I am...

I totally stole this from Heather's blog :)

I AM … blessed.
I WANT… to lose weight so that I am back down to where I was in college.
I HAVE … the most amazing children.
I KEEP... way too much stuff.
I WISH I COULD … be more organized.
I HATE … people who aren't genuine.
I FEAR … loss.
I HEAR … the washer.
I DON'T THINK … I will ever make it through school.
I REGRET … not living each day like it's my last.
I LOVE … my family.
I AM NOT … going to live with regret.
I DANCE … when no one's watching.
I SING … to my little punkin (not very well!)
I NEVER … am nice enough to my wonderful husband. He always gets the brunt of my frustration.
I RARELY … take time just for myself.
I CRY WHEN I WATCH … the DVD I made of Emma's first year.
I AM NOT ALWAYS … right.
I HATE THAT … I worry too much about things I can't control.
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT … where the parents are on Max & Ruby! (Amen, Heather)
I NEED … to finish cleaning my house.
I SHOULD … go put the laundry away.

Princess Party

Last weekend we went to Kristen's 4th birthday party. It was a princess themed party and Emma had so much fun! There were so many kids there and Emma knew most of them from Carrie's neighborhood. I took a ton of pictures, but don't have many to post because there were other kids in the pics. I don't like posting pics of other people's kids. So, here are a few of Emma enjoying the day :)

1st Trip to the Dentist

Emma went to the dentist for the first time today. We have been talking about it for a while now, so that she wouldn't be scared when we went. She did FABULOUS! I was so proud of her. She climbed up in the chair, let the hygeinist "count" her teeth and clean them. Then, she sat there like a big girl, waiting for the dentist while they took me across the hall to start cleaning my teeth. She was so proud of her clean, shiny teeth. And, no cavities! Such a big girl!

So busy...and time flies

Things have been super busy lately. But, when is that not so? I have some new pics to post, so I promise to get those up soon. Emma starts back to preschool in two weeks. We went to parent night at her preschool tonight and got to see Miss Michele again. Emma will have a new teacher this year, and she doesn't quite understand why she has Miss Lori now and not Miss Michele. It really hit me tonight that at this time next year, I'll have a kindergartner. Shawn and I were sitting there looking at her school calendar and it showed when open enrollment for kindergarten was. We have to enroll her in kindergarten in February. Seriously? Where is my baby?

Oh well, on a more somber note...Shawn's grandma (his mom's mom) passed away on Friday. We had the funeral today. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

More Pics from the Zoo

More Pics from the Zoo

Cleveland Zoo

Thursday night we headed up to Painesville to see Jacen. We took the kids to the Cleveland Zoo on Friday. The kids had fun, but I honestly wasn't that impressed with their zoo. I think Columbus has a much better zoo. The one thing that Cleveland has that Columbus doesn't have is giraffes. So, Emma was really excited to finally get to see giraffes. We left Friday night to come back home. We are excited to have Jacen come down to Columbus in a couple of weeks.