Ouch!

Well, Emory definitely takes after me in the grace department. She fell, teeth first, into the coffee table last week. She took a chunk of wood out of the table and was left with some swelling and lots of bruising. She even got a black eye (again)! The swelling is completely gone and her bruises look a lot better. I know this won't be the last injury she gets, but it is not something I want to think about.

Christmas Day in Pictures

Looks like Santa came by!

The only thing Emory asked for was an orange harmonica. She talked about it for weeks before Christmas. She finally decided that Santa is friendly because he brought her exactly what she wanted.

Santa also thought that she would enjoy having her own horse (since she is a cowgirl). She promptly named her horse Abby, just like the one she got to ride the range on.

We had so much fun opening presents!

We ended the day with a birthday party for Jesus. Our friends, the Laytons, came over for dinner and birthday cake. Emory insisted on wearing party hats.

Finally

I'm finally getting things up and running since the Great Computer Crash of 09. Today is just a quick post to say that we are still alive and all is well. We've had a very busy couple of months and I'm just now getting my pictures sorted out. I hope to have a holiday post up in the next couple of days.

Emory Riding Range!

This brave little cowgirl definitely belongs out here in the wild west. Our playgroup went horseback riding a few weeks ago. As we were getting ready to go that morning, I let her watch the Riding the Range episode of the Backyardigans. By the time we got to the ranch, she was ready to go! She still talks about it, "Emory riding range" "Emory cowgirl, yahoo!" "Emory riding purple horse named Abby". She rode all by herself while I led the horse around the ring and up and down the street (aka dirt road in the middle of the desert). I was so proud!

Aunt Miss Angela

We were so lucky to have Aunt Angela come visit for a week in October. Emory had a blast and is still talking about Aunt Miss Angela. We tried to do everything there is to do out here in only a week. We went to the botanical gardens, the lake, Sedona, The Grand Canyon and to see a couple plays. Emory got to eat out at a Mexican restaurant for the first time and loved it.

I even got to have some child-free adventures thanks to Aunt Barbie and Uncle Bill. The Grand Canyon is unbelievable but I'm not quite ready to take Emory just yet. We can't wait for her next visit.

WooHoo!!!!

EMORY PASSED HER CORN CHALLENGE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!


Okay, so I started this post about a month ago. Our computer won't let me upload pictures from my SD and I can't find the cable that came with my camera. We've done so much since then that it will probably take several posts to catch up. The biggest thing for us is the update in her allergies. We have successfully added corn back into her diet. I'm still smiling over this one. We are currently only avoiding tree nuts. That's easy, people understand TN allergies. Foods are labeled well for nuts.
We went out for her first kids meal the day she passed her test and she loved it! All of this happened just in time for Halloween. The only candy she had ever gotten to try were lollipops from Yummy Earth and they are not very sweet. After trick or treating we let her have some smarties and nerds. She was so excited! You can't imagine how much this has changed our lives!

Firefighter Emory

We took a tour of the fire station this morning with our mom's club.

The station is just a couple blocks from our house so Miss Christa, Noah and Eli met us at home and walked over with us. We met 9 firemen and 2 EMTs in all and they were very friendly and welcoming. Can you imagine letting 15 kids, most under the age of 3, run around in your house. They let the kids play in the fire truck, try on helmets and boots and take turns with one of the hoses. Of course, Emory played shy and wouldn't get in the truck or try on the hat or boots. We had a wonderful time and they said we could come by to visit anytime.