Happy Halloween, Y'all!

Hey guys, Emmett again. Today I am three weeks old! And it's my first Halloween!

Aren't I a cute little pumpkin??

And, my brother is a super-cute cowboy!

Two milestones from my week:

1. I met Gad! And he's my newest friend!

2. I christened my Aunt Amy twice in one diaper change!

Successful week, I think!

{Sunday Snapshot} Concert

For Mom's Birthday we went to see her very favorite band in Peoria. It took 6 1/2 hours roundtrip, but to us, it was worth it!

Lindsay McCaul

The Afters

 Sanctus Real

And then, of course, Casting Crowns!

One of my favorite parts was probably this little girl dancing and singing the whole night! She was sitting right in front of us, so we got to spend part of the evening watching a 5 year old praise Jesus.

Is there anything better?

Hope you had an awesome time, Mom!

29 Again!

Happy birthday, Mom! 29 feels pretty great, doesn't it? :)

{Favorite Photo Friday} Checking In..

{Favorite Photo}

Hey guys, it's Emmett again! No, I'm not another week old, but I did have a good weekend! I finally got to meet this guy that my big brother and Aunt Amy talk about a lot... Landon calls him Gad... We are already best buddies!

Little Cardinals Fans...

 Little Cards fans watching their team win the World Series!

Emmett would like you to check out his awesome bib!

They are too stinkin' cute!

Two Weeks Old!

Hey guys,

Emmett here again with Aunt Amy!

She's kind of failing by putting up my two week old pictures 4 days late!

But I've been busy being the bait to get my Bella over to my house so she can find her Mommy and Daddy (my great-grandparents) waiting to surprise her!

Aunt Amy said something about her turning 29 again...I don't know much math, but I'm not sure that makes sense!

Anyways, here are my "super" 2 week pictures!

I still sleep a LOT

My Aunt Brooke and cousins Eoin and Nola came to meet me last weekend too!

My brother is very protective of me. When Aunt Amy tried to talk to me, Landon told her:"SHHH! EMMETT SLEEPING!"

Thanks brother!

Aunt Amy promises next week's pictures will be more on time!

Love and kisses from me, Emmett, age 2 weeks and 4 days!

{Sunday Snapshot} Memories

A weekend at the U of I with the girls.

So. Much. Fun.

So many memories.

All the fun we had almost made up for being in enemy territory.

M-I-Z-Z-O-U!!!!!

PS: Sorry the picture are so low quality..Apple, please work on your iPhone 4 flash!

{Favorite Photo Friday} (Video) Hiccups.

One Week Old!

Hi everyone, it's Emmett again with Aunt Amy translating for me!

Guess what! I'm a whole week old today!

As you can tell from my picture, I am VERY excited.

Except today I also found out that I have jaundice, as you can see in my eyes.

Aunt Amy and Mommy and Landon took me to the hospital for my test.

I felt very calm and slept the whole way there.

But man, I got a rude awakening! Those needle things hurt!

My mommy had a new bed brought in so that hopefully my level will go down from 18.5 and I'll be feeling better and more awake.

Because I like to sleep....

In fact, I sleep in my bouncy seat so well that I don't even notice when I start to fall sideways.

I don't sleep when my big brother holds me though. I like to look at him and wait for kisses from him.

Well, I'm liking it out here in the world so far.

Feel free to talk about how cute I am!

Aunt Amy and I will check back in with you guys in a week so you can see how much I'm growing and changing! And to let you know how quickly my yucky jaundice goes away.

Bye bye for now,

Love, Emmett 

(And Aunt Amy)

Someone Has Been Paying Attention...

{Sunday Snapshot} Best buddies...

Landon absolutely adores his baby brother!

It's so great to see!

Emmett would also like you to know, that he's growing so he can be big and strong like his big brother!

And definitely just as cute :)

Thursday's Little Scare

Lindsay's Status on Thursday night says it all:


We had a very scary moment this evening. Emmett got very fussy all of the sudden then quickly turned hysterical which is VERY rare for him. In my quest to find out what was wrong with him I realized that he felt warm to me. I decided to take his temp with our temporal thermometer. When it beeped it showed a temp of 102.2! I swear my heart stopped. I didn't think he felt that warm but the crazy paranoidmother in me surfaced. I took him temp 4 more times, twice under his arm and twice the "old fashioned way" (sorry little buddy!) and was so relieved to see that those thermometers showed a consistent 98 temp. PTL! Now I kind of want to smash the temporal thermometer into a million pieces for scaring us like that. Emmett is doing great now (poor little guy had a tummy ache). I'm so thankful that God gave us a healthy baby!


Thursday night I was preparing to go see the little guys and their mommy. Mom had already said she didn't want to go, which was fine. As I was finishing up some things in my room before heading over, I heard Mom's phone ring. Not even 20 seconds later, she was yelling to me, "Amy let's go now! Lindsay just took Emmett's temp and it was over 102!"


Talk about a heart-stopping moment.


We grabbed shoes and keys and headed over to their house, sending up frantic prayers the whole way.


(Off the record, it probably only took 4 minutes to get there instead of the usual 7-8 minutes)


As soon as we got there, we ran into the house to find a crying Emmett, a worried Mommy, and a very confused big brother Landon telling us, "He crying. Em Emm crying!" Such a caring big brother!


We re-took his temp and got consistently somewhere in the 98 range, and figured out that it was just a tummy ache from some of the food his Mommy had been eating.


Finally, he got calmed down enough to show off how cute he was in his onesie from Aunt Amy...

Lindsay, allow me to get a swing in at that thermometer too?

{Weekly Three} October 9-15

So, I've been a little busy this week.

As I sit down to write this I have NO idea if I have 3 great deals.

But here we go:

1. $kittles 14 oz bag
Retail: $2.68 at $chnucks
Sale Price: 2/4.00
Coupon Value: $1 off one bag
Final Price: $1.00

2. Nature Valley Granola Bars
Retail: $3.15
Sale Price: $2.18
Coupon: .40 off one
Dierbergs doubles .40 or below coupons so
Actual Coupon Value: .80
Final Price: $1.38/box

3. @ctivia 4 pack
Retail: $2.73/pack
Sale Price: 2/4.00
Coupon : $1 off a 4 pack
Final Price: $1/pack or .25 per container
(This deal exclusively at Market Place Grocery in my town)

So, what deals did you find this week? Share the love!

{Favorite Photo Friday} Multiplying.

Picking this week's favorite photo was nothing short of impossible!

But here's the winner:

This is Landon and Emmett, the day after Emmett was born.

Can't you just see the bond already growing between the two of them?

I can't wait to see their relationship grow and the love between them multiply!

Here are some close seconds to the FPF:

Trying out his old/Emmett's new toys.

Seconds old, meeting his mommy for the first time!

My First Day at Home!

Hi everyone, Emmett here! (My Aunt Amy is translating for me)

Today I got to finally leave the hospital and go home!

I love my new house and have been so busy since I've gotten here!

I've been sleeping, more during the day than my mommy likes me to...but hey, being this cute is exhausting!

My big brother has been so helpful! He even tried to put my hat on while I slept. Nice try, Landon!

When I finally woke up for a diaper change, I gave everyone a big surprise and marked my territory on my room. Sorry, Mommy, looks like you're gonna have to wash my curtains!

When I finally decided to wake up and look around, I decided I like it here! I have so many visitors and everyone talks about how cute I am!

Thanks everyone for adoring me! I think I'l go back to holding Aunt Amy's finger now...she totally loves me. But then again, who doesn't?

Brotherly Love

Get ready to go "awwww!"

Yep, he's just as cute today as yesterday!

Landon is an AWESOME big brother!

He loves giving Emmett kisses!

Holding hands....so precious!

Looks like STL is the city of brotherly love today!

Please excuse me...

Please excuse me for flooding your news feeds with pictures and updates about the new baby...

But he's just so cute.

Yes, the second time around is just as exciting as the first.

I just can't stop obsessing.

I just can't believe he's here.

We finally get to see in person those giant feet we saw on the ultrasound!

Excuse me while I force you to look at more pictures...

BIG feet!

Like his big brother, his feet almost filled the whole box!

Sorry, I just can't get over his cuteness.

Please excuse me... :)