Wilkins~Ciara~Emmalyn

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Smile




Hunting, Baby Boy, and the Desert

Emmalyn is now 9 months old!!! I can't believe how fast it happens every month! She is becoming more and more beautiful everyday. She is all about taking pictures now- I guess she realized that she might as well smile or she'll have to pose for another 30 minutes! In this picture she is wearing the add-a-pearl necklace that her Deea and Doc gave her for Christmas. It is so gorgeous! She is still not crawling yet but working on it. She'd rather stand up and lean on something rather than be on the floor. So who knows, maybe she'll skip a stage and just start walking!

Wilkins has been hunting every weekend and I am so ready for February first. I have all whole new apprecitation for single moms. Even though it is just the weekend, it is alot of work. I feel like I should get an award since W has been gone almost every weekend since October. I just don't get the fascination with the early morning, freezing cold, dirty smelling, and monk quietness just to kill an animal thing. On the other hand, I do appreciate not having to buy meat throughout the year but come on...every weekend???
However, I love spending every moment with E. She is growing so quickly that I know she'll be up and about before I know it and would rather do things on her own...I'm sad already thinking about it:( Her nine month birthday was this past Wednesday and to celebrate we gave her a front facing car seat...I know she doesn't understand what it is but will be very pleased when she finds out. She still has a couple more pounds to go. The law says 20lbs till she can sit in it and last we checked she weighed in at 15.5lbs! So we are on countdown!!! We go back in two weeks for a check up.

Having a baby is the greatest joy of life, I mean just look at that face. My sister Sherri is about to find this wonderful secret out. Her due date is the beginning of June and we found out this week that she is having a beautiful baby.... BOY! Can you believe that someone in the Jones-Blair family is having a boy. We are not going to know what to even do with a boy. Sherri, I am so excited that you got the boy cause now you can figure it out and just tell me how it goes, if I ever get one:) We have got to think of some good boy names cause it defines whether they are going to be sissy's or not, seriously! Good luck!!! I can't wait to meet him, I am too excited!


I am sure by now everyone knows that my sister Tiffany is being deployed to Afghanistan on February 2nd. I am so proud of her and all of our troops but the truth is upsetting. My sister is going to a very scary place and all we can do is pray. It seems that this weekend it has finally sunk in...I can't call my sister whenever I want or even go see her. So to Tiffany...I love you so much! You are an amazing person who makes me laugh, cry, and be myself. You are kind of like my own personal sunshine- so it will be grey over the next few months but I hope you carry me with you. You are one best friends and to not be able to talk to you is going to be hard, but I know that this is bigger than me or us, you are doing a job for every American and we are so proud of you. I will pray for you everyday and count down to the minute when we will all be together again. To the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade...please be safe and come home to us. You will be in our thoughts and prayers. I hope you know how appreciated every one of you are. Thank you for standing up for what you believe in!
Tiffany, I had a yellow ribbon made for the front door for you while you are gone. It reads : 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, PFC Jones... We love you and come home soon.


Next time I update, hunting season will be over...Hallelujah, but Tiffany will be gone and missed. Sherri will be 6 months preggos with my nephew and Emmalyn will be getting ready for her Baptism at Canterbury Methodist Church. Life moves on and I guess I better be getting to it. Love you all!!!






What I've learned so far...


To Wear my Dress and Cheer with my Daddy as Auburn
wins the 2011 National Championship
Go Auburn!!!

To stand up tall on my own



To hold my own sippy cup



To share Ritz crackers and peanut butter with my da da



Monday, January 3, 2011

Traveling Christmas

Hey- I know I haven't posted in awhile and apparently I needed to since someone would remind me everyday that I haven't. Anyways, I have been working everyday this month filling in for a girlfriend of mine who just had her baby boy in November. I just don't understand how a mom these days work full time and still get things done. I feel crazy and I am so glad for Mandy to come back next week:) I come home from work and just want to sleep but instead, I am cooking dinner, bathing E, feeding her and getting her ready for bed. It is exhausting just writing it, lol!

So this has been such a fun month other than it being Christmas and Emmalyn turning 8 months old. I found out that my sister Sherri is pregnant...I am going to be an Aunt! I always wanted to be an aunt cause I never thought I'd be a mom. I am so happy for her and Bobby. Also, my best friend Lindsey is preggers too. She is due in August, so needless to say I am going to have a busy summer with showers and such:) Congrats girl, I can't wait to see you become a mom!

So I found out that Christmas is so much fun when you have a child. It just makes the holiday. We had so much fun watching her eat the wrapping paper and gift boxes rather than play with the toys. The only thing with the holidays means lots of traveling. We stayed gone from the time we got off work on Wednesday till Sunday night. Wilkins, E, and I did our Christmas at home on Thursday morning. Then we got ready, packed the car and headed to Fairhope. We stayed with my In-Laws and celebrated with them and Nana Sue that night. We got this awesome new camera (another reason this blog had to wait, didn't know how to work it) and a wine cork.



Emmalyn racked up with lots of V-tech games from her Mimi, Go- Daddy, Nana, and Trent and Grant. It was so nice spending time with them even if it was for a short while. On Friday morning we got up and went to my parents house in Semmes. Everyone was there except for Tiffany which was kind of depressing. I miss her so much. We found out a couple of weeks ago that she is deploying to Afghanistan on January 29th- please keep her in your prays.

We had a nice dinner at my parents filled with lots more presents including a dvd player for the car and a walker from Gramie and Granddad and these sock monkeys from Sherri and Bobby!
Emmalyn loves playing with her rock-n-stackers before bedtime for some reason (santa brought those to her). On Saturday morning, we headed up to Sylacauga to spend time with Deea and Doc. She really didn't know what to do with all of these presents covering her. She didn't want anyone to mess with them though...spoiled anyone? She got clothes, toys, and an activity table here. At this point, we are wondering where we are going to put these things. However, we are so thankful and blessed to have such a wonderful family on both sides! Thank you to everyone for making this Christmas the best. With that said, next year you can visit us, lol!



In this picture, Emmalyn is having breakfast in a very special high chair. It is Wilkins Great, Great Grandfathers and has been passed down in the family. All of the boys have sat in this chair. It was so neat to have Emmalyn do it too. But instead of picture taking she wanted to eat!




I hope everyone had the best holiday. Love you all. I will be going to New York to spend time with Tiff in the next couple weeks so I'll update soon!
Happy New Year


E with Family

Learning my new toy with Go-Daddy



Hanging out with Elise, second cousin

Posing with Uncles Trent and Grant


The Jones Family minus Tiff




Wilkins, Mama Ann, and E on Christmas Day