Christmas

We had the best Christmas, it was so great to be able to see all the family. Now that Julie and Marc are in Chicago and NY, we aren't able to be together as often as we used to. Emmy still doesn't quite understand Santa (although she knows he says ho, ho, ho) but was really into opening presents. We ate lots, drank lots but burned off all the calories by running after that little monkey. That kid LOVES to run, especially with her new buddy - Lucy. She also LOVES the stairs and count now officially count to 10!

A tricycle!





A new baby cradle!



Merry Christmas!



My Mom and I have been looking for a fake make-up set forever, they are hard to find! My Mom finally found one so surprised both of us. As soon as Emmy opened it up, she could have cared a less about any other presents. She was putting on lipstick, painting her nails and playing with her blowdryer the rest of the weekend.







Emmy and Lucy are officially buddies for life. They followed each other around and Emmy figured out where her treats are kept so Lucy was very happy. One night Lucy would not stop kissing Emmy and she could not stop giggling, it was too cute. Emmy kept saying "look at me" wanting Lucy to kiss her more :)







Getting into trouble with Uncle Marc







The whole fam damily. A Christmas miracle, right Brother?! :)

I Love You!

Emmy continues to amaze me everyday with the new words she learns and how quickly she is growing into a little girl. Tonight she said "I Love Lou Mama" and it was the greatest thing I have heard come out of her mouth. She is the sweetest, smartest little girl who I love more than I could have ever thought possible. She also counted to 8 by herself, she is just as smart as she is cute!

Emmy's Entourage

Minus her 5 babies of course. They already went "night night".

Sick House

We've all had colds... again. I have just accepted the fact that Emmy is going to have a constant runny nose until the spring. I on the other hand got it as well and completely lost my voice! Time could not have been worse since I had a big new business meeting on Friday that we have been preparing for, for months. Anyway, we laid low this weekend which felt more like summer than December! It was 85 degrees and sunny on Sunday so Josh decided to wash our cars. I tired to keep Emmy out of his way, but how do you keep a toddler out of a puddle? You can't. So, I said go for it and let her, jump, splash and sit in the water!







After months of trying, she is finally getting some air when she jumps! Although, I don't even think she is realizing it yet :)

No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed!

My Favorite Time of Year

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year! I love all of the decorations, music, Christmas shopping, wrapping, etc. The holidays keep going by faster and faster so we are trying to enjoy them as much as we can. This past weekend we got our tree and went to Mark and Anna's for a Christmas party.



Helping Dad pick out the tree



Ava was very festive in her Santa outfit!



I think she took as many ornaments off the tree as she put them on :)