Ice Skating

Friday we took the kids to an “ice skating” rink that was set up as part of the downtown Christmas lighting festivities in my parent’s town. The rink was not real ice but skated like real ice. Emory had a great time and towards the end wanted to skate all by herself. Her fearlessness is starting to worry me just a little. Ha! After a while Emory told us she was ready to go because skating was slippery. After the ice skating we rode in a horse drawn carriage around the downtown area. Emory and Cason both seemed to enjoy the ride. Today figure skating was on TV and Emory got excited and told me that she did that yesterday.

Away she went, no hesitation, no worry, just a big smile!

She wanted to do it ALL by herself!

Cason cheering on his big sis!

Emory enjoying the ride through town.

Cason having a good time checking everything out!

Thanksgiving 2011

Wednesday we headed to southern Arkansas to my parents house for Thanksgiving. This year was Noah's year to be at his dads for Thanksgiving so it was just my kiddos there soaking up all the attention from Grandma, Pawpaw, and Aunt Shirley. Needless to say they have had a blast. We had a nice dinner and then just hung out and visited. I did manage to get a better picture of Emory and Cason. My trick was to sit in front of the TV, this way Emory is at least still and looking at me.

Emory Grace and Cason Bradley Thanksgiving 2011



As you can see Cason is always on the move.



Emory would NOT smile at me no matter what I did, so.......



I asked her to show me her teeth and this is what I got. Not exactly what I had in mind!!

Cha Cha Cha

Wednesday evening Emory discovered the tambourine and maracas at grandma's house and started singing cha cha cha while dancing and playing. She put on quite a show!

 Cason joined in too!

All the playing, singing, and dancing finally wore her out.

Sick Days

An ugly bacterial infection has been raining havoc on the Cobb household. Last Monday Cason came down with it and missed two days at Ms. Betty's and then last night Emory woke up crying at 10:30 with fever and a sore throat. It was a rough night for Emory, but thankfully Cason slept through it all. So this morning I made another trip to the doctor and now Emory is on an antibiotic. I did find out their current weight. Cason weighs 19 lbs 11 ounces and Emory 26 lbs 8 ounces. I have a feeling that Cason will pass his sister in the weight department soon! Cason is now back to his happy go lucky self (his top four teeth are all in too) and hopefully Emory will be feeling better soon.

My two sick sleeping babies. I should say baby and big girl. Emory would have a cow if I referred to her as a baby.

Thanksgiving

Saturday we had Thanksgiving at Bradley’s parent’s house. This year it was just us, his parents, and Rachel and Andrew. We had a good time visiting with each other. Emory enjoyed playing with Mckenzie and Cason had fun serenading everyone with a song during lunch. He is so vocal these days. He has even said dada and mmmama a few times this weekend. Wednesday we are headed to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving with my family.

Thanksgiving 2011
Emory Grace 2 (almost 3) years old

Thanksgiving 2011
Cason Bradley 7 months old

My attempt at getting a picture of Emory and Cason!

Sweet Mckenzie 16 months old

I am so thankful that these three silly billy's are healthy!

Discoveries

Sunday evening Cason was crawling around and discovered the windows in the french doors. He looked so little sitting in front of the doors that I had to get out the camera and take a picture. Once he discovered the camera his attention quickly turned towards the camera strap and he soon headed over to me to investigate and of course put it in his mouth. I think the strap reminded him of a cord. Cason LOVES cords and has found every single lamp cord in the living room and his bedroom.

He is missing his pants in these pictures because he spit up all over them just before he discovered the doors. He is cutting his four top teeth all at the same time and between the spit-up, drool, and fever he has not felt well. Poor baby. For those that are counting that makes 6 teeth.

Two of a kind

 Yesterday Emory and Cason played together for the first time. Usually they play side by side or Emory will bring Cason a toy, talk to him for a second, and then go back to doing her own thing. However, yesterday they both played with the cube together for quite some time. Emory was "learning him how to do it," translation, teaching Cason how to play with the cube.  Then Emory decided they needed to jump rope, which consisted of Cason holding and chewing on one end of the rope while Emory jumped up and down with the other. Great times!

This face cracks me up!

Later while I was feeding Cason a scrumptious lunch of sweet corn and rice (his favorite), I noticed Emory was suspiciously quiet in her room. After she came and got her stool out of the pantry I knew something was up. When I asked her if she was okay, she told me "I fine." When I asked what she was doing she told me "just playing." Hmm... So after Cason finished we headed into her room to investigate and found this:

Emory had drug out ALL of her Playdough and was playing with the yellow on her dresser, YIKES!