My big girl

So it's been I believe 3 days since we started putting Emma to bed in her big girl bed.. It hasn't been as painful as I would have thought it was going to be..

For the most part Emma is really loving her bed and never gives us a problem with putting her in there ..so the first couple nights she stayed in there for the night..although she did get up super early at least she stayed in there. Last night.. she was a little harder to settle down..she finally fell asleep.. got up and came and found me.. I took her back in her room laid next to her bed on the floor (6 months pregnant ...mind u) well needless to say as soon as she was asleep.. I snuck out of her room considering I couldn't feel my butt and it took me a minute to roll around to get up enough momentum to get my butt up (you can picture that if you want) but anyway .. I figured.. oh that was easy..nope it wasn't, about an hour later she was up again and refused to go back into her room, so of course I gave in, I am a sucker for the boo boo lip. 

So I let her sleep in daddy's recliner in the living room, her favorite sleep spot. I sleep in the living room.. because I "move" too much for Emma's daddy to sleep ... even worse when I am pregnant. 

Well recently I read a blog entry on a mom website about what makes "you" a bad mom..just a fun way to list things moms do that aren't "ideal" or stuff we always said we would never do and find ourselves doing on a daily basis.. So it made me think of the things I catch myself doing or allowing Emma to do that aren't always an ideal parenting tool , well things that aren't most people's idea of "ideal" ... I wanted to share these on Emma's blog so she can see how perfectly imperfect her mommy is :) 

I am a bad mom because.....

I let Emma watch too much tv. 

I laugh sometimes when shes being bad...because she's so darn cute. 

I give in A LOT... when I probably shouldn't

I curse too much...still.. I tried to clean up my mouth and sometimes can.. but the "jersey" in me comes out when I am mad or aggitated about something . (not that daddy is any better at cleaning up his mouth and he isn't from the dreaded "jersey")

Since I am pregnant and constantly tired I encourage more naps than I should , I am getting better with that now because of our new bedtime routine and big girl bed.. but I can obviously get better at trying to be active during the day though.

I don't always have the healthiest meal options for Emma to choose from and I give in if she wants only cheese for lunch instead of the sandwich I made her she gets only cheese. Or sometimes she wants cereal for lunch or a snack and I give it to her.. and sometimes it's "gasp" sugary cereal. 



And that's all I can really think of stuff that could be considering bad to some moms.. 


Emma and I just had some breakfast , she had cheese on toast and I had egg whites with spinach and toast. Now shes playing with her puzzles :) and mommy is trying to decide to whether or not to start cleaning yet lol 

Well til next time.. xoxxo

My baby is 2 already!!

Emma turned 2 on January 7th :) 

We had her birthday at McDonald's in the playplace.. Emma absolutely loved it. She actually squealed when she saw the play area :)) It was super cheap and turned out so much better than I expected! she had her little friends there and the turn out was just perfect, she got a lot of cute stuff that she simply adores and got to meet 2 cousins for the 1st time ever! Her little bf was there Jacob and he brought her flowers.. adorable. I was a bad mom and forgot my camera....oops... so all the pics I took where on my phone.. :((( but my friends husband got a video of Emma being sang to and uploaded it to FB so I am happy for that.. :))

A lot of changes have occurred lately.. with Emma and the family in general.. some bad things but some pretty awesome things as well.. I can't remember if in the last post I announced that Emma will be a big sister in April :)) and we found out a little over a month ago we are expecting a little brother for her :) We still haven't decided on a name yet...(leaving that up to Daddy this time) Emma seems to kinda get that there is a baby in my belly but I am sure she isn't totally understanding it.. but she does hug and kiss my belly and say ahh baby... :) 

And the bad.. I lost my job back in November.. so money has been tight and losing our health insurance has been a nightmare.. but I am figuring it out :) I am currently looking for a job and have to admit even though I LOVE being home with Emma.. I am kinda excited to start working again.. I miss that structure and of course.. socializing with people.. other than Emma, my mother and Bradley lol .. I do have a couple pretty awesome friends that I hang out with from time to time which saves my sanity. But all in all I am trying not to stress out about all of this and just enjoy my time home with Emma :) 

So I like to post lists.. who doesn't like a good list?? So I will share Emma's likes and dislikes right now :) 



Emma's likes/loves .... :)

Toy Story,Barney,Dora,Doc McStuffins,Sophia the first, Cat in the Hat...really anything on PBS and or Disney Channel
Soup ! she loves all soups! and thinks anything in a bowl with a spoon is soup 
Ice Cream and anything chocolate 
Slim Jims 
Choo Choo trains 
Cars and trucks
Playing dress up with her little heels she got for Christmas 
Coloring and drawing and playing with her new easel 
Playing with her kitchen and making "soup" 
Puzzles
Dancing and Singing with Daddy 
Anything Mickey and Minnie Mouse.. she calls both Mickey and Minnie..Mickey lol
taking baths
playing in the snow
eating her flintstones vitamins :)



Things she isn't too crazy about ....

Sleeping in her room 
Drinking plain water
Cleaning up 
Listening lol
ASPCA commercials.. she already gets upset seeing the animals sad :( 
Anything where animals gets hurt or lost.. (movies and shows) she cries.. 
Meow Meows as long as cats keep there distance..shes okay with them lol
Waiting for food to be cooked lol 


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I was talking to a friend of mine whose daughter already had her 2 yr check up and mentioned to me the dr will ask questions about Emma's vocabulary and whether or not she is using at least 50 words.. so I decided to try and compile a list of words that Emma says to see how many I can come up with.. to you this may be boring .. but for me it's very exciting..she's talking more and more each day.. :)) I try and not compare her to other kids  her age a lot.. because every child is different.. 

So here it goes.. Emma's words


Out of the mouth of Emma :)))))


1. Soup
2. Daddy
3. Mommy (Mahi)
4. Daddy
5. Mom Mom 
6. sister
7. Miya (My)
8. Doggy
9. Puppy
10. Meow Meow
11. Done
12. All Gone/ Gone
13. Some
14. No
15. Stop
16. Thank You
17. Baby
18. Eat
19. Cookie
20. Cake
21. Juice
22. Pee 
23. Poop
24. Hey
25. Bye (Bye Bye)
26. Car
27. Beep
28. Another one
29. Throw it away (its not easily translated by others)
30. Cheese
31. Ew
32. Bottle
33. Cup
34. Tree
35. Ball
36. Snow
37. Duck (Ducky)
38. Book
39. Coat
40. Hat
41. Hot
42. Cold
43. Eyes
44. Nose
45. Teeth
46. Brush
47. Hair
48. Ears
49. Feet
50. Boo boo
51. Toe(s)
52. Food
53. Help
54. Up
55. Down
56. Balloon
57. Pillow
58. Blankie (ki ki)
59. Fish
60. Chair
61. My and Mine
62. Belly
63. Butt
64. Pretty
65. Cute
66. Cool
67. Nice
68. Mean
69. Shut up 
70. Apple
71. Bird (Birdie)
72. Nails
73. Piggy
74. Kiss
75. Hug
76. Sleep

I am sure there are plenty more .. but Emma is now demanding my attention.. lol so that is all for now :)