3 weeks old

Bath time is so much fun when you have such a cute baby. I never thought i would be one of those moms that brag about their children, but ive noticed lately how many pictures i actually take a day of our little Em. She is our absolute favorite. People don't come to see us anymore...they come for Emery.

We were so pleased to have such a happy girl after a few days of her being sick. I think she is going to start smiling any day now. I can only imagin the amount of pictures we will be posting then!!

Lately...

December 8th at 6:01 AM we welcomed our little peanut Emery Elise Tolman. No pain killers, No time, and no recolection of most of it.  It was almost like a dream.  I know this post is a little late but the holidays have been a crazy time.  I never knew i could get this tired, this busy, and this happy all at the same time.  I don't remember any of these pictures being taken, Oh well!! 

Our little chubber. It is amazing how much she has changed since day 1.  The only thing that looks the same is the amount of hair on that little noggin. 

I loved waking up to notes on the board for both Emery and I.  We are lucky to have levi!

Our little bundle looked so cute in her car seat.  She didn't seem to have a problem with the car seat then., but she sure does now!  I love the changes even though they make car rides a little more noisey.  We are so lucky that Emery's cry is so cute. 

Emery has a favorite blanket already from Nana Bissett. She loves fuzzy blankets and sleeps remarkably with this little pink blanket. 

I was too tired for the first couple of days to give Em a bath so my mom gave the first bath at home.  I watched to pick up some tips. She slept through the whole thing.  Too cute. 

Our little Snoozer.  I love to watch her sleep. I have a hard time taking a break for myself when she is sleeping because she just is too cute.  She is the cuddly little girl we have always hoped for. 

It makes me a little sad that Levi misses some of Emery's cutiest moments...probably because they happen to be at 3AM.  This picture is one of my favorites because it was one of the first times i felt like she was really watching me.  Emery is growing up so fast.  We can't wait to see what is next.  I never could imagin being a Mom would be so much fun. Even on sleepless nights, rocking in the rocking chair, i find myself bursting with joy. 

Could I get my blizzard with extra oreo, please?

Well, I guess it's so true: be careful what you wish for. We just finished up November all the while complaining about the lack of snow we have had thus far. Perhaps I were just being impatient as our Christmas décor seemed so lonely with out its fluffy white friend. None the less, I spent the morning shoveling everything. Today, December 5, is Emery's estimated arrival, so we have been anxiously waiting, and planning, for our visit to the hospital. We were a little worried though, because last night it was snowning pretty hard.


This is what the snow looked like outside our door just before going to bed last night.

Not to bad, although the stair look like they could pose a later problem.

So, off we went to bed, hoping to be rudely inturupted by wonderful contractions!

I guess only some wishes come true though. We did wake up very early, but still no infant. However, we did get some more snow!!

This is where our staircase used to be.

Look at this snow!! I wanted a picture of one of us standing by it, to show how deep it really was, but there was only one photographer at this hour.

It was about 9:00am when I went out to survey my job. It only took about 45 minutes. There was a snow drift behind our car that was above our rear bumper, and the passenger side of the car was buried in snow. I should have taken pictures but I didn't want to get the camera wet. It was still blowing snow around like crazy. Anyways, it was a fun adventure. Not quite as fun as the one we have ahead of us, but still blog worthy. TTFN. We hope to have some splendid news later.

Tradition...Tradition!!

Levi and I have decided to use some old family traditions, and also try to start our own. Since this Christmas is going to be a little more hectic than usual we have only come up with one tradition to start on our own. A snow globe collection! Since we don't have much spare money this year, we will get our first one next year. We can hardly wait! Oh the joys of being newly weds.
We adopted my parents tradition of buying a Christmas ornament every year for each of the kids. Since we only have one baby, a lone ornament hangs on the tree, almost making me want more kids for the sake of the tree. Poor little tree.

Spoiled Grateful

Our new couch! *sigh* After much trouble, the couch finally made it through our ever so tiny door and into our living room. This has been my "special spot" since i first sat in it at Ashley Furniture. It makes me feel so tiny and the comfort is superb. Levi and i feel so far away because his "ideal" spot is in the other corner by the Shay. I love Levi, but i also love my corner. Oh the dilemma....

Our living room is complete! We are realizing as we look around our house just how spoiled we are. We have never been so grateful to have the home we have,with the life we have, with the people we have.... AND with the couch we have! jk! But really.... We have never been happier. and yes....our Christmas tree only lights on one side. We usually just face the burnt out side to the back. Being newly weds, we are privileged enough to get that extra "artistic-ness" to our Christmas this year. (and probably next year too!)

Ready or Not

Its weird to think we only have 2 weeks left till Baby time. 2 weeks and 2 days to be exact! well that is if we stick to the due date) Levi asks me everyday if I'm in labour... I think he is getting a little anxious. For some reason in the back of my head i still think i have at least 2 more months or more! I'm still waiting for the effects of pregnancy to kick in because i still feel great and haven't really had any symptoms besides this pot belly i am sporting these days. No swelling, no sickness, and touching my toes is still feeling great! I'm such a boring pregnant little lady! I'm tempted to come up with stories when people ask me how I'm feeling to spice things up. Boring or not, Ready or not, Baby is coming and we are super excited!

Angus

When Mona and Darren went to Mexico we got to watch Angus. Yay! I love Angus! He was so fun to watch and I think I took more pictures with him than I had during our whole time being married. He found some pretty funny places to hide and i wish i could find some of the pictures i had taken, but they have magically disappeared. Darn! The pictures i did find still are pretty cute though. Every time i took a load of clothes from the dryer he would scurry on over and climb right in. He would sleep for hours and would not budge for anything! When i would go to fold the laundry i would find Angus's toys all hidden in there. I think he liked our clothes the best for sleeping because when i would come home from an outing i would have to go find him. He usually was curled up in my housecoat on the floor or in my hoodie.

Angus would always try to crawl into the fridge so we let him explore a couple of times. Once he licked the end of my cucumber that was the last of his fridge exploring. I had seen him lick himself just before...not cool.

Angus loved My exercise ball more than his little "Angus sized" ball. He would push it around the house. When i started seeing teeth marks in the ball that was the end of that fun.