The Adams Family

Living The Sweet Life...

2011-12-12T07:49:00.000-08:00

This past weekend, Emily got a gingerbread man kit and decked out her man in yummy goodness. The kit came with frosting, candies and sprinkles for decorating. Melissa was in charge of frosting and Emily got to decorate however she wanted. The decorating resulted in sprinkles covering about 2/3 of the kitchen floor, but she had a great time and did a good job decorating her man.

Here she is with the final product. Notice, she wanted her man to have shoes.

Sarah wanted to get in on the action as well. (Who wouldn't want to eat a life-sized cookie?!) Here Emily fights off Sarah in a winner-take-all cookie grudge match.

To the victor go the spoils! Emily enjoys the first bite of her creation.

Judging from the sprinkles on her face and poor gingerbread man's missing foot, I'd say she enjoyed the experience.

Christmas Time is Here.... La La La (Part III)

2011-12-08T08:02:00.001-08:00

Ok, so I think we can officially call it a tradition now. Here the family sits down for the annual viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Emily, much like her father, loves Charlie Brown, so this is probably just the first of many viewings over the next few weeks.

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Photo Update

2011-12-06T08:29:00.001-08:00

So we've been a little slack lately with updates to the blog. My goal is to try to update on a more consistent basis, so I will try to hold myself to that. Below are some pictures of recent happenings in our lives.
Sarah recently reached a milestone where she gets to eat something other than milk! Albeit, still as boring as milk, but it's a step in the right direction. Here she tries rice cereal for the first time.
She was a little unsure in the beginning, but quickly warmed up to the idea of a new food.

Here Emily and Sarah share some love... awww.

Hugs all around...

Here's the family on Thanksgiving. We were able to get 3 out of 4 people looking at the camera, as Emily was trying to make a break for it!
We went to Macon for Thanksgiving celebrations. We had a great time spending the day with Dianne and her family. The food and company combined for a great day!

Here the girls pose with our generous hostess. This picture is so sweet.

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We have some more photos that should be posted very soon.

October/Halloween Mega Update

2011-11-05T18:00:00.000-07:00

The week before Halloween, the Adams family visited a local farm which had a pumkin patch and all sorts of autumn activities. Emily and Sarah were determined to select the perfect pumpkin. Here, Emily shows her prize pumkin. Obviously, she was not interested in some of the behemouths remaining in the patch. She wanted to be able to carry it herself.
Emily makes sure she has just the right one.

Melissa and Emily pose for a photo.

Eric, Emily, and Sarah do the same.

That same evening, we made a fire in the backyard to roast hot dogs and marshmallows for smores. Melissa shows her hot dog roasting technique.

Emily chills waiting for her hot dog to be ready.

Sarah: not so interested in hot dogs and smores, but contented just the same.

Later in the week, Emily and Sarah decorated their pumpkins from the farm. Apparently from the picture, it seems as Sarah has seen a ghost.

Definitely a ghost sighting.

Now on Sunday (Oct. 30), we visited the church with the Vaughns for an event called "trick or trunk." In a line outside the church, people decorated their cars, created fair-like games, and had candy for children to visit and trick or treat. Emily took the opportunity to sport her homemade ROBOT costume courtesy of Melissa. Emily loves robots.

The Trick or Trunk had a hay ride on which we all went. As you can see, Sarah was a skunk for the occassion (Dale had bought it at a yard sale earlier).

We all check out Sarah in all her skunky glory.

Our friend David Vaughn was the designated tractor driver for the hay ride. Here Brenda fixes the EMILYBOT 2000 while posing for a photo.

Sarah says: Happy Halloween everyone!!!!!!

Related? Yep, I think so...

2011-10-17T09:44:00.000-07:00

I was searching through some older pictures of Emily and stumbled across one that reminds me of the other little person in our house...

Here's Emily at 3 months...

Here's Sarah at 3 months

I've been thinking that the girls look pretty different from each other, but think they look strikingly similar in these pictures taken at the same age... or maybe it's just that they both have the same "startled" look in these photos.

At Long Last, An Update

2011-10-16T17:15:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since we updated the blog, so a lot has happened. Grandma Connie came to visit in September, we went to the Madison Co. Fair (quite the event- it may rival the MN State Fair), and we attended the Oconee Co. Fall festival.

Here below, Grandma and Sarah meet for the first time.Here is Sarah, rather happy and content in her changing station. Not a bit of guilt for making us change hundreds of her diapers.
During Gradma's visit, we came to Peach Co. and of course went to Lane's for some Peach Ice Cream. Here, Grandma enjoys her ice cream outside.

Later everyone relaxed in the rocking chairs. Even Emily, if not a bit restless.

Now for the series of head photos in the cutout. Emily first.

Then Sarah.

Finally, Grandma.

While visiting Ft. Valley, we all took a stroll around Dad's property. Emily rode conventionally in the wagon. Sarah, not so much. We tied the carseat carrier to the wagon with rope. Safety first at Dale's.

Back at our house, Grandma and Emily read a book. Emily usually doesn't wear shirts 50 sizes too large. For whatever reason, she thought Eric's shirt was just right for the occassion.

On the deck, four generations gather for the picture.

Sarah in her new dress from Grandma. She sure seems to like it.

We went to the Madison Co. Fair at the beginning of October. Whilst Eric plays a gambling game betting on rats to run into holes on a wheel of fortune (no - really, it is a betting game there), Emily fishes for a prize. I think the game is rigged - in the favor of the player.

Emily sits atop a John Deere. I would not trust her driving for a multitude of reasons, least of all her age and size.

On October 15th, we attended the Oconee Co. Fall Festival. Emily was most eager to ride the ponies. She drew the pony Coco, and rode in a circle... SLOWLY.

Oh that Coco. She moves like the wind. And in such an upredictable route. No wait. It was in a circle...and SLOWLY..but Emily loved it.

Sarah here demonstrates the classic baby "I see a ghost" look.

Emily and Sarah enjoy their floor gym. Emily shows Sarah the ropes. She has played here before.

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

2011-09-03T14:47:00.000-07:00

The whole family readies for kickoff... Another first: Sarah's first football game. Go Dawgs!! We're all smiling pregame.... let's hope we can all still smile post-game...

Still perfecting her holding skills...

2011-09-01T11:07:00.000-07:00

Most of the time Emily has no desire to actually hold her sister and usually says she's "too heavy." But every now and then she's game to hold her. Needless to say, she is still perfecting her holding skills. Here's the sequence of events yesterday when Emily held Sarah all by herself...

By the time I turned around to get the camera, we had a baby down..
(Side note: I love how Emily seems oblivious to the fact that her sister has crashed) :)

Ok, second try on the other side... uh-oh, she's tipping... tipping...

Really focusing this time. Look at that concentration...

Success! Both girls upright...

Déjà vu...

2011-08-24T09:06:00.000-07:00

I get the feeling I've seen this picture before...

Wash, rinse, repeat...

Sarah Week TWO

2011-07-22T10:31:00.000-07:00

Here Sarah poses with the bouquet of flowers that Aunt Vivi and Uncle Dick sent. Thanks. They are beautiful.Emily liked the flowers very much. She especially enjoyed sniffing them.
All the children pile on mom on the couch.

Just for Great Grandma, here are a series of photos of Sarah not looking so "sad."

Eric and Sarah monkeying around on the floor.

Week ONE of Baby Adams' life

2011-07-17T16:36:00.000-07:00

Still in the hospital on the day we checked out (Wednesday). Eric insisted upon staying for the complimentary celebretory meal (a burned steak and insipid potato - well worth the two hour wait).

As per Great-Grandma's request, here is the takehome outfit for Sarah. She was not the most photogenic as we prepared to leave (after that excellent meal of course).

Here is the take home outfit in all its glory.

Melissa and Sarah.

Here is Melissa's mother Ann with Sarah the day we get home. She was able to keep Emily for the two days and nights we were in the hospital.

To celebrate the arrival home of sister Sarah, Emily imbibes some sparkling apple juice.

A bit tart, but Emily loves it.

Emily of course shares the sparkling juice with sister Sarah in the swing. It looks ike Sarah has had one too many. She will stick to milk for now.

On Friday, we took Sarah for her first doctor's visit. Melissa tries to comfort Sarah, waiting for the doc to come in.

Eric is less successful.

Saturday, Dale and Diane came up for a visit.

Dale sets a record for least time holding a new grandchild!

I don't know who looks more nervous, Sarah or Dale.

Sunday, Eric reads a story for Emily and Sarah. One seems a bit more interested than the other.

Unto the Adams a child is born - 7/11/11

2011-07-11T19:08:00.000-07:00

In lightning speed, our second daughter was born Monday, July 11, a 7:14 PM. She weighed in at 6lbs 15 oz. and is 19.5 in. long. We are still debating names, but she should have one by tomorrow. Mother and baby are doing well. Below are several photos of the new addition.Both parents with the newly born.

Emily meets her sister for the first time.

Very intrigued for about 90 seconds.

In the nursery to be washed, measured and tested.

The Adams' belong in a zoo.....

2011-06-27T07:38:00.000-07:00

The Adams' had free tickets to Zoo Atlanta, so this past weekend we loaded up the kiddo for a day at the zoo. Here's big E and little E upon our arrival at the zoo. I told Emily to give a "thumbs up" for the picture, but she did this hybrid gang sign/peace sign instead. She's either "keepin' it real" or is all about world peace. It's hard to tell from this picture, but she did give a thumbs up Checking out the giraffes
The gorillas were fun because they were right in front of where we were standing and there were a couple of baby gorillas that Emily enjoyed.

More watching of the baby gorillasEric trying to convince Emily to pet a sheep in the petting zoo. The highlight of the trip for the littlest Adams was the train ride - for some reason this kiddo loves trains. To quote Emily, "all aboard"!!

After the train ride Emily make a break for the train engine and wanted to take take over the conductor duties.... We got to see our fill of elephants, lions, zebras, bears, reptiles and various other animals. Emily got face-to-face with a Komodo Dragon (not her favorite moment of the day). All-in-all, it was a good trip, especially for the price!

Emily's Birthday and Father's Day

2011-06-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

It has been a very busy first two weeks in June. This is the hole in the wall created for the sliding doors. Dale and Diane came up on the 11th to help with the door, although Emily looks ready to pitch in as well.Aforementioned hole from the exterior.
Here now Dale and Eric begin to move the sliding doors into place. Again Emily looks most eager to help.

Later that week, before Emily's party, a wind storm brought down a tree branch which hit the deck on the way down.

At Emily's party on Saturday, the 18th, bubbles were all the craze. Here Emily and her friend Liam use their bubble machines on the front porch.

Emily sits in front of her birthday cake. It was delicious (Thanks Publix). Note the installed patio doors behind Emily. (Thanks Dale)

Tis no baby, tis a cake eating machine.

After cake, Emily moves on to presents. The vacuum was the big hit of the evening. Emily can't get enough of that domestic labor.

Emily moves on to Grandma Connie's gift. So excited!

Emily tries out the keyboard from grandpa Dale. It make lots of noise. Thanks Dale, from Eric and Melissa (insert sarcasm here).

Emily sports her new mower and shopping cart. I sensed a child labor theme to the gifts (note I did not imply disapproval - just acknowledgement).

Father's Day we stop for a photo after a near disaster lunch (a long and winding tale). Happy father's day!

Emily and grandpa Dale relax after a big lunch on Father's Day (it is not one of Dale's guns - only the spray nozzle from the hose - no guns for Emily until her THIRD birthday)

Melissa set up this pool in the driveway, rendering Emily incorrigible every time she comes outside (in her insistence to get in).

Eric poses with his Father's Day gift. A tool set. I see Emily is not the only one who receives all labor related gifts.

Birthday Time!

2011-06-09T17:27:00.000-07:00

Emily started her bday wanting to watch some cartoons (pronounced by her "tartoons"). As you can see, she becomes entranced. Note her special chair, just for cartoon watching.At her daycare, Emily enjoyed cupcakes with all of her friends. The party was replete with balloons and later music and dancing.

At home, Emily discovers her gift from mom and dad: a table/patio grill with lots of play items. She is quite excited.
Cheers!!
After dinner, we went for ice cream at Dairy Queen. In this relentless heat, Emily needs to eat much faster as ice cream doesn't last long.

Emily is still perfecting her ice cream eating technique.

More play on the patio grill.

Finally, we open the gifts from Aunt Vivi and Uncle Dick. Thanks Aunt Vivi and Uncle Dick!!!

Opening gifts is the best!!!!

The most intriguing gift was SOCKS. The whole time, Emily was determined to put on socks. Matching colors be darned.

So exciting!!! Thanks everyone for a great birthday!

Memorial Day and Mega-Deck Update

2011-05-31T18:12:00.001-07:00

This past Memorial Day we went to the Vaughn's pool for some swimming. The water was a little chilly at first, but Emily and Liam eventually warmed up. Both had car floats that they rode incessantly. Emily even became brave enough to jump repeatedly from the pool side into Melissa's arms.

Now for the Mega Deck progress. Memorial Day weekend Eric decided to tackle the railing (which might be important seeing as the deck is now the tallest structure outside of the Atlanta area).

The Tuesday after Memorial Day, Eric put on all the ballusters, which means now Emily can roam freely (and without danger of plummeting to earth). We promptly hoisted rocking chairs via a rope and Emily took to her bigwheel. She is getting much better with the pedals. Again note the ability to pedal without instant death lurking at the edge.
I predict Mega-Deck to be our spring/summer/fall evening permanent locale.
Emily gives the thumbs up to Mega-Deck's railing. However, we all give a thumbs down to the only entrance currently to Mega-Deck - crawling through the windows behind Eric.

More good times on Mega Deck's maiden voyage.

Finally, an update of yet-to-be-born baby Adams. Melissa poses here on Mega -Deck. She needs to be careful. Because of Mega-Deck's supreme altitude, there is less oxygen - Got to keep fetus Adams well oxygenated.

Next phase of "mega-deck": installing joists and flooring...

2011-05-26T09:09:00.000-07:00

Here are the most recent developments with our ongoing mega-deck project....

Yay, joists - I'm no construction expert, but I imagine they're probably pretty necessary to the integrity of the project...

Skeleton construction phase complete, now on to laying the actual flooring. Dale installed the planking above (pretty nice, eh) and then Eric took over from there.

Look at that, a floor!!

As of right now, our "deck" is a platform, but it's a pretty awesome platform, right?

Next phase of mega-deck involves cutting a hole in the side of our house (eek) and installing a patio door. (We've pretty much become accustomed to just crawling in and out through the kitchen window, but we figure if we ever have any guests, they may appreciate an actual door) Oh, and railings! As much as we enjoy the minimalistic atmosphere (and the constant threat of will I fall 20 feet to my death) of the "platform" we figure railings are probably the way to go to. That and the fact that DFCS probably frowns upon small children running around on a 20' high platform...
Stay tuned to see if the door gets installed or if we end up just using a tarp to cover a gaping hole in the side of our house for the next 5 years....

Baby Adams version 2.0 update.

2011-05-18T07:11:00.000-07:00

So we haven't really had any updates on Baby Adams #2, so I thought I'd post a picture of our progress thus far.

Here I am at 30 weeks pregnant.
I'm not really sure why Emily is wearing my shoes or trying to give me a cotton ball, but I'm sure she has her reasons for both.

Here's a solo shot at 30 weeks.

Strawberries, strawberries and more strawberries!

2011-05-18T06:48:00.000-07:00

We went to the pick-your-own strawberry farm here in town with Emily's sitter and the other kiddos from daycare. They all got their own buckets and we put them to work...

Emily had fun picking the berries and putting them in the bucket until the bucket was about 1/2 full.

Then she discovered that she could just pick the berries and start eatin'.

They charged by the bucket, so we had to be sure to fill ours up. So while I finished picking strawberries, Emily continued to add strawberries to her belly... and face... and clothes...

Here's E with our strawberry haul. Eric said they were the best strawberries he had ever eaten, and I think Emily agrees.
(Side note: It was really sunny that day and I couldn't get Emily to look up and keep her eyes open for a picture)

Mega-deck update...

2011-05-05T06:35:00.000-07:00

Ok, so Dale was up this weekend and there has been more progression with "mega-deck".

(side note: mega-deck has become so colossal that if mega-deck was a storm, there would be interruptions into your regularly scheduled programming to bring you updates regarding "mega-deck 2011")

Eric and Dale setting one of the 6x6x16 posts

Dale showing off their work. Either that, or someone asked "who's the gopher on this project?"

Hard at work

The structure for mega-deck is almost complete. Have we mentioned that mega-deck is pretty high up?

Dale demonstrates his tightrope walking skills.

And just for good measure, here's a picture of little E checking out the happenings of mega-deck.

Mega-deck... a work in progress...

2011-04-30T18:26:00.001-07:00

Here's some pictures documenting the progress of the "mega-deck" thus far...

The first weekend, the structure lumber was purchased and the concrete footers were poured.

The second weekend, construction of the skeleton begins...

Here's a view of the 6x6x16 posts

The precarious ladder positions...

This is probably the reason health insurance was invented....

Easter Update

2011-04-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

Above, Emily dons the helmet which Eric's students wear in the chariot races at the JCL convention. She will be a chariot rider yet. As for the glove I have no idea.
Above and below, Emily opens the Easter package from Great-Grandma Connie. Thanks for the Easter surprise Gr-Grandma!
The three next below are from Emily's Easter egg hunt at Lisa's house Saturday. Apparently, Emily is uber-slow. All the other kids were swiping as many eggs as possible. Emily methodically finds and egg, inspects it, opens it up, inspects the contents, and then places it into the basket. She has got to speed up if she wants to compete in this cut-throat Easter egg market.

Easter Sunday, we went to the park near our house. It has a nice stream over some rocks. Emily was timid at first, but then she braved up and even dared to place toe in water.

Emily even dared to climb a tree!

Springtime activities!

2011-04-07T06:45:00.001-07:00

Here's a sneak peek into some of our recent happenings.

Since the weather warmed up, we've been forced to do one of the most dreaded outdoor chores... raking. Since the Adams' are ~~slave drivers~~ loving parents, we purchased Emily her very own rake for the job.

She knows the rules of the house - you gotta work if you wanna eat, so she jumped right in to the task at hand...

She may not be the most efficient raker in the family, but she sure does love being a big helper and copying Dad. (actually she's probably the 2nd most efficient raker in the family since I do more standing around, photographing, and thinking of excuses to go back in the house than I do actual raking)

Can you guess what day this picture was taken? I tried to get them to pose together for a St. Patrick's Day photo to show off their matching green... but it somehow just digressed into a colored pencil sword-fight.

Along with the warm weather comes our annual visit from the carpenter bees. We always get a swarm of them around our house for about a month. Eric bought Emily a bug-catching net and a "bug house" to trap and imprison the bees.

Here she gets the tutorial of how to use the bug net.
And then she sets off to work!

Grandpa came up for a visit and also got in on the bee catching action. (see the bug house in grandpa's hands) I don't know who enjoyed it more, Emily or Grandpa.

Then Grandpa revealed that he had a gift for little E....

She's ready...
It's a steel drum from the Bahamas!

And thus the drumming begins... and continues and continues and continues :)

The next morning, Emily and Grandpa participate in story time.

We went to the park last night and discovered some huge azalea bushes. Unfortunately, the sun was in Emily's eyes, so this was the best shot we could get.

Emily's Valentine.

2011-03-09T13:39:00.000-08:00

For Valentine's Day Emily received a special package from her Gr.Grandma. Here she is opening her gift. She received a valentine shirt and a special bear friend.
She opened the shirt first (notice shirt at bottom right of picture), and she liked the shirt, but not as much as her new almost-as-big-as-she-is-bear.

It was love and hugs at first sight...

Also, for Valentine's Day she received a marshmallow dog pop. It was hard for her to chew, but it sure was funny to watch. Here she is trying to devour an ear...

Success!

The Adams' have a night on the town...

2011-02-27T06:54:00.000-08:00

So the Adams had a big night out this weekend; we stayed out until 9:30pm! Seriously, this was a late night for us. We started our night with dinner at the Ferguson's home for a charity dinner event, and then went to the "after party" dessert reception at the Botanical Gardens. Here's some pics from our fun evening.

Having appetizers before dinner.

Dessert reception.

The reception had a salsa band, which Emily thoroughly enjoyed. Here Emily takes Dad for spin on the dance floor...

Minnesota or Georgia?

2011-02-09T08:50:00.000-08:00

Ok, so here's a guessing game.... where are we in these pictures - Minnesota or Georgia? It's crazy that there could even be a comparison!

That's right, one of these is from MN and one is from GA, only a few weeks apart...

Again, one from GA and one from MN...

I think these GA folks have gotten our fill of snow this year!

Christmas Recap

2011-02-09T06:08:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I do realize that it's February and we're just now doing the Christmas recap, we're a little late to say the least.... What we lack in promptness, we'll try to make up for in pictures :)

To start our Christmas adventures, we hopped a plane... (Emily took advantage of Grandpa's window seat)

and headed to the land of ice and snow

to visit with Gr-Grandma!

By surprise we also got to visit with these folks as well! Uncle Dick and Aunt Vivi surprised everyone by making the trip from VA. It was great having everyone together.

Here's a random assortment of our time in MN:

Family snowman

sledding...

Then Eric built his own snowman...

and did this to it! Poor snowman's head got launched...

Quality time with Uncle Dick

and tickle time with Gr-Grandma :)

Then of course, with Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents around, Emily received a mountain of presents.

Christmas Time is Here.... La La La... (Part II)

2010-12-17T07:17:00.001-08:00

A Charlie Brown Christmas reenactment:

2009

2010
Do I see a tradition in the making?

Shoes, shoes, shoes...

2010-12-17T07:02:00.000-08:00

One of Emily's more recent favorite activities involves trying to wear Mom's and Dad's shoes around the house. She puts on our shoes and says "shoe, shoe, shoe", seriously, I think shoe is her most stated word now. Unfortunately for her, trying to wear our shoes is like trying to walk in snow skis - it just doesn't work out. The best part of her wearing our shoes is how funny and disproportionate her feet look - See:

And yes, those are the new PJ's from Aunt Vivi and Uncle Dick - thanks guys! :)

Cold weather + dry heat + thin hair = Super static head!

2010-12-14T11:43:00.000-08:00

So now that it's cold and we have to run the heat, Emily often has a case of major static head. It's like she has her hand on one of those plasma electricity balls that make your hair stand up. We think it's funny and she doesn't seem to mind. Here's a demonstration of her wacky-winter hairdo.

Certamen Tournament

2010-11-18T06:51:00.000-08:00

This past weekend, Eric hosted a Certamen tournament (a Latin competition) at his school with a few hundred kids in attendance. There was also one kid there that Eric likes to refer to as "the littlest Roman"...

Emily was there to assist Dad with all the important activities like eating lunch, keeping the students entertained, "adjusting" the books on the library shelves, and presenting and cheering during the awards ceremony.

Eric and Emily at work...

See, here's Emily doing her job to keep the students entertained.

Still entertaining....

For someone so shy, she sure did enjoy all of the attention!

Trip to Grandpa's and Random Happenings...

2010-11-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we loaded up and headed down to Grandpa Adams' place.

Emily loaded and ready.

While there, we strolled around the whole perimeter of Grandpa's property

Emily got to run free in the field

Here's Grandpa with his new ride

We posed for a family portrait.

Here's a random mix of recent activities:

Emily gets buried in corn...

Game day = game face

Quality time with her buddy Liam

Two cuties at the park

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

Introducing...... Wonder Woman!

Here's her angry face for having to wear the headband. She only wore the headband for about 2.4 seconds...

Emily attended a Halloween party on Friday where she got to hang out with a fairy, a pumpkin, a loaf of Wonderbread, and Yoda. Here she is in the bouncy house with Yoda.

Wonder Woman (minus headband) to the rescue!

Happy Halloween!

Cuteness....

2010-10-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

So the lady that watches Emily is pretty crafty, and along with designing hair bows, she has started making other girly-related items such as tutus and fairy wands, etc. Emily got to be the model for her products to advertise her wares. Below are a few pictures from the "photo shoot".

Trip to Grandma's House Cont....

2010-10-05T11:23:00.000-07:00

Here's more photos from our trip to the great white north.

Emily at Grandma's

Grandma made her special award-winning pie while we were there. Seriously, it's award-winning, this pie won the Florida Orange dessert contest in the 60's. Let me just tell ya, it was good then and it's good now. Just ask Emily if you don't believe me - she was a big fan of the pie. Here she is finishing off her piece.

Since we were in the "Land O' Lakes", no visit would be complete without visiting an actual lake, right? We got the spend the day at a cousin's cabin for some good food, fun and a birthday celebration.

Grandma and Emily. One is cooperating to have her picture taken, one is not - I'll let you figure our which is which....

We celebrated birthdays - Happy Birthday Grandma and Lynn!

Here's Emily on her makeshift booster seat. I think she rather enjoyed sitting on the pillows.

On the way to the airport we stopped in to have lunch at "The Nook". I had seen it on "Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives" and wanted to experience the "Juicy Lucy" for myself. (Side note: could Emily look any more excited in this picture?" :)

Grandma and Vivi.
Vivi and I had the "Juicy Lucy" while Grandma and Emily went for more regular fare. I can't speak for Vivi (I think she would agree), but I certainly do not regret my decision to order the super-yummy, cheese-filled, delicious burger.
Behold:

Check out that molten volcano of cheese.... Mmmm cheese....
We had lots of good times on the trip and finished it off with what may be the cheesiest cheeseburger I've ever had..... so I would say overall, it was a pretty darn good trip. :)

Minnesota State Fair Ya'll!

2010-09-17T11:42:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time (about two weeks ago), the women folk in the Adams family decided that we were big girls and could travel across the country by ourselves - so that's what we did. (Eric was invited but he had to work, so it was just us girls).
So we headed to the airport to catch our ~~first-class~~ coach ride to the land o' lakes.

Here Emily checks out our sweet ride..

Our main purpose of the trip was to visit these awesome ladies.

Seriously, they're awesome, and they took us to this place...

We went to the MN State Fair and had a GREAT time. It really is something to see. Lots of sights to see, great entertainment and the best part is the food!

Here's Emily with the 2nd largest pumpkin. We didn't eat it - but we did eat lots of other things...

Like fried cheese curds (Side note: my favorite item of the day)

We rode things like this. Even Grandma was a sport and rode it too.

Back to eating... we had "Pronto Pups" - the non-corndog corndogs.

They taste even better when you wear the hats....

At the dairy barn, we got milkshakes and icecream cones and watched a "princess" get carved in butter. It was all dairylicious...

Deep fried Twinkie - both delicious and disgusting...

Here Emily sums up the time we had at the fair.

It was a long journey to get there, but it was well worth it.

And this was just the first day of our time in MN. More pictures of the rest of our visit coming soon.

Quick Update

2010-08-27T10:25:00.000-07:00

So we've been a little slow on the postings lately. There really hasn't been too much going on recently, but here are some pictures of some of the activities happening with the Adams'.Emily went to Grandma's house and got to hang out with her cousin Austin
(they both look like they're ready to pounce - Gma must have pulled out snacks)

We were making dinner a few days ago and noticed that it was awfully quiet - a little too quiet - this is what we found. She had gotten a book and was quietly "reading" to her baby. Maybe this is her classroom, maybe she's going to be just like Dad. :)

We had our friend Liam over last weekend - he and Emily formed the "boots with shorts brigade."

Grandpa came for a visit and brought gifts from Alaska! Here Grandpa is helping Emily put on her new Alaska socks. She LOVES these socks. Seriously, I've never seen a kid love a pair of socks so much, she wants to put them on almost everyday.

Eric is the new Forrest Gump....

2010-08-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

So Eric ran another 5K last weekend. This one was here in town and was a "retro" run - hence the headband. The run was scheduled for 7pm and it was hot hot hot! Luckily, it rained right as the race was about to start which helped to cool everything down before the run.

Check out the number they assigned Eric.... He was so excited!!

Intimidating the other runners pre-race. With this running pose and being labeled #1, I'm surprise the other runners even had the heart to go through with the race.

Go Eric Go!

Crossing the finish line!

No nudity...just giggles.

2010-07-26T11:16:00.000-07:00

For some reason Emily loves peeping on folks while they're in the shower. If she hears the shower turn on she goes running to see what's going on. I was finally able to capture her in action the other day. Enjoy!

Relaxing Summertime activites....

2010-07-23T07:20:00.000-07:00

Not too much happening at the the Adams household - we're eating our weight in watermelon, hanging outside in the evenings when it's cooler, and just pretty much taking it easy. Here's a few pictures of what we've been up to lately...

Bubbles: fun to blow, fun to catch

Seriously, we've been eating A LOT of watermelon...

Swimming and watermelon = good times.

More watermelon...

"See my watermelon hand?"

Emily goes Hollywood

Hanging with her friend, Madison. Madison is 5, Emily is 1, the angle of this picture makes Emily look like "mega-baby". I love how Madison goes right into pose mode when the camera comes out :)
Side note: Emily usually wears clothes, but we just got out of the pool. Yes, we realize this look is quite "red". :)

Emily loves the cat.... the feeling is NOT mutual.

2010-07-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

So now that Emily is mobile and getting increasingly faster she is better able to catch, or attempt to catch, our cat Maggie. Emily LOVES Maggie. She smiles when Maggie comes into a room, she likes to watch Maggie, and she especially likes to touch Maggie. The only problem with this is that Maggie doesn't find Emily as equally amusing and definitely doesn't want to be grabbed. Maggie comes out a lot after Emily goes to bed, but during the daytime Emily and Maggie sometimes play a game of cat and mouse, with Maggie ironically being the mouse. Emily's become wise to some of Maggie's hiding spots... You can often find Maggie hiding under the bed, which means you can often find Emily in this position:

Just looking under the bed watching the kitty.

Eric installed a cat door for the stairwell which allows Maggie easy access between the upstairs and downstairs... Now you can also find Emily in this position:
Here kitty kitty...

I think the poor kitty's got her work cut out for her...

Happy (belated) 4th of July!

2010-07-12T10:25:00.000-07:00

The Adams' didn't do too much for the 4th, but we did meet up with some friends at their campsite for dinner. Here's some pictures from the holiday:They had a tube that they pulled behind their boat, which I discovered is fun for tubing but even better as an instant babysitter

Emily met and played with a new friend (see, instant babysitter doing a great job!)

Emily decided sitting on the ground was for suckers and that she was going to take a comfy seat

There was a big bounce house there for the kiddos. Emily seemed intrigued so we put her inside, but once inside she didn't want to jump and spent the time looking as us through the mesh walls with this look.... I take this look to mean "PLEASE get me outta here PLEASE!"
Even though it's late, the Adams Family wishes you a Happy 4th of July, ya'll!

Vacation!

2010-07-06T13:41:00.000-07:00

Emily busting a move - hey oh, I'm on vacation yo!

So the Adams' recently went on a mini-vacation to the beach. We opted to visit the Atlantic Ocean to avoid the oil spill in the gulf. Plus, it was closer and Miss E tends to get bored on long trips. We were only there for a couple of days, but Emily got to experience the sand and ocean for the first time.

Here she is checking out the sand She went into the ocean and liked the water, but understandably wasn't a huge fan of the saltwater in her eyes, so we mainly just waded in about waist deep.

She liked the sand ok, enjoyed going into the ocean, but her favorite beach activity.... was chasing the birds on the beach!! Here she is terrorizing the poor little guys... Still chasing...

Emily did have a hard time sleeping while we were away. I don't think she liked the portable crib, therefore she didn't sleep very well. She woke up one morning at 5am and refused to go back to sleep, so we begrudgingly decided to head to the beach to watch the sunrise. It ended up being really nice, and the beach was pretty much deserted so it turned out to be a nice morning.

Emily walking along the beach in the early morning. (still in her pj's & cheerios in hand of course)

What's a girl to do when she gets tired of walking? Hitch a ride on Dad of course! :)

Looking a little rough, but hey it was 6 o'clock in the morning

On our way home, we stopped by Fort Valley to visit Grandpa and stopped by Lane's for yummy peach ice cream. Seriously folks, it is hands down the best ice cream out there. It is de-li-cious!

Hopefully, this sums up the sentiments of the whole vacation...

Beach trip preview...

2010-06-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

The Adams' just returned from a mini-vacation to the beach. Here's a quick video of Emily walking on the sand and into the water. More pictures and updates to follow soon.

Peach Festival!

2010-06-28T12:57:00.000-07:00

A week ago the Adams' loaded up and went to Macon/Ft. Valley for the Peach Festival. On Friday night we stopped in Macon to visit with Grandma, Grandpa and Dianne.

Two pretty in pink ladies...

The next morning (very very early) we headed to Ft. Valley for Eric to run his first 5K.

Go #217 go!!!

And they're off! Eric's in the mix there somewhere.

Here comes Eric nearing the finish line.

Crossing the finish line. Final time 25:12. Yay, congrats!

After the run, we went downtown to watch the "parade". I use the term parade loosely, as it mainly consisted of some Shriners, beauty queens, firetrucks and peaches.

Next up: Lunch. We ate at Yoder's Deitsch Haus - doesn't everyone look so happy to be there? It was really really hot outside.

Yoder's also had Martha the Goat. Just for the record, Emily is not a fan of goat kisses.

And what Peach festival would be complete without sampling the "World's Largest Peach Cobbler?"

We look happier than we actually were, the "cobbler" was not so good....

Adams jam session

It was a super busy day, but we had a great time. We all survived the lack of sleep, oppressive heat, and soupy cobbler. :)

Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dear Emily, Happy Birthday to You!

2010-06-17T12:24:00.001-07:00

So the Adams' celebrated our little lady turning the big 1 this past weekend. Can't believe it's been one whole year already!
There was a birthday party shindig - we grilled burgers and hot dogs with all the fixins' (that's right, I said fixins', we're from the South, it's allowed here) :) After eating our main meal, we moved on to the most important part of lunch - CAKE! Here's Emily's ladybug cake. Notice her cute little individual cake - so cute!

Cake time!

She's going for it! No hesitation - no embarrassment, she's digging right in. I guess she figures it is her cake, after all, she can eat it however she pleases.... Lookin' good Em.

After cake, it was time to open gifts.

She knows what to do...

She got a tricycle, so she had to wear her bad a** jacket while riding it, right?

She's hard core!

The Adams family after the long day.... tired and sweaty.

We had fun, Emily had fun, we all ate cake - good times! Happy Birthday Emily!

Big Times and the Big O-N-E Bday!

2010-06-11T07:17:00.000-07:00

Whew, the Adams' are a little behind on posting updates because we've had a lot of excitement going on the past week! First, Gr-Grandma came into town on Saturday all the way from MN! Emily has enjoyed visiting and having fun with Grandma for the last week.

Here's GMA and Emily doing what they do... Playtime!

Next on the agenda was a birthday party for our friend Liam. Happy Birthday Liam!

Emily, the birthday boy and Lily. (Emily may need a little work on her ladylike skills of how to sit in a dress)

Grandpa and Dianne also came to town for a visit - and visit we did. We went to lunch and spent (most) of the day together "visiting". Eric borrowed Grandpa's video camera and interviewed (no-so) willing participants. Here's Grandma during her segment of the filming/harassing :)

Grandpa and Emily in full visit mode

Then, a few days later, Emily celebrated her 1st birthday!! She celebrated the day by reading her birthday cards...

opening one gift (the rest of the gifts were saved her big birthday shindig)...

Gr-Grandma made a Emily a birthday cake. She's never had cake before but somehow she already knows that she wants it.... She's ready to pounce....

She dove right in without any hesitation...

and ate as much cake as she could as fast as she possibly could. This is the cake after Emily's attack - seriously, she ate this all by herself. Impressive cake eating skills for a first-timer, eh?

Chariot Ride

2010-06-01T13:17:00.000-07:00

So yes, the Adams' do own their very on chariot - the only one in the neighborhood to our knowledge. I'm sure all the neighbors are worried about "keeping up with the Adams'" and are currently looking to purchase a chariot of their very own soon. Actually, the neighborhood kids have wanted to ride on it and we've been known to give out chariot rides to some of the kiddos. (although, once I got stuck pulling around a "kid" that weighs a good 30 lbs more than me, but we won't dwell on that...)
Emily recently got the chance to try out the chariot (first of many rides I'm sure). Here's little Emily on her inaugural ride.
And no chariot ride would be complete without your own toga and coroʹna, right?

Emily sends a Birthday Wish!

2010-05-20T16:43:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Aunt Vivi! Hope you have a great day. Eat some cake and celebrate!
Love, Eric, Melissa & Emily

Splish Splash!

2010-05-20T13:39:00.000-07:00

Emily got a little baby-sized pool over the weekend. So we filled it up, got her all suited up in a swimsuit and let her have at it. Turns out, she absolutely LOVES it! She especially liked to splash around, but didn't like the water to splash on her face. Here's video we took of her enjoying her little pool.

Hair

2010-05-19T07:24:00.001-07:00

A few nights ago we had mashed potatoes for dinner. Emily now feeds herself each meal, so of course things can get a little messy. The mess is usually limited to her face, shirt, hands and the floor, but on this night she must have decided that mashed potatoes felt pretty darn good on her head. She would pick up some mashed potatoes, eat some, rub her hands on her head then eat some more potatoes.... This was the result of her shenanigans...
Wild potato hair!

I don't think she minded being a potato head at all... In fact, I think she rather liked it.

Then she went straight from dinner to the bath and we got this shot with crazy potato/bath hair. Cuteness!

On a side note, I discovered how to do a cool trick in Photoshop. I'm sure it's pretty basic to anyone that knows anything about Photoshop/computers but I was pretty impressed with myself. Check out the above bath photo after I've applied my new trick: Voila! I thought it was pretty neat.

Busy Weekend

2010-05-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

So the Adams family was pretty busy this past weekend. Grandpa and Dianne came up for a visit to install access to the attic.
Here Emily visits with Grandpa and Dianne

They boys get down to business. Grandpa looks ready to work!

The hole in the ceiling is complete, here's Grandpa in the attic. As you can see, Grandpa likes to rock-out while he works. Rock on Grandpa!

Yay, attic ladder installation successful!

Then on Sunday it was Mother's Day. Yay, finally I day where I can sleep late, rest and relax, and not have to do any work... Ha, yeah right dream on - I didn't really get to do any of those things, but it was nice because Emily and Eric gave me this awesome Edible Arrangement. Flowers are nice, but flowers you can eat are even better!

Emily testing the gift to make sure it was up to par. Yep, I think she approves.

Emily also painted this cute frame for me for Mother's Day at her sitter's.
I also got a couple of cards - THANKS Aunt Vivi and Grandma Connie!! You guys are too sweet.

Overall, it was a pretty good weekend. We can now store all of our junk in the attic and clear out the downstairs, and I have the sweetest little girl to wish me a Happy's Mother's Day.

New trick!

2010-05-05T07:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Emily stood by herself for the first time. Well we stood her up, but she continued to stand and didn't take an immediate face-plant as soon as we let go. She stood for about 1-2 minutes before gravity got the best of her and she took a seat. Here's the "photographic evidence".
It was almost impossible to get a picture without her hand in her mouth.... maybe the hand helps with concentration...

Concentrate... concentrate

Wanting to make a move but just not quite sure how to go about it...

What happens when she decides she's done enough standing... then she proceeds to try to eat the grass/dirt. But that's something we'll work on another day.

Showing Dad her walking skills....

2010-05-03T08:51:00.000-07:00

Emily doesn't yet walk by herself, but she does love to walk along furniture and hold our hands and lead us around. She's just not quite brave enough to let go and do it on her own.
We went outside to play a couple of days ago and she wanted to lead us all around the yard.
Emily showing Dad how to walk....

Dad gets easily distracted, gotta make sure he's paying attention...

Whom Does Emily Love?

2010-04-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

She loves YOU!

How much does she love you?
Thhhhiiiissss much!!!

2010-04-26T10:00:00.000-07:00

So not much news to report from the Adams household lately. The adult Adams' were both busy with work last weekend and through the week, so this past weekend was all about catching up on activities that were put aside during the hectic week. We had to catch up on cleaning, laundry, park time (have I mentioned how Emily loves the swings!?!) and relaxation time. We accomplished the first three items on our list - finally pick up the clutter and clean floors (check), all laundry cleaned and put away (check), two parks visited complete with swing time (check), relaxing.... no so much. It was horrible weather on Saturday so when the sun came out on Sunday we decided to sit outside to just relax and enjoy the weather. I don't think Emily understands the concept of relaxation, she is a constant bundle of motion and activity. The only time we ever see her being still is when she's sleeping, no kidding, she really is in constant motion ALL THE TIME. I gave up on trying to hold her on my lap on the rocking chair and gave her the whole chair thinking she may want to relax and sit by herself - I was wrong. She made quick work of turning the rocking chair into a "surfing" chair...
I sat her in the chair and she immediately started this....

Then she quickly got into this position...

By the end she was up and riding the rocking chair/surf board.... She's ready to hang-10!

Emily the Cowgirl...

2010-04-19T09:06:00.000-07:00

Emily's friend Liam has shared his "Ride 'em Zebra" with her since he's outgrown it. She loves the zebra; he's brightly colored, makes A LOT of noise (thanks Liam :) and you can ride him, what's not to love, right?

In this post, Emily will demonstrate how to properly enjoy such a fun toy...
Step one, be brave and grab the bull by the horns, or in this case the zebra by his bright plastic handlebar...

Step two, hold him steady and keep him under control - you gotta show the zebra who's in charge...

Step three, (and this is the most critical and difficult step that requires silence and concentration) lift the left leg over for a beautiful and graceful mount...

Step four, once you've gotten this far, look over to Mom to 1) make sure she's sees what you've done, & 2) give her a look that says "please push up my right leg onto this darn zebra because this is a far as I can get on my own".... Then Mom gives you a boost and you ride/shake the heck out of the zebra until you're ready to move on to the next activity...

Visiting the park / pseudo zoo...

2010-04-13T09:32:00.001-07:00

The weather recently has been perfect-o (minus the 6,000+ pollen levels of course), so this past weekend the Adams' visited a local park that has a (sad)little zoo with a few animals. Basically I think the "zoo" consists of two bears, 2 bobcats, an eagle, an empty otter cage (I never see that little guy in there), 2 alligators, and an owl. I would like to say that Emily enjoyed the outing, but the following picture tells a different story....
I guess she wasn't a fan of the alligators, or maybe it was that joke Eric made about her being a snack for the gators... OR maybe she's already been trained to have a deep-seated hate for the FL Gators and assumed these poor fellows were part of the hated FL Gators clan... Either way, she wasn't overly happy with this particular stop.
After a visit to the zoo we took a stroll around the lake to check out the ducks and massive amounts of turtles. And when I say turtles there really was a freakishly large turtle population in the lake. Here's Emily and Melissa by the "turtle lake"...

Great picture placement - Emily has a rather large water fountain springing from her head :)

Go Dawgs....

2010-04-10T17:15:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, the Adams family had a big day on UGA's campus. In the morning, we went to to Athenaze, an annual event hosted by the Classics department. There is a booksale and lecture. Eric also took part in a panel discussion regarding Latin teachers. Then after a break for lunch downtown, we attended the UGA Spring scrimmage game which is open and free to the public and concludes spring practice for the football team.
Here is Emily with Hairy Dog, the cartoonish imposter mascot for the Bulldogs.

Here Emily and Eric stand on Sanford Bridge overlooking the stadium as we leave at halftime. The reported attendance for the game was 38,000, but from the look of the stands, I think most are still standing in the concession line. The stadium itself holds 92,000.

We were able to get some primo seats, under the covering of the upper deck and seats with backs on them. We were in the endzone for the game, but the seat position with shade and comfort more than made up for the locale.

Emily apparently took exception to some idle talk of the FL Gators. She already seems to be rabid for the Fall season to begin. Game face on!

Gr-Grandma's Easter Package...

2010-04-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

Emily received an Easter package from her Great-Grandma Connie last week. Here she is opening her gift.
She liked the bunny and outfit, but she may have liked the bow best of all. In her world the bow is the gift...

Yay! Thanks Gr-Grandma! She's loving that bunny.

The package included a really cute outfit that Emily wore on Easter. Pics below of Emily modeling said outfit.

Little rascal, I couldn't get her to look at the camera...

Still refusing to cooperate.... but I thought is was still a cute shot.
I threw this one in just because I thought it was cute. Look at that little foot - cute cute cute..

Emily visits "The Land of No Rules" aka Grandpa's...

2010-04-04T18:38:00.000-07:00

The Adams' made the trip down to the Valley. Here's Emily and Grandpa in the new orchard site.
Also, Grandpa's place is lovingly known as the Land of No Rules because, well, there really are no rules. It's like the Wild West. Wanna shoot a gun - go right ahead. Wanna build huge fires - yep, feel free. Wanna pee outside - it's not only allowed, it's recommended.
Side note, notice the wasteland that falls before Grandpa in his pursuit to tame nature and bend it to his will in the formation of a future "fruitpocolypse". Back to the no rules idea.... in just a few years, wanna eat your weight in apples - go for it.
It's always a fun time at Grandpa's... until the ants attack and you find a snake in your bed...

St. Patty's Day

2010-03-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we're having technical difficulties uploading the promised video so we'll skip right to St. Patrick's Day. Here's Emily decked out in her green for the occasion.

There was no green beer for us, but Emily did (semi-inadvertently) visit her first bar this past weekend (she had her own bar stool and everything) so she may have been getting into the St. Pat's celebrations- but that may be a story for another time...

Walking.... sort of.

2010-03-08T07:06:00.000-08:00

Emily recently started "walking" with the aid of her walking toy.
Here she's making the move to stand up and go...

Ok, she's up! (and is so proud of herself, check out that smile)

And she's off!

Oh no, gravity strikes again! She takes a tumble but is still smiling.

We have a video of Emily showcasing some of her skills. Video should "hopefully" be up soon...

Purple Rain, Purple Rain....

2010-02-25T07:44:00.000-08:00

Ok, so the rain wasn't purple, but when I started trying to think of good rain titles for this post that song got stuck in my head so I went with it.
After our beautiful weekend Mother Nature decided to again torture us with cold and rainy weather. She was just teasing us with sunny 60+ degree weather - I think she likes getting our hopes up for the Sun and warmth only to bring us crashing back down to reality. Ok, sorry about the weather rant, obviously I'm not a fan of the rain and cold. But at least one good thing came out of getting more rain - Emily got to wear her super-cute raincoat! Here she is sporting her raincoat for the first time. Even though his coat is blue, she reminds me a little of Paddington Bear in her raincoat.
Check out those bottom chompers shining brightly in this picture

Ok, maybe a little rain is worth it if that means Emily gets to wear her little rain slicker again...

Day at the park....

2010-02-24T08:10:00.000-08:00

The weather was great this past weekend (in the 60's) so the Adams family loaded up and headed to the park. Here's documentation of some of our park adventures. Emily also tried out a slide for the first time as well, but unfortunately there is no "photographic evidence" of that. I assure you though, it's no "slide hoax". :)
Trying out the swing for the first time...

I think we may have a new favorite pasttime....

Here she is the day before. We took her to the park to give her open range for riding around in her little "car". It took her a while to get going, but once she figured it out she was off and running! (side note: check out the hat, she likes to keep it real)

In the background Eric demonstrates his parenting style (his words not mine)

Laissez les bons temps rouler...

2010-02-19T08:08:00.000-08:00

James (Emily's gentleman friend at daycare), has parents from New Orleans. His Mom also just happens to be my coworker & friend, but I digress. James' Grandpa sent a "Mardi Gras care-package" to the daycare to celebrate the holiday. Here's a couple of pictures of Emily celebrating the festivities.
Here's Emily sporting her beads and Margi Gras accoutrement (Wow two French phrases in one blog, we're getting awfully fancy here at the Adams')

Here's the entire Margi Gras posse (the four kids at daycare, Allie's two daughters, and Allie's nephew)

Also, here's a picture of Emily and James sharing a hug.

Emily is on the move...

2010-02-17T08:03:00.000-08:00

It first started with her learning to maneuver this car/walker. Here she says "eat my dust Mom, I'm going to see what Dad is doing"

Then her mobility progressed to being able to do this in her bed...

Now, she is on the go go go all by herself!

Emily can now crawl/will crawl when she feels like it and spots something that catches her eye. We're now starting to realize just how un-childproofed our house really is - I guess that's the next project for the Adams'...

Adams' Winter Wonderland...

2010-02-17T07:18:00.001-08:00

As promised here are some pictures from the Adams' adventure during SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010.

Eric and Emily "checking it all out"... Emily seems a bit skeptical, not really sure if she likes it or not.

Verdict's in, I think she likes it!

She likes this too, she thinks it's funny to fly around.

By the creek behind the house. The creek isn't frozen over like in MN, but it's a pretty good snow covering for GA.

Eric and Emily posing with the Hacienda.

Snowpocalypse....

2010-02-13T14:56:00.000-08:00

That's right! It snowed 3-4" here in GA which equals SNOWPOCALYPSE!! Snow in GA always means two things: 1) Sensationalized news coverage of snow flurries, and 2) a run on milk/bread at the supermarket.
The Adams Family made a run to the Publix (really to visit the bank inside to deposit a check) and to grab a few snacks just in case we would be snowed in for more than 12 hours. Luckily we weren't looking to buy milk or bread, but apparently we were in the minority as both those items were all but gone from the shelves. Below is the "phtographic evidence" of how Georgians prepare for snow...
Milk case.

Bread aisle.

The Adams' did venture outside to take in the sights of the winter wonderland - pictures of that adventure to follow soon....

New Addition to the Family....

2010-02-09T12:01:00.000-08:00

Ha ha, the title has peaked your interest, right?!?!
The newest addition is..... a mini Eric!!! That's right, now the family consists of not just one but two Erics! Ahhh, go screaming for the hills!!! Luckily, mini Eric is less argumentative and much more agreeable - actually just give him a little nudge and he will agree with anything you say. Here's Big E posing with his miniature version:

Eric now has a bobble-head of himself courtesy of some very creative students (how cool is that) - Honestly though, I really don't know if it's more awesome or creepy to have a bobble-head of yourself.

Easily Amused...

2010-01-21T12:50:00.000-08:00

Happy (belated) New Year!!

2010-01-19T13:46:00.000-08:00

On New Year's Eve we had dinner at the Ferguson's and hung out a bit during the evening. Yes we were home by 9pm, but it was still fun and we had our "Lame Parents New Year's Eve" which I think it what Nancy deemed the celebration. It was a good time time though, we had good food and Emily got to play with (see: annoy) her buddy Liam. Liam was a good sport even though Emily wouldn't leave him alone and let him wear his Happy New Year hat. Here she is trying to take his hat for about the 50th time

Emily checking out how Liam looks in his hat (or plotting how to grab it from his head)

Happy New Year!!!

A lot of catching up to do...

2010-01-12T08:04:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it's been a while since the last update, but the Adams Family has been on the move recently - and then once we were back home we were just lazy. We had a great holiday trip to the great white north, visited relatives, Emily met some relatives, had an overall good time during the holidays. Below are some pictures from the holiday festivities.
Opening gifts at Grandma's house before Christmas:

Super-cute Santa hat from Great-Grandma

Family picture on Christmas Eve - notice Grandpa Dale's "festive" attire. He was bringing the warmth to Minnesota!

First time out in the snow...

Emily working on her snow angel :)

Christmas Time is Here... La la la...

2009-12-16T08:07:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it's December and that usually means (at least) one thing in the Adams household - A Charlie Brown Christmas!! For some reason Eric LOVES that show and must watch it each time that it airs (even if it airs multiple times in the same week) :)
It was on last week when Emily had already gone to bed, BUT much to Eric's delight it came on again last night and he and Emily got to spend some quality time watching it together for the first time. Below is a photo I snapped of them engrossed in the Charlie Brown saga. Maybe she's a little Peanuts fan in training...

Could they be any cuter? :)

'Tis the Season....

2009-12-09T12:48:00.001-08:00

Emily visited Santa over the weekend at our friend Brenda's church. Emily wasn't overly thrilled about sitting on his lap from the beginning - this picture is about as close as we were going to get to a smile during this visit with Santa...

She's starting to lose it here.... witness the evolution of Emily going into freak-out mode... (Oh, and isn't this a great classic baby hates sitting on Santa's lap picture ?)

Ok, she's ready to bail, she couldn't care less what great gifts Santa may be promising, she's not going to stand for it. Poor Santa, he's doing his best to console her..... to use Eric's words "she's inconsolable"

Little Jumping Bean!

2009-12-04T07:08:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Emily discovered the joys of jumping. Now she wants to do it all the time, even when she not in the jumper :) Below is a video of her at Allie's this morning showing off her jumping skills. Jumpin' jumpin' jumpin'...

More Thanksgiving Photos.

2009-12-03T05:45:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving for the Adams' was spent in Macon. There was good food, good people and good "visiting". Here's the "photographic evidence" of the Adams' visiting over the holidays....

One of us is refusing to look at the camera, can you guess which one?

The Adams clan after the big meal.

Charles provided a little after dinner entertainment, and we learned that Emily loves the guitar. Here Grandpa gets her up close and personal while Charles plays Emily a funny song just for her.

A little sitting up, a little laughing....

2009-12-03T05:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, so we finally figured out how to upload a video to the blog. The is the inaugural test video of Emily hanging out a few days ago.

Emily's Favorite Pastime...

2009-12-02T10:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, so there is one thing Emily loves to do above all other activities (well besides eating that is)... She chews on everything! She chews her own hand, she'll chew your hand, your face, toys, phones, books, papers, anything that comes near her mouth is going in it. The only exception to this, of course, is rice cereal and baby food - ironically, those things she refuses to put in her mouth. Below are a couple of photos of Emily snapped in the act of her favorite pastime.

What she's doing to this Gloworm is a little Hannibal Lector-ish. Poor little Gloworm...

Again, caught in the act.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-24T09:27:00.001-08:00

Here's Emily for her Fall/Thanksgiving photo shoot. What a happy little Pilgrim she is :)

Here Emily inspects the "decoration"... Mmmm, looks tasty
It was a struggle to keep her from eating the foliage...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! The Adams' celebrated by spending the day in Macon with Grandpa Dale and Diane and others. Friday we visited with Grandma Ann for the day after Thanksgiving. We are all officially "stuffed" now from all of the holiday festivities.

Eric's little helper....

2009-11-18T06:57:00.001-08:00

Eric decides to put Emily to work on creating tests and quizzes for his classes. She was a little unsure in the beginning....

Ok, I think she's starting to get this computer thing down now...

Here's the final product. Emily is all trained and ready to go, she'll be creating quizzes and tests in no time! Well, assuming she can learn Latin within the next couple of days... Hmmm, I wonder what the child labor laws are in Georgia?

Another comparison...

2009-11-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

Here's Emily laying on Eric when she was less than a month old...

And here is the reenactment of the same photo 5 months later...

One of them has grown significantly!

Pumpkin Painting Fun!

2009-11-13T10:22:00.000-08:00

Allie (the lady that keeps Emily) had pumpkin painting day a few weeks ago for the children. They each got a mini pumpkin and paint with which to decorate their pumpkins. Below is the evolution of the pumpkin painting experience.
I am proudly displaying the finished product on my desk at work. It's seasonally festive, and my first craft project from Emily. :)
On a side note, no the daycare is not a nudist or clothing optional establishment. Babies clean up easily - clothes, not so much...

Inspecting her "canvas"...

Using her Picasso-like skills to decorate her pumpkin...

Painting aftermath - good thing her mouth was plugged!

Sitting Up

2009-11-09T11:38:00.000-08:00

Emily is learning to sit up on her own now. She just started developing this new skill over the past week. She can sit by herself for a few minutes at a time, until she either starts to slump to one side or gets excited and jerks backwards. She hasn't learned yet that gravity is not her friend. Also, I don't think she realizes that holding onto her own pants is not going to keep her from tumbling... :)

Still sitting.....

Uh-oh, once again she's hit the deck!

Emily gets freedom to stand all on her own (sort of)...

2009-11-09T11:00:00.000-08:00

Emily tried out her jumper for the first time this weekend. She really enjoyed being able to swing herself around.

Here she is really studying all of the gizmos...

Showing off her skills.

BIG Smile!

2009-11-02T13:54:00.000-08:00

My friend Mary took this picture last week and I just had to post it because it is about the biggest smile we've seen yet. She's obviously very excited about something :)

Halloween 2009

2009-10-31T17:34:00.000-07:00

Can you guess who Emily is for Halloween?

She''s so excited!

Snoozing with her bud "Snoopy".

At the Vaughns's to become really angry at UGA (the FL game).

Family photo in costume.

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-25T16:01:00.000-07:00

Here's Emily all decked out in her Halloween gear and playing in the hay at the Vaughn's Farm. Mom and Emily covered in hay after the photo shoot.

Later in the day we went on a hayride at our friend's church. Emily enjoyed the riding around in the open air.

Lil' pumpkin head.

Happy Halloween from the Adams Family!!

Reading the paper...

2009-10-24T13:45:00.000-07:00

Emily joined Eric in reading the weekend paper. So far so good.... Emily has taken an intrest in the paper, it seems..... but is it in the news?Newspaper aftermath - when reading goes wrong...

Breakfast with Liam

2009-10-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

We went to breakfast this past Saturday with some friends, and Emily had a great time chatting with her friend Liam. It looks like he is demonstrating how to use a spoon. Maybe after this tutorial she'll be up for giving the rice cereal another try....

Emily tries food for the first time... yummy

2009-10-18T12:57:00.000-07:00

Here's Emily getting her first taste of rice cereal. I think most of it ended up on her face and shirt, as she's still trying to figure out this new spoon thing.

How did she like eating solid foods you may ask....

See the picture below for the answer to that question...

Not a happy camper.

2009-10-02T17:54:00.000-07:00

Here's Miss E sporting her new shades. She likes to wear them on her head just like Mom!

Saturday Shirt Check-in....

2009-09-26T10:59:00.000-07:00

New gizmo = fun times

2009-09-20T18:05:00.000-07:00

Here Emily is discovering the joys of a new fun gizmo. At first she just wanted to lean forward and suck on the seat, but now she's getting into all of the surrounding bells and whistles.

Look of excitement?

Evolution of Emily...

2009-09-13T18:17:00.000-07:00

Could it be that this is the same baby only 2 1/2 months later?

I can't believe the difference already from just a couple of months ago. She's obviously a bit more chubby, and what happened to her hair?

Getting cuter by the day!

2009-09-08T17:28:00.000-07:00

Training for special ops or merely trying to lift her head from face down into the pillow. I suspect the latter.

2009-09-08T17:19:00.000-07:00

Saturday, Sep. 5, Emily dons all the regailia for the UGA game. Keepin' it real as per usual.

Emily comes to the first Eastside home game.

Family Photo Session

2009-09-02T10:25:00.000-07:00

The Adams family hanging out on the sofa... do we all have matching hair or what!?

E. looking very bright-eyed

Summertime = Pool time!

2009-09-02T10:22:00.000-07:00

Here's Miss E in her first "dip" in the pool. The water was a little cool so she wasn't overly happy with the experience. After the first couple of dips I think she got bored with the whole experience as evidenced by the above photo.

2009-08-30T16:39:00.000-07:00

Would you not try to hide from shame too if you were wearing this hat?