Sleeping Beauty

We have been seriously blessed with a child that LOVES to sleep. Emma has been a great sleeper from the beginning, but tonight was just too cute! While most children insist on a certain teddy bear or a special blanket, Emma likes to fall asleep with books. Tonight, however, she fell asleep under a book! So, does learning through osmosis really work?

Bedtime Prayers

Every night at bed time, Robb, Emma and I go into her room and say prayers together. Even now that Robb is in Tally, we call him and say prayers together over the phone. For so long, that ritual consisted of Robb and I saying prayers and trying to get Emma to sit still with her hands folded. Eventually, she began to say a word here and another there. Now, our little girl is proving that she is "bigger and stronger" as she would say. Check out the video below .... how sweet is that?

I Love You, Daddy

These are a few picture I took at the Tallahassee Museum earlier this month..... before my camera batteries died! We had a great time and can't wait to go back to visit all the wonderful animals!
Daddy, the video at the end is especially for you!


Emma, the Engineer



Don't drop me, Daddy!


Check out the squirrell

What a pair!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Emma had a GREAT Christmas this year! Of course, it is hard not to when you are an only child and an only Grandchild. She had so many presents, we had to bribe her with M&M's to get her to open the last of her presents! But she always seemed to be having the most fun when she was playing with her grandparents. We spent 5 days in Jacksonville with Nana & PopPop. We also got to see Uncle Sean, Aunt Catherine and Great Grandma & Papa Music. Then we came back to Statesboro to spend 4 days with Mamaw and Papaw. We also spent time with Uncle Seth, Uncle Rita, & Aunt Jodi. After all that excitement, Emma, Robb and I spent the next week by ourselves in Tallahassee.
Rita and Jodi spent New Year's Eve with us .... a nice, lazy evening at home watching TV and playing 30 Seconds .... so much fun. We all watched the Georgia game on TV New Year's Day, and then the 3 of us drove around looking at Christmas lights. We had a great time ... the perfect beginning to a New Year!


Andrew, Angee and Emma at her Christmas Program
at Super Kids


Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer



"Dolly" .... probably her favorite Christmas present

presents from Santa

Uncle Seth, Emma, Daddy & Uncle Rita

Emma and her Elf

Our dear friends, Jenny & Catie, turned us on to a wonderful tradition -- Host an Elf. Each year, a few weeks before Christmas, an elf ( our's is named Glitter) comes for a visit. She always manages to get into all kinds of mischief while we are asleep at night. Emma has so much fun trying to find out what Glitter has been up to during the night. You really need to check out the website, even if you don't have kids of your own. They have created a wonderful project called "An Elf from Catie" that supplies children with cancer in the hospital over the holidays with an elf of their very own.

www.hostanelf.com


Emma and Glitter


BIIIG hugs!

Merry Christmas!

Emma's First Recital

Emma had her first dance recital on Sunday. Of course, she was the best dancer on stage! Well, maybe she didn't have the best technique, but she was beautiful and quite humorous! She paid attention better than she does at home. She did wander across the stage once or twice, but her Daddy and I thought she was wonderful. And of course, the grandparents thought she was PERFECT.


Getting ready back stage.


Actually, that is pretty good technique, isn't it!


Look out, Mary Lou!


Emma and Caitlyn ... what a pair!

But the best part of the night was getting flowers from Daddy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was full of travel and adventure (cars getting towed, flat tires, football games in the rain) but it was wonderful all the same. Plus we made it though all the travel safe and sound. You can't ask for much more than that.
Emma ate like a little pig on Thanksgiving ... turkey, cranberry sauce (her favorite), mashed potatoes (she made them), stuffing, green beans and, of course, pumpkin pie! She cleaned her plate!






Showing off the hat that Nana made her.



Hi Daddy!

Back off my peanut butter, Rebel!

Yes, that's right.....he's back!