Emma is 2!

I know I'm a little late. Why is August always such a blur?? I don't have any pictures to update either :( More of that later.

I have been celebrating secretly to myself for the past two days. It is the second anniversary of "suck it infertility, pregnancy loss, rocky pregnancy, and premature birth....because I WON!!" And I'll be signing that tune and rubbing it in their faces until the day I die :)

Not a day goes by (even the ugly days) that I don't thank God for the wonderful blessing he gave to me. One that is so good and one that I don't deserve.

Happy Birthday Emma! Thanks for two wonderful years of pure joy!

To anyone who is dealing with the aforementioned beasts. Don't give up.

It only took 1 year 364 days

The Louisville Science Center

Today Emma, her Nanny Pam, and I went to the Children's Museum. They had the Sesame Street "Body" Exhibit where we learned all about our bodies!

Emma first warmed up with some

gym fun

Then she auditioned for the "use your head"

game show

We learned about washing our hands

and brushing our teeth

she loves to wash her hands

we learned about stuff the nose does

(this nose would sneeze and spray you)

Then we learned about our organs

Nanny Pam learned about how we

chew our food :)

Emma worked on digesting the food

and well, we learned what that food

eventually becomes....yes...poop.

Then we went to Hooper's Store!

Emma shopped for some produce

and then checked herself out

She made a burger with Nanny Pam

Then did some stocking of the shelves

Emma learned about bugs (and didn't even cry)

She ran through the underground tunnel

Learning about animals

we learned about the beginning of life

(2 months gestation)

And in honor of Emma's upcoming birthday,

this is 7-8 month gestation!

(can you believe this is when she was born?)

Just a girl with her dog

F*%#ing Fiona!

Emma loves loves loves Shrek. Unfortunately she cannot form the "shr" sound. It comes out like "F." She lovingly refers to Shrek3 as "Shrek and Fiona" or what sounds like "F*%@ing Fiona." She can't stop talking about it and I can't stop cringing.

YippY, Woohoo, hurray

Today Dan defended his Master's thesis "An Investigation of Sliced Inverse Regression with Censored Data." I am so proud of my husband whose presentation got glowing reviews. He completed this degree while juggling a full time job, a crazy active toddler, and a demanding wife (that's me!). Also, he did it without an advisor (because he moved to another country).

To celebrate, I arranged for Emma to have some fun time with her babysitter and friends for a few hours.

Dan fell asleep at 6:45pm and I am watching a quiet movie by myself.... and it feels great!

Warning: Reading This Blog May Result in Exhaustion

Today I started my day with a little mountain climbing....

Then I taught my mom what happens when she gives me

half a sliced banana and one tablespoon of Nutella

(P.S. she found me standing on my high chair tray, not seat)

I'm really into climbing

standing on furniture..

and jumping....

sometimes I don't even care if there is no one to catch me

I like to wear Dora "big-girl" panties

(although I've never used the potty)

Singing and Dancing

Me: Emma, you are so wild and so naughty!

Emma: It's pretty funny momma (in other words, "where's your sense of humor mom!)