Emma: 2 Years

Emma turned TWO yesterday! I can't believe how fast these two years have passed. Emma we are in awe of how you change daily and keep us on our toes. She is the light of our lives and we are so blessed to be her parents! 

Height: 35in (78%)

Weight: 31 lbs 4 oz (95%)

Head: 48.3 (79%)

Shoe: size 7

Clothes: Dresses mainly 2T, shirts and shorts 3T

Diaper: size 5

Latest milestones: Really talking is her biggest thing lately. She is such a chatty cathy and also a parrot. She says back to you most of what you say to her. She is speaking in decent phrases now (usually 3 or more words). She is RUNNING at a fast pace lately without looking wobbly at all. We've dropped the paci in the car and school has dropped it during naps. I'm sure she will be fine dropping it at bed time but I'm just not there yet. She can sing her ABCs from start to finish. Most of the time she can count 1-10 without too much prompting. 

Likes: Babydolls, anything she can do with her babydolls, playing outside, the playground, "Moana" and "Mickey Mouse" are her favorite shows/movies, and coloring. She loves to sing "kinkle kinkle little star" and her ABCs. 

Dislikes: She does not like being told her baby's can't sleep in the bed with her (she just ends up playing way past her bed time), being told no in general, sometimes the stroller lately, sometimes getting in her carseat lately, sitting still at the dinner table (especially when we eat out), or when we try to help her with something and at that moment "no emma do it". 

Emma is very independent and wants to do most things herself. She will still cuddle early in the morning but that's about it. She still wants to be held by me but it's getting harder for me and my doctor has lectured me already about this because she weighs more than what pregnant moms should be carrying. She is so funny and interacts with us so well. She loves playing mommy to her babies and likes to change their diapers, feed them bottles, take them on walks, and wrap them in blankets. She has two dolls she is attached to and has named them (so originally) big baby and little baby. She like to keep them naked most of the time too. She truly is baby obsessed. I can only hope she is baby obsessed when a real baby joins our family in September. 

Watching how much she has changed over the past year is amazing. So much changes from 1-2. She has her own personality really starting to show and she's most definitely not a baby anymore. I can't wait to see what BIG things she accomplishes in her life! 

We love you Emma Claire with all our hearts. Happy Birthday sweet girl! 

Second Half of October

Really been slacking in the update department this month. We've been up to a lot this month that I don't want to forget to document. Fall is here and we are loving it!

A few weeks ago we went to 30A with our friends, the Hartmans, for a quick weekend away. It was so relaxing!

Unfortunately on Saturday night we definitely knew something was up with Emma. She felt very warm and was being very clingy. We gave her tylenol thinking it was just teething or something. Well flash forward to Monday morning and she then was covered with a rash...hand, foot and mouth. It was a miserable few days because she was clearly in a lot of pain because of the sores in her throat. She stayed home for a few days and night time was the worst. She didn't want medicine but she needed the pain medicine. We hope this is a one and done occurrence. 

We decorated her pumpkin she got from the pumpkin patch! 

School pictures came back and oh my goodness...such a HAM!

Park times

At home date night with a fire. Just what the doctor ordered after a week of sickness. 

We ventured to the Battery for lunch at Antico. Lots of fun walking around and playing with balloons. Toddlers are so easily entertained and they are so entertaining. She is pure JOY.

Some auburn watching fun

Some updates on our bathroom progress. Only a few things left for Tommy to do. I am SO happy with how it's turned out. He has worked SO hard. #handyhusband

Just because I think she looks cute :) 

We were really missing Mimi and Baba. They were in South Africa the past few weeks. HOME today!

Tickle Monster!

I am biased but isn't she the cutest unicorn ever! I love a baby in a costume. 

Trick or Trunk at my school (we were so happy to have the Willis join in on the fun. He's the cutest mickey in my opinion #lovethatnephewofmine)

We had some friends over for the GA/FL game (GOOO DAWGS!!!!) and Emma was just mesmerized by her best bud, Gavin)

Brunch this past Sunday trying a new spot (by default because the wait at West Egg was it's usual way too long for a toddler)

Hanging with Auntie Claire 

We all feel this way on Monday mornings #tired

and ending with some more Halloween fun from the neighborhood party last night. 

Updates on us lately

Well last night we bought a car! Yay! It was time to move on from the Jeep and we bought ourselves a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe. I am obsessed. We had been searching for probably over a month now and went to test drive a few weeks ago and knew this was what we wanted we just needed to find the right one at the right price. Yesterday during work Tommy was searching and found one that fit what we were looking for (3 rows, leather seats, low mileage) and he called the dealership about it. We headed up to the Mall of Georgia at 7 last night to check it out. We were able to get a decent trade in price and get them down on the price of the car to where we were wanting to be for a monthly payment and boom new car for the Robinsons! As Tommy says "you're just going to be mommy-ing around town in this car now". Anywho this car will be able to serve what our family needs for many years to come. 

It's just so pretty isn't it! 

I am 17 weeks pregnant today. I went to the doctor yesterday and all was good. We go back in three weeks for the big ultra sound to check out all her anatomy. I'm excited/nervous about every appointment but I'm feeling great. I am through the nauseous and over-exhausted part and into the starting to show part. It's amazing how much changes each week. 

We are back at school and going in full force for the next three weeks. I'm busy with my usual items as well as I've taken on being one of the three ladies that organizes the adopt-a-family program we have for students during the holidays. We have received so much support from the Sandy Springs Red Dot group from church this year. There are many families that have asked to sponsor a child with presents for the holidays. This came to be on my plate because we hired a new bookkeeper and our old bookkeeper always did more than what was in her job title so this was something that needed to be delegated to someone new. I'm happy to do it! 

This week we have Christmas going up in our house, taking dinner to a friend who just had a baby a few weeks ago tonight, dinner with my college girlfriends tomorrow, school math event on Thursday, and then mine and Ansley's annual Christmas party is Friday at my house. When I have a spare moment I'll be cleaning/decorating/baking/cooking for Friday! 

Oh how I love the month of December and the time surrounding the Holidays! 

Christmas Decorations to come once we get the ornaments on the tree tonight.