Emmalyn Turns Three!

My precious little girl is not so little anymore. Well in age she is not so little, but in stature she is still petite. She is 36 inches tall and 27 pounds big (her words). Her imagination has taken a soaring leap and her entire world has become a wonderful make believe adventure. For those of you who are not around her on a regular basis this make believe world includes a castle, Prince Charming and Cinderella. In the past month Emmalyn has gone from introducing herself as Emmalyn Kate Witten to Emmalyn Kate Witten Cinderella to just Cinderella. Such good times! Here is a rundown of her birthday week.

Saturday March 10th
We had a princess party at Gran and Papa's house in Collinsville. This is the party where the princess cake made her debut.

Monday March 12th
We had dinner at the new Chick-fi-la with an indoor playground (YEAH!) with Zach, Emmalyn's future husband ;-), and then cupcakes at Grandma and Poobah's house with all her Aunts.

Saturday March 17th
We had another princess party at our home with some of Emmalyn's friends. We have a rule that you only get to invite the number of kids that you are old. They had fun listening to the Cinderella story, decorating crowns, eating cake and pudding and playing on Emmalyn's castle (an outdoor playground). And just so everyone knows, I did make the cake. Sorry but I had to toot my horn! ;-)




It is a good thing that Spring Break followed all the festivities so that Mama could actually take a break and breath. Now the planning begins for the Blakester's 1st birthday at the end of April.

I'm Not Even Sure What I Have Been Doing...

...but we all know that I have not been blogging. Have you ever looked back over a couple of weeks and there really was not a lot that was on the calendar or a lot that you remember doing, but you have been so busy that there has been no time to keep up with the cleaning, cooking, and laundry let alone just sitting around and relaxing? At least I have wonderful children who keep me entertained during the craziness of life.

So an update: Emmalyn is turning 3 in less than a week. THREE!!!!! Where in the world did three years go? I am now having very adult like conversations with the Em when a year ago we were still trying to guess at what she just said. Amazing! She is entirely enthralled with Cinderella and therefore we are having a princess party. Just the other day when asked what her name was she answered, "Emmalyn Kate Witten Cinderella". A little diva in the making!

Blake is 10 1/2 months and has been crawling about a month. He is so much faster than Emmalyn ever was and he also has more space to explore than Emmalyn had. Two things that cause my heart to stop when I can't find him within 2 minutes. He has figured out how to push open doors, crawl in a room and turn around and close the door. This is very effective in convincing mama that he possibly could not be in there since the door is closed. Very fun times here. I suspect it will not be long before he starts walking as he is already trying to stand up in the middle of the room without assistance. He continues to eat as if he is ravenous and has not been feed in days when in all actuality it has only been a few hours. He is 17 1/2 pounds and 28 1/2 inches long.

Todd is considering buying a bicycle so that he can ride with the guys from work. This is very ambitious of him as he has never been one to really like exercise. ;-)

I am still teaching at Providence Hall even though getting up in the morning is killing me (can you imagine - 6:30 a.m.), so much so that Todd got me a coffee maker for Valentine's Day in hopes of helping the early morning grogginess. We will see...