weekend at the beach

i didn't take many pictures.
i was afraid to get sand in my camera.
but here are a few from the weekend.

emi had her own bed and slept great.
she really enjoyed exploring the house
and going up and down the stairs.

one of the days we went into town
for a craft and art fair
eddie's mom has a fascination with pirates
so we had to take a picture.

i love this picture.
trying to look at her daddy.

we did a lot of lounging around.
the beach was not warm and full of sunshine.

more like windy and felt like the dead of winter.
being a california girl...
i packed for a sunny, summer time beach.
she never even wore her swimsuit.

we still had a great time
putting our toes in the sand and flying a kite.

squeaky cheese

we decided to swing by the tillamook cheese factory

while at the beach.
we got to taste all sorts of tasty cheeses
and got a few bags of cheese curds=squeaky cheese

we were also able to see how the cheese is
made, then cut/sliced and then packaged.

before we left we got some tillamook ice cream.
and emi enjoyed some wild berry sorbet.

i see you...

emi found some huge sunglasses
and has been having a blast with them.

every time she would try to put them on
she would pull the side things off.
we ended up just taking off the side things.

she thought she was so cool!

and had to show everyone how cute she is.
in her birthday suit :)

family picnic

a majority of eddie's family lives here in oregon.
since we are in town visiting
we had a nice little get together down at the local park.
it was fra-eee-zing!!! but we still had a good time.

gpa literally got released from the hospital right before the picnic.
he's doing much better. he had a case of gout on his knee.

emi hasn't really been herself.
she is getting two canine teeth and has had a fever
plus she is all off her sleeping schedule.
but i was still able to get some sort of smile.

she really enjoyed running around.

she was very tired, if you couldn't tell by her droopy eyes.

we love her!

next up...the beach!
we don't leave until friday but i'm excited.

splish splash

taking a bath in the kitchen sink is the best!

especially when momo gives one.
she's a professional baby bath giver....works in L&D

hey dad! did you see this thing?
it squirts water like my bath toys at home.

all clean!!

summertime fun

well we made it to oregon after a long day at the airport.
we flew stand-by, something i swore i wouldn't do again
years ago....and it will probably be a few more years
if ever again that i agree to do stand-by
if something could go wrong it did yesterday.
we didn't get on the second leg of the trip
so we were stuck at the minnesota airport.
they did have an awesome nursing room
and lots of shops and restaurants, but that's about it.
the play structure i was excited to waste some time
at was still under construction.

we probably spent about $100 on food
the second flight was delayed....6 hours!
and all the others were booked solid.
my under wire to my bra broke.
we ran out of diapers.
emi was a wild woman.
we both had headaches.

i will say, now that we are out of the airport
it wasn't all that bad.
emi fell asleep about an hour before our flight.

i was hoping she would stay awake
and sleep on the plane.
instead she drank apple juice and ate pretzels
practically the whole time.

then when we got to poppy and momo's
poppy gave emi a bath in the kitchen sink.
this morning he sat with her
and helped her eat her breakfast
i think they might be good friends by the time we go home.

today we went to the mall.
emi's car seat at home is still rear facing.
the one we borrowed is forward facing only.
the first few minutes she was like, sweet! i can see.
pointing at all sorts of things.
hopefully when we get home,
it won't be a hard transition to go rear facing again.

emi had her first jamba juice.
something we don't have in ky.
we also stopped by see's candy.
something also not on the east coast.
we each ate like 10 pieces in a 20 minute period.
it was so good.

then we headed over to the park
where there is a splash pad, or whatever those parks are called.

at first she is slow to enjoy herself.
but eventually she goes thru the water and gets all wet.

she loves to poke her fingers into things
this was prefect because it would splash her.

getting splashed in the face.
she doesn't seem to mind getting her face wet.

after the sprinklers she enjoyed running around in the grass.
hopefully tomorrow she sleeps past 4:45am...
more updates to come while we are here.

15 month stats

this is the look she gave me yesterday
when i asked her to smile.
she sure does crack us up these days.

this morning was her 15 month appt.
she gained a little weight
now up to 22 pounds 6.5 ounces, 50%
which is really good since
she is on such a restricted diet...
not much fatty foods.

and she grew, which we are shocked
because she seems so short and
people always tell us she is tiny.
32.5 inches, that's the 90 %
no wonder in the last little while
i have thought to myself, how did she reach that?

she did really good with her shots too.
watched the nurse clean her skin...
looked at me and before she knew it
she had received some shots.
of course she cried from the pain.
but was quick to wave bye
and blow a kiss to the nurse

last week's fun

here are some pictures from last week.
seriously jealous that this background
is just down the street from my brothers.

emi enjoying a pop tart.
she had more "junk" food and juice this past week
than she probably has had her whole life.
it was painfully obvious that emi is a
super duper healthy eater.
and that she l.o.v.e.s. juice boxes

gma came and brought lots of fun things
like fairy wands, necklaces and sunglasses
and of course books.

here is claire singing 'this little piggie'
on emi's hands. emi would giggle as she did it.

we did some shopping at ikea.
where emi had eggs and didn't have a reaction
i was all excited that maybe her allergies to eggs was gone.
wrong...i gave her eggs this morning
and she had an allergic reaction.

having fun with gma

we met up with russell in dc
and had ketchup for the first time
obviously she loved it.

emi was very interested in going on the potty.
{that could be it's own post}
if she found that the seat was off
she would try to put it on and climb up

also while there i took some family pictures for my brother.
this one was my favorite.

this was my mom's favorite.