Friday, April 9, 2010

It's Barrel time!!!

yes folks, we have received our FIRST and Second barrels!
sadly these will be our only Dominican barrels- but FUN times
are an understatement!

Emmy only napped for 30 minutes today-
at least this is the face that I get to look at-
or I might have to die of exhaustion.

one barrel worth of stuff- yes my father is the most amazing packer on the earth. :)


2 barrels worth of stuff- we even got Emmy's stroller and baby in-
what a happy reunion THAT was!

Let me say again- I LOVE #1 Beach! I just do :)

Shane and Kelly, Liz P. , Emmy and I , Amber and Lily, Becky and Jazz, Jacki and Keira,
Jessie and Hawken, Kim and Matix- what a fun group and we had a GREAT time!
Matix and Emmy having a romantic interlude-
JK! they really just loved their sticks :)

the cutie kiddos! Keira, Shaners, Lily, Emmy and Matix...
kind of funny that Keira is the only one with the darker coloring-
NOT normally the case.


little 1/2 smirky girl :) thanks again Jessie for planning such a fun trip
and Kim for being so generous :)

Emmy the little #1 Beach Swimmer! THANKS Jessie for the FAB video :)

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Emmy loves bling!

if I ever can't find Emmy- this is where she is-
looking at and playing with and trying on my bling!
she spent aabout 30 minutes explore my treasure
chest the other day- I know! crazy attention span...
this comes in very handy when I need to do a task.
Emmy is such a girlie girl and I am so happy to have her :)

a windy day!

fun playground times with Daddy!
trying to fix the evil Scooter with Daddy/...

I love these pics- upside down glasses and one shoe- so so cute-
she also has an obsession with any kind of lotion or cream-
she loves to rub it on herself and smell it and sometimes eat it-
fun fun times :)


Wednesday, April 7, 2010

what a fun day :)

we got to play with Shaner tonight- what fun times!
Emmy and I got to cook- we made pizza and she loudly requested
"cheese" and "cookie" yay!
we also went to the hot tubs with Matix and Hawken- pics to come!

some Dominican moments- things that I want to remember.

this was the water out of the faucet today- it has since cleared up.
skyping with Booky.

my maid Fredericka labelled our garbage can- how kind.

the rainbow over the flag at Ross+ the palm tree- yay!
large ground lizards- love it!

cousins!

aren't they cute? yet again- poor Jett didn't make the pic- next time!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

the night before Easter!

gorgeous!
Date night= fun times :)

Subway friend- Emmy loves this guy- so cute

Easter was a fun day...

Emmy in her Easter dress with Edward Bear.
The Easter Bunny found us all the way in Dominica!
Booky gave him a map ;)

are you serious?


Easter Egg dying is a little different in Dominca...
crazy cups, and brown eggs~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE DAN!!!

Dan is 26 ~
Emmy wore her celebration outfit and played peek a boo in his honor!
we love you Dan- you are amazing and we don't know what we would
do without you-thanks for being such a stud :)

Monday, April 5, 2010

Emmy belly VS Ella belly

~VS~


my friend Gina just showed me a pic of her at 9 months prego with Ella-
I then found a pic of myself at 7 1/2 months prego with Emmy...
let the games begin!
EMMY WINS!


Saturday, April 3, 2010

random~ Chuck E Cheese's and Easter egg hunt...

Emmy loves America... thanks to Uncle Josh- she got to actually ride the horse with token and everything!
there was an Easter Egg hunt at Publix and Emmy loved it! She was running around with and egg in each hand until she found the bananas- she promptly put down the eggs, grabbed a banana and was off and running again! *on an unrelated note~ I just got shocked from my rotten computer- the electricity isn't grounded here so I get shocked if I touch the border of the laptop... WOW.

Emmy + horses + Booky = LOVE!





Emmy takes her riding VERY seriously- nude or not!

Back to Dominica!

yes, besides getting his favorite girlies back- J got basically the best thing money can bring him from Puerto Rico... I wish I could credit the thoughtfullness to myself- but Jason has my mother to thank for his happiness- however-he can thank me for my cleverness- because I and I alone came up with wrapping it in clean diapers to keep it hot!
back to the pool we go-thankfully a local cow was getting a drink to remind us that Dominica is GREAT!

the triplets~! several people asked us if they were siblings- nope- just 3 beautiful children :)

Monday, March 29, 2010

Why I ADORE, LOVE and downright LIKE America!!!

*there are soooo many reasons- but here are a few that I've captured!

Jordan and Ems!

wow! this is one of my favorite pics :)
Jordan and Emmy LOVE each other- Ems also loves Jett- but I didn't get pics of them together- there will be some VERY cute Christmas ones :)

kisses kisses!


two little blondies!


going in for the smoochie...

Friday, March 26, 2010

we LOVE LOVE LOVE SeaWorld!!!

Amber, Emmy and I at SEAWORLD (obviously)

Mom and I- we had fun and then Mom left early to get Josh
and Ems, Amber and I stayed and played until the park closed
and Shamu went to sleep.
yes- I said we stayed and played and PLAY we did :)

Emmy on her own baby whale!
ok- so I didn't even know this about myself- but, come to find out, I am a WHALE WHISPERER- for real- Shamu loves me and nods when I do and even did a twirl! seriously! Jason made a snide comment that it was because he wanted to eat me- we'll not even address statements like that. PS this isn't the killer killer whale- I suspect he is in his own "punishment" tank somewhere.
Amber and Emmy fed the dolphines-yes you read correctly- Emmy adored the dead fish that the dophins would soon eat- they were her friends- then the evil dolphin ate her friend- she HATES dolphins...
but... she LOVES manatees- of course she does.
She also loved the stingrays- as in she wanted to swim with them- really~
she would pet them and clap and distract us and then pull a "fake out"
and try to shimmy her way into the pool with them.
We also went to the Shark Encounter and ate at the Shark Reef restaurant-
Emmy fell asleep for the WHOLE meal- bless her!

multiple play moments :)

In the Happy Harbour there is a sea creature carosel-
I thought is was appropriate considering Emmy spends
more time in the water than she does on dry land!
there were also steel drums.

Emmy loved Auntie Amber's shamu bar- it was the highlight of the show for her :)

Emmy is a whale whisperer too!

she was so very excited about the whales :)

I just love this face- doesn't she look so proud to be at SeaWorld?

this is how we ended the night- yes- we had a full day!