oh the joys...

Yes, Emma went poop in the potty this week. Just the one time though. Sorry if this picture makes anyone want to gag, but I just had to share our joys with you. :)

Emma's big girl bed and other big girl attempts....

Here's her first night in big girl bed.

Last weekend Emma fell out of her crib for the first and last time. So she moved into her big girl bed that night.

Each night since she's been getting that much better and getting more used to the change.
Here we were last night reading in her bed.

I put her in today for her nap and snuck up to her door to find her reading her books to herself. I just had to get a picture. :)

I'd say she's doing pretty good with the change.

Emma also got her 'big girl' potty. She hasn't actually 'gone' inside the potty but she has fun with the idea of sitting on it and grabbing toilet paper to pretend to wipe herself...along with wiping up the floor. Seriously, if anyone has good advice of how to start potty training and what you found to be effective I would appreciate the tips :) I'll be honest, kind of overwhelming. Isn't she so cute sitting so proud on her big girl potty? I think so.

Emma and Ethan

Another one of Emma's dear friends Ethan moved last week. The Ure's are great friends of ours and we are going to miss them SO much. We had them over for dinner last week before they moved. We had ourselves a great time! Especially Ethan and Emma :) hahahha

They had fun playing footsie under the table and were laughing the whole time during dinner. Cute little munchkins!

I made little baby Susie Ure a shadow box. It was fun making it for her.
Ok...can these kids get any cuter? They were so sweet and funny to each other. They are going to miss each other :) Luckily they only moved to Salt Lake

"We're at the barnyard....there was a cow outside"

We went with some good friends, the Ure's and Golden's to the barn at Thanksgiving Point. We had a blast as usual. There were some fun new little fluffy farm animals that weren't there the last time we went a couple months. LOVED it. Emma especially had fun playing with her friends Ethan and Brooke.

You might be asking yourself, "What on earth is Derek doing?" He is milking a cow ladies and gentlemen. Don't run into that opportunity too often. When we first got there they brought a cow inside to get milked. What a treat!

Emma had fun feeding the cute little calf...look closely he's smiling at her. Have you ever seen such funny teeth..I couldn't stop laughing at his smile.

Emma feeding the other little cow.

The little foal (baby horse) kept eating and licking Derek's arm.

Emma enjoyed watching the calf drink from his 'baba' (in the words of Emma) as she watches him suck the life out of that bottle.

Brooke and her Daddy on the horsey ride

Emma enjoying herself. She kept saying, "neigh"

Ethan had a love hate relationship going on with these cute horses. He wanted to ride them SO bad but when the time came to hop on and giddyup, he wasn't as much of a fan. He still loved those horses though.

Here's Brooke again :)

Emma has been climbing EVERYTHING lately. Here are her and Ethan wanting to get in and play with the cows.

Isn't this little gal the cutest little munchkin? Her name is Susan, Ethans little sister. I just love her.

Here's Seth and Derek taking the kids on the wagon ride..they loved it

After all the fun and excitement of petting the animals we treated ourselves to a YUMMY banana split at the cute ice cream parlor at Thanksgiving Point.

some fun...

Ok, we've had a fun filled week. Here are some photos to show ya what we've been up to.

Emma got a pair of floaties for the pool....boy was she in heavenwe've got ourselves a synchronized swimmer
We were invited to our friends son Ethan's 2nd birthday 'dinosaur' party. It was lots of fun! The kids loved hitting the dinosaur pinata and the candy that it would throw up :)
Emma doesn't mess around when she gets a whole cupcake with a dinosaur on top. Life is good.
Emma had fun playing with play dough I made the other day. Here's the recipe:

Girl Scout Peanut Butter Play Dough

Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
2 cups powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients in a bowl, using your hands. This edible play dough recipe should feel soft and pliable. Form shapes and be creative!

She loved playing with it as well as eating it :)
Emma's friend Ava came over to play just before they moved to Texas (miss you guys). We went outside with Emma's bug box and succeeded in catching a couple potato bugs. The girls like watching them walk around frantically in the box :) Of course we let them free minutes later.
Emma has LOVED watching and joining Mommy while she does her makeup. She must have a makeup brush in one hand and something in the other and copy me as I make myself up :)
Emma loves her friends, here she is with little "Book"= Brooke and "eeyaw"=Ava.

I can't believe this little girl is turning 2 years old next month!

it's hard to say goodbye....

Ava Linton, one of Emma's best friends is moving this week. It's going to be so sad to see them leave. Emma, Ava, and Brooke are like the three musketeers and are inseparable. I wanted to make them each a shadowbox of the memories :)

Look at these best friends...

family reunion

PHAIR FAMILY!!

Ok, now I've made it to the actual cabin fun of our Phair family reunion!!

We had SUCH a blast for our talent night up at the cabin

Deb and Russ and the kids re-enacted mario brothers. AWESOME!

Coleman performing his guitar

Maisy's mad awesome hula hooping skills

Emma wanting so badly to join the girls in their musical number of 'Hairspray'

She ended up joining in for the fun

Drew break dancin'

Emma making her animal noises. Well..she actually laughed the whole time :) Then she did the actions to '5 little ducks'

Matthew, Sam, and Katie trying to perform a song....mostly laughed though :)

Emma LOVING all the laughter and enjoyment

OUR DANCE OFF!! We had a dance off to all our classic 80's music. We also had somewhat of a Michael Jackson tribute as well. I haven't had any time to put a video together of clips from the dance off. One of these days, one of these days :) hahahaha stay tuned

Matthew broke out in the worm..what theEmma sure enjoying her spaghetti dinner as you can tell

The girls chillin' in the hot tub. They LOVED it!

family walk

fun ping pong and pool table tournaments the whole time we were there :)

The kids were so good to Emma. Especially these two Ben and Nick

Sam was also so good with the littles. Here's Sam and Lucy

I like this picture. This was a common setting with all the little girls together around Lucy and Emma :)

What a GREAT time we had for our Phair reunion. I love my family!!!!