Emily and her mom on Mother's Day


Emily playing the organ on Mother's Day

Watching tv in her chair with George



Emily and her George

Emily in her dress from Grandma Palmer (Yes it still fits!)

Emily insisted on eating and drinking at the same time


My beautiful daughter :)

belated Mother's Day Post

So I have procrastinated for over a week. Here is the post I promised my mother in law on Mother's Day. :) We had the most relaxing Mother's Day, exactly what I wanted. It was a day to celebrate family and I loved it! Lots has happened since then. Emily has decided that she is a grown up. In addition to always having to push her own stroller when we go for walks, she has to swing by herself on the swings. I mean she sits on the grown up swings at the elementary school all by herself. She holds onto the chain and I push her very gently. She sits up all proud and even swings her legs like everyone else. She looks too little sitting there but she loves it. She has fallen off twice but no tears either time. She jumps back up, points at the swing and says "puhleese". And I put her back on. I know, I'm whipped. :) Landon hasn't seen it yet because he isn't so happy that I do it. Last Saturday it was soooo hot here, we headed to the beach. Yes, we took Emily to the ocean with our friend's Joel and Sonja Simmonds (and their daughter Josephine) and Amy Higgin (her husband Brian couldn't make it) and one of their sons Ben. I knew that Emily is a water baby but I didn't realize that also made her an ocean baby. Josephine was in her bathing suit first and quickly ran into the ocean. Me being so prepared, I didn't have a swim suit, swim diaper, or towel for Emily. But I did have sunscreen and a hat for her. :) Anyways, as soon as Josephine was in the water so was Emily! She ran right in. She fell and jumped up and ran farther in. I had to quickly walk into the water to make sure she stayed where it was shallow. She loved how the waves hit her. She fell twice into the water and it got in her mouth. She wanted me to hold her and then just as fast wanted back in the water. I should say to those who don't know, the water here is not like in Hawaii. I was freezing where the water touched and extremely hot in the sun. Emily was soon stripped naked because I thought it would be better to do that than have cold clothes hanging on her. I didn't have a camera but Joel did and when I get the pictures I will put the okay ones up. (No naked ones posted.) :) She would be shivering so we would take her and warm her up in Josephine's towel and then she would run back to the water. Did I mention that my child has no fear? Yeah. I will happy when she learns to swim. She was sad when we had to leave but thanks to Joel and Brian, the wagon rides with the other kids cheered her up. She is definately a very social child. She loved having the other three kids to play with. Well this has ended up being a very long post. Enjoy the pictures taken on Mother's Day. And will try and be more efficient about posting the ocean ones soon!

Emily and the box

This is what happens when you put my toddler in a big box!

Life with an energetic toddler is anything but boring!

Emily and her dad love to play video games together. She yells "Go, go, go."

Emily and her cousin Ethan love going to the beach.

Emily and her aunt Naomi. Emily was trying to go swimming in the ocean.

Emily was enjoying feeding herself yogurt. What a mess!
Aunt Naomi just gave us both haircuts. Aren't we beautiful?!

Life here has been anything but dull lately. Emily is always keeping me on my toes. She is saying a new word almost every day. She makes me laugh with her "please" statements. I sure love her and am glad to have her around. Especially after a bad day at work. I can count on her to want to go for a walk. Life seems much more exciting from the eyes of a toddler. The rocks on the sidewalk are each a brand new item that must be examined. Everyone is important enough to deserve a wave and a smile. She teaches me so much!