Small Moment Yet So Big

Zackary says last night after his bath, "I want to stay with you all the days."

My heart melted.

Valentines Day

Zackary had a Valentines Party in class today. It was cute...he just wanted to eat the cookie instead of decorating it...but I got him to decorate it some! He was so into eating his cookie that he was in this zone...a cookie eating zone. :) With all the crazy commotion going on around him he stayed focused and ate away! His shirt says, love bandit!

All his friends...he's sitting next to Nathan who he likes a lot. He's calm and sweet and had a great looking cookie!

Here is my baby Emme in her Valentines outfit. So cute huh! Her godmother gave her that shirt and she looks adorable in it!

My two Valentines!

My Big Boy Bed

Yes he is 3 and a half, but he just asked for his big boy bed and he loves it. The pediatrician said we could hold off on this transition until he is totally ready. He finally asked for us for his big boy bed. Doesn't he look cute. I had so much fun getting the bedding and he sunk right in and has not gotten out once. He seems to be sleeping better in it actually although now he has given up his only nap- :( for me! But he rests and plays for awhile and it gives me a short break. I can't believe he is beyond all these major milestones like potty training, big boy bed, no pacifier and he is even cooking with me now! He's so fun and so sweet. He gives Emme kisses and hugs and she melts into him. Adorable!!!!

Surrounded by his stuffed animals or as he says "his people!"

Bounce House

A girl in Zackary's class had her 4th birthday at a bounce house. Zackary did so well with the loud noise and crazyness going on all around. There were two rooms with different bounce houses. When he got to the second room he was tired. It was so awesome though to watch him go through them. He wanted me to go in with him, secretly I was like fun!!!, so I did and we had a blast. Finally he went by himself but I could here him screaming my name and sure enough when I went in after him he was stuck at a slippery area! LOL...I helped him over and some others and off he went climbing up real high to slide down real fast with legs wide open!!!!

My Walker

A Valentine Day stroll!!!


All Emeline wants to do is use her walker/stroller to get around and explore. It is so funny. We put shoes on her and take her outside and she walks all around the neighborhood, but we have to go the way she wants! She has three of these walkers that she uses...her favorite one though is in the picture below!

My Little Ladybug is ONE

Okay, is Emeline really one already? I can't believe it. Her first year went by so much faster than Zackary's first year. I guess that is normal though. I don't really do hardcore themes for Zackary's birthday's other than a beach theme, but I ended up going all out for Emelines-and it was so fun! I bought ladybug birthday invitations (last minute so I had no time to look for invites and my computer was broken so couldn't order online). The weeks following I went looking for ladybug themed stuff for the party and I was having no luck. A week before the store I was getting her balloons at got in all this ladybug FIRST birthday stuff....it was amazing! I made the food, had the cake done through a friend with natural food coloring and decorated the house in red/black/purple. She looked adorable in her yellow Hanna Anderson outfit!

Meet our new holiday/birthday dog Zackary named "Bubba."

I saw this stuff on pinterest (ladybug crackers and ladybug babybel cheeses.)


Here is her purple smash cake. I really didn't know what to expect. Zackary took some licks of his but not a lot so I figured she would have the cake all over her and just love it. Well after this bite...

and this lick...she was done! No more! (secretly I thought-thank gosh! Good job Mommy!)

My friend CM was at her party and because he has visited often lately she has gotten used to him a bit. Here she is totally flirting with him. She kept smiling like this to him and he would just laugh. It was the cutest part of the afternoon besides when she bit her smash cake!

Once she warmed up to the 20 family and friends that were there she started doing laps around the living room. Up stairs into the kitchen, down hallway, down stairs and back into living room. My mom ran after her over and over!

Emeline also had her first year check up. It was long. They checked her lead and hemoglobin (both normal), gave two vaccs and I had a lot of questions for the doc. She is 30.5in. (89%), 22.4 pounds (69%) and a small head! She has decided to fight her afternoon naps. She's up early between 5-6 and so tired by 9. Sometimes she falls right to sleep sometimes she fights it forever. Then once it is time for her second afternoon nap she stays wide awake....standing at the edge of her crib and cries for me. So shes awake from 10:30/11 am until bed where she maybe makes it to 5pm maybe even earlier to bed. So I know she's changing, etc...but it still sucks and is hard!
She has become so good at walking with her tiny baby stroller. She moves it forcefully so she can turn corners or go backwards. She plops down on her butt as well when she wants down. Dancing, well I think she is going to take after her mom...cause she loves to dance! Some other things she loves are her doggie Bentley, her brother (who is still having a hard time with her), Mickey Mouse, most food (especially all cheeses), walks, peek a boo, bath time all her brothers toys, drums, swinging at the park and she is addicted to her pacifiers! She waves, picks up small things really easily with her two fingers, understands what we are saying most of the time, walks well while holding on and drinks well from her sippy cup with straw!
We love you ladybug! Happy One Year!

The Latest

Emeline is so cute. She is mastering crawling on all fours instead of scooting, standing up and walking with her walker. She moves from chair to chair, holding on really well and is getting into everything. She got into a drawer the other night and took out all of our menus and had so much fun ripping paper and exploring. She is so into dogs. She crawls into Bentley's bed with him and stares at him-hysterical. She loves loves loves her brother so much. He's to into playing and being independent so he pretty much stays away from her and Bentley. But Zackary is doing better at school. He doesn't cry as much and I think actually enjoy's it. His new battle is holding his pee and poo poo, not wanting to go at school. I have to work on that...

"I am a dinosaur-roar," says Zackary. He has started doing more imaginative play. He loves the dinosaur train and Emeline (much to my attempt to not let her watch tv) watches it with him and relaxes before bedtime. She loves her baths and pacifiers and she's a great eater.

She loved it up here and keeps trying to get back up.

Holding on and walking all around the house. Look at those two cute teeth!!!

My pink blessing growing fast each day.