We Heart Uncle Jeff & Aunt Amy

Uncle Jeff & Aunt Amy were my angels today, saving my sanity and bringing Ry  & Jul on a fun afternoon outing!

Birthday Friends!

Elijah Avril Sones and Emerson Kate Harriss
These two cuties are sure to be friends someday.
Elijah's parents, Whitney and John go to Metro and do Fusion (youth) with us.
Our sweet babies were born at the same hospital, in rooms next door to one another, a mere three hours apart!!
This picture was taken on their first night of Fusion..someday they may get the award for "longest attended" or something like that! =)

Little pumpkin + spiderman

Obviously, this isn't the greatest pic, but I had to post so we can someday remember just how tiny baby Em was!

Emerson's Tricks

While I realize this video will be boring to the "average" viewer, I wanted to post it here to be able to remember Emerson when she was sooo tiny. Jeff has been calling her "Pip" because she seems to get the hiccups so frequently.

Ry's Pumpkin Farm Field Trip

Ry's class had a fieldtrip to the pumpkin farm today.  He begged for me to go as a chaperone.  I didn't think that was too feasible with a new baby. So he begged for me to just come out and meet them there.  So in a moment of insanity deciding to be a good mom, I loaded the girls up in the rain and we headed for the pumpkin farm.  

Fortunately the rain stopped and we had some fun!

The kids LOVE to hold Emerson. She's our little celebrity lately!

Julia and Eman stop playing long enough for me to snap a pic.

My incredibly handsome boy. =)

Pumpkin Farm

We headed to the pumpkin on this gorgeous day to let the kiddos have some fun.  The jump area is always a hit with the kids.  I braved it today with them to get my inner Tigger out!

Aunt Krista takes good care of baby Em.

Lucas, Tyler and Julia enjoy the tractor ride back to the farm from the pumpkin patch.

Nurse Visit

Today I brought Emerson to meet two of the nurses who helped with her prenatal care.
Kathy did our ultrasounds to make sure Em was growing appropriately (and so kindly often switched the machine to 3D mode so we could get awesome views of our angel!) and Beth did our weekly fluid checks and nonstress tests.

Great lungs, 10 fingers, 10 toes!

Party of 5!

Emerson's Birthday!

She's arrived!
6:04pm

Hey, that's cold!

weight: 7lbs 6oz
head: 13.5
length: 19 1/4

Emerson Kate

We're so blessed to have you finally safe in our arms!

Whoa.

Baby sister's home until tomorrow.
Wonder if she's as excited to bust outta here as I am to have her out!!??
Think she'll weigh the 30lbs I've gained? =)

The Unimpressive, Forgetful Tooth Fairy

This morning Ry comes in our room and announces the tooth fairy hasn't left him anything.

OOPS!

I grabbed $2 and covertly head into his room to stuff it down his pillowcase as if he's missed it.

When we go back in to check and see if he "missed" it the first time around, I pull out the $2.

"Ohhhh, yea!" he says.  "How much is it?"

I unroll the 2 bills, and announce, "$2! Awesome!"

And he responds, "Augh..$2 AGAIN??!  Geesch, I really needed a $50!"

A visit tonight from..the tooth fairy!

Tooth #2 came out tonight!
(Well, technically #3, but since he lost that years ago to a bathtub accident, we're not counting it!)

Today In Numbers

At yesterday's Dr. appt, he told me if things were "progressing" along with all the contractions I was having we could roll me next door to L&D and have this girl.  Unfortunately, despite it all, still no "real" progress.
I told him my idea of running the neighborhood...he did NOT give this the thumbs up and suggested a good walk instead.  So...today Julia and I took advantage of the great weather and walked to the library.

1 - number of measly centimeters dilated I am.
35 - psi I had to blow up the jogging stroller tires to since they were ALL flat!
7 - number of DVDs we rented from the library.
22 - number of books we rented from the library.
3 - number of Cardinal birds we saw on our walk.
0 - number of turtles we saw on our walk.
8 - number of times Jul wanted to stop to pick flowers on our walk.
15 - days til Dr will induce me if nothing happens before.

Mizzou Game + Lake Trip

Go Tigers! We headed early Saturday morning to Mizzou's 1st game of the season.

We met up with Amy and Jeff, and Jeff's college roommate Kurt and his family at the game.
They were great troopers...it was about 100 degrees...and they aren't even Mizzou fans!

Sweet view from my seat. =)

After the game, and some amazing Shakespear's Pizza, we head down to the lake for some boating adventures to cap off the summer!

Ok..can't figure out how to get this pic back up..but it's from the game..our girl trying to cool off with her Gatorade.

THIS is where Uncle Jeff and Ry end up after they "abandon" the tube...
Aunt Amy was driving the boat and had them sailing right for a bouy.

Julia covers up with a towel..the 100 degree weather we had yesterday is now a high of 73 today. Brrr!

But it's not too cold for them to take a last run of the summer on the tube!

Or a dip in the pool, which they promise me is warmer than the outside temperature.
I'm just taking their word on that. =)