Today's Menu... Carrots and Toes

We tried solid foods for the first time two weeks ago. Rice cereal was first, which smells a little like wallpaper glue. I could barely stand putting it in her mouth, and she pretty much felt the same way. Poor thing looks like she's saying "Help me please..." (The video is kind of long but full of funny awful faces. )

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After three days of this face.....

I thought, maybe she's just an advanced baby and prefers fine veggies over wallpaper glue, so we decided to give sweet potatoes a try. That fared just about as well, so we put up the baby spoons, which I have been wanting to use for so long (they're so cute!), and gave it another week.

For lunch today we were having carrots so we decided to let Emmy try some. She liked it! She even helped me put the spoon in her mouth, which meant there were carrots just about everywhere!

Then for desert she decided she needed to have some toes. This is her new favorite snack. She prefers the sockless variety and will eventually pull off her socks to get to the raw stuff.

As you can see, she's getting a little bit chunkier! She's even got a few rolls there in her tummy!

Easter Pics!

It's taken a while to get the proofs back from Emmy's 4 month photo/Easter shoot but here they finally are! We drove all the way to Kingwood to take pictures with real live Easter chicks and ducks and then ended not not ordering any of them (of course), but she sure was cute in her Easter dress!! We managed to capture her in her new favorite pose. She discovered her feet and loves to eat her toes.

Remember Us?

Ever since Emmy was born, we haven't had too much time for the lost members of the Vacek fam, Bogey and Wat. Bogey's had that "Goodbye Cruel World" look on his face for about four months now.

Since the boys have spent the last few months contemplating the best way to jump off the bench in the backyard, dig under the fence and run away, or how to break into the medicine cabinet to overdose on Heartguard, we decided to treat them to a doggie Spa Day. Ok....they needed their shots, they hadn't had a bath in a LONG time, and their nails were reaching lethal status. They look so cute in their Tiffany blue polka dot bandanas (our vet is apparently very high class now) I had to give them their five minutes of fame on the blog. As you can see, Watson still hasn't forgiven us. I can't wait till Emmy's old enough to play with them! Can we say BASSET RIDES!!!!!!

It's Tax Day!

Happy Tax Day everyone! (and Day of Freedom for Boppa the CPA) We should add a "Not much of a..." to the beginning of Emmy's onsie. Who has a kid and still owes? Oh well, at least we tried ; ) Think if we sent in a picture they might give us a cuteness exemption?

Its a Tea Party!

So, Emmy cannot quite pick things up with her hands but she is working on "raking" everything towards her. When you add this skill with a Bumbo, tray and a small plastic tea set you get a very funny surprise. Evidence that my daughter may not like tea parties...

Rolling Right Along...Emmy is 4 Months Old!

"Mom? Dad? What happen to those cupcakes in all of my monthly birthday pictures? Oh really...someone owes me big time when I can finally stick them in my mouth!"

Bluebonnets!

This picture pretty much sums up our bluebonnet picture taking experience today...

What we learned today is that when you can't sit up, it's damn near impossible to take pictures in bluebonnets. Add it to my lists of things that probably aren't so smart to do with a three month old. It's a LONG list (and I have pictures of all of them). We lugged our random chairs up to Brenham to take pics.

It was kind of hot, the sun was in thier eyes, and bluebonnets are itchy (but apparently tase pretty good). That adds up to lots of screaming fun in the sun but we got a few cute ones!

The Week in Pictures

I swear I got bigger. This chair is just really big.

This monkey won't quit looking at me. I think he must think we're related.

I'm officially rolling over now and tummy time isn't SO bad anymore. Now will I let my parents catch me rolling over on video? Hell no!

My social schedule is quite full. I have to see all my friends. I had dinner with my best friend Caroline and my Godparents Aunt Betsy and Uncle Collin. My panties were hanging out a little bit and you can see my newly acquired Budah Belly. I also refused to wear my shoes and drooled all the way down the front of my shirt, so I was looking overall hill-billy. Dad said I was never allowed to wear this outfit again. Hooray! Something actually got too small.

I also had dinner with my new friend Brayden and his parents Shannon and Danny. It was Daddy-Baby match day but Blake's pink shirt and polka dot pants were dirty =) This is me telling him hi. Mommy told me afterward that even though I thought Brayden was very cute it's not very lady like to show him my panties and belly on the first date.

I went on a Girl's Day shopping trip with Aunt RaRa and Gigi in all the boutique stores in Kingwood. I just chilled while they brought me clothes to approve and sang and danced for me. Shopping is fun when someone holds or entertains you the entire time.

Mom bought me some sunglasses so I could be "Hollywood" but forgot about the gigantic head I was born with. Pops said I look like Elton John....

And finally, I saw the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny needs to call Mom to fix their picture taking process because it took over an hour to wait in the seven person line to see the radioactive looking bunny. I decided not to cry and scream, not be happy just not scream, even though every single kid in front of me did. Then their parents starting crying when they found out the bunny was charging them almost 20 bucks for one 5x7....He also stuck a oscillating fan in his lap after every kid.... nothing like staying in character...

Party Like a Rock Star

So the whirlwind that is March is finally over! We have a big month of celebration with 5 birthdays in the immediate family, but we also went a little crazy buying tickets. We went to the rodeo a couple of times and decided to end the month of with a bang this weekend. We went to see Les Miserables on Saturday for what must be the tenth time for me, but I don't really mind becasue it's my favorite one. I think the people beside us probably got a little annoyed that I sang along with every single word (complete with voices for each character) NERD ALERT!!!

To up our cool factor a little bit we went to see Chris Cornell last night at Warehouse Live. Warehouse is a really cool small venue so it's like being in a private concert. In true rockstar fashion Chris (we're tight) didn't even bother to show his face until 10:30. Blake and I knew things have changed for good when at 10 minutes to 12, when he was only about halfway through his set list, had just started his acoustic part, and had about an hour and a half left to go (inlcuding all the old Audioslave and Soundgarden songs) we left and went to pick up the kiddo. Ahhhhhh, times have changed...........At least we got to hear Out of Exile and Spoonman.Yes, we did Spoonman and Les Mis back to back. It was a weird weekend =)


There was LOTS of excellent people watching at this concert. Everything from 10 year old girls to grandpas, and it got me thinking about when Emmy is going to want to go to concerts. Growing up in Port Neches, there wasn't really that many to go to, except when Coolio came in high school! Because we've been spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's paradise!!! Emmy has already started practing her Boy Band squeal. She's very proud of herself, and will sometimes spend all day just hanging out and squealing. I'm sure when she's 13 and IN LUV with the next Justin Timberlake or Jonas Brother she'll sound a lot like this =)

Baptism and a Birthday

Our little angel was baptised on her Daddy's birthday with a lot of family and close friends to cheer her on. I felt like I needed to pull out the old wedding picture schedule afterward to organize all the pics. =)

Team Emmy

To make it even more special Emmy wore my and Laura's baptism gown, a necklace from her GiGi, a bib from Nana (her Great-Grandmother) and was wrapped in a blanket that MeMaw (her Great-Great-Grandmother) made. Four generations of women were watching over her. =) She was so good during the ceremony and even just took a nap during the rest of church. No crying at all!

The Vacek's

Emmy's Godparents Betsy and Collin

We followed the ceremony with a birthday/baptism party at Lupe's with more fajitas and enchiladas than anyone wants to ever eat. Blake and I have about three pounds of each left, so if anyone wants leftover Mexican, head on over! Emmy was SO worn out from all the partying that she came home and immediately took a three hour nap. This is officially the longest nap she's ever taken. Mom and dad took a nice one too...Blake IS getting pretty old. He needs his sleep =)

And now, the pics...

The Vacek's/Brewer's

The Sansom's

The East's

The Graesser's

Blake, dressed to match his birthday cake...

There were kids everywhere! Benjamin, Emmy, Caroline, Abby, Hannah, Ellie, and Brandon

We HAVE to take these for the wedding slideshow =)

Not bad for five kids ;)

Posing with RaRa and GiGi

We are so blessed to have so many people love our little girl and support her as she grows into a strong woman of faith. Thanks to everyone who came!

The Most Memorable Birthday Ever!

As many of you know, this Sunday is my birthday. Well Friday night Kristen, Emmy, Sean, Laura, Kathy, Tim and I go to The Cheescake Factory to partake in a birthday celebration (by the way, Friday was day one of my birthday week Kris, remember that...). Emmy loves (heavy sarcasm) going to restaurants and watching her parents eat. She adores it so much that we try to avoid doing it with her at all costs right now. But, this was special, and so we took a chance.

Emmy gets passed around the table allowing each of us time to enjoy some food. She requires regular standing and swaying sessions (Diva). I always feel particularly bad to hand over my kid to someone else and ask that they take care of her while I eat, but the fam likes doing it I think...or at least thats what they tell us. That's what grandparents are for I guess. Anyways, on Kathy's second turn, Kristen had left to go to the restroom. Suddenly, Kathy turns to me and says "I think I should grab the diaper bag and head to find Kristen." Me, being used to false alarms (Emmy is re-learning how to poop...switching to formula) say "No rush, probably a false alarm...she is an expert in the gas department." But, Kathy insists, so I grab the bag and give it to her.

She leaves and a few seconds later they are both back at the table. Please remember that we are in The Woodlands at an outdoor table at The Cheesecake Factory. Kristen grabs an empty chair and hastily begins preparations to change the little one. At first glance it looks as if this is not going to be a regular change. A little back story. Like I said before Emmy is re-learning how to poop and she is struggling. At one point this week she had not done the deed for 3+ days. Lets just say that this particular night not only did she re-focus her efforts, but she used all the storage she had from the week. See the picture of her happiness after delivering her load.

The pictures from the aftermath are below. I for one am glad we were seated outdoors. On the floor, on Kathy's foot, on the chair...thank you for sitting us outside Ms. Cheesecake Factory hostess! And I don't think that The Cheesecake Factory will mind that I permanently retired one of their cloth napkins that was wounded, rather killed, during the battle. I bet they would thank me for it if they only knew. Funny thing, despite the massive problem, Emmy herself and clothes were fairly clean (see pic). She is gifted in every way possible. This was definitely a birthday for the ages. As Tim said "You won't remember what you ate at Cheesecake for your 29th, but you will always remember what happened on your birthday." I would have to agree.

On a happy note, congrats are in order for Lance and Michelle. Little Kate arrived Friday evening. We are looking forward to meeting her one day in the near future. Look what the two of you have to look forward to!

Emmy Does the ABCs

In about 15 years (yes, she'll be a child prodigy) we'll be on the set of the still running American Idol because Emmy can already do a killer version of the ABC's or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (for some reason I never realized they were the same song until I sang them 500 times a day.) She usually will stop what she's doing, get her "big eyes" and start cooing if you sing it to her. Watch out Anoop (I don't watch it this season but for some reason I know there is someone named Anoop on it and I REALLY wanted to type Anoop =) because competition is coming!

Yes, More Pictures =)

So it's 45 degrees here in Houston today, so of course Mom decided to take our three month old pics in a sleeveless dress.It's not enitrely my fault, it was almost ninety two days ago =) The EmerBemmers just keeps taking too many cute shots to choose from.This picture habit is getting our of control!

(This is pretty much what I do all day, every day)

We also learned today that taking a three month old and two year olds picture together is not necessarily the easiest thing to do. One can't sit still and the other can't stay happy. At least we got one ok one...

Along with a few shall we call them "interesting" ones =)

And of course, we had to put in a few cute ones of The Abs. She's such a big girl now!