Harry Potter

So, this printing company (Ferrari Color) that we use to print most of our advertisements at work invited us to a private, pre-screening of Harry Potter the day before it was released. So cool! The movie was great, and Ferrari did an awesome job of creating a fun atmosphere. They had the Knight Bus where we picked up our tickets, then we were all assigned to a section of the theater based on our ticket. Each section was a different business from Diagon Alley. I was in the Honeydukes section. They had these little pennant things over our seats that designated our sections. Then they had treats for us in the Diagon Alley shops. Plus we had Floo powder and even a Daily Prophet. It was so fun! And the movie was great!

Phone phobia

Maybe someone can help me. I have a fear of calling people on the phone. I hate it! I don't have a problem calling most of my family members and a few close friends, but other than that I hate it! I have to gear myself up every time. It's ridiculous and I need to get over it. I mean, I do it most of the time when I have to, but it stresses me out. Like the other day when we had to call our activities committee members to come to a meeting, I put it off for a week and then made Matt do it. I'm ok with texting or email, but I just hate calling people! I'm terrible! How can I get over this? This is not helping my desire to have friends. I get up the guts to call people to invite them to something and they can't come and I can't seem to get up the nerve again for awhile. I love to host things,  I just hate doing the inviting. What is wrong with me?

4 Months!

Hi! I am 4 months old today. I can do lots of things like roll over both ways, smile, laugh at my silly daddy, grab for my toys and hold them, fit my whole fist in my mouth, get out of my burrito blanket, and blow raspberries.

I love to play with my mobiles and look at books. I can almost hold my own bottle. I sleep from about 6:30-7 p.m. to 7-8 a.m. but I still usually get up once in the night to eat. I still love to stand on people's laps and dance with my strong legs and watch TV. I don't like my carseat or taking my naps or being cradled or sleeping in church. I spit up all the time--at church, all over my mom and dad and the floor, in bed, and all over my shirt every day. I love to always see what is going on. I can jabber and coo. My daddy is the only one that can make me laugh.

I am so cute and my mommy and daddy love me!

Happy 4-month birthday to me!

Yay Baby!

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, my awesome neighbor watches Emily for us. She has a 2-year-old son. He is adorable, and he LOVES Emily. Today when I dropped her off, he was jumping up and down and clapping at the window saying, "Yay...baby! Baby here!" It's the cutest thing ever. And then he proceeded to give her hugs and kisses and comment on her "hat" (which was the bow in her hair). And then he said, "Bye Mom!" to me. Ha!

He also has an 8-year-old sister, who said the other day, "I wish Emily could come on Saturdays too so I can see her all day."

At least she is loved.

Fun times

Emily is usually really happy when she wakes up in the morning or from her naps. She just smiles and squeals when you go in to get her. So cute! It's kind of like Christmas morning because Matt and I have to wait for each other to be ready before we are allowed to go get her because we both love it. :)



She also loves her baths. Here she is in her cute little robe.



And here she is playing in the bath. She was having a grand ole time until I started the video, and then she just stared at me. But after awhile she got back into it. :) But I can't seem to get the video to post.

Halloween

Emily was the cutest little duckie for Halloween this year. I think she looks so adorable and her costume turned out so cute.

I did not have much of a chance to prepare a costume so I had to recycle a previous year's costume. At our ward Halloween party a little girl thought I was the real Snow White and was just mesmerized with me. It was hilarious!

This is Emily's little boyfriend, Cooper. He is so funny. Every time Em comes over, he dive bombs into her carseat to give her hugs and kisses. Em is obviously not interested.

We went to the pumpkin patch on Saturday to pick out a pumpkin. They had a little petting zoo there. Em wasn't so sure about the little llama.

Or about sitting in the hay.

She pretty much hated it.

We found a pumpkin!

Then on Saturday night, we went to our cousin Lily's Birthday-Ween party. Here is Emily with her auntie Allison.

And her auntie Laurie.

Ryan and Michael dressed up as my dad and uncle Paul. It was hilarious!

By Day 3 of wearing the duck suit, Emily was ready to be done with the Halloween festivities.

And so was Rivers.

Happy Halloween!

Goodbye Grandma

Eileen Leonila Trujillo Lively & Charlie Matthew Lively

Matt's grandma passed away this past week. Although I have only known her for a little over 2 years, I really liked her a lot. She was an amazing example of what a good grandma is. Ever since I joined the family, she treated me like her own granddaughter. I really enjoyed spending time at her home. It just felt so warm and cozy there. She was an amazing cook and seamstress. I was always so impressed by her projects. She was very generous, and made me feel very loved.

My favorite memory of her was when we got snowed in at her house on Christmas Day. We had spent the afternoon and evening there and as we were getting ready to head home, there was a huge blizzard. You couldn't even see 3 feet in front of you. The roads were closed and so we all camped out at Grandma's house. She even slept in the living room with the rest of us.

She was a wonderful lady and she will be very missed. I am glad that I was able to know her even if it was just for a short time. I wish that I would have gotten to know Matt's grandpa too. He passed away right around the time that we got married, so I only got to meet him a couple of times. But I'm glad that they were good grandparents to Matt, and that I can hopefully learn more about them so I can pass on that knowledge to Emily so she can know of her wonderful heritage. Goodbye Grandma. We love you and will see you again.