Mommy's a slacker!

I feel awful that I haven't posted anything since Emily's birthday!  She turned one April 7th.  We had lots of family here, including Jim's parents, my parents, my brother and his family, my sister and her family and Aunt Raye.  Her party was a success, although she was overwhelmed by all the new people.  For some reason, I can't upload any pictures.  Hmmpf. 
We had her party the weekend before her birthday, and although the bakery didn't follow my directions and all for her cake, it was still good.  Emily did not care for the cake.   At all.  On her actual birthday, Jim took the day off and we went to the zoo.  It was a gorgeous morning and we had fun seeing the animals and riding the train.

Emily is not walking yet.  She does stand on her own for a few seconds, so hopefully the walking will come soon.  She is 14 months old already and time is flying!!

Things she loves to do:  climb on the furniture, ride her rocking horse, reading and being read to, stacking things, playing in the tupperware, cruising the furniture, dancing and going up and down the stairs.  She also loves to be outside and will point at the door when we say "outside".  Jim takes her out as soon as he gets home from work and I think she's stay out there all time time, even with the heat and mosquitos.  After all, her swingset it out there.  She is really enjoying her swim lessons and knows how to hold her breath underwater.  She is learning to float and loves to go to the pool.

Words:  daddy, bye-bye, uh-oh, ball, and very rarely: mommy.  :) 

Foods she loves:  vegetables, bananas, grilled cheese, pb&j, beans (refried and black), baked apples, any type of berry, oranges.  She is still getting used to meat but we are working on it.  She pretty much eats whatever we are eating.  I'm not going to let myself be a mom that makes a separate meal for each of my kids!

She is very good about riding in the car and loves to go places.  I still do Stroller Strides twice a week.  We also have swim lessons on Tuesdays and usually that leaves Thursday to have playdates with our friends.  She really likes Justin and Austin, although we do not see Austin as much as we would like to.  Sadly, his daddy passed away and they are very busy taking care of things.  We really do enjoy it when we do see them. 

We have 3 trips coming up.  We are going to Midland next weekend for Jim's 20th high school reunion, but really for a visit with Grandpa & Grandma Bankson.  We will be there 4 days.  In July, we are going to Dallas for a weekend for Sherry's baby shower.  She is due September 2nd.  Lastly, Uncle Mike is getting married to Amy (yay!!) so we are going to Boston for a week in August for their weekend.  We are really looking forward to it.  Jim teaches again this fall, so after Boston I don't think we will be going anywhere until the spring.  Although, we'd like to sneak in a trip to the hill country when it cools off.  We'll see.

I'm sure I'm leaving all kinds of things out.  I'll really try to post again soon!