Look at me!

I should really be sleeping...but wanted to get a few sweet pictures I got of Emrey tonight, receiving her first dance lesson. She is also showing off her new skill of standing up and holding onto her crib (almost) by herself. She still requires a bit of assistance. She is growing so fast, hard to believe it's almost been a year...

Dance Lessons...

Ballerina girl

Sisters

Well, it's been a while since I've written because we had my beautiful sister visiting from Boston! She was nice enough to make a cross country trip out of her vacation and visit Betsy in Ohio and then came down to see us here in Houston. Unfortunately, the weather was hot, muggy and overcast most of the time she was here, but we still had a blast. We explored the underground tunnels of Houston, finally showed Sarah "Kemah", and did a lot of reading with Emrey. I love my sisters so much and every time we get together, I realize how much I miss living near them, especially now that Emrey is on the scene. We continue to dream about living closer to each other, hopefully some day we can make that a reality. Here are some shots of Sarah and Emrey over the past week.

Cousins

Here are a few shots from our recent trip to Ohio that I promised I would get up. There are some really sweet ones of the girls together as well as with Josh at a fun little kiddy park that we took them to. Emrey had a blast watching all the commotion going on around her, as she is still happy as a clam to sit and watch all the action. She gladly added to the chaos with her shrill little scream whenever she felt necessary.

We got to be there for Anna's baby dedication!

With Nanna

And Pappo

Josh was very sweet and took care of Emrey on this ride.

Hungry Girls....

A common scene, trying to get all the hungry mouths fed!

Emrey LOVED this little doggy and laughed and laughed whenever it came around, I think she thought it was like a little Bailey!

Miss "Personality"

Well, it's been a while since I've written. At first, it was because I was waiting to get pictures from my sister (from our trip out to Ohio) so that I could post some really cute ones we got. But, then things just got busy....

Ellis and I celebrated our third anniversary! We've been outside a little more since things are starting to cool off, relatively speaking. Emrey had her first virus and was no fun to be around for a few days last week and we spent Labor day at home, hanging out with friends and eating great food the whole weekend.

Despite my not writing, little Emrey continues to plod along, developing her vocal cords and acquiring new skills daily. This week, I have been impressed as we watch her little personality emerge. She has developed a hatred for diaper changes and the wiping of her face after meals. She now arches her back, like she's in the circus when we go to do either. Other behaviors of note: she is imitating....and it's really cute. I've had a little cough the past couple days and she has begun imitating my cough and then looks up at me with a big smile, looking for a reaction (which she usually gets). She has also started signing the sign for milk. With one of her little, chubby hands, she will make the motion of milking a cow, while the other is clawing at my shirt! She loves to eat and is eating all sorts of little finger foods, cheese, bagel, mango, banana (a favorite), pasta etc...She has just about mastered getting the little chunks into her mouth, but needs some help with the slippery ones. She continues to be totally content sitting, while other kids crawl and run around her. She is showing some signs of reaching for objects, but still hasn't figured out she needs to put her arms out behind her when she's falling back :( This has made for many tearful screeches when she's playing by herself. She'll get it eventually.....

she loves reading books!