She's getting there.....

June 28th...and so it starts...she gets up on her knees but doesn't go anywhere but to reach out in front of her...

July 1st...she is officially on the move...crawling....

July 1st...there she goes down the hall after her brother around the corner

July 13th...pulling up on the step

July 13th...standing on her head with feet planted firmly.....

July 23rd...pulling up on the gate when i left her in the hallway to check my email...imagine my surprise when i came back around the corner and this is what i saw....

July 23rd...already trying to climb the gate and she isn't even walking yet....
GOD HELP ME :)

Old Times....

i've been looking thru old pictures and came across these from our honeymoon in St. Augustine (Nov 2003)...it truly seems like a lifetime ago
it's funny - as i look thru the pics, i notice that i looked really happy....thinking back i remember that i really was happy and dare i say carefree and it showed....
I wish life were always as simple as it is in the beginning.....
not to say that i am not happy now, i'm just remembering a simpler time....hope that makes sense....

Sleeping like a kid...

Don't you wish it were just this simple????

You're tired and you put your head down and take a nap...
Doesn't matter that you are sitting upright in a carseat
Doesn't matter that you have a plastic clip/buckle under your chin
Man I wish it were just that simple for grownups.....

Positives....

When I was struggling a while back a friend suggested that although it is not always easy, find positives in my life.....so here I go.....

1. 2 Healthy, beautiful children who make me smile EVERY DAY!!!!!
2. A husband who I know loves me even when we are having hard times
3. A roof over my head that we can afford to live in
4. A job that pays the bills and allows us to have the things we need/want/like
5. Great friends that are there when I need them
6. Family that will help out in times of trouble or just because
7. Living in an area that has many fun and different things for me to do with my children, beach, parks, library, playgrounds, movies - no need to travel to do things like when I was growing up
8. My People magazine subscription - even though I don't get to read it right away like I used to pre 2 kids, I know it is always going to be in my mailbox on Sat or at the latest Mon for when I can get to it
9. Big Brother 10 - it is just fun to just watch as other people make complete asses of themselves for my enjoyment
10. The fact that my husband keeps up with the pictures of my kids and their milestones
11. Even though I am not at my weight goal yet and I have gotten off track a few times so far this year, I still haven't gone all the way back to my bad habits and ways and "wasted" the work/accomplishments I have achieved this year with my weight. I'm still down almost 18 pounds since Jan and I know if I just persevere and stay on track, I can do this
12. I have a very comfortable bed - even my kids sleep well in it when I let them - not in the middle of the night!!!
13. Mike has been helping alot more lately with the kidsy chores and that has been very nice
14. Getting back to church in order to schedule Emma's christening has given me a better sense of "belonging", not really sure what it means, but I enjoy going to services and I no longer feel like it is a chore or burden on my Sundays

this list will continue to grow, but for now it really is quite "complete" - so I guess no matter how hard things seem sometimes, it does make you feel better to look at all the good in your life and know that things can only get better with time....

delinquent posting....

yeah yeah yeah, i'm guilty....i haven't kept up this blog or my food/activity blog for a few weeks....
i swear i wonder every day where does the time go????
i've been pretty busy at work lately hoping i can get caught up a bit so i don't feel so behind everyday....busy planning parties for emma's baptism, nick's birthday, emma's birthday, spa/body shop party....lots and lots going on every week i swear i don't know when life will slow down.....
stupid bone head move this past weekend - of course on the computer late, just wanted to do ONE more thing.....trying to delete 1 picture associated with 1 contact and i ended up deleting my entire address book in my palm program - no big deal right???? just sync with your phone right??? okay smartass so why when i did the sync did it make the 0 contacts in my palm program now 0 contacts in my phone????????
stupid thing wiped out all my contacts from my phone and my palm program and then i freaked out and instead of hitting UNDO last i closed the program and when i reopened it that option was now gone!!!!!!!!!
so needless to say, now i have spent a bit of time trying to remember all that was in my phone and then i will have to add it all back into my palm program to sync with my phone...YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH how much fun is that.....

Nick does love his baby sister....

I took the kids to the playground and the park after school on monday.....i put emma on my sling (left my "car" blanket in the garage) while nick and i kicked the ball back and forth and chased each other around...she sat there happy as can be watching us play...wanting to be in the mix of it of course....snapped this picture when we took a break for mommy to take pictures of her wonderful kiddos...seriously, he just loves her - hope it stays that way...

Emma's First Shoes

So my girl has her first pair of shoes....it was weird going into Striderite and not buying sneakers like i have soooo many times before for Nick

She's Crawling...

man on man we are in trouble now...emma started crawling on saturday...she would scootch around before - if i put her on the floor she never stayed in the same place but didn't actually crawl to get around....now she is crawling - on all fours....put her down, put something in front of her she just might want, and boom - she is off....it is very funny to watch....better keep an eye out for my stuff that might be too low, i imagine she'll be getting into nick's stuff soon enough....