Oops...I forgot!

A thanks to my wonderful husband, Jon for my Amy Butler scrapbook paper! We went to a local scrapbook store for the 1st time the other day and I saw it. I put it back because it was pricey and I already have SO MUCH PAPER! He snuck around me and bought it, sliding it into the stroller basket without me even noticing. It is from her Belle collection and I love it...I almost don't want to cut it up for my layouts! I was at Michael's on my lunch break today and saw that they carry 12x12 and 8x8 Amy Butler scrapbooks now. I just have a plain linen one from Close to My Heart (the products I sell, by the way) and I definitely want to get a girly book for Emma. Hmmmm. They also had Amy Butler mat pads and embellishments too.



I have also had my Mom's Cricut for four weeks now and have used it once. I signed up for a Cricut workshop at our local shop, The Sassy Scrapper. It was fun and I so should have used it more as Mom & Dad are coming down for a visit this weekend and taking back her Cricut! Maybe I'll get it out tonight after Emma goes to bed and cut some flowers, hearts, etc tonight just to have on hand. I have been such a bad scrapper lately...I need to dedicate more time to it or Emma's 1st year will never get done, let alone this year.

Valentine's Day

This post is a few days late but I wanted to share a BIG thank you for Emma's Valentines. Great Granny and Diggie sent Emma an Elmo card with a little something to shop with and Aunt Toni & the boys sent a sweet card and a necklace/bracelet set. Emma is hooked on her "pretties" so she immediately put it on...tag and all! Grandma and Granddad took us all out to lunch at Toyama Japanese Steakhouse and let Emma pick out a rocker in front of Cracker Barrel. I must admit that the rocker was definitely the HIT! She was uh-ohing the chef when he made the oil flame up and she was a big fan of the soup and chopsticks. It was so good and if you are ever in Nashville, you should totally check it out for lunch. Very yummy and very reasonably priced.



I wanted to get Emma a cute purse and some little goodies to go in it for her Valentine. It arrived today and Emma loves it. She wouldn't even let Daddy see it when he came home. I found it through Etsy and it is perfect. Emma has a few other little bags but nothing that is an everyday sort of bag to carry whatever she wants. This one fits her small Elmo coloring book, sunglasses, Minnie cell phone, makeup brush, crayons (in a built-in holder) and whatever else Emma chooses to carry around like fake lettuce and a teacup. :) I highly recommend Simple Sweetcakes if you are looking for something like this!




Nana and Papa sent Emma a card too and are coming for a visit this weekend. Emma is excited! I'll be sure to add more pics soon...someone is hungry so I gotta run!

Hey-woh and cheeeeese!

Emma has started saying "cheeeeeeese" when we take her picture and also has gone from saying "hi" to "heywoh" in the last week. She has also learned the meaning on mine and I'm not sure where that came from since she is the only toddler at her daycare. Jon took her Playdoh away since she threw it on the floor and she screamed "no my paydo, dada!" Yikes - I think the terrible 2's are coming on a little early. Elmo rules in our house and Emma can now "sing" the song to Elmo's World. It is the sweetest thing! She is also Mommy's little snuggle bunny...she cuddles up next to you and gives kissies when you ask her to be your snuggle bunny.

I have been wanting to make a photo book for awhile now and I just haven't had the extra time or the extra money to put towards one. I check out the Celebrity Baby Blog several times a day, everyday, and I won a contest over there for a $29.95 credit to Blurb. :) Blurb makes incredible books and I have been interested in them since Erin of Princess Pigbear blogged about her book a few weeks ago. I am excited to get started on mine and I'm getting Jon involved in it too! We are going to title our book "Life with Emma*Cakes" and it will be all about Emma's first year. They are offering 15% off until March if you use the code over on celebrity-babies.com so go check them out!

As promised...I have finally had a chance to upload some photos. So enjoy!