ONE!!!!!!!!!!

You are ONE Emilia Jane! What an amazing year is has been!!! Full of firsts! First touch, first cry, first smile, first laugh, first word, first dance move, first foods, first time to crawl, first time to stand, and the first Emilia Jane Hankins! You have brought this family so much joy! We just can't imagine life without you! Your beautiful grey/blue eyes, your adorable smile and dimple, your giggle, and your serious face! It has been so fun to watch you grow. This is only year one and I can't wait to watch you all the days to come!


We had your one year portraits done. It was so fun! It was a little hot but not as hot as your sisters were in July! I made you a tutu just like I did Maebry. Also, your Granny make you a cute onsie and bloomers to go with it! Just adorable! We had a color theme for you and your party. It was yellow, teal, and white! We had your party in Arkansas at your Granny and Papa's house! Your Papi, Mimi, and Pops were all there too! Your Aunt Hillary, Uncle Nathan, and cousin Hannah got to be there as well! You had so many people who love you come celebrate with us! It was such a fun party! You LOVED digging into the cake. Here are some pics...








When we got back to Texas we had a little get together at our house because your birthday fell on a Wednesday. I wanted to do something special on your actual birthday! We had some friends some over and play outside in a pool your papi bought you for you big day! We splashed around, had popsicles, ate pizza, and of course cake!!! Here you are...


I am so proud of you and all you have acoomplished this first year of your life! I am so thankful God  chose your Daddy and I to be your mommy and Daddy! I love you Emilia Jane! Yay for many more birthday to come!!!

11 MONTHS. First Easter!

How can you already be 11 months! People aren't kidding when they say time flies by when your having fun! I have so much fun with you girls. We are on the go all the time and we also just stay home and play with toys. You girls both love to play upstairs in the gameroom. Emilia you are crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE! Pulling up and on the go! Not walking yet. I am more than okay with that! No rush for anything around here!


We had a great Easter! We went to our church Easter egg hunt, went to Easter service, and then had a wonderful lunch at your Aunt Kortneys! You were of course adorable in all of your Easter gear! Your sister and you had matching dresses for Sunday service. Your granny monogramed them and they were adorable! I took side by side pics of you and Maebry from a dress your Mimi bought Maebry that is adorable. You two look a lot alike. Both such happy babies! Here are some pictures of you...














Well next month is a BIG month! Someone is going to be ONE!!!! Can't believe it! We are going to have such a fun party for you. You are so special to us and I cant wait to celebrate your first year of life! Love you like crazy Mili Bear!

10 MONTHS! Where did my tiny baby go???

Where did my tiny baby go?! You are growing so fast! Your Daddy and I went to Mexico this month for a little vacation! We had so much fun but let me tell you I do not leaving my girls! Your granny and mimi came to Texas to take care of you girls! We are so blessed to have them. They both love you very much. They of course took great care of you both. Mommy was READY to come home and see you girls though! We were gone 4 nights and that is about all I could take!


We went to the zoo this month with your Aunt Kortney and cousins! It was so fun, the weather was great, and you were such a trooper! You just looked around at everything, ate snacks, and watched your cousins jump around! Here is a picture of us on the train...








You had another first holiday! St. Pattys Day! We obviously didn't do much. Your sister and I made rice krispy treats that were shaped like shamrocks and that was about it. I dressed you girls in green and we called it a day. I made Maebry and St. Pattys day bow her first year so I put you in that and took a side by side pic. Here it is...






A lot more park visits this month. Weather is getting nice around here. We will be wearing tank tops one day and winter hats the next. It has not quite decided what it wants to do yet. You love standing up on this toy that has a dancing teddy bear on top. It is definitely your favorite toy these days! You also like to roll around on the floor with your sister. Here you are...

One more pic because I love this one. Daddys girls...

9 months! Slow down!!!

You had your first Valentines Day! You were of course as cute as can be in your little outfits! Your Daddy and Mimi got you some cute little gifts and cards! You are very loved from sooo many people! I am thankful for that! We have actually had a few warmer days so we have made some park visits and stroller rides. You love them both. You don't mind your stroller at all! Especially when I put snacks in there! It is just so fun putting you in the same outfits as your sister! Here is a couple...
















Let me tell you...you are loving all the new foods we give you. You love to make messes. Let me just show you....














Oh yes we had one beautiful day and went to the Dallas Arboretum. The flowers were beautiful. Your sister ran around looking and touching everything and you sat in your stroller and just looked around as happy as could be. At the end of our walk we had a picnic outside and you of course loved your lunch! Here is a pic...












One other thing you are loving these days....Dance parties with your Daddy!!! He comes home from work and pics you girls up and dances around the house with you two. You both just smile, laugh, and giggle! It is so fun to see you girls love your Daddy so much! Here is a pic...




Fall more in love with you everyday!

Baby its cold outside-8 months

I have to be honest and tell you that I am way behind on this blog. You girls keep me busy and I love it! You are 8 months old now and it is winter and cold. We spend a lot of time inside and bundling you girls up if we are going out. We do live in Texas so we can't complain much, although, it is still cold. I actually love the cold. This is just my favorite time of year though. The holidays, fires, scarfs, and cuddly babies!


You are really starting to play with Maebry and I just love watching you girls interact! Oh and of course is is a NEW YEAR! 2014! Your Daddy and I brought in the New Year here at the house with you girls sleeping soundly upstairs. It was a great night and I barely made it to midnight! Emilia you are really a great sleeper like your sister. I am so grateful for that! Here you are holding your little purse. You are so dainty...

Your sister had a surgery this month. She had her tonsils and adenoids removes. Also, had tubes put in her ears. It was a rough month but she was so brave and you did wonderful staying at home with Granny. We were in the hospital for 2 nights and you came and visited your sister of course. Here is a pictures of you two in the hospital bed...







You just have the most beautiful eyes. Daddy and I have kept thinking they are going to change to blue but they have stayed a pretty bluish/grey! And your eyelashes!!!! So long and so pretty! I just can't get enough of my girls! Here is a picture of you with me...


Just so excited for a New Year with our little family. God continues to teach me new things everyday! He teaches me a lot through you girls and I am so thankful for that. I love you!

First Christmas!!! 7 months!

Merry Christmas! Your very first Christmas! What a wonderful one it was. It was perfect. We stayed at home this Christmas and family came to see us. Your Mimi and Pops, Granny and Papa, Papi, and Great Grandpa came to our house. We were so blessed to have so much family come to see us. It was so fun dressing you and your sister up all month in your cute little Christmas outfits! I have to say I go a little overboard when it comes to Christmas and cute holiday outfits! Here are a few...


You girls are just too cute! We did some fun things this month. We all went on a family horse and carriage ride to see Christmas lights with some family friends. You did a great job and we kept you all bundled up and warm! Here is a picture of us...


This blog is mostly going to be pictures because I just have so many cute ones this month. We of course went and saw Santa Clause at the mall. Again, you did great. No crying! You love Santa! You must have known he was bringing you some good Christmas gifts. Speak of gifts you made out pretty good for only being 7 months :). You got the sweetest little pink puppy stuffed animal, some light up toys, a little toy tv, a rocking horse (from Mimi and Pops), and your first bottle of Puffs. You LOVE puffs. They are little finger foods that are like cereal. You do a great job picking them up. Here are a couple of pics...


We love you girls so much. This was such a fun month and a perfect first Christmas for you! Can't wait for many more! Love you Mili Bear!

1/2 of year old!!!

Slow down Mili Bear! Time is going by too fast and you are getting too big! You are so much fun and full of so many smiles! I can't believe you are 1/2 a year old. I feel like you just got here. I fall more in love with you everyday. You had your first Thanksgiving! We were in Arkansas for Thanksgiving this year. Here is the beautiful drive up to Fayetteville...

The computer is a little messes up right now which is why some pictures are really big and some small. I absolutely love this next picture of you and your sister. You two bring me so much joy. You laugh at each other and you love to watch everything your big sister does. It is too cute!!! You are still loving baby food. I would say sweet potatoes and carrots are your favorite right now!

I love our sweet family of four and I love watching your girls grow together although it is already going by too fast. We love you girls so much and thank God for you both!

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5 months of Mili Bear

So as you can see from the title of this post I have started calling you Mili and Mili Bear. It fits you so well. You are so darn cute! I think my favorite thing right now is going to pick you up from your crib and seeing your head pop up with the cutest smile on it. You are such a happy baby. Of course you do let us know when you are not happy. As long as I pick you up and hold you, you are fine. You are a mamas girl, although, you are starting to really like your daddy these days. I am prepared for having two daddy's girls. I am ok with that as long as I still get a lot of snuggles from you and your sister. Speaking of sister...you two are really starting to interact. Maebry asks about you every time I put you down for your morning nap. She says "Emilia go"?, "Emilia sleeping?". Its sweet. I could freeze time with you two right now. Here you two are...(beautiful girls)!

 

 

So you were a little pumpkin for Halloween! ADORABLE! Maebry was a pumpkin her first Halloween as well but a butterfly this year . We spent Halloween in Fayetteville. It was a lot of fun. Your Mimi, Granny n Papa, and Papi all got to see you. You are loved SO MUCH! Here you are in your costume...

 

I can't believe next month you will be 6 months. Time is flying way way way too fast! I know I say this a lot but you are such a joy. I try and take in every moment with you and all your new skills you acquire everyday. I LOVE YOU MILI BEAR!

 

4 months and loving your sister!

You love watching Maebry! Everything she does it makes you smile. It is so cute! She loves you so much too. Maebry is really starting to say your name a lot and ask where you are. You are usually asleep in your crib. Speaking of sleeping...you are a GREAT sleeper! We have decided to let you sleep on your stomach and you love it. You always look so comfy and peaceful. Here you are in your crib...

Here is a picture of you and Mae...

 

 

We made a trip to Arkansas this month. You girls did great. It was also your Daddys 30th bday party and my 29th. We had a big surprise party for your daddy and it was a success. It was so much fun. Here is a picture of all of us driving to Arkansas. Your daddy and I never thought we would drive a mini van while listening to Mickey Mouse the whole way (which is why we ear phones in our ears).

We let you try your exersaucer this month for the first time and you LOVED it! There are so many toys on there for you to look at! And of course you had baby food for the first time this month!!!! The first thing we gave you was peas. Peas was also Maebrys first food too. You did not care for them too much. You just weren't sure what to do with it. Here you are...



We love you more everyday and your smile is contagious! Love you Emilia Jane!!!

3 months

I am way behind on your blogs. You are growing up so fast! Too fast! You are truly such a joy. You are so happy all the time. It is so fun watching you grow. It was a hot month. A little too hot to spend much time outside. No pools for you this summer. I did put you in a cute tiny pink polka dot swimsuit one day. Adorable! Here is a picture of you right at 3 months...

We have spent a lot of time with your Aunt Kortney and cousins. Your cousins absolutely love holding you and watching you. Here you are with your cousin Hadley...

The first Razorback game was this month. You got to wear your first Razorback cheerleading uniform and you looks so sweet in it. I am sure it will be the first of MANY. Here you are looking cute as a button!

 

Every month is a new adventure and such a fun one! You are such a HAPPY baby. We love you SO much Emilia Jane!

Maebry you are TWO!!!!!

Maebry Jean you are TWO!!! How did this happen! I cannot believe time has gone by so fast. I feel like it was yesterday that we had your first birthday party. You are so much fun and bring so much joy to our life. It is so fun to watch you grow in so many ways. You went from taking your first steps last year to talking, running, counting, coloring, singing, sleeping in a big girl bed, pigtails, jumping, saying your ABC's, and so much more!!!You make us so proud. You absolutely love life. Your Papi bought you a trampoline for your birthday and that is probably your favorite thing to do these days! You jump everywhere you go! You have had a lot of new things happen in the past few months. A new sister, a new house, and a new big girl bed! You have done wonderful with all of them. I was mostly impressed how you adjusted to Emilia. You have been so sweet to her. I hope you girls are always close and love each other unconditionally. I asked you several times what kind of birthday party you wanted and you gave me the same answer every time. HELLO KITTY!!!! So Hello Kitty it was! Here are some pics...

 

 

We love your excitement for life. You get so excited about things. Your favorite thing to eat is CHEESE! Yellow Kraft slices. You ask for one at least twice a day :). You don't always get it but you definitely get plenty. You will sit at the table and color forever. You love for your daddy and I to join you. You like to pick out the colors for me. Instead of picking one page to color on, you start from the very beginning of the book and color EVERY page for about 3 seconds each. I love it. Your favorite toy this year have been big lego blocks (favorite toy by far). Your daddy and I have spent HOURS building these blocks with you and you love to knock them down. Favorite movie has been Winnie the Pooh. Oh how many times we have watched it. I can't lie your daddy and I really enjoy it. Favorite animal has been a toss up...the beginning of the year was lamby and now it is a bird pillow you call tweet tweet that I bought you before you were born. I just knew you would love it :). Favorite books have been Brown Bear Brown Bear, Mickey Mouse, Marley and Me, and Pajama Time. Oh you have always loved books! You will spend so much time at your book shelf just going through books after books. Favorite T.V. shows have been Mickey  Mouse Clubhouse, Max and Ruby, and UmiZoomi. Favorite songs have been "Way up High in the Apple Tree", "Jesus Loves Me", "This Little Light of Mine", and "Zaccheaus Was a Wee Little Man". We sing every night before bed and you usually pick on of these to sing.

 

I wish I could freeze time. It is so fun to watch you grow but at the same time I want you to stop  :). These two years have just flown by and have been so fun. We love you so much Maebry Jean.

 



2 months-Cooing and rolling over!

Emilia you are too sweet! You have started cooing and you ROLLED OVER! We are so proud of you. You were laying on the living room rug and you rolled over from your tummy to back. We were so excited. The first year has so many exciting "firsts"! You are really starting to chunk up and it is so cute. We put you in your bumbo chair for the first time and you loved it. You hold your head up really well. Maebry pays more and more attention to you every week. She is so sweet to you and her favorite thing to do is kiss your forehead. Your 2 month checkup went great. You were pretty much in the 50% percentile for everything. The shots were of course so sad. You did great that day but that night you were in some pain and it broke my heart. It lasted a few hours and then you were just fine :). Here you are at the doctors office...

 

A few things you love to do right now is sit in your swing and look at the mobile go round and round.Maebry got a new beanbag chair but you are the one who loves it. You like to just sit up in it and look at the lights. The FAN! Oh the fan...you LOVE the fan! You will just smile and smile at it! Speaking of smiling you smile all the time and it melts my heart. It is a beautiful smile and I hope you keep it up forever. Here you are in your bumbo and in the beanbag chair with your sweet smile...

 

 

Oh and I can't forget the picture of you looking at the fan when I was trying to give you a bottle. I hardly ever give you a bottle but you loved it that day because you just stared at the fan and smiled the whole time which turned in to a VERY long feeding :)...

 

 

We love you Emilia Jane and love watching you grow! God has blessed this family with your sweet presence. You make my heart smile!!!