She is so my daughter....

Emma and I were having some down time and I turned on "Enchanted" for my entertainment but as it turns out Emma is a fan too :) I had to take these pictures to prove it to Bryant. She sat there for the whole opening song that Giselle sings and then into the part with the evil queen, entranced at the screen. She even smiled and cooed at all the appropriate parts! I was a proud momma :)

more reminiscing...

Does anyone else find this hilarious? I came in and busted up laughing...she is face planted and sound asleep...

Too cute!

Trying out the new shades that mom bought for out NYC summer!

just makes me giggle...

She and daddy always have tons of fun together...she is really good at making sure he doesn't get a nap...

She will sit there and talk to him and tell him all kinds of stories...I wish I could understand what she was trying to tell us. She gets so animated while she's talking.

She is truly the happiest baby I've ever met! And can I just say that the exersaucer is the best invention for mothers! Or at least one of the best!

I'm a sucker for bows!

Go Cougars!

Her Auntie Stephanie bought her a cute little BYU hoodie to wear while she watched the football games with daddy. We taught her the fight song and everything...

I fell in love with these little leg warmers. We now own several pairs. Aren't they the cutest?

With her hood up, Bryant liked to call her his "Emma-em"...

A lovely trip to Central Park

Just thought I would reminisce about our past adventures for a while...

We woke up one day in early spring and realized the sun was out and the grass was calling!

We packed a lunch and met up with some friends for a great afternoon in the park.

She had just started rolling over at this point, so she had to show off her new found skills

Doesn't this face just say bliss? The breeze was blowing right into her face...

Men are from Mars...Women are From Venus...

So I've been a little blue lately. Nothing big, just missing Bryant and getting some cabin fever. Bryant's been on night rotations for a week, which means he sleeps all day and then I'm alone at night. Not fun. But I've found some awesome blogs to keep me busy and have been crafting like crazy. I made Emma a hair bow holder that looks fabulous. Which of course means that I needed to make some bows to go on it. But I couldn't just have one bow...she would someday have pigtails and would need one bow for each tail...so I made lots of bows.

Then I found some instructions on how to make a cute little summer dress out of an old T-shirt. Well, I've got plenty of those lying around...still haveing my mommy body. So why not let Emma get some use out of a t-shirt or two? So I made a few changes to the instructions and got an adorable knit dress for this summer! Love it! I left it out on the table for a few days just so I could keep admiring it. I tried to show Emma how cute it was. She seemed to like it as it went straight into her mouth :)

So Cute, right?

Well, Bryant also needs to let of some steam and let his creative urges flow. And since hairbows aren't exactly his thing. He decided to create a human body from the inside out out of...yes, playdough! And not just that. He was going to do it from memory...I shrugged and said ok...not really thinking he would do it, but here it is...still not finished, but getting closer. I will post a final product once it is completed. So thank you Jeff and Katie for the wonderful playdough for Christmas!

Christmas "photo shoot" and blessing gown pictures

So over Christmas, we wanted to get a few pictures of the family and of Emma for us to have. Being poor students, we decided to play around with my Dad's new camera. We had tons of fun and got some pretty good shots, I think. There is still some editing that can be done, but still cute nonetheless (is that a word?). I know I have many wonderfully talented professional photographer friends and family, so don't notice all the imperfections in the photos. But I think Emma is too cute not to show off. She would have been about 3 1/2 months in these.

I spent the entire month of December sewing and beading her Blessing gown. It took a while, but I wanted it to reflect Jane Austen and her namesake, Emma. I love how it turned out and hope that it can be an heirloom piece for her to pass down and use with her daughters.