July 2011.... Finally!

Calvin’s business is going great! We are very thankful for this due to the economy. Last year after we returned from China with Emma Kate, he brought Jaynie on to work with him. She has done great with the business and loves what she is doing! We love Jaynie and it feels like she is a part of our family. She came to Atlanta (she lives in the Mobile area) and trained with Calvin last August. Calvin is always thinking about ways to improve his company and decided he was going to expand his business to reach other markets in the tradeshow industry. Calvin has recently also brought on Erica, our sister in law, as part of the company too. She was excited about getting started and being a part of the growth of his company. Due to the expansion of the business, Calvin decided to bring on one more person to join the team and his name is David. David has jumped right in to be a member of the team also. They all came to Atlanta this month to meet, have some photos taken for the new website in progress and just to spend some time together as a group. Calvin started his business in 1998 and has been a one man show for the majority of the time. He is so excited about his company’s growth. I am very proud of him and the way he has built his company to be something that is flourishing and that people respect. Here is a picture of the crew from their photoshoot.

Back: David, Erica

Front: Jaynie, Calvin

We had our first bout of illness go around the house. We have been very lucky that Emma Kate has only had colds since we have brought her home from China. That luck ended this month when we all took turns with a stomach bug. Thankfully it only hit Emma Kate once but it took Calvin and I on several rounds which was loads of fun. It may actually be my fault because just before that I had mentioned that Emma Kate had not been sick since we brought her home and then BAM (and yuck)! Throwing up did not seem to bother Emma Kate too much but I think she knew something was going to happen. She would come to me and snuggle in and then throw up....on me. Poor baby! We both went through lots of clothes that one day!

Cooper went to the vet to have her teeth cleaned and ended up having 4 teeth removed! She had to get lots of loving and special care until she healed. She eats hard crunchers but she loved having soft food while she recovered.

 Emma Kate and I went to play with my friend Heidi and her little boy Max this month. They have a salt water pool in their neighborhood so we went for a swim,  then ate lunch and then we came home for a nap. Emma Kate was not excited about me holding her in the pool. She only wanted to be in her little floating fish. We just need more opportunities to be in the water but it has been so incredibly hot here this summer.

 

Emma Kate is exerting more of her independence these days. I try to take her picture when she is doing something cute and she either stops doing the “cute thing”, turns away from me, or takes of in the other direction so I can’t get a good picture. I guess this is normal but it is so frustrating!

Emma Kate continued with Mother's Day Out over the summer. She really enjoys going there. One day, there was a little girl in her class wearing a bow in her hair. Emma Kate wanted that bow and wanted to wear it in her hair. The teachers told me about this when I picked her up that day. I have not put bows in her hair much because of the simple fact that she did not have much hair to put one in but ever since that day at Mother's Day Out, she asks for a bow in her hair everyday! And she gets it.

Emma Kate and I discovered this new place to go for some fun. It is called Kangazoom. It is a play place for children. It has different large blown up structures to play on. Some even have slides. There are lots of other toys to play with there too. It is a great place to go when it is hot outside and your toddler has lots of energy. She has a great time there! I will post a video of her below playing with one of the toys.

That’s if for July! Here are some pictures and videos from the month.

Emma Kate loves to put on daddy's shoes

Pretty girl!

Entertaining herself with a book.

 

The bucking bronco....sort of!

@ Kangazoom

Cooper Love

I am so excited that these videos have posted! I have not been able to post videos for a couple of months. I will do another post soon of just some videos.

Love to you all,
Kathy and the gang