What an Egg-cellent Easter!

Emily woke up this morning to an Easter basket of goodies sent to us by Mimi. Emily was obviously excited about receiving such a cool gift.
My favorite part was the package of headbands. They will come in handy when Emily works out. The last thing you want when trying to shed those extra pounds is hair in the face.
Unfortunately, Emily Grace didn't think they were as cool as I did.
Then it was time to get ready for chuch. I have been waiting FOREVER to put her in this dress. I think I bought it back in September.
Then of course, Emily did what you are suppose to a nice dress... clean the floor.
When we arrived back from church, this little guy was waiting on our porch...
Roxy couldn't figure out what is was, though.
Then we took some family Easter pictures.
Then one with Mommy.
Then Emily decided to pull everything out of her diaper bag. I don't know where she got it from, but she has recently started posing for pictures this way. She throws her head back, thinking she is so cute.

The exciting thing about today is... it's not ever over! Our friends are coming over later for an Easter celebration. Like I said, today is one egg-cellent day.


I know I'm lame.

There is no room in my freezer

We eat really well in this family. Like REALLY well. Luckily for my husband, I love cooking. It's unlucky for me, though, because last time I was pregnant and had the WORST morning sickness, I put things in front of my husband that he probably ate in college, but now aren't accepted on our dinner table. I guess I have set some kind of awful standard.

Maybe I just love food. Yes... I think that is it. I only cook the good stuff, so I can eat the good stuff. But, whatever. I'm happy knowing that my husband doesn't eat better anywhere else.

This post isn't even about my husband. It's suppose to be about my daughter...

I started with store-bought, organic (I know, I know) baby food when Emily started on the solids. Then, I read an article somewhere about how you can't trust the quality of fruits and veggies that they use in baby food, even the organic stuff. I mean, if you think about it, there is no telling if the fruits or veggies are bruised or discolored. I decided if we got the best, then Emily should get the best, too, so now for the past couple of months, this is what my refrigerator has looked like...

Once I am finally starting to get the hang of making all my own baby food, she has to go and grow up on me and start progressing to real food.

I guess I will have more room in the freezer now.

I blame my husband...

Actually I blame Lucas.

And Neil.

And Brett.

And John.

These are the boys who sucked my husband into some kind of MLB Fantasy League.

Because of these guys, Daniel was glued to the computer for at least 5 hours tonight, not allowing me to blog.

I mean, what kind of husband keeps his wife from blogging?

I hope he wins.

Then I can spend all the money he takes from Lucas...

And Neil...

And Brett...

And John.

I feel that would be appropriate.

At least I got to take a sweet nap today with the babe...

It's been a good 4 months since we cuddled like this.

I miss that little body.

I need another...

Beep beep

We are both quite minimalists when it comes to kids' toys in our home. We basically don't believe in them. I, personally, much rather keep my house looking like the adults control it, rather than the kids' toys. Daniel is just cheap. Emily prefers to beat on diaper wipe boxes and play with measuring cups and spoons, so it really doesn't bother her. I believe these things foster more creativity, anyways. We recently bent our rules, though, for a cool car, of sorts, she could walk around pushing.

You might think my kids are deprived, but they will thank me in the future.

It's funny how I talk like I have more than one.

Has it really been 2 weeks?

I can't believe it has already been two weeks since Daniel got home. The time has flown by! Unfortunately, I have nothing to show for it. I have been living in some kind of haze. I really need to get better about posting on here, but what do I say? I feel like we haven't done that much. We are in that time period where Daniel is getting adjusted to this new life, and it really is new to him. When he left, we were on no kind of schedule, we could get out of the house whenever we wanted, and we definitely weren't chasing after Emily.

They say if you do something for 21 days it becomes a habit, so today starts 21 straight days of blog posts. I am hoping after that, the habit will stick. Plus, baseball season started and I need something new to preoccupy my time, since I lost my husband to the Astros.

Emily has changed so much and I haven't even been posting about it. She has 4 huge teeth now, and at least 2 more have broken the skin. She is pulling up on EVERYTHING, moving back and forth between close furniture, and has started taking some steps while holding onto things. She is talking up a storm -- everything is "dada" right now. And, she loves to dance to music. I guess I have some stuff to post about after all...

It's nice having Daddy home...

Look who's back in town!