Thursday October 26

Baby girl will be 8 months old on November 2nd! CRAZY how fast the time has passed! Emma is ALL OVER THE PLACE! She is into everything! Also, she got her first tooth on October 18th (our anniversary)!! Now she has 2 new teeth (both on the bottom). No picture yet...you have to PRY her mouth open to see them!! She's not so fond of that. Teeth picture coming... sometime soon hopefully!

I have to brag on my wonderful husband for a second! For our 3 year anniversary, he planned our date night. First, he took me to the church, into the sanctuary (where he had proposed). We said our vows again to each other, and then we sang a few worship songs together. It was so special! Then we had a nice dinner at Diamond Back's...where he took me the night he proposed. It was a really great night, and I sure am grateful to have such a thoughtful, sweet husband!! :o)

Here's a few new pics...
(you have GOT to click on some of these pics to
enlarge them...they're pretty cute!!)

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Here we are at a wedding with my parents in San Antonio.
My cousin, Nick, got married a couple of weeks ago.

~~ Miss Emma Joy ~~
I'm a HAPPY girl! :o)

Yep, I'm curious about EVERYTHING!!!

I LOVE my da-da!!!

What ARE these crazy looking things they keep putting on me?!?!?!?!

I don't know what they are, but they sure do taste good!!

I'm so cute!!

Sunday, October 1, 2006

Are you ready for a good laugh?
Look closely at the following pictures....

Yep! That's one TIRED baby!!!
One minute, sitting up....playing, talking, whatever.
Next minute, out like a light!
She did NOT want to wake up either. I rubbed her back and quietly said her name. She picked up her head, gave me a not-so-nice look, and then plopped her head back down real hard on her bed.
It was so funny!!
Just wanted to share....

Sunday, October 1, 2006

Baby girl is napping...so sweet to watch a baby sleep! Thought I'd post a few new pics. But first I wanted to write a little, since I haven't updated y'all on anything other than Emma lately.

Brett and I are doing great! No big, exciting trips or major news to report--just living life...and life is good. We stay pretty busy with church stuff. Brett is now the missions/administrative pastor. It's pretty much a 9-5 kinda job, and then some. He loves it and is so grateful that God has called him to serve at Brazos Meadows in this way. I'm loving my 1/2 day kindergarten job at Waco Baptist Academy. I have 7 (yes, SEVEN!!!) wonderful students. I love the ladies I work with. And the best part about it...I go home around 12:30 everyday to be with my precious, sweet baby. God is good!!

God has really blessed us.....with an amazing little girl who brings such JOY to our lives, wonderful family members who shower love on us unconditionally, great jobs that we absolutely LOVE, by providing for all of our needs (and always in perfect timing), and for my incredible husband whom I love so much! We're coming up on 3 years this October 18th. It's been a fun ride--learned lots, laughed lots, cried lots, grew lots! Brett is such an amazing man of God. I'm so thankful for the way that God loves me and challenges me through our marriage.

Sharing the birth of a baby with someone I love so much has brought us closer together than anything else ever could have done. We are awed when we recognize the love we share for Emma and each other. I'm truly overwhelmed sometimes by the love I feel for Emma as I hold her....how much more does God love us!!! How cool is God that He would allow us to glimpse His great love for us thru the love He gives us for a sweet little baby. :o)

Sorry, I originally was going to write to y'all about Brett and I, but Emma is such a big part of our lives now, I can't help but talk about her!! :o) Baby girl is growing up so fast! She will be 7 months tomorrow! CRAZY!! She started "crawling" (if that's what you want to call it) about 3 weeks ago. We don't really know what to call it....let's just say, she moves! She can get where she want's to go. She pulls up on furniture (stands up). And the look on her face when she does this is priceless...she is so proud of herself.

She is such a good baby. We're learning more and more about her personality every day. Sometimes we are concerned about how "strong-willed" she can be (primarily when it comes to taking a bottle...she can be a real stinker about this). Most of the time, though, she is so easy going and happy. She is so content to just sit and play on the floor (typical girl...she just sits and talks to herself and her toys, making the funniest facial expressions), and then sometimes all she wants to do is climb all over us like we're monkey bars. She is extremely active...there's no sitting still for her! :o)

I'd better start posting pics b/c we're going to be waking her up soon to go to small group. Until next time!! :o)

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Here's our little Baylor Bear! She hasn't actually been to a game yet, but she wears her little outfit on Saturdays in support!
(She had a little bit of a cold when I took these next couple pics. She's not super smiley, but she's been a real trooper through all the coughing, sneezing, and snotty noses! She is pretty much terrified now of kleenex, though. If she even SEES one, she starts to whine and turn her head...poor thing!! We've decided to buy stock now in kleenex...between the 3 of us, we go thru boxes like crazy!