One year of blogging...

one year ago I started this blog....the whole reason i did was for this little girl
i wanted to be good at trying to capture all the memories for her as she grew - and brad probably thinks i'm insane with all of the pictures, baby books, pregnancy journals, and of course photo albums i have already created for her to have one day. but i just want her to know she is loved more than i can ever explain. and that no, i wasnt the perfect mom, but i tried hard and gave it my best...i dont know if anyone even reads this blog, well i know of 2 people :) but it's really for her....so that one day she can look back and see that she was and always will be the center of my world. i even found a site where you can turn your blogs into a book. so once she gets to one i think i will make a book....and try to do that for every year of her life. because while there are ups and downs, i'd like to try to highlight the ups.


she really is growing up so fast....so so fast. and while there are definitely days where i wish i could say make your own breakfast, put yourself to bed, and no, i dont want to read green eggs and ham one more time to you because you like the rhyming - there are definitely days where i cant believe i got to be your mommy. but tonight you better not wake up from 7-9 because mommy has a date with her tv and the bachelorette. :)

Little photo session

Stars and Stripes

today emmy saw her first parade....and wow oh wow she just couldn't believe it...
it's fun how each day with a baby is something new and exciting...it's like experiencing everything for the first time all over again...
and the fact that the parade was only about 10 minutes was even more perfect. the perfect length, the perfect weather...it was a good day with great friends

Emmy's pool...or Winston's big water dish

it's been so hot so we are trying to partake in lot of water activities. friday emmy and i went down to the beach and she splashed as the waves came up on shore.
friday night i bought her a water table. and it was so much fun to sit and play- but that only lasted so long before she was begging to get in. and since she fit, why not?

what a happy baby. winston was jealous and wished he could get in too...

everytime i take emmy to her closet to get dressed she pulls on this dress so i let her wear it. she likes the bright colors.

saturday i found myself in the attic of the garage pulling down the little pool. what was once Winston's pool is now emersons, although winston did try to get in ...

this is the closest Brad has ever gotten to helping give Emmy a bath... and yes, we decided since she was already wet and I was just too tired from being sick, that this would be a great time for a bath.

i think she enjoyed it!

a little R & R

Thank goodness Memorial weekend is here! Brad needs some rest after flying the whole month with no sleep, and I have come down with a sinus infection so am a little under the weather. I'm hoping we can get in a lot of rest and relaxation this weekend!
When Emmy wakes up from her nap I hope to go down to the beach and let her play in the water. She loves being outdoors and I'm sure will get a kick out of the lake.
Hope you all have a great long weekend!

love of shoes

it's a big day when i put shoes on my child...she starts giggling and just loves to touch them and put them in her mouth. it is so much fun having a girl. i cannot wait until she's a little bigger and can fit in her ugg boots. she will just love those!
we had a decent night. she crashed at 6 so i knew it was going to be an early morning. she was up once at 10 and then up for good at 5am so we had to take a little nap before daycare this morning. here she is after waking up from her nap before i dropped her off. i'm so lucky i have such a lenient job that i can go in later than most!

happy wednesday!

just a typical morning