HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMORY

This time last year the decision had been made to proceed with a C-section and Bradley and I were anxious, nervous, and excited to meet our little girl, who was born at 2:50pm. I still can't believe a year has come and gone and Emory is 1! I am looking forward to her little party tomorrow and to see how much she grows and learns in the months to come. Happy Birthday Pumpkin!

She was not in the greatest of moods last night. This face cracks me up!

She threw her baby out of its stroller and tried to climb in. She loves to ride!

Please excuse her mix matched outfit, she had a little accident at daycare and has the top of one outfit on and the bottoms of another!

Brrr It's Cold

This weekend was the coldest in East Texas in 16 years. We had temperature's in the teens for several days in a row! Emory did not seem to mind the cold, as long as she had Dot (aka blankie bear) and her warm soft blanket. She loves this throw I got at JC Penny's, so much so I went back and bought another one to put back. She goes and gets it and lays down and wraps up in it.

Here is she is all bundled up watching TV!

Emory had her first cupcake this weekend. I figured we needed to have a "rehearsal" for next weekend! We are having cupcakes at her little party.

So I gave her one of these little Twinkie cup cakes for dessert Friday night.

Her first bite! I love this face.

Needless to say she LOVED it and ate it all gone! Rather quickly I might add! I guess she is going to take after her daddy when it comes to sweets!

Happy New Year

I know I am posting this a little late, but I have been sick with a nasty sinus infection and bronchitis since before the New Year and am just now starting to feel better. We celebrated the New Year quite early at our house... around 6:00 pm or so with sparklers and a few fire crackers. Emory seemed to like the sparklers, however she was more interested in riding her tricycle. We also did a few fire works (that were not suppose to be loud...but were) and Emory was not a fan of those. She did seem to like the Roman Candles until she got tired and was ready for her bath and bed. I was not far behind her because I did not feel well and needless to say did not make it anywhere close to midnight. That makes two years in a row for me. Last year I was big and pregnant and tired and this year I was sick. Oh well maybe next year!

Over Night

I have always heard people say that kids change and/or grow over night, but I always just thought it was a figure of speech. Since becoming a mother I have started to realize that there is more to the saying then just being a figure of speech. I swear Emory learns something new over night! She has changed so much over the past two weeks! She is walking or running everywhere and understands so much of what we say that we have had to start spelling things! She loves taking a bath and tries to climb in as soon as I start the water. She also seems to be adding a new word a week. She has added cow, I got it, and gee (this started yesterday and we are not sure what it means just yet). She is such a happy little thing with quite the personality. She also has a bit of a temper when she does not get her way, but her temper tantrums are short. Once she realizes that you are not giving in she's done and on to something else. She is so much fun and her daddy and I love her dearly! Before we know it she is going to be talking non-stop or as her daddy says, just like her mommy!

The Day After Christmas

Saturday evening Rachel and Andrew arrived and we ate and opened presents at Bradley's parents house. Emory had a good time and really liked this little santa hat!

She still was not feeling her best but enjoyed seeing Aunt Rachel and Uncle Andrew and playing with her new toys! Side Note- That is why blankie bear is in every picture just about, she would not let her out of her sight, she loves that thing and needed her why she felt bad. Side Side Note- If you are wondering, yes I did manage to get it washed everyday!

This is Emory doing her classic "Oh no." Whenever someone says oh no Emory puts her hands to her face/head and goes "Oh no." In this picture her hat fell off and she did an "Oh no," but with just one hand because she was holding her blankie bear in the other. She has started to call blankie bear Dot. We are not sure how she came up with that name, but she is definitely saying Dot and not dat. So blankie bear is now officially Dot.

Emory loved playing with the bows. They are definitely her favorite part of unwrapping presents.

She got this little instrument set from her Mimi and PeePaw and she knew just what to do with the drum sticks. She also likes to put the drum strap on and wear it like a purse. She is really into purses now and walks all over the house with all 3 of her little purses on.

She loved this little toy too!

All in all we had a wonderful Christmas at Bradley's parents and got many wonderful things, including a family bible which I loved. We also celebrated Rachel's birthday who turned the big 30 Christmas day. I can say her age, because I will be turning the big 30 in March. SIGH!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

After Emory played with her presents from Santa, Bradley and I it was time to get dressed and get cooking because we were expecting a house full... 13 to be exact. My parents, grandmother, aunt, Cameron, Noah, Blake, and Bradley's parents, grandmother and uncle all came over. Emory had been sick all week and although she was not 100% she was feeling much better.

Emory sitting in the middle of all her presents just taking it all in. You can see in her eye's that she was not feeling well, poor baby.

But once everyone started opening presents she perked up a bit and joined in. She really liked climbing on this present.

Ripping into a present. She got real good at opening presents. I am curious to see if she remembers how next month at her birthday party.

Showing mommy a new jogging suit she unwrapped.

Noah showing me all his presents, which consisted of Lego's and board games. His FAVORITE!

Emory liked the bows!

Noah James (7 years old) and Emory Grace (11 months)

Christmas 2009

Despite Emory having a cold we had a wonderful Christmas and I am so very thankful for everything God has blessed us with this year! I am looking forward to the new year and Emory's first birthday party! Still can't believe she is already going to be a year old. As well as the birth of Rachel and Andrew's baby who will be arriving sometime in July! I can't wait to see how Emory reacts to a new little cousin!

Baby's 1st Christmas

Christmas morning 2009

Christmas morning Emory awoke to find toys from Santa, Mommy and Daddy. I decided not to wrap her gifts from us this year and instead just set them out with her gifts from Santa. I did not want to overwhelm her with all the unwrapping, plus she had a cold and was not feeling her best. She was a little amazed at first. She just stood and looked at everything for the longest time. After awhile her Daddy gave her a little nudge towards her presents and I guess she finally realized they were hers. She then had to check out each and every toy, point, and say "dat." Even though she was not feeling great she seemed to really enjoy her toys and I loved watching her expressions, especially when she realized what everything was/did!

Emory in her new bean bag chair with her sock monkey. She loves to climb the bean bag!

This was a present to Mommy from Daddy. I got to open it before everyone came over because it was a new camera that needed to be put to use! Emory figured out how to unwrap things very quickly!

Emory riding her new rocking cow named Patches. She just climbed right up and started rocking!

The pig, little lady bug purse and drink cup were in her stocking. Emory must have been thirsty from all the playing because she immediately put the straw in her mouth.