unstoppable

emma rolled from her back to her tummy for the first time today! we were all having lunch and emma was playing by herself on her floor gym. i heard her making some funny noises, so i looked over to see what she was up to and, lo and behold, she was in the midst of turning over! of course, her little elbows got in the way so she cried out for some help and i was quick to her rescue. i don't have any pictures of her in action, but here's one of her playing on the mat where the milestone happened. the second shot is of the little cutie pie playing in her bouncy chair.

over the hills we love to go

it was off to seattle this weekend. allan was attending a conference there, so we decided to tag along and join him for a little fun afterwards. we enjoyed some good eats and also took lucas to the flight museum where he got to see lots of airplanes and even fly one all by himself! emma did wonderful, as always. she spiked a fever overnight, but recovered the next day. i got to spend some one-on-one time with her at the hotel while allan took lucas down to the pool for a swim. she konked out on me shortly after some emma-and-mommy time.

tagged...twice

okay, so two of my friends have tagged me for this meme game thing. i've put it off for long enough, so here it is!

the rules:
1: each player starts with 7 (8) random facts/habits about themselves.
2: people who are tagged write a blog post about their own 7 (8) random things, and post these rules.
3: at the end of your post you need to tag 7 (8) people and include their names.
4: don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

my random things:
1. i am a rules-follower. before typing my list, i looked back at the rules i received from my two friends. one set of rules asked for 7 random things about myself. the second set asked for 8. i had to do 8 because if i only did 7, then i'd be breaking the first set of rules.
2. i have to sleep near my alarm clock. i have restless sleep if i think i won't be able to read the time when i wake up in the middle of the night. i have pretty poor eyesight, so even with my big-numbered alarm clock you can imagine what "near" means.
3. i love green tea ice cream. i hate that they give you so little at restaurants.
4. i don't like driving over anything on a road because i'm afraid that it's actually a bomb and my car will blow up as soon as i drive over it. so, i do all that i can to avoid driving over anything in the middle of my path, even if it's just a leaf.
5. i like to type. i test my speed every so often and my current speed is 86 wpm.
6. i love road trips.
7. i am a craigslist junkie, though i've only purchased a couple of things from it.
8. my favorite runts candy flavor is banana (this is for sarah, who was the first to tag me).

i tag: allan , shannon, bing, tammy, emily, vicky, karen, & adriana.

the real thing

we did it! we took both of the kids camping for real, and even brought along my second cousin, chris, who was visiting from hong kong (it was his first time tent-camping!). we ate well, slept well (emma did GREAT in her pack 'n play and lucas did well sleeping with us on our air mattress), played hard, and all in all had a great time with chris, the dickhauses, and the rosses at bumping lake. allan and i have nice sunburns to show for it.

land of the free, home of the brave

allan's family came for a visit over the fourth of july and we had a great time with them! they met emma for the first time and got a taste of the non-stop talking lucas is doing these days. during their stay, we celebrated the independence of the u.s., ate some great food, and planted some bushes and a tree, which look beautiful.

brother and sister