Emerson Paige ~ 3 months!!

Yep, she's 3 months old as of yesterday! And boy, has she ever gone through some changes! Em's a very happy baby, pretty easy-going now that we have her poor little tummy figured out. As you can see... we did it again! She's just beautiful! She has eyelashes 10 miles long, wavy hair so think and dark that only grows more with each passing day, and creamy porcelain skin. She is constantly cooing and talking and she's smitten with her big sister!

A few of Em's accomplishments thus far:

*She sleeps in two six hour stretches at night, only eating once during the night (HEAVENLY!)

*She holds her head up completely... she's been doing this since day one!

*Em now eats soy-based formula (LONG sad story) but thriving! :):)

*She is laughing! The cutest noise ever!!

*She adoringly gazes at her sister and daddy...she would do this all day if she could

And who wouldn't love having this girl for a big sister??

Fall Leaves!

Avery and I raked up the leaves in the front yard this morning while Em was sleeping. We had a blast! It took quite a long time cause my piles kept getting jumped in over and over again... but so worth it!!!! Who wouldn't want to jump in a pile of leaves... heck, I was jumping with her! :):)

The potty may no longer elude us....

... well it seemed that way yesterday morning. Yesterday, I changed Avery out of her morning diaper and put her big girl panties on her without asking her if she'd like to wear them or not. She objected at first. Then I showed her the new Dora stool she could use to step up to the sink to wash her hands all by herself when she finished pottying and that did the trick. She sat down on that potty and peed like she'd been doing it for years. She stepped up on the stool and washed her hands... and then it all went downhill from there. For the rest of the day she refused to go to the potty and I ended up putting a diaper back on her (after two accidents on the carpet.) What do I do??? Today she is wearing a pull-up but will not sit down on the potty. Will you guys leave me some comments for what I'm supposed to do??? I don't want this to be a fight of wills.... and now I know she's more than capeable of doing this and being successful at it! What's a mommy to do??? HELP!!!!

Halloween! {& crazy times!}

I absolutely hate getting so far behind with my blog posts. But the second I try to do anything someone needs something from Mommy! :) But everything is going great... the girls are beautiful and healthy and life is good! :) Halloween was interesting. A few weeks ago Avery picked out her costume. She was going to be Thomas the Train. Never though, from the day we bought the costume to Halloween night, would she put it on. ( I should have known better!) So, after watching child after child come to our door and leave with candy she finally said, "Mommy, I go trick-or-treating." I said, "Absolutely you can go trick-or-treating," (I'd only been talking about it all day and asking her if she'd like to go...) "Do you want to wear your Thomas costume?" Avery: "No, I don't want to wear my Thomas costume, but I go trick-or-treating." I asked her if she'd like me to draw kitty whiskers and a kitty nose on her face with make-up and she all but jumped through the roof with excitement and off we went trick-or-treating down the cul-de-sac with our little kitty dressed in normal everyday clothing.

And each night that has come since Halloween, when it gets dark, she asks if she can be a kitty and go trick-or-treating some more! Ha ha ha! Pretty darn cute if you ask me! So I explain that we only go trick-or-treating on Halloween night, one time only. So now, imagine how much turkey talking we do getting ready for the next holiday!! Life through the eyes of a 2 and a 1/2 year old is pretty exciting every day and I'm loving every second of it!

Here are our jack-o-lanterns and that Avery and Daddy worked hard on Halloween night! (Pics of Em coming soon...) :):)

More of Em...

...big sister is out of town right now with her Grammy and Papa. So I've tried to get some shots of Em and she decided to ham it up a little! :):)

She sticks her tongue out all the time now. I think she thinks it's funny cause she's always smiling at the same time. Pretty cute!

I just love the look in her eyes in this one. Not a perfect picture, but look at her eyes! She was actually gazing at Avery. You can just see the love pouring out of her eyes for her big sister! Such a proud mommy! It's such a blessing being a mommy to two beautiful, perfect girls!

I just can't help it....

She's just far too cute!

{Happy 2 Months, Em!}

I'm a couple days late with these, she actually turned 2 months on the 13th... but I'm doing my best! I want to take more shots of her later when Avery is napping. Here's a couple though. Enjoy!

Look at those cheeks!

I know that huge barret looks obnoxious, but its the only way I can tame her hair!! It just keeps growing...I'm so in love with her! XOXOXO