Yeehaw!

Yeehaw Y'all!

An Afternoon in the Park

A couple of weekends ago we got to go meet some friends at the park. It was so nice to see all of them again!

Emma wanted to swing most of the time. She loves swinging!

Swinging with Martina - and under Martina's coat is sweet baby, Raelyn! She was precious.

She got to meet Lillian's new puppy too. Later on in the week she told me that Santa was going to bring her a dog...hmmm, my hope is that she forgets this request once Christmas comes around.

Sliding with Lillian.

Piling leaves into the car.

Colton and Lillian were driving Emma and John Whitten around.

Guess Who?

Guess who we FINALLY got to meet? Jaime and John's little boy, Christian! How cute is he? We are so excited for their new bundle of joy!

And guess who else?? Emily and Clay's little boy, Brooks! Emma is LOVING all these little babies.

Congratulations girls!

I Have a Secret...

Emma loves the phrase "I have a secret..." and she uses it all the time. Sometimes it's "I have a secret...I want a sip of Daddy's drink." Or there is always "I have a secret...I'm a baby bunny." But today she has a juicy secret that she wants to share with everybody...

We'll be welcoming baby #2 on September 3, 2012!!!

A Rabbit Named Mary

Last weekend we celebrated Ellie's third birthday at Build-A-Bear.

Emma picked a rabbit and named her Mary.

While some of the kids started stuffing their animals, the rest of them played Ring Around the Rosy.

And they all fell down...

Stuffing her bunny.

Giving Mary her first bath.

After Mary was all dressed, Emma found this dressing room mirror. She was so funny sitting in front of it...she kept sticking her tongue out.

Then all the kids pulled a string and candy came rushing out of the pinata.

Emma went for all the suckers even though we have a ton at home. She loves them!

All the kids.
Happily eating her snack next to the birthday girl.

Ellie getting ready to blow out her candles.

Cheese!

Happy Birthday, Ellie!

Busy Season

I've been a bad blogger lately...but I have an excuse! It's busy season people. I'm lucky to have time to eat and sleep. But, I realize you want to see updated pictures of my little one. I can't say I blame you! Here are a couple of pictures and stories as a quick update on our girl.

On Sunday I had breakfast with Josh and Emma before heading in to work. Let's just say that Emma enjoyed her pancakes! She was eating away and all of a sudden we look up and she is licking the syrup and butter. And no, we didn't even stop her. We just laughed. Let's be honest, we would all do it ourselves if we thought it was socially acceptable in public.My Mom made me some bedroom shoes...little slippers. She has made them for as long as I can remember. And I always wash them after a couple of times of wearing them. Naturally, I washed the new pair. Turns out that was not a good idea. Apparently they were wool and shrunk significantly. The bad news is I can't wear them anymore and I need a new pair. The good news is that they are the PERFECT size for Miss Emma.

Here she is modeling her new shoes.

Lately Emma's favorite phrase is "I told you." She likes to think she is always right. I can't imagine where she gets this from. Anyway, I always drop her off at school and Josh always picks her up. Yesterday morning, she told me that she wanted Mommy to pick her up from school. I just didn't respond because I knew it wasn't going to work out. Well, it turned out that I actually had a little break yesterday because we were waiting on some information from a client. So I took the opportunity to go pick her up. Halfway home Emma says very matter of factly, "Mommy, I told you." I said, "What did you tell me?" She said, "I told you Mommy would pick me up from school today." I just thought it was so funny that she not only remembered but just couldn't hold it in any longer and had to tell me that she told me so. I love that little girl so much!!

I have also found out recently that she can sing the alphabet backwards! I certainly can't do that. I had to listen and think really hard (which is hard to do on little to no sleep mind you) but she seriously sounded like she got it all right. And she does it with amazing swiftness as well. I asked her how she knew how to do that and she smiled real big and just said, "I just know how to Mommy." Love!

Little Monkeys

Our friends Kathryn and Jud had us all over for dinner recently. Emma played so well with her boys Weller and Spencer. They were little monkeys all night long!

If Weller sat on the yellow chairs, then Emma wanted to sit on the yellow chairs. If Emma put on a hat, Weller wanted to put on a hat. They were so cute!

And here they are all posing together.

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed...

I don't know about Weller and Spencer but Emma slept pretty great that night! Thanks for having us over. We had a great time!