It seems like I just blogged, but then I looked at the last post date and it was two weeks ago! Well, you can tell we have been busy! I will once again, give you the highlights (plus, a ton of pictures of Emma!):
Emma is growing by leaps and bounds. She recently started talking. She will mimic many sounds and words such Mama, Dada, Dog, Nigh Nigh (night night), Hi, and Up. Her little voice is seriously cute!!
Can you tell that she likes to stick her tongue out a lot? :)
Her sleep training is going SO well! I can't tell you how much I love my Sis Wendy for helping me so much with this overwhelming task. Last night Emma slept from 7pm to 3am with no crying (she has NEVER slept this long in her entire life!), and then went back to bed until after 7am! A couple more nights like this and I will feel like a new woman. :)
This is Emma's favorite thing to play with- our DVD collection! Out goes the DVDs one by one...it's never-ending fun!
Emma loves crawling around in our front yard. She especially likes all of our new rocks. She will pick one up and then another and another. She hates our grass, however. She will crawl over and touch it, but she refuses to sit on it! Very funny.
Trip to Costco!
This is a funny story. A couple days ago we get a picture and a text of Bradley's cousin Hannah hugging a giant teddy bear. It looked like she was in a store, but we couldn't tell where. In the text they wrote, "Hannah loves you THIS much!" When we saw the exact same bear in our Costco, we had to send them a picture with the text, "Well, Bradley loves you THIS much!"
We got a killer deal on strawberries so we spent an entire Saturday (and I do mean an ENTIRE Saturday) making jam, syrup, dehydrating strawberry slices, and bagging up the rest in freezer bags for our smoothies! I wish I could say we'd be set for awhile, but we only ended up with 8 jars of jam and 3 of them turned black...not sure what I'm doing wrong here...I hope they taste good!
Big Goof with Lil' Goof. :)
Well, our big news is James and I are finally sick and tired of being sick and tired (and fat)! We have committed to a fitness program and we are starting tomorrow at 5:30 am sharp! I am very excited to get back into shape both exercise and diet wise. I am reading the classic nutrition book "Fit for Life," and have been applying it's principles for the past 2 weeks. It's right up my alley as far as being a whole foods, high plant-based diet/lifestyle. It also focuses on eating foods in the right combinations and at the right times to facilitate digestion and thus free up energy to burn fat and detoxify the body. It's fascinating.
James and I are doing another Tony Horton program called Power Half Hour. It is a 30 minute workout targeting your arms, abs, thighs, and buns, 6 days per week for 4 weeks, followed by 1 recovery week (mild exercise plus lots of stretching). I am going to continue my running 3 times a week as well. Our hope is to shed some pounds and inches, and be prepared to start p90x or a comparable program in 5 weeks! Thanks to my Sis Heath and her hubby Nelson for all the support and advice! They are both coaches for the company Beachbody that produces all of these great in-home workouts. James and I are going to sign up on Friday to become coaches as well. They have an incredible line of health supplements in addition to their DVDs. We are hoping to utilize their products to maximize our results, and then share our success with others. It's time to start practicing what I've been preaching, folks!
Peek-a-Boo!
Puzzle Time!
Okay, so we now have a huge Spiderman tent in our living room. Why, you ask? We were, for a short period of time, a normal family. We even had a large couch and coffee table in our living room (like normal families have). However, we discovered two things this week that have caused us to be less than normal. The first was that we have mice scurrying around our house, and the second was that there was large tear in the bottom of our couch where mice could easily crawl up and make a perfect nest! So out went the couch, and in came several mouse traps. We have gotten a couple mice, but I fear there are more. I really don't like having mice crawling around...I love animals, but let's face it, it's creepy and gross.
So, Bradley designed our new empty living room. Hence the Spidey tent. He also added a mini Foosball Table, books, and toys. It's basically a playroom. I'm fine with it. Emma adores it, and we put a rug and her soft puzzle mats in there to cushion her falls. And it's not like we aren't going to move everything around in a couple weeks any way like usual! But just a heads up if you come to visit, we have no couch! We do have a love seat in our den/nursery/school room or you can relax in our lovely dining room with your pick of 5 cushioned chairs!
Savanna survived her trek! The whole time she was gone, Benjamin was making up songs about her and the trek. My favorite was "Savanna's gonna be eaten by a crocodile!" He's a funny kid. But, no, fortunately she was not eaten by a crocodile. She actually had an amazing time. She was tested physically and emotionally, and surprised herself as she rose to the challenge and finished the trek strong! She even had hurt her knee a few days before and managed to walk the entire way while many of the other girls opted to get in some of the vehicles that went along with the companies. Savanna gave a really sweet talk about her experience at both Girl's Camp and Youth Trek on Sunday during Sacrament meeting. And, she really has changed since she has been home. She missed her siblings greatly and has been very sweet with them. She also has been extremely helpful and SO grateful.. I like!
We hit the beach on Sunday for some much needed R & R. Savanna has made good friends with a 14 year old Swedish foreign exchange student named Anni. Anni is a very sweet girl, and we enjoyed talking with her and learning more about her country. She informed us that everything here in the U.S. is bigger than in Sweden. The people are bigger, the cars are bigger, the stores and food portions are bigger...ah, to be remembered for that! Another reason we are starting our exercise program!!
Emma loved the beach! She loved all the different textures, and any time anyone would dig a hole she would crawl over and sit right in it!!
Emma loves her new toy- Thanks Auntie!
Emma's Belly Laugh!
I've never heard her laugh this hard- so priceless!
June 30 - July 13, 2011
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