Fun at the Zoo

Over Fall Break we were lucky enough to get to go to the zoo. Jeff's whole family, minus a couple dads who weren't lucky enough to get a fall break, met up at the zoo for a day full of fun! Emery loved seeing all the animals and running around. The pizza that we got treated to afterwards didn't hurt either. She was one happy girl!

Dad is the perfect Zoo buddy since he can lift her up above the crowd to see.

Such a big kid!

 Looking at the Gila Monster with Graham.

I think the monkeys may have been her favorite. Good thing there are a lot of them at the zoo.

"Hi Monkey!"

"Ooo ooo OOo" like the monkeys

Emery and Bryce have this game that they play where they say "Hi Hi Hi" to each other. Emery thinks it's hilarious.

Loving the monkeys!

What a fun day at the zoo!

Just a Typical Sunday Night

What else is there to do on a Sunday night than dress up. Let it be known that I did not influence this at all. We were upstairs opening the windows in her room and she saw her bumble bee skirt from last Halloween and her fireman hat. Enjoy!

Chocolate Frosting

Man oh man does this girl love chocolate frosting. She loves anything chocolate, really. We had a conversation that went something like this a few days ago:

E- "More chocolate?"
M- "No"
E- "2 Ms (M&Ms)?"
M- "Not right now"
E- "1 M?"

She cracks me up. I was making chocolate frosting for our cake and Emery was being such a good little helper as usual. I think she has realized that if she helps then she gets some extra tastes of whatever I'm making. Since I had to keep checking to see if I needed more powdered sugar, milk, etc she got a few extra tastes this night. And goodness was she in heaven when I handed her the beater. She and Dad are two peas in a pod when it comes to that aspect of life.

This is my new favorite picture of these two.

These pictures are the epitome of pure joy. Did she stay up a little later from a sugar rush and did I have to soak her dress due to my lack of planning beforehand? Yes. Was it worth it? Totally!

Finishing Out September

September was so full of fun. This year was even more fun with Emery at the age where everything is loud and crazy and funny.

I was completely spoiled for my birthday this year. Jeff took the Friday before my birthday off and we spent the whole day (weekend) together shopping, going out to eat, etc. Then on Monday my parents met me and Emery for lunch. Later that night, Jeff and Emery humored me by driving around to all the places that give out free food on your birthday. What troopers!

Emery LOVES stickers! She always sees my piano stickers and begs to play with them, especially after I've taught lessons that day. I figure it's a cheap, mess-free way to keep her having fun. Jeff often finds little love reminders from Emery with her stickers stuck to the bottom of his shoes at work.

Emery is really into her babies and brown bear. She had them lined up in the kitchen while I was cooking dinner and was sitting by them playing. She has also started being such a little Mama, saying "I gotcha" while she's holding baby. I tell her that when she thinks she's falling and she's passing it along.

She loves wearing Dad's shirt. She thinks it's the greatest thing in the world and it makes her so happy!

She also loves, loves, loves helping Dad out in the yard. She was helping him make sure that the gophers were gone, hence the hole digging. Good news, we are fairly certain that all gophers have vacated the premises.

Crazy Hair

Emery has a lot of long, curly hair. We LOVE it. All of that long, curly hair tends to get crazy, especially when slept on wet or after being put in pigtails. She had her hair in pigtails for church last Sunday and when we took them out before bed, this is what we got. Definitely crazy hair worthy!

Emery's Outfit

Emery has this purple outfit that she absolutely loves. I'll have to admit that I was so excited when she finally got big enough to wear it and it has been the perfect outfit all summer. She is very specific about her "outfit." She clarifies by saying "Outfit. Not dress." That was after Grandma made the mistake of calling her dress an outfit so now she feels the need to clarify. While playing one day, I looked over and saw the following...maybe this is why she loves her outfit so much.

I love the look on her face. She is so happy to have all of her things in one place where no one can get them.

Great Start to September

September is off to a great start! I love fall and even though it's still over 100 here I can pretend that cooler weather is in the air. It even rained all night last night and until noon today. The lightening always seems to be right over our house so it gets a little crazy outside during these storms. It must be all of the fields around us or something but we sure get hit with these storms...and we're not complaining. So far, Emery has slept through everything. It could be due to the 'spa' in her room with 2 fans and a humidifier plus blackout shades but if it keeps her sleeping who's to judge?

Labor Day--We had a nice relaxing Labor Day filled with good food and fun. Jefferson made hamburgers and we had corn on the cob to go with. Emery loved eating corn like a big girl and actually did a pretty good job.

Hanging out with Mama. I sure do have a great time hanging out with this little girl all day. She was a little worried in this picture because baby had just fallen off the couch and I told her I would get her once we took the picture.

Hanging out with Dada. This girl loves football and learned to love it all on her own. I even had to make her a football shirt because she got so sad when they only had long sleeved boy ones at the store. Even at naptime she just snuggled up next to Dad and fell asleep while they watched the game.

Like I said, it has been raining all day long. Emery loves being outside and since it was nice we sat on the back patio and she ate breakfast--normally cereal and milk but since we were having a picnic she had fruit and goldfish.

After she got done eating we went out on the front porch and watched the rain. It, of course, led to walking in the rain and playing in the rain, and getting completely soaked but that's what rainy days are all about.

Emery's hair got so curly between getting it wet in the rain and the humidity in the air. It is so so curly and so so cute!

We hope your September is off to as great of a start as ours!