Spring/Summer Fun

Here are a few more recent pics of Emma enjoying the Spring/Summer weather! We had a nice time in Missouri, and later today Mom and Dad will be up here at our house for 3 days or so, which will be great! We're going to go to the zoo tomorow and then Saturday we're setting up our camper then going mini golfing that evening! Other than that, nothing new really happening!

Easter Fun

Here are some photos from our Easter back in Grand Island at Mike and Mollie's! Emma had a wonderful first Easter and did great at her first Mass on Easter Sunday :) I don't have much to say tonight, so I will let the photos do the talking. Enjoy!

Emma with the first piece of candy she found on her first Easter egg hunt :)

Having fun with the basket wrapping!

Looks like the Easter Bunny was good to Emma!

Emma and Daddy before church ;)

Our first Easter photo as a family!

Me and my precious girl!

Emma and her cousin, Kamryn, who is 4 days younger than her!

Emma and Kamryn having fun playing with the plastic easter eggs!

A Little Bit of This and That

Just a quick update as I'm tired and have to feed Emma in about 30 minutes.

This Weekend:
I can't believe that Sunday is Easter! This year really has flown by, especially since Christmas! We are leaving for Grand Island on Saturday and are spending the holiday weekend with Nick's family, which will be nice as we haven't seen most of the since the week before Christmas. Emma has the cutest Easter dress that Mollie got her (navy eyelet with a white cover), and so I think Nick and I are going to dress in Navy/Blue and white so we can get some nice, rare, family photos :) The "Easter Bunny" has her basket all ready to be opened on Sunday morning! I will take plenty of pics and have Nick take some of me and Emma together because we don't have many of the two of us.

Us:
"Us" referring to me and Nick. We are doing fine lately, although my patience seems to be lessened as he's feeling sick, yet AGAIN, and so I'm majorly feeling like a single mom. On top of taking care of Emma 24/7, I'm taking care of the house, and I get the feeling that he thinks I don't do much during the day. I love him, but I guess he will see how much I do when I'm in Missouri for a week in May :P Bet anything I come home to a hamper full of laundry to do, and nothing in the icebox! But like I said, I do love him....just wish he would tell me he appreciates what I do, and even offer to do some stuff himself. Wishful thinking....

Garage Saling:
Two weeks from Sunday Emm and I are heading to Maysville for a little over a week so that I can go to the shooting range with Dad and shoot my little revolver, mark garage sale stuff, and go to the Liberty neighborhood garage sales!!!! Mom and I have been really looking forward to the Liberty sales for a while now, but I think I'm more looking forward to just spending some time with everyone! Mom and I are going to go down that Friday afternoon to hit the sales that start that day (and get the jump on good bargains!), and then we're spending the night in a hotel in Kearney so that we can be up and out early to the sales Saturday morning! There's not a whole lot I really "need", but am looking for winter clothes for Emma, as well as movies, books, etc. I'm excited, if you couldn't tell!!!!!!!!!!

So there's my quick update for tonight :) Will update with Easter pictures next time!

Putting Thoughts to Pen

I just came across a blog of a girl who I used to go to school with, and it basically talks about the writing process and what it is to be an author. Reading her posts got me thinking about how big a part of my life creative writing used to be. I say "used-to" because once I began college, creative writing took a backseat to research papers and technical writing. Ther were a few classes where I got to write creative pieces, but the longer I went without writing one, the harder it got when I had to. Being an English major meant writing numerous papers every semester on topics ranging from feminism (ugh!) to fantasy (!), however, I truly believe that these papers can be a death sentence to one's creativity. Sure they offered creative writing courses, but I have never been one to be "creative on demand", and so I didn't see this as a viable option. Now, being a mom, I don't have the free time like I used to, but I really want to start writing again. I'm not sure what about, but I want to get the creative juices flowing again! For Ethan's 21st birthday, I composed a poem which explained his birthday present that he would be receiving in a few weeks as it was not available at that time (newest Harry Potter movie), and boy did it feel good! I honestly think I had forgotten how much I enjoyed writing, and also, seeing others' reactions to it :) Therefore, I vow to try and write at least 3 times per week, as I don't want to detract from the family time I have with Nick and Emma, but I also feel it's an important part of myself that I need to hold on to.

Loving Life

Before writing my entry for this post, I thought I would start off with a few pictures that have been taken within the past month or so :) Enjoy!

Emma looks so innocent and old-fashioned!

Man, I love this girl!!!

Wearing a skirt that was mom's when she was about this age (7.5 months)

Emma's Easter dress that Mike and Mollie got her!

Bath time for my big girl!

Putting her 4 new teeth to work :)

Grandpa Harold's little Gummy Bear!

Emma's first St. Patty's day

Can you find the real baby doll here?

So pitiful!!!! She was tired and did NOT want to be put down :)

Well, as you can see, Emma's really grown like crazy! She's setting up on her own, has babbled "dada", and is growing up fast! Too fast, maybe :) She hasn't begun to get up on her hands and knees yet, but hopefully soon. She's been going through a fussy phase lately (I suspect Wonder Week 37) and is needing more attention, which makes getting housework done harder. Sleeping good has been hit and miss the past week or so. Hopefully it improves here soon!

Nick got a new job working with Oriental Trading Company as a Financial Analyst! He really likes it so far and is much happier, which, in turn, makes me happier :) I really wish something would've worked out closer to Maysville, but hey, money is money and a job here is better than no job at all! Other than all of that, there really hasn't been anything new happening. I'm still staying at home with Emma and am so glad I'm able to! Even though she can be a handful sometimes, I wouldn't want to miss a moment of her growing up!!!!

Hiatus...

It has been a while since a normal blog for me, as I've been busy lately, but tomorrow I plan on making a return to the blogging world :)

Sick :P

Ok, so I'm sick, Emma's sick, Nick's not, but he's still not helping me around the house. He literally comes home from work, we talk for a bit while having supper, then he gets on his computer to do who-knows-what until about 45 minutes before we head to bed, then he asks me what's wrong and if I'm mad at him. DUH. It would be nice for my husband to help me raise our daughter and to acknowledge all the sh!t I do during the day. Ugh. Just had to get that off my chest.