Emily's favorite things!

This is one of her favorite things... Dressup!! Every little girls dream to find any extra clothing laying around the house, that doesn't fit and put in any part of there little body they can find. (usually around the neck) This time she found some shorts, a couple shirts and a nice hat. She makes us laugh all the time, I love it.

And... Dancing with any music that she will turn up as loud as she can and twirl. Sometimes by herself but most of the time she will come and grab your hand and sign please over and over till you stand up and twirl with her. She loves it. So Grandma and Elisha love to dance and make her smile!

Without one!

This fall we took some family pics and of coarse it made us all think of the family that we are missing for the pics, but they turned out cute and fun despite the fact that 4 of the 12 were away. But for this sister pic maybe Amber you can do some fancy photo shop and put yourself in there with us. Hee Hee. But of coarse in these cute pictures I was unaware of an important factor behind some things. Something that Rachel made mention to on her last comment. I am PREGNANT!!!!!!! 16 weeks, around?!? My due date is May 20th. And I just found out a couple of weeks ago. Sorry that most of you are just finding out, but life in the Fleming home has forever changed not just the fact that we have an addition coming. We also sold our HOUSE! We live with my Mom, again after 7 years almost. Quite the exciting time around here, being literally "Home for the Holidays" Hope this finds you all well and full, after a great Thanksgiving feast, and now onto the yummy cookie and goodies season. Love you all.

Conference here we come!

Before we leave for the weekend, I decided that I would blog. For the first time ever we are leaving our 17 month old daughter with grandma for a whole weekend. Grandma took time off from work to spend a weekend with her granddaughter, while Steven and I are go off to Kalispell to chaperone 30 kids. I am alittle nervous. Except that the fact of Emily thinking the world of her grandma. I think we will do fine. So if you all hear of a mom crying cause she doesn't get to see her little girl for 3 days, call her Christel cause that will probably be me knowing these last few days. Oh! So emotional. Vision Conference here we come.

The sound of naps

Well all the mom's can relate when I say the best sound of a nap is the peace and quiet of it all. Or the sound of us mom's getting to get to a little task that we probably won't get done with but feels good to start, that would otherwise not even get touched unless kid's were down for naps. My daughter has always had this nice soft way of talking to herself as she is getting to sleep and just waking up. Moaning and Squealing out of delight in and of themselves but, as of late it is more like "Mommy, mommy, hey, hey............... mommy" Silence for a few second's " Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, ha ha ha, daddy, daddy, dadda. And a fun high pitch of the last few to get the point across that I am awake time to get me up!!!! And my favorite part of it all walking in and We are greeted with the best smile, and laugh that will brighten even the worst of days!

my hubby, the son of a preacher man.

Well tonight is Gen church and my husband gets to shed some light on his thoughts with GOd's thoughts mixing together and coming up with something great, profound, meaningful, life filled, funny, and Steve all at the same time. (He is going to preach) This is the hardest for me because on days like this I am like.

Christel: " Steve what are you going to say?"
Steve: " Um...... Well........ you know talk about the stuff that God tells me too"

It gets to be Wednesday afternoon,..

Christel: "Hey honey how is the sermon going?"
Steve: " (SILENCE....................) "
Christel: " Are you going to be done by 6, (gen church starts at 7)
Steve: " I better be"

He is not mean about it, he just gets in these very focused, I can't talk to you because my mind is on other things mode. ( like when any guy plays halo) And all I can do is PRAY! I think that is why God made our hubby's like that so that we can take that extra time a lift them up. So if you haven't lately let this be your reminder pray for your husband. I love my husband more and more each day. Did you guys know that he is one of the best fathers I know!!!

Now that it is September I thought that it was a good month to blog. Ha Ha. I just wanted to get back into the world, to see all you again. Even though my blog is few and far between. I still love looking at everyones all the time. Emily has been growing by leaps and bounds. She will be 16 months on the 15th but she has the height of a 3 year old. She is a goliath to most kiddo's her age. And she eats like one too. So I wanted to put a few pictures that I took of her up for your enjoyment and mine. I'll be back... Hopefully sooner than later.

VBSVBSVBSVBSVBSVBS!!!!!!!!

That is the time of my life right now. I haven't even gotten to see my friend Katie's new house, my mom's of MU, water my drying up flower's, put our house on the market, so we can buy a new car, all the things we were supposed to get done this summer. Now that it is half done... But some good news that says that God is watching over me and my family. Friends of ours are going out of town and have offered to let us borrow their car. Oh, the feeling of AC, room under my legs, not my hubby's sweaty leg touching mine, room enough to not only carry Steve, Emily and I but another member of the human race legally!!! Ha Ha. (Not that being close to your hubby all the time is all that bad ;))
So for those of you that don't know that we the Fleming family of Three. Have been driving in a 2 door dodge, dakota. We're Mommy (me) gets to sit on the middle hump with no where to put my long legs except the dash or draped over Emily! Our fam car broke down awhile back and we have yet the funds to buy another one till we sell our house, which will hopefully happen this next week God willing. But of coarse we are patient and thankful that we have faithful friends that trust us enough to let us have a break from the uncomfortable for a while!!! You are awesome!