~Happy Birthday Emma Harper~

We finally have our third niece and we are so excited. Introducing Miss Emma Harper!
Born May 16th at 1:05 in the afternoon. She weighed 8 lbs 7 oz (that is a huge baby for how small my sister is) and 20" long. She is so beautiful and looks just like her momma.


So, I was allowed to be in the delivery room when the baby was born, but I didn't want to stay in there the whole time she was in labor. I had to stay home and make sure my kids were fed and off to school. I told my sister to call me once she was almost ready to deliver. My mom called me a few times during the day just to keep me informed, but said the baby probably wouldn't be born until LATE afternoon. I got a call at 12:41 from my mom again telling me my sister is at a 10. So, I say "Oh my gosh! I need to come now! Don't let her have the baby without me! Zachary! I have to go!" So now I am scrambling to find my purse, my overnight bag (I was going to spend her first night with her), camera, and put my shoes on, all at the same time yelling up the stairs for Zach to come get the baby and make sure he could take work off. Thankfully he was able to get his shift off so I didn't have to take the kids with me to the hospital. I really didn't want to miss seeing this baby be born, so I was flying down the freeway almost doing 80. I got on the off ramp and the light turned red. AHHHHH! Then my mom calls again telling me I need to hurry or I'm gonna miss it. So I start going up the street, another red light. Get to the light right before the hospital and...it turns red too. God is punishing me for going 75-80 on the freeway in a construction zone marked 55!
I made it in time! I am so glad that I got to be apart of the wonderful experience. I have never witnessed a birth that wasn't my own in real life. This was so special to me because it was my only sister having her first baby (and I'm getting all teary eyed).
She is the sweetest little baby and I love her nearly as much as I love my own children.

Let's Go Fly A Kite

The girls and I had bought kites a few weeks ago, but we haven't been able to go since this past month we (mostly me, and I didn't want to miss out on flying kites) have been so busy.So, Saturday we went and flew our kites. I wasn't there for the first half, since Lily needed a nap and I needed a shower, but Zachary said that Micah was a little scared. He thinks she thought that she would fly away with the kite. Funny kid. We had fun, but both girl's kites are now broken. So, we will have to get them new ones.



Micah and I are done with school (for now)!!! Micah was a little sad and kept telling her teacher that it was the last day, which made her teacher sad too.

Micah at school finish coloring her picture

Micah with her teacher, Miss Kelly

Oh, did you notice Micah got a hair cut? Well...One day Alyssa and Micah were playing at Nana and Papa's house. Alyssa decided to get into Nana's scrapbooking things and grab some scissors. I have been meaning to get Micah's hair cut, so I think that Alyssa figured she would do it for me. OH MY GOSH! She cut her own hair and Micah's! I almost cryed. Alyssa didn't do a "bad" job cutting her own hair, but poor little Micah's got CHOPPED! It was cut down to nearly 1" in some places. I really didn't think that it could be fixed in any way that would not make her look like a boy.

It turned out pretty well, but unless we wash her hair every morning...

We end up with hair that looks like this all day long. (I don't have a picture of Alyssa's hair anymore. They must have gotten erased, but her hair looks very cute)

As for Zachary and I, Zachary has been applying for promotions at work and he is scheduled to have an interview soon for one of the positions. YAY! I have finished the CNA course and have turned in my...application (that's not what it's called, but I can't think of what it is called) and am waiting to get my vouchers back so I can take the state written and skills tests. I have a meeting with an admissions rep from Fortis College to see about their nursing program, and another meeting with Ameritech College about their program as well. I have put in a few applications for jobs doing CNA work, but I'm not too optimistic about it since I haven't actually recieved the certification. Oh well.