Zoo Lights

Tonight we took Emerson to the Memphis Zoo for Zoo Lights.
She slept on the way to the zoo so we thought she would be wide awake and ready to go but we were wrong. She just hung out and rode in her stroller. She did call a sheep, a chinchilla and the wolves "dogs" but the rest of the time she just observed. I really don't know if she enjoyed herself but Quentin & I did. It was neat to see the zoo at night.

Peggy (my stepmother) gave us a zoo membership for Christmas and I am can not wait to take advantage of it when the weather gets a little warmer. Thanks Gigi!

"snow"

reindeer

just chillin

wolves @ Teton Trek

the flamingos were active

Cookie Swap

Emerson & I hosted a cookie swap Friday night while Quentin was in Louisville, KY for work. I didn't take many pictures but wanted to share the ones I did take. We had a blast, ate to many cookies (& still are) and enjoyed hanging out with the girls. This will definitely be an annual event.

Ashley, me, Liz & Jennifer

Kim, me & Melanie

I had to many things on my "to do list" for the day of the party and had just gotten out of the shower when I heard Roxy barking because someone was at the door. Thank goodness Ashley & Angel decided to come over early to help because I don't know what I would have done without them. They washed & cut the veggies then Ashley made the brie. We were a little worried because neither one of us had made this dish before but the recipe looked to good to pass up. I have to say that it turned out perfect! I could not have done a better job myself. Even the bow looked good. Thank you both for your help.

Southern Lights

We took Emerson to see Southern Lights in Southaven last week & she had a blast. We let her sit in my lap in the park so she could see the lights and that was probably her favorite part. She really seemed to enjoy herself and the lights.

Attempting Christmas card pictures

I think we took about 100 pictures of Emerson & the Christmas tree just to get 3 that we liked enough to put on our Christmas card. The first couple pictures are attempts & the last 3 are the ones we chose for the card.

blowing kisses

A little blurry but it looked better in black & white

16 months

Has it really already been 4 months since her birthday?!?!?!

We are so blessed to have her in our lives. I also know that I am even more blessed to be able to stay home with this sweet girl everyday. Quentin stayed home from work today & could not believe how active she is during the day. She DOES NOT stop very often. She is on the bed, off the bed, then on & off again. Then she climbs into Quentin's desk chair and plays with the desktop computers mouse. After a couple minutes she is moving on to Roxy & her cage. Roxy is very sweet & patient but would rather Emerson leave her alone. She is also into all of the cabinets but only has one or two items she takes out of each cabinet, plays with & then moves on to another cabinet. Dumping things out of containers, picking them up & dumping them out again is also a favorite activity.

Are you tired after reading the above? I am too but Emerson is still going!!

Emerson is calling all fuzzy animals "dog" but said "cat" today. She also said "good" while playing with Quentin before her bath. Well, neither sounded like they really do but we knew what she was trying to say.

We have had so much fun shopping for her Christmas and are just about finished with her. Maybe. Unless we find something else we think she should have. :-)

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season's.

Please don't forget Jesus is the real reason for the season!!!

I am sorry I have really been slacking on the blogging thing. I will try to do better. We have just been busy getting ready for Christmas and chasing Emerson from room to room. The following pictures are some cute ones we have taken since my last post. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving (Emer was whiny ALL day because of her teeth)

hanging outside while Daddy puts up lights

trying to help Daddy with the lights

Emerson looking cute

Quentin putting up the lights

putting up the Christmas tree

eating blue crayon

"Pig" (aka: Emer's teether)

taking the new car seat for a test drive

attempting to take a Christmas card picture (at least last year she would stay still)

Nick, Ella, Jennifer, Makayla, me & Emerson @ the Hernando Christmas Parade

our family staying warm @ the Christmas parade

15 months

crazy about hair bows

Emerson's "buddies" (Duck & Pig)

relaxing in her chair

so sweet

what a sassy pose

she loves her chair


Emerson's purse & pearls


turkey/hand shaped gingerbread cookie

Emerson has not stopped since she started walking! She stopped crawling the day after she started walking and has been keeping me very busy. It is definitely hard keeping up with a toddler all day but I wouldn't trade it for the world!

SHE'S WALKING

Emerson has been taking steps for some time now but did not have the nerve to walk. Well Emerson has found the nerve. She really got brave this past weekend. She wanted a toy across the room & instead of "cruising" her way to the toy she walked over & picked it up. Later that day she was throwing a toy & walking to pick it back up. Monday morning she even walked across the living room into the kitchen. I can already tell that my world is about to be rocked!!!

The above video was taken this afternoon & was the first time this little one has taken steps with so much going on around her.

Cutest pig ever

Well I think I have known what costume I wanted for Emerson since last year. I saw this pig & fell in love. We have been worried Emerson would not wear the hood because she would start crying every time we tried it on. I have been putting it on all of her babies & our heads all week trying to get her excited about wearing her costume. I guess it was a good thing we played with the hood all week because she actually wore it & did not try to take it off once. We went trick or treating with the Pollan's & the Middleton's and had so much fun. Thanks guys for a great night!

Enjoy the pics. I am sorry there are so many but she looked so cute!!

When can we go trick or treating???

sweet Ella, the cutest bumble bee ever

Amelia was so cute in her cheer leading uniform

Allison with Minnie Mouse, I mean adorable Caroline

riding from street to street on the "hayride"