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Emmalynne is a very lucky girl. She is blessed with all kinds of hand-me-downs! (Now her little sister won't be able to say she's tired of getting all Emmalynne's hand-me-downs, since they'll really be somebody else's! Nothing like a double hand-me-down.) We got a night shirt from a friend that doesn't fit Em perfectly. When Carman put it on her and her hands didn't come all the way out of the sleeves he said she looked at them and started giggling. When I put her to bed, I rolled the sleeves up a little bit, certain that would do the trick. This morning when we went in to get her, this is what we found:

Lovin' Louie

Emmalynne loves to give the dog his toys.



She especially loves cuddling! I had to take Louie outside and let him play fetch in the hot sun for about 30 minutes in order to get him to calm down enough to let Em cuddle w/o him being too playful.





She was just about to try to pick him up by his head when he offered her this nice doggy kiss!

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To make a long story short, good ol' bunny boy didn't love Emmalynne as much as she loved him so we sold him. We took that money, added another $5 and bought Louie, an English Springer Spaniel. He's been with us a total of 48 hours and so far, he and Emmalynne like each other lots. He seems to be a really good dog. I'm just hoping the house training goes quickly! So far he's had 2 accidents and Carman's taken care of both of them!

Today I...

enjoyed my new ride by driving over to my sister's house to spend the afternoon/evening. It wasn't long before our two little girls were going bonkers and we decided to take them down to the park to run off some energy. That seemed to work until Emmalynne started running off.

That's when we decided to go for a walk on the trail.

It started off like any walk with Laura and Megan would go. About 2 seconds before we hit the trail Megan started begging to get out and walk. Laura let her. Shortly there after Megan decided she needed a leash to walk her kitty. (FYI: She has a new stuffed kitty that wasn't even with us)

Here's the exciting part of the story: As we walked on the street and headed back to the house "to get Megan a leash," a pre-teen looking boy was riding his bike down a big hill. He was wearing a helmet. "Good for him," I thought...up until I noticed it wasn't strapped on. I mentioned to Laura, "Gee... a lot of good that helmet's going to do..." She readily agreed and even told me she was thinking the SAME THING.

From here, you're allowed to vote on your ending. If you're really interested, I'll tell you what really happened. But, since I think my sister's about the only one that reads my blog... Well, she already knows the true ending so I don't have to say.

Ending #1: That's when the boy ran over a stick he must not have seen on the sidewalk and totally biffed it. Needless to say, his helmet went flying. He didn't die or anything. That's why its okay to laugh at him.

Ending #2: Realizing that my sister has been a mom for 12 years now and certainly has the mom thing down pat, I thought if she was thinking the same thing I was thinking then, "Wow! I'm a real mom now!"

Sweet New Ride

Well, I recently joined facebook. The other day I was invited to take a quiz titled "What car were you born to drive?" Sounded excellent to me. I took it and come to find out, the Hummer and I were meant to be! Unfortunately, just DAYS before the quiz, I purchased this:

We had debated between getting a car and a minivan. A car would get better gas mileage... a minivan would have room for mysterious child #3 (at some point)... etc. After deciding to get a van the search began. I learned about a ton of vehicles not to buy. Those were pretty much all I could find in our price range. Then I remembered about a friend that has a 98 Honda Odyssey. It has 4 doors that all open like regular car doors (no sliding action). They also have a 4 cyl engine, which helps a little with gas. My favorite part is that Honda's tend to last longer. That's when my search really began. I knew what I wanted and with lots of effort and even a little frustration, I found one. Yay! Emmalynne and I are excited for our many driving adventures. Although, I'm probably more excited than she is. I like to say, "the road's the limit!" Carman likes to say,"the gas budget's the limit!" Either way... Yay!! The Hummer and I's union will just have to wait.