Thursday January 4th

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! We sure did! I've really enjoyed my 2 week break from school and getting to spend so much time with our sweet baby girl (who is not so much of a "baby" anymore...Emma is 10 months old already! Can you believe it? We can't! Her first birthday is just around the corner!! These past months have been so much fun! What a precious gift!!

Here's just a few fun pictures that we've taken since our last update! Enjoy :o)

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Diaper changes with daddy are so much fun!!

Yeah, she pretty much has him wrapped around her little finger. She found her favorite ornament on the tree...a bell! Bells can be so much fun! Not only do they make a fun sound, but they taste great too! (ask Emma about that, of course)

Since she liked the bell so much, we decided we had to take Christmas pictures with her holding it. She is such an active baby, but for some reason she posed perfectly for this picture. Just sat and smiled! I was pretty grateful for that!
(You've got to click on/enlarge this picture....it's just so cute! Then press the back button)

Emma even discovered the fun stuff UNDER the tree to play with. (By the way, SHE put this box on her head, not me. It was really cute!) We had fun watching her make all kinds of new discoveries these last few weeks. Talk about curious--she gets into anything and everything!!

We decided not to go overboard on gifts since she's so young (not that we want to go overboard in the future anyway, but you know what I mean). We decided just to give her a stocking and watch her pull the toys out of it. It was fun!

The toy in the background is from her Grammie and Poppie. Nana and Grandpa, Aunt Carrie and Uncle Sloan...they all spoiled her a little too, but we were proud of everyone....for the most part, nobody went crazy with too many gifts! :o) I know it's hard to resist...they make so many great toys for kids nowadays. And baby girl clothes...now that's some fun shopping!! :o)

Check out this hair-do! This is right after her afternoon nap one day. She's even got that crazed look in her eyes too! Kinda scary, huh? :o)

(This is another good picture to click on/enlarge...as well as the ones below :o) Sorry, I'm just a proud mom, I guess!

Oh yeah! Talk about FUN!! Mommy got over her "everything has to be nice and clean" thing, and just let baby girl have some fun! And boy did she have fun....sweet potatoes EVERYWHERE!! I admit it was fun and funny to watch her....first she tried to pick it up with 2 fingers, then started smearing it with a finger or two, then smashed her whole hand, then the other hand, and then started pounding her hands up and down while squealing with delight and looking at me for approval...yeah, like I said, fun (and funny) to watch....not so fun to clean up! Oh well! Making memories, right?!?! :o)

This last picture was taken as we drove through Austin. We drove through some really scary storms that day (the same storms that we later found out caused about 8 tornados in the Central Texas area). It was so cool to get to see both ends of the rainbow and to be reminded that God is good and He is faithful. And He always keeps His promises!!

Well, until next time!! :o)