Busy couple of Months

I know that it's been forever..I just can't find the time to blog anymore!

Since the last post, Emily had a birthday and Haley was baptized...

Here's Emily at her party...second year in a row at the museum! They do a great job.

Haley had her first taste of real food...I guess you can call it that :)

Emily had her first major accident..5 stitches!

She recovered and was really excited for...

Her first performance at Church!

Haley is getting to be a big girl! Who needs a bottle..bring on the sippy cup!

And finally our first glimpse of nice weather! The girls are definitely ready to be outside!

Haley's first swing ride!

Emily can't wait for summer!

Happy Spring everyone!

January 3's

Somehow we went from waiting for Santa to January..sorry I never got the Christmas pictures uploaded. Sometimes I don't know where the time goes.

Emily loved every minute of the holiday season this year. From Fred the elf, to decorating the tree, to going to see Santa to having Christmas four days in a row! She was so sad the day we took the tree down. She's still asking when Christmas is coming again...

Lucky for her it's birthday month and that has taken her mind off Christmas! I can't believe our little girl is going to be 3 in a couple of weeks. She is definitely full of personality!

Haley turned 3 months on January 6th. She is so smiley and laid back...except when she's hungry!

Em is a great big sister and Haley loves having her around to entertain her. I think Emily is finally getting used to sharing the spotlight with Haley too!

Best wishes for the new year to everyone!!

Waiting for Santa!

After all the stress and chaos of planning for the big day, it's finally here.

The girls are most definitely ready for the big guy to arrive!

Merry Christmas and safe travels to everyone!

Enjoy your family time time and cherish every moment!

December is here..and almost gone!

It has been quite the busy month! I can't believe how fast it's gone. We have definitely been staying busy. I went back to work 2 days a week. I thought that would mean I'd have a lot of extra time to get ready for the holidays...WRONG! I think I'm more behind this year than I've ever been....I promise, Christmas cards are coming :)
Mama and papa came for a couple of visits this month..of course the cold season is here so our girls got it! Thanks Mama and Papa for taking care of the girls!
Here Mama and Emily are making homemade play-dough.




We have been to quite a few Wesleyan basketball games and the season is just getting started. Emily still loves it! She has a cheerleader outfit she wears most of the time now.


Haley's not quite as excited about the games.












Here's our little smiley Haley! She's such a good baby. She was just relaxing watching mom wrap Christmas presents here.










Emily had a night out with mom and dad. We went to Chili's (her pick) for dinner. Yes..that is a bowl of ranch dressing in front of her. She may not look like mom, but she's definitely got some of mom in her!










Then we took her to Annie, the broadway show. She loved it! We couldn't get any pictures inside, but this is her as soon as the show was over. It was way past her bedtime!











Yes, the tradition continued this year even though Aunt Kristy couldn't make it up. Here's Em mixing up the cookie dough and Haley chilling in the background.

Grandma came in with Uncle Matt and cousin Jackson to help finish the cookie making! Don't they look like they're having fun :)

Then it was off to the traditional breakfast with Santa. Here are the girls before we left. Emily was so excited to go see Santa!

Here's Em and her best friend Emma coloring some pics while waiting for the big guy to arrive.

Emily changed her tune about Santa once he arrived.

This is her telling us she changed her mind and she's NOT sitting on his lap.

So, we comprimised and put Haley on his lap while Emily stood nearby. Santa reached out to touch her and she took off...maybe next year she'll like the ol' guy in the red suit :)

After Santa, the girls exchanged Christmas presents.

I forgot how excited Emily gets about everything!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Time Is Flying By!!

Well, it is almost time for me to go back to work. I can't believe Haley is already 6 weeks old! Time has flown by. Luckily I am only going back part time until after the holidays.
















We have had a lot of fun since I've been off work. Before the weather turned totally icky we went to the zoo with our good friends!














Emily Loved playing in the leaves!




















Back at the homestead, Emily has been our source of entertainment...here is Em, Haley and Emily's baby doll working out on the baby mat :) Emily set this all up!





















There has been a lot of dress up going on...no this was not her THIRD Halloween costume.















And lots of messes!!


















While Haley just sits back and takes it all in.












Don't they look sweet?? In case you can't read Em's shirt, it says what Santa doesn't bring me for Christmas, grandma will. I think she's got them all figured out already.

Professional Pictures

We went and had our pictures done this weekend! The girls were really good...once Haley got to eat! Here's a sneak peek of the many shots they took.

Halloween Weekend!

Emily had a really hard time deciding what she wanted to be this year. Every day she would change her mind. So we ended up borrowing a costume and rounded up some gear from her closet too!

Our Halloween adventures started off on Friday night. We went trick-or-treating at the downtown business offices. Thank goodness it FINALLY stopped raining about 3:30. It was a little chilly and windy, but Emily had been disappointed one too many times this Halloween season with plans being cancelled because of the weather. So we bundled up Haley in her stroller and met Emma for some Halloween fun! We borrowed a good witch costume from a friend. She looked so cute in it, but I never got a picture of the full costume :( The wind kept blowing off the hat, and it was so chilly I made her wear a jacket.

She was all smiles eating out in her costume after the trick-or-treating fun!

Haley was just glad to be unbundled and getting some fresh air :)

On Halloween morning, Emily decided she didn't want to be a witch anymore. She wanted to be a Cardinal cheerleader. Fortunately we had that costume covered :)

Haley was a little small for her pumpkin costume...poor thing. At least it kept her warm because it was a a chilly night for trick or treating!

She had the whole cheerleader routine down pat from all of her practice at the high school football games!

Best friends! We have this same pose from last year :)

The theme of the night was "go, go, go"...had to move them along quickly before the sun went down! They were so funny running from house to house!

One of the houses a little haunted house..Em said it didn't scare her, but her face told us something different!

Happy Halloween everyone!