Christmas Celebration #1

Our first Christmas celebration started when Aunt Ali and Cousins Ben and Natalie came to visit at Grammy’s. Uncle Mike couldn’t come this year because of his basketball coaching. Emma had so much fun with her cousins. She loves Ben and Nattie and was sad the day she woke up and realized they had went home. I wished they lived closer so they could play together every week!

Some shots of Emma with Ben and Natalie….

Opening presents at Grammy and Pop's house....



Uncle Eric and his girlfriend Erin were also there. I included a few photos of one of Adam and Eric's intense Nintendo games too!

Christmas Decorations

I thought I would post some pictures of our Christmas decorations before I took them all down tomorrow! The outside decorations were not worth remembering! Hopefully they will look better next year!

Winter Wonderland

Last week Emma and I were in Farmington so we took advantage of their Winter Wonderland attraction. It is such a neat place filled with a huge train display, lots of pretty trees, Mrs. Claus, and of course Santa! The downtown area looked really pretty too! We went with my mom, grandma, and cousins Natalie, Peyton, and Catherine. Emma loved Santa! I could not get a good picture of her with him because she would not stop staring at his candy bowl! She was devouring her candy cane (wrapper and all!) the whole way home!

Adam and I before his work Christmas party. It always makes you feel good to be around your spouse’s coworkers when you feel like a big cow! We didn’t go the first year because I was pregnant with Emma and I did not want people to meet me in such a large state and then last year we were out of town. So, we couldn’t miss another year and I had to go, pregnant and all. Despite my round belly, we had a good time!

And here is a shot of the little cutie pie before bed. Speaking of bed tonight is Emma’s first night sleeping in her new “tent”. This morning she climbed out of the crib and was banging on her bedroom door yelling for her Daddy. I battled her and the crib for three and a half hours this afternoon at nap time, and tonight, Daddy brought home the “Cozy Crib Tent”! Thank you Daddy!! (By the way, these puppies are hard to find so if you think you may need one in the future, you better buy it now!) You would have thought we set up a jungle gym in her room. She was so excited and kept asking to get in her “tent” so she could “camp”. (I had made up a big story about how she was now old enough to camp in a tent at night!) I will post some pictures of her in it soon! And praise to the person who invented the cozy crib tent!

San Francisco

After the wedding, Adam and I spent the next day in San Francisco. It is amazing how fast you can move and how much you can do when you are not toting along a toddler! We missed Emma terribly and were excited to come home to see her but it was still nice to have some time together, though most of the time, we just talked about Emma and how much we missed her!




Finally, here is a shot of Mr. “no trans fat, no partially hydrogenated anything, and no high fructose corn syrup” eating a giant chocolate chip cookie with a big glass of whole milk! Sometimes you just have to splurge!

Dave and Steph's Wedding - Dec. 1st, 2009

Our friends Dave and Steph got married this past Tuesday in California. It was held at a beautiful country club in the Palo Alto area and Steph made a beautiful bride. Dave will probably read this so I should mention that he looked nice too! We had a great time at the wedding. It is fun to see people you set up fall in love and get married. Adam told me not to get any ideas; one success does not mean that I have a career as a match maker!

Tree Decorating

Emma was quite the helper with putting up the tree. As of now, the broken ornament count is 2, and climbing I am sure. She has been pretty good for the most part when watched (when left unattended, even for a minute, she gets out of hand!). She loves to sit on the couch and tell you about EVERY ornament on the tree. She honestly tries to point out every “ball” and every “Santa” which takes quite a while since they are the main ornaments on the tree! I will post some pictures of the final decorations soon. I am still working on Scrooge, I mean Adam, for our outside decorations. He doesn’t find it “necessary” at this point in time!

Bath Time for Emma

I rarely take bath photos because I am usually getting ready myself while Emma is in the bathtub! She loves the tub and loves to go “schwimmy” so it is a great time occupier. Don’t worry, she is not held hostage in the tub all day long, just long enough for me to get ready! Here are a few shots of Emma demonstrating her smiley face.

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent the Thanksgiving in Farmington with all of my mom’s family. My sister Julie was home from Houston for the entire week and then Richard came into town on Wednesday evening. It had been a while since they were home so it was nice to have them for a longer visit. Emma’s vocabulary has really started going crazy, she is like a little parrot! She loves to talk about her Juju and Rich! She cannot quite say “grandma” so when she see’s my mom in pictures, she just says “mommy’s mommy”! She is close though because she did learn the word “Grammy” (Adam’s mom) this past week. I am sure “grandma” is not too far in her future. I told my mom she should have went with “Nana”!

For some reason, I have very few pictures from Thanksgiving (five total) and the ones I have are not of any quality. I must have been too busy eating! It is a common problem for me these days!

Isn't It November?

Apparently, Emma did not get the message. These are the pj's that she insisted on wearing last night and first thing this morning, she put on her favorite sunglasses.

Weekend in IL

We spent the weekend in IL with Grammy's family visiting sweet baby Teagan, taking photos for our Christmas card, and playing with all of Emma's cousins. I don't have many pictures because I was a lazy photographer. Here is Teagan, isn't she cute? Emma kept calling her "Peyt" because she now associates all babies with her cousin Peyton. We are working on saying "Tea". She should have it down when we see them again at Christmas!

Happy Halloween from Snow White

Emma was Snow White this year. She looked so cute in the costume that Grammy made for her! (Grammy is very talented and can make anything!) We went to Farmington for the weekend and enjoyed watching all the kids, eating chili and lots of candy! Emma was not fond of anyone in a mask though, so maybe she doesn't like scary things after all!

Here is my Grandpa Jarvis who turned 97 on Halloween! He is such a cute and sweet grandpa!