Go Go Gadget Arms...

A few weeks back I found a super cute khaki trench coat for little Emma.

Yesterday she wore it for the first time over to Abuelita's.

Now when I see her in it she reminds me of this guy ↓

Go Emma Go!

Our mornings

Every weekday morning we load up the kiddo and take her to my parent's house. We are so lucky to have my mom (Abuelita) watch her. We are also lucky to spend time with Papa and Jacob while we are there.

Emma has started to recognize Papa and Abuelita's neighborhood, and she is so cute when she realizes where we are. She wasn't as enthusiastic in this video as she normally is, but this is from last week when she wasn't feeling all that hot.

In case you can't hear what she is saying, she is saying "Papa." We are working on Abuelita, right now it is more like "tita."

Talk about feeling like a bad parent.

On Monday morning we took Emma in for the 2nd set of her 12 month shots.

She had too many at her 12 month appointment so they decided to split them up.

While we were there Dr. McCormick came in to check in on us.

She played with Emma and said that she was "so independent and active."

Then she pulled out her stethoscope and light and checked the little kid out.

Mouth and throat looked good, and she is getting in her 1 year molars.

Nose looked good.

But then she looked in the ears, several times. Turns out that Emma has a double ear infection.

She was put on antibiotics and seemed to be doing ok.

We felt terrible! We had NO idea that she was sick. We thought that she was a little fussy because of her molars coming in.

And to top it off, she still had to get 3 shots.

We ended up taking her back in today because she had a fever all afternoon and evening yesterday and ALL night. Poor thing wasn't her self.

I think that we felt so bad for missing the ear infections, that we wanted to make sure that nothing else was wrong that we missed.

Same news from today's appointment.

She is still on her antibiotics and has her good moments.

But poor little thing... it stinks to see her sick.

Desert Trip

This past weekend we headed out to the desert with our desert family.

We set up our camp in a new spot, because another darn group found our secret special spot.

Then Douggie and I went for a little ride and realized that they were packing up to leave.

We in turn packed up in record time and moved on over to our spot, and then all was well in the world. I have never seen 6 adults, 1 kid, 3 dogs, 2 quads, 3 bikes, 1 buggy and 3 trailers move faster. And just in time for the rest of the group to join us.

Our fabulous usual spot.

Emma was a huge fan of rides on the quad.

I put her in the baby backpack and off we went.

Notice in this picture she is yawning, she actually fell asleep 3 times when I took her for a ride.

It made for an easy way to put her down for a nap.

She brought her own quad, and got all dressed up in her riding jersey.

umm... pretty dang cute in her riding jersey and skinny jeans. :)

We enjoyed a little dinner by the camp fire.

We enjoyed a little play time in the trailer.

Hello beautiful!

On Thursday night last week, we made sure Emma was all pumped and set for her trip.

She warmed up on her quad and we caught just a few seconds on video.

Just a few seconds because she took off so fast and almost ran in to the dining room table.

This one is a daredevil!

We had a great time as usual!

A gift from Nina

Last week we came home to find a wonderful Land of Nod box on our doorstep.

We could hardly wait to open it.

It was a gift from Emma's new friend Nina in Virginia.

She is the daughter of Lisa, and was born on Christmas day.

Lisa is an old high school friend of mine.

Lisa said she felt bad that it was a belated birthday/Christmas gift... um, I think you had a good excuse, you just had a kid!

We love the new feeding set.

And the lunch box couldn't have been more perfect.

Emma tries to steal Jacob's all the time, now she has her own.

And a mouse backpack to boot!

It will be perfect for Emma to carry all of her toys on the plane when we come to visit in a few weeks! Can't wait!!!

Thank you for my gift Nina! I can't wait to meet you.

Families on Foot

The Recereation Department (my work) is sponsoring a new Family Walk/Run in Kit Carson Park.

Proceeds will benefit the Escondido Education Foundation and Escondido Recreation.

A great cause!

Click here for more information.

The Kok Family Visit Part II

The Kok family came back from Palm Springs Monday night and we had a great dinner together.

Then Tuesday we had a fun filled day with the family.

Lucky for us Ebit and my dad had the day off so we all joined in on the fun.

We packed our lunches and headed up to one of our favorite childhood places, Bates Nut Farm.

Benny and Kevin

The duckie says quack quack.

Could they be anymore precious?!

Had a picnic lunch.

Fed some animals.

I love how Lauren threw the food at the goats.

Something you may not have known...

Goats have rectangular pupils, weird!!!

Kevin pointed this out, and we had never really noticed before.

Super cute baby sheep.

This little girl loved the goats.

She had no fear and pet them on her own.

Bates Nut Farm was where we always went as kids, so what better place to take a cousin group picture.

And that same outhouse was there when we were kids.

And no, there is not really the potty part of the outhouse.

Then we headed back to our place and had a bbq and played outside in the beautiful weather.

Yep, that is our daughter dancing on the pole.

We are so proud of her!

But it's ok, all of the kids played and slid down the pole.

I guess it's the norm in our family?!

I LOVE this picture!!!

Lauren and Jacob were admiring the view, and Emma wanted to be a big kid like them so bad.

We played a little golf.

Ate some dinner.

Then this morning, it was time for the Kok family to pack up and fly home.

"Please don't go! Well, I guess if you do have to go, can you take me with you?"

I tried for a group picture, but I had no luck.

Pretty dang cute how Lauren and Emma had matching jammies.

We had a wonderful time with them here.

We were sad to see them go.

But I can't wait to see all of the kiddos play together again!

Our turn in Seattle this April? We will work on that.

Our Valentine's Day

We all came down with yucky colds this weekend, so our Valentine's Day was pretty uneventful.

Woke up

Douggie and Emma made me breakfast in bed :)

Went to Church

Had lunch at my parent's house

Douggie and I took naps while my mom watched Emma

Picked up some dinner to go

Picked up some Major Market Creme Brule

Watched the Time Traveler's Wife

And I was off to bed by 9:30

So exciting, I know.

No fancy dinner out, but you know what? I think it was more fun this way, minus the colds.

Emma looking adorable showing off her gift, and her boogie in her nose.

Oooooh, what did Dada get?

Playing with one of her gifts.

And loving her chocolate.

Go Ricardo Go!

My cousin's son Ricardo Jr. plays basketball every Saturday.

We try to go to as many games as we can. They are pretty fun to watch, and that Ricardo, he is a superstar player!

Didn't catch any game pictures, but I did catch snack time after.

Between periods everyone loves to shoot some hoops, here are Douggie, Zeke, Emma and Paul.

But the best part of the games...

is the amazing playground they have at the Y.

It is so much fun, and after the games, everyone goes out to play.

Hey kid, there is a smaller step right on the other side.

Emma loves the swings, wee!

Way to go Ricardo, can't wait until your next game!