So Close...

We have been teaching Emory so many new things lately, and she just soaks things up like a sponge. The other day we started asking her a simple question, "Emory where is your nose?", this is the response.

Good enough for us! We can work out the details later about getting her to actually touch her nose. We love our smart little girl!

Merry Christmas!!!

I know that Emory cannot tell me this for certain but I think she is loving Christmas! She saw Santa 3 times, got to eat her first cookie, went to her first Christmas Eve service, we sang silly Christmas songs, and opened Christmas presents for herself (sort of). This is her first round of Christmas with Grant's parents and the second will be with mine in a week.

Ready for Christmas Eve service.

Opening presents on Christmas Day.

"So there is more than just the paper and bows?"

We had a wonderful lunch and cookies for dessert. After a nap for everyone, it was time to play with the toys some more. Emory is all about walking around with her walker and this new baby doll stroller she got for Christmas. If you want to know what I have been doing during the day.. laps around the house. Later on we made a family ginger bread house. It was fun to decorate it all together, minus Grant who was taking care of the baby.

Merry Christmas!!!! We hope that everyone had an wonderful day like we did.

All I want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth...

Emory now has a total of 4 teeth, and just in time for Christmas. The top two have recently come in and she has been such a trooper.

Sad to say we have just started brushing her teeth, but the good news is she likes it and doesn't want us to take the toothbrush away from her.

We went to dinner with uncle Ryan and aunt Jenny on Saturday night and Emory entertained them until her bedtime. Aunt Jenny was the entertainment for Emory when she would fake sneeze and throw her hair over her head. I guess its just something you would have to see to fully understand...

Snow Day!!!

It actually snowed in Dallas! I was so happy to look out the window yesterday and see it snowing. I don't think Emory shared my level of enthusiasm, but she liked looking out the window. I didn't realize how much I miss the cold until it snowed. I found out later that not all of Dallas got snow, but just our little neighborhood. How lucky was I? I did not take Emory outside, maybe next time we will get bundled up.

Sitting by the front door looking at the snow.

We took Emory to visit Santa again last weekend, with the same result. No crying, no smiling, just staring.

Grant and I decided that Emory needed to start pulling her weight around the house, so we gave her some chores. She loves the dishwasher and will bolt towards it anytime its open. What a helpful little girl!

We went for Emory's one year appointment last week and here are pictures from our first visit and the one year check up.

Bitty baby!

One year old! Not a wonderful picture but she wouldn't sit still.Here are her stats from the appointment.
Weight: 20.2 lbs. (45%) and length: 29 1/2 (65%) She is still battling a runny nose and cough but other than that she is doing great!

Busy Week for a Big Girl...

Our little one year old has had a busy week. Since turning one, Emory has so many things to do. She is loving her books right now and I guess she has had a lot of reading to catch up on. Grandpa and Grandma Zimmerman bought her a new dollhouse bookshelf for her birthday and she loves keeping all her books on it.

Time for some of Dad and Mom's books.She had to practice her guitar. Like father like daughter!We went to do some Christmas shopping with our friends Kristi and Carson and at the end of our trip the kids didn't seem to want to leave. This was the cutest hand holding ever!The biggest moment of the week for Emory was getting to see SANTA!! We went to get our ticket one morning and talked about it all day with Emory until we went back. We told her about him until we went back getting her ready for the big moment.

Waiting in line with mom.Emory did fantastic with Santa! She was absolutely mesmerized!! Our normally photogenic baby who smiles for the camera was staring at Santa and did not smile at all. I'm sure we will take a trip back to see him again and give it another try, but we were so proud of Emory for being a big girl. Even Santa commented on how well behaved she was for being a one year old! Never bad to get in good with Santa before Christmas.

Emory is ONE!!!

Today was the day that I could never imagine. My little baby was now by definition a toddler. She was so happy this morning, almost like she knew how special this day was for us. Grant gave her a bath and got her dressed in her pink party dress. Every one year old girl needs a pink party dress! Uncle Rhino and Aunt Jenny were lifesavers by helping us Friday night and this morning, what would we do without them! Friends and family came over to help us celebrate the big day. She looked so adorable and was very happy to have people there to celebrate with her. Grant and I always say we don't know where she got her social personality from, because it's not from us.

Then came cake! Our little lady was well... a little lady while eating her cake. She just dipped her fingers in the icing and didn't get all that messy. "I could get use to this!"

To my precious little girl,

I am constantly amazed by how beautiful you are and what a bright personality you have. You are pure joy! We love you more than you will ever know and are so thankful for the blessing you are to our lives.

Thanksgiving In Nebraska...

Our little family was lucky enough to be able to spend almost an entire week with our families for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Emory got sick the first day and Grant and I spent the rest of the trip battling it ourselves. But we were so thankful to have plenty of people to help with Emory while none of us were feeling good. Another sad fact of the weekend, we did not take near enough pictures with the grandparents. We will try much harder at Christmas.

Emory had a busy Thanksgiving. We have no stairs in our house so Emory learned to do stairs this week. You might call her the stair master!

She ate two wonderful meals with both grandparents.

While we were at the Zimmerman's house, Emory played with a bunch of my our old toys. It was funny to still remember how things worked.This is what going for a walk in Nebraska in the end of November looks like. Luckily this was on the first day because it was WAY too cold after that.One of the best parts of the week was spending so much time with great-grandma Shirley! Emory loved having her around to watch her play.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We are having a wonderful time with our families for Thanksgiving and wanted to give everyone a sneak peak of Emory's one year pictures. We love our photographer Lindsey (you can check out her sites by clicking her name) and she did an amazing job once again. Of course it was the coldest morning in Dallas yet this year, but Emory was a trooper. (only one trip to the car to warm up) I love this picture of Emory!

Thanks again Lindsey, you were wonderful!