Is that even a word?

Our little Emelyn is quiet the firecracker. She keeps us on our toes and we love it. At 3 years old she is talking very well. Despite the talking well she tends to say words that I am not too sure is even in the English dictionary or any dictionary for that matter! Here are some of her funny sayings and words:

PT puter bug on you- PT Cruiser Double bruiser

Fumb tom freak- Not really sure what this means yet. She would call Trevor this when he made her mad.

Gruntl- Gentle

Miss Deffie- Mrs. Debbie, our neighbor next door

Compumtull- Not sure what this one is either. She said this word while her and Trevor was playing in his room.

This following arent words she said, but things that she has told me that were too cute!

Summer 2011: She would always tell me that I am her girl.

September 2011: She said "I am a genius mom".

Halloween 2011: She said while we were trick or treating "trick or treating so fun mom!". This was the first halloween that Steve and Trevor stayed home to hand out candy. Every house we trick or treated at Emelyn made sure she got candy for her bubby too. It was so sweet to see her ask the people handing out candy!

October 2011: Emelyn loved the moon and would want to go out at night just to see it. I remember the first time she saw a full moon and she was so excited that she clapped her hands and said "look mommy, the moon!"

She came in one morning while I was getting dressed and she told me that she didnt want to have boobies when she grows up. She has been obsessed with body parts.

You are my favorite......

Son! Yeah its true, Trevor is my favorite son! Thank God I dont have more than one son. I cant imagine loving another boy more than T. He will always be the first born, the first to make me feel the kinda love only a new mom can.

9 years have flown by too fast! I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. November 8, 2002 changed my life forever! Trevor is the kindest and most caring little boy. He feels bad for other children and will always come to me to talk about how he wants to help the child out or make them feel better. I feel that shows an incredible amount of maturity on his part. We have some of the best conversations and he always amazes me with his insight on life. After we got his dirtbike he told me that he was born to ride a dirtbike and it was in his genes since Daddy rides motorcycles. Funny thing is from utero he loved motorcycles! When I was pregnant with Trevor, Steve was in the garage working on his harley and I was inside the house laying on the couch. The harley was so loud that Trevor kicked the remote off my stomach. So his theory that he was born to ride isnt that far fetched.

As his mother I am so thankful that he will come talk to me when he has a problem or has something on his mind. I have always had an open door policy and let him know it was safe to come to me with anything. I pray that he continues to talk to me in the coming years. My life would definitely be incomplete without those beautiful baby blue eyes in it! I love you Trevor and I always will not matter what-Mommy

When I grow up......

When I grow up I want to be a professional freestyle motorcrosser for three reasons.

First, I want to be a professional freestyle motorcrosser because it is something not alot of people can do. It is something that I love to do for fun. I enjoy riding dirtbikes because some dirtbikes are fast. One time I went too fast. Dirtbikes are just awesome.

Next, I want to be a professional freestyle motorcrosser because it would be fun to have a bunch of fans. I would talk to my fans and sign autographs. Plus I am a nice person. One of the things it takes to be a professional freestyle motorcrosser is to be a social person. It would be cool to have more friends.

Last, I want to be a professional freestyle motorcrosser because I would get paid good money. I woul dbe in shows all around the world. With my leftover moeny after bills, I would buy new dirtbikes and after that I wold donate it to pets, kids with cancer, and the homeless shelter. When Im not riding dirtbikes I would be a mechanic.

In conclusion, that is what I want to be when I grow up. FYI: All photos courtesy of "moms camera productions". Professional FMX rider is Kenny Steinke.

Eat...Sleep...Breathe...DIRTBIKES

Yep...this is what our January and February consisted of. Early school days, Fridays, Saturdays and yes most Sundays my family was out at Camp Keith(aka Keith Langfelder a long time family friends dirt bike track). Trevor was all about dirtbikes....even dedicated a school project to the hobby.

Where do I start???

I ask myself this....where to start after no blogging for what seems like eons? I love to blog, write, journal or whatever you want to call it. Unfortuantly the time just has not been there for me to do a lot of the things that I love so instead of blogging, enjoying my time with my family is what I have been up to. I would like to bring everyone up to speed on things that have been going on so I will do so here in a short catch you up blog.

The last time I recall blogging was November 2011, but prior to that...hum prior to that I have no clue when was the last time I really blogged. So we will just start with November 2011.

November 2011: November is always such a busy busy month and then before we know it, it is New Years. We always start the month with Trevor's birthday. He turned 9 this year (sheesh...I have a 9 year old...I blinked..literally and he is a big boy) and we celebrated with a small bday party and sleepover.

Then about 2 weeks later and it was time to celebrated our little princesses 3rd birthday. Another birthday that came out of no where. I promise I am present in these childrens lives however time is just passing me right up! For Eme Shimmee we had 2 parties, a small party with Jessie, Jasmine and Austin during the week since they would not be in town the day of her actually birthday. Then on her actually birthday Grandma, Papa and uncle Mike came over to celebrate.

December 2011: Nana and Gdad came to visit. It was the first time in I dont know when that Gdad was able to take a full 2 weeks vacation for Christmas. We definitely took advantage of the time they were here. We went to Bass Pro Shops to see Santa, but the line to see him was around the whole store and would of taken forever so we decided to just look around the store.

The day after we went to Bass Pro Shops we went over to Disney World and saw the Giant Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian Hotel. I would of loved to stayed there longer and looked around, but our schedule was tight as we were trying to get to MGM Studios for the Osborne Spectacle of Lights which believe it or not I didnt get one photo of!

After these 2 outings we took it easy and just enjoyed lounging at the pool, having bbq's and spending family time together. Before we knew it it was Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The kids were spoiled rotten as there are most years when both sets of grandparents are here for Christmas. This year though was somewhat different. In November Trevor began riding dirtbikes and it quickly became an obsession. A welcomed obsession as I wanted for him to have something to channel his boyhood through. He plays sports and such, but I felt he needed another outlet. We looked for a month and then found him a nice sized dirtbike that was exceptionally clean and well taken care of. We purchased it and stored the bike in Mary and Robert's shed. Trevor was not expecting to get the dirtbike as we made it clear we could not afford such an extravagent gift for Christmas...teehee..all the while we knew he was getting it! Christmas Eve rolled around and Steve and I could not wait another day to let him have it. So we wrapped a toy dirtbike that looked exactly like his Honda. When he opened the toy and had a stunned look on his face, Steve tossed the keys to his dirtbike to him. He caught the keys and could barely catch his breath. He ran out the backdoor to the backyard and jumped right on the bike and started it up. We definitely had him fooled. What a proud little boy he was and still is to this day! It felt good to provide our son with something he felt was a little far fetched for him to get!

Oh and dont worry....Eme was spoiled by the grandparents as well. Nana and Gdad bought her her first dollhouse complete with furniture. Grandma and Papa bought her Cinderella's castle also complete with all the Prince and Princesses.

As always when my parents are here to visit we tend to keep New Years low key. Which is fine by me. We had Mary, Robert and Mike over for a bbq and we played games. We didnt make it to the countdown and were all fast asleep at the stroke of midnight. Gdad flew back home on New Years Day so staying up late wasnt an option anyways. Overall the holidays were nice and stress free. As usual the weather was crazy and it felt more like it was spring than winter. With all the festivities it did seem to fly by and here we are in 2012.