Valentines Day

What a mess!!! We decorated sugar cookies at our sledding party the night before, but Emma sure enjoyed eating them, well at least the frosting.

Well, not a great picture, I just look huge up top, but you get the point. I am 26 weeks or so. I definatly have a belly and can feel baby move all the time now. It is fun!!

My little princess. She is so beautiful. Jake and I can't believe we have such a pretty little girl that is growing so fast!! We love to watch her and see her personality! I have been trying to get the video camera out more and capture moments.

There is Miss Blue Eyes!! Eating cheescake celebrating Valentines Day with mom and dad. She loves all Holidays, and got so excited about her Valentine gift on the table and had a fun day!!

Emma and daddy eating dinner!!

Emma

I was trying to nap the other day and Emma was having quiet time, but came into my room and was being loud. I put all her stuffed animals in her room and pulled her covers down so she could sit in her room and play with them. She cried for a few minutes, but didn't know she was that tired. I bet she was in her bed for about 3 minutes and fell asleep and took a nice long nap. Her room was bright and her door was open, she just got cozy and tired, lol. Silly girl

Not a very good picture, but there we are. I think Emma is a lot like me, lol. I think that is a good thing though, he he!!!

She wanted me to make a tent the other day, so I did. She added some pillows and blankets and brought all of her stuffed animals to play in it with her. They are all her "friends" It is so cute to watch her play and pretend with them. She sure had fun in her tent.

I let Emma draw on her table with the erasable markers the other day. I tried to avoid telling her that she could write on it, but she found the markers, so I decided to let her. She loves it and just scribbles all kinds of things in it.

She picks this dress to wear all the time. She is such a little girl and I am so glad I get to stay home with her each day and play and be her mother. It is so fun to not be rushed to go places and to just enjoy my time with her!!!

She found her old gloves and hat in the closet. She looks a little silly, but cute as always.

Big Girl

Emma finally got a big bed in January. She was so excited when we set it up. She does miss her crib ocasionally, and wants to play in it, but her big bed is cooler, lol. We had a really hard time with her recently, getting her to nap and bed. It was so frusterating, I about went nuts, lol. First she sings and talks during nap time and by the time she gets to bed, it is an hour later and she doesn't want to wake up so she is not tired at nighttime when I am exhausted. She also wanted some milk and just cried and screamed when I said no, so of coarse, I gave in. OH, the troubles. This last week she would cry for a cup at night, then fall asleep and wake up at 5:30 for some reason. One night both Jake and I had to take turned tying to get her to lay back down and fall asleep without milk. Why did I let that bad habit go so long????? Anyway, she is a little angel now and I couldn't ask for anything better.

My big girl bed is so cool!!! I love all the room and playing on my bed!

I play in my room all the time. She says "mom you wanna play in my room with me? okay come on lets go" and runs down to her room. She is great at entertaining herself when mommy needs to rest and is fairly quiet too.

Kind of a dark picture, but her room is cute. The past few days she has gotten the hang of how we go to bed. She hasn't complained for milk, and has slept all night!! YAY!! I was stressed for a while there hoping she would get the hang of things before May, lol. Tonight, I was folding laundry and told her that it was time to get some stories and read. I should have snapped a picture cause is was so cute, but she had turned her reading lamp on and was sitting in bed reading stories. She had them all picked out and was acutally talking like she knew all the words to them, lol. It was so funny. I am so proud of her for being so big. We read and prayed and turned her music on and never heard a peep out of her. It is wonderful because all day playing really exhausts her so that she falls asleep fast and stays asleep. The past two nights, her diaper was even dry when she woke up. She said she had to pee shortly after she woke up, but if it keeps going like this, we may be done with diapers for a few months!! YAHOO!!

My precious little girl. She is so happy and loves to play. She put all her animals and babies in her tent and baskets and is very creative.

Emma knows her ABC's now, she also is learning a lot of new animal songs from her cd's. She is very observant and smart. She is excited for the baby to come and loves to play with the baby toys in babys room! It is wonderful to be a parent and Emma is the best little girl!!!!