Sad Morning

I left the house this morning being upset with Emily Grace. We had said our "goodbye's," gave kisses, shared "love you's" and snuggles. But, she likes to close doors (as you read yesterday) and today she tried to push the door shut to the garage with me on the other side, which knocked me off balance and caused me to fall down the stairs. I opened the door, yelled at her not to do that and then went to get in the car.

I didn't even tell her that I love her after that. Lord, please let her know how much I love her and that I wasn't really that mad. I can't believe I left the house like that. I feel awful...

Adventures in Babysitting

I haven't blogged in a while- I know- bad mommy. We have lots going on- most of all though is the monogramming! I'm drowning in it! Anyway, I'll try to be a better blogger.

So this weekend, Chris took me out for an early birthday dinner and movie. We went to see "The Blind Side" (which I highly recommend!) and to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner (and peanut butter pie!), Lucky 32's. We went to the movie first and then to dinner so that our baby sitter wouldn't be out too late in Saturday's nasty weather/threat of snow.

After the movie I called Jenna to see how things were going. She didn't answer. I thought maybe she and Emily Grace were off playing and couldn't hear the phone or they were busy and she just didn't get to it in time. We completely trust Jenna with Emily Grace so worry never entered my mind.

Well, as we pulled up to the restaurant, my phone rang and it was Jenna. I happily answered- "hi there! How are things?" (in a sing-song kind of way). I was astonished to hear her shaky, frantic voice on the other end. She was almost crying! The poor thing- what had happened? Well, being the good and thoughtful babysitter that she is, she decided to let the dogs out since they were whining and scratching at the door (most likely to go chase a bunny into the woods, not to actually use the bathroom). As poor, barefoot, Jenna went onto the deck to watch them, the door shut and locked behind her. (We forgot to remind her that it does that- so we're really to blame!) She tried knocking on the door to get Emily Grace to open the door, but the knocking only scared her and made her cry. So, Jenna tried singing and talking to her which calmed her down but could not get her to open the door!

Jenna ran next door to the neighbors (who do not have a key) to see if they had a key. They ALL came to our back deck to try to find a way break in and to keep an eye on EGU, just to make sure she didn't lick an electric socket or something awful like that. Then one of them remembered that the neighbor on the other side had a key. Guess who wasn't home? That's right! The people with the key were gone too! So, the new neighbor across the street (who coincidentally is deaf) has a key to the neighbor's house who wasn't home. So, all of the neighbors went traipsing over to explain to the deaf neighbor that they needed a key to the house that had our spare key. I would have loved to see that, had it not been an emergency. Once they got into that house, past their dogs and to the key there, they were able to get into our house. By this time Jenna is freaking out because she had been following Emily Grace around the house through the open blinds. That kid is into everything so Jenna kept moving from room to room keeping an eye on her via the open blinds! Then she disappeared! Emily Grace went to play in her room and the blinds there were closed. Jenna couldn't hear her or see her and really started to lose it but that's when the neighbors came to the rescue. I have no idea how many people were actually in on everything but it sounds like the whole street was trying to help poor Jenna get to our child! Thank you neighbors!

I think we owe everybody a big plate of cookies! What would we do without good neighbors and such a thoughtful babysitter. And yes, we absolutely will use her again. We'll just have to remember to remind her that the door locks behind you. I am so thankful that everyone was ok!

Working for the Weekend

I'm so excited about this weekend that I can hardly stand it! I have so much planned!!!! We're finally here for a weekend without a full schedule. Fhew- what a relief! My to do list:

1-I have to get the orders out to people from my new Etsy site. I'm not making MILLIONS or anything but I've had quite a few orders and interest emails over the last week. YAY!

2-We are going to the Dixie Classic Fair tonight. Chris has been out of town and EGU and I have been a little mopey without him. So, I'm counting down the minutes to pig races and funnel cakes! I'm probalby more excited than Emily Grace. I've been telling her about the animals and the big slide and the pig races-but I think my enthusiasm might be a little higher than hers! I can't wait to see how she does!

3-Tomorrow I've made time for some fall decorating. I have a few projects in mind: (thank you Better Homes & Gardens!)

4- Game NIGHT! Tomorrow night several couples from church and our neighborhood are getting together at the Lee's for game night. We have so much fun when we do this- which is rare, so I'm so glad Emily suggested it!

5-Get ready for Halloween! Emily Grace is a piggy this year. This in itself is going to be it's own project. She hates the costume. It's ADORABLE! But she hates it. So, for the adult parties that we have to go to, I thought we could coordinate. Therefore, mommy will also be a piggy. I know you're thinking what have you done? Chris and I are going to be Kermit and Miss Piggy to help Emily Grace see that dressing up is fun. But no worries- I will not be parading around the neighborhood on Oct. 31 in a Miss Piggy get-up. This is soley for the parties that require a costume and for the encouragment of a strong-willed 2-year-old.

We hope you all have a happy weekend!

I picked a little pumpkin

Emily and I took Crawford and Emily Grace out for some pumpkin patch time this past Saturday. We did this last year too and had so much fun! Emily found the best little pumpkin patch in Winston Salem- it's so picture-esque! The kids had a good time- Crawford is SUCH a boy and Emily Grace is such a girl...

Crawford kept picking up the biggest pumpkin his little two-year-old arms could manage. It seemed he was doing it just to show us how much he could handle. He's such a handsome little guy! On the other hand, we handed Emily Grace a nice little balloon sized pumpkin (you know, not too big, and not too smal) and she dropped it like a rock! She looked at both of us like we were nuts and we had gotten her dirty and stomped off to find herself a little pocket-sized pumpkin instead. Can we say sassy? It was a fun morning!

Here is the link to Emily's photo cards on etsy!

Looking Back

I was looking back through old pictures tonight and stumbled on this one. It's my absolute favorite picture of our family. I need to work on getting more family pictures taken but until then, this is is going to grace my desktop for a while. Emily Grace was 9 months old here. I forgot how chunky those cheeks were!

Here she had her favorite toy "mingo." Her nursery is all "mingo's" but she LOVES this one! We've had to rescue it from Kiwi a time or two as well...

Blog Buddies expecting Babies

HOLY COW! I have found more blog buddies today that I've missed so much: people who I catch glimpses of over Facebook from High School and College. And half of them are pregnant! YAY! I was feeling a little blog-stalker-ish until I stumbled onto this wonderful news!!!!!!!!!!

Anne- SO MANY CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so sorry I missed the fact that you're having a baby NEXT MONTH. Where have I been? But, no worries, I'm on it- the gift will be monogrammed and in the mail. Please send initials!

LIZ- WHOA! I'm so happy for you! Is this what Brooke facebooked that she had been praying for and finally got good news about? It's really none of my business what that matter was, but I'm slowly putting it together. Wow- just a little over 9 years ago (I'm sorry that makes us sound old- but I digress- Back to your news...) we were Freshmen at Clemson coordinating purple and yellow comforters with cork board treatments... and look at you now! YAY! I'm so happy for you too! Please let me know when you have a shower- I want to pat the belly!

Congratulations to you both- did you plan this? :) Chris, Emily Grace and I are just too excited to meet your new little tigers!

I love BOO!

As if she couldn't get any cuter!

Emily Grace says "I love Boo Mommy!" "I love Boo Daddy!" Either she can't say "you" or she's picked up on our pet names for each other around the house- "boo."

It's fitting since Halloween is just around the corner! YAY! It's my favorite time of year!