Bedtime

I am behind in updating the blog, with family in town for the holiday and all the fun parties, it's put me a little behind.  Oh, and not to add that I have had two different stomach bugs in the last 10 days.  UGH.  Hopefully that is behind us.

I hope to post some cute Christmas pictures in the next couple of days, I just wanted to post a few from tonight before bed.  There is one of Emily getting out of the tub, and another just before we read books in the rocking chair.

Christmas time

We have been busy spending lots of quality time with family.  Emily is more fun now that she interacts with her cousins, it's different than last year.  Here is a fun picture of Emily with her cousins on my side in their PJ's last night.

First Christmas Presents

Jim's mom is a tennis pro and they go on vacation during the holidays, she teaches a little tennis and so they stay for free at these wonderful all inclusive resorts.   It's a pretty sweet deal, I'm always a little jealous when they leave for 6 weeks in December.  Typically we are taking them to the airport in snow, and when they get back in January it always seems like the coldest day.  

Last night we had dinner and opened Christmas presents before they headed to Jamaica.  Here is Emily enjoying a little peek-a-boo and trying on her new bonnet.  

Building Towers

Emily likes to build towers and yesterday I said after she was done to go stand next to the tower so we can see who is taller, so she went and stood with her back to the tower.  I didn't teach her that, but it was so cute.  

We were getting ready to go visit Santa, of course she was scared of Santa so no pictures.  Santa told us that 92% of children between 9 months and 26 months old cry when they see Santa.  

Dance Moves

The Mouse Who Ate the House

Our community is really wonderful, yesterday we went to storytime at the Library, they had the author of The Mouse Who Ate the House read her book.  The book is about a mouse who ate a gingerbread house, based on a true story of a family who leave the gingerbread house in their garage and the next day they found a mouse in it!  Can you imagine?  Here are a couple of pictures of Emily with the mouse from the story.  She was a little timid, but did go touch the mouse and talk to her.

Happy Friday

Just a cute picture I snapped of Emily today playing with her baby.

Christmas Pictures

Here is a picture of Emily waiting at the mall today to get her picture taken.  It was really hard to get her to sit or stand in one place to take her picture, but we did get one picture that I like.  It's not perfect, but who gets a perfect picture when their child is 18 months old?  

This adorable dress my mother-in-law bought Emily at a boutique in Midland, MI.  There is a matching headband which we later put in her hair.  The dress is really pretty, this picture doesn't do it justice.  Plus I had curled her hair, but it only lasts for about 20 seconds, so by the time we got to the mall you could hardly tell.

Bible Study Christmas Party

We had our bible study group Christmas party at our house tonight.  Here is a picture of all of the children, needless to say it was a pretty full house, and lots of fun.  The kids got along great and we had a wonderful time.  

The cutest puppy

Saturday night we caught up with some friends from High School, and they just got this adorable puppy.  The next time we get a dog, I want to get one of these - a golden doodle.  Joey is a lab - poodle mix who won't shed and is so lovable.  Emily was playing with him and just loved him so much.

Family Outdoor Fun

Saturday we went for a walk and enjoyed the nice sunshine before the snow hit yesterday.  Here are a couple of pictures from our time outside.