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Sunday, August 8, 2010

A Spray Park Outing with Friends = A Long Nap

Lately because of the extreme heat we haven't been able to be outside much. My good friend, Meagan invited us on Wednesday to join her little girl, Madeline & some of her teacher friends/kids at the spray park with them. I've never taken both babies to the spray park solo because I can't hold Jackson and keep my full attention on Emma Kate at the same time. Luckily, Meagan happily wanted to hold baby J in the shade while I took Emma Kate in the water.  I managed to snap a few pics plus a cute moment picture from the end of the day.

Big plus to the day: Emma Kate took over a 3 hour nap that afternoon! Love these 1 long naps now! Jackson took a 2 1/2 hour nap at the SAME time Emma Kate was napping. Score for the mama!!!


She fell asleep on the way TO the Spray Park. haha


Little Boy who made friends with EK as he was stuffing his face.

This cracked me up...this girl was upset & sulking about something so she was sitting on the ground & for some reason EK became very interested in her. Pointing & even tried to touch her face. This made me laugh because it reminded me of myself as a little girl...pouting about something close enough that my mom could still see me. haha

EK & John Davis (my friend. Tyra from Borchardt's little boy)

playing with the boys

             water, snacks, baby doll on the way home :)


                  *Cute Sister Moment of the Day *
 Jackson was ready to take a nap so I was going to wrap him in his miracle blanket. I noticed I didn't have a passy to give him so I asked Emma Kate "can you please go get Jackson's passy from the playroom?" She immediately ran off towards the playroom & came running back with the passy...in HER mouth! I watched the whole thing & luckily had my camera close by to snap a pic of the passy delivery. Then, when she got to me she took it out of her mouth & handed it over. haha Made me laugh out loud!!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Girl's Dallas Weekend Twenty Ten


This weekend I got the biggest treat...my 4 bff's from Arkansas came down for the weekend. Carrie turned 3-0 this past week so we had to reunite & celebrate. Here's the big deal for me, we got a hotel room at The Ritz Carlton downtown which means I left Saturday morning & didn't come home until Sunday morning!!! That's a night away from my babies. A first for me!
 My great weekend recap: Friday night we hit up the outlet mall as the girl's got into town. Followed by dinner & drinks at Cheesecake Factory. Then, a sleepover at my house.
Saturday morning: the girl's got their baby fix with EK and Mr. Man, then Breadwinner's for breakfast, shopping at Northpark, pool time at The Ritz, dinner at my favorite Mexican food place, & back to the bar at The Ritz for drinks & the greatest people watching in Dallas. Needless, to say we were all tired Sunday morning.
Jamie, Andrea, Julia, & Carrie- Thank you for being the best friends I could ever ask for. We laugh hard & love each other even harder! Here's to 10 fabulous years of friendship & a hundred more!

                                                            AK & I taking a little break from shopping.
time for some sun & pool time

A new random friend Bear made.
haha
Jamie still has "it!" A hottie that was totally into her gave her his card.

The Fab Five

                                                      Next morning...let's go home!

A Fun Day for Me

The past 2 Saturdays have been FABULOUS for me so I must brag because how often does a mama of 2 babies under 2 get all this fun in a row with her friends?!?
Two weeks ago, Sara & I had a great day: first we shopped of course, then we ate at Josephine's at the Frisco Square (really good!), next we went to Dimples for a cupcake, and finally we made it to the Rascal Flatts concert.  I've wanted to see them for awhile now & Brett isn't a fan so he bought Sara & I tickets a few months ago. A couple pics. It was HOT outside, but a great show!



she was the 2nd opening act.There were 3 acts before RF came on...at 10pm!! WAAAYY to late for me!


Friday, July 30, 2010

Freak Accident that Could Have Been Much Worse

A very odd accident happened yesterday morning here in the Hagedorn household.  Both babies woke up early at 6am. Brett being the great dad he is got up and told me to keep snoozing. Jackson was up about an hour. Then, Brett was getting the pulled pork all ready for the crock pot so we could have it for dinner. He's much better at cutting off all that yucky fat.  He set the knife onto the plastic wrapper that the pork came in, but he set it too close to the edge of the counter. Where Emma Kate's little hands reached up and pulled the plastic wrapper down along with the knife.  Thankfully, the knife did NOT hit her, BUT it did land on Brett's foot right in between his big toe & second toe cutting him. OUCH!! It was bleeding quite a bit and pretty wide. So after he showered & got ready for work off he went to Urgent Care where they gave Brett 2 stitches.  Poor guy!! He said it hitting him was far better than the alternative of hurting Emma Kate. Very weird accident!

(excuse the toe hair on this big size 13's)

Ouch! 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Emma Kate at 15 Months


On Tuesday, Emma Kate turned 15 months old. We took her to her well-visit that day. Much harder now that she's so active. She wasn't happy about laying down to be checked out. Thank goodness Brett came to so we each had a baby. Jackson did well & hung out in my arms mostly.

EK's 15 month stats:
Weight:  21.6 pounds (25%)
Height:  30 inches (40%)
Head: 18 3/8  (70%)

Good stats. I think she's going to be a little lady. We'll see!  Overall, she's healthy & happy so that's all we care about! I'm going to share things about Emma Kate at 15 months because time is passing so quickly I want to try to recall everything. Plus, share some pics from the doctor visit & a few recent ones too.

- Your vocabulary and verbal skills are AMAZING us! You can say so many words & will basically try any word we ask you to. Here's a list of frequent words your saying now: Jack, Mommy, Daddy, Lolly (sounds like Olly), Pop, Barbie, Katie, car, ball, bottle, flower, puffs, mini me, Lucy, rug, book, toe, knee, elbow, nose, head, bib, bumbo, boppy, Ernie, Abby, Elmo, G, fruit, thank you, good girl, boy, phone, purse, shoes, shorts, dress, dog, cat, cow, moo, block, horse, fish, please (plees), hello, hi, bye bye, passy, cup, baby, doll, pool, money, bunny, turkey, cheese, Nash, potty, & Emma. Anyways you get the picture!! I think that Jackson will be lucky to ever get a word in with his sis around!

- You are full speed pretty much all the time accept when you are looking at a book or having someone read to you. Loves books!! She's even told us a few letters (G, X, O) on her alphabet books, who knows if it's just luck or she really recognizes them.  With as many times as we read them she's probably memorized by now!

- Emma Kate has taken 2 naps a day for a long time now. Morning & afternoon (9 & 1ish). For the last few weeks the naps have been irregular so I think her body is trying to drop the AM nap and just go to 1 long afternoon nap a day.  We're on day 2 of this transition. Basically, I've tried my best to wear her out, which she does herself pretty well & then I haven't put her down until after 11am.

-You love your baby brother! You pat him on the head, stick his passy in his mouth (sometimes his eye), push the button on his favorite music toy, & play with him while he's in the excersaucer.

-You've started giving kisses!! Oh this makes Mommy so happy! But your pretty picky about when & who you give them to. You & I "give kiss on the mouth", nose kisses, & butterfly kisses. Daddy has started requiring a kiss before he reads you a book...pretty darn cute!

- You are very attached to your baby doll, Lucy. She sleeps with you. And you carry her in your right arm a lot! Lucy even makes the trip over to Lolly & Pop's house.

- We've been trying to teach you to say please & thank you. Also, following simple directions like "please, go take the bottle to Daddy" "Go get Ernie from your room & put him in the stroller." etc.

-Lately, you've been talking about pottying & will even tell us sometimes when you've gone. I think we'll buy a little potty just to peak your curiousity soon.

Can't believe how big you're getting & how you're learning so many new things! We love you more than words can say!!!


disregard my weird mouth pose, but there we are at the docs office waiting & reading a book.

the whole fam
having snacks while waiting

         Going to the doc & getting shots isn't too bad if I get all this attention from Lolly & Pop!

Giving her killer smile to Pop!

playing
Look who has a baby doll stroller!
Wonder where she's seen someone have a baby in a stroller & carrying one on the hip?!?

Just dragging it behind

Giving Jackson kisses while he's in his Miracle Blanket 

Pop & EK having a chat

She found the chocolate syrup. :)

playing with Aunt Katie

the stacking rings are bracelets to her



2 babies having their dinners

Funny moment one AM...she was playing with toys & just suddenly was so interested in Regis & Kelly haha

outside Stanland

To swing or not???

playtime with Daddy