Trip down memory lane with Emily

So one of my college friends and co-workers (Emily) posted a comment on my blog about my profile picture . . . yes, I am at the Writing Center and proudly wearing my Writing Center vest! The background isn't very detailed, but she knew where I was. It probably helped that my hair was fixed all funky. . . and I think that was the day I managed to wear 11 different colors and I felt that I still matched. Too bad you can't see my outfit or my rainbow brite-ish socks. But if I'm remembering right, I used a straightner, a triple-barrel curler, a mini curling iron, and a crimper in my hair . . . and I was quite proud of it too.

So in rememberance of the fun times with Emily and to congratulate her on publicly announcing she has a boyfriend . . . here are some pictures of our fun times at college - coming up on 6 years ago now . . . that makes me feel really old :(

For some reason we liked to buy plain cakes at the grocery store and then decorate them with weird things . . . this picture had toy horses and stuff, but we've used plastic army men and other random things too.

And Jen is in the picture too!! Hi Jen! I think this picture was right before Emily took off on her mission to Japan.

And this picture is when we made toothbrush bracelets. We had to pull all the bristles out with tweezers - that was way harder than we thought it would be. And I actually ruined my cool yellow tweezers.

I was going to put more pictures in, but I can't find them - I must have filed them away somewhere that made sense at the time and then we moved and I don't remember which box I put them in. But I would have put pictures of us feeding Sharon's horses while we house sat when she was out of town or our St. Patricks day of everything green (only green food and if it wasn't green, we made it green) and I think Emily sprayed her face green too.

I miss you too, Emily!!

New Skills

I heard some scratching noises while Ethan was supposed to be napping, so I peeked in his room to see if he was awake and scratching the sheets . . . but I found him standing in his crib. He's been pulling himself up to standing position on my leg or against the couch or some of his toys, but he hadn't done that in his crib yet since the railing is higher than the things he's been pulling up on so far. He didn't notice me, so I went to get the camera . . .

He was supposed to be sleeping for his nap for another hour, but he decided he was done. Both his naps yesterday were less than half what they normally are :( So I didn't get as much quiet time as I was looking forward to.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to Spooner Farms today with Michael's parents to find pumpkins. Ethan was really good; he was just very somber and wouldn't look at the camera. So for most of the pictures he was looking off to the side and not smiling. We had a couple where he smiled, but they weren't for the cute poses - like the pumpkin row or in the wheelbarrow. He just smiled when we were walking and taking pictures.














The only thing he didn't like was the air horn. There was a pumpkin sling shot where you could put mini pumpkins in a giant slingshot and try to hit targets at the other end of the field. When someone hit the target, they would sound off the air horn and every time, Ethan would spit out his pacifier and scream in fright - he looked so worried.














He likes to sit on Michael's shoulders but grabs at the sides of Michael's hair. I think it makes for a cute picture cause Ethan has this look on his face like "what; I didn't do it."

Brushing Teeth (or lack there of)

I decided to try brushing Ethan's gums since he seems to be teething and the pressure might feel good to him. He usually locks his lips tight whenever I try to feel around his gums to see if there are any teeth coming through. So I thought he wouldn't let me try a toothbrush, but he grabbed the toothbrush right away and tried it himself. I think the fruit flavor baby toothpaste helped.

As you can tell from his shirt, he drooled just a little in the process.

Are we related?

I was digging through my many files of pictures and came across this one of me and Emma (my niece) from January 2006 . . . I don't think we look alike at all. Do you? I mean, the identical scarry smiles aren't that convincing are they?