A quick update

We closed on our home today! We're excited about that. Emery has had a fun week. Not only has he been able to take two rides on daddy's new motorcycle.....



But he has also gotten brave with a few of daddy's pets. One of them had babies, so we have over 30 cockroaches in the cage. Don't worry, they live at Clint's office.

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Chani is a climber. She is very brave and just today she's been letting go of things while standing and showing her new skills. I don't know when I will get a picture of it. We're headed out in the U-Haul on Monday. We should arrive in Orange Thursday evening. If I don't post again before then, I should be up and posting by the end of next weekend.

Flaky Friends Giveaway!

Need a new stuffed animal? Check out By the lbs new fun giveaway. Tell her Jill sent you, please?

Emeryisms

Emery is starting to really put together sentences these days, and Clint and I are laughing quite regularly. Here are just a few to make you smile.

Awwww, man!

What you doing?

Oh, great!

No thank you, Chani

It's a happy day

The pee is coming (as he sits on the potty)

one, two, three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten, eight, nine, ten, eight

Please don't

And the BEST as I was writing this post, Emery brought the box, (which I've posted about here and here) and set it right over Chani and said "Chani disappear"

I sure love this kid!

Another give away

Terry, who I found by following a link from Julie's blog, is giving away this book: Far World (an advanced copy). Check out the contest here.

Nursing covers

Julie's post got me motivated to post about my latest project. I am going to be consistent about both my hooded towels and these nursing covers that I make. I also want to know what you would pay for a nursing cover like this. They are reversible and made of 100% cotton. They have boning in the front and an adjustable D-ring strap. They also have a embroidery finished edge. Maybe when I get settled in Texas I'll do a giveaway of one of these, but for now, I want to know what you would pay.

Julie's new project

My friend Julie is so talented. She is making these awesome quiet bags for church. Not only that, but she also has a giveaway. So, check out her stuff!

Wink, wink

Emery has been doing this for a while, but today he's helping me post to show off his mad skillz.

Sorry I'm so lame

I'm sorry that the posts have been seldom and lacking pictures. It's a crazy time around here with all the packing and surviving before the move. We are all well, and the appraisal came through on the house, so now we're just waiting for closing day. That will all be done through the mail. We contracted to not take possession of the house for five days after closing, so we close on the 25th and we will leave Chadron on the 29th. We will arrive in Orange on the 31st and my parents will also arriving then. Good times.

I will leave you with an Emery funny before I get back to making dinner. Yesterday I moved all the chairs into the kitchen to vacuum under the table (I hate having carpet there). I hopped into the shower after that since Chani was napping. When I came into the kitchen, I found Emery with a chair pushed up to the fridge and a sand bucket upside down on the chair. He was also standing on the chair trying to step up onto the bucket. He was trying to reach the snack basket that sits on the fridge. He might not make it to Texas...he has NO fear!

Happy 4th of July!

I hope you are all having a great holiday.

This is how tiny our little town is. We get a feature in the newspaper because we are leaving town.

Check it out here.

Emery and the potty

It sounds like the title of a childrens book. It's not, though. We've been dabbeling in the potty training arena. For a while Emery would scream and run to avoid the potty. That has ceased, mostly because we've had a little success. While he won't pee on the potty, he will poop on it. I have not changed a poopy diaper on Emery in more than a week. We've amassed quite a collection of cars, and not just the 97 cent hot wheels. No, no, dad bought a Cars car, and now we're up to about a dozen of them. We've changed strategy now. When Emery goes on the potty he gets candy. It's working well. If he makes it all week with no poop accidents, we'll get him a "go-go" (motorcycle). Yesterday he cried for a long time because we weren't going to Wal-Mart right then to pick out the perfect blue motorcycle. The color will probably change, but on Saturday we'll be there, on the car isle, picking out the perfect "go-go" for a job well done.