Toucari Bay

Emmy loves the beach!

with her little friend Xiomara

Toucari Bay- loved it!

Emmy can't snorkel yet so she plays along the beach...

yet again, eating sand.

I love her crazy little face.

oh wait, it gets crazier...

yes here she is standing on the beach-- the sad news is that it took so long for me to get the camera and take the shot that she fell over before I caught her and she was a tiny bit angry...ok, a lot angry- but not hurt.

moments of fun!

Buster our "guard dog"- whats funny is that he wouldn't hurt a fly. Kelly- that's your door under the little tin roof on the right- ours is up the stairs on the left...

My most favorite native family here on the Island- the Francois Family- and Emmy of course-- also their 2 dogs blackie and black mouth- not joking.

The mom of the family Cornealia is my visiting teaching companion and I adore her.

The oldest boy Jemuel- and Emmy in the background.

Here Jemuel is in the tree picking canips for ME- WE love him!

Fields and mossy staircases...

this is the soccer field by our house-

I love it so much and always want to take pic there- but never seem to have the time...

but today we had a total of a little over 6 hours of NO POWER (the whole town just lost power for no apparent reason) so Emmy and I had a LOT of time on our hands for some picture taking...

She didn't feel like smiling however- goo.

But she was VERY content to be enjoying the nature around her.

a not so smiley photo shoot.

she LOVED this little staircase to nowhere-

She actually always lifts her arms for me to pick her up now and when on the rock she never lifted them once.

Emmy's new thing.

So, Emmy's newest thing is that she LOVES to be "startled" and Jason is the man for the job.

Here she is loving him- then all of the sudden he would tickle her- or bark- yes bark and she jumps and then laughs so hard.

What a little kooky coo.

Dominica needs Justy's sign making abilities!

Our beautiful bay

smooth and calm as a bathtub...

yes this is the bay in front of our house...

I love it!

someone loves her pack and play

Emmy loves it because Daddy plays with her the whole time :)

Bonkies- the first forhead bump ;(

She was in my lap and bonked on the edge of the table... waaa.

I'm glad I got this picture-- this is her new thing-- she does this with her tongue all of the time.

She doesn't seem any worse for the wear... she only cried for a minute and then was miss giggle pants.

I'm sure it's the first of many bumps and bruises-I hate to think of it.

Shopping in Dominica...

My sweet husband carrying our groceries the 79 miles home from the store (ok, it's not that far and it feels way less when he is the one carrying the bags :)

Look Dr. Chalmers- TING!!! we are bringing some home for you :)

the Dr. who delivered Emmy (Dr. Chalmers) told us about the delicious soda TING- it's a favorite of mine-- Emmy's too if the bubbles are dead...

So we found a cart in a local store-- I was SO excited-- Emmy was not--don't worry, I took this pic as Jason was grabbing her (we aren't child abusers)... the thing I don't understand is why she felt like her foot might help in this situation.

the goat that we saw on the way...wow.

shower time with Emmy/Thomas-- please don't judge our shower...

Kelly- get one of these sponges... it's a life saver :)

She LOVES to shower with Mom, Dad, Josh, Papa or Booky.