Scavenger Hunt

Lately, I have noticed Emma Kate's pacifiers keep disappearing. A couple of weeks ago, we were down to just one left so I cleaned/ reorganized the house from top to bottom and still didn't find any of them. I went and bought her some more last week before we headed out of town for the weekend. While we were visiting family, I tried to pay close attention to what she did with them. I happened to look down into a bathroom garbage can to see one of her pacifiers in it! I couldn't help but laugh because I guess she has been putting them in our bathroom garbage at home and we have been throwing them away one by one without checking! Once we got back home, I made sure to keep track of where each one was throughout the day. Since Emma Kate has started walking everywhere and opening drawers and cabinets, this was not an easy task! She has had us cracking up because we have been finding her pacifiers in the funniest places! And now she has started trying to "share" them with the dogs by holding the pacifier up to their heads! I hope they do not start to think the pacifiers are new toys! Needless to say, we have had our hands full with this sweet little girl and are loving every second of it!!! She makes us laugh every day and we are so thankful to have her in our lives!

Fourth of July Weekend with Family!

To celebrate the Fourth, we went to Doodle and D's house for a few nights. Our cousins from Jackson were there visiting and we had a blast seeing them and playing games. It is so hard to remember to take pictures while I am chasing a one year old around but I managed to catch a few cute ones! On Monday we went up to Drew's aunt's house for the day but forgot the camera so we didn't get any pictures that day. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. This time last year, Emma Kate was less than a month old and was so tiny! Now she is walking around getting into everything!

July 3, 2011 - I can't believe she is this big!

July 4, 2010 - So little and such a big bow! :)

Max liked the pool more than Emma Kate did!

Happy Birthday, Emma Kate!

Growing up too fast

Emma Kate turned one June 21. The weekend before, we had three different parties with each side of the family. Needless to say, by the time we got back to Cleveland Sunday night, she was on sugar overload from all of the cake and cupcakes from the weekend! It was a great weekend! We are so blessed to have this sweet little girl in our lives. It seems like just a few days ago that we were bringing her home from the hospital for the first time. Time really does go by way too fast.

Even though it is sad that she is no longer a baby, we have been having so much fun with her now that she is getting older. She walks around a little but still prefers crawling since she can get places so much faster. She is drinking regular whole milk instead of formula now and says "dada" all the time! She figured out how to open our kitchen cabinets and just loves dragging everything out and playing with it.She likes to play music on her xylophone and loves to play with her daddy! She has such a strong personality and a great sense of humor that just keeps getting funnier!

Sweet Summer Time!

We are LOVING it being summer time despite the intense heat! Every chance we get we head to Clarksdale to Doodle and D's house to swim. Emma Kate is not too sure about the big swimming pool just yet but loves her little one and loves being able to lean over the side and pull grass up and put it back in the water.

Catching Up

Things have been pretty busy around our house lately! We moved into another house in Cleveland last week so we have been getting things unpacked and decorated. While we were doing this, we got a couple of cute videos of Emma Kate I wanted to share.

I'm not sure why the color is kind of messed up but in the first video she is talking to the "other baby" in the mirror and in the second one is laughing at her daddy saying "Bless you." She thinks it is hilarious when he says that!

Pictures from the weekend!