the spotz life. : May 2014

birthday p a r t y time

We had Emery's party this past Saturday. It was a lot of fun but I am kind of glad that it is over with now! I had a lot more planned but didnt end up doing everything. But we had a great turn out and it was so fun to celebrate with people who love Miss Emery. She got spoiled! She was asleep for like the first hour of her party though, so then Caleb and I had to go wake her up. She was in a good mood for it for the most part. There were TONS of kids/babies there, I wish I had gotten a picture of them all together! I actually didnt even take a single picture of the party. Luckily someone, I think Calebs dad and maybe someone else, took pictures on our camera! They dont show off the decorations very well or any of the people that were all there but at least I have something! :)

I actually took this on my phone after the party.


Birthday sign and photo banner thats behind it

Balloons!

Candy buffet table

Cupcake decorating table

I think I was more excited than she was about her presents...

She looks good in coral. haha :)

Off came the bow..

Such. A. Cheese ball.

Jamillie Mae, Stella Jae, Emery Lynn

Addi cakes, Asian eyes, Birthday girl :)

She seriously was SO dainty with her cake.

She wanted to share it with everyone, sweet girl

Thanks to everyone who was able to come! It was a ton of fun and we are so lucky to have everyone in our lives. Here's to life with a ONE YEAR OLD!

O N E year and counting!

Stop it. Is Emery SERIOUSLY one already?!?! What the crap. Oh what a year it has been! It went by way too fast but I am loving being a mom. I feel blessed that I get to be a stay at home mom and spend all my time with her. She is so fun to watch! They seriously grow up in a blink.

O N E year stats:
Weighs 20lbs
Is 29in
She can WALK.
She started walking all on her own like a week before her birthday. She turns one and is walking.. I just cant take it! hahaha its so cute to see her walk though! In the beginning she had to have a security object to walk.. like a giant water jug or my purse.. but she is actually walking all on her own without anything now. Crazy!
She LOVES to blow kisses,
give kisses,
give hugs,
wave,
clap,
give high fives,
turn on/off the lights
be tickled

She loves music and dancing
Her favorite song is Wheels on the Bus
She loves being outside and playing
She likes to pick all the dandelions that she sees and give them to me
Her favorite food are the smoothies and juices we (Caleb) make(s)
She loves dogs
She loves books and dolls
Still loves bath time
She likes to stand/sit on things/people
She can say momma, dadda, hi, byebye, boo, bop, no, more, caleb (my favorite word she says haha), kinsey, luxi. she also mimics what we say.
She loves to nurse STILL. (im working on weaning her.. it might be the death of me though haha)

I love this girl SOOOO MUCH. I learn just as much from her as she does from me. She is such a sweet girl. She has her moments though and can throw a pretty mean tantrum, and is a little bit of a drama queen at times but her personality is just the cutest! Shes a mamas girl and I definitely cant complain about that :) My life was changed completely after she came into my life. It changed in the best possible way ever. I am so thankful for her and blessed to be her mom. Being a mother will be my greatest calling in life and the greatest thing I will ever do. I might not be the best friend but I feel like I am a pretty good mom! She keeps me laughing daily and her little laugh kills me every time. She is just so cute! I cant wait to see what this next year has in store for her! I love watching her grow and learn and change.

I love you Emery Lynn Spotz!

Here are a few of her one year birthday pictures.

BOSTON

Emery and I went to Boston with my mom, Mike, my dad, Anita, Kiley, Jason, and their baby Jamillie. Jason was running in the Boston Marathon so my parents went to support him. My little brother was supposed to go instead of me but he had just gotten a job and didnt think he could take a week off so they let me have his ticket. I am SO happy that I got to go. I fell in love with it there! We actually stayed in Cape Cod but I loved everything about it there. Mike let us all know that he wasnt really a fan of the place... haha but I just loved it!

Emery was SOOO good on the trip! She just slept the whole time on both the flights there. We did leave at midnight though so I was expecting her to! She did get a little plane sick or something though cause after our plan landed in New York and we were waiting to board our other one to Boston she threw up.. a few times. Then when we got on the plane she threw up twice more.. then was done for good. Thank goodness! I felt so bad! On the trip we drove a lot and she did really well. Especially for not being the biggest fan of her car seat! She definitely had her moments though and was really clingy to me the whole time. About halfway through the trip I noticed that she was cutting a tooth so that had a lot to do with it too. Caleb also didnt go so Im sure she was missing him! But overall I was VERY impressed with how well she was and her and Jamillie stole the hearts of everyone they met! :)

Jason did AMAZING at the Marathon. He was in the top 100 to finish out of 36,000 people!!!! He finished only 20 minutes after the guy who won first place. Now that is pretty amazing! And everyone that we talked to told us that this marathon was a hard one to get a good time on. So he really did good.

We did a lot of fun things while we were there. Went to the beach. Went to a children's museum (Emery LOVED it there!!) Went to a Red Sox vs. Yankees baseball game at Fenway Park. Went on the freedom trail walk. Went whale watching. Went to Woods Hole seaport. Ate lots of sea food. Had the BEST clam chowder in the world. Rode trains, subways, ferrys, and the planes.

I seriously want to move there! But I will settle with just going back at least, and taking Caleb with me!