been a Long day!: November 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Batson Exchange for Christmas 2012

Here is our list for Christmas 2012 from drawing names at Thanksgiving 2011. I am going to keep this on our blog but also try to put a link on the right side bar of our blog too for it.

Giver - Receiver

Maddie - Emmie
Maggie - Michelle L.
Susan - Maggie
Michelle Stanley - Jan
Michelle L. - Michelle Stanley
Sadie - Ann
Aunt Dot - Molly
Ann - Susan
Molly - Maddie
Leah - Aunt Dot
Emmie - Sadie
Jen - Roxanne
Roxanne - Leah
Jan - Jen
Ben - Jeremy
Bob - Steve
John - Will
Tom - Chris
Jeremy - Lee
Rick - Mike
Will - John
Lee - Tom
Chris - Brian
Steve - Bob
Chad - Ben
Brian - Chad
Mike - Rick

Thursday, November 24, 2011

"I am Thankful to God for..." by Emmie Long (Part 2)

The wreath is finished and these are the things Emmie has been thankful for in the past 2 weeks (since my past post). It has been very sweet to do this with her and we will definitly do it again next year.

11th: Will and Logan (twins, her friends from church)
12th: bubbles
13th: cupcakes
14th: horses and pumpkins
15th: trees, birds, and "leafes" (as she says it)
16th: Jenny and Nite Nite (her bedtime lovies)
17th: G'Mom/Grampa
18th: Pug/Papa
19th: Dora cup
20th: Mallory/Tate
21st: Mr. Vick (at the grocery store that always gives her suckers)
22nd: Cows
23rd: Molly/Leah
24th: bunkbeds

Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 21, 2011

19 weeks and counting!

Praise God! I am feeling well and doing well. We went for my 18 week ultrasound and found out...

From Emmie at 2 1/2 - the adventure!

We are having a boy, Jeremy "JJ" Michael Long, Jr. He is growning healthy at 9 oz. and about 6-8 inches. With blue balloons, we told Aunt DiDi, Pug, G'Mom/Grampa, and Aunt Jen that we were having a boy.

18 weeks

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

19 weeks

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

Emmie wanted to take a pix with JJ.

From Emmie at 2 1/2 - the adventure!

Click on this pix below to see more pix of what Emmie has been up to:

From Emmie at 2 1/2 - the adventure!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

"I am Thankful to God for..." by Emmie Long

From Emmie at 2 1/2 - the adventure!

Since it is a few weeks from Thanksgiving, I thought I would update ya'll on Emmie's Thanksfulness Wreath that we have been doing each day. The first 2 days, it was a hard concept to convey to her. I would ask her "What do you like that you are thankful to God for?" She got it quickly and it has been so sweet to see her answers each day. I ask her (without giving suggestions or soliciting a response) what she is thankful to God for and we write her response on one of her handprints.

Here have been her sweet responses since the beginning of November:
1-butterflies
2-Zoe
3-hearts
4-people - Mommy and Daddy
5-groceries - strawberries, candy corn, and animal crackers
6-the church
7-flowers
8-the baby
9-my big girl bed
10-birds

Friday, November 4, 2011

Disney on Ice!

Jeremy surprised Emmie and I on Tuesday night and told us we were going to Disney on Ice the next evening. We showed Emmie videos of the performance online that evening and she got really excited.

From 11-2-0-11 Disney on Ice

She picked out 2 prizes while we were there. Some "noculars" (binoculars) and Simba from Lion King.

From 11-2-0-11 Disney on Ice

We got to see Mickey, Minie, Tinker Bell and Peter Pan.

From 11-2-0-11 Disney on Ice

Click any of the pix to see more!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

We are expecting Baby Long #2!!!

We are excited that Baby Long #2 is growing healthy and doing well. God is good to us to bless me with another pregnancy that is going well thus far. I am due April 10, 2012. As we did with Emmie, here are my weekly prego pix...

Week 13

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

Week 14

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

Week 15

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

Week 16 (I must have had a big dinner right before this pix because my belly looks huge.)

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

Week 17

From 4-10-12 Weekly Prego Pix

Our Miss Wilber!

Happy Halloween! Emmiw was Miss Wilber with Charlotte on her shoulder. She LOVES the Charlotte's Web movie and Uncle Rick had given her a spider finger puppet from Australia, so it was perfect.

Carving the pumpkin - look at "Movie Star" Emmie with her hand over her mouth! :)