Emily at 10 days old...

Emily at 10 weeks old...

Our happy family!

Time is flying by. I never thought I would be one to say that, but truly, it is crazy that Emily will be 11 weeks old this week. Thats almost 3 months! She is growing and changing every day. She is definitely becoming much more aware of her surroundings. She smiles at me and J all the time, which makes our hearts smile. We are very blessed and overwhelmed with God's gift to us with Emily. She is a sweet, happy baby and we are so thankful.

Emily's Sip & See

Emily was the star of the day at her Sip & See, hosted by some of my greatest friends here at home. Thank you all again. She had fun at her party!! And looked pretty cute too. It was so fun to see friends and let everybody meet and play with Emily!!

our first 'family' easter

Check out that belly!!!

Our First Easter with our Baby Girl!

Easter was fun this year. Emily, although she didn't really know what was going on, looked precious and had a fun, full day of family time at Aunt Caroline's house with all her cousins and everybody who loves her. It will be fun next year watching her join those boys for the egg hunt!!

Happy Easter Weekend!

We are looking forward to a fun first Easter for Miss Emily Beth. Even though she can't tote her Easter basket around and hunt eggs this year, we will make it a good one for her. She is smiling because she gets to see Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Bryon, and Uncle Allen verrry soon! It has been too long. We are excited that we will all be together this weekend.

Happy Easter to you and yours. May your family remember and celebrate the goodness of this special day and the awesome sacrifice that God made for all people. Remember the power of the Cross. He is Risen. Praise the Lord.

'For God so loved us that He gave his only son, that whoever chooses to believe in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.' John 3:16

I like yo baby...

So Emily went on her second shopping trip last week. Aunt Lindsey came to MP and hung out with us since she too (along with my mom) was on Spring Break. We spent time with her Monday and Tuesday here in MP then Wednesday we headed to Dallas to shop and then return her to Uncle Bryon later that evening. We shopped at Northpark, our favorite mall and she did great! We had a fun time. Once again, she is gonna be good at this shopping thing.

We met Uncle Bryon sorta midway between Keller and Dallas for supper and to say goodbye to Lindsey. We ate supper at Cheddar's. Uncle B held Emily most of the time. She stayed awake the whole time but was very content. Question: Do all Cheddar's restaurants have those big bladed wicker looking fans in them? Emily definitely enjoyed focusing on them on the ceiling.

Anyway...the title of my post. I took Em to the bathroom for a diaper change there at the restaurant. When we came out of the stall there were two little black girls playing around in there. Super cute. They came up to me and E immediately and started eyeing her and patting her saying, "I like yo baby" over and over. They were so cute and I've had that in my head ever since.

I like my baby too.

Oh how I love this face

Emily is doing great. Five weeks old already and really growing. We went to see Dr. Stagg today and she weighed...10 lb 2 oz!! He was pleased and said she is doing just great. We are so very thankful. She is a sweet girl.

happy birthday to me...

Thank you Jeffery for making me this beautiful, wonderfully good birthday cake!!!

Tuxedo Cake...Recipe of Rebecca Rather's from 'The Pastry Queen' Cookbook. A great cookbook!