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!

October and November

We got a piano!
Someone at church was trying to get rid of one and we quickly jumped on it!

I have wanted a piano since I left home and now we have one!

Emily loves it!
She plays it almost everyday

We celebrated J.R.'s birthday on the 26th!
He ended up with 2 cakes because the first one wasn't completely done in the middle. We hollowed out the middle of the first one and filled it with candy bars.

This is what I had in mind with the first one.
This one did get done all the way and J.R. really liked it.

J.R. with his candy bar cake

One of the girls in the ward decided it would be fun to have a Halloween cookie decorating party for the kids. She made most of the cookies and everyone else contributed the frosting, sprinkles and other decorating items.

Emily trying to get some sprinkles to come out of the container.
The holes were too small for the sprinkles that were in there so nothing came out.
(Is it bad that I was kinda happy about that?)

"Hmm, maybe if I shake the container the sprinkles will come out"

Emily put her little stuffed bear on the back of her tricycle one morning and gave it a ride.
She is so cute!

Emily was a princess for Halloween again, however, this year she went with all the accessories.


November!

J.R. and I celebrated our 6th anniversary on November 6th and that morning we woke up to snow! We went sledding in our backyard but that didn't last very long since the snow was melting fast.

We used the snow from the trampoline to make a snowbunny

Here is the finished product!

It died after about 2 hours

My birthday was on the 13th and my wonderful sister, Becky, made me this adorable panda bear cake. It took her 7 1/2 hours to do.

Laura, Emily and Becky with my awesome birthday cake!

Laura, J.R. and Emily

Emily in her "princess coat"

One day Emily told her Daddy that she wanted to read him a book and she wanted him to sit on her lap. This is how they ended up. I wish I had stepped back a little more so we could see Emily's feet sticking out from under J.R.'s legs. It was pretty cute.

Becky and Emily cuddling on the couch.

Emily in her pretty Christmas dress

So pretty