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sad news from home. today my dear grandfather passed away. he lived for 94 happy years and i am blessed to have an endless supply of some of the sweetest memories of my life. he was loved by all and one of the best men i've ever known.

we got to see him while we were home for christmas last year. i'm so glad emmerson got to meet him and enjoy his company

he shared his ice cream and scored points with the little one immediately.

and then they were pals.

he will be missed.

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our little family that will soon be four will feel so much more complete when we welcome our sweet baby boy in april! a pink one and now a blue one! we wont need to have any more! (kidding patti)

pink or blue?

it's crazy for me to think that two years ago from this very day was my due date with sweet emmerson claire. i should have known right then and there that she was going to be a stubborn little thing when she decided not to relieve me of my hugeness on that day. 2 days later she graced us with her cute face. my baby turns two in two days. wahhh. good thing we have another one coming in the spring because i miss having a sweet little snuggler. today happens to be a special day yet again. stephanie and i both find out if we are having a boy or a girl. i wasn't all that anxious to know this time around ...until today. now i'm pretty pumped to start shopping, decide on a name and make some plans! i don't really have a preference in the gender department with this babe. (i'm ashamed to say that i was set on having a girl first. and i got what i wanted.) i would love for emmy to have a sister, but then having one of each would be just lovely too! boy or girl? boy or girl? this appointment is suddenly taking forever to get here!!!

elephants

gregory and emmerson were sitting at the computer watching animal videos on youtube. greg clicked on an elephant video, which just so happened to be an elephant birth. before he could click away the baby elephant dropped along with a gush that has engrained a rather unpleasant image in my brain forever. sweet emmerson was perplexed. "wassat?" i pretended it was no big deal "that was a baby elephant!" emmy flashes a look of concern and replies "he pooped it!". clearly she doesn't miss a thing. smart cookie. we asked her if she wanted to watch a different video. she looked at us sweetly "no elephants." perhaps we wont have to renew those zoo memberships after all!

nice!

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I have been meaning to share with you a text i received from greg's dad many weeks ago. enjoy.

chuck: I came home to make grandpa lunch and the usual small talk led me asking if he did his laps in the pool and his resounding reply "yes! but the doctor told me to do something but i can't remember what" I then looked for his new swimming ear plugs and asked "did you use these?" showing him one of the pink ear plugs not knowing where the other one was. "what are those for?" he asked. "your ears. you put them in your ears to keep the water out." grandpa replies "oooohhhh i thought it was a pill so i ate it! damn i better write these things down!"

wee cousins

remember that one time, i'm due on april 14th, and my sweet sister steph is due on april 17th? yeah that's pretty close. i don't know what we will do if we birth these sweet cousins at the same time, because not only do we need to share the motherly love of patti, but we also share a doctor. that could get tricky. i would suggest just putting us in beds side by side to solve all running back and forth issues, but i'm 100% certain that the sweet husbands would vote strongly against that for obvious reasons. not a sight for brothers to see. regardless, these wee babes will be bff's and i can't even wait!

insert: greg just read this post and cringed "i don't want to be there when she's naked!!!!" haha i rest my case.

tp

have you ever seen the charmin toilet paper commercials with the bears? the ones where the momma bear has to inspect the little bears' buns, come to find out that it is covered in itty bitty pieces of toilet paper. i just can't seem to come to terms with this concept. i've used a wide variety of toilet paper brands in my lifetime and i've truly never experienced such a thing. it blows my mind that the people of charmin assume that humans can relate. is that really a common issue? common enough that it can be used to sell the charmin brand? i like charmin toilet paper. it is soft. i just get flustered when i see those commercials. thats all.

spilling the beans

last month, we had greg's family over for dinner. after we ate we were all kicked back relaxing, when sweet husband suggested that we get a group shot. everyone gathered on the couch while he set up the camera. he peeked out from behind the lens and said "okay, everyone smile and say....

...Nikki's pregnant!!!"

their immediate response? "yeah right, funny joke"

I reassure them that greg isn't being ridiculous. "no really! i promise! i'm due in April!"

...and then it sinks in.

please take note of sweet landon's shock...

excitement all around.

ya hear that Em? you're gonna be a big sister!!!

the nielsens 3.5