Our Girls <3

Absolutely crazy about them!

XOXO

Who's my guy's rooting for today??

Wanna take a guess?

Random... just trying not to get behind again! :)

Are these girls the cutest you've ever seen or what??!!??!!

Mommy and Avery being silly!

Have a super day!

Catchin' Up!

OK... so here goes! :) I've been away too long post everything that's gone on in our lives the last month... but here it is in a nutshell... a very small nutshell!
Christmas was wonderful at our house! Santa brought Avery a Thomas the Tank Engine Railway and a play kitchen!

Santa brought new clothes, books and rattles for Emerson. Mommy got an awesome gift from daddy that she totally wasn't expecting... a Nintendo DS! All I can say is I'M LOVING IT! (And no, that's not one of the reasons I've been neglecting the blog.) :)

And here's the newest member of our family...

No, the girls did not get a puppy for Christmas! My husband would have a heart-attack before that happened... so would our cats! But I guess they kind of did get a puppy - according to my brother. He got a mini-doxen and named him Jordie, after Michael Jordan. He is soooooo precious as you can see and such a good boy! My brother got him "so the girls could have him" he said, but he lives with Uncle Brian! :):)

Miss Emerson Paige turned 5 months on January 13th:

Just last week she started some solids... rice cereal and bananas! She is loving it and I'm so happy for her. For the last few months she's been on this really yucky formula that she has gotten used to but it's disgusting. Yeah, I tasted it.... I really feel for her, it's nasty. But it's been the only thing to help her poor tummy and each day she's become such a happier girl. So this was exciting. Seeing her love her "nanas" filled my heart with JOY! We call her the "EMINATOR" as in the Terminator!!! She is hilarious, she ROARS at us and is such a ham! She is crazy about Avery! Just today she played on the floor for 15 minutes on her tummy while Avery "cooked" food in her kitchen for Em:

Emerson is usually only happy being in mommy or daddy's arms! She does not like to be in the swing, exersaucer, Jumperoo, on the floor... NOTHING! So I was so proud of her laying here playing with Avery for that long! She is a sweetheart. Such a snuggler and lover! Em's sleeping very well at night. She goes to bed by 6pm and sleeps till 10-11pm then eats and falls back to sleep till about 6am. Mommy's getting a lot more rest these days!


One of Avery's favorite thigs to do is play the Wii with Daddy! She loves to watch us bowl and here she is shreddin' it up with daddy on his favorite game: Guitar Hero!!

She loves posing for the camera lately too!

There it is! Promise I won't stay gone for that long again! :):)

What a BAD, BAD girl!

Where the heck have I been? I can't really blame my crazy life on the holidays anymore... darn! :) But believe it or not, I have been busy! My girls have sure kept me on my toes these days! Stay tuned... working on some posts!

Emerson is 4 months old!

Yep, that's right! She's 4 months old! We are so in love with her and everyday just gets better and better! Emerson is proving to be nothing like her big sister was when she was a baby. :) And I wouldn't have it any other way. I love how my two girls have such different personalities and quirks (yet they also have some striking similarities)! Em is very much a mama's girl (so was Avery)! She never lets me out of her sight and if she can't see me, she yells for me - not crying, but literally yelling at me...like how dare I leave her sight! Pretty cute! She loves to be held... ALL THE TIME! She'd rather not be left to play on the floor, or in her bouncy chair, or anything for that matter unless Avery is actively playing with her.

Emerson Paige is currently in L-O-V-E love with her piggies!! The second you lay her down, up go her feet and straight into her mouth. She is constantly grabbing her feet and trying so hard to get as much of them as she can into her mouth. So cute!!! It's funny, cause since she was a tiny baby, she's always loved having her socks taken off and her feet played with. She's in 7th heaven now cause she can play with her feet all by herself!! Em's also a lover! She loves to be kissed on and googled over! Ha ha... what girl doesn't? If you kiss her yummy cheeks, she turns her head right into you to get some more. I absolutely love that! If you put your face down by her she'll grab your head and try to eat you... I like to think she's just returning all the kisses we shower on her. I see a lot of my sister's personality coming through in Emerson. She's going to be a very confident, vocal, loving girl!

Avery is still in love with Em. I feel so blessed; we can just tell these two are already so close and love each other so much! Nothing brings me more joy than watching the two of them play together. I say play, but I guess it's more like interact. Emerson can hardly wait to go after Avery. Whenever Avery is playing and Em watches her, she kicks and squirms like crazy... boy is Avery in for it! :) Emerson is happy just to gaze at Avery all day. Avery wants to do everything for Em and she's really a good helper. Avery helps give Emerson her bottle, puts powder on her bum when we change her, puts the bink back into Em's mouth if she loses it, and loves to help bathe Em. These two girls are truly the loves of my life. We're still working out her tummy troubles (she gets that from her daddy)! Just recently we had to switch her formula again. She's taking a Hypoallergenic type and it seems to be helping her tremendously!

Happy 4 Months Emmy-Ems, we love you like crazy!!

Hustle Bustle!!

Happy Holidays! Yep, I'm still here. We've been very busy. December hits and the hustle bustle begins! This is definitely my most favorite time of year, despite the craziness!! Pictures to come soon, including Emerson's 4 month update...and there's a lot to share!