by demand

Ok, I've got a little bit of last-week-of-school crap to do, so this here is the taste of E until I can do a marathon posting...sorry, E-Fans!!
dress courtesy of Gramma, her personal shopper!
No, she wouldn't eat it nor smash it. Just licked the icing and smeared it a little. Gluten-free, all made by me, and the cake disappeared, as I was told it was "yummy" by everyone but E!
us, the exhausted parents + 1 yr ME

the happy Grands

anniversary

as my midwife said, it's my birth day too!
ONE YEAR woot!!
xo
3 bits of trouble...

more to update and also hopefully bday cake pics tomorrow heh heh

objects in motion

E LOVED this party. I mean totally.



so that was Saturday night...

then yesterday was more food.

I want you to know, yes, I did study a little. Not enough, but I have a few more days to "process" and E is just too cute. Even when she's up til 2am. Like last night. But cute.

and lastly, we both like soup. And talking and not talking...
E and I had some re-visited butternut squash soup, and sandwiches!! Just wait, Emelia, til Mommy makes tuna casserole, meatball "surprise", and ...well, whatever else is doable by the non-chef in the family. There is a lot of chicken in her future, basically. (The soup was made by D, frozen by me for us to enjoy again, which we did. Num num)
and that's all, folkses. For now :)

Easter and lincoln logs

...it''s a Bill Hicks joke...
fork!!

Easter card from Gram & Grampa


anyway, the kiddo is growing methinks. We'll find out proof on Tuesday when she gets her "almost a year" check up!

The week in photos? Sure, there are several. I have a big test looming, so that usually indicates more pictures!!
See Irma? she's due ANY MINUTE!! and looks great!
Melia's 2nd b-day party was super fun yesterday!

Melia & her daddy, Paul

more later. I've been informed it's bedtime :)

getting onto April (and last vestiges of March)

This is a NEWBORN hat.

The countdown is near: Emelia is approaching her first year! So weird. This requires reflection, admiration, and oops a bit of a photo album. You know, of the non-blog variety. I have 2, from cousin Kathy, but need to print out some of these things. Of course, if I do that, then maybe I should get on that Wedding Album too.

er.
Caroline is a hit as yet another trusty caregiver whilst I play at the school stuff!
yeah.

AND I'll knit socks.
ha--let's not get all crazy-sauce, eh? That first pair is perfectly happy stuck at the midway mark, thank you. sigh.

ok, well, you all came here for pics, so let me get on with it.
E has managed to work on some more teeth, walking, babbling (no more words yet), and the teeth are not visible but there is looming.
No other milestones, just love abounding. Did I mention how cute she is when she's asleep? Too bad, no pics of that!
Right after we returned from Cali, Juli stayed with us a few days during a conference. She was diligent: walking about 42 miles back and forth with E in the hallway while I studied for a test. E was ecstatic. I have Zero pictures (I was studying!) but trust me, it was cute.
chair swirlies!
Laura, our favorite person at Cafe Lula's E likes it there, too we 4 had a nummy breakfast to send Juli off with a full belly, albeit during snow-- WTF?

Grampa came for a quick weekend--well, I barely saw him (but he fed us all)! GS was with E much of Friday and Saturday (3&4) then said a goodbye to mistress sleepyhead--full exhausting day! (most of our pics were via phone) D and I were happy to have him here, but no comparison to E's joy in the time she got 1 on 1. Lots of walks, I hear. Again, I was studying. Anyone notice a theme? I canNOT wait until May, just sayin'...
now let me post some videos (request by Gram, who couldn't make it last weekend)
<-this is from the 4th
the kid? she likes shoes... (3-31)
lots of investigating going on, humming to herself, poking around the apartment. Play=exploration, yo. This hobby has been going on for 2 weeks now.
mas bouncing

beach bum

wow.

remember? remember we went to California soooooooooooo long ago???

These are from 3-26th: Emelia's first Ocean View!

Bleen, looking good!
Aunti Bleen Showing Emelia "sand magic"
tickles! She was laughing
Josh, just exhausted from playing!

I am bummed; too few of the Thedakers from this trip. We are so very thankful to have such great friends to stay with, and miss them so much already.
p.s. my burn finally faded!

godlike. oooo

awestruckness.

the end. til next time, that is!
oh, and a note--the blue hat photos come first. There is no order here, but it's all within about 2 hours of time, so deal. :)

psyche psynching

Sorry, need to finish updating y'all on the past week+, but I have another test tomorrow yadda yadda...so hang on.

Had to take a sec though and post this. 4 definite teeth, a few more are looming such that I thought they'd be present by now. Perhaps by the 24th??

Did I mention E is walking now??? 5 steps at a time! Nope, this isn't a video of that.

love!

p.s. And a lot is yet to be posted, really. We fail. The last day in Cally, the past week, Grampa's visit this weekend...it will come. Be patient. Not like I enjoy studying ya know.

california was I dreamin?

First time Drew said he held a baby! E was in love.
We had such a nice trip....a week ago already, geez! wow.
Can't say enough about our wonderful friends--Bleen, Heg, Drew, and Joshcat are great hosts! Emelia will never experience quite the same attention as she had that week. It was great. Drew gave up his room, for one thing, and that meant Josh had to share his--and then Bleen & Heg gave up their sanity for 3 more crazies to be participating in the life. The cats were cool about it, sleeping on us most nights ha.

Let's see...I wrote about Monday. Did I mention In n Out burgers? nummers/burp.
Tuesday, we saw Grampa Bert and Nana, and had lunch with fun--Grampa even got on the floor to play peek a boo with E! A few toys were shared, lunch, and then before you knew it, both GB and E were falling asleep.

From there, we stopped by our friends' place to visit. Adrian and Natalie were there, but sadly Nicole was stuck at work. Burgers, homemade salsa, and hanging out was achieved. It was a short but sweet visit--and we even watched Adrian on Iron Chef. Way cool, duder. Natalie, btw=super cute!!

Wednesday, Darrell went to see teh inner werkinz of Blizzard in the morn, and I had a park trip with Bleen & kids. We both had a good time! I guess he saw lots of cool stuff, and cooler stuff was hidden behind screens. ha/boo. E got more swing time, after first napping on me in the Ergo while I chatted with Rachel and a few other homeschoolin' moms.
wheeJosh showing E how it's done!

in the afternoon, we drove out to meet up with D's good friend from ages past, Jason.
Here we enjoyed nummy lavender lattes--ok, I did.