New Bed

Ah, how this post has changed in my mind so much since I first thought of writing it. If I wrote it on the first night we set up the bed, it would have been a very positive, happy note. Emily loved her twin bed and couldn't wait to crawl all over it. We put her to bed and she stayed there and slept all night! (We didn't have the bed on a frame for the first week or so.)

Then I don't know what happened, but we had a few (or a lot of) bad nap/bedtimes. It seems sometimes she just keeps popping up out of bed, and other times she'll stay in bed and go to sleep. And in the morning, she's getting up about an hour earlier than when she was in her crib (which wakes Mommy and Daddy up earlier, too). I know it will all work out in the end, but the transition has not been as easy as I had hoped. Yet as Brian reminds me, it's good that we're doing this now before #2 comes along. Here's a couple cute pictures of her in her new big girl bed.

4th of July

Yeah, I realize I'm a bit late posting about the 4th, but it was fun, so I'll share. We didn't take Emily to a big fireworks display because 1) it was way past her bedtime, and 2) she probably wouldn't have liked the noise.

So instead we bought a few simple things to do at home after Brian got done at work. First we tried the black snakes. You light them, and then a trail of black foam looking stuff "grows" out of it. Emily hated it! I don't know if it looked creepy to her, or if the flame at the bottom scared her. So next we tried the snappers. These are the little things in the white wrappers that just make a popping noise when you throw them on the ground. I wasn't sure she'd like them because they're noisy. But she loved them! She actually probably threw most of them herself. And she threw them just hard enough so they'd actually pop. So that was our big 4th of July celebration.

Oh, and did I mention she was "cooking" crackers that day, too?

Father's Day

I know I'm a little behind on my updates. For Father's Day weekend we were in the Beaver Dam/Friesland area. On Saturday Emily and I went to Amanda's bridal shower (future sister-in-law), and then spent the day with the Bartelt side. It was a very fun day for all, and Emily had a blast, even though she didn't get a nap. She even got to play in a kiddie pool and sandbox!

Then on Sunday we spent the morning and early afternoon in Friesland with the Unnasch side. Emily did very well in church, bouncing back and forth between her Grammy and me. When we headed back home it only took her about 5 minutes to fall asleep in the car. She was a tired girl, but still traveled well. We're hoping the trip at the end of this month goes well, too.