ThE dAmN cOrN is HiGh

Some serious air hockey going on!!!


Nanz having a good time
This was taken the Sunday before, Emili and Nanz and her friend enjoying the trampoline at Nana's house. We got back too late last night for any trampoline action!

Yep, it is that time of year again. When I was a little child I always remembered that when the corn was getting high, that meant time for school to start again. So yep, it is high again and yet another school year is beginning. Summer is going by very fast. Before you know it I will be shoveling snow in -20 below weather again everyday. I love Wisconsin sometimes, but I sure wish summer would hang on a little longer.

With school starting that means that the Lomira Pool is also closing. It has only been open for 2 months, but we sure took advantage of it. Emili will be starting 2nd grade soon and is excited as I guess you can expect her to be for having to get back to the grind. Tomorrow is her last official trip with the summer program at her daycare and I think she is all field tripped out. She asked me if I could ask her teacher if she could stay back and just watch a movie or hang out....somebody has had a little too much summer.

This past week was fun. Emili got her annual eye exam and physical. She is in the 100 percentile for weight as well as height. The Dr. stated that she is in good health, and she is just a big girl. Considering that she is wearing a size 8 womens shoe and she is only 8 years old, ya I would say she is growing like a weed.

This past weekend was fun too. On Friday night we went out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant in Fondulac just us girls, Grandma, Auntie, Emili and I..just us girls......oh I guess it wasn't just girls... I forgot that Emili's little brother was along for the trip as well. It was a good time.

On Saturday, Emili went over to my Aunt Mary's house and spent the night there while I met up with my girlfriends in Milwaukee. We went to Mexican fiesta.. http://www.mexicanfiesta.org/ it was a fun time. Lots of great music and food. It was really good to see my girlfriends again, since it had been a while since we had all gotten together. It had been almost a year and in that time my 2 friends have had baby boys, who I didn't get pics of unfortunately.

Yesterday, Sunday, Emili and my cousin Nanna were dropped off at my place and we hung out for the day. Auntie Megan took them to the Lomira Pool for one last swim of the summer and I stayed back and recuperated from Mexican Fiesta. After that we went to a restaurant called the Mineshaft in Hartford, WI and had supper. Then it was off to the game room there where Nanna and Emili had a good time playing lots of games. Today it is back to the grind and letting Emili enjoy her last bit of freedom as the corn grows taller daily!! Damn Corn!

gOoD tiMeS~ goOd TiMeS

Well the last 2 weeks have been very fun. We are enjoying what is left of summer. A couple of announcements..... I am expecting a boy and Emili passed to level 3 at the Lomira Pool.

I went on 8/15 for an ultrasound. Emili and my sister and law went with me to St Agnes Hospital in Fondulac WI. We could see VERY distinctly that it is a boy! Emili is very excited to be a big sister to her baby brother and is helping me pick out names. I also got a great maternity pillow off of Amazon to help with the growing tummy and sleeping... I think Emili is enjoying it almost more than I am....Everything looks great and the baby is healthy. The baby is now 20 weeks and weighs almost a pound. I am halfway there. Time to start shopping for baby items.Emili and my new maternity pillow
Ultrasound room (trust me you don't want to see the pictures of my belly)....


Emili has also been taking swimming lesson for the last 2 weeks at the Lomira Pool. She has been getting much better with the lessons and has advanced from level 2 to level 3. That is part of the reason that I haven't blogged recently. She has been hanging out at the pool every night until after 7pm.

Last week Emili enjoyed a 4 day weekend with my parents in Goodman, WI for the town's 100 year anniversary. See this link for pictures of Emili having fun in Goodman WI. She is so lucky to have grandparents that take her to fun places. Speaking of grandparents, my grandmother Merc, recently had surgery on her eye and all turned out well. I am going to see her today and can't wait. I miss her. http://www.tyinguplooseends.blogspot.com/

Last night Emili and I were invited to my Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Eds house for a little family get together. I hadn't seen my some of my cousins or my Aunt Lynn in a long time, so it was really great to see them again. I can't believe how everyone has grown. One of my cousins that I used to babysit is now getting married next May. Here are some pictures of the fun that we had last night. Emili just loved all the attention and made herself at home...she wanted to stay overnight, but we ended up leaving close to midnight.. She loves to party!My Uncle Ed with my cousin Danielle.My Aunt Lynn.My cousin Ashley and Emili.My cousin Andrea and Emili.

Andrea and I.

Our hamster, Chubby is doing just fine and Emili is taking good care of it. She lets him out every night and Emili and Auntie are working on taming him. Every night Emili sits in the bathtub (fully clothed.) with a blanket over her and Chubby climbs all over her. She even has gloves on. Check out the picture of Auntie and Emili in the tub....Check out Emili and Chubby in the tub.

I hate to leave you with bad news, but this week was a hard week at my job. Over a hundred Quad Graphics administration employees lost their jobs and some of them were very close to me. Check out the article... .http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/08/11/daily27.html

HaMsTeR, CaMeLs, Llamas, LaKe LabeLLe, eMiLi ThRee TouNgiNg, wAtEr HanDsTanDs

water handstands

more water action

Emili doing her famous Three Tounges.

Too much swimming

Taking a break!

Llamas
Checking each other out
Fun on the beach
Prego!!

Somebody's legs
Sharing a cheeto
camel
beautiful country road
floating

I will start off from this Friday. This was a very fun weekend. My mom came over Friday night and met the new member of our family. Chubby- Emili named him Chubby because he fits nice in our family because everyone is chubby, including him. He is a dwarf hamster, which just happened to escape on Friday night. Emili has a clear plastic hamster ball for him and somehow he managed to get the lid off and ran behind the fridge at our house and it was kind of hard to get him out. Auntie, Grandma, Emili and I caught him. It was a group effort. We caught him with a net (we were afraid he might bite us) he didn't know us that well yet and put him back in his cage. Here is a picture of Auntie and Emili after the catch! Grandma stayed and we had a movie night. after the escape, chubby in his cage

Auntie and Emili being silly

Chubby

Saturday was fun too. We hung out at the Lomira Pool, which has become Auntie and Emili's hangout this summer and we swam, prego mama and all...all afternoon.

swollen feet

Today is Sunday and Auntie needed to get out of Lomira...even for a little while. We went to our Grandparents farm in Neosho, WI and visited them for a while. It was nice. Then we went to Lake La Belle in Oconomowoc, WI. It was a beautiful day with great scenery. We found some Camels, LLamas, Donkeys, Cows, Pigs, Dogs, Goats, Ducks...in no particular order. Great day we stuck around until the rain clouds rolled in...summer in Wisconsin doesn't last too long...so yoreat weekend for swimming. Check out the pictures. Hope you enjoy... WE DID!!!

sunny day swim girls