Mermaid Lover

So I really slacked on the number of pictures I took this Christmas. I am sure my mom has a ton though. :) Here is her Santa gifts. She is all into Little Mermaid and other Disney characters these days!!

 Here she is cuddled with some of her new toys she got for Christmas.

 Again with the Mermaid stuff. My dad got her a necklace that sings and some Mermaid dress up shoes. 

It will be neat to look back years later and see what other 'favorites' she had during different stages of her childhood.

Visiting Kalynn

We have a sweet long time friend in the hospital. She is 26 weeks pregnant and has been there for a week or so and not sure when she will be released to go home. Scott and I went to visit with her after Christmas with my dad. They would not allow Emma up to visit since she was not their child and they are on high alert with cold and flu season. Emma fell asleep before we ever got to the hospital because she had not napped today. So Scott stayed down in the lobby with her while I went to visit. Then I took over and he went to visit with Kalynn while I held sleeping Emma. She woke up while I was holding her and this was taken very shortly after she woke up. She still loves to suck on her two middle fingers! Cuteness!! Then we visited the Starbucks in the lobby before leaving to go home! :)

Christmas Cookies/Reindeer Food

My mom, brother, and Krista came over Christmas Eve to help make Christmas cookies.  They were fun to make. Then we iced and decorated them. I guess I got busy helping make them that I quit taking pictures. 

Then we made reindeer food and went outside to throw it in the yard so Santa's reindeer could spot our yard! :)

For Gran Gran

Emma's Gran Gran has been wanting a piece with Emma's footprint or handprint on it for awhile. So I decided to have Emma make something at the local pottery place to give to her for Christmas. She LOVED it!! I think it turned out super cute too!

Christmas Picture

I was given this picture up today when I picked Emma up from school. I LOVE it. She looks so pretty and actually looked & smiled for it. She brings so much joy to our family!!!

Making Gingerbread Man Cookies

Emma made gingerbread cookies for the first time and loved it!!! 

 She was very much into making these cookies! She was so attentive to what she was doing and was taking the process of decorating seriously! :)

Back to the 80's!!!

We had our Sunday School Christmas Party tonight! It consisted of two themes: Tacky Christmas or 80's. Scott and I chose to go with the decade when we were both born. I went to a local consignment sale and loaded up. I was shocked at everything I found so quickly. The skirt came from a co-worker. 

Scott had his clothes already at the house. He wanted some old school jeans, but did not have any luck. 

 We also volunteered to decorate one of the tables. We recently got a Party City in town and they had a whole 80's section. The sunglasses I am wearing were part of my attire and the rest of the pack went to decorate the table. 

 We had such a blast!!!

Food & PJ's

Emma was helping me get eggs ready to give to Scott so he could scramble them for us.

We started a tradition where we give her new Christmas pajamas at the beginning of December. That way she can wear them the whole month of December (and the rest of the year at our house :)).

This girl right here LOVES Moe's. This particular night I got nachos to share with her. She ate probably more of them than I did! She is not a picky eater which I am very thankful!!

We're Expecting!!! :)

We are excited to share that we are expecting a sweet baby in July of 2014!!! We could not be more excited. Emma is going to be a great Big Sister. She will have just turned 3 1/2.

Despite this picture, she says she wants a baby sister!!! :) She was not feeling our family pictures this day and as soon as she took the sign, she started crying. I told the photographer to just go with it because I knew it would turn our perfect!!