We've been busy!

We had our first Halloween together as a family of 4 this year and had a great time! Our neighborhood had a festival and hayride that was real fun for all of us. Afterwards, we went on another hayride with friends to Trick or Treat.

As always, Mitch and Emma carved our pumpkin.

I just love this girl! I asked her to clean her room...everything went on her bed. I guess the floor is now clean. Let's vacuum!

Emma had her very first field trip and we went to the Pumpkin Patch. I hope I am able to make a ton of memories with Emma and Emily as they grow up.

Soccer is over but we had a lot of fun. She will for sure play again!! We had an End f the Season party and the kids got trophies.

Cheer is over as well. I am looking forward to next football season. At Homecoming they dressed up as I Dream of Jeannie. I was the cutest thing!

Happy Birthday Emily!

One year ago today, our sweet miracle was born at 28 weeks and weighing 2 lbs 9 oz.

Thursday night I took Emily to the doctor and was diagnosed with bronchiolitis. Saturday she started running a high fever so we went back to the doctor and she now has a double ear infection. That didn't stop us! Our little family of 4 celebrated Emily's birthday as planned.
I am not sure who enjoyed the smash cake more...Emily or Emma. Let's just say, not much went to waste!

Emily enjoyed watching Emma open her gifts. LOL! And she loved playing with her new toys.

Happy Birthday my sweet baby!

Daddy, Mommy and big sister love you so much!

What a great day!!!

"Go Emma Go!!"

Emma scored the first goal of the game this morning. I was so unbelievably proud of her!

And she was obviously proud of herself!

Check out that smile...from ear to ear. And she liked it so much she scored 2 more goals. Each time she ran off the field to give me a hug! How sweet was that?!

Oh wait a minute...Time out coach...There's a plane!

Thank goodness my parents came to the game. I took my camera but I was too busy screaming for the Dawgs that I forgot to take pictures. My dad got a few though.

After a great morning, and early nap for both girls, we had time for a little music.

Emily is looking up at her big sister! You can just see the love in her eyes.

Now time for a little building.

Happy baby!

"Run, run, as fast as you can..."

I read to Emma every night and she loves the Gingerbread Man. She found my cake pan today and wanted to bake a cake...and so we did. Please check out the eyes, nose, buttons...fruit loops.

While Emma was decorating the Gingerbread Man, Emily was eating bananas for the first time. I think she kinda like it too. We had such a great day today!

Dad to the rescue!

Ok, so it's tax season again and I found a lizard in the house the other night. Oh course Mitch had not even left work yet. I was sure to tell him this was a 911 lizard emergency. I was very proud of myself though. I got a cup and put on top of it until he could get home. I told Emma I needed something heavy enough to put on the cup but that everything was too high for her to get for me. So Emma had a great idea. She would hold the cup while I would get something heavy. Is my girl smart or what!!

So he begins to remove the cups and cans I had on top of the lizard.
Then ever so calmly he gets it in one of the cups.

After Emma got a good look,

they took it outside to find his family.

I bought Emma this Hannah Montana outfit and she wore it all weekend. We put in the Hannah Montana Movie and she dance on my bed while she sang every song in the movie with her lip gloss microphone. Priceless!

I would say this takes the name BOW HEAD to a new level.

Elmo

Last Sunday morning we decided to go the the afternoon Elmo show. Mitch went to buy us tickets during nap. Boy did Emma have a surprise when she got up. That's us in the bottom left hand corner of this picture. Emily is hanging in there with the best of them...until she fell asleep for about 40 minutes.

We got floor seats so Emma was able to hug a few folks. If this happened last year, Emma would have ran screaming. I wonder how she is going to do for Santa now.

More hugs...

During intermission you really didn't have a choice but to go down front and buy an Elmo balloon. Oh, I think they were $8.00 too. Mitch looks excited about that huh ;). He would have bought it if it was $15.00 too.

Please look at my child dancing in her chair. This is what she did most of the time. She really had a great night.

Soccer

Emma had her first soccer practice last week and she loved it! I took her to the store to pick out her own cleats, shin guards and ball. She is styling!

I have totally lost my mind though. I have Emma in ballet, tap, tumbling, soccer and she is a cheerleader this year! My parents always said, "Keep kids busy. That way you keep them out of trouble." Well, we should all stay out of trouble with her schedule.

I must say, the kids got style...and little Emily enjoyed watching her big sister practice. I think she wanted to be out there with her.

I loved playing soccer when I was younger and I am so excited about Emma playing. Mitch on the other hand, doesn't know a thing about the sport. I hope I have the patience to teach him the rules like he taught me football.

At the end of each game, the parents make a tunnel for the kids to run through. The coach made us practice the tunnel at practice too. Fun stuff! I'm pumped!

My Little Cheerleader!

Little cute thing! Go Flames!

Pump, Pump, Pump it up...

...Whoosh! And let it roll!

We have had a great summer and it is now over. (sniff, sniff) One thing we have done, is make rules in the house. rule #1: Emma~Do NOT pick up your sister! Yet, this is what I found one day...

I got a sitter for Emily one day and took Emma to the Splash Pad. That is the best place! Emma had a blast! Next year Emily will be able to go too. I wonder if they sell season passes?? If so, I'll be getting us some for sure.
Because Emily was such a preemie, she had to go to the OT the other day. She got a great report! Everything looked good. She is 9 1/2 months old and developmentally 6 1/2 months old. That is right on task with how early she was. The following day she had her 9 month check up and shots. Poor baby went through it that week.

Look at the little stinker trying to sit up! I love it. Some people say "Aw it's all over with now." Not me! I am ready for her to run around! She needs to be able to run from Emma sometimes.

See what I am talking about.
Big sister is still the best helper!
Please check out Emma's mouth open. I wonder if I do that when I am feeding Emily.
Every kids dream!
CANDY! AND A LOT OF IT!

With all the rain we have been having, Emma has not been able to play in the backyard. We'll she needed to run off some energy...so she played in the rain! I use to love playing in the rain when I was little too. If you have never tried it, you don't know what you are missing.

Note to self: Emily is now waving bye bye. Sitting up on her own if you sit her up. Cutting her top two teeth. Eating crackers. And got her first bobo. (What was rule #1 again. Ugh!)

Can you believe how cute this little girl is getting? She has really grown. When you look in Emma's eyes they can tell a story. Emily however, she speaks with her whole body. It's so sweet.

Emma has really enjoyed MMO this summer and all the art projects that come with it.(elephant ears and trunk)

I cannot keep the girls away from each other! Their love is so strong already. If Emily gets fussy, I know all I need to do is call Emma to make her smile. Works every time! And Emma is for sure a little Mother Hen.

My Sweet Girls!

Yep, that's right, Emma is still the biggest helper. Even when I turn my back for 2 seconds.

Just silly...

Brent's biggest fans!!!

Robin, Thank you so much for these cute shirts!

We sure do love playing in our backyard! I keep trying to take Emma to the real pool, but she keeps wanting to go her pool. I must say, I love being at home too! Little Emily has her own pool. AKA her tub. ;)
Emma helps me cook quite often. Licking the spoon is the best part though. Even Emily got in on the action when we baked a cake the other day.

Sister Love!

Emma is getting ready for her first day of Mother's Morning Out.

She is so lucky that her best friends were there too!

While Emma was at MMO, Emily got to practice holding her own bottle. She is doing pretty good, but has a long way to go.
Emily has gotten so big and is doing so much. While Emma aggravates her, Emily loves it (crazy girl). She is rolling over like crazy and very mobile. We can't leave anything on the floor anymore that can't go in her mouth. Emily is trying so hard to sit up and has such a hard time. It makes her so mad that she can't do it. She has her 2 bottom teeth now, maybe Emma will keep her finger out of Emily's mouth. LOL!

Science Camp

The second week at Science Camp was just as much fun as the first. We talk about Turtle that week. The teacher even had turtle art for us to do. Please look at my child staring at the snake. She said she liked it...Not Good! And she pet the alligator. YIKES!

Please check out the conversation that Emma had with the teacher during the group time.

Emma (screaming) "Teacher, Teacher!'

Mrs. Joan "Yes?"

Emma "Your hair."

Mrs. Joan "What about my hair?"

Emma "It's crazy."

Mrs. Joan (bending down) "Well, will you fix it?"

The third week was kinda sad because we knew it was our last day of camp. That week we talked about whales. Please check out the cute shirts Robin made for Emma and Manze.

I took a Photo Story Class this week that was a lot of fun. This is the project that I did. I think it is great if I do say so myself.

Dance Recital

Picture it, dress rehearsal night, everything is going great! Manze is there and Emma is have the time of her life watching the big girls dance on stage. Let's just say...It's all fun and games until....

the spot light is on you! Oh what a nightmare! Yes, that is my little angel crying at dress rehearsal. The teacher had to carry her out on stage. Poor Manze just wanted her friend to be happy and couldn't think to dance while Emma was upset. I felt so sorry for Emma and a little embarrassed myself. Afterwards, I told her that she could not go on stage and cry during the real recital.
Mitch was in a wedding so I took Emma, nightmare #2, to see that Daddy would not cry "on stage". That is all we talked about. What a big boy Daddy is. He is not crying on stage.

{Story inside the story~Emma stood on the pew during the wedding saying "Look, there's my Daddy." She waves to him, he waves back. Everyone is laughing and saying, "Oh, how cute." Me, I wanted to fade away.}

Well, it must have worked seeing Daddy "on stage". Emma did great at the recital!

Her Daddy had her flowers ready when she got off stage AND

She got a trophy that she was so proud of. I love this picture of her showing the trophy to Emily.