Day 87

Dear Daddy,

Mommy took lots of pictures for you today.

This is how Emma rolls-she's almost there! Her arm just gets stuck.

We loved this frog!

This is what we've been eating for lunch lately.

This is the base of my halloween costume...

 Mommy took it off and added more tulle-so all she needs now is the white part and the belt and it's done.

Mommy ate the rest of the brownies after my meltdown and has no shame about it.

We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya

Day 86

Dear Daddy,

Today Emma is 4 months old!

We had everything ready to do pictures, mommy put Emma in the chair and then... Emma spit up. Big time.

Here's what we look like in the van now!

Sweet potato brownies! Yum!

 We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya

Day 85

Dear Daddy,

Today was a quiet day at home, but mommy got at least one big thing crossed of her to do list-the car seats. We drove mommy nuts the rest of the day though.

This is the dragonfly I was telling you about. It was crazy.

No, this is not Ava.

Emma loves Sophie!

Mommy found this while taking the middle seat out of the middle row. It went right in the trash-she didn't even want to know how awful the mold was inside that it was showing through the cup.

 This is what the seats look like now! The back row looks the same, but Ava & Patrick are going to switch seats, and then Emma and I swapped seats and moved her seat into the middle position. Of course we couldn't go 4 for 4 with good riders-so I'll hopefully be able to comfort her (though, no kidding, it's usually Walmart that does it. She starts screaming halfway through and doesn't stop till we get home.)

Catching flies during her (too short of a) nap 

This is the last picture of Emma as a 3 month old. Mommy is pretty sad.

We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya

Day 84

Dear Daddy,

Look at the silly love bugs! Mommy REALLY needs to wash them off our van before it peels the paint off. The lovebugs are SO SO bad around our house-you almost breathe them in just standing there.

One went in my nose!

Yay for our first box! Next week mommy will get a picture of the farm for you, she forgot. We ate some of the squash from it tonight and it was delicious.

We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya

Day 83

Dear Daddy,

We did a lot today, despite the fire alarm chirping all night long.

Mommy put the last little bit of paint I had in plastic bags for us and taped them to the window. They are so much fun!

Mommy got me jeans from Ebay! And I'm not at all a huge ham.

Our fabric for our halloween costumes came too! Mommy is embracing the ease of ordering everything online so we don't have to run to the ends of the earth for stuff. You'll love it when you're home I'm sure-less time running errands!

THIS is everything Ava has to sleep with every time she goes to bed, for nap or nighttime. It's absurd.

Before my huge meltdown I had a really good day, so mommy let me snuggle and watch a movie on the ipad. Emma had been eating, but when she was done she was VERY interested in what was going on!

We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya

Day 82

Dear Daddy,

Today was errand day. Little did Ava know when she was taking her animals happily to bed that she was going too!

Emma looked so pretty! And so huge.

I pushed you around! You had so much fun and were so good in the stroller.

We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya

Day 81

Dear Daddy,

This day was such a lazy one! We desperately need them sometimes.

Patrick looks like you in this picture!

We miss you, daddy, and we can't wait to see you.

Love, Maya