Fun videos!

A couple of videos I took last night...The first one shows exactly how Emmerson is CRAZY about Carter!  He makes her laugh like no one else...and I LOVE how she is kind of trying to imitate what he is doing to the sand box  / yelling.  Melts.My.Heart.  The second one is our big girl taking some steps!  So super cute...

Emmerson is 13 months old...and Easter fun!

Sweet little E is 13 months old!  This last month has seemed quite long...she has been fighting strep and an ear infection (currently on her second round of antibiotics).  So she has not been a very happy camper!  Poor girl.  We have been at the doctor's office about 4,327 times...and have another appointment next week.  If her ears aren't clear, we're headed to see an ENT (sigh).  Prayers for her health would be much appreciated!  Other than the ear issues / strep, she is great.  She is starting to enjoy more big girl food - especially macaroni & cheese (go figure!).  She also likes grilled cheese, oranges, mashed potatoes, strawberries and Chick-Fil-A nuggets & waffle fries (that's my girl!)  She is definitely becoming more brave in trying new things.  It's just taking a lot longer than it did for Carter!  She loves standing and climbing.  She loves playing in Carter's sand table, swinging and doing ANYTHING outside.  Literally we have moved her high chair outside - and this is where we eat EVERY meal.  Ok by me - b/c I love being outside too!  Until the temp gets to be 100 degrees this summer...don't know what we'll do then! She is also starting to say more...ball is her favorite word!  She says Dada, Mama, Da (for dog - anytime she sees Jake, Tyson or Grace) and I SWEAR she tries to say Carter ALL...THE...TIME.  Because of course he is still her favorite person in the world!  And the biggest news is she has taken her first steps!  But she is SO cautious...she just stands there, reaching out for me like "help me Mommy!" Then she usually just sits back down and crawls.  But she's done it!  So I know she'll get more confident in the days / weeks to come.  Then there will be no stopping her!

In spite of her not feeling well, we were able to go to church for Easter - AMAZING!  We even made it through the whole service without being called out for her - woo hoo!  (The weekend before, we got called out because she started crying, got so worked up that she vomited - awesome).  Carter had his last soccer game that weekend too - and scored 2 goals!  (We won't mention how at least one was in the other team's goal - ha!)  We also got to spend some quality time at Tim's parents house with the Williams side of the family.  All in all, a nice weekend spent together in awe of and focused on Christ's resurrection...thank you Lord for all you have done!

So tired at dinner...

Silly faces!

Easter Egg Hunt at Willow Bend Learning Center with Carter's best bud!

Just say 'no' to the Easter Bunny!  Ha!

Poor thing...

They had a petting zoo as well...

About as excited with the real bunnies as she was with the Easter Bunny!



Easter goodies for C!

More goodies for our little lady :)

She LOVED sitting in this chair.

Happy girl!



Trying to get a cute pic...love how Carter is posing...

And now crossing his feet...probably thinking "Come on lady, I have better things to do than pose for pictures!"

Such a big girl!

E being silly with Colson.

E and Nolan.

Cutie pie!

Emmerson's first Easter Egg Hunt!  She found one egg...then sat down and practiced picking it up, putting it in her basket, taking it out and repeating...and repeating...and repeating...

E and DD :)

All the boys...big and small...playing Frisbee in the backyard.

This little girl loves playing ball! 

The whole Williams gang.  Can't believe we got all the kiddos looking - it's an Easter miracle!  ;)

Pops being silly taking the boys for a ride in the wheel barrow.

This is what I mentioned above...she found her one egg.  And here she sat.  Putting it in and out of her basket - too cute!

Pops really wanted a pic of everyone in front of his pecan tree :)

Loving Science!

Carter has been learning about the Solar System at school...I guess he's totally into it - bc the info is sticking in his brain, that's for sure! (LOVE the name of the 2nd planet...I just can't find it within myself to correct him - ha!)

Emmerson's Bday weekend...

We had Emmerson's party the weekend after her birthday - yes on the ONE Saturday where it has not been warm, sunny and beautiful - ugh!  Gigi, Uncle Scotty and Alex all came in town to help us celebrate - we had a great time! 

Trying to use a spoon - what a MESS!

Have to explain Carter's outfit for the day...he had a soccer game right before (hence the soccer uniform) and it was chilly so he insisted on wearing his Superman hoodie. The black gloves were in the pockets from one cold day at school - so naturally he had to wear those too - haha!

Dinner at our favorite place - Salsa!

Best buddies!

Crazy Uncle Scotty!

Love those pigtails!

An action shot from playing at the park at E's party.

These are SO out of order...

She wanted to suck on the wax candle - not on the cupcake, ha!

Helping Sis blow her candle out.

Hilarious expression as everyone was singing to her...

Too funny...

Opening presents...

I know this pic is blurry...but it was just so sweet the way she was listening to me read her cards to her :)

Watching the silly boys play basketball in the driveway...



Yes - C dressed as a fireman to play basketball in the driveway Sunday afternoon - ha!

Had to include this last picture...



From one evening last week...this baby does NOT sleep at daycare (see previous post of sleeping AT the lunch table).  So she straight fell asleep in her highchair eating dinner.  Breaks...my...heart...

 

Emmerson is ONE!

Baby girl is 1!  Wow...hard to believe it's been a year since this sweet little girl was born.  She is doing great.  She still weighs 25 pounds (95 %) and is a whopping 31 inches (90%)! She has grown 3 inches in 3 months.  Holy moly! But she is healthy as can be :)  I was on Spring Break on her actual birthday, so the 3 of us took a fabulous trip to the zoo!  See pics below :)  And I must explain the first picture.  This was a few weeks ago while she was at school.  I know I have explained in previous posts how they let her rock herself to sleep at the table.  Well she did that one day, they moved her to her crib and she woke up immediately screaming!  She was sick at the time, so they knew how important it was for her to nap.  So they put her back at the table, she went back to sleep, and they left her there for her nap.  So...sad...

OMG...

Macaroni and cheese!

First Chick-Fil-A french fry - YUM!

Ready for the zoo!

So cute...

What is Juba thinking...

What is Emmerson thinking...

So cool...yet so terrifying that he is SO close to them (and me!)

Had to feed the giraffes!  Tricky while holding two kiddos though, let me tell you! 

Love this pic...that penguin was swimming right in front of them!

The koala bear was actually AWAKE!  First time EVER for us to see him like this...

Family selfie on the train!

Trying to get a cute pic at the end of the day...not quite successful ;)