Pictures from the last couple of months!

This was in early March- she loves not having clothes on!

Eating her very first popsicle!

This smile melts my heart!

Swinging is her new favorite thing to do! She never stopped smiling!

Silly face! I think the sun was a little bright! This was the first time in her new little pool we got her and I don't think she wanted to put her knees down in the water.. can't wait to let her swim in Doodle and D's pool this summer!

Spring is Finally Here!

A lot has been going on in our family lately! I haven't had much time to update everyone! Drew has been busy working and I have been so busy finishing up this semester and getting ready to graduate. I can't believe four years have already passed since I came to college. Drew and I started dating my freshman year and it seems like hardly any time has passed at all since we went on our first date. We are so blessed to have each other, our sweet baby girl, and support from our wonderful family and friends. We couldn't have made it this far without you all!

Right now, our plans for after graduation are still a little unclear. We are just waiting for God to show us what to do next. I applied to graduate schools but none have worked out so we are just trusting that God has something bigger and better in store for us! And we can't wait to find out what it is!

Emma Kate has grown so much since my last post. I took her to the doctor for her 9 month check up and she weighed 17 lbs. She has two teeth now and is crawling and getting into everything she can reach! She pulls up on every piece of furniture she sees and stands up without holding onto anything. I don't think it will be much longer until she is running around! She loves to empty all the dog's food out of their bowl (which is just so fun to clean up) and she tries to duck and hide behind her crib bumper when I come in to get her up in the mornings and after naps! Her favorite place to be is outside and she has been loving playing in her walker in the driveway. She loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Barney, and Veggie Tales (she has certain episodes she likes more than others). Her sense of humor and personality are great and keep us laughing all the time. She has started laughing hysterically whenever she sees and hears anyone blowing their nose! She loves her daddy's silly faces and she loves playing pat-a-cake and itsy bitsy spider. Doodle bought her a peek-a-boo baby doll for easter that is her new favorite toy. She has gotten very attached to a certain pink blanket and will smile everytime anyone hands it to her no matter how upset she is. We have started experimenting with more solid, big girl food and she has been loving it! She brings so much joy to us and we really can't imagine life without her.

Growing up so fast!

The past few weeks, Emma Kate has been scooting around on her hands and knees backwards and getting into a sitting position so we knew it wouldn't be long before she started crawling! Wednesday, in between my classes, she was sitting on the floor playing with her toys and all of a sudden just took off after one that was out of her reach! I was so excited! I can't believe she is crawling. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital! I guess it is time to babyproof the house now! I got this video of her crawling to get my camera case. It is super short but you can tell she is already moving pretty fast after only three full days and is getting into everything! She has already started pulling dvds off of the console in the living room. She is so much fun and loves to laugh at us being silly! We are so blessed to have such a happy, social baby that loves people. She will usually let anyone and everyone hold her and she smiles at everyone that talks to her in the grocery store or anywhere else we go! She is such a blessing to us and we can't imagine life without her!

Our Valentine!

very first babydoll! sophie had to check it out too

books from mama and daddy!

playing with her new toys!

sweetest smile ever!

opening her valentines presents from Doodle and D! She was loving Doodle's necklace!

Snow Days

We got so much snow last week that we were pretty much stuck inside having to entertain ourselves so I had a chance to get a lot of cute pictures of Emma Kate!

Our front yard after the snow!

she loves chocolate icing!

practicing crawling

Birthday fun!

This weekend, for an early birthday celebration, we went to Doodle and D's house to spend some time with the family! We went and ate at Lady at the Levee and the food was wonderful! It was so great to spend time with everyone and just relax since school is so busy right now! Drew is starting a new job in a week and we are so excited! Emma Kate and I are going to miss those extra few hours a day we get to see him though! She is starting to learn how to crawl. She can scoot backwards on all fours and can barely inch forward every now and then so it won't be too much longer before she is getting into everything! I recently switched her baby food to another brand that is organic and she is liking it so much better than Gerber! Her legs are starting to get a lot of baby fat on them now! Too cute. I have been busy applying to grad schools and have started clinic with my first patient so it has been a very busy couple of weeks for us!

Happy Anniversary!

For our anniversary, Drew and I decided it would be nice to go on a cruise for a few days to get a chance to relax now that he has finished school and before I have to start the new semester. We missed Emma Kate a lot but it was so great to get to relax so much. Doodle came and stayed at our house with Emma Kate and the dogs and they had a blast! I'm sure even Emma Kate loved the vacation as much as we did and got spoiled rotten! We sailed from New Orleans to Progresso, Mexico and then to Cozumel before heading back to the cold weather! We got so used to seeing no clouds and the temperature staying between 70 and 85 that it was weird to come back and the next day for it to snow! We went to shows and sat out by the pool and on the beach in Mexico and just spent some much needed time together!