Emily Has Teeth!!!

Yes, I am the mom who has almost never spent time away from her kids and had only spent a night away from Emily since she's been born when I went out of town for 3 nights to get in some quality family time in Alabama.  While I was gone we hit a big potty training milestone with Kate and Emily cut her first tooth!!  Maybe they were just waiting on me to get out of their hair for a little while to get things moving along.  Since then Emily has another tooth on top and one about to cut through her bottom gums any minute!  She looks so cute with her two little stubs peeking through her top gums when she smiles!  I always think I will be so sad when they don't have their gummy grins anymore and then I fall in love with the new smiles that come along with new teeth!  Here's to enjoying each step along they way and excited for more milestones to come!

This was the picture I was texted while out of town.  Nick had some assistance from a sister-in-law

This was the best I could get trying to capture those 2 little stubs sticking out



Beach Vacation

We took a trip to the beach for an extended Memorial Day weekend.  We met Uncle Kevin, Aunt Dana, Braxton, Karoline, Uncle D (Derrick), Aunt B (Brandi) and Claire in Fort Walton for a very fun beach trip!  We stayed at a condominium with several pools...it almost felt like a little water park...and it was right on the beach.  Most days we went to the beach in the morning and the kiddie pool in the afternoons.  Nick even let me have some time on the beach by myself while the girls napped!  We took turns cooking and just really enjoyed our time with our "fambwy" (family as Kate says).  The girls absolutely loved it!  Kate was a little skiddish of the ocean and wanted to be held most of the time but loved playing the sand, building sand castles and playing in the kiddie pool.  Emily was happy where ever she was.  She loved the ocean and the sand...she even thought the sand tasted pretty good!  And she enjoyed playing in the kiddie pool as well.  Both girls also loved spending the week with their cousins!  Here are a few pictures from our trip

Emily loved her first trip to the the beach!!

Kate ready to hit the waves

Emily and her Parrain

Kate and Daddy having fun in the ocean

Uncle D throwing Braxton

Emily and her Nanny

The group playing in the water together

Kate and Karoline relaxing in the sand

Kate and Claire

Daddy and Emily

Sweet sisters!

The family

Uncle D, Aunt B and Claire

 Karoline, Kate and Braxton got creative during a game of hide and seek on our last night at the beach

Emily 10 Months Old & Ready for Rice & Gravy!

I just cannot believe that we are only 2 months away from Emily's first birthday!  Emily is getting so big and is so much fun!!  Her little personality is really starting to come out and she is getting to where she plays really well on her own, with Kate or with whoever else is around.  Emily is also more curious and a little mischevious lately.  She has figured out how to open drawers and whether it be in the kitchen, bathroom, Kate's room...anywhere...she is pulling open drawers and pulling out anything that she can find.  Emily is standing as much as possible and reaches for fingers to help her walk more than she reaches up to be held.  She plays this "game" where she'll hold her hands up in the air because she wants us to let her stand on her own.  So we let go and she'll grin really big and stand for a few seconds before falling back into our hands.  She will do this over and over again.  She's also gotten very good at pushing things--push toys but also chairs, stools, little wooden steps that we have for Kate, pretty much anything that she can move.  We have officially crossed over to the place where she will eat pretty much anything.  In the last month she got her first taste of rice and gravy and hasn't looked back.  She loves it and basically anything that we cook!  She's eating whatever we're eating most nights and still didn't have her first tooth!  We are having such a great time with Emily and can't wait to see more and more of her personality!!