What's New...

Emily has had a great summer. She had to get glasses this summer to help correct her vision. She does really good with wearing them because they help her to see better. We were riding home from picking up her glasses and she said from the back seat of the van, "Look, that man has a nose!" I wonder what she had been seeing and thinking up to that point. She has been practicing swimming without floaties and loves being outside. She has caught a couple of fish from the canal behind our house. She also had a great time at Vacation Bible School.

Emily is a ball of energy. She is going-going-going from the moment she wakes up in the morning till she finally falls asleep at night. She has been in her new preschool class for 2 months now. She loves her teacher Ms. Maggie and her new friends. She looks forward to going to class every Tuesday and Thursday. She has become a picky eater much to the dismay of her mom and dad. She loves to blow bubbles, draw in her notebooks, and share with others. She is very good at antagonizing her sister, but what second child isn't? We love her spunky personality. She makes the funniest expressions when she is talking at times.

Emily is growing up so much. She is soon to be 3 years old and love to tell stories, read books, sing songs, pretend to be a kitty cat, and much more. Santa came to our house to visit us this Christmas. Emily told him that she wanted a puppy and a kitty, but she did it from the safety of daddy's lap. In this photo she is telling Santa that she is 2 years old.

Here are a few pictures of her with family. She definitely has her own personality and way of interacting with people. She is very loving but gives hugs randomly. She has often said to me, "No hug and kiss, Mommy." Gotta keep trying though. :)

Emily is really enjoying her summer. She is still a ball of energy. We love watching her play. She is not afraid of anything. Here are some pictures of what she has been up to.

PETTING ZOO

PLAYING AT THE FOUNTAIN

ART IN THE PARK

She didn't want to stop watching them dancing. She loved it.

PLAYING AT THE WATERMELON PATCH

GREAT HAIR DAY - DADDY DID HER HAIR

LOVING THE WATER

Emily is hilarious. Her vocabulary and communication grows daily. She has lots to say and says it very clearly. She is especially funny when she tells Mommy and Daddy, "I told you 'No' Mommy". She definitely hears everything we say and is listening. She is a very busy little girl. We have found few things that occupy her attention for more than a few minutes at a time. She wants to be a part of everything that is going on. I bet my, Amy's, parents would say that she gets that from her mom. They would be right. 

Here she just finished eating a chocolate chip cookie and was showing off her new look. You can tell she enjoyed the cookie. 

We had some of the single guys over for dinner. After dinner Shelbyanne invited them to the girls room for a tea party. The guys had a lot of fun pretending with them. I bet it has been a long time since they have been invited to a tea party. 

We celebrated Emily's 2nd birthday last week. On her birthday we took her to a mexican resturaunt. Then on Friday we had a birthday party for her. We took her and 11 other children to the Tumble Jungle, where they played hard for an hour. They had so much fun. After that we had all of the kid's families over for pizza and cake.

Here are a few photos we took of her special day!

This was her first gift that came in the mail. It was from her Aunt Shirley and Uncle Bob. She has loved playing with her cake building set, and apreciates all the other gifts and phone calls she received. Thank you for blessing her on her Special day!