Here's What's Up

So, June seems to have gone by fast! Here are some highlights:

Emmalynne turned 2! She had a fun little party with a few of her friends. We did water play outside, which was a toddler hit. I made Emmalynne a cake with little dora figurines on it. It might have been cooler to me than it was to her. She liked it, but I was perhaps too excited about it. I even ventured to 4 stores to find the little figurines.

Clara gained a pound! Good job, Clara! She's not quite on the charts for weight but the doctor isn't worried anymore because she's gaining weight now, so that is a big relief. She now eats baby food 3 times a day and so far is not a fan of jars of meat. They all smell like tuna, I don't blaim her. We fed her seaweed for the first time. FYI: when I worked at a daycare years ago there was an asian family that brough seaweed for their baby and all the other babies liked it, too. I think its because its krinkly, like paper. When Em was a baby I told Carman about it and he wanted to give some to her. She still likes it.

Clara learned how to scoot backwards. Its sad though. She stares at a toy infront of her that's just out of reach, then scoots back trying to get it.

The girls and I drove up to PA for a week to visit my friend Melanie while her husband was on a business trip. I'm excited for her potential move to KY. That'd take drive time down to 6 hours! We had lots of fun. Emmalynne spent most of her time torturing Melanie's son, Lincoln. He's just 2 weeks younger than Emmalynne. She made him cry by doing mean things like look at him. We were all sleep deprived and I think that was the real issue. I'm not sure why it wasn't easier to squeeze 2 adults and 4 children into a 2 bedroom apartment. :)

Memorial Weekend Camping

Here are some of my favorite pictures from camping over Memorial weekend. We went with my sister and her family. I'll post about Emmalynne's birthday next!
Carman had a good time playing frisbee with our nephew Jared. I tried getting a good action shot but eventially gave up.

Emmalynne and Megan had fun playing in this little stream for awhile. Emmalynne politely refused to look at the camera.

Megan had no problems looking at the camera! The goggles are, of course, the funniest thing ever!

Clara loves riding in the baby carrier. Can't say that I blame her. I'd love to be hauled around in one too.

Emmalynne had a hard time sleeping our first night. She woke up several times and I kept telling her to go back to sleep. Finally I let her crawl right in between Carman and I. She was awake for hours. Seriously. Probably 2 or 3. The good thing was that she was as happy as can be. Crying would have been awful. My favorite part of that LONG night was when Emmalynne was laying extremely close to me, our faces touching. She pulled her blanket over her face and said, "peet-a-boo!" She did it about 4 times before I finally told her to be quiet. It was just cute. Even at an insane hour. Carman's favorite part of that night was when she touched his shoulder, and then, moved her fingers down his arm like a spider, grabbed his hand, and wrapped it around her tummy. The next day she had a great nap.

Emmalynne caught her first fish!

So did Megan!

Mike caught some zzzz's.

When we were playing in the stream Carman was throwing the frisbee for the dog. Since Louie had to be on a chain, Mike ran with Louie while he fetched it. When they got back to Carman (who had Clara strapped to him in the baby carrier), he would lean down and get the frisbee. Sometimes Louie gave it up willingly, other times he kind of played around with it. Clara thought it was funny and the following is a video of her laughing. They played frisbee for awhile and Clara never stopped laughing when Louie brought it back.

Potty Training & Haircut

In case you're not aware, Emmalynne's potty training. This morning we were all eating breakfast and I got up to go to the bathroom, which happens to be located close to the kitchen. When I came out of the bathroom, Emmalynne clapped her hands and said, "Yah! Pee pee!" Carman and I thought it was pretty cute. Then she pointed to the pantry and asked, "Want treat?" Too cute.

Yesterday we took Louie to the groomer. When we dropped him off and started to drive away Emmalynne said, "I want Louie." (Which really sounds more like Ion Ooie) She kept asking for him for a good five minutes. I tried telling her Louie was getting a bath but she wouldn't accept that answer. Then we went into a store for 30-45 minutes. The second she got buckled back into her carseat she went back to "Ion Oooie." It was so cute and reminded us why we got our crazy hyper dog.

Dear Unknown Followers

I recently had a couple people "follow" my blog and I have absolutely no idea who you are. In some cases, we don't even speak the same language. In another case it seemed like a business instead of a person. I chose to delete you from my follower list. If you are a legitimate friend, leave me a message and I'll consider unblocking you. Too many creepy people will make me go private...