MIA

I know I have been missing in action yet again.  I'm here and the kids are doing great.  Matthew had his first ear infection.  Not bad for being 15 months old.  He was a miserable little guy, ran a fever for no less than 4 days straight.  Emma had a little cold around the same time, but fortunately I did not get sick.

We have a busy month coming up.  I'm excited to be busy though.  We are going to Busch Gardens next Friday.  I look forward to seeing Emma there.  It will be her first trip to a theme park.  We are planning leaving Matthew with Nana and Pawpaw.  Just too much for him right now (me really!)  I just can't see good things coming from him going with all the steps and hills and walking we will be doing!  Then the following weekend I might be taking them to visit a friend in Va. Beach for a princess party.  Then the next weekend, Christy, Emma, mom and I are going to Culpeper to visit my friend Amy and go to an Antique Fair in Lucketts, Va.  I really am looking forward to that.  Then the next weekend will be a break and then Emma's recital is June 5 and then we go to the beach June 15.

Lots of excitement to look forward to!

My new love...

Is my coffee grinder!  I have a Cuisinart coffee maker with a built-in grinder that gets stuck when I use it!  I have to use a screw driver to get it out to clean it.  So I just bought a separate grinder and I'm in love.  So easy to clean and use and I'm loving my home brewed Dunkin Donuts coffee...now if only I can make my own donuts!  How I love donuts!

I have 2 huge pussy willow bushes.  I love being able to go in my own yard and cut them and use in the house.  The bushes are so big, we had to cut them back this year.  I still have a ton of branches to give away in the garage.  Hopefully I will find them a nice home!  They are just too nice to throw away!  Here are some in the house I have...

Rough & Tumble Boys

Matthew had his first big injury today.  Big for me anyway.  He fell down the front steps, 5 brick steps!  He got a few scratches on his legs and a rather small goose egg on his forehead.  I know it could have been so much worse!  I just think of what could have happened and cringe.  Big sis Emma was brough into the house by Nana and Matthew and Emma decided to go back out and Matthew followed behind her and went right down the front steps!  I know Nana about had a heart attack!  But he's okay!

Not much going on.  The weather is crazy!  93 degrees today in April.  I want a period of 70s and 80s before heat like this!  We should get some rain and a cool front coming in Thursday night.

My sister and I are planning a trip in May.  Going to the Lucketts, Virginia Antique Fair.  Heard about it on one of the blogs I follow.  My sister and I just love things like that.  Our mom and my daughter will go too.  I used to live in Culpeper, Va., so I am hoping to stay with a friend there.  It will be great to see her again and she will probably want to go to the Antique fair too.  I am really looking forward to it!

Here is Emma with her hair straightened.  So strange to see it like this.  It's so curly:

Here is Matt with a doll I don't really like, but we ended up with somehow.  I just wish I knew what was going through his mind:

Still wish I could read that mind!

Spring at last

I think spring may be here to stay.  I love this weather.  I could do without the wind, but the temperature is perfect.  I like summer, but it is just too hot.  I'm sure Matt will enjoy getting outside every day but I'm not looking forward to putting on sunscreen.  I only have to give baths every other night, but in the summer, it will probably be a bath every night. 

Next Saturday is our trip to take Emma to see Disney Road Show at Durham Performing Arts Center.  We are supposed to meet up with Nadine, John and Madison.  I hope they still make it.  Emma will love playing with her friend, maybe even more than the show. 

My cousin was in bad motorcycle accident and may lose his leg.  I hope he makes it through, it is still touch and go.

Not too much to blog about.  I mainly get on here to check out all the home decor blogs I am following.  I love them!  I get so inspired, even though I still don't know where to begin.  I love to have everything organized and clean and neat and that is what I spend most of my decorating time at.  If my house is clean, I feel so much better!

Baby Niece

Hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning, my new little niece will be born.  My brother and his wife are expecting, a first for them together and this will be 3 girls for them all together.  Hope she is healthy!  I'll post pics when I get them.

We took some great pictures of the kids at the Daffodil field.  I just love them!  Matthew is such a boy, all he wanted to do was pick up sticks and run and play. He fell down alot and his legs looked like he had gotten in a fight with a cat, but he didn't care and never cried.  I love my tough little man.

Matthew is very attached to me right now.  All he wants is mommy.  Emma never really went through a stage like this, she always seemed to be okay with or without me (even though I know she loves her mommy!).  It's sweet Matt is so attached, but it can be tiring and I feel so bad when I have to leave him.

Warmer weather

This weather has been so nice.  High 60s, low 70s and getting the kids outside recently.  Matthew loves to play outside.  He just wonders around, picking up leaves, rocks, dirt.  Throws a ball here and there, not really interested in the swingset.  I took him to the park and he didn't really want to get on the swing or the slide.  He preferred picking up the mulch and throwing it in the air.  He wanted to just walk around.  Emma made a friend at the park, as usual.  She likes to find someone to play with and then they play some imaginary game they come up with.  It's fun to watch.
Mom and dad's 40th anniversary just passed.  We had a nice dinner at Christy's for them.   Christy had a beautiful cake made, which Emma could not wait to eat!  She loved it, she just likes pretty cakes.  I have to get her one just because.  Something pink with a princess theme.  She will love it!  Here are all the grandkids and the beautiful cake:

Too Long

I started this blog to keep track of the kids' development, milestones and remember day to day achievements and funny things...oh well, I've missed a month already!
Emma has strep right now.  That was a surprise Thursday overnight to wake up to her vomiting in our bed.  Nothing quite like cleaning up vomit at 1:00 in the morning!  She kept a high temp all the next morning and took her to the doc and she was positive for strep.  She got a shot (instead of 10 days of oral antibiotics which would have been a huge fight to get her to take).  I highly recommend the shot for anyone in this situation, even though it hurts the shot was definitely the right choice for us.
Matt is growing, he is 13 months old, babbling alot, no real words yet, but thats okay, babbling is pretty cute!  He is very whiny though, and that is annoying, but I try to ignore it so hopefully he'll learn that whining is not going to get him what he wants.  He is still taking 2 naps a day and going to bed at 7pm.  I look forward to my time at night so much when he and Emma go to bed to relax, watch TV or read magazines and sometimes work.  It's nice to reboot a little!
Time for laundry!