thanksgiving fun

visiting....

oh hello!
emi honking claire's nose.

claire checking out the cankles.

playing...

and more playing...
emi and eddie.
they look so much alike, yet they don't.

claire bear.
i love the color of her eyes, so pretty.

melia with claire...
claire didn't want her picture taken anymore.

emi playing with the old fashion toy phone.
i think santa might need to bring one.

um...hey! where you going?

we tried to get some pictures of the girls in their x-mas outfits.
claire had fun running around, while emi watched.
it was freezing outside...literally, like in the low 30's.

i seriously think this is the cutest picture of these two.

i can't share all the x-mas pictures, but i got some great ones.

while in indiana...
we had the yummiest turkey day dinner.
thanks to melia's mom...she cooked the whole thing herself.
emi enjoyed, turkey, green beans, mashed potatoes, sugar loaded sweet potatoes and rolls.

we also visited an amish community.
we ate the best pretzels i ever tasted, with sweet honey mustard.
i also ate caramel, kettle corn and a peanut butter brittle bar...
i took some pics as we drove into the community.
this is what their houses looked like.
their clothes were all hung out to dry.
and they drove buggies.
we learned the ones that wear black hats are strict amish.
the ones in white hats...
have electricity and drive cars, if they want.
then eddie read in the tour pamphlet...
it's rude to take pictures of the amish. oops!
so these were the only two pictures.
we also stopped by norte dame before leaving
and walked around campus.
the big cathedral.
it was huge inside with beautiful stained glass windows.
eddie feeling better after confessing his sins.
just kidding!
this was outside the cathedral, before we went in.
one of the buildings on campus.
i couldn't help but say...
rudy, rudy, rudy!
all around campus.
our princess all bundled up.
it was freezing!
she must not have been too cold.
cause she fell asleep right after this picture.
and slept the whole time we walked around.
eddie wanted a picture with touch down jesus.
we had a great time visiting and eating and playing.

Go Cougars!

i tried posting this earlier from my phone but it didn't work.
we got this onesie like 2+ years ago.
we are watching the game right now...
since we were driving home while it was on.

she wore it all day under her outfit as a good luck charm.

8 months

another month has flown by.
phew....8 months. already!?!

emi got her ears pierced.
got another tooth. a top one.

still finds any and every tag.
is shy at first but once she feels comfortable...
she hams right up.

holds onto her car seat when she falls asleep in it.
still enjoys her blanket on her face.
would love to hold my finger the whole time for all car rides.

she cracks herself up.
emi has been making this face for awhile.
but it makes us laugh every time.

every night at 6:30 she takes a bath and gets ready for bed
sometimes she can't make it to 7 and gets super fussy.
so i put her to bed early.
she wakes up between 6:30 and 7.
she is now a tummy sleeper.

hates. hates. hates socks...
or anything on her feet.
she loves to eat. she will eat anything and everything.
except spinach. she locked her mouth shut and turned her face.

loves to stand.
the first few times i left her standing by herself.
she held on for dear life.
she wouldn't move...
she would just look out the side of her eyes.
but now has it mastered.

she only rides in her seat protector or in her car seat.
we don't need any sickies at our house.
she loves to watch everyone.
and when i put something in the cart,
she pretty much turns all the way around to see what it was.

she loves her daddy.
this is how she always looks at him.
she could be in the worst mood...
and the second he comes walking in she is so happy.

she follows me every where with her eyes.
she has gotten better this past month with letting me leave the room.
but still loves to be with me.
if she could, she would have me...
hold her, play with her or read her a book all day

she laughs easily.
this was me trying to push her away.
oh and she's really ticklish.
she also loves to see herself in the mirror.
she squeals, looks at me and then back at the mirror.
and sometimes she does a little wave.
but she doesn't have the wave down yet.

she makes the funniest faces.
she laughs at herself all the time.
fake cough and she will laughs...
gag and she will laugh.
when she drinks out of her sippy cup...
it all dribbles down cause she smiles so big.

she can be serious too.
and lets me know when she doesn't want the camera in her face.
she loves to sit with her feet crossed.
she even does it in her car seat.

she loves to go on walks.
she's finally starting to snuggle.
we use to get the stiff arm or she would just push us away.
she is starting to also not like her car seat.
but once she is in, she is ok.

she is working on pulling herself up.
she loves it.
she always crawls on me and tries to stand up.
if you give her your hand she will pull up to stand.

she has started to scoot.
she will scoot forward to reach something.
sometimes she sticks her bum in the air and moves
but not very far.

she likes to yell at the tv.
she also loves to read books.
she blows air like a sigh to be funny.
she also does raspberries...

when she doesn't want something she throws it.
sometimes she refuses her binkie when she is crying.
we think we have a drama queen on our hands.

she is more fun than we ever imagined.
we love spending time with her and watching her personality develop.
i love spending every minute with her.
she is growing so fast.

we're off to indiana

for turkey day!!
we are excited to see cousin claire and aunt melia.
but sad, uncle erik couldn't come because of work.

we plan to go to a little amish town on friday.
and maybe norte dame on saturday.

we are super excited to get away and go somewhere.
but are sad we are not with gma and gpa this year.

stay tuned for pics from our little trip.
and i can't believe emi will be 8 months tomorrow.
crazy how the time flies!

a pink one

I don't know what to do with her bangs.
poor girl has stick straight hair in the front...wavy in the back.

this pink one is almost double the size of the cream one.
i think i went petal happy.

i love having a girl!
gives me an excuse to make things.

sushi lover?

she has these little finger puppet fish that she puts in her mouth.

she keeps them in her mouth and goes on and plays with other things.

she likes crab, like her mama!

this was back in september.

switching subjects...

here is her snaggle tooth.

we call it her snaggle tooth cause it is not a front tooth.
but the front tooth next to it is white
it just hasn't poked thru yet.

and this is for the grand-parentals...
our cutie all ready for church.