Flashback Friday (on Saturday)

It's Flashback Friday Y'all!!!!

(on Saturday)

June update

I really wanted to get this out to everyone yesterday, but I ran out of time.  So, here is your Flashback Friday for June on a Saturday instead of Friday.  When we last left you, the Devers had a pretty lowkey May, and June was no different.  Danny was actually in town the entire month (can you believe it?) and I was just doing some wrap-up stuff for events at work and then working on a big conference for August.  I did get sick with, what we think was, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.  I had the highest fever I have ever had at 104.2. 

We got to celebrate several birthdays in the month of June: Brooke (2nd), Mimi (5th), and Grammy (12th).  Emerson also got to attend her friend Aurora's birthday at the NC Museum of Life and Science.  We love the museum and took some time to play after the party was over.

The rest of the month was very relaxed, just the way we like it.  It was, however, the calm before the birthday storm....that's right, June was Emerson's last month before her 2nd birthday (more on that next week). 

June Pictures

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Show and Tell #11 - (10.9.09)

I'm a huge fan of the Pottery Barn Kids line of toys, especially those that come out around Christmas time. Last year when I was Christmas shopping, I just happened to pop into PBK and walked out with Abby and her stroller, although not one of the Christmas specific toys, they were still just what I was looking for.  I knew I wanted Emerson to have a stroller and her first baby doll to go in the stroller.  Abby was perfect, soft and just the right size for Emerson to start learning her nurturing skills.  Abby has been through a lot and has comforted Emerson many a time when she was sick.  She has gone to doctors appointments, had her ears, eyes, and throat checked by doctors, gone to school, friends houses, the mall, the car, and many other adventures. As much as she has comforted Emerson during tough times, Emerson has begun comforting her; playing Mommy to her, talking to her, rocking her, feeding her, and even changing diapers.  She is also one of Emerson's favorite cuddle toys at night.  Abby and Emerson are learning a lot from each other and I have a feeling Abby will be around for a long time....

I've heard of Christmas in July, but October???

Tonight while I was preparing dinner, Emerson was doing her usual routine of running around the house, chasing Hogan, playing with every toy imaginable, pushing me out of the way and away from the oven, opening every cabinet and drawer, and asking every 2 minutes what I was doing.  In all of the mayhem, though, she added a new bit to her routine.... she suddenly broke out in song.  Emerson started singing "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way," and she sang it all the way through to the "one horse open sleigh, hey" part, I couldn't believe it.  When asked where she learned that song she replied with something that, even though I am her mommy and understand most everything she says, I couldn't understand.  I asked her repeatedly and I just couldn't understand the name she was saying, but she certainly knew what she was talking about.  I went through everyone I knew, finally I think Emerson just agreed with me cause she knew I couldn't understand her.  So, before bed we tried again (I was eager to find out how she learned the song).  Little Bill (TV character), Miss Linda (school teacher), Kayla (girl in her class), and Macie (our neighbor) were all contenders for teaching Emerson the song.  I felt horrible that I just couldn't understand her.  I put Emerson to bed and knew that I would ask at school tomorrow to find out just how Emerson learned this Christmas jingle! 

While putting out the trash tonight our neighbors, the Hermans, drove up.  So, I took the opportunity to ask Ivie (the oldest and wisest of our three girls) if she had learned "Jingle Bells" at school today.  She confirmed that she did learn it and then let me know that Miss Beth was the person who taught her.  Amy reminded me that on Mondays Miss Beth comes to school to teach the children music. 

So the Christmas jingle mystery is now solved...Emerson is learning Christmas songs at school from Miss Beth.  Thanks Miss Beth for teaching Emerson all about music and Christmas Carols....oh, and getting my child to start thinking about Christmas in OCTOBER!!

Flashback Friday

It's Flashback Friday Ya'll!!!
(May Update)

After April's crazy busy month we were glad that May was a bit slower for us.  It is always nice to have lots of things on the agenda and to stay busy, but it is also so nice to have down time where there isn't much going on; May was that kind of month for us.  Danny didn't travel for work at all this month and Brooke only had 2 events.  Danny did go to a bachelor party at Ocean Isle Beach at the beginning of the month. Danny and I got to sneak away at the end of the month for the wedding of Philip, whose bachelor party Danny attended earlier in the month.  The wedding was in Mathews, Virginia.  Danny and I made a small trip out of it and stayed at The Tides Inn for some rest and relaxation.  

Emerson was invited to and attended several of her friends birthday parties; Laney and Ashton (family friends), Carter (Emerson's godbrother), and Haegan (one of Emerson's friends at school).  Emerson had a blast at all of them.  She is really starting to understand and enjoy birthday parties.....especially the CAKE!!! We also celebrated Mother's Day with both sets of grandparents.

The biggest and hardest event of May was Emerson's ear tube surgery.  We decided tubes were going to be the best option for Emerson because she was having way too many ear infections.  It turned out to be a great decision because she hasn't had one since (knock on wood).  Emerson was a trooper and did great for the surgery.  I think it was harder on Danny and me than it was on her.  We hated sending her back for the surgery but it only took about 15 minutes and they were done.  The worst part of the whole thing was Emerson coming out of the anesthesia...she was so out of it.  She finally came around though and we were on our way home.  It took her a bit of time to get used to putting her "Orange Things" (ear wax) in for each bath but she is doing great with them now and sometimes even prompts me to put them in before I've had the chance to do it.   

That's the Devers May in a nutshell; we hope you enjoy the pictures and until next week's Flashback.....

May Pictures

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Show and Tell #10 - (10.02.09)

WEEEEEE'RE BAAAAAACK...after a brief hiatus last week for the swine flu. Show and Tell this week is one of Emerson's favorite toys right now and it was given to her by one of her favorite school friends, Haegan.  Haegan gave this to Emerson for her 2nd birthday.  Cherrilee is part of the My Little Pony - So Soft Newborn collection.  She is cuddly and soft and has the sweetest little voice when you press the button on her foot; she says, "Cherrilee hungry!"  When you put her bottle in her mouth, she makes the sound of sucking on a bottle.  Emerson loves to hold her and feed her.  While Emerson was sick, she would hold Cherrilee and feed her and say to her, "I make you feel all better!"  I think holding Cherrilee and giving her a bottle was the perfect medicine for Emerson.