a proud mommy moment

well Em has been getting to where she will walk alone with her little doll stroller now. I am so proud of her! She's doing so good (yes you can even hear me gush with proudness on her video) She is just growing ENTIRELY too fast.

proof of Emi's "ooohs"

wouldn't you know I got it on video the very next day!

an EXTREMELY fun day!

Emily and I met up with our friends Julie and Cara to go check out the Extreme Home Makeover set here in town. Tomorrow is the big reveal to the family so we decided we should go check it out today! We got to see Paige and Michael but no Ty. We also ran into Tammy and Anna there! It was a gorgeous day too so afterwards Julie and I took Cara and Emily to a nearby park so they could stretch their legs and have some lunch! What a fun day!

OOOOOHHHH! OHHHHHHHHH! OH!

If you have been around Emily even just a little bit lately you have probably heard her say "OOOHH" and you know she really means it. She sees something real neat. Well, in this case it's her favorite. Birds. There are these huge birds that fly around in the sky every evening around 5pm every night at our house. She LOVES to watch them. And she just keeps saying OOOH oooooh OOOOOHHHHHH. It's so cute. I don't know where she got the OOOHs from but she makes sure we don't miss the birds either! I will try to catch her on video next time we see the birds. Oh and she doesn't just OOOH at the birds.. it could be anything.. the birds get extra OOOHs though.

"P" is for Pickles

Emily is ALL ABOUT PICKLES since we gave her one a few weeks ago. She inhales them! I am not a huge fan of pickles at all.. but Will is.. they are two of a kind!

i l♥ve to swing

TGI Friday Playdate!

We had a fun play group on Friday at our house- we had a new little chica join us, Miss Rossi. She is 3 months old but she'll be rolling around and playing with the big girls in no time! We had to stay inside this time because it was too cold outside! Lots of fun though!

a visit to the eye doctor!

I took Emily to her 3 month eye glasses check-up.. hard to believe it's been 3 months already but yet it seems longer! Dr.Sherman was happy to see her and said she was doing perfect with the glasses! He was very pleased. He said she'll probably be wearing them throughout childhood and that we probably want to soon think about a back-up pair of glasses. When they start walking is when lots of scratches and dents happen to the glasses. So.. we'll see what kind of "stylish" frames we can get next time as backup glasses- for people to ask "are those real?"

Here's a pic I snapped with my cell phone while we were waiting for Dr.Sherman.. Emily is such a good patient and makes everyone smile. Thank goodness they didn't dilate her eyes today or else she wouldn't have been smiling!

lunch with a friend...

Emily and I went to Cara's house for lunch today. Julie, Emily and I loved the eggplant parmesan- thank you! After lunch the girls played outside- it was a gorgeous day! They especially loved the swing! I can tell these girls are going to be friends for a long time to come!

10 months old!

Emily is 10 months old today! Where has time gone?! She has been SUPER busy this past month. She has went from doing an army crawl, to crawling on all fours, pulling up to a stand, and now cruising. I see walking in her future! Her personality just blossoms more every day. She also got her 2 top teeth this month as well- you can't see them too good yet when she smiles so hopefully in the next few weeks we'll get some toothie pictures! She knows we love to make her smile and she does the same with us. She loves to make us smile by being crazy and goofy! She has tried a whole bunch of new foods and right now there is nothing she doesn't like. She is a very good eater but I'm not sure where this little lady puts it all!
Emily is 18lbs, 5oz and 28 3/4 inches. What a big girl!

happy valentines day!

Happy Birthday Kaleigh!!

Monday, Feb 9th was Kaleigh's 1st Birthday! We celebrated with her today and the girls played at the park! We had cupcakes and lots of fun. Wishing you another fun-filled year Kaleigh! Hugs and Kisses!

good morning SUNSHINE!

I snapped these pictures Saturday morning at the beach house when Emily was looking out of the front door as the beautiful sun was rising. GOOD MORNING!

a nice long weekend at the beach!

We headed down Friday morning to St.George Island with some friends of ours and their daughter, Cara, who comes to play dates with Emily. We stayed at their beach house and had an incredibly wonderful and relaxing time. The girls had a lot of fun together too! It was gorgeous weather and it couldn't have been more perfect! Here are some pictures from the trip!thanks again Julie, Brian, and Cara!

blueberries, blue face, blue fingers, blue everything!

can you tell, Emily was digging the blueberries?

Happy Birthday Nana V.!

Today we celebrated Nana V's birthday! We went to eat pizza and had a fun time. (Emily ate a 1/2 of a 6" cheese pizza by the way!) We always have fun with the family! Love you Nana V!

Also today, Emily's top left tooth popped out! We have a top tooth! Now to work on that other top one.. this one was very hard work! (Emily won't let me ever see her top gums so we don't have a top tooth picture just yet) But- Emily is pointing to the tooth that did come in!

baby time at the library

we did a last minute get together with Quinn and Cara and their mommies at baby time at the library today. It was a ccccccold day here so we wanted to find something to do inside. The girls had a great time and really enjoyed the puppet show!we're glad we went again.. it's been a long time.. look at the difference between the pictures below.. Quinn and Emily are much bigger now!

Emily shows off her "singing"..

and she's got a fan! Quinn's mommy videoed Quinn watching Em over and over again!

play like a rockstar!!!!

Emily reminds me of Madonna the material girl in these pictures.. Em is such a goof and a show-off - here she is loving the attention she's getting in her tutu, sunglasses and big bow.. it all started when I tried the tutu on her again...then..tried on her sunglasses- she actually kept them on really good! Oh what fun dressing up is!

exploring.....

Emily has gone exploring since she can get around pretty easily now. I followed her into the office and she found our shred pile. Surprisingly she didn't try to eat any of it and she didn't shred any of it for us! Oh well- she had fun, that's what counts!