Emersyn & Emery

Emery

Emersyn.

Emersyn's Emery's elder.

Each enjoy embracing.

Easygoing Emersyn & Emery.

Emersyn enjoys Emery's ears.

Each exhibit equally edible extremities.

Excellent eaters.

Extremely entertaining.

Enjoy!

Naughty Blogger

Dear Blog,

It's Patti, remember me? I used to write you a lot more frequently but then this lady in a green BMW decided to run a red light and spun my van AND my world around! It's not as fun to sit at the computer these days, so much in fact that I am not even working right now. (Although I am still a wife and mama and that is a lot of work in itself).

What have I been up to, you ask? Well, I have been trying to take it easy. But you know me, that isn't easy. My chiropractor, Dr. B, asked if it was possible for me to take a nap during the day! Ha! Even if it were possible, I am a rare napper. It is too hard to sleep with the laundry piles calling my name. Dr. B said that he sensed that I am "tightly wound" and need to learn to be a little easier on myself. Me???? I think that is funny because in a lot of ways I am a little uptight but in more ways I think I am pretty laid back. Being uptight is not helping my neck pain, however so perhaps I will take the Dr's advice and "unwind" a bit.

What else have I been up to? Well, we took Emersyn to the county fair for the first time. It was......okay. I was so excited to see all the animals. But I forgot how smelly and dirty they are. And I was excited for a corn dog. But I forgot how greasy they are. But overall, it was fun and the admission was free, just $5 for parking. I can handle that!

My sweaty little baby. It was around 90 at the fair but we stayed in the shade and drank lots of water to keep hydrated! Side note: Emersyn can fit into Old Navy's 12-18 month size now, I can hardly believe it. I find that Old Navy's stuff runs kind of small and Baby GAP stuff runs big. Emersyn has some summer stuff from
Baby GAP that is 12-18 months and it is HUGE on her. Strange.

Not a good choice. I don't want to talk about it. :)

Showing Emersyn the chickens.

Poor baby, she is teething like crazy. She has had a constant runny nose, fever at times, whiny, over all just fussy. It is confusing at times, one moment it seems like she has a cold, the next it just seems like teething. Either way, it makes her Mama sad! :(

Had to take a picture of this. This sign is right before you go into the cow exhibit, isn't that funny? Kind of ironic anyways....

Tuesday night we joined our friends and neighbors at Cannon Beach for dinner and a bonfire. I love that about Portland. You are only about 90 minutes from the ocean and 90 minutes from the snow and mountains. Since we live in a western suburb of Portland, we are just a little over an hour from the beach.

The beach was overcast but pleasant and Emersyn had a lot of fun in the sand. Maddie is 4 and just loves Emersyn, it is really cute. Her parents and Brett went on a walk with the other kids and I decided to stay behind with Emersyn and play in the sand. Sherrie, her mom, asked Maddie if she wanted to stay with me and Maddie said...."umm...I want to stay with Emersyn". It was cute. Maddie is great with her and keeps her entertained, which I enjoy!





So you can see, dear blog, I have been busy making fun memories with my family which has caused me to neglect you. I know you understand though, after all, that is what this blog is all about!

I will leave you with a cute Emersyn fact: Emersyn has a beloved stuffed monkey, Twin. Whenever she gives him kisses, I always say "awwwwww". So now when Emersyn kisses Twin, she goes "awwwwww". Go ahead.....I know your thinking it........."awwwww". SO cute. :)

Thursday Tid Bits

Jogging with Daddy.

Emersyn thinks it's pretty funny when Daddy runs next to her instead of behind her. :)

Don't worry, it's organic mac and cheese. I usually put peas in it too but Daddy made lunch and forgot them. Not shocking if you know Brett. :) He is not a veggie fan.

Bibs can be over rated apparently according to Daddy.

Emersyn's favorite place to drink her bottle, other then Mama's arms.

"Helping" Mommy empty the dishwasher.

Accident Update:

*Apparently our car is not totaled. Brett was less then thrilled to hear this news, he said that wrecked cars can be harder to sell for resale. The good news, we got a sweet new Toyota Sienna mini-van for a rental, thank you Progressive.

* I have been off work since the accident and am off for another two weeks at this point. Taking it one day at a time.

*Progressive gave us a check to replace our car seat. Right now she is using her infant seat, which she still can technically use but we are ordering her new Britax this evening. I can tell she doesn't like the infant seat anymore. She is a big girl now.

Random Thoughts:

*I watched an episode of "Toddlers and Tiara's" that made my blood BOIL. There was this awful mother that clearly favored one of her twins over the other and was emotionally badgering to the other twin. I cannot believe how angry this woman made me. I even made Brett just watch the parts that she was in and he couldn't believe it either? Anyone else watch this show? I normally don't but it was on and I was icing my neck.

*Emersyn has a little bit of a bug, poor thing. I took her to the dr. today, thinking she might have an ear infection but nope! We have taken her in three times for ear infections. Guess how many she has actually had? ZERO. I guess this is a good thing. The NP that saw her said she is a beautiful and happy child. My heart just bursts with happiness when I hear things like that.

*We are going through a ridiculous heat wave here in Portland. 3+ days at 100 degree temps. Yesterday I think it was 106?? That is an ungodly temp. We don't have central air but have some window units that actually work really well. However, I have been using the heat to avoid cooking completely. Chevy's, Olive Garden and Pastini's...

it was so nice getting to visit you this week.

*I had a real estate closing last week, praise the Lord! We are officially paying off Brett's car, our first paid off car! Whoo hoo!!!!!

Hope everyone had a great Thursday!!

Weekend recap.....

We had a fun weekend, with the exception of my darn sore throat! I started to feel that itchy scratchy uh-oh feeling on Thursday evening and on Friday morning, it was a full blown sore throat. It lingered for the entire weekend and even still today a little bit. :( I went to the dr. but they did a strep test and confirmed that is isn't strep. I am thankful for that since I didn't want Emersyn to get sick but still, I had hoped for an answer. Instead, I got the vague "it appears that you have a virus" speech which really is a code for "there is nothing we can do for you". Bummer!

Anyways, back to our fun weekend......

First off, Emersyn is teething again and it is really bothering her this time, more then any other time I can remember....

This is her sad "poor-me-I-am-teething-and-in-pain" face. Don't you just want to give her a hug and kiss and make it all better??

Despite her teething issues, we were determined to have a fun weekend enjoying the sunshine! :) On Saturday we went to a baby shower for Vanesa, a girl that I used to mentor while she was in high school and involved in our church's youth ministry. It was fun to get to see her and her family and celebrate her upcoming new arrival, Aviyeh!

My favorite little monkey with her favorite little monkey. :)

Emersyn and Amariya, the future big sister!

Emersyn and Yvette, Vanesa's sister. She is also pregnant and due with a little girl to be named Emma. The sisters are 3 or 4 days apart in their due dates, how crazy is that?

Saturday evening we went to a shopping center in the Bethany area that has a fountain to play in with our friends, the Kaushals! We grabbed dinner at Subway and took it down to the fountain to eat while the kids played.

We got Emersyn this umbrella stroller in anticipation of some travel this Fall and Winter. Her Uppa stroller is fantastic but not one we want to lug back and forth in an airport, nor risk getting beat up from checking it. I love the hot pink color of the stroller, I think Emersyn likes it too!

Enjoying the fountain!

Yay for the beautiful weather!!

4th of July Weekend FUN!!!!!

We had such a wonderful 4th of July weekend, full of friends, freedom, food and FOTOS!!!!! Okay, I know that doesn't technically work but I love me some alliteration. Remember this post? :)

But first, a couple pictures from the days leading up to our exciting weekend! On Wednesday, we met our friends, the Kaushals, at Magnolia Park! This is the park where Emersyn's first birthday party is going to be held! It will be here before we know it.....

Emersyn and Sanjana enjoying the fountain.

Look at her little water "wings"! :)

On Friday we went to Pump It Up Junior in Beaverton! Guess who we went with? Amancia and Sanjana of course! We have had quite a few playdates lately which is very fun!

Emersyn showing off her crawling skills at PIU Jr.

"Awww Mom...more pictures?? I want to go have more fun crawling around"

"Okay seriously Mom. You have a problem. Uncle David may be obsessed with bacon but YOU are obsessed with taking my picture!! That is why I am giving you this look of exasperation." Side note: this picture CRACKS me up. I predict I will see this face a lot more in my future.

This little boy was pretty smitten with Ems. His mom told me that he kept asking if he could kiss her. I told her that Emersyn's Daddy would not approve!! :)

Sanj is skeptical over this boys intentions with Emersyn and keeps a close watch. Or she is pooping. Her mom and I couldn't quite figure it out. Ha!

Emersyn is in awe of how fast and mobile Sanji is. Another side note: see how Emersyn's little pony tail matches her "Cindy Lou Hoo" onesie? SO cute!!!! (Thank you Grammy)

Friday night we had some friends over for dinner! James and Rachelle brought their "baby", Gracie (a weiner dog) and the Bryant's brought Miss Estella Joy. Estella is almost exactly 8 weeks younger then Emersyn. For a long time, their ages seemed so far apart but they are just now starting to really be able to play and enjoy each other.

Checking each other out. It had been while since they played.


I think Emersyn has a question.

Happy girls!!

Part of the excitement of Friday night was knowing that we both had the 4th of July off together!!! Family days are something that we treasure immensely. We decided to kick off the day by heading to the fountain at Magnolia Park.

The fountain was kind of a dud. The water was hardly ever on and when it was, the kids there thought it was funny to block the water from coming out. Plus, it was just too darn hot. But we had fun nonetheless!

Saturday night we went over to our friends James and Rachelle's for dinner and games. It was fun to hang out with them two nights in a row, considering we haven't hung out in MONTHS, mabye not even all year! We took some "official 4th of July pictures" of Emersyn on their deck. The lighting was just beautiful.

My grandma bought this little outfit for her future great grand baby long before Emersyn was even a glimmer in our eyes. :) It is 3-6 months and I thought I could just have Emersyn wear it as a shirt but it totally worked out as a little dress!! Good thing the sizing was off! I love it, so patriotic AND the little stars say "Mommy's Super Star".

Not only was this Emersyn's first 4th...it was her first time wearing TWO piggy tails!!!!! My heart was bursting with joy.

Emersyn's new friend, Gracie.

We decided to go watch fireworks downtown at Brett's work. The fireworks didn't start until 10pm so we had some time to kill! We had a great dinner and then played a game of "Puerto Rico". Don't judge us. It is super fun!!!!!!

Not gonna lie, I totally made Rachelle pose "candidly" for this picture, hee hee.

Emersyn trying to figure out her strategy for the game.

The game was too confusing, she decided to kick back and relax on Daddy instead. I love her little piggys. These toes are just begging for a pedicure, don't you think??

The game was super fun. I think the boys tied...can't remember, all I know is that I was dead last. Oh well!

This was our view of the fireworks from the 21st floor....amazing.

Emersyn really loved watching the fireworks in her jammies. I love snuggling with her while she watched. I got a little emotional.....I remember last year on the 4th, thinking about how this year I would be holding a little baby in my arms while watching fireworks. As I held her, I couldn't help but be amazed at how wonderful God's plans are, so much better then my own. I am so blessed and thankful to God for Emersyn and her health.

The next morning Emersyn slept until almost 10am. I had taken her piggy tails out the night before...however, they lingered.....

I just love her.

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday weekend, celebrating our nation and it's freedom!