She is Here!!

This is Erik posting in behalf of Sarah. Sarah is doing well and so is (un-named baby.) She is so cute!!! Baby (insert name here) was born on October 19th at 7 pm, and weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches! Kind of weird i know but it will be easy to remember. She was born in the presence of her father Matt, Grandparents Keri and Craig, Great Grandma carolee and Sarahs sisters in law. Grandma and Grandpa Elder and Sister Hale were here in spirit as they are serving the lord in Africa. (Sarah and Matt say they Love you so Much and Baby looks forward to seeing you!) She is cute! but dont take my word for it!

My first official Tag. Wow.

The Rules:
-Link the person who tagged you (check)
-Mention the rules on your blog (checking)
-Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks about you (about to check)
-Tag 6 fellow bloggers
-Leave a comment on the tagged bloggers blogs letting them know they have been tagged.

Here we go:

1. I have to have a drink of water with me when I go to bed. Wait, correction: I have to have a glass of ICE water with me when I go to bed. It has to sit on the nightstand all night in case I wake up parched and I tend to leave the glass of room temperature water there for days creating a collection of half full glasses of water surrounding our bed akin to Signs - maybe aliens will attack. "Swing hard."

2. I am just as addicted to Disneyworld now as I was when I was a kid. I literally get giddy upon entering (and have to enter the moment the gates open) and it does not end all day. I think it is a family trait. I will have to get a copy of the picture of my family with their giddy faces on our last trip to Disneyworld. It is guaranteed to muster a chuckle.

3. I am addicted to celebrity gossip - not that I am proud of it. My favorite recent tidbit: word is that Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams have reunited - as reported by People magazine August 20th. "I wrote you every day for a year!"

4. I have to have access to food no matter where I am going or what I am doing. Meaning, I am carrying it in my purse or I have a knowledge of being able to eat within moments if the desire so strikes. This makes for a messy purse and car and extra preparation on road trips. Oh, and I wouldn't open my glove box if I were you.

5. I have the first fifteen minutes of "While you were sleeping" memorized nearly word for word. This is due to the fact that I used to watch movies when falling asleep and would literally only make it that far before giving into my Zzzz's.

Which leads into quirk #6: I rarely stay awake in a movie if it was started after 9:00pm. This is even the case when I am watching a movie at a friends house, in a movie theater, at a drive-in theater - you name it. The only prevention that has been proven up to this point is popcorn and Redvines, but I would have to snack the whole way through, otherwise it's the back of the eyelids for me.

Tag - You're IT!:
Miss Anna
Miss Oakley
Miss Jami
Miss Jenny
Mr. Adam
Mr. Ben

Daddy's Little Girl

On the flip side of the previous post, Emma loves her girly things, but she is also attached to some of daddy's tools. We were recently working in her bedroom and she found his "bammer" and got a kick out of his drill:

She got frighteningly good at it:

Our little handy helper!

In my world...

I have officially decided that pregnant women should not have to A: get colds and B: drop things. I mean, whose idea was that? Make a woman clumsy during the time when her bulging belly makes it near impossible to bend down without hurting herself!? No fair. And after spending the last four days with a cold, I think pregnant women should be immune since we are already sacrificing so much to bring a baby into the world and we can't take cold medicine. Gip.

My poor child has suffered this week as well. Not only has she not felt well, but her mother hasn't felt well. Poor thing. I have been a little neglectful as most of the time I have simply been trying to make it through the day without passing out lacking the ability to breathe! It was lucky she had her wings to pacify her. She wore them from the time she woke up to the time she went to bed for the two days I was down. My little orphan angel!

"Mom, I'm a beautiful butterfly."

"Mom, I'm a beautiful fairy."

"Mom, I'm a beautiful princesses (she always pluralizes that one)."

Now that I am feeling somewhat better, I have had enough coherence to take the winter boots away. "Boots are for winter, when it is cold." I tell her. Now she talks about bundling up: "When the trees are cold they need to put their boots on, their jacket on and zip it up."

Not a sound from the pavement...

I got this fun idea off of my friend Tara's blog. I left a memory on hers, so I guess I better participate:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you have of either Matt, Sarah or Emma. It doesn't matter how well you know us, anything you remember will be fun!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Stay-cationing

Stay-cationing: noun (American The Travel Channel) a period of time devoted to pleasure all within the same vicinity in which a person resides.

So, a couple of Tuesdays ago, we decided to finally use our get in free cards to Lagoon (thank you Miss Farmington Pageant) and spend a day at the local theme park. We did have to pay for Emma, so as you would guess, the majority of the day was spent making sure we got our money's worth for her. And, boy, did she ever. Her first ride was the Merry-Go-Round, because she has has some experience with that one (note in the picture above it was also baby female fetus' first ride on a Merry-Go-Round!). We were a little apprehensive about the other rides because the last time we put her on something (the blue slides at Cherry Hill) she did a classic Gunn anxiety freak out and we didn't want that happening again. However, elation was the emotion of the day as she rode every single kiddie ride in the park, even the ones that made her a little nervous. She was very grateful for Daddy's arm on the Ladybug Drop (she is slightly scared of heights) and she wasn't so thrilled with the Odysea ride (turns out the anxiety is over getting splashed with water more than rides and slides), but overall I am pretty sure Lagoon Day was the best day of her little life so far.

As for the parents, well, we were honestly just thrilled making Emma happy and mommy couldn't ride much anyway due to the bun in the oven. Daddy got his kicks on the Skycoaster (thank you Dan) and Wicked. That was about it. Overall it was a great day and we will be sure to continue to annual Lagoon Day tradition until our kids grow out of it!!

Na na

Guess what....didn't post because I lost the camera cord - now I am posting because I found the camera cord. Familiar story. Just assume that every time I go forever without posting it has something to do with losing something related to the camera.

So, post one:

Emma's new trick has been to sing to her toys that play music. Here is a sampling:

I find it absolutely hilarious. Hope you enjoyed it too!

Sarah