7 months!

Emmi is 7 months today!
*She is SOO... busy! she's got places to go and things to see :)
*She loves to stand and walk along the furniture
*favorite toys are the remote, ribbon spool that ribbon was on, empty bottles, and such things :)
*She still LOVES to be outside
*Likes to go on walks
*Loves the swings, we're lucky to have a playground pretty much in our backyard
*Likes to dance with mom!
*Is getting much better at taking naps
*Is such a good eater
*LOVES her mom and dad, and doesn't like to get too far from them
*Has the cutest little laugh in the whole world
*Is so cuddly, when she's tired
She is the cutest/funnest little girl in the whole world! She already has such a cute personality! She makes us so happy! She learns new things every day, and its so fun to watch!
LOVE U EMMI!

Thanksgiving!

We had such a good time over Thanksgiving. We went to Enterprise and were able to spend it with both mine and Randans family! Thursday morning Randan went Coyote hunting with the boys, it used to be a tradition in his family so they decided to go! When they got back we went to Newcastle and said hello to all the Woods family. It was great to see everyone. Then we had Thanksgiving dinner with my family. My Grandparents, Aunt and Uncle, and Sister and they're family was there. It was so nice. That night Meag and I drove to St.G and went black friday shoppin. we went to wal-mart and target, went to the St.G house slept a few hours, woke up and went again in the morning and met up with the boys and kiddos. It was a lot of fun and we got some good deals! I hate bein so far from Meag, we always have such a good time together! We were pretty wore out though. Saturday we had Grandma Farnsworth Funeral. She was such an amazing woman and I'm so glad that I had the chance to know her a little bit. It was a great service. After we had a stake dinner with Randans immediate family. Its always such a fun time when we're all together. We played games with my family and that was the end of a good weekend :) Sunday we woke up and drove home! We're glad to be home but can't wait till the next time! There's really no place like home, no matter where it is :)
I have SOO... much to be thankful for. I say that every year but this year is different. Its been quite the year and Im so thankful for all I have. Randan, Emma, our family, friends, church/the gospel, freedom/our country, I could go on and on, but I won't. :) Hope everyones Thanksgiving was as good as mine, I'm sure it was! Love you all!
(I didn't get many pictures with my family, Macee was so cute with her. "hers love me" she'd say. I sure miss that little toad! wish I could take her home with me!
Emma was a bit overwhelmed, she's used to it just being her and mom!
I love that Shelby and Emma are so close in age it was fun to watch them play. Emma had a hard time warming up to everyone but for some reason she loved Maycee L., she was such a good helper during the funeral, kept Emma quiet :) I've said this before but I wished we lived closer so Emma could have all these fun cousins to play with all the time

Tim McGraw Concert

Tim McGraw put on a free concert for the troops on Camp Pendleton. A limited purple heart recipients got access to the VIP and I emailed the lady early enough to get them! It was so cool I left Randan and Emma to get a picture and was 3 rows back from the stage! We had such a good time! Luckily it wasn't too cold and Emma did awesome! we got there at 2:00 and there were some other bands playing, cowboy Troy, Silverados, and a few others, we left and let Emmi take a nap then came back in time to watch Tim McGraw!

3 years!

Randan and I have been married 3 years on the 8th! That day Emma decided to stand up like a big girl and fall on the corner of the TV stand and cut herself. Scared me half to death. gave her a pretty good little cut by her eye, mom just super glued it since she had a doc appointment that day. Everything went great at her appointment. she is 27 3/4 long -97% 17.6lbs- 80%. So Randan and I decided we'd just do something the next day. So the 9th we went to Torry Pines Preserve In San Diego-La Jolla. There's lots of pine trees and hikes and down below is a beautiful beach! So we went on some hikes had a picnic and played a bit on the beach. Emma LOVED it. she is a total outside girl!! We had a blast! I can't believe its been 3 years. We've grown and learned so much together and im so glad I have Randan to do it with! Love you babe!

another month :)

Emma is 6 months today! I can't believe it. it is going by sooo.... fast. This month Emma has learned so many fun things

*she is sitting up by herself
*she's crawling
*she's just had her first taste of cereal. First time I gave it to her she loved it! Ate it all and opened her mouth for more. Although a lot of it ended up on her. The next few times she wasn't such a fan. we'll see how it goes :)
*she's pulling herself up to things
this makes nap time much much harder. I lay her in her crib and immediately she grabs onto the railing, pulls herself up and looks out the door waiting for me to walk by so I can see what a big girl she is. if I make eye contact with her she just starts smiling and gets so excited. :) little turkey.
*she likes being in the car again. yay... I don't dread going places anymore
*she loves going on walks and being outside
*of all her toys her favorite is... the computer cord. :( ha ha, or the tag on one of her toys. ha
*not a fan of naps. most days its a struggle to get her to take them
*wakes up about once in the night
*still loves her hands. they're almost always in her mouth
*still won't take a pacifier
*she is so smily and happy. she gabbers like crazy and laughs all the time, it doesn't take much to get her to laugh. i love that little girl more and more each day. we defiantly have our hands full and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm so blessed to be her mom. love you em!

My lil girls crawling!! what?

Emma is sitting and crawling! I can't believe it. she's not old enough for that ;) ha ha, how time flys. for the past few weeks she's been trying pretty hard. getting up on her hands and knees buries her head and then flops. the last weeks she moves her legs but couldn't figure her hands out. she'd even push up to her feet with her hands still on the ground and then fall cause she wouldn't move her hands. Yesterday she started moving her hands! It was so fun to watch. she'd crawl and then look at me and smile like she was so proud that she figured it out! She is such a cutie and makes mom and dad so happy! love u Em!
I have some cute pictures of Emma crawling and playing with her cousin Aiden which are so so cute. He just let her climb all over him and he just took it and laughed, so cute! I love that she has fun cousins to play with that are close to her age just wished we lived closer! My internet won't upload them though so I'll have to save them for another day :(

Marathon & 5 months (almost)

Well with Randan having his surgery on the 12th he got 30 days of leave. we knew we were coming for the St.George marathon and thought we come and spend a week. We didn't do much but it was fun to spend some time with family. Friday night before the marathon we stayed the night in St.George and played games the saturday we woke up and went to the finish line. My dads goal was 3:05 but he kept saying he probably wouldn't do it that fast. he just barely missed it. he came in at 3:07. I was so excited for him. Being there inspires me every year. not necessarily to run a marathon but to start running. hopefully this year it'll stick. Congrats dad you did awesome!!!
on a different note tomorrow Emma is 5 months old!! I can't believe it. She has changed so much in the last month.
*She rolls so good
*She reaches for things and switches between hands
*She started scooting.
*Just the other day she was on all 4's. but couldn't figure out how to move she just kept burring her head in the ground
*She laughs more and more every day
*We've had a rough patch with sleeping we tried to let her cry it out and it didn't work she is way too stubborn. so after 6 days of it we gave up and now she wakes up about once a night sometimes twice, which isn't too bad.
*She is such a snuggle bug. I love this! although she won't let you rock her to sleep, silly girl.
We love u Emmi!

4 months and a visit!

Emmi is 4 months!! She's growing, learning, and changing soo... much!
*She loves to stand on your lap (she thinks she's pretty strong)
*She LOVES the beach. seems like she never fusses when we're there
*her little sleeping pattern has changed quite a bit. each night when I put her down my fingers are crossed. sometimes she wakes up once and sometimes every 2 hours.
*She smiles/laughs all the time
*She hates to be held like a baby
*likes her stroller
*talks and makes motor boat noises
*Rolls both ways
*grabs her toesies
*wears 6 month clothes
*Still loves everything to go in her mouth and normally always has her fingers in there :/
*has her parents wrapped around her finger already!
love you emma!!
Also for Labor day weekend my parents, sister and her two kids came and visited! We had a Blast and we're so glad they came. We spent most our time at the beach which was so fun for everyone. The waves we're the biggest we'd ever seen. It was a blast. we spent a day at the swap meet, ate some good food both at Joes Crab Shack and at Randan and my favorite, Rockin Baja Coastal Cantina. I was so glad that Emma got to spend some time with them, we loved the company!

4 years done, 4 to go??

Well I have to do a little brag post about Randan. Today he's been in the Marine Corps for 4 years! Its so crazy to me. what a crazy 4 years its been. I missed the whole boot camp phase but since he got back from boot camp we've been together. He has worked so hard and gone to so many schools not to mention gotten high shooter and been at the top of the class in most of them. he's deployed twice, once on a MEU for 8 months. and the second one to Afghanistan where he got shot 2 months into it. he's been in the sniper platoon for I think 3 years maybe just 2 I'm not sure and has loved it! He really enjoys his job and what he does, which makes it all worth it. He would be getting out today but with being shot he'll have to stay in at least until his leg is completely healed which who knows how long that'll be, he's going in for another surgery on sept. 12th. he's even contemplating signing on for another 4 years but we'll just see. one day at a time :) I'm so proud of Randan and all that he's accomplished in his 4 years in the Marine Corps. He's such a great Marine, husband and daddy! don't know what we'd do without him!

3 months and a move!

another month gone!
Emma is talking up a storm, she sits in her swing and gabbers at her bird mobil, so cute :)
Smiles like crazy
Giggles the cutest little giggle that gets me every time
puts EVERYTHING in her mouth, i try to giver her a toy to play with and it goes straight to her mouth
is a bit like her momma, likes attention and entertainment 24/7 :/
still sleeps so good
and still is not to fond of her car seat. hopefully now she'll spend less time in it!
she's startin to get in the crawlin mood. okay prob not but she'll push up on her elbows and stick her cute lil bum in the air. mostly just when she's mad. :)

and, we moved AGAIN! ha ha. The military wont let Randan out of the Marine Cops until his leg is completely healed and his doc told him it'd be a while. so we decided we'd been apart long enough and traveled the roads too much. so we put our house up for rent and within 2 days had renters.(kind of bitter sweet) so 2 weeks later and here we are, back in California. we decided to live on base this time so we're in Oceanside, CA. Its fun to be back and nice to be out of that crazy St.George heat! I'm excited to live here again and let Emmi experience the beautiful beach! my mom, meag(sister), and reece (meags husband) came to Cali and helped us move it was fun having them here and we were so grateful for their help! We'll miss you all! Come visit ;)

2 months

Emma is 2 months old! oh my goodness, its flying by! What in the world did we ever do without the cute lil stinker!! We love u Emma!

*She is so... strong. holds her little head up like such a big girl!
*Is Smiilin up a storm
*went on her 1st camping trip and was such a lil trooper
*Is sleepin the night, most nights anyways
*loves to hold her little rattle
*sucks anything and everything (hands, arms, clothes, car-seat straps etc.)
*i'll post her weight and height when i find out next week :)
okay so she was 23" in the 65% and 12 lbs 13 oz. in the 85% :) lil turkey's growin!

4th of July Weekend!

for the 4th of July weekend Randan I and miss Emma went Camping. we got there Friday night around 1:00 and looked for a camping spot near the twin lakes in Bridgeport CA. it was packed!! after looking for 2 hours we gave up and slept the night in the truck. Saturday morning we found a perfect spot inbetween Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. It was perfect!! so we set up camp and went to Sonora Pass. oh my goodness it was beautiful. The next day we went to Yosemite National Park. There were waterfalls EVERYWHERE! for sure one of the prettiest places I've been. and the next day we spent the day at Lake Tahoe. We had an absolute blast. Tahoe was having fireworks over the lake that we were so so excited for but they weren't until 9:45 and we were an hour away from our camp so we decided to just head back. kind of a bummer but we still had a blast!
The 4th of july is such a special holiday to me. for sure a day to be celebrated! it used to just be a fun day of fireworks and BBQ's but with Randan being in the Military it really makes me appreciate what it celebrates, which I'm so thankful for! its also the day Randan proposed (just a side-note :) I'm so thankful to all those in the service and to those who have been in the past! I'm thankful for all the freedoms I have and this wonderful country we have to live in! Thanks hun for all you do! hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!