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Hey!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:36:00 +0000

I admit that we are the worst bloggers on the internet. At any rate, our little family is doing well. Sam is about to celebrate his 2nd birthday. Emma is in preschool and is loving every minute of it. Amy and I are cruising along in our respective jobs. Here are a few current pictures of our two little pride and joys!

First Day of School

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:08:00 +0000

Today was Emma's first day of school. Amy and I both took her this morning and we did surprisingly well. When Emma walked into her classroom, she, of course, acted shy and put her zingers (fingers) in her mouth like she does anytime she is uncomfortable. Amy took a few pictures and we then we kissed her goodbye and got out of there. Apparently she did pretty good for her first day. Her teacher, Mrs. Stacie, sent a note home that Emma got a little whiney around 11 because she was tired. When Emma got home from school, she had a frog puppet in her backpack that she had made. Amy has already claimed it for Emma's scrapbook, so it will be preserved for all time. It was a good day.

New Parent Orientation

noreply@blogger.com (amyp) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:04:00 +0000

Emma starts Preschool on Friday. Last night we went to new parent orientation. Other than Sam "talking" the entire time, it went good. Just to elaborate on Sam though - this is the child that I thought would never talk. He is usually pretty quiet, especially if he has his pacifier. But put him in a church sanctuary with one person talking to about 100 other people and he becomes Mr. Chatter Box. Running up and down the aisles, standing in the seats. Needless to say, Stuart took him out about 1/2 way through. Anyway, I had ordered Emma a tote bag through the school, because they recommend the smaller kids not use back packs because they are difficult for them to get things in and out of. Well, Emma's backpack was there at parent orientation for us to pick up and oh the look on her face when she saw it. She was SO excited. She carried her bag around the rest of the evening. The lady who makes the bags snapped a picture of her with her bag and sent it to me. I have never attached a picture so I hope this works.

Neija

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:00 +0000

I am working on posting more to the blog. I apologize that I don't ever put anything out here.
This is mostly for NEIJA. I need your email address and mailing address. You can post it here or email me at amy@mackiejos.com.

Hope all is well. I'll write you soon.

Doctor, Doctor

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Boy do the doctors office and pharmacy love us! We are keeping them in business. Stuart has had the flu. Sam has had the flu and strep (he was pitiful for a couple of days). Emma has had a cold and double ear infection. I have had a cold for 3 weeks and had a virus for about a day and a half (not the flu though, thank the Lord). Today Emma and Sam have both woke up with fevers so I guess we will be going to the doctor again soon. I will be SO glad when Spring gets here and all this flu crap is gone. Allergies will seem so minor this year.

Other than that the kids are doing great. Sam continues to learn how to climb on things. His favorite now is the couch. He is trying to talk some – he says duck, quack, juice and sometimes it sounds like he is trying to say kitty. He loves our cat. He chases her around the house and lays on top of her. He even likes to go head first into her side with his mouth wide open. I keep waiting for him to cough up a hair ball.

Emma is just growing up. She can give some of the cutest looks. She is really developing personality. Her latest hobbies are coloring, pushing her brother down and taking toys away from him. We have been trying to get her to sleep in her bed all night. One thing we tried was to make a chart and every night she sleeps in her bed all night she gets a star. For the past 2 nights she has said, “I want to get on the couch. I don’t want a star.” So I guess you can say that didn’t work for us.

It's OK Mommy!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Sam has discovered how FUN it is to crawl around on the couch. Last night I was sitting in the floor by the couch while he and Emma crawled and rolled over the place – and each other. Emma kept standing up, and Stuart and I repeated many times “Emma sit down on your bottom or knees, no standing.” Of course being a 2-year old, she stood up again and began jumping and I, in a more stern voice, said “Emma if you don’t sit down I am going to spank your bottom.” She came over to me, patted my shoulder and said with the most precious look on her face “It’s OK Mommy. I sorry my scared you.”

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:09:00 +0000

Emma has been singing Jingle Bells for the past 2 weeks. It is so adorable. She has really enjoyed Christmas. She asked me a few days after Christmas “Is Santa coming to town?” I tried to explain that he would come again next year but of course she doesn’t understand what that means. She did OK when we took the Christmas tree down. I was afraid she would have a fit on us. We had a good Christmas other than all passing around a virus. I didn’t get to make the Hutchins (Stuart’s Mom’s) family gathering because Sam was sick. Stuart and Emma went. I hated to miss it because it is always so much fun – singing Christmas Carols and all the kids playing. Oh well, there’s always next year (or this year). Stuart and I enjoyed being off with them for a whole week. It was fun to get to hang out and play with them. We hated to come back to work this week but we had to. We are looking forward to a fun weekend with his family for his cousin Ricky’s wedding. Birmingham may never be the same.

We're still here!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:03:00 +0000

Soooo we thought we would keep a blog page up to date more than we did the website because it is much easier and we have not written anything in a MONTH. We are all looking forward to Christmas. Emma is a lot of fun this year. If we pass a house or store with Christmas decorations she says “Look, Christmas.” She has watched the Polar Express at least 10 times, but now we have moved on to Rudolph or in her words “I wanta watch reindeers.” She has visited Santa twice. The second time, today at Stuart’s work, she walked in the room and walked right up to him and got in his lap. She wasn’t so sure of him the first time we saw him. He asked that she leave some carrots for the reindeer in addition to cookies for him. Sam does not like Santa!!!

Happy Halloween!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:04:00 +0000

Trick or treat consisted of visiting the grandparents and going to a fall festival being held at one of the churches in town.

Sam is thrilled. He may not forgive us for this.

Princess Emma enjoyed all of the festivities.

First Haircut

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0000

Sam's first haircut was a family affair. I was getting used to his mullet, but Amy couldn't stand it, so we had to get it cut.

Cookout

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We had a family cookout on Saturday, October 20. We had a campfire, but of course we don't have many pictures.

Sam and Lane having fun on the swing.

Granny Jenn led the group on a hayride in the "Pug". The kids had a blast.

Aunt Cynthia rode along too.

First Circus

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:24:00 +0000

We took the kids to their first circus Saturday night. I asked Emma Sunday morning if she remembered the circus and she said “ephants and tigers. I like ephants. They stink.” She wanted to ride the elephant but we were not too thrilled with the idea - maybe when she gets a little bigger. Sam enjoyed the circus as well. He just sat and watched. It was a lot of fun.

Feeding Time

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:30:00 +0000

Here's Emma being a good big sister and feeding Sam. She actually did a pretty good job!

Go Dawgs!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:24:00 +0000

How ‘bout that awesome OT win. Go Dawgs. (Sam is wearing a Georgia shirt, although you can't see the "G".)

We had a good weekend. My friend, Jill, and I went to Pigeon Forge to shop. We took Sam (now 9 months) and her son Jase (almost 8 months) with us. They were SO good. We had a really good time. Emma Gail spent the night with Granny Jenn and Pawpaw Friday night while Stuart was at school. On Sunday, Stuart took her to Petsmart where she saw bish (fish).

Go Gators!

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:16:00 +0000

What a great weekend. The weather was so nice. We had Sam’s picture made Saturday morning (9 months) and then did a little shopping. We then went to the Meadows’ so all the guys could watch the UT – Florida game (in case you don’t know Florida dominated the Vols). The ladies sat outside and watched the kids. Emma had a blast!!! She loved the big slide, the sand box and jumping on the trampoline. Sunday, Stuart worked on a paper for school and I went to Walmart --- by myself! Oh, the small things in life.

This is for Dub...

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

who believes our house is a figment of our imagination!

This was taken in March, 2007 when our grass was actually green (and before the front door was painted).

Chopsticks anyone...

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:42:00 +0000

We had a fun night eating at Kanpai of Tokyo for my Nana’s birthday. Emma is still afraid of the fire and smoke – and apparently now she is afraid of the cook coming toward anyone as he serves their food. She loved the soup and salad though. Sam munched on Puffs all night. Actually, the floor got most of them but he was entertained trying. Hey, whatever works! We then ventured to Target where Emma skipped throughout the entire store singing “I Believe” from the movie Shrek. She would stop every now and then to look at something and ~~say~~ yell “Oh, pretty.” Then continue to skip and sing “I Believe.” I am sure everyone in Target was ready for us to leave.

Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:52:00 +0000

To sum up this weekend - big yard sale on Saturday along with college football. Georgia lost so the day ended on a bad note; however, Sunday started off pretty good as Auburn got beat by UCF around 1 a.m. Sunday was full of laying around as much as possible. Amy is making me take my daughter up to bed so she can have her pillow back. Emma is lying on the couch asleep and Amy is dying to go to bed. I better oblige her request, unless I want to end up on the couch.

The Latest

noreply@blogger.com (Phillipsonline) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:36:00 +0000

I am struggling to keep up with my regular website, so I started this blog in hopes of trying to be more consistent with uploads of pictures and updates of what's going on with the family.

Right now, my son, who is supposed to be asleep, is crying but thankfully Amy is downstairs to get him back asleep. I had to stay upstairs with Emma so I could reassure her that I was close by while she slept.

The short version, to get everyone caught up, is that I am at a new job, closer to home, I am supposed to be reading or studying right now for my doctoral program at UGA, and Amy and I are raising 2 beautiful kids. I hope to update pictures frequently, as many have requested updates.

Here's Sam

Here's Sam again

OK, he's over the picture taking.

Emma's turn!

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