Glamour Shots

These pictures were taken on the ferry to Ocracoke and on the day we evacuated Avon due to hurricane Earl.  We had four beautiful days on the beach, but had to head home on Wednesday.  Boo.

Screamin' Summer

I think all of these images scream summer.  Here you can see Eme picking peaches off of our peach tree.  We actually got quite a few this summer - in spite of the squirrels.  And, with those peaches we had an impromptu peach ice cream party where we have about 30 folks over to celebrate with us.  It was fun. 

You can also see in these pictures that our garden is growing great - see the great huge zucchini.

Taty also was convinced by Eme to run out in the rain.  And, Eme got to ride on the jet ski with Daddy.

July 4th

So, it turns out that some folks do still check the blog. Thank you! Eme has has a busy, busy weekend. She played with Grace, McKenna, Lauren, Caroline, Ren and all the cul-de-sac kids. It was a blast literally. I'm pretty sure that Eme's fingers will not be unwrinkled anytime soon since she spent almost 99 percent of the 3.5 day weekend in the water. And, we got to celebrate LuLu's second birthday with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle Kai, Aunt Lauren, My Jonas and Maggie. It was quite fun. Happy Birthday, Lulu!

The snake pictures were from Friday, when she and her babysitter Annie accompanied me on a media story about venomous snakes in North Carolina. No, the one she is holding is not venomous, nor is it native to North Carolina. In fact, his name is Boudreaux and he's from Louisiana.
The sunflower picture is my attempt at photography. The picture is of a sunflower that grew from the seeds given to Eme by the Easter Bunny. The bees are addicted to it. I thought the picture was pretty enough to share.

No Excuses

There are no excuses to explain why I have not updated this blog since January. And, will be totally suprised if anyone is still actually checking the blog.  I don't think it is possible to give details about the previous six months, so I'm just going to start from the past couple of weeks. 

Eme continues to do great.  She is growing up and her funny personality is shining through every day.  She's making jokes, funny faces and realizing that other people have feelings.  She is really turning into a little person.  She is also learning to read a little. She can read Go, Stop, Bear, Papa, Eme and Mama so far.  She is also working on writing her letters.  She is spending her days playing at her preschool, swimming in the swimming pool (the newest development is that she now goes under water and can swim a little) and riding her two-wheel bike to the cul-de-sac to play with friends.  We are lucky to live in a neighborhood where there are lots and lots of little kids, so there is almost always somebody to play with.

I promise to try to update the blog more frequently.  Especially since we now have a great new camera that almost takes the pictures for you.

January Photos

Eme Kate cutting mushrooms. She is actually pretty good at cutting things up even though her knife is not sharp at all.

Eme Kate and Pawpaw.

Eme Kate and Auntie Adair.

Jeff was cleaning when he turned around to find Eme wearing her jammies, cinderella costume, fairy wings and skirt stuffed into the crate at the bottom of the stairs.  It won't be too much longer and she won't be able to fit anymore.  She is growing like a weed.

Happy on the back deck the night it snowed. 

Eme Kate sledding.

Eme Kate and Lauren sledding.

Eme Kate and her buddy Lauren walking down the street in the snow.  As I type this, they are both eating popcorn and frozen vegetabls watching Monsters Inc relaxing after playing hard in the snow.  They also spent a long time in the bathtub washing their ponies' hair.

Eme Kate in her monkey pajamas

Eme Kate at LuLu's House

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Savannah, Joseph, Summer, LuLu, Eme, Kaiya, Joseph make a star at Taty and Captain's for Christmas.

Eme at Jelly Beans Skating rink with Santa.  She love Santa, but didn't like skating so much. The rollerskates hurt her feet.  It was a super cold day outside so we decided to find something fun to do inside. Daddy also won her a little basketball out of one of the games.  We have a ton of fun with the basketball in the kitchen at home.

Eme by the Christmas tree.  She now wears a 3T bottom and a 4T top.  She's growing like a weed.

Another picture of Eme by the Christmas tree wearing a Santa hat, one of daddy's big shirts tied with a beautiful belt. She was freezing cold.

Eme went to see Disney on Ice earlier this month.  It was her first show and she really enjoyed the first half.  Not so much the second half - 2 year olds don't have a terribly long attention span.

Santa came.  Eme got a Bitty Baby that she has named Ditsy, a new tea set, new farm animals, and lots of games, puzzles and artwork supplies.  She also got college money, books, games and toys including a new fancy doll house and a puppy in a bag from aunts, uncles, grandparents and mommy and daddy.

Eme feeding Ditsy.  Ditsy drinks milk out of her bottle and out of Eme's tummy.

Eme with one of the many games she got for Christmas. 

Eme in her beautiful red dress at Nana and Gramp's house

Eme and gramps snuggling on the recliner.

Eme all bundled in her new "carf" ready to brave the cold.

Eme in the laundry basket (I mean her hive.)  She was pretending to be a bee making honey.

We've had a great holiday!  It was the first year Eme got excited about Santa. She also got so many toys that we had to buy a new toy shelf system to store them all.  It's her toy tower.

Pawpaw is visiting now so we'll have more Christmas pictures to post soon.