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!



Olympic Game Farm

During our visit in Silverdale, my dad, Emma and I took a drive up to the Olympic Game Farm for a day.  It has been an extremely long time since I had been there and thought it would be neat to check it out.  The Olympic Game Farm is a wild life park in which you drive your car through and get to feed the animals.  The animals will come right up to your vehicle and eat out of your hands.  This can be a little scary at times, but for the most part the animals are pretty friendly. Since we drove my car I made sure to keep driving if the animals started to get too close to the car.  I really did not want slobber all over my car or for the animals to damage my car in someway.  Emma really seemed to enjoy looking at the animals as well as being able to sit up front with mommy and grandpa. 

This bear seemed really comfortable in his hole. 

The peacock we had to drive off road to get around. 
Apparently he was trying to impress the ladies!

The bears were very friendly.  The actually wave to you when you wave to them!
 Emma thought this was pretty neat!

Emma taking driving lessons from grandpa!

Emma telling grandpa she knows how to do it!