Jason's Birthday

Today we celebrated Jason's birthday. He is on night shift this weekend, so we let him sleep in. We told him he could do anything he wanted today and he chose to work on the landscaping project we started a few weeks ago. So far Jason has landscaped the front of the house and around the side of it. Today he landscaped an area around the mailbox. He did a great job. He then opened presents. We are going out to eat tomorrow night as a family. We are sad that we only got to spend a few hours with him, but look forward to him being off next week! Happy Birthday Jason!

Almost done!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Look at her trying to get the money....Smart Girl!

Emersyn and I picked out a recordable card. She said "DAD, DAD, DAD" on it. It was hilarious. She seems to be very pleased with herself listening to it.

Laughing at the card.

Daddy unwrapping presents.

Emersyn made her very own present for her dad.

9 Month Birthday & Mother's Day

On May 7th Emersyn turned 9 months and again Jason & I were forced to realize our baby is not a baby anymore. She is more independent everyday. It seems that every time you call her name, she crawls further away from you. She climbs on everything imaginable. She keeps herself quite busy. She is very vocal...yes I know she gets that from me. She should be walking any day now. Mother's Day was wonderful. It was the first time I could celebrate with a child here on earth and it was worth the wait. I got a nice picture collage and a charm bracelet. Emersyn and future children will buy me a charm every year for Mother's Day. I can't wait until she picks out her first charm on her own.

Greeting Mommy on the morning of her 9 month birthday (5-7-09)

Getting into things. Yes we are raising 2 "babies". These two get into everything together.

She LOVES to play with her Doll House and can play with it for hours.



Trying to climb on top of the house.

9 Month Picture

Her and the Elephant have a "Love/Hate" relationship.

What a BIG GIRL!

Smiling BIG!!

Walking around in her Ladybug sandals.

Mommy, Daddy, Emersyn and Oliver went for a walk together before Mommy headed to work on her birthday.

Had to change the outfit.

Mother's Day at Jason's Parents home. Playing with cousins Jaden & Ava.

Hug Time!

Doing some standing. She will stand without holding onto anything and the minute she realizes she's doing it...BOOM!!

Mommy & Emersyn on Mother's Day!

Mommy & my babies.

Jason had Emersyn paint me a card with her hand prints. He got me a charm bracelet with all three children's names & birthday's on it. The idea is that Emersyn & future children will buy me a charm every year for Mother's Day. What a great idea!

Jason worked really hard on making this collage.

Swimming Lessons & The Spring Game

Emersyn has started Swimming Lessons. One time going under in the bath tub scared Daddy so much that he had her signed up that day. :) She started on April 25th and they will go for a little over a month. She meets every Saturday for half an hour. It is wonderful and she loves the water, the only problem is that is the exact time she usually falls asleep for her morning nap. She is a trooper and participates with ease until the back float. It puts a girl to sleep. Below are pictures from swimming lessons.

On May 2 we attended the Spring Game. It was a bittersweet time. We haven't attended a spring game until this year. The first time we were pregnant, we told our parents the weekend of the spring game that we were expecting. I haven't had it in me to be able to sit through another one until now. This year was WONDERFUL! She loved it. She loves to scream and is a very vocal child.. I know what you're thinking, you have NO idea where she gets it right? She loved the music that played and clapped along. I can't wait until the season when she will be walking and can really enjoy it. We met Uncle Levi & Aunt Emily at the game. Below are pictures of that and the last is a video of her being crazy and dancing.

Tired Girl!


Getting the PURPLE boat...come on it was game day!


Practicing some dives.


Sporting her hat before lessons.


1st lesson was a success.





Future Wildcat.



GO CATS GO!!



She is always untying her Puma's. She gets shoes off faster than I can get them on. We go without shoes A LOT! I pick and choose my battles.



She LOVES to read!


Aunt Emily stealing her bow.


Aunt Emily & Emersyn.

This is her "Dancing" we have other videos of her doing this with music. Unfortunately she really likes rap music or American Idol. She's very diverse!

Fun Game

This is a fun game we play at night or during nap time. She likes to stand up and yell for mommy & daddy to come get her out of her crib. She has developed this idea that sleep is overrated! WRONG!!

Catching Up

Okay...I KNOW....I KNOW!! I've gotten in a lot of trouble from many for not updating my blog. I have set out many times to update it, and I scroll through all of the pictures we have of her and I have let so much time pass I don't know where to begin. So I have decided to summarize all of the wonderful things that have gone on since February. In March Emersyn spent the entire week of Spring Break in Garden City with Grandma and Grandpa. It was her first time away from Mommy & Daddy. It was harder on us than it was on her. She did many things while she was there! Let's just say she got away with more there than she does at her house! But I guess that's what Grandparents are for. She has been teething again. The top teeth have been playing a game with her that she does not appreciate. They come in and go back up. Poor Girl! She crawls and pulls up on EVERYTHING!! We had put off "baby proofing" the house until later. We were stupid!! Our house is now Fort Knox. I find myself still trying to whip open a cabinet to have it slam shut to my surprise. OHHH HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED!!! She is into everything. She likes to walk in a walker and go into the pantry and pull cans of food down. She has adopted a can of tuna! YES that's right, her favorite toy is a can of tuna (no label on it, of course). Glad we buy all of those toys, right?!?! She has developed quite the personality. We say that she is going to be the class clown someday. She will do anything for a laugh. She enjoys playing outside and going for walks in her wagon. She grew out of her car seat last month and had to graduate to a "big girl" one. She loves having more room. I cried as I put it away for a future brother or sister someday. She is growing so fast. It saddens me when we buy clothes and I have to buy 18-24 month clothes for my almost 9 month old. The doctor says she'll "plateau" at some point. I hope so or she's going to be carrying me when she's three. She has been saying "mama" & "dada" since March. She said "mama" first and I've never seen Jason so devastated. For Easter my parents came into town and my mom helped Emersyn dye Easter Eggs. She got a quick bath and luckily all of the dye came right off. I thought she might permanently be blue. She really enjoyed putting all of the eggs in her mouth. She's not stupid, she knows they are edible. Speaking of food. She is eating cheerios, and other little things that can dissolve easily. There's not much that she doesn't like, unless it's green! Well being as brief as I can be, that's about it in a nutshell. Below are some pictures of Easter, her wagon and her car seat. I promise not to let time pass so quickly next time. We have just been so blessed enjoying our time with our little girl!She had been sick and had a constant runny nose.

You didn't seriously think that Oliver wouldn't go in the wagon too?

Helping Mommy make lunch!