Family Pictures

We got our family pictures back this week. I think they turned out pretty good. Emmett was kind of shy, and didn't show his happy personality. He has actually been giving a "mean" look which you can spot in one the pictures below.

Emmett is finally starting to do an army crawl. I thought he was going to skip it all together. He is basically running with his walker, and I'm starting to see him get brave enough to let go of the walker and take a few steps without holding on to anything. He loves to be outside. Now that the weather is warmer I am starting to run with him in the stroller. He's happy the whole time unlike last summer. He loves animals, especially dogs and he says "woof" everytime he sees one.

Bret took Emmett to Minersville with him last weekend, and I spent the weekend with Emily. Oh she is so much fun. She thinks I'm so funny, which I'm really not but we get laughing together and it nevers stops. I ran 8 miles Saturday morning and then we spent the day shopping. It was fun until her feet started swelling and her back started to ache. The joys of pregnancy. Jill is having her baby on April 18th and Em will still have another 3 months before her baby comes. Poor Emily :( I can't wait to find out what Jill's baby is. Everybody thinks it's a girl and my mom even started making pink quilts. I think Jude has jumped the gun on that one. Don't they look so cute together???

P.S. Thank you Bonnie and the Albrecht Family for helping with Emmett while Bret worked on the farm. Karma, I'm really sorry Emmett hates you. I'll have a talk with him....the kid is a terrible judge of character. Everybody loves Karma!

Sunday

I am so happy today is Sunday and I have no plans, no place to go (except church of course), and its suppose to be warm weather! Bret is still sleeping because we take turns on the weekend getting up when Emmett wakes up. I get up 80% of the time and Bret...well he tries. I don't mind though because I'm usually less tired then he is. He works hard. He just got back last night from a two day horse back riding trip with my mom and a few friends. Who takes their mother-in-law on an overnight campout in March? He's a good man...good man!

I love this picture of him. He looks so manly, because he is so manly! That is his horse Memphis that my mom gave us for our wedding. She gave us a new horse and his parents gave us a cow. Were we born in the 1800's? We actually are very grateful for both animals. Bret has trained Memphis and she's a great horse. I even dare get on her. Our cow also give us about $400 each year when we sell her calf. Always a nice bonus! Anyways, I spent the weekend with Emily which is always fun. We went up to watch Jen run her first half marathon. Jen did great and finished under 2 hours. She didn't know we were coming, so it was fun to surprise her. Emmett was extra clingy to me this weekend. It always makes me miss Bret when he acts this way. He helps a lot!

What cute boys!

Accident

On Saturday morning we had our family pictures taken by Haley Ann Warner. It was a mini shoot (20 minutes) and I can't wait to get our pictures back. It was kind of cold and Emmett didn't really show his personality :( I hope they turn out good. We ran some errands and then went home to hook up our new TV. Bret had moved the baby gate to the stairs since he was going to be going up and down a few times. I didn't know he moved the gate and I gave Emmett his walker to cruise around. I'm sure you can tell where this story is going. It makes my stomach sick to even think about it, let alone write it out. I was standing about 15 feet from Emmett and looked over and saw he was at the top of the stairs. It all happened so quickly as I ran and dove for my baby. He was already falling as I reached for his leg. I could hear Bret yell, "GRAB HIM". I did. I had his leg for a split second, but it slipped out of my hand. There I was at the top of my stairs watching my baby fall. I felt so helpless. I wanted so badly to get my body in front of his to stop him. I screamed as I ran down the stairs to get him. Bret somehow nearly beat me down the stairs! Luckily his body had turned and he basically rolled on his side down 1/2 of the stairs. 13 stairs :( I picked him up and he and I both cried. We carried him upstairs and looked over his body to make sure everything looked ok. We called an after hours Pediatricians office and they told me things to watch for, and if he acted strange to bring him in. He cried for a while but we finally got him calmed down. He had a little bloody nose and what looks like a future black eye. I feel like the worst mom in the world. How could we let this happen and be so careless. Needless to say Bret put locks on certain cabinets, and lowered the mattress in his crib to prevent any future accidents/hazards. I don't want to wait until another accident happens before we finish baby proofing our home. Emmett is fine and seems to be his happy self again. He was walking around and playing within the hour. I feel so lucky and blessed that nothing serious happened to him. I've been watching him like a hawk ever since! Here is a pic of the cute little guy after his accident. (cell phone picture=not a good picture)

New Furniture

I FINALLY got new couches, well couch. The love seat is on back order until the end of the month. Today RC Willey delivered the couch, coffee table, and TV. I'll have to wait another month until my living room is complete. I've waited this long so what's a few more weeks! I'm so happy today. They're beautiful!!!






On another note... Emmett has discovered the toilet paper. I just let him destroy it, as it keeps him busy for a good 5 minutes. I suggest nobody use our blue bathroom as the toilet paper has been unrolled and re-rolled several times.




This last weekend my mom and I went to a few fabric stores to get material for Emily's baby blankets. Now that we know she's having a boy we can start our projects. Emily wrote this poem on my facebook account, " Roses are red, violets are blue. You are a good quilter, you take after Jude". I've been laughing about it for days, Emily is so funny. The girls always make fun of me for being so much like my mom, but I'm proud of it :)

First Hair Cut

Emmett got his first hair cut a couple weeks ago. I was hesitant to take him because I love his hair. We just trimmed around his ears and neck. Here is a before picture: I think his hair looks like a mini Zac Efron in this picture:









As you can see he hated the process:





But we are happy with the results:

Emmett's 1st Birthday

Here are some pictures from Emmett's birthday party on the 11th. My sister in law helped me make his Winnie The Pooh cake. She's much more talented than myself. It was fun watching him destroy his cake and throw it all over the kitchen. It was also healthy for me to not care about the mess. I've become quite the clean freak in my old age.



I"m glad most of the cousins could make it to the party. We sure missed the Lassiters..both Luke & Ben.

It's about time

I did it. I finally started a blog. I'm sure Cory & Nikki will be happy, as they might be my only readers. Here is a quick update on the family. Bret is working at Helton Automotive. He's been there just over a year. I'm still at Vision Bankcard. I get to work from home some of the time and I love being home with Emmett. I like my job but I love Emmett!!! Emmett just turned 1 this month. All moms are surprised at how quickly their kids grow up, and its the truth. I feel like I just had him, and at the same time I feel like we've always had him. He's so much fun. He says the following words, "mama, dada, uh-oh, bye-bye, deer" Yes, thats right, my little boy says deer. Obviously he got that from Bret. He's not walking alone but he has a little walker that he cruises around with. He gets hauling on that thing! Thanks Jill for letting us borrow it :) I'll hopefully post some pictures when I figure out this whole blogging thing.