Easter Eggs

We have been having lots of fun with Easter eggs the last few weeks. Last Friday, we had some of Anne Bailey's sweet friends over to dye Easter eggs. They loved putting the eggs in the dye and decorating them with stickers. I also had some Easter snacks for them and then they had fun playing.

This week Anne Bailey had Easter parties and egg hunts at both of her schools. She had lots of fun and ate tons of candy. I was able to go to her party at First Presbyterian and help with the egg hunt. It was so fun watching her find the eggs. She wanted to open them immediately and eat whatever candy was in it. It was so sweet to see her little class together! Emerson tagged along and smiled and laughed at them running around hunting for eggs.

Waiting for her friends



Sweet friends

Mary Clayton

Lucy

Hard at work



Time to decorate

AB's eggs

Silly girls

Looking for eggs after her school party

I didn't even have time to see what was inside

Carter, Lucy and AB

There are lots of boys in her class

Lucy and Anne Bailey

Sisters

Being silly

Showing off monkey's matching bunny ears

Spring Break 2013

We had a fun and busy spring break this year! We had lots of play dates with friends, played at Healthworks and the park, and spent lots of time outside. The best part was that we went to Birmingham for a few days to the Zoo and Children's Science Museum. Anne Bailey was so excited when we told her we were going to the zoo and jumped up and down saying "yay, yay" for about 10 minutes! We were all excited for a fun family getaway!

We spent our first day at the Science Museum. I was a little worried that it may be for older kids but it ended up being great!! They had a small aquarium which both the girls loved. Anne Bailey got to touch a sting ray and see lots of fish. She also loved the bubble room, playing at the water table, and making smoke rings. Emerson did so great and had fun watching all the action. We had a great and chaotic dinner at Cheesecake Factory and then headed to the hotel so Anne Bailey could do some swimming. Anne Bailey loved staying in the hotel, sleeping in the big bed, and playing on the phones. The next day we went to the zoo and we had perfect weather. We saw lots of animals, got to feed an elephant, ride the carousel,  and got to see all of monkey's friends! Ha! Emerson did great again and loved seeing all the animals. We can't wait to go back soon!!



Ruff and Anne Bailey in the crooked house

Emerson wanted to play too

posing in front of the fish tank

my sweet girl

these two are inseperable



showing monkey the catfish

Look at that face :)

touching a stingray (I was very nervous about her doing this)

making bubbles

what to do next?

Emerson found a spot just for her

having fun

smoke rings are fun

swimming

playing on the phones

watching the "camingos"

her favorite spot

feeding the elephant apples

cute pic



my favorites

Anne Bailey had fun sitting on this giraffe

sweet Emerson just along for the ride

she would not take a picture with me so this is the best I got

silly girl

sweet sisters

Anne Bailey's favorite part of the day

8 Months Old

Emerson turned 8 months old on Saturday!! I still cannot believe this! She is doing great as usual and is changing everyday. It really is so fun to see her sweet personality coming out! She is still such a happy girl...as long as you let her do what she wants! :) She does get upset if Ruff or I leave the room or if you don't feed her right away. She loves to laugh especially at Anne Bailey and is talking all the time. The only word she is saying right now is Da Da! She has also started waving bye bye and clapping this month. It is so adorable!! Emerson is still constantly on the move and is rolling everywhere and attemping to crawl. She is doing some army crawling and is geting up on her hands and knees and rocking. I think she will be really crawling any day now.

Emerson is taking 4 bottles a day and eating baby food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She is also eating yogurt, bananas and rice crackers. She is so interested in food and will grab at plates or forks if someone is eating in front of her. I know she is ready to eat real food so we are slowly trying some things. She is taking 2 two hour naps a day and sleeping about 11 hours at night. She is not really a fan a going to sleep and fusses when you put her down. Thankfully it doesn't last too long before she falls alseep. She still only has two teeth but I feel like she will have more very soon. It seems like she is constantly teething!! Her dislikes right now are being put in her carseat and having her diaper changed. Her likes are her mommy, bottles, bouncing in her jumper, singing If Your Happy And You Know It, playing in the floor and Dora.

Happy 8 months, Emerson!!

 

She is reaching for everything!

clapping

Busy Girls!

The girls have been keeping us very busy lately! It is usually loud, crazy and sometimes chaotic but we love every minute of it! Here are a few things we have been up to lately:

Getting ready to swim at the wellness center

Lots of  hanging out in her stroller

Talking to Barney at Chuck E Cheese

Playing the duck game

Looking pretty for church

fun pictures after bath time

Look at those sweet rolls and that face

Happy baby

Playing airplane

She said she was flying high as the birds

Having fun with Cabo

Lots of sweet and silly sister time