Jake Turns One!

Lainie and Emmie's sweet friend, Jake, turned one on January 10! We can hardly believe that he is already a year old. It is amazing how quickly time goes by with these sweet kiddos! Lainie and Emmie had lots of fun celebrating with Jake at his birthday party. Here are a few pics from the party and of the birthday boy.

Jake turns ONE!!

Loving the birthday cake

Lainie's sweet friend, Maddie Grace or Gracie Grace as Lainie calls her!

Digging into some cake

DEEEEEEEELICIOUS!

Um, Where Did You Say My Milk Was?

Just had to document Emmie's first experience with baby food! She was not too sure about the whole idea, and she still isn't completely thrilled. I think she would be happy to take milk from a bottle until at least kindergarten if I would agree to it. She is too funny and SO different from Lainie. Lainie started rice cereal at 4 months and never looked back. She had her first baby food at 6 months and loved it. How can two kids from the same two parents be so different in so many ways?!

So, this is what carrots taste like?

Ugh..I think I liked carrots more than these peas

Ok, enough of this! Somebody pass me the milk please.

All cleaned up and completely over the food experience!


Oh, and by the way, Emmie got her second tooth this week...her bottom right!

Anybody Want Some Sugar?

The Master

So, I realize I have been showing a lot of love to Emmie lately on here, and Lainie has been given the shaft with pictures! However, I have to admit that it is not totally my fault! :) Sweet little Lainie has decided she no longer likes the camera, unless she is looking at pictures that have already been taken. For a mommy who is obsessed with picture taking, this is a hard one to swallow! I did, however, get a few cute shots of her while she was waiting for "Aunt Paige" to come pick her up for school the other morning.

Before I share those, here are a few "Lainie-isms" that have taken place here lately:

*Lainie can count to twenty! On second thought, does it count if she gets to twelve and then she says, "thirteen, da-teen, da-teen, da-teen, da-teen, da-teen, da-teen, twenty?! Um, ok, maybe she can just count to thirteen!

*Justin and I have started a bad habit by calling Emmie the Em-Meister. Poor thing...she doesn't stand a chance with that nickname, I know! Of course, Lainie picks up on everything these days and decided that she would begin calling her Em-Meister too, only her version sounds like Master. So, we were picking Emmie up from the church nursery yesterday and Lainie starts yelling, "Master, Master, there she is! Hey Master! Master, c'mon Master!" For those who haven't been around Lainie much, she is LOUD!!! Girlfriend has got some vocals! The poor nursery workers must think we are crazy. Can I say it again....poor Emmie! ahem....Master!

*Whenever it is Lainie's bedtime, Justin or I will take Lainie upstairs to brush her teeth, read her books and then say prayers. Well, when you ask her who she wants to pray for, she will say, "Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy, (do you get the point yet?), Mommy, Daddy, Lambie, Blanket, Mommy, Daddy, Emmie, Mommy, Daddy over and over and over again until we say ok! Not sure why she does this, but it happens EVERY night. Hilarious! Oh, and did I mention that she is smiling the entire time she is saying the names. I think she knows it is the last thing we do before bed, so she drags it out as long as she can...wait a minute! I just came to that conclusion....smart kid!





Did someone mention static in the room?

Happy 6 Months to Emmie! (a little late)

Ok, so I am a little late on this one, but Happy 6 Months to our sweet Emmie! I often look at her and wonder where the time has gone. I feel like she was just born, and yet she is already 6 months old! Here are some of the things that she is doing these days:

*Laughing, laughing and laughing some more at Lainie! She loves her big sister so much and thinks she is so funny. She was sitting in her exersaucer the other day watching Lainie jump up and down (imagine that....smile!) and was cackling out loud. Seeing them interact with each other is truly priceless.

*Eating baby food! She actually had it for the first time on her 6-month birthday. Can you believe it? She has tried peas, carrots, and applesauce and likes all three so far. I haven't tried rice cereal again and probably won't. I think I might buy some oatmeal this time and see how she does with it. We need something exciting for breakfast, but I refuse to force rice cereal down her one more time. That would be classified as cruel around here!

*Drooling, chewing on her fists, toes, toys, clothes....anything she can find. Poor baby is really working on getting some more teeth these days.

*Sleeping on her side. She just decided this week that she likes to roll over on her side to sleep. Now, has she rolled over from back to tummy yet?? Um, that would be NO! Ha! She can sit up unassisted, but can't roll over. Bless her...she is definitely a baby who despises tummy time. We don't do it around here, but I don't see that it is keeping her from anything. She sat up at 5 months, so this momma ain't pushing it!

*Spits....or whatever you want to call sticking her tongue between her lips and making that silly noise! She thinks it is fun! We do raise little ladies around here, don't we? Oy...I see two tomboys in my future! :)

*Is very ticklish, especially under her chin. I did do a little "horsey bite" (as my dad calls them) on her thigh the other day and she cackled. It was so funny!

*Loves her big, bubbly bath at night. She will just lay in that water and take it all in. She loves to relax in the bath tub.

I know there are more things, but this list is getting long and we need some pics of that sweet girl on her 1/2 birthday, now don't we?! As you will see, smiling was not on her "to do" list on that particular day!

Big, Bubbly Bath

Sweet Big Sister

Emmie sure is lucky to have a sweet big sister like Lainie! Lainie is so good to Emmie and really does try to help me out with her. Tonight, she was sitting in the den with Emmie and teaching her about shapes as she played with the shape sorter that Emmie got for Christmas. However, one of the cutest sister moments happened last night...

Lainie was downstairs with Justin and I in the den. Emmie had been in bed for a little while, but suddenly started crying. Lainie immediately heard her and let us know that Emmie was crying. She looked at Justin and said, "Stay here, I get her." She walked upstairs, climbed up on Emmie's crib and started talking to her in order to console her. She then turned on her mobile and turned off the night light. Justin and I were listening from the den, but then went up to check on them. We met Lainie at the door and, sure enough, we turned on the night light to take a peek in the crib, and Emmie was sound asleep again.

Now, how sweet is that??? Here is a picture of Lainie peeking in Emmie's crib just as she did last night.

Itty Bitty Toes

As I said in a previous post, I just love the stage when my baby girls started grabbing their toes. There is just something about those precious feet! Emmie and I had a little photo shoot tonight in order to capture this time for her. She loves her sweet, little toes these days!

We Don't Just Have Rolls for Dinner Around Here!

I mean, is there anything cuter than these sweet rolls?