Almost 1

It seems to me that lately people are constantly asking "how old is she?" when they see Emma. When I answer it is always with a bit of sadness, "she'll be 1 on April 6th". How is it that my baby is now nearly one year old. Has it really been a year since she joined our family? She is always on the move and loves to explore her little world. It seems that her world is growing each day now that she is mobile. Our house now has 2 gates and probably will soon need a 3rd and 4th. The dog bowl has become a favorite forbidden place to play much to my chagrin, hence gate number 3. Anyways, here are some pictures from a day in the life of Emma.

Hanging out and eating Puffs

Getting ready to climb up the couch

Enjoying her snack

Don't touch my Puffs!

Right now

Right now.....

I am tired of winter.
I would give anything for it to be 80 and sunny, and if you know me, that's saying a lot.
Little Bit is crawling all over the place. We need more gates.
Hudson's shedding couldn't get any worse. At least I don't think it could. I vacuum 2-3 times a day and am on the verge of a massive fur-induced breakdown.
I'm counting down the days until we head to Tulsa to see Mister and Mrs.
I miss my husband. He's still here, he just works a lot. I didn't realize when we moved here what a big sacrifice that he would be making by commuting every day.
Emma has a new friend 4 days a week, only she doesn't see it that way. He is an adorable 5 1/2 month old boy.
I'm in serious need of a haircut. It hasn't been cut since May of 2010. Yikes. Can you say split ends?
Love In ACTION is taking off. I'm nervous but excited.
A few people have told me recently that they would find me intimidating if they didn't know me already. Really? I hate that.
I really wish this nasty weather would go away.

10 Months old

Our Little Bit is now 10 Months old! The time is flying by at record speed. The last month has mostly been spent hanging out inside playing while the temperatures outside plummet! The amount of snow we've gotten this winter has been ridiculous. Here are some pictures and facts about Emma Catherine at 10 months.


She weighs a little over 20 pounds. She's 29 inches long. She is STILL wearing a size 2 shoe, such tiny feet for such a big girl! She's jabbering away on a regular basis and is more talkative in the morning than the afternoon. Some of her favorite words are "Dadda" "Dod-dy" (we can't tell if this is Daddy or Doggie), "mama" and "gum". She's recently started clapping her hands, shaking her head from side to side, and clicking her tongue. She is still crawling and scooting backwards but can't seem to get it out of reverse. She's a pretty good eater and has recently tried beets, scrambled eggs, and a little bit of pancake for the first time. All 3 went down without a problem. The eggs were a huge hit. She loves to feed herself and will pretty much shovel in the food as fast as we can put it down on her tray. She's got her two bottom teeth and enjoys munching on whatever she can get her hands on. Unfortunately her bed post now bear some battle scars from her recent discoveries. She continues to be such a happy baby and we love her so much!

Wrapping it up

So this extended post about our Christmas trip to San Diego has taken me way too long. Here are some pictures from our last few days there. Be warned. This post is picture CRAZZY!!

Emma's first visit to the Zoo

Seeing the elepants with Uncle Kyle and Aunt Heidi

Meeting Heidi's mom, Grammy Barbara, who knit her that pretty purple sweater and a matching purple bunny rabbit.

Happy girl on family picture day.

I just love that baby girl

Our little family.

With Auntie Jo

Kacie and her sucker. Don't even think about going near her sucker or she will cut you.

Daddy and Emma

With Aunt Beth

She got to meet the Huntley family and have lunch.

With Steve and Daddy

Such a happy girl!

Christmas Day!

Sorry it is taking me so long to get these posts up and going. Between computer troubles, a busy baby, and just plain forgetting, its been low on the list.

She's rocking some major bedhead in this one. One of Emma's first presents was a great doll from Mema and Papa. She loves to play with it.

Waiting patiently to open one of her presents.

Emma and Daddy

Emma got a Minnie doll and a sippy cup from Disneyland from Aunt Kristy and Uncle Rob.

With Mema and Papa
She finally got to meet Aunt Heidi and Uncle Kyle!

It was love at first sight!

Me and my girl on Christmas. I think I realized that we don't have any family pictures of the three of us from Emma's first Christmas. It was such a crazy day with all of the family and going between both houses and trying to see everyone. She was her usual happy, smiley self and we had a great time with our families.

Christmas Eve

Friday was Christmas Eve. We spent the day hanging out with family. The cousins had fun playing with Emma. Mema has some crazy reindeer antlers that they thought would be hilarious to put on Emma while I was gone. So they put them on and took some pictures. She's clearly not too sure about them, but she looks darn cute anyways.

We went to In'N Out for lunch (again). Possibly a mistake, but Oh so good! Then we got ready for church. Emma was perfect during the service and only squealed once to let us know that she was ready for her bottle.

After church we went back to my parents house, hung out, and ate dinner. Then we headed back to Poway for the evening and tried to prepare ourselves for the next day!

12 Plane Trips

We figured it out and this trip was plane trips 9, 10, 11, and 12 for Little P. So far, she's done pretty well on the planes. On one of the trips, we had a row to ourselves and were able to use the middle seat for some extra space. Since we didn't have her carseat, we couldn't really leave her there, but we did have fun sitting her in the seat for a few minutes here and there and taking some pictures. She looked so big!

Enjoying some Puffs and some tunes (not really. Headphones were a prop only)

Dad, can I have some of your Sprite to wash these Puffs down?

We arrived early Thursday afternoon and went straight to In N Out! Yum! Then headed back to both grandparents' houses. Thursday was a day of just getting settled in, greeting people we hadn't seen in a long time, and introducing Emma to some of her family members.