Our visit to Uncle Ty and Tante Heather's house in KC

About two weeks ago Rusty, Emme and I loaded the truck up and headed to Kansas City to see uncle Ty and tante Heather and preach for their pastor, Bro. Calvert.

We had a wonderful time and got to stay for almost two weeks! Heather and I spent some much needed "sister time" together and she was very happy to get some tante time in with Emme. We laughed and talked, ate, played tennis at the park, shopped, went to Bucca Di Beppo, cooked, etc.

One day we went to lunch and shopped with Heather's way cool mother-in-law, Sis. Debi Domerese.

Emme had so much fun with Heather's dog, Lacy.....she kept her well fed by slipping her food here and there (much to my dismay.)

It was sooooo much fun and we already miss them mucho and hope to see them again soon!

Now if I could just manage a trip to Cali to see the REST my family.......!

Is that HAIR that I see!?!?!?

Could it be....could it REALLY be!?!? I have been impatiently awaiting this for quite some time.....Emme FINALLY has a little hair! I have been lotioning it up and combing it, well as much as you can comb centimeter long hair...haha. I cannot wait to be able to fix it up. It looks like it is going to be a dark blond and I'm wondering if it will curly like mine. Hopefully I found out SOON!

Happy Valentine's Day

            Happy Valentine's Day everyone...from our family to yours. I hope you all had a wonderful one! We celebrated by eating a nice lunch at Ruby Tuesday's in Waynesville, Mo. My husband was very sweet and bought me pretty red roses and a wonderfully cozy, fluffy, and simply heavenly red robe that I LOVE! Emme got a very cute stuffed animal and a balloon from mommy and daddy....and of course the balloon seems to be her favorite so far.
             I'm so thankful for my handsome, sweet, loving, etc. husband that God has blessed me with. He knew just what I needed when He put Rustyn Sorah in my life.  Like the song says, "When God unfolds the rose, He always gets it right..." and He did. It took a lonnnng time and it seemed painful at times, but God had a plan and His will is perfect.

Little Miss Emme Paige

            After months of neglect, I have decided to pay attention to my blog and be more diligent at updating it. It seems like my life has been a whirl wind lately! So much has changed in my little world and I feel like I am finally settling into our new way of life. Emme will be 15 months on february 21st (13 months adjusted age), and is keeping me on the run. 

            She has two of her bottom teeth in and is currently cutting one on top.  She loves to wave her hand around and "worship", clap..and bounce to music. She is getting braver and braver when it comes to walking and standing alone. She loves to point her finger at things and jabber away.  She also loves to copy things that Rusty and I do, it's so cute! We are currently in revival in Waynesville, Missouri at Bro. and Sis. Smith's church and Bro. Smith decided to teach her to stick out her tongue and growl at people. It is absolutely HILARIOUS.

            The other day, I was busy cleaning up in the trailer and I noticed that Emme had crawled up stairs and was being very quiet. I peeked up the stairs and noticed that the shower door was standing open... I stook my head in and much to my surprise I saw little miss Emme in her pink and brown polka dot jammies sitting at the bottom of the shower eating a bar of soap!
            Lately, she has been displaying quite an attitude when she is reprimanded.  Her shrill yell and clenching of the fists has got to go....!

            Eating  is quite a joy to Emme (much like her mother). She seems to eat all day and she loves MEAT! Potatoes and carrots are also a favorite of hers. I can get her to eat just about anything though, which is nice (As long as it is not soap! haha).

             I really don't know what we did without her in our lives. She is such a joy and our hearts cannot hold all the love we have for her! She is our little God given miracle and I thank God every day for sending her to us. I am anxious to have many more......but not TOO anxious, hhaha!

Our Ordination Service

And He gave some, apostles;  and some, prophets; and  some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Ephesians 4:11

This is our new home!!

Here is our new home...We have been the proud owners of this 33 ft. Pilgrim Open Road with 3 slides since september. I LOOVE it!

Pictures....

Emme's birthday at the Smiths

                                           Her first time to dig itnto cake.....

       Our plane ride to California for thanksgiving. Emme was infatuated with these baldies in front of us, haha!

                       Tante Heather and Emme at her birthday party at Nana's shop

                         My sisters and I had so much fun decorating for her party

                               homemade tamales with rice and beans..yumm!

                                             

  Happy birthday to Tante Heather too!

                                           gifts...

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                                            TWINS?????

                                          Papa and Emme

                                          Nana getting ready for Emme's party

Emme is 1!!

           A little over a year ago, on november 17th of 2009 around ten in the morning, I went for my 7 month check-up during my prenancy feeling great.  The nurse started the check up procedure by taking my blood pressure and it was extremely high.... when it kept steadily rising, I was life flighted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Ks. where I was pumped with magnesium sulphate through an IV and then blood pressure pills after that for a couple of days until the doctors got it under control. On the fourth day, my blood pressure started creeping up again and on november 21st, I delivered two and half pound Emelia Paige Sorah into this world two months early. 
        She spent five weeks in the hospital before we were able to bring her home......then six weeks indoors until we could finally show off our new baby girl!  She then got RSV and we were sent back to the hospital after being home for over a month.  I can't believe it has been a year since her birth... her adjusted age is 10 months. It is hard to tell by looking at her now that she was a preemie! Beside the fact that she is small, she is completely healthy and has no health issues. God is soo soo good and I thank Him daily for keeping his hand on her.
        She crawls all over the place and pulls her self up to standing position. She also walks along the couch when she wants to. She tries to copy everything we say and loves to clap her hands, bounce to music and make all kinds of different noises.  We celebrated the actual day of her birthday at Bro. and Sis. Smith's house with a cake and gifts. We are currently in revival with them and they were so sweet to help make this day special! The day after her birthday, we flew to California to be with my family for thanksgiving. We threw Emme a big birthday bash at my mom's little cafe and bakery.....she loved every minute of it!  We had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner at mom's shop as well. I hope everyone had a good thanksgiving! I will be posting pictures soon so stay tuned!