Family Pictures!!

We got some new Family pictures!

I really like this background!

Emily is convinced we actually went to the beach!

Playing with the Starfish

Picking up sea shells

Running on the sand!

Look at the water!

We had lots of fun getting these pictures and Emily did great!
These are actually the first pictures we have where Emily smiled without holding onto her blankie!

January and February

I'm finally getting up to date here!
We have had lots of fun these last two months!

While Emily was waiting at the top of the stairs for Daddy to come home I took a couple of pictures.

Emily showing me the big smile she was going to give Daddy when he got home!

Blankie waited for Daddy with her!

Emily and Mommy cuddling on the couch

Emily has started trying to brush her own hair, but a little doll brush and curly hair do not mix well.

I started doing a little preschool book with Emily. She loves it!

Emily's first attempt at coloring in the lines
She did amazingly well

Covered in bubbles from head to toe!

Emily has started helping me load the dishwasher.
Don't worry, I rearranged it before I ran it!

Rocking in a little rocking chair that used to be mine

Sitting on the toy box teasing Mommy

Emily loves playing the piano! She usually sings while she plays, it's so cute!

Valentines Day was great!
J.R. brought this big velvet heart home to me and look what was inside...

Chocolate Truffles!!!

Emily got a Valentine from Daddy too!
She LOVES her Princess pillow.

Daddy and Emily cuddling on the couch with the princess pillow

Daddy and Emily at a fast food restaurant on our way to drop Daddy off at the airport.
He went to a podiatry conference in Utah and was gone for 5 days.

Emily didn't get a nap today... she didn't make until bedtime either
I don't know how she fell asleep like that, it looks so uncomfortable.

Emily in her pretty dress after church on Sunday

She didn't get a nap on Sunday either.
Once again, she didn't make it until bedtime.

This cute little video was taken while we were waiting at the top of the stairs for Daddy to come home. I love it!

Emily's 3rd Birthday!

Emily turned 3 on December 5th!
She told me back in October that she wanted a princess Aurora cake and that she wanted Daddy to make it. As time got closer though she decided that she wanted Mommy to make it, so I did.
I used 2 cake mixes and our Kitchen Aid mixer bowl to cook it in. It took 2 1/2 hours to cook so partway through I had to cover the top with foil so it wouldn't burn. I bought an Aurora barbie and wrapped her in ceran wrap from her legs to her waist and cut a hole in the cake for the barbie, then I used the barbie to push the cake out of the hole. It worked a lot better than I thought it would.

Emily absolutely loved it! She kept saying "Ooo, it's so pretty! We have to eat the cake, but we can't eat the Princess." She was watching me decorate it and the entire time she kept telling me to be careful not to get frosting on Aurora.

Emily and Daddy playing with her Cinderella and Aurora barbies. Emily, of course, has the Aurora one.

Sitting amongst all her presents!
Can you guess which one is her favorite?

Another birthday present came for Emily a few days later. It was a pretty green dress from Grandma and Grandpa Cutler!

Playing with her Princess Aurora and her Swan. Aurora's hair has a couple strands that change from pink to blue in cold water. Her bodice also changes from pink to purple in warm water. Emily was having lots of fun changing the colors back and forth.

We didn't have a Christmas tree this year because we were not going to be here for Christmas and since we don't have a fake tree we didn't want to buy a real one for just a couple of weeks.
We did put up some lights though

J.R. hanging lights over the curtains

Becky trying to figure out the best way to make the banister look good.
This is not how it ended up, but I guess I didn't take a picture of the finished product.

Emily's hair having major static problems!

So much static!!!