My little girl is just the happiest baby. She’s constantly smiling and laughing, and she’s started doing this cute little crazy thing with her tongue, and it’s hilarious. When I first put her down on the squishy mats this morning, her teacher grabbed that phone to play with her, but instead, Emerson took off her shoe, put it up to her face, and I swear she said, “Hello!?” Me and both her teachers thought that’s what it sounded like!
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This outfit Emerson wore today is one of my very favorites. I love the ruffles on the buns, and the ruffle on the shirt, and the color of the onesie, and the cheetahs (or leopards?) on the pants, and the color of the onesie. It’s just all so cute! The onesie is Garanimals from Walmart, and the pants are from the One Week Boutique consignment sale, and she’s just always so cute in everything she wears.
And finally for the first time this week, I didn’t have any errands to run at lunch. So I got to just close the door to my office, enjoy last night’s leftovers (even though we ran out of sour cream), and read my book (Pachinko) for 30 minutes. And it was so quiet and calm and nice.
Emerson and I once again got to meet my Aunt Suzanne, Uncle Keith, Grandmother, and Mama (papa is out of town for work) for dinner before church at Zaxby’s. Emmie had her own chicken tender kids meal, but she ended up eating more of other people’s foods. She has tried cole slaw a couple of times before, but didn’t like it either time. Then tonight, Uncle Keith gave her a bite of his, and she wanted more! He of course was convinced he had the magic touch, and that it was all because he was the one feeding her ; ) She ended up eating about half of his cole slaw before it was all said and done.
And then I gave her just the bun of one of my little Nibblerz sammies, and she went to town on that bread. She took it apart, and was eating bread out of both hands. She is just the funniest baby girl.
At the beginning of choir, our music minister usually does a short little devotion every week. Tonight, he read Psalm 46, and asked some of our members shared times when God has been a refuge and strength in troubled times. People shared times of divorce, depression, cancer, medical issues, and more. It was a good time of sharing, and such a great scripture passage to focus on. A few weeks ago actually, we sang a song titled Psalm 46, and so it was good to reflect back on that a little bit. Sometimes we just need to sit back, and be still, and know that He is GOD. As one woman said, in the midst of all the social noise and political noise and all the noise of life, we can just be still in His presence.
After regular worship choir rehearsal from 6:10-7:30, I then went to praise team rehearsal for about 45 minutes. I honestly just love getting to sing hymns and praise and worship music for a few hours every Wednesday! I’m so glad to be a part of this ministry in our church!
And then check out this beautiful sunset when I was leaving church! I actually drove out of the parking lot and circled back around into the parking lot again, so I could take these photos! It was too beautiful to ignore. Praise the Lord for sunshine and sunsets and beautiful things after a crazy rainstorm!
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These first two pictures are from yesterday, but I forgot to share them in our “first day of school post” but they were too cute not to include today. That’s Aunt Meggie she’s sitting with, by the way. She always comes in to her classroom to see her when she gets in to work in the morning, and clearly Emerson is excited to see her.
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Okay, okay. I know Emerson isn’t actually in “grade school” yet like everyone else who went back to school in Leon County, but she did start her new classroom at daycare today, and that counts in my book! Plus, Growing Room operates on the same calendar as all other LCS schools, so it was a big day around GR for everyone! She was super excited to start in her new class this morning! She didn’t shed even one tear, or fuss one bit when it was time for me to leave. She was just ready to play with all the new things!
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Today was promotion Sunday at church, so all the school-age students got moved up to the next Sunday school classroom for the year. (Well, not Emmie and her group, they promote based on skills more than age at this point.) But some lovely volunteers with the youth group (Hey Mrs. Annette, Mrs. Penny, and Mr. Tom!) made breakfast for the youth group. They set up a griddle & made pancakes and bacon right in the hallway, and they had plenty to go around, so they invited our class of young adults to grab some as well. Mr. Tom even made the bagels himself! Impressive right?
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We had an amazingly fun day today! And even though I’m tired beyond belief right now at 9pm, I’m going to push through the exhaustion, because some of these details of the day I really want to remember! So let’s go! We started the day off early with a donut run for breakfast. And then since the boys forgot to pack swimsuits this time around, we had to go run buy them some. We struck out at Ross first, but struck gold with all kinds of things at Walmart – swim suits for the boys, shoes for Emerson to grow into, clearance polo’s for Jeff, cute night gown’s for me, and a new, smaller “umbrella” stroller, which Emerson instantly loved, when we tested it out around the house.
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Growing Room was closed today, for a teacher planning day. So I took the day off to hang out with my baby girl, and the boys! We started out this morning with cheesy scrambled eggs, with salsa and the best seasoning. I made 3 eggs for me, and shared with Emerson, and she loved it. She also had Puffs, yogurt melts, and her daily Activia. Plus some dramatic water drinking. Oh, and my cute new “H” coffee mug!
I missed out on #nationalbookloversday yesterday, but here’s a “shelfie” from this morning to make up for it. (P.S. – this isn’t even all the books I own…) #pullenscozycorner
Baby Emerson turned 13 months old yesterday! She is wearing mostly 6-month size clothes (with some 3-6 still), and still in size 2 diapers. Last time she was weighed on 7/12, she was 16lbs 12oz, 8th percentile.
She is really getting the hang of walking now and toddles all over the place, but still crawls some too. Some new favorite foods recently are her Acitvia yogurt (gotta keep her regular!), and yellow rice.
She’s still the happiest, silliest, bestest baby girl, and I love her the mostest!
Also, I did the first 12 months of photos in a white onesie every time, with the monthly sticker on her chest. For the next year, we’ll do fun, colorful outfits every month! Gonna attempt to do monthly photos & updates like this through her 2nd birthday. But we’ll see how that goes and she gets more & more active!
Emerson, the boys and I went to meet Jeff for lunch. The plan was to eat at Blaze Pizza, but when we got there, it was packed to the gills! Every seat in the house was full, and it was entirely too hot to even attempt to eat outside. Every other restaurant in the strip (Mission BBQ, Which Wich, & Smash Burger) was also bursting. So we just ended up getting a fancy lunch at McDonald’s.
When Jeff went back to work, the boys and I went to the nearest Little Free Library over in Optimist Park, and just barely beat the flood! We dropped off five books, and came home with six. Gabe found all three books in the “Divergent” series, I picked up one of my all-time faves that I borrowed from my friend Kaley the first time I read it (“The Secret History”), plus a Dr. Suess book, and another kids book. It started sprinkling while we were browsing, and within a few minutes, we had to run back to the car when it started pouring! And Gabe couldn’t wait to read the Dr. Suess book, so he read it to Emerson on the way home, and my heart just melted.
Yesterday, Jeff installed a new, different kind of camera in Emerson’s room, and I’m liking this one so much better. For one thing, it mounts on the wall (instead of sitting on her dresser/changing table like the other one), it’s also better at “night-time vision,” and it’s got a wider angle so we can see the entire room.
After Emmie’s second nap of the day, we ran up to Growing Room for orientation for the new school year! We got to see her new classroom, and meet her new teachers. Actually, one of the assistant teachers from her last class, got moved up to be the lead teacher in her new room, so Emmie & Miss Q are both glad about that, because they love each other.
But one thing I just can’t believe – she will sleep on a tiny cot for nap time, instead of a crib! That just seems crazy to me! How is she big enough for that!? We also got a picture with her teachers from her first two classes. These ladies have taken such good care of, and loved my girl so well, these past 11 months! I never worried about her when she was in their care each day, and I’m so glad Emmie loved them too.
Then we all went over to Jeff’s parents house. We ordered Chinese food for dinner, and had a feast. I’m still stuffed, like three hours later. Emerson also toddled around and around their house for about half an hour. Their living room, kitchen, and dining room are all connected, so she did about 10 laps circling around the rooms, with us all taking turns walking around with her.
(I had asked Gabe to take a photo of Emmie and I, and he snuck a selfie while he was at it.)
Emerson and I left around 7:15 to head home for bedtime. We stopped to grab a gallon of milk on the way home, she had her bottle of hot milk and then she was out like a light! Jeff and the boys are still over there hanging out, so of course I’m watching Gilmore Girls while I blog, and relishing the quiet Friday night. Today was a great day!
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Today is my one hundredth daily journal entry since I decided to start this endeavor back on May 1st. Back then, I didn’t know if I would be able to post every day, or just a few times a week, but my goal was just to remember the good things in life. Turns out, I was able to post daily, and I’ve loved doing it, and I’m glad y’all seem to enjoy it as well! Thanks for reading along so far.
And here we have Emerson in new outfit #4 this week, plus her new jelly shoes! She’s just too much cuteness!
Daycare sent me the next few photos (plus a few more), of my girl having a big time out on the playground this morning. I love the one of her carrying one of her shoes around!
Aunt Meggie got off work mid-afternoon, so she checked Emerson out early, and took her for playtime and treats at Big Easy Snowballs! And not pictured, Uncle Bo met them there too.
At home after work, the boys played with and took care of Emerson, while I cooked dinner and Jeff did something tech-y I don’t know how to explain. She absolutely loves her big brothers, and they’ve been amazing with her this summer.
At dinner-time, she signed “more” after learning it at school this week! She did it for about 30 seconds, because we just kept doing it back to her, wanting to see it over & over again, because she’s so smart & adorable. Right?!
Then nugget had to go straight to the bathroom, because she was covered in beef tips, rice & gravy.
Then once she was dry & in some fresh jammies (smelling so great, might I add), we read a few books while daddy got her bottle of milk warmed up.
She fell asleep basically right away, so I said her night-night prayers, then laid her down. The four of us are now watching “The Dark Knight Rises,” all cuddled up with blankets on the couch, with Pretzel tucked in with us. Daycare is closed tomorrow, and I took the day off, so I’m excited for extra time at home with the kids!
(P.S. – When reviewing my post before publishing, I just realized there are lots of photos today, but they’re literally all of Emerson. #sorrynotsorry, right!?)
Emerson was rocking new outfit #3 today, and looking so stinking cute! I got this romper last summer, for $2 on clearance at Walmart!! I remember it looked soooo long when I bought it (it’s 3-6month size), and I thought she would probably be 2 years old before she would fit into it. But she surprised me, and it was perfect today!
And here’s a photo of her & Aunt Meggie from yesterday… It didn’t get included in yesterday’s post, because Meg forgot to send it to me from her phone until this morning, and it was too cute not to share it now.
This morning when I went to make a pot of coffee, I realized we were out of coffee filters. Jeff had made it the last few days, so I didn’t know we were so low! So on the way to daycare, I just had to stop for an iced hazelnut coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Had to.
A few times a year, we have a book fair come set up shop in our office building, and they’re always full of great stuff, at great prices! I got these two books for Emerson, as a bundle for $7.99. I also got another bundle of two other things, but it’s a gift for someone who reads this blog, so I’ll have to keep that under wraps for now.
One of the advantages of Jeff & I driving to work separately this summer (instead of carpooling together) while the boys have been here, is getting to meet my family for dinner before church on Wednesday’s. And Emerson and I have been loving it! My family picks the restaurant every week, my mama tells me where to meet them, I tell her what I want to eat, and she orders for us! Then the food is waiting when we arrive, which is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. Tonight we went to Newk’s, where I had half an Italian sammich, with a Caesar salad, and Emerson had a mac-&-cheese kids meal with applesauce, and milk. She’s just eating so good these days!
Then at church tonight, we all participated in a special night of prayer for schools for the upcoming new school year. Everyone got one of these book marks, and we all chose which school we each vowed to pray for during the year, then wrote it at the top. (I chose Emerson’s daycare, as did my mama, but my grandmother chose TCC, where she worked for 30 years.) We got into small groups around the sanctuary, and prayed through the list on the right side below, and different church members (from 5 years old to 65 years old!) led each topic with a prayer on the microphone. It was really special, and it’s amazing to think about how many schools & students around Tallahassee were prayed for tonight by our church! If you’re the praying type, I challenge you to pick a school, and use the photos below as a guide for the year as well!
Then we had a quick, 30-minute choir rehearsal after the prayer meeting.
And Emerson fell asleep on the car ride home.
But she perked up at home for about 15 minutes of play-time with Mommy & Daddy!
After her bottle of warm HOT milk, she calmed down and just laid in my arms ever so sweetly. But of course when I laid her down, she popped back up. She did some half-hearted fussing for a bit, but while I watched her on the monitor, she went from standing and whining, to laying silently, in just a few short minutes. And now she appears to be sound asleep.
Today was a good Wednesday, but I’m tired, so I’m going to attempt to go to bed “early-ish” tonight!
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Brand new outfit #2 for my baby girl this week, complete with her monogram on her little fishy skirt! The skirt was a gift before she was born, and she finally fits into it! Note: it’s 3-6-month size, and she’ll be 13 months on Thursday.
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Emerson was busy being her usual nosy self at drop-off this morning, watching as Miss Kayla get all her friends ready for breakfast. She could barely be bothered to give her Mommy bye-bye loves. But even still, she was adorable in her new outfit & kitty cat shoes.
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Sunday mornings are always crazy, but even more so when we have twin pre-teen boys in the house as well. We were running late in general, and we had stuff to do after church, so we were going to take 2 cars to church. So Emerson and I left, while the boys were finishing up. We got about 10 minutes away, and Jeff called to say they were all in the carport, and locked out of the house with no house or car keys. So we turned around. I unlocked the house for them, and pulled back out. I got about 2 minutes away this time, and he called again. This time to say he remembered where his keys actually were – in MY car. So I turned around for a second time. Eventually, we all made it to church, and were actually only about 20 minutes late. It could have been worse after all that though, right!? So then after all that I indulged in this super decadent s’mores donut during Sunday school, which was surprisingly good.
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Jeff drove to pickup the boys again today. They will be here for another two weeks, before heading back to South Carolina for the school year. So Emerson and I spent most of the day just us two, and had so much fun! And look at her adorable romper! (We love hand-me-downs!) After a few minutes of play time, we started the day with breakfast together, and she loved that applesauce pouch.
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Emmie wore a new onesie to school today, with some adorable little denim shorty-shorts. And the combo of the shorts and the shoes just made her look so much like a big girl to me!
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The best part of the working hours of the day was definitely when Jeff called to say he would be out & about, and did I want him to bring me lunch? I of course jumped at the chance and asked for my favorite from Chick-fil-A! Spicy chicken sandwich on a multigrain bun with extra pickles & honey roasted BBQ sauce, plus obviously fries & sweet tea. And since it was pouring rain, my work-friend Toni didn’t want to go out, so Jeff ordered her a sandwich too. So I also got to stay indoors where it was dry and dark, and I read my book while eating fried chicken. Yum.
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July was a big month, with Emerson’s first birthday and birthday party! She also had a lot of fun with her big brothers being here, and thinks they’re absolutely hilarious! She also started walking a lot more, even if she’s not quite doing it all on her own yet. Excited to see what August brings!
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Emerson had a lot to think about at drop-off before school this morning. She was clearly deep in thought about her fellow classmates…
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Tonight’s blog post is dedicated to my sweet hubby, who I don’t brag on nearly often enough. He does all sorts of things for our family around the house (like always take out the diapers, trash & recycling), and he just takes such good care of Emerson and I. Most recently, he was sweet take it upon himself enough to order me a few things on Amazon he knew I needed, but hadn’t actually asked for.
He got me a new PopSocket when my old one wore out, and he nailed the style/color/design choice, that’s just so perfect for me. It matches my phone perfectly, and my nails currently match both. …
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My baby girl wore this adorable hand-me-down romper (from her sweet Sunday school teacher) to school today, and the blue looks so good on her! I love her best in blues, greens, & purples, rather than the traditional girly pink options, so this blue romper is one of my new faves. I sent the photos to family this morning, and said, “Emerson is rompin’ around school today!”
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This morning our Sunday started out with another Mommy-Daughter breakfast. Today we had pears & peach Cheerio’s, and more Activia for Emmie. (Poor girl is still having some constipation issues.) Jeff had to be at church super early today at 7:30 (we usually don’t get there until at least 9am, for Sunday school at 9:15), but as a Deacon, he was in charge of all the prep for the Lord’s Supper. So it was just me & Emmie for breakfast, and it was a sweet time together.
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