Warrior Dash 2012

Well, Warrior Dash was a success!!!  Our team of three managed to run/walk the entire coarse as well as completed all of the obstacles!  Some of them were a little scary and others were pretty easy.  It was definitely an adventure and everyone should at least try it once in their lifetime.  We managed to walk away without spraining an ankle or breaking any bones.  I look forward to trying it again next year!

On our way to Warrior Dash

Ready to become official warriors!

Riding the bus to get from our parking lot to Warrior Dash!

Our Warrior numbers!

Ready, Set, Charge!!!

Climbing one of our three final obstacles!  Pretty scary, especially when someone actually fell from the top!  Glad they were OK!

Jumping over FIRE!!!  We were kind of concerned that our tutus would catch on fire, but thankfully we were able to jump high enough!

Our final obstacle... THE MUD PIT!!!

We had to stay to the side of the mud pit since it was extremely deep!  I am pretty sure it would have swallowed me if I had stayed in the middle!

Trying to pull up my very muddy tutu!  I am guessing it weighed about 50 lbs!

No such luck.  Time to drag it to the finish line!  I almost left it in the mud pit, but decided it made it this far with me, I might as well finish with it!

The FINISH line!

Muddy Warriors!

Post muddy mayhem!  They hosed us off with freezing cold water, but we are officially Warriors!

I managed to walk away with only one Warrior Dash wound!  Not bad for being accident prone!

This is what the seats on the bus looked like on our way back to our car.  We were very glad we signed up for an early race time since our bus ride to warrior dash was much cleaner.  I asked the bus driver if they hosed the buses down and she said they had to wipe them down by hand! She should get a Warrior Dash medal just for having to clean the bus! 

Favorite Moments

Well there are many moments of Emma that I will always remember, however there are a few that completely stop me in my tracks and make me feel so happy and blessed to be a mommy.  Today two of those moments occured.  First, while driving to our friend Kristen's house I look in the mirror to see Emma holding her play phone up to her ear talking.  After she is done talking she closes the phone, it rings, and then she picks it up and holds it up to Bear Bear's ear.  This is one of the few moments that I almost pulled the car over just to watch her.  It amazes me how much I love this little girl and I feel so blessed to have such a beautiful, healthy, and adventurous daughter!

Moment #2

Here she is with her Bear Bear, cell phone, and one of Lainey's toys wearing my sunglasses! 
 Favorite moment #2 of the day!



Date with Daddy!

For the past couple of years I have really wanted to make some homemade strawberry jam, so last weekend Kent, Emma and I headed to Greenbluff for the strawberry festival.  Even though it was suppose to be 90 degrees we decided to tough it out.  I now understand why people get up extremely early to pick strawberries or any other type of fruit/vegetable).  Though it was hot we managed to pick about 14 lbs of strawberries.  We are pretty sure we could have had closer to 16 lbs, but with Emma eating strawberries faster than we could pick them, we lost about 2 lbs of strawberries to Emma's tummy!  Since we were so busy picking strawberries mommy failed to get pictures of Emma "helping" to pick then eat the strawberries! :(

After picking strawberries we headed over to the festival area to eat lunch and see what other festivities they had.  There was not much for Emma to do, but we did ride on the Big Toot (train) around the farm.  With it being so hot we decided we needed to be closer to water, so we went downtown to River Front Park to play in the big fountain.  Emma was not to sure about the fountain.  But as long as she was in our arms she did not seem to mind all the water.  It was really nice to get out of the house and do something fun as a family, even though it was extremely hot.  Emma and I look forward to our next date with daddy.

Playing in the fountain!

Strutting her stuff!

One happy girl!

Look daddy!

I absolutely love this picture! I just wish the girl was not in it and I would definitely frame this!  If anyone knows how to edit her out let me know!

Mommy and Emma running through the fountain! 

Trying to get the water out of our eyes!  Emma did not know what to think about the last run through the fountain! 

Fun in the Sun Part II

More fun in the sun!

She is definitely her daddy's daughter!  She loves her some ice cream!

She had to wash down her ice cream with a smoothie while wearing Tawny's sun hat!

Peek...



A Boo!



Sharing Tawny's drink with Tawny!

One of her new favorite things to do!  Maybe she will be a gymnast!

Fun in the Sun Part I

For the past week we have had lots of sunshine and warm weather.  Emma and I have spent lots of time in her kiddie pool and playing in the sprinklers, which is fun but we have needed a little bit of change.  So, we headed to our friend Tawny's house for lunch and then off to the Moscow Aquatic Center we went.  I have only been to the water park once and it was quite awhile ago, but I remember it being a lot of fun.  I am pretty sure Emma had a blast.  The moment we stepped through the gate and Emma saw all of the people and water, she couldn't wait to dive in.  As soon as we found a spot to sit we lathered up in sunscreen and headed to the water.  Whenever Emma is doing something for the first time she stops and takes everything in around her and once she feels comfortable the world better watch out.  This girl really has no fear of strangers or new adventures.  I am definitely trying to embrace her adventurous side, because I am the total opposite.  I am definitely learning a lot from my daughter and she is only 17 months old.  Thanks Tawny for spending the day with us.  We had a lot of fun and look forward to our next play date!

Taking everything in!

Checking out the foam ducks!

Splish

Splash

Emma had lots of fun with the mini fountains until she decided to take a nose dive into one!

Mommy and Emma dancing!

4th of July Part II

Here are more pictures at the BBQ and fireworks!

Happy 4th of July!



Emma and Corbin at the BBQ.  She apparently really wanted to touch his head!

And now she is touching his ear. 

Family picture!

Daddy took Emma down to the firetruck at the park!  She loves her fire fighter hat!

Mommy and Emma watching fireworks!



4th of July Part I

Once again the 4th of July parade in Johnson was a hit.  This year we parked two trucks so we would have more room for friends to sit with us.  We sat with our friends Kylan, Kristen and their daughter Lainey, my dad, and some friends of Kristen and Kylan.  We were thankful we parked two trucks.  This year Emma was able to enjoy picking up all of the candy thrown to us from people in the parade.  After the parade we ate at the fire fighters BBQ and then headed home for Emma's nap.  Emma woke up just in time for us to head to Jeff and Jenny's annual 4th of July BBQ.  This year I tried to get somewhat creative, however I can not take credit for the idea, (thank you pinterest).  I made fruit kabobs which were suppose to look like the American flag.  It turned out pretty good.  The only thing that I did not like about it is that even though I put lemon juice on the bananas they still turned slightly brown.  Oh well, they still tasted yummy!  After the BBQ we walked over to Sunnyside park to watch the fireworks.  I was quite impressed with the fireworks this year.  The finale was pretty amazing.  Kent and I were kind of nervous about how Emma would do this year, since she is much more aware of loud noises.  Well Emma is a champ and did amazing.  The only time she was startled was at the very beginning and during the finale.  We ate lots of yummy food, had a great time with friends and family, and are looking forward to next years festivities.

The girls!!!

Emma's new friend Lainey! Now we just need to get Lainey walking and we are set!

Emma saw this chair and decided she needed to sit in it even though it was not hers and did not belong to anyone we new!  Thankfully most people in the Palouse are friendly!  This girl has no fear!

Pretty sure this was our favorite float of the parade!

And this was Emma's least favorite part of the parade!

Miss Lainey sleeping away in her mommy's arms!  Isn't she adorable!

A Mother's Instincts

Well, many of you know that when Emma and I got back from our visit with family Emma became very ill.  It started out with a fever of 103 which she had for about 3-4 days.  I immediately contacted her doctor and she suggested I continue to give Emma Ibuprofen and Tylenol to help keep the fever down.  Then on Saturday (day 3) Emma's gums began to swell and were extremely red.  On Sunday I also noticed two sores in her mouth, so I called her doctor and she said it sounded like Emma had Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.  Finally the fever came down on Sunday afternoon, however Emma's mouth continued to get worse.  Luckily we had an appointment for Emma on Tuesday, so Emma was able to see her doctor in person.  Again the doctor said she had a classic case of Hand, Foot and Mouth, however when I got home my mommy instincts were telling me something more was wrong.  Emma's mouth was so swollen that a couple of her teeth disappeared and she did not have any sores on her hands or feet.  She was not able to eat anything other than jello, yogurt, pudding, and cottage cheese.  After doing research online and talking to the nurse they said it could last up to two weeks. 

Being a first time mom I was really struggling with whether or not I was just worrying because she is my first child or if my mommy instincts were truly telling me something else was going on.  I struggled with this for about two days and then finally when Kent came home Friday I decided I wanted to take her back to the doctors.  So, we headed to the ready car clinic at our doctor's office and were seen by the physician's assistant.  He took a culture of one of the sores and told us it was a staff infection.  He put her on antibiotics and told us that if we did not get a phone call from them that the staff infection was not a resistant staff infection and to continue the antibiotics.  After a day and half of the antibiotics the sores began to heal and the swelling finally began to go down.  Emma is doing much better and is back to being her cheerful, giggly self.

I am so thankful that I listened to my mommy instincts.  I will never doubt my mommy instincts again and I hope other mothers out there don't as well.  If I had not listened to my instincts things could have turned out very differently.  So, my advice to moms is to listen to your mommy instincts.  When it comes to your children it is much better to be safe than sorry. 

My beautiful daughter!

Father's Day 2012

Happy Father's Day!

For Father's Day this year Emma and I decided to make a special gift for daddy to have with him while he is away.  Mommy and grandma took photos of Emma and put them in a 3 picture frame.  Daddy absolutely loved the gift and has hung it up at his office in Corvallis.  Here are the pictures we put together in the frame.  I do not have a final picture of the gift, but you get the idea.

 

Emma definitely loves her daddy and misses him when he is gone.  We love you Kent/daddy and are so grateful to have you as a husband and father!  We hope you had a fabulous Father's Day!