Emmy's Birthday Party...

We had such a wonderful birthday party for our little Emmy. It was everything Minnie Mouse with a few splashes of Daisy Duck. A huge thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes and wonderful presents! I set up the decorations the night before the party, and she was super EXCITED when she woke up the next morning. The gigantic Minnie Mouse helium balloon was the highlight, I really outdid it on the rest of the decor! I really wish I would have captured more pictures that day, but the day was going so fast and I just enjoyed being in the moment.

 

My very excited birthday girl!

 

Thank you Grandma Marlene for the delicious strawberry birthday cake!!

 

Present time, she was absolutely in love with every single present.....and

 

She was not happy about having to take a break from playing with her new toys for the candle blowing and singing.

 

which is why this is the best picture we could get...oy!

 

 

Blowing out candles was a challenge, she would rather touch them which prompted a quick wind of air from me!

 

Just playing with a new little people playground.

 

Thanks Again everyone for absolutely everything! We love you all so much!!

Emmy turns 2!!

Oh my goodness, how is my baby two already!! Why is life going by so much faster now that we have added a little person? I can actually think of a million reasons why. It amazes me though that I sometimes have those days that seem to drag on and on, when in all actuality life is just flying by before my eyes and I am powerless to stop it.

I was emotional on Emmy's birthday, on the 18th (the day of her actual birthday), I sent her to daycare as usual. I would have kept her home except I wanted to surprise her at lunch with a pizza party with all of her friends at daycare. Luckily, Domino's (our favorite) had $7.99 large pizzas. Those little stinkers ate 5 large pizzas and two dozen funfetti cupcakes! I couldn't believe it!

She was very surprised when they came in from playing to find me there in the lunchroom waiting for her.  This began my emotional rollercoaster for the next two days. She was so proud to show me off to all of her friends, and when they all were singing her Happy Birthday she had the biggest smile on her face. After the song they all continued on with a "Jesus Loves You" chant, which made my heart stop once again.

After the daycare party it was back home with mommy for a much needed nap. When Tyson got home from work we gave her our gift which was her very own Minnie Mouse card table with two folding chairs. This kept her entertained the rest of the night.

 

This is shortly after she got it.....

 

this is 4 hours later....  (I did manage to get her a bath and pajamas but with a huge protest from her)

 

this was right before bed when I told her she had to tell her table goodnight.

 

Daycare pizza party!!

Wagoner Blog Take Two.....

I feel a little embarrassed that a goal of mine (that I even declared in my Christmas Letter last year) was to keep my blog updated as my goal for 2014. Well.......I kind of dropped that ball on that one, huh? So.........I give you the first blog post for 2014.

 I am going to start making a better effort, and I am holding myself accountable right now in this blog post. I'm not just making a better effort on this blog, but also taking some time each morning and night to remember my purpose and most importantly to ensure I make the people I love the most feel special. It is so easy to use the phrase of "I'm too busy", which I often use, especially when it came to this blog. While yes I am busy, I have learned that those times I am checking Facebook or frantically cleaning up my house (yes I am a stickler for a clean house), I can do those things I claim to be "too busy" to do. I am not making it an excuse anymore. Wow that feels good! So I guess you can all be prepared to read more of the shenanigans happening day to day at the Wagoner house!

Its hard to pick where to start out since it has been so long since I have posted, but I think the last week has had so much happening that I couldn't have played catch up at a better time.

So pulling some pictures from my camera I have found a couple that stand out for us.

Labor Day was spent at a park in town that has a toddler sized playground, which is absolutely incredible since the big kid playgrounds give this mother a mild heart attack with there open sides that are 20 feet up in the air. Plus I have a kid who hasn't quite grasped the understanding that she cant fly. Tyson went with us which was super special (which probably makes this day stick out the most), he is always keeping busy with his projects so when he said that he wanted to go I was a little worried.

 

They have the sweetest pond that is home to some pretty tame ducks. Next time we will be sure to take some bread.

 

She literally stood like a statue and giggled the entire time.

 

My little blondie....

 

Oh and I also love kid friendly swings.

 

He is still such a kid at heart.

 

This would have been a great picture, except for the closed eyes. But its still my two favorite people with a glimpse of the place (notice the water tower) where we are building our family and plenty of memories.

If you read this blog, thank you so much for keeping up with our lives. I hope that you will all have faith in me as I start  rolling on the posts again!!