Catching Up: May Part 1

Ok - so here are some pictures from the first half of May (in no particular order).

Ready for naptime!

Playing with Play Doh (or more like the container)

Playing with sidewalk chalk (Ok - so maybe I did most of it)!

Bubbles!

Enjoying a smoothie in her frog chair

Bathtime

Open, slam shut, laugh hysterically, repeat...

Splashing in the pool

Trying to shove as much spaghetti in her mouth as possible

Is there something on my face???

Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, pink polka dot bikini!

Splash pad fun

Last but not least, this is the kind of scene I might happen upon if Emery disappears and is too quiet!  It was her first taste of Cheetos, and she was quite impressed.

Have a great week!

I'm still alive!

So I've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus...like a 2 1/2 month hiatus.  

I really love having the blog to look back at, so I WANT to blog, but at the end of the day, it just hasn't been a priority lately.  SO...

I'm going to try to start blogging more regularly again.  

First, I need to do some catching up!  Here are some pictures from the last half of April.

Emery "helping" me unpack from our trip to San Antonio (which I still need to blog about)

Cousin Giovanna's 1st birthday party

I finished my first sewing project.

The weather was great, so we spent a lot of time outside.

  

We did some mess-free finger painting (thanks, Pinterest)!

And 2 random shots to end this post!

Have a great 4th of July week!

Bluebonnets

So I mentioned in my Easter post that we had taken some Bluebonnet pictures.  Here are some of the cute ones. 

It wasn't a good time of day for taking pictures outside, but we had a busy weekend, not to mention working around 2 naps a day!

We took about a million pictures, but Emery wasn't very excited about sitting in the flowers, so most were outtakes.  See example of failed family photo below.

 We got a few half smiles by bribing her with Cheerios!

All in all, it was a nice little outing!

Happy Easter!

A lot has changed since last Easter!

Emery was just precious last Easter in her cute little dress (10 weeks old), but this year was so much more fun because she could participate more!  We spent the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa D, and on Saturday, Emery went to her first Easter Egg Hunt at St. Mark's!

At first she had no interest in the eggs, and the older kids were scooping them up from under her.

But with some encouragement, she was able to put some eggs in her basket (I think we ended up with 8)!

She may not have been the biggest competitor, but she definitely enjoyed running around.

After the hunt, we headed out to a patch of bluebonnets to take some pictures.  Those will have to be in their own post because I have about 3 million pictures to sort through.  I took pictures on my camera and phone, Grandma took pictures on her camera, Grandpa took pictures on his camera, and Daddy took pictures on his phone.  See - I'm not the only crazy picture taker!

Easter Sunday started with a lovely church service.  St. Mark's (finally) has a new priest, and he was very enthusiastic.  The nursery was not open, though, which meant I had to entertain Emery (quietly) for over an hour.  She did okay, but I was tired!

She is constantly on the move, so I had a hard time getting good pictures of Emery in her Easter dress, but I did snap one on my phone as she ran around outside the church.

  She changed into something a little more comfy after church.

And Grandma made yummy strawberry bellinis, as well as a delicious Easter dinner (complete with a homemade strawberry pie)!

I would say Easter was a success, and now we are enjoying a mini-vacation in San Antonio since Daddy has the week off.  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter too!

It's All Fun and Games...

...until someone gets hurt.  And these days, that someone is usually Emery.  Since she started walking, she just wants to take off running which doesn't always end well.   That was the case today.

The weather was beautiful, so we spent a lot of time in the front yard while Daddy cleaned out the garage and washed his car.

Later on, we filled up Emery's new pool.

After climbing out of the pool, Emery excitedly toddled around the driveway.

She was a little too excited and had a crash landing, resulting in her first busted lip.

Something tells me it won't be the last!