Happy Birthday

My baby is growing up. Sunday, February 15th we celebrated Emery's 1st birthday. We had some friends over to join for the celebration.
Monday we went to the Dr. for her 1 year check up. She is 2'6 1/2" tall ( 90%) 22 lbs 3 oz. ( 70%) and measures a smaller head at 17.52" (33%) Just perfect if you ask me.

Cutest Baby contest

I know everyone thinks their baby is the cutest, so when Brett said he wanted to submit a picture to the Regis and Kelly's cutest baby contest I was a bit surprised. Not that I don't think she is adorable, just what are the chances. After looking at our most recent pictures, this is the one we submitted.

Great Grandparents

While in Utah, we went up to Logan to visit my grandparents.

Sorry we didn't get to see all the aunts, uncles and cousins like we usually do. We stopped by around noon on Sunday and knew you all have your busy schedules. We wanted to make it back to Alpine before dark. Happy Birthday Ashley!

We were lucky enough to see Aunt Amy and her two boys.

Sleepy after a long drive. She is so precious.

Christmas in Utah

In bed with Grandma Gambill and cousins, Cole, Tate, Trey and Kade. We brought our tent and had the anual sleepover with our nephews.

All the BOYS! Cousins from both sides of the family. Tanner, Taylor, Blake, Cole, Tate, Kade and Trey.

Emery and Aunt Laura. It was great seeing you guys.

Santa

Our Credit Union had a free pictures with Santa.

Merry Christmas

It is difficult to keep my kids calm this week as they are all ready for the Christmas break. What makes it worse is that I am just as or more excited as them. Thanks to Kara for taking this picture of our family.

Getting ready for the cold weather

My little lady

I love you Sis!

Last weekend I went to Sacramento to give my sister a baby shower! It was so much fun. To make the trip even better my great friend Annie drove 2 hours to come and see me. It was a super weekend. I love being around my sister, she always makes me laugh.

In a Box

The best babysitter. I put Emery in a copy paper box and she loved it.

My Sweet Pumpkin

The last picture we take is always the best!
She loved sucking on the pumpkin, yes, she is teething.

This was the picture I have been wanting. Thus, the two pumpkin patches in search for the perfect pumpkin. She is such a trooper, I didn't think she would like the pumpkin, but she loved it. We put her in, and she sat right down and made herself comfortable.

The Perfect Pumpkin

This year we were in search of the perfect pumpkin. We wanted to find one big enough for Emery to fit in. We went to 2 pumpkin patches trying to find a large and affordable pumpkin. We had to take pictures with the pumpkins.

Little Hands

Emery is exploring her hands. I love watching her look at them in amazement at how they move.

Estes Park

Last weekend we went up to Estes Park, for a family mini vacation. I thought it woud be nice to get away from life for a while and just take it easy. We packed a picnic lunch and headed up to the mountains.

It was a beautiful drive up, as the leaves were changing colors. However, once we were there, it wasn't as enjoyable. It was so crowded. I think everyone is finding out about our mini- vacation spot and enjoying it themselves. There were so many people there we couldn't just stroll downtown, or even drive around for that matter. We enjoyed our picnic, took a short walk and came back home. It was nice family time.

6 month stats.

We took Emery to the Dr. this week for her 6 month check up. She turned 6 months on Aug. 15th. She was 17.10 pounds (76%) and 26.5 inches long (70%).

She is getting so big. She started rolling over on the 4th of July, but now she can go from one side of the room to the other in no time at all. She is just giggling and cooing and making all sorts of sounds. I love just hugging, kissing and loving this sweetie. We are truely blessed to have her in our life.