Happy Easter!!!

Obviously, today was Emory's first Easter and we wanted to make sure she had a wonderful day. She put on her pretty Easter dress and we took her to church. She is really into chewing on her hands right now, which is why most of the pictures are of her doing that. Just a phase we hope!

"Mmm this dress is yummy!"

Apparently Emory's hands taste even better.

Do you think she even knows she has bunny ears on?

Emory got a new friend for Easter.

"Does anyone else see this huge bright yellow duck?"

Emory needed a nap after a long morning of Easter goodies.

The family at church.

Chelle set up a mini Easter egg hunt, it was a little cool today so everything was inside but Emory didn't know the difference. Grant helped her find all the eggs, and eat the candy.


"Easter candy sure is good!"
Emmy with all her Easter friends.

And of course with a duck this big, Grant made her ride on it like a pony.

Good Friday INDEED!!!

Being that today was Good Friday, Grant was off of work and able to be at home with Emmy. She really enjoys being with him and smiles when she sees him.







Today Emmy got to spend time with Jacob who was born December 22. Nathan and Grant watched basketball, Chelle and Courtney talked and Emory and Jacob did, well baby things.

"Hey Jacob, how are things going?"
"Uh oh, I think we could be in trouble."

"Mom I think we need some help here."

Here are some pictures of Emory playing with her legs.

Rolly Polly!!!

That's right our little Emory took the big step in mobility and decided to roll! She has been working on rolling over for a few weeks and today was the day. Sadly, Grant was golfing with some work friends but Emory will show him soon. She also sucked her thumb on Friday which is a big deal for us considering she refuses to take a pacifier.


Emory has always been an expressive baby, lately she has been practicing a new face.... the pout.
Saturday was such an amazing day here, why not take Emmy out? We took her to the Dallas Arboretum for the first time and spent the day with our friends Donald and Angela. Here we are camped out enjoying the green lawn.

Chelle, Emmy, Angela and little Abby (who enjoyed the sights from inside Angela's tummy).


"I hate tulips!!!""Oh wait, I love tulips."Picnicing by the lake Some more of the beautiful tulips..

Emory's week...

Here are some pictures and videos from the last few days. She is such a funny little girl, we just wish she knew how much she makes us laugh. I guess that will come later.

Playtime with Emmy is getting to be so much fun. She loves toys that have faces on them and anything that rattles. Emmy is also amazed when we eat anything, last night she was smacking her lips as if she was saying, "mmmm that looks good!" Not yet baby.

Emory and Chelle were having fun playing the other day and Chelle wanted to video tape Emory eating her shirt. But there was so much more that Emory had to say, listen to her response when Chelle asked her "What do you think."

On Tuesday, Chelle took Emory for a walk in her big girl stroller. Chelle had to tighten the straps as small as it could go but she thinks Emory enjoyed looking around.

Maybe Emory thought it was a roller coaster, because almost the entire time she had her arms up in the air.
"weeeeee!!"
This last video is something that Emory has been doing for about a week. It first happened when Chelle put her down for the morning nap and kept hearing noises so she went back in to check on her. Chelle was very surprised to see the aquarium was on, she turned it off and waited to see if there was a sensor or a timer or something, and then she saw how it turned on. Needless to say we hear this all the time now, even at 5am when Emory is suppose to be sleeping. Silly little girl.

Happy 3 Month Birthday!!!

I cannot believe that our little girl is 3 months old. Its amazing to see all the things Emory can do now (or almost do). Chelle had to put her in her party dress one last time before it doesn't fit anymore. No chubby jokes please, the dress adds some pounds (at least that what we tell Emory). We are so lucky to have such a wonderful daughter who amazes us with her laughter and smiles!!

Not sure whether or not to smile...Closer...
There she goes!! Don't you just want to pinch those cheeks??

Here is more video of Emory "talking." Make sure your volume on your computer is turned down because it is loud. Enjoy!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Rhino!!!

Today is uncle Ryan's 29th birthday!!! What better way to celebrate than with the most beautiful niece in the world, our little Emory. We all went the Maggiano's for dinner and upon Ryan's request there was no singing.
Dinner sure was good and we always have such a good time with Ryan and Jenny. We are so lucky they live 2 streets away from us!!

Chelle had some fun taking more pictures of Emory today.
Emory had found her hands and they seem very yummy!!
Here is Emory being incognito.... Chelle does go a little overboard with taking pictures.

She can't hide that gorgeous smile!!

New Friend, New Toy, New Sound...

This week we were invited to dinner at Chelle's friend Sarah's house. Emmy met a very nice boy named Beau Loyd. He is 6 weeks older than Emmy and showed her all sorts of things she was going to do soon. He holds up his head, can suck his thumb and eats rice cereal. His parents Eric and Sally let Beau get a closer look at the other baby, lets just say he likes blondes. He was very impressed with our little lady. Emmy also got to start using her bumbo this week. She doesn't last that long holding up her own head but its enough to give her a different view of the world.

We have a squealer!!! She has found her voice and is starting to let us know when she is happy. We love it, even when she's in her crib supposed to be sleeping and she keeps squealing. It's fun to have a glimpse to what her voice is going to be like.

My friend Angela tagged me this past week, and I decided it was time to actually do it. For those of you who don't know it's where you answer questions about yourself and pass it along. My other friend Kristi had tagged me twice and I never got around to doing it (sorry). So here it is...

10 years ago:

• I was finishing my junior year in high school and most of my time was spent hanging out with my friends and cheer leading. Believe it or not I was a cheer leader! I was also involved with my church youth group and I didn't really work much in high school. It just got in the way I guess.

Things on my to-do list:

• Laundry. I don't know how Emmy goes through so many clothes but at least they are cute and I don't mind washing them.
• Thank You cards. Still trying to catch up from everyone being so nice.
• Cleaning the house. Yikes we have gotten extra sloppy since Emmy was born.

What I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire:

• Have Grant stop working so we could both stay at home with baby. That would be such a wonderful life.
• Buy a bigger house with in-law suites so that grandparents could visit whenever.
• Pay for Crown Ministry to be given at every church.

Three of my bad habits are:

• Worrying
• Over planning
• Worrying about my over planning

Five jobs I've had before now:

• I was a NICU nurse (pre-mature babies).
• The worst job of my life that I worked was putting price stickers on merchandise in a non-air conditioned warehouse during the summer in Kansas. Wow, nothing in that sentence sounds good. I would go home and blow my nose and it would be black from all the dirt and dust. Probably took 5 years off my life.
• I worked as a secretary at the Academic Advisement office at Baylor. Basically scheduled appointments and did homework.
• For one summer I worked as a temp. I worked in a bunch of different places from a paper factory at night to the biggest bank in Omaha and a radio station.
• I worked at Ford Motor Credit, answering calls about car loans. Can you imagine a high school student deciding whether or not you got an extension on your car loan??

Five things people don't know about me:

• I was on the dean's list in college. (not really, they put my name on it by mistake not once but TWICE)
• I never had the chicken pox.
• I have eaten kangaroo.
• Me and my group of friends from high school had a dance routine to "I Want it That Way" by the Back Street Boys. We had costumes and designated parts in the song. No I will not perform it for you.
• My favorite movie is Andromeda Strain, you might have watched it in 7th grade science class but if not watch it sometime.

Thats about it for my "tag" session. I would like to tag Traci D and Courtney C. Have fun girls.