What's the latest in the Emery household? Well, baby #2 is another girl! Matt will have his hands full with all girls including Hershey! We are very excited for Riley to have a baby sister. She is getting the concept of "baby in my tummy" and now points at other womens in public and says baby in tummy too. Very cute. She keeps saying boy though despite us many times saying its a girl. I have had two separate sonograms and have confirmed that it is in fact a girl.
To get Riley ready for school she got her first haircut! Her hair was getting pretty long so we just trimmed it up so she would stop putting it in her mouth. She did really well; no issues at all.
Riley started pre-school at Gillispie and we are so happy for her! She was so excited to show off her new backpack and see the class again. She only goes twice a week for 4 hours but she is loving it. The school is amazing and we are so fortunate to be able to have her go there.
She is expressing her independence lately, though. I guess that comes with the terrible two's. She may favor Matt in temperament, but every once in a while a bit of Katie comes out! But we take all the good with a little bad once in a while in stride. She rarely brings out the "Katie" side and who am I to really judge, right? I basically had the terrible two's for 6 years (just ask my mom...or better yet...don't...you may change your opinion of me afterward)!
Cathy came to visit last week which was super fun! She got a lot of Riley time and both had a blast finger painting and coloring.
We also got the sitters lined up and went out for some adult time where we showed Cathy how San Diego loves their micro brews. Plus we caught a Padres game (only stayed for 3 innings) for a bit which was fun as well. We also went to the San Diego Zoo and Riley loved it. She really wanted to see the hippos for some reason. It's amazing how close you can get to the animals there.
I'm currently 20 weeks along and things are going very smoothly. This pregnancy has been a bit easier and most of the time I'm not feeling pregnant until I look in a mirror and see the bump. We can't wait to meet our new baby girl and I can't wait to see Riley in her new role as big sister. So fun!
Wow! So I sort of lost track of time and forgot I had a blog! The last update was Riley's birthday which was in April so I have quite a bit to report on. We have had a lot of exciting things happening in the Emery household. First, we MOVED! At the end of May we moved to a great house in our favorite neighborhood of Birdrock in La Jolla. This neighborhood is amazing. There are little lending libraries around and lots of lemonade stands popping up on sunny days. This is an extremely kid friendly and dog friendly place with houses that have been here for decades. Some houses, like ours, were rebuilt and sit on very small lots but you give up a yard for the community. We sit up a bit from the beach so we get an amazing ocean breeze all day so we haven't even turned on our A/C yet! We are thrilled to have a place out here to call our home.
All packed up and ready to go!
The little park by our new house.
Our View to the Pacific Ocean from the rooftop deck.
And, yes, this is Max. We apparently came with the house.
So then, literally the weekend we moved in, we were walking down to our local coffee house, Birdrock Coffee Roasters, and I mentioned to Matt that...hmm....maybe we should stop by CVS on the way home for a pregnancy test. He was like, "Say What?!" Well, with all the other things going on I totally lost track of my, ahem, cycle so yeah...it may have been a while. So I picked one up and the next morning I did what you do and before I even got out of the bathroom is flashed: PREGNANT...loud and clear. So there you have it. Baby #2 is on its way! I am currently 15 weeks along now and we find out the sex in three weeks! We are thrilled and can't wait to meet Baby Emery #2 in January!
Well those are the two big announcements but beyond that we have had a great Summer. My mom visited early into our move and then Matt's parents visited as well.
We have been having a blast enjoying San Diego as always including the beach. Riley LOVES the beach. It's her favorite place.
I'm sure there was a lot of other things that occurred in the months since my last post but I hit on the major news so I feel accomplished. I will be better about it, I promise! Next post will be on a great little getaway to Ojai! I can't wait to relax and get pampered!!!
April 21, 2013 was Riley's 2nd Birthday! We celebrated the day before with a party at the La Jolla Rec Center up the street for our current house. Friends and family came and it was such a great party. We got a cute cake made for her and had cupcakes as well. Plus bubbles and sidewalk chalk. It was nice to meet some of the parents from Riley's school and have some our coworkers stop by for the festivities. Overall it was a hit! Riley had a blast!
Nory came down from LA to celebrate
Frankie with Roman
Then on her actual birthday we went to the Carlsbad Fields of Flowers. It was breathtaking. We didn't stay too long since right on schedule, Riley's terrible two's was in full effect. She had very little patience and was expressing herself (ahem...yelling, screaming, tantrums, etc) for a good part of the adventure. But it was really pretty and was nice to see even though it was a short trip. We also went out for Brunch at Burlap which was pretty good.
Dirty Girl.
And since Riley turned 2 she had her check up with Dr. Archy. She weighed in at 32 lbs and is 36.5 inches tall....still at the 97 percentile for her age. She basically looks like a 3 year old.
Let the terrible two's commence! I am hoping its short lived but many have told me that it continues for quite a while. Geesh!
It's been an up and down roller coaster house hunting in La Jolla. First, there is very, extremely, ridiculously low supply of houses in the 92037 so picken's have been slim. We
started our search in February and after seeing a few places really
liked this one "fixer-upper" that was inhabited by a couple that must
have been at least 100 years old. And the house fit that décor. It
was a trainwreck but great bones as they say. So we put in a low ball
offer and they did not even respond back to us. So I guess it was not
accepted? So moving on. Next house was quite the find in La Jolla
zip code: 3200 square feet, 4BR/4BA on a 1/3 acre lot. Kind of the
holy grail around here. Well, you know what they say: When it sounds
too good to be true it probably is, well that was what we found. Our
offer was actually accepted on this house and we had a home inspection
done and then requested additional information from the sellers...and
bingo...there it was...not disclosed originally but after digging and
digging...the backyard had a 15 foot landslide! Seriously?
Yes...S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y. Wow. So we walked from that one. While we were walking away and
vowing to take a breather on the house hunt up pops a 4BR house in our
coveted kid friendly neighborhood of Birdrock. Hmmmm....well, even
though we were still in the aftermath of defeat, we thought we should
check it out anyway. So forward on! So we check out this house and
think...hmmmm....this ain't bad. It's a bit on the small side and
basically has no yard, but damn...everything else is perfection!
After a bit wheeling and dealing the seller agreed with our terms and
accepted our offer! Inspection time! So remember that we've gone
this far before and the outcome was not so favorable. This time, its
all good! We have a house! A beautiful house to call our own! I
truly miss our amazing house in Chevy Chase, but I'm ready for the
wonderful adventures of home ownership again! Here are some pictures
I took during the home inspection. We move in at the end of May! Enjoy!
Front door close up
fire pit
Grill area
corner of the house from the street
View of Ocean from Roof Top Deck
Fountain by front door
Park near the new house
On the Riley front, she is a busy little girl! She has school twice a
week for two hours those days, Music class and Swim lessons. I had to
put a calendar out so we could remember everything. She is learning
new words daily and just a joy! We are in birthday mode at the moment
since her birthday is next week and we have family and friends coming
in town to celebrate. Her party will be at the Rec Center, which is
her favorite place in the world. She will have a few friends from
school come but mostly family will be there. I can't wait to share
pictures! She loves to walk around the house playing her drum. So cute!
We celebrated Easter by going to Brunch at Stone Brewing. They had a
egg hunt for the kiddos. It seemed we had more fun than Riley. She
was not impressed with picking up plastic eggs to get candy she can't
even eat. Still bothers me that they would put hard candy in the eggs
for toddlers. We had a great time and Matt was happy to fill his
growler with the latest brew.
With all the house news I forgot to mention that we got a new car too! I love my new car. It's stacked with everything I didn't even know I would want and probably many things I won't be able to figure out how to use. But still...very fun. It's an Infiniti JX35. Yay!
I also got to go to school with Riley. She goes only twice a week for two hours each time but its fun seeing her interacting with other kids. Here she is at snack time. Typical Sykes girl. She was the last to leave the table and kept snacking even when all the other kids have left to do other things. Hilarious.
We are so excited to have found such a great house and such a great
neighborhood. We can still walk to restaurants and to the beach so
life is good!
