February Already?

Well it is February which means March is on it's way. I can't believe my little Emma is going to be 2 next month. Now I'm to the point where I pretty much call her a 2 year old. That is just so weird to me. She is growing like crazy, talking up a storm and becoming such a "little girl"! She still has her bottle, I just can't break her from it. It's like a pacifier to her! I know I'm the MOM and I need to take charge and just "do it"!! I can't!! If you know Emma you know she is just so strong willed and she has been since day 1. I HAVE to do it though, she can't go to kindergarten with a bottle in her mouth!! The reality is once the bottle is gone, she pees in the potty and sleeps in a bed then my little Emma will truly be a little girl!! Where did my baby go?

Lately her favorite things have been...

-Washing the dishes and cleaning. We pull up a stool to the kitchen sink and she washes away. She is obsessed! She tells me, "Mommy wash, mommy water!!"

-She constantly tells me, "Nigh Nights turn or Nigh Night poo poo". Nigh Night is her little Elephant blankie that is her LOVEY!! Everything Emma does Nigh Night has to have a turn. Turn for lotion, turn to brush teeth, turn for apple juice, turn for diaper change.....I tell her Emma we have to PRETEND....Nigh Nights and lotion and apple juice ALL over ....doesn't equal a good thing. Especially since it is a screaming tantrum when Nigh Nights has to get a bath in the laundry machine!! I guess Nigh Nights can have a turn at everything EXCEPT for a bath!!

-She loves singing, dancing and counting to 10! I am amazed at how she soaks everything in!! If I start singing a song she just chimes right in with me.

-She loves Strawberry shakes! She says, "mmm, shake". We go to In-n-Out about once a week and this is her treat for the car ride home. Sometimes we take an extra long car ride and she is so good because she has her shake. Usually this is one of the times she HAS to have a bottle (in the car). The car and Emma don't mix well without a bottle. Except now we have discovered "Strawberry shakes". Hmmmm maybe I can replace the bottle with a shake? Probably not a good idea...haha!

-She loves doing new things that Big girls do. Drinking out of a cup (non-sippy) for example (which equals huge mess!!) She tells me, "Mommy big grr, big grr"! I bought her a cute Big girl Dora sippy cup, she has MANY sippy cups but I thought this one would be a SPECIAL big girl sippy cup for Milk to replace the BABA! Hmm, not so much! She just tells me, "Mommy, Dora big grr". She won't drink milk out of it! She takes a drink and then says, "ALL DONE".

Well she isn't 2 yet, so pray I get this bottle thing taken care of by then. My goal was the bottles were going to be gone as of January 1st, well you see how well that didn't work out!!

New Year and Can you believe it.....5 Years?

Well as you might know or maybe you don't.......Today 5 years ago I was walking down the aisle. Wow that is amazing. My first thought is.....we MADE it 5 years!!! Haha!!

Last night Kevin and I looked at our wedding pictures and pondered life a little. We looked at pictures and thought of the people that are still married, now divorced, now married, passed away, we still talk to, never talk to and pretty much just how much life has changed in 5 years. I must say life is good, actually life is Great. God is truly amazing.

Married 5 years and we have been blessed with Emma, Kevin's work is awesome (that's always a plus!!), We are serving and worshipping God at an amazing church, My mom has her OWN place (love you mom!!), We have amazing friends and family, and most of all we are all Healthy (to my knowledge).

One really special thing...I see my dad and that side of my family more then I ever thought I would and my relationship with my dad over the past 5 years has really transformed and grown (I love you dad, Yvonne and Jackie!!)

I love you Kevin and I look forward to taking on the next 5 years with you, thank you for being an amazing husband who realizes his faults and loves me for all mine. You are an amazing daddy who adores Emma and loves doing things with her that most dads don't or don't have the time to do. I love you for those things and many more.

So I wonder where the next 5 years will take us?

So I Think I'm going to give Blogging a Try?

I'm going to give this whole blogging thing a try so that everyone who cares can check in from time to time and get an update on the King Family. I'm mostly excited to share all the new things Emma does!! She is growing up so fast and I want to be able to share it with family and friends, especially those that we don't get to see as often.

Well Happy New Year Everybody!!! 2008 .....Can you believe it? We are very excited for the New Year, excited to see what 2008 holds! We had a really awesome Christmas.....very busy!! I cooked my first Turkey on Christmas day....WOW that was an adventure! The turkey turned out wonderful....YEA ME!!! The week after Christmas my dad, stepmom and sister Jaclynn came out to stay with us for a few days. We had so much fun!!! We took Jaclynn to Build A Bear for her Christmas gift....Emma and Jaclynn built adorable bears!!! Emma warmed up to her "Gapa" on about the 2nd day and loved spending every minute with "Jackie"!!! She still mentions "Jackie"!

So, New Year's Eve and Day....not so fun for me. I was randomly sick with the flu!!! Fever, chills and nausea.....YUCK!!! Emma ended up staying with her Grandma for a couple nights and Kevin had a fun New Year's Eve with our close friends.

Emma is back from Grandma's house and wow she has a little temper. I was thinking to myself....Can it already be the terrible twos?? Well it's not....while she was screaming at one point with her mouth wide opened I noticed that her 2 year old molars are coming in....yea for me, not so much!!!! Teething= crying, tantruming, impatient, screaming, snotty nose, clingy toddler ...which then= very unhappy and irritated MOMMY!!! We will get through it.....we always do!!!

Oh ya....exciting news though....last night randomly Emma went PEEPEE in the Potty!!!! It was a fluke thing but it was sooo cool to see PEE in her little Potty!!! She sits on it all the time but never is there PEE in there when she gets up!!! Kevin and I were SO excited about it and we made a HUGE deal about it!!! We jumped around clapping and sang "Emma went PeePee in the Potty"!!

So like I said I will give this blogging thing a try and let you all get a glimpse at MY LIFE.