Pink 'n Blue Make Two: 100 Days Old! & "Blue" For Sarah . . .

On Friday, while we were writing our last post (be sure to read WalkAmerica 2007), doing some other updates, and reorganizing the blog's layout, Steve decided to tweak the countdown timer (baby countdown) and make it be a countup timer (how old is Emily countup). That's when it hit us!!!! When he was finished and we saw the countup, and we realized that at that point Emily was 99 days old! My oh my, how quickly time has flown by. . .

On Saturday, at precisely 2:38pm, Emily became 100 days old! We thought that this was a very exciting occasion, as did she. We decided that a celebration was in order . . . at least this was a really good reason to eat a really yummy dessert after dinner that night. There is a restaurant near us called Claim Jumper, for those of you who haven't been, go, it's really good. We've eaten there before, but we did not eat there on Saturday. We did, however, get a piece of their AWESOME chocolate cake, to go. One slice of this cake is $10.00 and it is worth every penny. This picture shows just how big the "slice" of cake is. (Use Emily for size comparison . . . remember she is smaller than one of her Auntie Mandy's shoes, but bigger than the Eiffel Tower, I hope this helped.) This is just ONE serving of the dessert; there were FOUR of us eating and there was still cake left over for the next day. This is one of the Eewiest, Gooiest, Yummiest, pieces of chocolate cake that you will ever try. It has fudge icing and nuts on the outer bits of icing. AND, if that wasn't enough, there are chocolate chips mixed into the cake!!!! My mouth is watering just thinking about it again. . .

During the course of the day on Saturday, we received a phone call from Steve's dad, inquiring about what Emily's wardrobe choice was going to be for Sunday. This was a very odd question and definitely inspired some curiosity on my part, so I asked "Why, what's tomorrow?" He then told me that everyone was supposed to wear blue; Sarah's (our 11 year old niece, and Emily's cousin) basketball team was playing in the New England Championship game and their school color is blue. As we've gotten into the habit of occasionally wearing "Blue for Joseph", we have blue, so does Emily. We told him that we'd gladly participate in the "Blue for Sarah" Good Luck campaign.

On Sunday, we were doing some work around our house. Our bathroom is in the process of being partially renovated, and I needed to repaint the new walls. Steve was working in the yard, trying to get the gardens ready for Spring. I was outside with Steve in between coats of paint. The reason for this mad scramble is that this is the week that the City of Elgin lets all of its citizens put out as much trash, yard waste, etc. as possible for the city's Spring Cleaning Week. We wanted to take full advantage, so we were really trying to get a lot done so we can get rid of as much as possible. We were lucky to get a break from the weather, so that we could get the yard work done, too. Woo-Hoo!!

Emily's Grandma Bellock came over to spend the beautiful day with Emily. This way, we could focus our attention to our housework and Emily could still have her needs attended to. The two of them had a wonderful time. Emily was swinging away, Grandma was doing a crossword. A little while later, the two of them indulged in a nap. There was some snuggling and hugging. Later in the afternoon, they decided to go for a walk, seeing as how it was 80 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze. The perfect day for a stroll.

During this busy day, we received a call from Sarah, telling us that her team won their game!!! Our niece is now part of the New England Regional 6th Grade Parochial Basketball Championship Team (now that's a mouthful)!! Go, St. Timothy Tigers!! Congratulations, Sarah! We are so proud of you!!

I almost forgot to mention the cutest development in Emily's skill repertoire happened yesterday, Tuesday, March 27. She can now give "kisses". She's really just chewing on your face, but she has only been doing it after someone gives her some kisses on her cheeks. It's her first attempt at giving kisses; it is really funny and it tickles.

This afternoon, we got a call from the photo studio where we brought Emily for her 3 month photos, our pictures are in!!! Yay!! And they are beautiful!!

Emily actually "smiled for the camera" when I got ready to take this picture. She had been just sitting their playing with her little bunny rattle, and was looking really cute while she was doing that, so I got out the camera. As soon as it was focused on her, she gave me this cute smile. What perfect timing!