17 months

Another month has passed & Emerson has learned so much. She is saying "I love you" but it sounds like "la lou". She dances & spin in circles all day long. She still likes books & dogs. She LOVES Olivia & her mega blocks. She has discovered that she can ride in the wagon that came with her mega blocks and ALWAYS wants to be pulled around. Blueberries, spinach & bread seem to be her favorite foods right now. She has started signing when she has a dirty diaper and even brought me a new diaper one day this week & signed that she needed to be changed. Maybe we will be able to start the potty training process soon. A girl can hope, can't she?


She couldn't touch the ground 2 months ago.

She LOVES sidewalk chalk.

making music with Daddy

looking cute

This was my rocking chair when I was little.

Our little daredevil. She was dancing to Lady GaGa, who she loves & signs/says "more" when her songs end. Really nice, I know.

Cotton Bowl

We had a boring New Years Eve @ home this year because we left very early New Years Day to head to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. We did not make it last year because Emerson was so young but went in 2004 and had a blast!! This year was different with a baby but definitely different in a good way. Like I said, we left early New Years Day & were half way to Dallas before Emerson woke up. When we got to Dallas we checked into the hotel & headed straight for the mall. I LOVE the malls in Dallas!!! I could really do some damage. HA! Of course, we had to check out the American Girl store. Emerson was in heaven! She loves babies and loved all of the big girls running around the store. That store is AMAZING!!! You can buy ANYTHING for those dolls, they even had a shoe section. When we finally got out of the store we went to dinner & turned in early so we would be ready for "the big game". Saturday we got up, ate breakfast & went to the stadium for the game. Can I just say, WOW? The stadium is HUGE & very nice. Our seats were high up but I don't think there is a bad seat in that stadium. It was really hard not to watch the "big screen" the whole time. The game was not pretty but Ole Miss pulled it off & won. HOTTY TODDY! We decided to sleep in the next day & then headed home. Emerson was such a trooper & hung out most of the ride home (thanks to cartoons on the laptop). I did end up in the back seat most of the way home but she was still wonderful, considering.

Sorry, I know there are TONS of pictures but I can never decide which are my faves. Enjoy.

early New Year's Day, as we were leaving our house

Emer & Daddy outside of American Girl

eyeballing the A.G. kitchen

thinking "I want that kitchen"

"Please hurry Daddy."

playing with her babies eyelashes

sweet Emerson kisses

feeding Bitty Baby Cheerios

feeding Mommy Cheerios

playing in the truck before the game

quick family pic before walking to the stadium

hanging out before the game

another family pic, inside the stadium

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Emerson had enough of sitting towards the end of the game so we went to play. I think the pictures turned out pretty good considering I took them with my phone camera.

Teresa, Emerson, Tripp & Quentin after the game

Telling the "ducks" in the hotel goodbye. The manager let her feed the swans & even gave her a stuffed swan when Emerson did not want to leave her new friends.

Christmas

Make a Smilebox slideshow

a little late, even later

Just a quick pic until I can get the others into a slide show. I will try to get caught up tomorrow.

Also, I hope every one's new year is getting off to a great start.

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.