Snow Day!

Today we are home from work and daycare! Hooray for a snow day! Maybe tomorrow too.....I won't push it! (but it would be nice...the day before Halloween the kids will be crazy). So, we've been cooped up inside all day, but that is fine with me. I'm not even out of my jammies, love it!

These two hate cold weather...they were shivering when I took this!

Nothing else new. We are still all set with the adoption stuff. I have to meet with a lady tomorrow to do some more paper work, but then we just wait. It is weird, I'm not sure how to feel. I know it is real, but so different from being pregnant (obviously!) because those feelings growing from the moment you know you are pregnant. With the adoption I am cautiously excited, but I have no doubt I will be full of love for our new little one the moment I hold her, which could be any day now really! So for now we just wait.

I have unpacked (which I just put away a couple of months ago) the newborn stuff, crazy that Emma was just in all that stuff 10 months ago and now another little princess will be wearing them! We have also started Emma's new room. She is moving across the hall and now it is a "girlie" room. The nursery is animals and it's gender-neutral. Her new room is blue, but with pink, flowers and butterflies. We haven't gotten another crib yet, but that can wait. The new baby will be in the bassinet for the first few months anyway.

We took a nap right after this...I wonder why????

That's about all here.

10 Months Old.....

OK...so Emma was 10 months old several days ago, but I haven't had the time to sit down and post anything until tonight. I have pictures of course though!

So what is Miss Emma up to at 10 months???

Well......

-She is working on the two bottom teeth on either side of the two bottom middle ones (the I teeth I think?). Anyway---she still doesn't have the top middle ones and all the books say that those come in next, well not with Emma. I think they are close also, but the bottom ones you can see I guess she is breaking the "rules" already.

-She is eating pretty much everything, would just love to feed herself. So during meal time I have to give her some finger food and then try to feed her bites of her baby food between her own bites, otherwise she doesn't eat.

-She knows what NO means and shakes her head. -She waves hi and bye. I love that, when I leave her at daycare or when I am picking her up she starts waving, so cute!

-Still crawling. Can walk along furniture and stuff and can stand on her own, but still doesn't have the confidence to walk. She took a step a couple of weeks ago and realized what she was doing and then fell down to her knees.

-Last night she slept alllllllllll the way through the night. Went down at 6:30 and slept until 5:30 WOW! She usually goes for 7 hours on average.

-She loves to dance to music.That's all I can think of for now. She is growing up too fast! And to think she is only 10 months old and soon she is going to be the big sister!** Funny!

Like all kids, loves the plastic containers!

She can keep up with this walking toy now: Tried to get the hairbrush away from her for a cute pic of her Halloween outfit.... she wasn't having it! But she still looks cute!

Our little dancer: **Yes....Emma will be a big sister in November sometime. We got matched with a birthmother and her due date is November 14th. Please keep your thoughts and prayers with our family right now. It is very hard to wait and to know that the birthmother could change her mind at any time, but so far...everything is going good!

Sorry it has been awhile! Although no one comments (hint hint!), I know a lot of family and a few friends read this.....so sorry I have been missing! Emma decided that she enjoyed the taste of the cord the connects my camera to the computer and ever since, the cord doesn't work anymore. SO--I had to get a new one! And I couldn't post any messages without pictures! :)

On with news. I am home today from school because I have no voice. Hard to teach a bunch of second graders with no voice! Probably be out tomorrow also. Emma still went to Kendra's house so I could sleep and relax. To tell you the truth though it seems a bit quiet around here! Anyway some cute pics below she was so smiley this past weekend and we got some good pictures of her.

We haven't done a whole lot the past week. I have had a cold so haven't felt 100% and.... we just enjoy being at home! Josh is still home, and has been for over 2 weeks now. Which is nice, but when you are self-employed if you are not working....no $ is coming in! Things will be fine though, and it is nice to have him around. He has even been cleaning a little around the house while I have been at work! WOW! What a great husband!

Lots of pics since it has been awhile!

"Hayride" Fun!

We went on a "hayride" (a hayride with no hay and pulled by a Suburban!) on Friday night. Nana Pamela invited to go with her and her school. It was at the Plains Consevation Center. We had a good time, but it was a bit chilly! Fall is definetely here! Besides that we had a pretty quiet weekend just spending time together.

Thanks for the fun night Nana Pamela!