Here are two more beach pictures... I realized I didnt add them when I did the pictures a few days ago. (The first one Emily is telling us to kiss her butt!)
The second picture is Emily Loving some waves!
While at the beach we hunted for sea shells, built castles (which Emily promptly crashed), did some shopping and relaxed. We stayed at a great house that even had a hammock. We were able to relax and play games while the kids slept. Emily took on average a 2.5-3.5 hr nap each day and was in bed by 9pm ... and didnt wake up til 8:30 everyday. She is definately a beach bum and I believe that because she sleeps better there--we should live there...hehehe. Emily did have to go to the ER while we were there-- constipation... they were GREAT at that hospital.
In other news... Emily can now count to 8 (she knows nine and is getting 10 but you have to prompt her to go that high). She is learning her colors and knows the 4 basic shapes. Her "new" things are going "rrrrrr. I cookie monster", "Yeah, Ok...", "How bout_____"--when she doesnt like what you have offered her, and "Thnk You Vry Much" (yeah, she says it funny). Today she burped and I said..."What do you say?" (She has a manners book teaching her these things) and she looked at me and said..."B U R P". I said, Yes- I know you burped, what do you say.... She giggled and said BURP. I gave her a stern look and she said Excuse me (but unless you knew what she was saying...you wouldnt recognize it because it sounds more like uxe me).
And she now goes to bed by herself. We give her a bath, brush her teeth, dress her, and then go to her room to read 1-2 books. We say a prayer (and at the end she says AAAA-men), and then we give hugs and kisses. I lay her in the crib, we tell her goodnight, sweet dreams, we will see her in the morning and that we will be back and then we shut off the light, turn on the music and leave. This use to send her to hysteria and I would end up staying with her for 3-4 songs until she calmed down. Now she just nodds, tells us goodnight, and quietly goes to sleep.
I feel so blessed to have Emily in my life. She is wonderful and I would hate my life without her in it. What a stong, sweet, wonderful spirit she has. In my church, we are taught that we lived with our Heavenly Father before we came to earth (as spirits). And we are told that the strongest, sweetest spirits have remained until now. I know my Heavenly Father has to be proud of my little girl because she is so loving and sweet. She has an obiedent nature to her when it comes to prayers, etc. While I know we all believe in different things...there is one thing that can not be denied....God lives and you can see this in my little girl's eyes. I hope as she gets older, she knows how much she is loved. I only hope that I am a good enough mother for her and that I do enough stuff with her/for her.
Daddy brought endless buckets of water to Emily after her feet got blisters
(blisters and salt water is not a good combination!)
Emily and Mommy at the Ripley's Aquarium. EMILY LOVED being there.... probably didnt hurt that on the way to SC, Emily saw "Finding Nemo" for the first time.
YUMMY! SAND! Tastes gritty mommy!
The beach was a BIG HIT! Emily, Canio and I had a great time. We went to Pawley's Island/Litchfield Beach SC and it was a great place for families. Emily slept great at the beach. She ate awful though...until we went to Bubba Gumps in Charleston, SC. We did some shopping, we did some touring but most of all, we really loved spending time at the beach. There really are too many stories to tell!
