FOUR!

Four Years ago, our lives changed forever when this little girl entered our lives....

Happy Birthday Emma Grace! We love you more than you know

I like to move it move it

With all our time spent indoors this month, Ian has learned a new skill. Our days of immobility are fading away
Ian...

is...

Crawling!!!


He is still a little slow and cautious, but everyday gets a little quicker and more daring. His favorite things to crawl for are remote controls, cheerios, and any toy Emma leaves within his reach.....Her princesses better watch out!

Bring on the Creativity

We have been trying some new creative endeavours in our family this month, too. As a Christmas Gift, I received a gift card for Cake Decorating classes. (Thanks Scott and Tricia!). The classes were a lot of fun and I feel confident enough to attempt Emma's choice in birthday cakes later this month. Here are a few of my finished assignments.

This is my first cake, practicing stars and writing

Here is my last cake...

For some reason, I was intimidated about doing the roses, I got more confident as I did more and that started looking better

Emma wanted to pose with the cake... She loved that I used purple
Speaking of Emma, she has been getting her craft on, too

In cooking class she made this chocolate snowman
She has also really gotten into making Valentines this month. It amazing what she can do with a few hearts and some glitter glue...
Here are the Valentines she chose to make for her class party

We got the idea from the website www.familyfun.com. I think they turned out well and Emma is excited to share with her class. It is really fun to do crafts with Emma. Sometimes the finished product does not turn out like I want it to, but Emma is always excited that she created something on her own

What to do on a rainy day

It's been a while since I posted because not much has been going on. We had about 2 weeks straight of rain in January (not complaining, I love a good rainy day) but that meant we had to be a little creative about doing things inside.

We had a few all day pajama days

Ian enjoyed jumping (with accessories from Emma)

We love Daddy's pancakes!

Nana came to give us some love

Emma got creative with her princesses
We also had play dates a the local kids gym and McDonalds, too...
I really feel for our snowed in Northern Virginia friends... (I am a little jealous too! I miss a good snow storm)

Tea Time with Nana

We were lucky enough to have Nana come and visit us for the long weekend! Emma and I decided to treat Nana to tea time at a local tea restaurant.
I was a little nervous when we were seated at our table and everything within arms reach was "fragile" as we call it at our house

Emma shows off her fancy tea cup

But Emma was very careful and gentle and nothing was broken or split the entire meal!

Pretending to pour teas into her cup

Emma opted for hot cocoa instead of tea

There were several plates to choose from....this is Emma's special kid's plate

Mommy's plate (including chicken salad croissants, baked brie, and fresh scone)

Emma starts a new tradition of putting your spoon on your head :)

Mommy love

Emma's favorite part of tea was dessert (Dan saw this picture and said we didn't go to a tea restaurant, we went to an ice cream parlour!)

So good, you need two spoons!

Emma gets a little melancholy when it is time to leave!

Winter in the Park

This is for all our freezing east coast family and friends.....We went to the park.... without our coats.... and beautiful weather in the 60's

This one has finally cut his first tooth this weekend!

Hie loves to swing


Emma had her snack at the park

Jumping

Emma created her own balance beam

Climbing high

Down the slide!

Christmas in 2009

We had a really quiet Christmas at home, just the four of us.

Emma was excited that Santa ate her cookies

and she was really excited about her new dollhouse!

our cutest present of the year

Ian checks out his stocking

Opening presents

He really likes his new toys...he still has a few to open!