It is almost time to meet you Emilia!

Emilia I can't believe this is only my second post to you through this whole pregnancy. I am much busier this time around :). I am 36 weeks pregnant and it is almost time to meet you. I can't wait! You are a busy little bee in my tummy. You love to do summer salts! I can't wait to see what you look like and your daddy and big sister are super excited too! Here we are at the zoo when I am 35 weeks pregnant with you!

 

We have moved into a new house in the past month. We absolutely love it! We have tried really hard to get all settled before your big arrival! We are mostly settled and here is a picture of your ALMOST done nursery!

 

Here is me in front of our new house a few weeks before we moved in. I was about 8 months pregnant in this picture...

 

A few of my favorite things right now during pregnancy are still turkey burgers and avocado, oatmeal cream pies, and lucky charms! It is starting to warm up here in Texas so I have to say I am very glad I don't have to go through the heat of the summer while pregnant! You will already be here for the heat!

 

My sweet friend Ali gave you a baby shower. It was SO much fun! It was a perfect day with perfect weather with a whole lot of people who love you! Here is the beautiful table setting at your shower...

 

I am guessing the next time I write in this blog you will already be here with us! Can't wait to meet you! We love you Emilia Jane!!!

Emilia Jane~My first blog to you!

Emilia Jane we have officially given you a name! You are getting very big in my tummy! You will make your debut in about 3 1/2 months! Sorry I have not blogged much during my pregnancy with you. I am much busier this time around! Maebry you keep mommy very busy and I love every minute of it. My favorite thing to eat during this pregnancy has been turkey burgers with avocado! Yum! Unfortunately not everything I have craved has been heatlhy. Just like with you Maebry I have loved hot baths and naps!




 Your daddy and I just sold our house and we will be moving to a new house in the next couple months. We are very excited!!! Hopefully I will have both of your rooms done before you get here Emilia Jane. It is going to be a fun and very busy few months coming up. Here is a picture of me in front of our new house!

I can't wait for you girls to grow up together and be so close. You two may be very different or very much alike but either way we want both of you girls to love each other unconditionally. There is going to be lots of pink and purple in our house for a long time. Here is a cute picture of sister!



We can't wait to meet you Emilia! We already love you so very much!!!

You are going to have a SISTER!!!

We found out yesterday you are going to have a sister! We are so excited! It is going to be so fun that you have a sister so close in age and hopefully you two will love the same things and be best friends! We do not have a name for her yet. We actually thought it was a boy, it was just our gut feeling so we had no girl names picked out but we are working on it! Can't wait to meet her. I guess this blog will soon be to both of you girls!!!

It is Christmas time. You haven now had two pictures taken with Santa. The first one I am in it with you because you weren't quite sure what you thought about Santa. The second time around you sat right on his lap and we got a great picture of just you two. It is going to be a fun Christmas. You have such a fun and sweet personality! You have been going under the Christmas tree and putting presents into your tent. haha you must know there are some fun toys inside! Thanksgiving was great. We were in Arkansas of course. We were able to spend it with lots of family. Your Mimi and Pops are both in West Virginia now. We are hoping to make a trip to see them in the near future. You also have a new cousin, Hannah! She is adorable! There are going to be lots of little girls around and lots of pink toys! So fun! The family is growing fast! Here are some holiday pics of you this year:

 

We will be going back to Arkansas for Christmas in a couple weeks! It has been very cold here and you have been sick this week. You have had croup and a double ear infection! Poor baby, it breaks my heart but you are a trooper! You have done really well! Hope the medicine gets you well soon. Hopefully next time we post on here we will have a name for your little sister :). We love you very much and you continue to bring more joy to our life everyday!!! 

16 months and your going to be a BIG SISTER!!!

 

SISTER TO BE...

 

 

Well, it has been a while since I have posted a new blog. Since your first birthday, ooops! You are 16 months old today. The big news is your going to be a big sister! I am 3 months pregnant right now so you two will be 22 months apart! I am so excited for you to have a brother or a sister so close in age. We will find out in about 3-4 weeks if it is a brother or a sister. I have a feeling it is a boy BUT who knows. I had a feeling you were a girl when I was pregnant and was obviously right about that one. These last 3 months have been very tiring but you have been such a trooper! You are very independent at home and are very good about entertaining yourself. You still LOVE to read books. You will sit in your room and read and read and read! You are really starting to say a lot of words too. Your favorite word right now is "please" because you think if you say it you can get exactly what you want. It is kinda true. Here you are reading...

 

Halloween was so much fun with you this year. We dressed you up as a little duck and you were adorable! Daddy was working long hours so we went to Fayetteville and trick or treated there with everyone. You waddled up and down the sidewalk and loved every minute of it. You cared nothing about the candy but I did! I had all sorts of treats that night thanks to you! You were very proud to wear your costume! You love getting dressed up in hats so you left it on all night. Here you are with Mimi and Granny...

 

Oh another new favorite thing you have is your tent! You spend a lot of the day in the tent that we got you. You have two different ones. One is a tee pee and the other is a princess tent. You crawl back and forth with your toys. Too cute. Your daddy loves to get in it too. It is usually the first thing he does with you when he gets home from work!

 

We love you very much and you are so much fun these days! Next time I blog we should know if you are gonna be having a brother or sister! Yay!!!

 



You are ONE!!!

I can't believe it you are ONE! I feel like I just started this blog yesterday but here you are one year later and such a big girl! I have to admit you are actually 14 months as I am typing this :) I have been slacking on the blog. Let me tell you your birthday was so much fun! You had so many people that love you come to your party. Your Mimi, Pops, Aunt Hillary, Uncle Nathan, Granny, Papa Lynn, Papa John, Aunt Kortney, Uncle Josh, and your cousins! How fun it was. We has lots of friends come too. We had a bounce house, blow up slip n slide, baby pool, and pinata in the back yard. Your daddy grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for everyone! It was so fun. Here you are getting kisses from mommy and daddy...

We had professional pictures done also and they couldn't have been cuter. You were such a trooper because it was SO hot outside and you were wearing a tutu that had to have been miserably hot but you did great. We let you do a cake smash of course and you were just so dainty with it. You barely stuck your finger in it and tasted just a little bit and then you looked up at us smiling like do I really get to eat this! We let you eat plenty but of course we took it away before you made yourself sick. Here are a couple of your gorgeous pictures...

 

You officially sleep on your tummy now. You have always hated sleeping on your tummy or playing on your tummy but you now sleep every possible way. You are a little worm in your crib! Ha and another thing you now do is "crawl". It is safe to say that you skipped crawling all together but now that you can walk everywhere you decided to try and crawl a little. It is funny. You are walking around like crazy! You have it down pat! You also started standing up in your crib when you are ready to get up. Thank goodness you have not tried to climb out or anything. We also turned you around in your carseat and let me tell you that it is awesome for all of us! You love it and I can see you now and can hand you things when I need to. Not to mention you love the dvd player! Mickey Mouse clubhouse is your absolute favorite!

 

Here are a couple more pics from this month! You LOVE LOVE LOVE stuffed animals! You snuggle with them all the time. So here is a picture of that and another one of some adorable cowgirl boots that Mommys friend Ali bought you.and they are too cute on you. Here you are...

 

 

Let me tell you Maebry Jean that you have made this the best year of your mommy and daddys life. You have brought us so much joy! You have already taught us so much and we pray everyday that you become the girl and women that God has made you to be. We hope that we can show you Gods love through the way we live our life. We love you yesterday, today, and tomorrow too! 

 



11 Months and WALKING!

It is official you CAN walk without holding on to something BUT you don't like to. You prefer to cruise along holding onto things. You are taking several steps by yourself when your daddy and I make you walk back and forth to us. It is so fun to watch you! The first time we watched you take your steps without holding onto anything your Daddy and I were so giddy and oh so proud! I am much busier these days making sure you are not getting into anything your not supposed to. You love to walk down the hall into our bedroom and check out things in there. I can't believe you are almost ONE. It is crazy how fast this year has gone by. You are getting so big!

You have TEETH! You finally cut 2 teeth on the bottom. They are not fully in but they are out. I thought you were never going to get teeth. I have to say I love your gummy smile so I am in no hurry for you to get all your teeth in. You also have a lot to say these days but it is all baby talk. You are saying dada and mama. You contine to read books all the time and baby talk your way through every page. It is also official that "Brown Bear Brown Bear" is your new favorite book. I always have to read it to you two or more time in a row. Just once does not go over well with you.

I am gearing up for your big birthday party. I have been planning for months. I want it to be a special day for you. I made you a tutu and we have pictures this week!

We have been spending a lot of time at the pool. You love the water! I am so glad you love the water because it could be a very long hot summer withought the pool! Here you are...

We went to VBS this week. It was a great week! I helped teach first grade and you stayed in the nursery all week and did great!!! You are such a trooper. Your Papa John also came down for Fathers Day. Your Daddy had a good Fathers Day. I made him a homeade chocolate pie and he loved it. On a sad note we had to give our doggy Ranger to your Papa John. We miss him so much. He is such a good doggy but he started getting snippy with you since you are walking around now and we couldn't take any chances. He is such a big dog and your so tiny. He is very happy with your Papa though. He is getting so much more attention there than he did here! Here is a pic of Fathers Day...







You amaze us more every month. We couldn't love you anymore. I can't wait to celebrate your first year of life in a couple of weeks! It is going to be such a special day with lots of family in town. Always remember nobody loves you more than God does but we are next in line :). We love you Maebry!

10 months and cruising along

You are cruising anywhere and everywhere! You have ventured from the ottoman and are going down the halls and along anything you can put your hands on. You never get tired of walking around the same places over and over! You are so easily entertained. If we put a huge pile of toys in front of you with some books you always go for the books. You love to sit there and read to yourself while looking at the pictures. Your favorite book has always beeen "Pajama Time" but you are really starting to like "Brown Bear Brown Bear". I am so glad you like to read. We have tried to make books really fun so you would.

I had my first Mothers Day. Your daddy got me a porch swing. I love it! The reason I wanted a porch swing so bad was when we go to your Grannys it is your favorite thing to do. So I knew how much you would enjoy it as well as me. It was a special first Mothers Day because you got dedicated at church! It is so important for us to raise you in a Godly home and this was a promise to you that your Daddy and I will do that! You have truly been such a joy to your Daddy and I. You are so much fun and such a sweet little girl!

Some fun things we did this month are... Your granny and Mimi came to town for Mothers Day and your Baby dedication. They both had so much fun with you. Your cousin Ansley got dedicated the same day so after yours we went to hers and then had a big lunch at your Aunt Kortneys. It was a great Mothers Day!  Here we are at the dedication...

We went to dinner with your Aunt Kortney and Uncle Josh and all your cousins. We had so much fun listening to a band outside. Here we are having fun...

We had lunch at the lake and we let you check out all the boats and the water...

We love you Maebry Jean!!!