Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

One year ago yesterday we were blessed with the sweetest, cutest little girl EVER! I am so glad to have this little spirit in my home! I love watching her grow and develop her personality. I'm not sure if I'm going to like it when she gets older, though! :o) Emma is walking, loves to clap, she has 8 teeth (last I checked--she bites!), loves her blankie, brother, kitty (which I SWEAR she says!), and loves to watch the dog do whatever. She still pretty much just says "da-da" and is stubborn to say anything else. This past year has been an adjustment, but we've made some sweet memories along the way and I look forward to the future with my little girl!

It's a......BABY!!

A Bunting Baby! We got a call this morning that Lindsey (Ron's cousin) and David had their first child this morning at 5:30 am. I'm not going to give details, or the gender, because I promised I would let them do the honors, so if you know them and want to know, you're going to have to wait for their post. Here's a picture though, so you decide! Sooooo cute!

A Better Pic of the Cakes

I played with the color on the pictures after I did the slide show, so I thought I'd post the cakes again 'cause they were awfully orange and these are MUCH better!

Emma's 1st Birthday Party #1

We had Emma's 1st Birthday party #1 yesterday. It was a nice turnout & she got a lot of cute stuff! LOTS of clothes! As you can see by the pictures, she LOVED eating the cake! Amanda baked & decorated both of the cakes and did an AMAZING job! Emma's birthday is on Tuesday & we'll be having another party for her next Sunday, so more to come!

Laundry

This is what happens when you do a weeks worth of laundry & don't fold in-between...

Venting!

Okay, I just have to vent because I was flipping through the guide on the TV and saw a program called "Pregnant Man." Now, I've seen this so-called "man" in interviews before and it is so irretating that we are calling "him" a man! S-HE HAS A UTERUS, PEOPLE!!! I'm sorry, but if you still have female parts, you are NOT a man! I don't care how much facial hair you have, it doesn't count!! RIDICULOUS!

What Happened in Vegas, Happened to Us!

A few months ago, Ron was listening to the radio and a promotional trip for Tahiti Village in Vegas came on. You get a 4 day 3 night stay at one of the hotels on the strip, free show tickets, free dinner, $200 slot credits, and a certificate to either get married or renew your vows. So he called them up and we finally were able to go. We left the kids with my parents and were off. We got there Tuesday night to the Stratosphere (where we stayed), went and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe', Wednesday was the Tahiti Village presentation for about 3 hours (great idea, no $$), had lunch at the hotel Roxy's Diner, walked the strip a little, went to our free show American Superstars (celebrity impersonators Elvis, Tim McGraw, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilera & Michael Jackson), went to Excalibur for their Tournament of Kings dinner show (VERY entertaining!), walked the strip a little more, Thursday we started at Mandalay Bay and worked our way up the strip, stopped at the Casino Royale to use up our slot credit (no jackpots!), had dinner at Hooters (don't worry, the "hooters" weren't all that spectacular!), then went up to the top of the Stratosphere (we were too chicken to go on the rides) Friday we went to the Fashion Mall and then to Caesar's Palace for an AWESOME buffet, and then it was time to come home! We had a great time and it was nice to get away for a couple of days! Here's a bunch of pictures of the trip.

Our Room

New York, New York

Ron hitting on the green M&M

Me talkin' with red M&M

A neon tunnel that spins. It was dark so my shutter stayed open longer, therefore the picture is blurry.

Ron's dream...a Viper

Tim, Rod & Elvis

Ron & I at the Tournament of Kings

Our dinner (no silverware!)

Yum!

The Eiffel Tower

In front of the Bellagio waiting for the water show

The water show

MGM Grand

The lions at the MGM

The Gondola ride at the Venitian

Our Gondola driver singing us an Italian love song

A cool fountain at the Palazzo

The view from the Stratosphere

A spiral escalator at Caesar's Palace

A cool Fountain at Caesars

Our lunch buffet at Caesars

If I could sum up our trip in one word, it would be "walking!" We walked EVERYWHERE!!! It was a lot of fun, though! I'm not going to miss the cigarette smoke, the same sex couples, or the millions of guys that stand next to each other and hand out their "girls, girls girls" cards! They were SOOOO annoying!