Almost walking!

Our monster is becoming quite the active girl! She has always been into things, but it is getting bad! She is walking around everything so well that she can get into most anything. She can even reach the top of the table, which she does often. Despite the messes she makes, its pretty cute seeing her almost walking! She doesn't quite have the confidence to take more than one step on her own, but I'm sure she will be there in no time, and I'm enjoying her not quite walking yet!

Sick Days and Cabin Fever

Well, Emmy has had some sort of flu bug the past three days. It has been hard for both of us to stay home all day long! She is such a good girl when she's sick, just extra tired and not wanting to eat anything. I know she is so tired of being in the house though, I can tell by the way she acts. She misses Tyler and probably Target, since we are there so much! Today she is feeling a lot better - she didn't puke this morning (hallelujah!) - so we get to get out of the house.

Here are some sick day pictures. Special thanks to PaPa for buying new toys this past weekend, its nice to have something new to play with when you have cabin fever!

Emmys first Halloween!

Emmys first halloween as a puppy! She was great in the costume despite teething alot, which explains the first picture. We took her to a trunk or treat event at a park with the church where emmy got some awesome candy for mommy and daddy!!! I know its wrong, but shes too young for most of it. Minus the sucker which she really liked.

Busy life with the Waffle Monster!

So, we gave Emmy some waffles for breakfest last week, and it was a big hit. She loved it as do I! I have never seen her stuff her face like this before with food, she REALLY liked the waffles. She can be quite passionate about her food.

Its been a busy week for us all. Bekah has been extremely wonderfull as usual as a mom by toggling between a busy mother / housewife and work. Watching Emmy alone can be a handful as she explores everything, and loves to destroy anything. As for me, Im done with my midterms, and I did fantastic! They were harder than I thought, but I overcame that and did well. School is going great and I am enjoying the program.

I went to an ASU game last saturday night with my brother-in-law Layn, and my father-in-law Roger, where the Sun Devils beat out Cal state bears. It was a great game and had a good time with the family.

Haven't posted anything for a while, sorry! Emmy is doing great, she is so on the go! She is such a happy girl, especially when she gets to play with her best friend Tyler! They are so dang cute together, always getting into trouble. They have been giving each other baby hugs lately, they press their heads on the other one's back or shoulder and close their eyes. They are also pressing their heads together, they are so cute! Everything one of them is doing, the other is right behind! Emmy is crawling everywhere, but Ty is still just scooting on his bum, he's really fast, and can keep up with her pretty well. They both light up when they are together, it is great having Celeste, Layn, and Tyler here. Emmy's top teeth are almost finished growing in, but she still won't let us take a picture of them. She has a favorite blanket now, she is so attached to it, just loves to take it everywhere with her. Here is a few pictures of her snuggling her blanket (thank you Cathy Bobby andAnnElise for the blanket:)

She has also started to hold her own bottle - it's great! I can just sit next to her, just a little independence for our little one!

Dan is facing his first set of midterms right now, and I am trying to juggle a full time mom and part time employee. It is a constant battle for balance in my life. I think I'm choosing the correct path? Hope so. I is hard to know the long term outcomes of many of our decisions, but I feel this decision is right, family first.

Emmys first word!!!

Besides mama, and dada, emmy said her first real word!!! And the word is Burp!!!! Shes taking after her father in so many ways!

Super Emmy

I tell you, being a mother is great, always something new and
different. Emmy is getting her fourth tooth, the second front tooth on
the top. It has completely cut through and now just needs to keep
growing in. She is a champ at teething, just gets a bit cranky now and
then.

Lately her favorite thing to do is read. She crawls up to her toy
basket and starts to pull out all her books. She loves to sit on the
floor surrounded by them just flipping through their pages, usually
upside down.

Here is a video of our Sunday mornings. Since our church
doesn't start until 3 p.m. - we have lots of time to read the Sunday
paper and stuff. Emmy really likes to look at all the ads.

I have remembered a very important moment in my young life today. I recall a
day when I was very young, a disappointing day, the day I realized in
my very young mind .....
that Cookie Monster doesn't really eat the cookies, just breaks them up
and throws them around. Yes, that was a sad day.

Love to all, Bekah