Our busy schedule

We have been extremely busy since the last blog. Jay, Emma and I went to Galveston to celebrate our friend Jenni's 30th birthday a couple weeks ago. We had a great time at the beachhouse catching up with all of our Houston friends that we don't get to see often enough. We also took the ferry from the Bolivar Peninsula over to Galveston, which we had never done before. It was a lot of fun to do that and very interesting to see all of the devastation in Gilchrest and Crystal Beach from Hurricane Ike.


I am also very sad to say that Grandma Peggy passed away last week. Emma and I had a trip home planned so that we could see her, but unfortunately we didn't make it home in time. Instead we spent time with our extended family for the funeral- a wonderful celebration of her life and many interests. She lived to be 86 years old and was independent until the very end. It was a very sad weekend, but we also know that she is in a better place watching over us every day. Emma was fairly well behaved despite missing multiple naps and missing her usual bedtime during all of the festivities. By the time we got home she was absolutely exhausted and napped for hours the next day.


My mom came into town to visit this past weekend. It was a trip she had planned and contemplated not coming since she had been so busy with my Grandma. I talked her into coming to take a weekend away and to spend some quality time with Emma before returning to work. We had a good time and pretty much relaxed the entire weekend so that Emma could catch up on her sleep. She did help me plant some flowers and wash my car- which I love the extra help. Emma loves spending time with Grammy.


Over the weekend Emma also caught what I thought was a cold. She had a runny nose and goopy eyes. One eye was really swollen one morning and it went to the other eye the next day. It was completely swollen shut in the morning, but got better as the day went on. Her eyes continued to be goopy and her nose didn't stop running so I finally took her to the doctor. He said that she has some type of bacterial infection in her eyes. We got an antibiotic and some eye drops for her. For those of you who have never had to put eye drops in a 10 month old, I would love for you to try with Emma. It is practically impossible. It takes one person to hold her and her arms down and another to pry open her eyes. I never can actually tell if I got any into her eye. I had to stay home from work with her Wednesday and I felt so bad for her. She obviously did not feel good and was very clingy. She wanted to be in my lap the entire morning and when she wasn't she was clinging to my leg. She seemed to feel better in the afternoon as she was crawling all over the place and pulling up to stand over and over.

Emma with her new pal Eddie



Mommy and Emma with her favorite toy - the remote

Emma reading Daddy's Sports Illustrated. She is under the chair so that he can't get up and take it away from her. She is so smart!!

Emma's beautiful new dress for her Great Grandma's funeral

Emma with her Uncle Gary. Now we know why she likes him so much - he lets her sip on his Bud Light. Yummmm!

Emma in her new tripod stance. She keeps trying to stand.

Jenni with the boys in Galveston

The beautiful sunset

Laura and Patty

All of the girls

Emma, Mommy, and Patty

Look at my baby blues!

Oh Scott - I love to chew on cell phones!

The birthday girl, mommy, and Emma
Grandpa Big John's weird way of feeding Emma - whatever works

Grandma and Emma bonding before bedtime

This is Emma crawling down the steps at Uncle Ryan and Aunt Becky's house