My favorite little lady :)

EMILEE is so extra adorable these days!!! Yesterday we went to the mall to get Daddy's hair cut and to go get Emilee's picture taken with Santa. When we got there, Santa was on his dinner break so we went to the haircutting place first. There was no way Emilee was going to be able to stay in there because all she wanted to do was touch all of the shampoos and lotions on the shelves covering the walls. So, I let her roam around the mall and go wherever she wanted to go! (I followed her, obviously). :)  She ran from store to store, and if she liked the music playing she would go inside and dance. Her signature move is the Squat, and the more she likes the music, the lower she'll squat. So she'd go in and squat-dance for a minute and then run out to the next store. Stinkin' adorable. This whole time she was in her beautiful Christmas dress and the cute gray pea coat she got from Aunt Nae!

After she checked out at least half of the mall, we headed over to see Santa. She wasn't scared of him at all (in fact, I don't even know if she knew he was there. She almost acted like we just set her on a chair or something. And Santa didn't say ANYTHING, so I guess that could be why?), but she was totally serious and wouldn't smile either. The picture came out cute though. It was a bit overpriced but it will be so fun to look back on when she's older!

 

Today I tried to make handprint ornaments out of "salt dough" (you can find it on Pinterest) with Emilee and the little girl I babysit, Grace. They did NOT turn out! I'd like to try again but Emilee acted like I was trying to kill her when I was trying to get her handprint into the dough, so I don't know if it's going to happen. Haha! 

Emilee is almost 15 months old now, and this will be her first Christmas where she can actually interact and open gifts and have fun. Last year she was as cute as can BE but I don't think she had a clue what was going on, and Mommy & Daddy had to open all of her gifts for her! :)  I can't wait to see her cuteness this year. I'm so excited. 

She talks almost non-stop every day. She's not actually saying any words (except for a few), but she sure acts like she's trying to tell us something. Haha! She tells us alllll about it. I have no idea what she's trying to say, but it's pretty cute to hear her chatter like that. I love her little voice. I can't wait to hear it when she's talking more (real words). I love her little LAUGH even more. It is the BEST! She is ticklish all over, but especially her thighs and under her neck. She even giggles when we zip up her jammies because it apparently tickles all the way up her tummy to her chin. Haha!

She is so beautiful. She has her daddy's eyes. She has a big, beautiful smile. She has squishy cheeks. She has soft skin, yummy smelling hair, a cute belly and a cute little TUSH! :) The cutest thing about her is her little personality. She is always tries to make us laugh by doing silly stuff that she knows we'll laugh at. She's curious about everything. She snuggles her babies and stuffed animals and gives kisses to us, and I LOVE IT! She has a little attitude and fights sleep sometimes, and throws food on the floor even though I tell her "no-no!". She literally looks me in the eye the whole time while she reaches for the food, grabs it, hangs it over the edge of her tray, and slowly releases it as it falls to the ground. HAHA! LITTLE STINKER! Ahhh, but I love her soooo muuuuuch!

The holidays are coming up!

Thanksgiving is in just a few days! Ahhh! Look at my sweet Thanksgiving girl!!!!!

Halloween 2012!

Yes, Ryan was a UNICORN! (you can't see his tail...) 

My little CHICKEN! :) 

Grace wearing Emilee's chicken hat with her Snow White costume. Silly girl!

My house wishlist

These are things I'd love to save up for if we stay in our house a long time. This might take years and years, or not happen at all, but it is just fun for me to think about. I'm totally thankful and happy with what we have now. Thank you, Lord, for a roof over my head, lots off space, an air conditioner and heater, a warm bed, and my two best friends who live in my house with me! :)

-Solar panels!  I have NO idea how much these cost, but I've heard how effective they are at lowering bills. We like to stay comfy so we run our heater or air conditioner depending on the weather, so our PG&E bills are pretty high sometimes (especially in the HOT Chico summer!)  It'd be awesome to have solar panels someday, but I'm probably dreamin'.

-New carpet

-Wood or tile floors in our kitchen instead of old linoleum that is lifting up at the seams!

-tile floors in the bathrooms

-NEW SHOWERS. Right now they are just that fiberglass(?) ugliness. The floor of our master bath shower is stained and disgusting! I keep trying to clean it and scrub it and use all kinds of hardcore chemicals on it and NOTHING works! I'd love to have it redone someday. I couldn't possibly imagine being able to sell our house once a buyer sees that nasty looking shower! This is at the TOP of my list, besides maybe the linoleum. 

- new sink in the kitchen. Ours is metal and I can never get it clean.

- screen door to back yard. (I know, silly, but whatever. it still makes my "wish list").

- restain all cabinets (kichen/bathroom) to a different color. Right now they are kind of a reddish-brown, and I prefer a darker brown, or at least just a regular brown and not red-brown.

- have ALL lights have a dimmer feature, and a better looking light fixture in the kitchen.

- take out most of the plants in our back yard and rip up the lawn and replace it with sod. Right now it's patchy and bumpy and the "lawn" looks tiny because there are too many plants back there. I'd also love to either pour concrete or put down rocks/bark along the sides of our house so that it doesn't get overgrown.

- speaking of yard stuff, it would be cool to have different flowers in our front yard. But something that is still easy to take care of.

- make our back living room area into Emilee's play room. This would be easy to do with a little bit of decor and someday a little play kitchen. I can't wait to get her a play kitchen for christmas someday! 

- The outside of our house is an ugly color, too. PAINT!

-Paint the main bathroom light blue

-New light fixtures and mirrors in the bathroom

-New furniture! :) Our couch is falling apart! 


I'm sure I could think of more if I really started dreaming! haha!

Road trip!

I got a chance to visit my best friend's daughter and her family last week while they were visiting from Colorado. I had to drive a few hours after an already long week, but it was SO worth it! Norah looks exactly like Carrisa. She has grown up so much since Carrisa passed away. She is such a beautiful young lady!!!!!  So are her sisters! :)  I love those little girlies.

I found this in my CD stash. :)

 

 Emilee took a good little nap in the car

And she woke up very happy! :) 

Placerville!!!!! 

The girls loved playing together

Princess Emilee

 Pretty much impossible to get a picture of all of the girls together. Haha!

Our girls :) 

Emilee's BEE-day party!

The day before Emilee turned one, we threw a little BEE-day bash for her. It was SO FUN! I started collecting bee-themed things a few months ago and I was able to put together a cute little party for her 1st birthday. I hung yellow paper lanterns above her party high chair and attached little bee stickers to it so that it sort of resembled a bee hive.  I made little BEE party bags for all of the kids to take home filled with bee stickers, bee erasers, honey sticks, bee candy, yellow striped candy sticks, bubbles, etc. The gift bags were just yellow lunch bags and I glued on black strips of felt, googily eyes, and little wings made out of sparkly scrapbook paper. ADORABLE! I found a beehive drink dispenser at Pier 1 several months ago and filled it with lemonade for the kids (and adults) to enjoy. Lynae got a bunch of mini bottles of honey in those little bear shaped bottles, emptied them out, and turned them into cute little sippy cups for all of the kids!  Emilee's ADORABLE cake was made by Upper Crust and looked like a pretty little bee. She very much enjoyed the cake, and I even tried some of her semi-slobbery left-overs because, um, HELLO... it was from Upper Crust!!! Everyone else got cute little cupcakes made by Safeway with black and yellow decor. Tammy got little bee antennas for everyone to wear. She also made an AWESOME board for photos with little holes for the kids (and adults!) to put their faces through. Soooo cute!

We had such a fun time. All of Emilee's family and little friends were there. Everyone played and mingled and had a great time together, and then blessed Emilee with lots of presents! She got tons of CUTE outfits, mostly for this fall, and some reallllyyy fun toys. I love our friends and family and I'm so thankful for all of them. I'm so happy everyone could come and celebrate our little princess with us! I can't believe she's ONE!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures from her special day. Enjoy!