Emma's blessing

Here is my pretty girl on her blessing day.

We had a good day. The weather was so beautiful to have a family lunch in our backyard. The food was great too, thanks Mom for all your hard work! And thanks to Mary, Kristen, and Julie for bringing food too. It was really helpful. Mike gave Emma a beautiful blessing and it was lots of fun spending the afternoon with family.
Of course I couldn't let the day go by without taking a picture of me, my sister, my baby, and my mom who made Emma's dress.

Emma was not in a very good mood and we couldn't get a picture of her not crying, but at least the three moms look good.
Here we are with Mike's parents and sister, Sarah.

And here we are with my parents.

Emma had a good day and was still happy at 8:00 that night, she was ready for bed though and slept really well!

Happy special day to Emma. We sure are happy to have her in our family.

Ethan's birthday

I know I'm 2 weeks late, but better late than never, right? Here is my sad attempt at a Bumblebee cake for Ethan.

The birthday boy and his cake...make a wish

Ethan was more interested in playing with all his Transformers than he was in eating cake

But we all enjoyed the cake

Ethan got a mini copy of the Book of Mormon from his primary teachers. He loves it and was so excited to see it waiting on our front porch when we got home from Sunday dinner at my parents'

I love that he loves this present and that he is hugging it.
I can't believe that my baby boy is 4 years old. I love having him be a part of my family and I can't remember what it was like to not have him in my life. My only wish would be that he could stay this small forever.

Can't wait for tonight...

Splish splash

I am very lucky to have 2 kids that LOVE their bath! Ethan has a roll on soap thing that he loves and it's great for me too. When I have to take care of Emma, Ethan can soap most of himself up.

When Emma was small, she hated her bath. I hated giving them to her because she'd scream! (She's a screamer and has been since she was born!) But she has mellowed and now loves her bath, and I love bath time too.

Chillin' in the tub

Just too funny...

Pastor's Business Card

A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door.
Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote 'Revelation 3:20' on the back of it and stuck it in the door.
When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, 'Genesis 3:10..'
Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock.' Genesis 3:10 reads, 'I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked.'
Remember when the funniest jokes were the clean ones?

'A cheerful heart is good medicine' (Prov. 17:22)

Good news

When Emma's doctor told me to up her formula powder to water ratio and add cereal to her diet, he also asked me to go get an EKG done on her. That scared me! He had a patient that wasn't gaining weight and they found that it was related to his heart. I wigged out because I really didn't want anything to be wrong with her heart. The doctor called last night and this morning with up dates on the EKG. Turns out, I just have a small baby, the no gaining weight thing is not related to her heart! Yippee! He did say to keep beefing up her formula and keep feeding her cereal, which she loves as can be seen in the pictures from my last post. And last night when I put the bib on her before her second bowl of cereal, she smiled and "giggled" and started kicking her legs, she's so excited for rice cereal!!

Breakfast

Emma had her first taste of rice cereal today for breakfast. Above is her all ready and waiting for the yummy stuff.

First bite...

She's not sure what to think of it.
After just a few bites, she really liked it. She got mad when I was spooning more up. She kind of looks like a kitten or puppy licking it up with her tongue.

Mmm, all done and full. We'll feed her more at dinner.

And of course Ethan wanted his picture taken while he was eating his applesauce...