M&M Embley

Happy Girl

2012-01-29T19:55:00.001-08:00

She smiles so much.

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Holding a Rattle

2012-01-21T09:21:00.001-08:00

Kylee's new trick.

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Legos

2012-01-21T09:07:00.001-08:00

Got out Mark's stash of Legos. Hours of fun...

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2012-01-21T05:56:00.003-08:00

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Update

2012-01-21T05:56:00.001-08:00

We feel so blessed! Kylee is 2 1/2 months old now. She is such a sweet, happy little girl. We are all so in love with her. (and a great sleeper! 8 hours last night.)

Sean is growing up so quickly! This week I've been looking at several preschools in our area. Every day I'm more convinced that he's ready for school.

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Dancing

2012-01-21T05:49:00.001-08:00

Sean loves to dance to this song.

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35 Weeks

2011-11-07T11:43:00.000-08:00

We went to Les Miserables when I was 35 weeks pregnant and I thought it would be a good time to get some pictures. Thanks Josh for taking them.

Pumpkin Patch

2011-11-07T11:40:00.001-08:00

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch this year, even in the 40 degree weather.

Everyone got huge pumpkins, but Sean's highlight was the hay ride.

Getting ready for Sister

2011-07-10T15:12:00.001-07:00

Sean has started to pull his bed apart instead of taking a nap. This is how we found him today. :)

(Blogger had some problems...so I went through FB.)

Memorial Day

2011-06-02T06:03:00.001-07:00

We had a great Memorial Day this year. We hosted a neighborhood BBQ. A lot of the neighbors came and it was so fun. One of the children brought a slip&slide. The kids were having so much fun that Mark had to join in...eventually there was a contest to see which adult could slip the farthest. It was a muddy mess!!

It's been a while

2011-05-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

Sean's Birthday was a fun, relaxed day. We played at the (windy) park with a few friends.

While my mom was here we went to the circus. It was fun. Sean loved the elephants and motorcycles.

Transportation day! Sean LOVES big vehicles. He had a BLAST getting into all the big vehicles. My favorite was the SWAT vehicle.

Ice Skating

2011-03-03T14:49:00.000-08:00

We recently had the opportunity to go ice skating with our neighbors. Sean had the smallest size skate. He lasted 45 minutes and had a really good time. (There were tears when we had to leave.)

Sean and his best friend Angelina.

Our neighbor helped while I took a few pictures.

Allergies

2011-01-29T16:55:00.001-08:00

Allergies are the worst! In October we found out that Sean is allergic (4+) to eggs. It hasn't been too hard to deal with because I can give him a lot of fresh fruits and veggies and he likes most meat. There are times that I do get nervous, however. The other day I left him with a babysitter and when I went to pick him up the other kids were eating sugar cookies. The babysitter knows that he as an egg allergy, but was about to give him the cookie. His reaction to a cookie wouldn't have been too bad, probably just a tummy ache and a rash, but I still over-reacted just a tiny bit. (I don't want to ever use the epi-pens that I carry around.)

Sean has been pretty sick over the last month and I finally got an Amoxicillin prescription for him. About 9 days into the prescription he got a rash all over his entire body...turns out he's allergic.

I hope he doesn't get seasonal allergies too!

Sledding

2011-01-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

While we were in Utah for Christmas we found some time to go sledding. It was so much fun!!

Sean loved to be in charge of his own sled.

Even the doggies got to go down the hill!

Check out the footwear!! (I laugh every time I look at this picture.)

What a fun time we had! We miss those mountains.

Santa

2010-12-08T11:34:00.000-08:00

This was Sean's first visit with Santa. I love it that they photographed him even though he wasn't happy.

Ketchup

2010-11-12T10:44:00.000-08:00

Do you LOVE ketchup this much?

Summer 5

2010-07-03T20:22:00.000-07:00

Sean and Brody tolerated eachother.

We went on some adventures.

And had a great time!!

Summer 4

2010-07-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

Caleb was blessed.

Sean an Caleb spent some "quality" time together.

Summer 3

2010-07-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

Alex was our AWESOME chef.

Josh turned 18.

Sean learned how to sew.

Boys will be boys...

Summer 2

2010-07-03T20:15:00.000-07:00

Jared got married

Josh graduated!!

Ahhhh Summer...

2010-07-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

So much has happened since the last time I posted. Our summer has been wonderful. The highlight so far has been our trip to Utah. We did so much...

Sean got another haircut

and learned how to put a lens cap on.

Yay! Eric's home AND getting married!?!

The "five little boys" were together again after many years of separation.

Gardening

2010-05-17T08:06:00.001-07:00

We have had a very fun week of gardening. It has been exciting to go to the nursery and pick out flowers and vegetables. Sean has been a lot of "help" during this process. He was covered from head to toe in dirt while we were planting the vegetables. We are excited to see if we can grow anything.

Randomness...

2010-05-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

My mom said, "You deserve every bit of mess."

He does this all the time, it is so funny.

Beware of nakedness...

Birthday Boy

2010-04-10T09:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to our wonderful 1 year old!

At the park:

Easter/Birthday:

Birthday Fun:

Spring has brought me such a nice surprise...

2010-04-02T06:59:00.000-07:00

Blossoms popping right before my eyes!

These are the blossoms from the tree in our backyard.

It was so much fun when cousin Sam came over for a couple of days!

(They are enjoying the empty sandbox.)

Getting ready for bath time.

2nd Haircut

2010-02-23T07:07:00.000-08:00

I took Sean to get his 2nd haircut and he did so well. Then he was so patient (almost bored) while I had my haircut.

Before:

After (waiting for mommy):

Walking

2010-02-11T07:57:00.001-08:00

It has been great to be snowed in this week. (The fact that we have power doesn't hurt.) We've been able to spend a lot of time together and play a lot! :)

(The video was taken on my phone, not very good quality.)

Windy

2010-02-11T07:04:00.000-08:00

My neighbor was out shoveling his sidewalk in this. He would shovel his snow into the air and the wind would carry it away.

Special Statement from National Weather Service....

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION THIS MORNING.

AT 7:27 AM THIS MORNING...A WIND GUST WAS RECORDED TO 60 MPH AT MANASSAS VIRGINIA. NUMEROUS WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAVE OBSERVED AROUND THE REGION ALONG WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.

IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE. PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM TIME- TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING.

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Grocery Store

2010-02-09T06:22:00.001-08:00

I went to the grocery store late last night and this is what I found...Between the 30 inches of snow we just got and the 12 inches we are going to get tonight the stores can't keep up.

Let it SNOW!!!

2010-02-07T12:22:00.000-08:00

We had at least 2 feet of snow this weekend!!

The view from our back porch.

Shoveling was kind of fun. (And we got to socialize with the neighbors.)

He seemed to enjoy the snow.

We didn't drive with him like this. We put him in the warm car while we were scraping it off.

We were lucky that we didn't lose power. It has been a fun weekend!

Like His Daddy?

2010-02-01T06:24:00.000-08:00

I wonder...

Helping

2010-02-01T06:12:00.000-08:00

We got a trundle bed from my aunt and uncle on Saturday. Sean was such a good helper as we were putting it together, as the video shows.

6th Anniversary

2010-01-22T07:21:00.000-08:00

Our 6th anniversary is this weekend and I have been thinking about all the things that we have accomplished in those 6 years. On our 4th anniversary we went to St. Lucia for our Honeymoon. I wish we could be there again this weekend!

First Steps

2010-01-11T06:51:00.000-08:00

Time moves too quickly. Yesterday Sean surprised us by taking his first steps. He was standing next to a toy and took a step to try and grab my toes (that were in the air.) We were so excited that the three of us danced together for a few minutes. Then we put him the exact same place and he took THREE more steps! I got the camera ready...no more steps. But, I did get a cute video of him kicking. He loves to kick and he does it all the time. The more excited he is the more he does it.

White Christmas

2010-01-02T09:09:00.000-08:00

Well, it wasn't snowing on Christmas, but there was plenty on the ground.

Dancing & Organizing

2009-12-16T09:24:00.000-08:00

It's amazing how fast they grow!! This morning I turned on some music and Sean started dancing! I couldn't believe it. He is also good at getting into trouble as the picture and the video show.

New Toys are the Best

2009-11-29T13:08:00.000-08:00

Sean is all over the place! He loves his new toy. We have really enjoyed having more space to play in. Here are some random pictures and a video of the new toy.

When did we get so much stuff??

2009-11-19T07:38:00.000-08:00

Isn't that always the question when you move?

We're all moved in! Pictures to follow once we're unpacked. (Which could take months at this rate.)

We moved in on Saturday and yesterday I flooded the basement! Yep, the washer's drain hose fell out of the utility sink and when I found it there was an inch of water in the utility room. Sean was crying, I slipped and fell (very large bruise on my knee BTW), and our basement was all wet. Tears, lots of them, that's what came next. The wet vac that Mark brought home saved the day and Anne brought towels and some perspective. It's still damp, but we'll survive... One day we'll laugh about how I flooded the basement the week we moved into our new home.

On a more positive note: the piano is finally in our home, Sean's room is super cute, the craft stuff and the Clavinova (electric piano) are NOT in our bedroom and we can't hear the neighbor's every move. We love having new space and not paying rent.

Halloween

2009-11-01T07:04:00.001-08:00

We had a great Halloween!

Thankful

2009-10-14T07:02:00.000-07:00

I just need to post a quick note about how thankful I am to our Heavenly Father for sending such a sweet spirit into our lives. I am so thankful for the blessing of caring for and teaching Sean. He has brought such joy into our lives and despite the sleepless nights it has been such a wonderful and growing experience to be a mom. I am also very grateful for Mark's hard work so that I can stay home and care for our little guy.

Crawling

2009-10-11T15:13:00.000-07:00

Just shy of his 6 month birthday Sean started to crawl. He is all over the place and tries to find things to put into his mouth. I love to watch him explore. He has also started to SCREAM when he gets frustrated. I'm sorry that I haven't posted a video until now.

He really wants to stand. There was a meltdown after this picture was taken because he couldn't stand.

Laughing!

MetroAccess

2009-10-09T06:52:00.000-07:00

I have to vent about MetroAccess: We have an neighbor in a wheel chair who is on dialysis and can't get out of her apartment without help. When Mark and I were leaving to drop Mark off at work she was waiting for MetroAccess with her door open. We said hello as we were walking by and she asked us to tell the driver to come in and get her if he was out there. We found him around the corner asleep in his car. We got out and told him that she was waiting for him and to drive around to where the sidewalk is. --- I came back 1/2 hour later and he was STILL there. He had moved forward 20 feet and stayed in his van. I told him that she was still waiting and he said that it had been so long that they had canceled the pickup and that he had to call to get permission to pick her up. I was so mad! He was TOO LAZY to just come in and check. I finally talked him into coming. I had to tell him 3 times that she needed help getting out of her apartment before he SLOWLY walked into our building. This woman super nice and I don't know how she deals with these people. Anyway, I feel better now...sorry for the random post.

6 Month Photo Shoot

2009-10-04T18:47:00.000-07:00

Sean turns 6 months old on Monday and so we did a little photo shoot. It was a lot of fun to photograph my own child. He seemed to enjoy it.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-04T17:31:00.001-07:00

Today we went to the pumpkin patch with Kim, Anne, Ellie and Nathan. It is the tradition to drive to a really fun patch with lots of activities. We went to the farm's restaurant for breakfast...Yummy! Then we went to the Patch...

Our Little Pumpkin

It's Tradition

It was fun to hang out with Ellie and Nathan for the day.

The Hay Ride

Family Pic

Proud of his pumpkin!

Sean's Pumpkin

We had such a fun time and look forward to going again next year!

Sitting Up

2009-10-02T06:37:00.000-07:00

He learned how to do this two days ago!! It's amazing how fast he changes.

Of all the laundry on the floor...

Giggles

2009-09-14T06:46:00.001-07:00

Sean doesn't laugh very often, so it is a real treat when he does.

We accidentally figured out how to make him laugh one day after his bath. :)

Our awesome trip to Utah

2009-09-14T05:38:00.000-07:00

We were so sad to say goodbye to Mark.

Sean's feelings about driving to Las Vegas from Orem.

Doing work with Tio Jorge.

Finally!!

Spicy wings face.

Back on the plane.

Yay!

2009-08-12T15:15:00.000-07:00

Finally a roll over!

Trying to Roll Over

2009-08-12T13:43:00.000-07:00

He has rolled over several times, but every time I get out the camera he gets shy.

Josh is a Senior!

2009-08-11T19:23:00.000-07:00

Josh is going to graduate in 2010! It was so nice to be able to take some senior portraits of him.

4 Months & Josh

2009-08-11T19:22:00.000-07:00

Sean is 4 months old now. We really enjoy watching him change as he learns and grows. At his 4 month checkup he weighed 18 lbs. 2 oz. which keeps him up in the 97th percentile. It was so nice to have Josh out here for 10 days we did a lot and he was a very plesant house guest (even in our cramped appartment.)

Josh put Sean to sleep. It was a wonderful moment for me and he was quite pleased with himself.

We were so excited when he found his toes.

3 Months

2009-07-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

The last three months have been so wonderful. Sean is a heafty 17 lbs and we love the comments of, "Look how big he got" and "Look at those curls!" Having a baby is hard work, but we wouldn't change it for the world.

Yay!! He finally took the bottle...now we can go out!

I came in to the family room to find Sean being taught the ways of Guitar Hero. He's not too young is he?

Utah Trip

2009-07-02T10:29:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful trip to Utah! While we were there we blessed Sean. He cried during the entire blessing, but it was still a really neat experience. It was so nice to see family while we were there.

Utah Album on Facebook

Blessing Album on Facebook

Pictures

2009-06-18T10:07:00.001-07:00

I like taking pictures of my little guy!
New pictures on Facebook

Shots are the WORST!

2009-06-09T11:55:00.001-07:00

Sean had his two month check-up yesterday and got his shots. I didn't know that they are so hard on the babies. He woke up from a nap yesterday screaming and I panicked. The peditrician's office told me to keep him on Tylenol and he has been fine since, but we're considering skipping his 4 month (not really, but it crossed my mind.) Also, he has found out that he can chew (not suck) on hs hand.

His two month stats:
Head: 16 1/4 inches - 90%
Length: 24 1/4 inches - 90%
Weight: 14 lb 12 oz - 97% (my arms & back are tired!)

Smiles

2009-05-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

I finally got some smiling pictures!!

"Talking"

2009-05-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

Really good news! Sean slept for six hours on Monday night!!! It was wonderful! He has started "talking" and smiling sometimes. We get so excited every time!

Aunt Mary, Son Sean

2009-05-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

This has been an exciting couple of weeks. Aunt Mary came for a visit and we got so much done. Including birth announcements and reorganizing the kitchen. She also celebrated her 24th birthday while here. Sean's present was to sleep through birthday dinner, it was very nice of him! He grew so much while she was here.

This one is from the day she got here.

And this is the day before she left. We are really going to miss her.

Mark has been singing the song "You are my Sunshine" to Sean since he was born. He'll sing it while changing his diaper or getting him to sleep. He was so excited to share his revision of the song with me. He changed sunshine to son Sean and laughed every time he sang it. He is a good daddy! (Sorry, no singing in the video.)

Swinging

2009-04-28T18:46:00.000-07:00

Our good friend Ana gave us this swing and Sean has loved it! He seems to enjoy listening to the same songs over and over again. Mark would like everyone to know that Sean has also found favor with DMB (Dave Matthews Band.) The days have been pretty full of eating, sleeping, changing diapers and doing it all over again. Enjoy the video!

Every day I take pictures with my phone and send them to Mark at work. These are just a few.

Boomka

2009-04-19T14:46:00.001-07:00

Mark had a dream last night that he was walking with Sean on a stone path. In his dream he was saying "Ka-Boom! Ka-Boom!" each time they stepped on a stone. Sean turned to him and said, "Daddy, my name's not Boomka." So now Sean has the nickname Boomka. We have enjoyed every facial expression, small sigh and even the big cries he has made over the last two weeks.

The Best Week of our Lives!

2009-04-14T12:15:00.000-07:00

Sean was born on April 5. He weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21 1/2 inches long. I labored for 13 hours then pushed for 2 1/2, but it was all worth it when they put him on my tummy. Despite the sleepless nights we have enjoyed the new addition to our family.

39 Weeks...Are We Ready?

2009-03-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I am not waiting for Mark to do his part on the blog anymore. I suppose that I could do it for him, but I just don't think I would do it justice. He's so busy right now. My advise to anyone who is about to have a baby...don't let your husband start a new intense job at 38 1/2 weeks!

Are we ready...?

Everyone keeps asking us that and I'm not quite sure how to answer. I always say, "We have all the stuff, but can anyone really be ready?" So here's what I consider ready. I have my calling taken care of, I just finished my work responsibilities yesterday, my aunt is ready for the call to meet me at the hospital and my mom has her sky miles ready to use. I have the list of people to call, my bag is almost completely packed for the hospital, all the things I will need first thing are washed and put away... and I have asked Mark to please forgive me if I become a nutcase! Does that cover it? I hope so. It's hard to believe that it could be today or in three weeks. Life would be much easier if baby would just set a firm date on his arrival! :)

That's all for now, I'll try to post more regularly now that work isn't interfering with other more important things like blogging!

Is anyone out there?

2009-02-05T05:26:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Welcome to the M&M Embley Blog! The time has come to start a blog... I have been putting this off for a long time so I need to tell myself, "This is it, don't get scared now."

A little intro:

M&M met in high school and started dating in Sept. of 1999.

About Megan: After graduation in 2001 I moved out to the Washington, DC area to experience new things while Mark went to what was known at the time as UVSC. I was actually on the road to DC when the 9/11 attacks happened. It was a very interesting time to come to this area. The intention was to stay for about three months then move back home and start school the next semester. The problem was that I found a job that I liked. At first I worked at a kiddie photo place at the mall while assisting a studio at Bar/Bat Mitzvah's and Weddings. Eventually I started working part time at the studio then I went to full time and quit the other job. They trained me as a portrait photographer. My main photography strengths now are Senior Portraits, Child Portraits and Group Portraits (school class). I moved out of my aunt and uncle's house and went to a house Arlington, VA with some awesome room mates. I LOVED it in Arlington! Mark came out to visit on a couple occasions. One was my birthday 2003. It was then that he proposed to me on the banks of the Potomac River overlooking the DC monuments (what a magical moment!) We set the date based on my work schedule. January of 2004.

more to come...