Dear Emily, On Sunday morning I woke up around 7:15 and started my morning alone. At 8:15 I wondered how you could possibly be sleeping still, so I peaked into your room as quietly as I could. You were just lying there awake, hands clasped, and staring towards the window. As much as I wanted…
Family
We Bought a Car!
This purchase has been a long time coming. When we arrived in Indiana in July and unhooked our 1997 Honda Accord from the back of the moving truck, we quickly discovered during the hot and humid summer that the air conditioning no longer worked. Bummer. We muscled through (often with ice packs around our necks…
Moments
Emily has been growing so fast it is hard for me to keep up with her daily developments. To illustrate this, a brief story. Last week I was holding Emily and went to put something in the cupboard above the sink. A few minutes later I looked down and she was holding a container I…
Andrew’s Pretzels
Yesterday we set out to run a few errands. By late afternoon we found ourselves at the mall and bombarded with soft pretzels at every turn. We were starving at the end of our time there so we power walked out to the car to flee from temptation (because who really wants to spend $4…
Spring Break
Now that Spring Break was three weeks ago, I need to document what exciting events occurred before I completely forget. My family also had spring break so they drove out here Wednesday night and then we all went to Indianapolis on Thursday and Friday. It was so fun to hop in my family’s van that I…
Her Own Room…
This month has been rough in the sleeping category. I decided yesterday that we are all ready to have Emily sleep in her own space at night. I spent 20 minutes working her pack n play out of our room and squeezing it into the other room (which is the size of a walk in…
Andrew and Emily
I absolutely love watching Andrew be a dad. A few days ago Andrew popped Emily on his shoulder, closed one eye, and said, “Arrrr, Little Parrot. Someone has stolen me peg leg.” He then began hopping around the room on one leg with Emily and they both were laughing. Yesterday I was in the kitchen…
Baby Shoes
A few weeks ago I decided to learn how to crochet baby shoes. I loaded Emily up in the car, went to the craft store, bought some hooks and yarn, and found a youtube video to follow along with. My first attempts went surprisingly well! I’ve discovered that crocheting is the perfect craft for the…
Lots to Celebrate
Last Friday we decided after MUCH deliberation to spend the summer in Kansas City, MO (we’d love suggestions on what to do and see while we are there!) so Andrew can work. We went to Triple XXX Family Restaurant, Indiana’s oldest drive in, to celebrate our decision and the warm weather. It is a little…
5 Months Old
Dear Emily, Life is starting to become really exciting with you. You have always been fascinated with absorbing all that is going on around you, but now you also interact. This usually looks like you putting your arms way out with your mouth in an ‘o’ shape and grabbing whatever you see and putting it…