Esme and Stanley

Esme continues to grow and develop and with that comes a pretty good independent streak.  She has now decided, as evidenced by this video, that she should walk Stanley down the trails.  Check it out....

4th of July...Part 2

Here is a little video clip of Esme enjoying the 4th of July parade with her Aunt Lara and her Cahoon cousin's.

Sorry for the finger in the video....amateur, I know.

4th of July...Part 1

When I noticed that I had an extra day off of work during the 4th of July I decided that Esme and I needed to make a little trip down to see her Grandma and Grandpa Cahoon and all her aunts, uncles, and cousins in Utah.  We had a great trip and a lot of fun.  We did not get to see the fireworks together however because Esme is a big fan of Benjamin Franklin, you know....early to bed, early to rise....Anyway, we had a lot of fun and can't wait to see everyone in Utah again soon!

We started off at Grandpa and Nana Cahoon's

 We had a lovely visit with Ashley, Esme's birthmother

 Spent some quality time with the cousins...this is Emily

 And Aunt Chris

 Cousin Ellis

 We enjoyed some delicious breakfast

 And we saw a parade...more to come on this in the next post

 Aunt Lara

 Uncle John

 Nana Cahoon

Run Baby Run

Is there anything more cute than a little kid running?  You be the judge.

Thank You

Since I just returned from a long trip I don't have much to post with regards to Esme tonight and I think Karmen has done a fine job keeping everyone updated in my absence.

I want to take use this post to thank all the wonderful people that have been so supportive during the last few months. First let me start with my sister Kay.  She has been wonderful.  She is always willing to help and do whatever it takes to be there for me and for Esme.  Thanks also goes to her family for allowing Esme to come and be part of their family every weekday.  Thanks to my good friends in Snoqualmie, who volunteer their time every week to let Esme come and spend time with them.  Thanks to my mother and father for stepping in to help whenever they are needed. Thanks to Karmen, Diane, and the entire Stovall family for letting Esme eat them out of house and home over the past two weeks.  And thanks to all of you who follow this blog and love and support Esme.  I feel very blessed to have such wonderful people around to help me raise a wonderful little girl.

Thank you

Esme Day ??

I haven't been very good the last few days on getting the blog updated.  This made Esme upset and she made me get on it!

We had a craft night and made some new flip flops!  Most of the flip flops came apart in less time than it took to make them!

Mmmm!  Olives!

On her last day here we went to visit her Momma.  She's the best!

We loved having Esme here.  I'm sad to let her go, but so happy she gets to be back with her daddy.  She really is special girl and I love her like crazy!

Day 8

Grampa has decided she needs to earn her keep.