Our sweet Emma Lou is Two

Two years plus nine months ago I knew I was pregnant and I knew we were going to have a girl.  I didn't need to have the  ultrasound confirmation.  I knew.  And although I had always liked the name Emma as surely as I knew I was going to have a girl I knew that her name was supposed to be Emma.

I loved my pregnancy with her.  Since I had a miscarriage prior to Evan, my pregnancy with him was over shadowed with the feeling that something might go wrong.  With Emma I felt more relaxed and could enjoy the experience more.

Since Emma was delivered by a scheduled C-Section I do not have a exciting labor story to tell.  Although something went wrong with the epidural and I did feel a good portion of the c-section. 

Emma is such a love bug.  She loves to cuddle and her favorite spot has always been curled in a ball and held against my chest.  She loves to clean and organize.  She is very patient and thoughtful.  We love our sweet Emma.

Happy Birthday Emma Lou!!

Channeling the inner farm girl

Ol' Ms Thompson had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

And on that farm she had some chickens, E-I-E-I-O

Though I have always felt a fondness to country living I never thought I would actually live that lifestyle.  Well this week we welcomed our first farm animals into our family.  We now have two black barred rock chicks.  It will be a few weeks before we know if they are hens or roosters.  We are hoping for one of each.  We are having so much fun getting to know our little chicks.

We love the Thompsons

The thing we dislike most about Georgia is that it is so far from family.  We really miss sharing special moments with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.  It is especially difficult to see the Thompson side of the family.  Most of the family lives on the extreme far eastern side of Montana and North Dakota.  We were so happy they made the long drive to Idaho Falls to spend some time with us.

 

Great Grandma Clarice, Great Grandma Harold & Papa Lloyd.  Clarice and Lloyd are where the red hair comes from.

Clarice, Grandma Thompson & Aunt Gina

Wish I had know about the finger print on my lens. Oh well

Being spoiled

 

 

Visiting with Aunt Julina and cousins Mya and Noah at the Dallas airport.

We love you Thompsons!

Loving the west

We really love Georgia but being back west was like coming home.  One day on our trip we went for a drive toward Jackson Hole.  Fantastically beautiful.  I can't describe it any other way.  We stopped to take in the scenery and just fell in love all over again. 

ROOM TO ROAM

Family & Friends

 

The beginning of June held a wonderful trip to Utah and Idaho to take part in my younger sister's wedding.  It was such a fun and relaxing trip.  We took a few extra days to visit a few friends in Utah.  It was SO great to see you Shepherds, Cutlers and Aunt Lenore.  We love you!

We had a very special day celebrating Evan's 3rd birthday.  We began the day taking the light rail train up to downtown Salt Lake City.  Let me tell you the kids would have been happy to ride the train all day.

Then we had a great time discovering Temple Square.  What an amazingly beautiful place.  It was a lot of fun for me to see how the gardens have grown and evolved.  I was also able to say hello to one of my former supervisors. 

The pictures you see that look like a meadow are actually part of the native planting on top of the General Conference Center building.  This was one of the gardens I had the opportunity to help plant when I worked on the grounds crew at Temple Square.  What an amazing transformation has taken place in the last seven years.   

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBY!! 

Best friends

They just adore one another.

Bruiser

Emma's new nickname is bruiser.  She has had a black eye under the same eye for the last four weeks.  The first time she lost a battle with the table.  The second time she lost a battle with the tub and finally she bit it on the sidewalk.  The girl is a daredevil.  She has no fear and she just goes for what ever she wants.  In a way I am a bit envious of that trait in her.  She will go far in life with that attitude, even if there are some scrapes and bruises along the way.