Unsupervised Children

So this morning I was getting ready at went into my room to check my email/blogs and I ended up on the computer for a while. After 10 min. or so I realized that the kiddos hadn't come into the room or even made a peep. So I went to go check on them and I realized I had left the bathroom door open. I am usually so good about closing it because they love to get into the cupboard and pull everything out. Well this is what happens when children have freedom and no supervision....

Emmi drew a cute picture with my eyeliner.

I think there are about 150 little rubberbands all over the floor.

More pictures with eyeliner

Lars

Emmi thought she would try to put eyeliner on.

At least she knows the area you put it on.

FALL!!!

So fall has come to Hershey and I love it. Fall its my favorite time of the year. I love the colors of the trees out here and I love the color of the sky. It is this amazing blue. I also love the temperature. It is perfect. Just cold enough to have on a small jacket but warm enough to go outside. I love the smell. Clint would say it is the smell of college football and I would have to agree. I love the crispness of the air and how you can come inside on a cool day and put on snuggly clothes and drink some hot chocolate. I love having spice candles lit all the time in my house or the cinnimon mixture on the burner. I love that there is no humidity. I think that is my favorite part. You can come outside and not have your clothes instantly stick to you. I don't know why I am going on about fall. Maybe it is because it is raining and cold here. For those of you who watched the World Series...that is exactly what it is doing. I think fall is leaving soon and I am a little depressed because that means winter and cold cold cold is coming. Anyways, I got some cute fall pictures of Emmi the other day from our backyard in all the leaves and thought I would post them. Hope you enjoy my beautiful girl!!

Emmi LOVES putting her hands in her pockets.

She gets mad when she can't find them or her

pants don't have them.

Emmi doesn't smile a lot in pictures so when she

does it is SO cute!!

Alexis, Emmi and Lars

SO CUTE FRIENDS

Grammy's Visit

My mom came a couple weeks ago and it was the best thing ever!!! It was so fun to have my mom here and for Emmi to see her Grandma. We loved every minute of it. We had a really busy week but fun none the less.

(Almost) DAY 1: Grammy arrives in Philly. I went to pick her up in Philly which is 1 1/2 hours away, got stuck in traffic and was about an hour late picking her up, so by the time we got home it was 12:30 am. So hence the name of the day.

DAY 1: We woke up and Emmi was excited to see who was sleeping in the family room. I was worried that she was going to be shy around my mom but she wasn't. She never once cried or got scared when my mom held her. I could even leave to room which is a total shock since she cries when I leave the room and she is alone with Clint. She is just attached to my hip. Anyways we went to Chocolate World (a must when we have visitors) and then went to Panera. YUMMY!! Went home started working on my Christmas stockings and relaxed the rest of the night.

Day 2: Went and bought some fabric for some cute aprons that I made for me and Emmi. (To be posted later). Went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse YUMMY!! and relaxed and worked on stockings.

Day3: SHOPPING ALL DAY...need I say more.

Day4: Church

Day 5: Went to the pumpkin patch, went out to eat and then mom and I went to a movie. Nights in Rodanth, bought some treats and pigged out the rest of the night.

Day 6: This was mom's last day so we decided that we were going to leave early, drive to Philly and go shopping at IKEA and then go out to eat and then go to the airport. Well when we were packing the car we shut the back door and the door wouldn't latch. So I drove to the nearest Ford dealership where they told me it had to be replaced and that they didn't have the part. So we drove to Lebanon and sat at the dealership while they fixed my car. I was so worried that it was going to take long and then mom was going to miss her flight and chaos was going to follow. I swear every time we drive visitors to the Philly airport our car breaks. Literally. Our old car's engine blew up last time we drove Clint's family to the airport. We had to buy a new car. So note to any other visitors. If you fly and have us come pick you up we better pick you up from Baltimore. Anyways..the car was fixed and we made it in enough time to still go to IKEA.

It was so fun to have my mom here and I am so excited to go to Utah for Christmas and see everyone!! Thanks Dad for sharing mom with me. Love you Momther!!!

Emmi in her new outfit. Grandma bought

this stroller for her. Best purchase EVER!!

Grammy and Emmi

Say "Cheese"

Little mommy Emmi

Lovies!!

Pumpkin Patch

I know I'm the BIGGEST slacker when it comes to updating my blog. I'm going to try to get all the Halloween festivities posted but I'm not making any promises. A lot of things have happened since the last time I updated the blog. Emmi started walking!! Hooray!! She had a little bit of a late start but better late than never right!?! She also started talking. She can say about 15-20 words. It is so fun to hear her try to communicate with the few words that she knows. She also does a little sign language so that also helps. Clint is busy in his third year rotations and is doing his pediatric rotation at the hospital. I do nothing but watch Emmi and Lars all day. So that's about it. A couple weeks ago when my mom was here we went out to a farmers market a few miles away where they have a pumpkin patch, a corn maze, and a hay ride. Emmi loved it. She loved sitting in the wagon behind the tractor. She also LOVED the pumpkin patch. We got to pick out our own pumpkins and she picked out one that is just her size. It is sitting outside our door so every time that we go in or out of the house she has to pick up the pumpkina and carry it with her wherever we go. We haven't got around to carving them yet but hopefully we will do that tonight for FHE.

Walking through the corn maze.

The hayride

Picking our pumpkins

Apparently Emmi is little. I didn't realize this

until we put her up to this pumpkin. It is just

a regualr pumpkin. My poor girl is destined

to be short.

Our Visit From Jeff

Last week Jeff was in Virginia getting some training done for his new job and he was nice enough to rent a car and come visit us for a couple of days. It was so nice to have him here and we were so excited to have some visitors. (Especially from my family...hint...hint :)) He got here Friday night and he was a good sport and went to a birthday party with us for a little boy in our ward. Then on Saturday we drove down to Baltimore and went to an Orioles game. We were lucky enough to be part of the first 20,000 fans to enter the ballpark because we got this SWEET DVD made by some of the Orioles players. (I am being extremely sarcastic. It was SO SO SO dumb.) O-R-I-O-L-E-S!! We also went to Chocolate World and got to see how chocolate is made. So anyways we were so glad we got to see Jeff and spend some time with him. Love Ya Jeff!!

Emmi in a Reese's Chocolate Dome.

The Orioles and Tigers
Uncle Jeffy and Emmi

(I'm not sure what she is doing with her face.)
Daddy and Emmi Take me out to the ball game!!

Emmi's Little Quirks

Emmi does some really funny things. She has such a funny personality. It is SO cute to watch her everyday and watch for the funny things she does. She loves to put hings over her head whether it be necklaces, headbands, or towels. The other day she put a towel over her head, started to crawl and crawled right into the wall. She loves to take off her clothes. Especially if it is a stretchy shirt. She usually wakes up from her naps naked. She loves her sunglasses and wears them around the house. She loves to crawl into or under things. She is such a funny girl so I have some cute pictures of Emmi's quirks.

Emmi's necklaces (in a knot). She wore it

like that for about 20 min.

Emmi in the dryer.
She took off her shirt and tried to take off

her skirt and this is what I found.

She wouldn't let us take off her sunglasses for the bath.
Mommy's headband over her eyes.

She will crawl like this all day if I would let her.

Our Summer (so far)

Hurray!! I am FINALLY updating our blog. We have had many people (family) getting on our case to update so I got a quiet moment to do it. We have had one fun/crazy summer so far. In May Emmi and I went to Utah for the month to visit family while Clint stayed home to study for his boards. We had a blast but really missed Clint. Since we have been back we moved to a new apartment so now we are behind the Med center. We love our new place and especially our neighbors. A few people from our ward live in our same building so it has been really nice. We have also had a few mishaps with our new place which have been memorable. I have already locked myself out once and had to break in while the kids were eating lunch. Our oven also blew-up and so we couldn't cook anything for about a week. We just got all new appliances in our kitchen so I guess that is an okay trade off! Clint has started his 3rd year of Medical School and is doing his AHEC rotation in Pediatrics. He is enjoying it and it is nice that he is really close. Emmi is having a blast swimming and playing outside. She loves to crawl out our screen door and then crawls as fast as she can down the side walk. It is funny to see. She can really move!! We have ahd a couple visitors which we ALWAYS appreciate. Clint's parents had a conference in Washington DC so we went down there for a few days and stayed with them in there nice hotel. We went and saw the National Mall and went to the Zoo and of course went out to eat A LOT!! It was tons of fun. Last weekend my brother Jeff came up from Virginia where he is being trained for his new job. It was so nice to have him drive up here and stay with us for a couple of days. It was so fun. We ended up going to Baltimore and going to on Orioles game. It was BOILING hot but lots of fun. And last but definitely not least, Clint got his boards score back. I am SO proud of him and all of his hard work. We are so proud to have him and as a hubby and a dad. So here are some cute pictures of Emmi for everyone to see.

Emmi and Bunny eating some breakfast.

She wouldn't eat unless bunny was eating too!!

Emmi and Payton.

Twinners!!

Emmi doing her FAVORITE thing,

swimming.

Thanksgiving Point with Tyler, Sydney and McKay.
Fireworks in our front yard. Emmi loved them.

Pictures

So here are the pictures of Clint's birthday that I promised. Funny though that they are only of Emmi. I guess that is how our life works!!

Enjoying some cake!!

YUMMY!!

Happy Birthday Clinty-Poo!!!

I am one day late with this post but I wanted Clint to know how much we love him. He is a GREAT hubby and I love being married to him. He is a great dad to Emmi and she loves him to death. He is such a good student and just finished his 2nd year of Medical School. Half way through!!!!! We are going to miss him for sure when we are in Utah for a month. Anyways... The big 27!!! WOW!!! You are old. And of course with Clint being the party animal that he is he had breakfast in bed (a bowl of cold cereal. Go me :)), he went to school and studied for the boards until 5:00. We had a pizza party with my cub scouts and had birthday cake with them to. Emmi gave him little cards with her hand and foot prints on them, and I gave him a big old kiss. I finished my book and he studied some more!!! Whew. I hope I didn't leave anything out!! He did get a ton of phone calls from family so that was really nice. Thanks!! So Happy Birthday Clint. We love you. (oh, I am at work right now and don't have access to photos so I will post them tomorrow). Lovies Clint!

The Many Hair-dos of Emmi

I love that Emmi's hair is getting long enough to do. I have been experimenting on her to see what will go and stay in her hair. She hates bows or headbands and pulls them right out. Well I guess she pulls her hair out no matter what. So I do her hair about 5 times a day because she pulls it out as soon as I leave the room, and I have to take her hair out when she goes down for her naps because she will eat the rubberbands. (She ate one on the way to church and so her hair was sticking straight up the whole time. It was very funny.) Anyways...here are the fun things hair-dos I have been able to do.

Piggy Tails (my favorite because her hair is

curly and they curl really cute when they

are pulled up.)

The back pony

Braids

Buns on top of the head

Bed head!!

Sleeping Beauty

So Emmi is so funny when she sleeps. She loves to turn herself completely horizontal so her head is hitting the bumper pad and her feet are resting up against the back of the crib. I went in the other day because I thought she was awake and this is how I found her. She had pulled the bumper pad off and wrapped herself in it. I thought it was so funny and was able to get some funny pictures. I still don't understand how little kids can sleep in the positions that they put themselves in. Oh and yes...Emmi's crib is still in the highest setting. She hasn't figured out that she can sit up yet, so hopefully she won't find out until we move her crib lower!!

Family

General Conference is coming up and I am so excited to listen to our new prophet, but it always makes me home sick. Especially when they show Temple Square in between sessions. I am so thankful that we are in Hershey and that we have the greatest ward and tons of close friends, but I miss my families. Being far away makes you appreciate family so much. It has been hard to miss a lot of fun things and to see everyone play sports, go to dances, learn to drive, and have family dinner every week together. It has been hard to not be there for Helen and the rough year she has been having. It is really hard to have everyone miss Emmi growing up. But with all that said, Clint and I are so grateful to be living here in PA, going to school and having the experiences that we are having. We are so thankful for our ward out here. They have become our "family" away from home. I'm so glad that we have such a close relationship with each of our siblings and their families. It makes it that much more exciting to come home. Anyways...enough babbling. I just was thinking about my family and wanted them to know that I love and miss everyone. Oh and Clint and I were counting. If you count my family we have 21 people and in Clint's he has 22 people(both of those are not counting us). So a combined total of our families is 43 people. If you count us there are 46. AMAZING!!! Emmi has 4 grandparents, 13 Uncles (5 of which are not married), 8 Aunts, and 18 cousins with more that will come. What a family for her!!! (And if I can say, both families are BEAUTIFUL.) The Bullock bunch
The Duncan Clan