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!!!





Emilia Jane Hankins- Born May 21, 2013 - 1 month old!

Emilia Jane you are beautiful and perfect in every way! We all had a great experience with your delivery. All was smooth and you were perfect. You were 19.5 in long and weighed  6 lbs 13 oz! Here you are on the day of your birth...

 

Here you are at your 1 week check up...

You smiled this month! It was adorable! I try to get you to smile as much as I can because I love seeing it. You love to hear your sister run around and yell. She loves you already very much. Her favorite thing to do with you is kiss you on the head. She has been very gentle with you. Here you are smiling...

You took your first trip to Arkansas already. Both you and Maebry traveled to Arkansas in the first month of life. A born Razorback! You slept great and traveled great too. Here's you and your sister in Arkansas on the 4th of July...

 Your Daddy and I moved you into your room at 4 weeks. It was sad but we all slept better :). You are a great sleeper and a very happy baby! You make sweet little noises and love baths! I am so excited for you and Maebry to be so close in age. It is going to be so fun to watch you girls grow up. We love you so much! I hope I can keep up with this blog!

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!