Finding fun inside

With the cold weather and recent snow, we've been trying to find fun things to do inside. Here are some pictures of a pet store visit where we got to play with a sweet puppy who was just her size. We also built a tent in her room and she was reading books to her baby doll underneath (that's the second pair of feet). And there she is in her special hiding place between the piano and the bookshelf!

It snowed!

In the last two days we've gotten a few inches of snow and a decent coating of ice. So instead of walking Matt to work with the stroller, we walk him to work with the sled! Here are some pictures of our outside fun in the snow.

Videos

The first two are videos of Emily jamming to her piano. She does this a LOT! The second is of her playing with blocks. I wish I could have gotten a video of her knocking her own towers over with her head, but she won't do it when I'm recording her! She plays with her blocks and piano almost all day long. Sorry you can't see her face.....I have to record from behind or else she wants to play with the camera instead!

Belly pics!

Here I am with my friend Emily. Emily is due about 2 weeks before me. In this picture, I'm 24 weeks (5 months and 1 week) and she's 26 weeks (5 months and 3 weeks). And in between us is little Emily, almost 17 months.

Emily Update

I took Emily for a check-up on Monday and here are her stats:

Weight: 25/26 lbs
Height: 33 inches

She can now say: baby, doggy, kitty, Daddy, Mama, Papa, owie, hot, cookie, cheese, book, bup (means bug), no-no, uh-oh, socks, shoes, school (coo), bye-bye, sit...and she can sign: more, please, all done, milk, juice, hungry and sometimes water.

Just this week I've been hearing little sentences: "I did it!" and "Daddy baba coo?" (which means Daddy went bye-bye to school?) and "Go get it".

She likes to build block towers, read books about bugs and counting, and point out different body parts on herself, on me, on her baby doll, and she likes to talk on the phone to her daddy. She is one busy bee!!!

Strictly Ballr...Emily!

Emily getting ready for church. I just thought she looked cute in her onesie and tights!

Emily having a silly moment.

Emily asleep on the plane. Thank goodness!

Emily playing in the sink. If I let her, she would sleep with her toothbrush and toothpaste.

Trip to Utah = Fun

The bride and her mother. Some of my very best friends.


The bride and groom. You can tell she's a dancer by how elegantly she stands.






Emily playing in the fountain at the reception. They eventually turned the fountain off because all the kids got soaked. Including Emily.

Friends from New York. I haven't seen them since 2004. Note: I am 5 months pregnant in this picture with our next girl.

The bride and her family. And the groom of course! It was SO cold.

We went to Utah for one of my best friend's wedding last weekend! It was SO much fun. I got to see a lot of old friends, both from Utah and beyond. Emily got to see her old friends too. We're glad to be home now though and love sleeping in our beds. Mom is especially glad that Emily is sleeping in her bed and not with Mom! Matt missed us a lot--he said the apartment was too quiet and boring. He did keep up on the cleaning and the laundry while we were gone (hooray!) but I came home and wondered how he survived because there was no food in the fridge.

Pictures from Christmas

This is Emiyl playing the piano with her aunt, my youngest sister.

Emily helping Grandma (my mom) do the dishes.

Emily reading a book with my dad.

New Year's Goal

After viewing all my friend's blogs and realizing that I am shamefully lax on updates, I made a New Year's Goal to be more regular with the blog. I'll starting writing tomorrow! :)