It's Friday Night...And I'm Going Out!

Aaron Watson, the Honky Tonk Kid, is at the Hall of Fame tonight and I'm going! I'm waiting for my brother to pick me up any minute now. Yes...I'm tagging along with him BUT in exchange for having to hang out with his big sister I'm going to take him back stage to meet Aaron before I bring him on stage. I'm cool like that : )

Hopefully if all goes well I'll have a couple pictures of me, Aaron and Brandon to post tomorrow morning. I cant remember the last time I stayed up past 10pm INTENTIONALLY!

11 Weeks Old TODAY!!!

Sweet little Emrie is 11 weeks old today. She's getting so BIG! A friend of mine recommended that I start taking a picture of her every week with a stuffed animal so that I could see just how much she's growing. I probably should because I know she's growing BUT I don't see it as much as everyone else because I'm with her everyday. So my assignment today is to find the perfect stuffed animal so I can start taking pictures. Granted she has a bunch of sweet little bunnies and baby dolls and even a sock monkey...but I'm thinking something along the lines of a Pillow Pet. I really like Zippity Zebra!

I'd like to get Aiden the T-Rex Pillow Pet. Its the "manliest" pillow pet I could find online. Now I just have to find it in College Station.

Speaking of Aiden. I had to laugh. Last Sunday I was taking Emrie to Brenham to visit my parents which gave Aiden and Brian the perfect opportunity to hang out together. I asked Aiden what they were planning to do. He said "guy stuff" like ride bikes, go to Lowes and watch the new Smurf movie! Blahahaha! I'm sure Brian thought the Smurfs movie was extremely manly...probably more along the lines of Smurfy!

MOOTZ!

Ain't she just the cutest?! This is another picture Amy snapped of Emrie. God I love little Mootz : ) My dad made the mistake of calling her Mootz-sak once. I'm spelling that phonetically because I have no idea how its really spelled or what it really means for that matter. Anyhoo, Daddy called her Mootz-sak once and it stuck. Supposedly, his mom called his little brothers Mootz-sak when they were babies so surely it doesn't mean anything bad. I sure hope not because now we all call her Mootz-sak or Mootz or Mootzie. Poor Mootz...I mean EMRIE!

Pictures of Emrie (and me)

Dr. Allon's office called and asked if they could use a picture of Emrie and me for a local flyer and possibly a billboard. I, of couse, said YES! I mean who wouldn't want to show off their beautiful baby girl to whole world. The two words I missed during the conversation "Emrie AND YOU." Come on! I just had a baby (10 weeks ago today). I'm not ready for pictures. In fact, I didn't have any of the two of us together other than the one of us at the hospital. Definitely not the most flattering picture. So, my friend, Amy, snapped a few pictures for me...from the waist up, of course. She did an amazing job! The ones above are some of my favorites that I sent to Dr. Allon. Now I can't wait to see the flyer!

Hands Free

I got this contraption at one of my baby showers. I had tried it a few weeks ago with Emrie facing towards me - she hated it. Then last night Brian and I were talking about how much more alert (I think the word we actually used was nosey) she had recently become and how she likes to be held facing away from us so she can see everything. So I strapped the "baby in a bag" thingy back on and TA-DAH! She loved it. I think her eyes say it all.

I know...I know...It's not on just right. She's still a little tiny to face forward so I had to roll it down under her arms instead of putting her arms through the holes. If I put it on like it was supposed to only her nose and eyes stuck out. She definitely didn't like that.

Ahhhh Sleep...FINALLY

I know its been a while since I've blogged but I've been exhausted. Emrie got her first round of shots last week which ended up giving her a fever for a couple of days. Poor baby girl : ( Anyhoo, the fever interupted her sleep schedule - we were just starting to get into a pretty good nightly routine. So up until last night she was only sleeping for about two hours at a time.

Then finally last night it happened! She went to bed at 9pm and didn't wake up until 2am! That's right 5 FULL HOURS. It's amazing what a little bit of sleep can do for you. I'm like a new woman this morning. So figure I might as well blog and get some of this energy out.

I've got new baby pictures to show you! I'll post some on my next blog.

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Judy strikes again! Since going back to work I've been pumping so that Emrie would have plenty of milk to get her through the day. Well, I made the mistake of leaving my pump on the kitchen table one night. When I woke up part of it was missing. Well, not actually missing - just gone. Would you believe Judy actually climbed up on the table and ATE PART OF MY PUMP? What kind of dog does that? She's a distructive weirdo dog. Luckily, I had an extra part and didn't have to spend a bunch of money for replacements or Judy would be a distructive, weirdo and DEAD DOG!