Swimming fun

Our sweet neighbors invited us over for some relief from the heat yesterday. We had a blast and Emerson loved watching the older kids (& Ella) play. Thanks Middleton's.

10 months old

Our precious girl turned 10 months old last week! Where has the time gone? Her personality is really starting to show and she is getting better at letting us know what she wants. She is trying all kinds of new foods and, so far, likes everything she has tried. She still only has 7 teeth but she is acting like the 8th one is on it's way. She pulls up on anything and everything but has also had her share of falls. Maybe she will get the hang of being upright before to long.

Sweet baby girl

Enjoying a little baseball.

If you look hard enough you can see all 7 teeth (8th will be through any day).

We LOVE our buggies!!

This is much better than laying around!

Sorry for the short delay. We have just been enjoying Emerson. Other than her new accomplishments there has not been a whole lot going on. Emerson is everywhere and officially into EVERYTHING!! She is also pulling up and cruising.

Just hanging with "Dada"

Here are some pics I took of Quentin and Emerson playing outside this afternoon.

A' Fair

Saturday we went to the Hernando square for A' Fair. We enjoy seeing all of our friends and watching all of the people. Emerson likes being in her stroller and loves being outside so she had a blast. The Ole Miss baseball team played that afternoon so we had to deck her out in her red and blue. Her dress was blue and you really could not tell it was a dress when she was sitting in the stroller. Needless to say, she got called a he about 5 times before we found a tent selling bows. We then started looking for a bow that would stay in what little hair she has. Then we met the nicest lady who made us take a red bow and told us to just keep putting it back in her hair every time it fell out. The lady would not take our money but told us to buy more bows from her when Emerson gets more hair. We will be purchasing many more bows from http://www.cjsbows.com/ in the future. We love our little (but growing) town.

Doesn't she look adorable in the bow that would only stay in the little bit of hair she has on the center of her head?

She was out after a busy morning.

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Here are some cute pics from Sunday night.

9 months old

I teared up tonight as I downloaded these pics to my laptop and looked through older pictures of Emerson. She has grown and changed so much in the last 9 months. I love her more and more everyday. She is so sweet. She is playing patty cake, saying "mama", and clicking her tongue. It cracks me up watching her play on the floor. She crawls around playing with her toys and I just can't believe she wasn't even rolling over 6 months ago. She has changed my life in so many ways. What did Quentin and I do before this angel arrived?

She's crawling!!

Emerson decided she was ready to start crawling Thursday while we were playing @ Ashley & Ella's house. She is not moving very quickly but she can now get to that toy she just threw across the room. Thanks Ella for showing Emerson how to get a around.

Emerson now has 5 teeth and is waiting on one to break the skin any day now. She doesn't do to bad when teething but usually has a clingy day just before they appear. I don't have any pictures of all 5 teeth but will post one if I can get one later.

Here are some pictures from the last week.

Emer's first vacation

We were so excited to get to go on Emerson's first vacation, especially since Quentin had been sick. We were worried about Emerson flying but she was wonderful!!! She was happy just hanging out & playing in our laps on the flights. She did start getting more teeth the day before we left but she was only a "hand full" that one day while on vacation. The island was beautiful. We are looking forward to future trips to the other islands.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Emerson's 1st Easter

The Easter bunny made a stop by our house last night and left Emerson a basket with bath toys, bubbles, a book and a bunny stuffed animal. I think she liked the plastic grass and eggs the best but she also liked her bunny. Maybe she will be able to hunt eggs next year.

8 months

Miss Emerson turned 8 months old Saturday and we spent the day playing outside while Daddy worked in the yard. I know I say this every month but I can not believe how big she is getting. We are truly blessed to have this beautiful baby girl in our life.

HAPPY EASTER

We had a fun filled day of Easter activities at Cedar Hill farms here in Hernando. We saw the animals at the petting zoo, rode a train, met the Easter bunny and even got to collect eggs. We met up with the Pollan's and enjoyed meeting some of their friends. We are looking forward the Cedar Hill's pumpkin patch in the fall.

Cute picture

This sweet picture was taken this morning and I could not resist posting.

Getting ready for Easter

Can you tell I could not narrow down my favorite picture to post? Thank you to our friends, Ashley and Ella, for these cute bunny ears. We have been telling Emerson about the Easter bunny and the real reason for Easter, Jesus. You can never start too early, right? We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Easter weekend.

ZOO TRIP

Mesmerized by a panther

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The meerkat came right up to Emerson in her stroller

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Quentin took a vacation day Monday and we took Emerson to the Memphis Zoo for the first time. Emerson liked the loud monkeys and the big cats (she was probably looking for Roxy). It was a little cooler outside than we expected but made due. We had a blast and will definitely go back.