Mother's Day 2012 ( a little bit late)

Well, I really can't believe that I am so late in posting our Mother's Day blog entry, but here it is anyway.....

Emersen and I surprised my Mom and Megan by heading up to Indiana for the weekend.  The drive was rather eventful, as Eme had another ear infection and ended up having an allergic reaction to her antibiotic.  Thankfully, she was okay and was able to enjoy the remainder of the weekend.  As  you can tell, the girls had a great time together.

Eating out on the patio...I think you can tell who is providing the entertainment :) 

As we were getting ready to plant flowers and plants, we found this little guy "Stuart Little", as well as his other family members in one of the containers. Needless to say, the girls and I went running and screaming until I realized how tiny (harmless) they were.

After removing the mouse family, we had a great time getting dirty!! 

Planting Mother's Day flowers and tomato plants 

Working together :) 

Happy Mother's Day! 

Memorial Day 2012

Boy, was it a hot Memorial Day weekend! We were very thankful to have nice weather, but the heat was just a little too much. However, we found ways to stay cool and have fun outside. 

Eme was not too sure about the bikini look, but she at least let me take a few photos, before asking to put her shirt on!! :) 

Cooling off in the shade and building a tower with blocks

Boy, it is way too hot to keep throwing these balls into the goal. 

Finger Painting our favorite characters~Sesame Street characters!! 

The finished product....with a little help from Mom and Dad

Fun at the park...Martin's largest pinecone (we think!!)

Just swinging....to feel a little bit of a breeze. Emersen is sporting one of her new favorite hair accessories, a headband! :) 

Pool time!

Hip Hip Hooray for Summer!!! We got to enjoy the warm weather last weekend and we celebrated with our new pool!! As you can tell, Emersen had a great time! She wasn't too sure about a bathing suit for some reason so as you look at all the pictures, I'm sure that you will notice the one with her belly! She was so out of sorts about getting her 'shirt' wet, so she just decided to roll it up!! Haha! Here's to a wonderful summer full of outdoor play time!! 

Toddle Time

Emersen was involved in Toddle Time for the past five weeks.  It was a class held at the local gymnastics building and the toddlers just got to basically play, run, swing, jump, and slide for 45 min. every morning. It was a great workout for Eme as well as for me!! Here are some shots, but you will have to forgive the 'focus' in some of them because it is really hard to take pictures while holding on to her (or chasing her) :)

In the past few weeks....

She loves her pockets (and allowed me to put a bow in her hair)!!  I feel like she has gotten so tall (or at least this picture makes her look tall). 

Say 'cheese'!! Interesting weather calls for interesting outfits.  

This shot is sort of dark, but as you can tell, Emersen loves not only sliding, but hanging and swinging before she slides.  It makes me so nervous! 

Just chillin' in the swing with sunglasses!!

Emersen turns 2!!

Emersen is 2!!! Wow!! That year flew by! :)

We started the birthday weekend by attending our first Easter Egg Hunt. It was very warm and sunny and also PACKED with toddlers. Luckily, Eme's age group went first and she knew right away that the goal was to get as many eggs in her basket as quickly as she could.

As you can tell, she had a great time and collected a lot of eggs! Then, after lunch and a quick nap, it was time for her Sesame Street backyard birthday party.

She was very excited to find a sand/water table in the backyard.

As well as a bouncy-house just her size!!

She even had some time with Dzia Dzia while in her swing (which was her gift last year). I can't believe she still fits inside it :)

Then it was off to dinner at the Opera House. Yum!

After dinner, it was time to open presents. She really loved tearing into her gifts :)

Cake time! Elmo!

Emersen with her birthday hat from Aunt Janet

What a huge bite of cake!!! I think that was the only bite she really had; she is still not really into sweets, which is a good thing, right?!?

Whew, what a wonderful 2nd birthday!! We had a great time celebrating and we were happy that Dzia Dzia and MiMi could celebrate with us. Happy 2nd Birthday Emersen!

A book club member!!

Emersen belongs to her first book club! It is called the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and she has already received 4 new books. This program sends a new book each month to children for the first five years of their life. It is so neat!! These are pictures of her enjoying the newest book: Mine-o-saur.