Sweet Memories

Well, I really am going to try to do this once again...I now know that it will not be a daily thing but I will write when I can to give updates on us. Today I took Robbie to the airport to go to Hong Kong. He will be gone for 3 weeks...Ella and I will miss him very much! He is filling in at the AirMed base for some pilots that quit. He is trying to do his volunteer time over there so he is back for the baby's arrival...which is approaching very quickly! I can't believe I only have about a month and a half left until Peanut is here!!! We will be in our new house then which is also exciting...BUT once again I will be "in charge" of the move while Robbie is away...I am beginning to see a pattern here haha.

This week is also a sad week for all of us. My sweet Copa is getting very tired and will soon be moving on to a happier place. I will not write much on this because it is very hard on me. I have had him for 11 1/2 years and just can not imagine coming home and not having him greet me at the door. He is a special part of our family and will always be remembered especially with his new name -- "Popa" as Ella calls him haha. She loves him dearly and he loves her very much too...I just wish that Peanut would have been able to meet him too!

Cutie Pie

Today's pics....1) Ella is talking to Yan Yan on the phone...she LOVES the phone...2) what do I say about this picture??? LOL!!!! had to get that one on film....such a cutie booty...3) Ella is enjoying her new chair that YanYan and Popie got her for her birthday

Ella had a great time today playing at Chick-fil-A. We are lucky to have such good friends to hang out with. It was funny today though...Ella of course loves to play at Chick-fil-A but she wants me to be in the little play area with her. I was trying to eat fast (which if you know me, I don't do well...sllllllooooowwwww eater) so that we could go play. Well in the meantime, Ella decided that she was going to be "Keeper of the Playroom Door" there. Everything was going well until, for some reason, one little boy in particular rubbed her the wrong way. Now let me note, he did nothing wrong and I have NO idea what irked her hahaha...but she proceeded to push him and tell him no. I, of course, had to fuss her and tell her not to be mean and no pushing....so the funny part?? He was probably at least 5 or 6 haha....I tell you that little girl is not intimidated by anyone haha. It caught the attention of another table and they thought it was hilarious!!! We laughed at how it would be good one day for her to be able to tell the boys NO and push them away...her Daddy would be so proud!!

No....

It seems like a simple word doesn't it...No...only two letters, only one syllable. But seems it is more complicated than that haha. I know Ella knows what it means but just chooses not to listen to it. But I can't say too much because I am just as bad. I can't even tell myself no sometimes. I WORE MYSELF OUT today running errands...I just kept thinking of more places to go and creating more projects for myself. My MIL watched Ella today for me to be able to go out on the town with no kid in tow. I was gone 6 1/2 hours! I am dead tonight! This post will be short b/c I HAVE to go to bed...bible study in the morning and then hopefully will be able to do some more work on Ella's room so I can have it finished by the weekend.

Ella went to her first movie today!!!! The quick report I got (will get more details later) when I picked her up was that she did really well. Supposedly she sat and was very intrigued for the whole movie.

Random thoughts by Gemma today:
--why do people leave their shopping carts right in the middle of the aisle when they are leaving the store...it is like oh ok I am done with this now, I am going to leave it hmmmm RIGHT HERE....uh hello??!!!
--am I going thru menopause b/c i am about to die with how hot it is in TJ Maxx (oh and I saw this lady break something and put it back on the shelf...she looked around to see if anyone saw and then quickly looked away from me...I could just hear Ella saying uh-oh!!! I was like, uh yep, I saw that!! hahaha)
--why is that lady wearing ankle boots with her sundress in July?
--why is that girl staring at my belly? yes i know, it is not flat like yours...haha
--why is the paint I want to look at on the bottom shelf? (oh yes I did, I sat on the floor to look at it...I was totally tired by this time so I just didn't care)

oh well, that's it for today....

Bath Time

Well, today was a pretty uneventful Tuesday....until bathtime ;) You know the saying about raising kids---how the days are long but the years are short? Well that is soooo true!! Man sometimes I wonder how I am going to get thru the day especially since it seems we are entering the terrible two's. There is definately a power struggle going on. Whew, that little girl likes to have HER way....I wonder where she gets that from?? ;)

Anyway, back to bathtime...I have an old story that I always just love to remind my mom about to remind her how hard my childhood was (and I say that with sarcasm). She just "loves" hearing it hahaha. When I was little the only spanking I remember getting was when I got just a tad bit, maybe even just a few drops, of water on the floor in the bathroom while I was taking a bath...well that is the version that I remember and will tell, but somehow of course there are always two versions to one story *wink wink*. My mom feels so bad for spanking me for that now and of course it is fun to make her feel bad. Yeah I know, I am so wrong ;) Well it has come back to bite me in the butt. Tonight during Ella's bath, I walked into her new room that I am working on decorating to do one measurement for that I need for tomorrow. I was talking to Ella and she was talking back and I heard lots of movement going on into the tub. Of course since I was so "in tune" with doing my measurement that I just let it go so I could get done and then go back to bath time...now before anyone goes crazy about me leaving the bathroom know this...the bedroom is attached to the bathroom and the span of time I am talking about was maybe 45 seconds...well that is all it took haha....when I walked back into the bathroom to bathe her, I was greeted by water dripping off the walls, water all on the floor, and of course the bath mat was soaked. I surveyed the "damage" and then looked at Ella who was of course giving me her ever-so-innocent smile. I quickly remembered the story I was telling you and decided that all I could do at that moment was to politely ask her not to throw water ALL OVER THE BATHROOM and then I proceeded to wipe it all up...hahahaha.

As I was saying, I sometimes wonder how in the world I will get thru another day of pointless tantrums but then "it" always happens....I go into Ella's room to check on my baby girl sleeping before I go to bed to make sure she is breathing and all covered up (yes I STILL do that) and I just see her sweet little face and her sweet little hands and all the troubles of the day melt away. I just stare and kiss and kiss and kiss...I just can't get enough kisses from that sweet baby. And then I just tell her I love her and sweet dreams and I "hear" her tell me "yuv u."

Night Night folks...I can't wait for my special moment tonight :)

Test

Ok So I am going to test adding a picture to the site ;) and also try to test allowing people adding comments....man this thing has confused me so far :( In this pic Ella getting ready to go swimming a couple of weeks ago.

Like I have nothing to do...

Well I have been debating this for a while now....to start a blog or not to start a blog. Well, the blog won! I am wanting to use this site as a place to post pics of my us for our friends and family to see. Some days I am sure I will have tons to say and some days I will be MIA. I am sure that there will be random thoughts on here, funny stories and hopefully some great pics! Hope you enjoy!