what happens!

Today we had Lincoln come over instead of if us going to his house to hang out! Was lots of fun! He loves the fish and Kalie! He followed Kalie around meowing at her! Was funny! Emma and Lincoln took a nap together on my bed, was soo cute. They cuddled up together for about 10 minutes, then they seperated and slept like they normaly do! Granny Sue came over for a visit and they played 'ring around the rosie' Emma just laughed when it was time to fall down and Lincoln fell down! Was a fun day today!!

Happy 'belated' Mothers Day!!

This past week has been crazy. I didn't have to watch Lincoln all week, which was a nice break from driving back and forth to Lethbridge, but boy did it screw up my week! Thursday I thought it was Friday, Saturday I thought it was Thursday!! I'm looking forward to watching him tomorrow so I can get my weekdays back!!

Wednesday we had another snow storm, not nearly as bad as the last one. More wind then snow. Our power went out yet again! From my understanding it was only Raymond and Stirling that had there power go out! Like a friend of mine said, she didn't know she had volunteerd to save power! haha Either way it sucked again, got freezing cold down here and Emma came into our bed around 3am when her room started to get cold. However this time around the power came back on around 830, which was soo nice! The little bit of snow we had lasted till Friday, I think we were at 10-13 degrees!! But now....we have alot of water, everywhere!!! It's nuts!! The farmers fields look like lakes, all the pot holes are full of water so really you don't know which ones are bad anymore cuz you can't tell!! It's crazy, but we need to moisture so I guess it's not too bad.

On a very good note, my landlords have been fixing my leaky floor! Has not been wet for a few days, which has been sooo nice!! The smell is finally starting to go away, however I do sprinkly baking soda on it on a regular basis to keep the smell away so who knows if it's just going away or my baking soda! It's been nice not having to keep my fan on all day and night to dry the carpet, my house isn't cold!

Calvin, Dales son, came down this past weekend. Emma and I went and hung out at my moms for a bit so Emma could visit with her Uncle Calvin. He left early this morning, so we only saw him the one day. But he'll be back soon.

Erica finally had her baby!!! Took alot of poking and proding to get that baby out but Viktoriya Bella Lynn (Schmidt or Thompson) was born April 26th! Everyone is excited another baby in the family...well extended family! Her mom is dating my dad...so family! Emma and I are taking a trip up to Red Deer this coming weekend so we can go visit and meet baby Bella! We are pretty excited!! I'll have to take lots of pictures of our road trip!

Emma has started wearing her sunglasses everywhere that we go! We have yet to get a picture because she pulls them off just before the picture gets taken! So here are a few pictures of her playing with her toques!! She has been playing with them an aweful lot lately, putting it halfway on her head and pulling it off, putting it her dollies, on Kalie....She's crazy!