A Wonderful Thanksgiving

We've had a great time celebrating this Thanksgiving holiday. We went to Carlisle, MS (near Port Gibson) to see Matthew's family. His family celebrates at what was once his great grandparents' house. His family calls it "The Yellow House". No one lives in it, but everyone meets there for the holidays and family reunions. We ate the traditional Thanksgiving meal and it was delicious. We then headed to my parent's house to celebrate with my family. We had oysters and cheese grits. This was also delish! Emily Kay got to try sweet potato casserole and cranberry sauce. She did not like either one. Her expressions were priceless! She did enjoy all of the attention and decided to show off...she started crawling!

Looking sweet in her pumpkin dress.




Playing with her great grandma.


Crawling!



Her new "pose". She does this when taking a break. I find it hilarious!


Friday, mom and I shopped all day. I think this year's experience was so much fun. The rain kept the crowds from being too bad, and we got great deals and a lot of shopping finished. We're looking forward to Christmas! We're getting our tree tomorrow, it should be interesting trying to keep Emily Kay from destroying it.

A year ago

today Matthew and I found out we were having a little girl. During those first 20 weeks of my pregnancy I just knew I was having Emily Kay. Everybody kept guessing boy, but I knew it was a girl. I did not think about little boys or look at little boy things. We tossed around a few boy names, but I kept thinking this is Emily Kay. The day finally came for the sonogram. I remember Matthew and I were anxiously waiting to find out what we were having. I looked at Matthew and had this sudden realization that I could be having a boy. It's not that I would have been unhappy, but I had it set in my mind that we were having a girl and I did not feel prepared for a boy. I kept saying we've got to have a name, Matthew, what can we name a little boy? Matthew looked at me and said,"We're not having this baby today, Molly, we still have plenty of time!" They called us back to the room and Emily Kay mooned the camera and the lady said...It's a girl! I cried happy tears and could not wait to start getting ready for her arrival.

(Pic from the school baby shower...oh how I miss my Edgewood friends!)

I found myself thinking back to this day and I wanted to say that during this week of thanksgiving I am so thankful for this little girl. I simply can not imagine life without her. Happy Thanksgiving!

Feeling Better Part 2

I haven't blogged in over a week because we've had one sick little baby on our hands. She was sick for 11 days. I don't want to get too excited because I don't want a relapse or any new illness. It started with a fever virus, then a cold, which turned into an ear infection and it all ended with a stomach virus, which Emily Kay managed to pass on to Matthew, my mom, my sister, my grandmother, Matthew's dad, and Matthew's mom. I'm SO thankful that I did not get it too. I don't what we would've done.

Anyway, she's much better and is getting back on her eating schedule, which hopefully means she'll sleep through the night!

We are missing the last home game in Starkville, but I am not risking her getting sick again!

Still trying to crawl. She just can't figure how to move her hands and legs at the same time!

I'll try to be better about posting now that she's well.

Tagged

I was tagged by Katie -a long time ago :)- to:
1. Choose the 4th picture folder on my computer
2. Choose the 4th picture
3. Explain the picture
4. Tag 4 people to do the same.
So...



This pic is from Natalie's wedding. It's Amy, Natalie, me(and Emily Kay, I was 7 months pregnant),Miriam, Kristin, and Will.

I tag the four people that actually read this blog! :)

Feeling Better!

Emily Kay has been under the weather this week. Monday afternoon she had a 102.5 fever and we rushed to the doctor. The doc couldn't find anything wrong with her. Ears looked good, throat was good, lungs sounded great. So they pricked her finger and did some blood work. The outcome is a fever virus. Today has been the first day this week that she has not needed Tylenol or Motrin. YEA! She has become a LITTLE spoiled this week and it has been very hard to get anything done around our house. This is a video of Emily Kay playing before bedtime.

7 Months Old

Emily Kay is 7 months old! She is so much fun right now, but she is getting more active and demands more attention. She wants to crawl and gets so frustrated with herself. She can throw a really good tantrum if you take away something. She has become IMPOSSIBLE to feed because thinks that she can do it by herself. She still loves Baby Einstein and has found a love for Elmo. She has also discovered how to bang on the piano keys at her grandparents' houses. She has started reaching out for people and is babbling like crazy. I can't wait to see how she changes during this month. It just keeps getting better!

Playing with the dogs after dinner - excuse the filthy mouth.

Happy Halloween!

We had a great time on Emily Kay's first Halloween. We had a party at our house and went trick or treating with Ella, Tyler, and Brody. In our trick or treating bunch we had a frog, a bear, a lion, and a flower. The kids were not sure what was going on, but the adults had a great time. I did not get many pictures of the party, but check out Nicole's blog to see some cute pics of the babies.

TOO CUTE!


Emily Kay is relaxed and Ella says everything's good as long as I've got juice!


What a pretty flower!




Look at those little teeth!