Laurie's Life

Yesterday, my college friend Christy and her family came to visit from Texas. Christy has three little girls. Emily was delighted to have three girls play with her all day. They loved carrying her around and playing with Emily and all her toys. As if that were not fun enough, we went to the Gentry drive through zoo. Emily has NEVER been so excited. I think she was having "spells" because she was so thrilled. I love going to the place too, so I guess she gets it natural. Emily loved the animals coming up to the window. She would say hi to them and played peek-a-boo with a few of them. She spent a lot of time saying "oooh, ooh,ooh." We all had a great day yesterday. I loved being with Christy and her family and catching up on things. This morning when Emily woke up at 5:00a.m., I put her next to me in bed so she would go back to sleep. She had a dream that caused her to smile big behind that pacifer, I couldn't help but wonder if she was thinking abo...

Emily has gone nuts over cheese. It is her favorite food. If you even say the word, she stops what she is doing and says, "Yeah,Yeah,Yeah Yeah!!!" It is all she wants to eat. When I get the cheese out of the refridge, she screams in delight waving her arms and kicking her legs. As she eats her other food, she says "cheeeee, Cheeee,Cheee." She says it when she wakes up from naps and first thing in the morning. I guess I am the mean mother, because I don't give it to her everytime she asks. I want her to like and eat a variety of food. Well, Emily is still asleep this morning and guess what her first request will be when she wakes?

I have to thank my sweet husband for posting the Christmas pictures. Let, me assure you I was not calling myself a Christmas angel. That was all Steve's doings. I need to have him post some more recent pictures. Emily has had her FIRST Birthday. I have not really known what to do with a one year old, but I am learning. Emily is getting around by walking on her knees. As Christians, that is how we need to get around too! We are having a hard time getting her to take a sippy cup. OH well, I am not going to worry about it yet. In all my years of teaching, I have never seen a Kindergartener drinking from a bottle. Everyone assures me that she will learn soon. This morning was my Bible study. It was really good and so practical. I am soooooooooooo glad to see the sun today!!!!!!!!! I promise to post more later this week!

Christmas 2006 Emily & Elmo Granny & Emily Away in a Manger Christmas Angels Kay & Charlie

I feel like we have been cooped in! It seems Emily has had an illness for the past couple of weeks. We have missed Awana 3 weeks in a row. We missed Bible Study on Tuesday and then Play Day yesterday. Emily has had an ear infection and some strange rash all over her body. The Dr said it was a viral infection and would clear up in two days. She is a good Doctor because it happened just as she said. Yesterday we got ice and a little snow. I was NOT going to get out in that mess. We have saved a lot of money of gas this week. That has been really nice. Tonight I am getting out and I can't wait!!!!! We are having our Christmas Sunday School party. Steve's parents are coming some time this afternoon. God willing, next week we will have good health and good weather so we can get back into the swing of things.

Friday I decided that Emily was spending too much time watching t.v. I read an article on the internet about how babies learn best with hands on experiences. Emily has always LOVED t.v. She just gets glued to it. I had also been thinking about most all the toys she has are really too babyish for a 10 month old, sooooooooooooooooo I went to Wal-Mart Friday and got her some new toys. I got her a pull-along puppy and a toy in which you drop balls into the top of it and they go through a maze and turn on lights and play music. They were both for babies 12 months and older. Emily likes them, but she can't quite master them yet. She doesn't love them, as I had hoped. But, we have a family member who does LOVE them! It is our crazy cat Kristen. She loves to stalk and attack the puppy and she thinks the balls are for her. She played with them all afternoon on Friday. So Kristen thinks she has new toys especially for her and Emily is content playing with the remote, magazines, cords and...

Yesterday was our Baby Play/Reading Time. We went to Ginger's house. She really went all out for us. She read two pumpkin stories, did an art project, made Pumpkin shaped Rice Krispy treats and had pizza. It was one of our best times ever. Thanks Ginger for all your hard work! For the art project, our babies dipped their precious feet in white paint and printed them on a black paper. The papers were then turned upside down and given ghost faces. They are darling. I will keep Emily's forever. Emily loved chewing on the stem of her pumpkin and looking at their dog out the patio window. I love getting together with these other Moms and babies. It is ALWAYS fun! My friend Beth is coming Sat to visit. She lives in Tulsa. Her husband, Joey and baby, Baylor are coming too. Steve and Joey are going to the Razorback game. Beth and I will have so much fun. I have lots to show her and tell her. We are taking our babies to a pumking patch and taking their piuctures. I c...

It has been a while since I have posted anything, and I have actually had some things to write. Baby Emily is taking a nap right now. Steve is due home any minute, but I thought I would use this time to write. Steve and I REALLY enjoyed our trip to Branson. We enjoyed our time together so much. We stayed at Big Cedar. It was nice and we had a FABULOUS brunch on Sunday morning there. Try their Sunday brunch when you are in Branson. You will not forget it! It is awesome. We shopped, went to the Titanic museum, the Imax and just rode around for the fun of it. I am so thankful for Steve. He is so much fun and makes me feel so loved. I cannot believe we have been married two years. We bought a new car. YEP, another Honda. We are a Honda Accord family. They are just dependable cars that get great gas milage. I am really enjoying it.

We have had a very eventful past few days. Emily went to the E.R. last weekend for constipation and an ear infection and upper respiratory infection. Then we got a ticket for our car tags being expired, then to top it all off, Steve had a wreck. WOW! We only have one car now. We are praying that God will lead us to the perfect car for us. Emily is doing just fine now. In fact, she had a good day in the nursery yesterday. That is always a blessing. Steve went to the Razorback game at Auburn. I am so glad he got to go to that game. He had a wonderful time. I got Emily a Halloween costume. She is going to be a cowgirl. It is really precious. I had gotten her a bee costume, but I decided it was too short for her. She couldn't stretch her legs out. So, I took it back. This week I am planning to do some cleaning. There are lots of things we need to get rid of. I also have to clean because our parents are coming this weekend. Steve and I are going to Branson for our tw...

This is my very first time to BLOG. My best friend Kelly set this up for me. What a blessing she is! Today has been really busy! Emily and I had baby reading day this morning. I don't think Emily has ever even noticed someone is reading to her, but the interaction is so good for her. She sits on the floor with all her nursery friends and they play. She doesn't see her nursery friends very often because at church she spends most of her time outside or strolling in the halls. She doesn't like the nursery very much at all. I am loving this cooler weather. Kelly and Julie, I hope ya'll are proud to see this blog!

Steve, Laurie and Emily.