Emily and her skirts...

Every morning when I tell em to get dressed, she asks me the same thing...can I wear a skirt? Sometime she gets to, sometimes she doesn't. So the other morning she was wearing pants, standing on her step in the bathroom while I curled her hair...our conversation...
Jamie: There, now you look beautiful.
Emily: No, I don't look beautiful, just incredible. I only look beautiful when I'm wearing a skirt. Can I put a skirt on?
Jamie: No, you'll just have to look incredible today.

Too bad she has low self esteem!

Sound Asleep!

Last week Allyson was sick and during lunch she was getting really cranky. So I decided to put her on the couch to watch tv for a few minutes while I ate my lunch because she hadn't been leaving me alone. I should have known better because Allyson doesn't watch tv, never has cared one bit about tv. Anyway, I got to eat lunch and she immediately fell asleep, which I actually was trying to hold her off from doing. But when you're working with a one year old, not much you can do!

The Zoo and San Francisco

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This past weekend I managed to talk Mike into taking Friday off...no easy task. So we headed out to San Francisco that day and the zoo Saturday. It was a lot of fun. It is rare to be in San Francisco and be hot, especially in Feb. but it was. There was very little wind. It was beautiful. Allyson loved the zoo. She's my animal lover, Pet Smart and my parents dog Bubba are her two favorite things to visit. She squealed and stomped her feet in excitment at every animal. I think Emily had a lot of fun but she declared halfway through that she was bored. In her defense though, a lot of the animals were either asleep or no where to be seen. Emily is also my big chicken so a lot of the animals freaked her out. Ally, however, would have tried to pet the lion if she could. At the petting zoo she went right up to every animal. She also LOVED the seals at the pier. It was so cute. We had a very nice and relaxing weekend. Wish it didn't have to end!

Valentines Day!

Last week, being Valentines Day, Mike and some of our friends surprised all of the girls that night. But backing up...Mike and I usually go out on that night to Marie Callenders, mostly because it's not busy and we have free babysitting that night. But Mike instant messaged me at 12:00 that afternoon and told me that we were going out, to find or buy a new nice dress and be ready NO LATER than 5:00, that part was crucial. So I crossed my fingers and tried my dress on, luckily the baby isn't that big yet and it fit! Later he IM'd me again and said that he had to have someone come in the office at quarter to five but still be ready to go at 5. So at 5:15 I sent him a "hint" message that I was ready when he was. Right as I sent it, the doorbell rang. I ran downstairs and there stood a limo driver. The guys arranged to have all the girls picked up in a really nice limo and then they took us to the guys. They then took us to a really nice dinner at the lake. It was a great night. The guys trully pulled off something big and it was really fun. Mike also bought me a huge bouquet of red roses but unfortunately FTD didn't get it to us until the next afternoon. But they are beautiful.