A little bit of FALL...

Just a few snapshots I stumbled upon...

Emmeline LOVES being outside.  The minute you mention "outside" or "walk" or "go bye-bye" she runs to the closet to get her shoes.  She is going to be a little adventurer.

(so cute with her Kim Kardashian booty! hee hee)

(Pretty sure I dropped the camera to run after her right about now...she is now RUNNING and I cannot keep up with her!)

"Oooooooh!"

Emmeline's new thing is taking apples out of our fruit basket and devouring them...WHOLE....while saying "Mmmmm" the entire time.  She's got quite a mouth full of chompers.  I am currently looking for a new spot for that basket since she thinks she is a horse and would love to eat several of them daily! ha!

Daddy's home!

Aaron got home on Sunday and Emmeline is one happy little girl!    She has been running around squealing with delight (and I'm not exaggerating!).  Here are a few pictures and a video from the other night that make me smile.  Daddy's having a little bubble time with Emmeline before bed.  Nothing warms my heart more than seeing them play together.  It is so sweet.  She was having so much fun I just had to get out the camera and capture some of her expressions!

"Bubble" and "pop" are a couple of new words she says now

I love this one.  This is an action shot of her running around the room popping bubbles!

Baby Boy's Nursery!

5 weeks to go!  Baby boy will be here before we know it! I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy has gone by this time around.  Wow! It's funny because as much as I want to meet him, I find myself wishing we had a bit more time (will he be overcooked if we wait until week 45ish?? ha!  kidding!).  With Aaron being gone for work in Idaho, we have made very SLOW progress on the nursery.  With it now being NOVEMBER 1st (when did this happen?!?!?!) and the holidays around the corner I am bursting with excitement and am a bit anxious for all that we still need to do before he arrives.  It will be a whirlwind I'm sure.  My family from Montana will be here at the end of this month for Thanksgiving.  Then mom is flying out for 2-3 weeks at the beginning of December to help out. And then the Rydecki family comes out for Christmas and New Year's.  Phew, I'm exhausted just thinking about it all (especially the delivery and those first couple weeks of adjusting after baby is here--ha!).  Here we gooooooooo!  Let's do this!

Here are some cute pictures from when Aaron put the crib together a few weeks ago.  I was in charge of watching Emmeline so that he could get the job done...however, little Missy Poo insisted that she be daddy's right hand girl.  It was so adorable.  She wanted to help out and do everything he was doing.  Such a daddy's girl!

"Look dad, I found the instructions.  You're doing it all wrong!!"

She was so intent about getting this screw (is that what it's called?? ha!) in the hole.  She was getting so frustrated that she couldn't get it in.

"Here, dad!  I found the piece you need."

FINISHED! 

Emmeline must feel proud that she helped to put her brother's crib together (side-tracked thought: OMG!  Two kids, Two CRIBS...?!?!  craziness. this has not yet sunk in!).  When we go in his room she always points up to the crib and wants to sit and roll around in it.  Maybe she is marking her territory???  ha!

More to come...stay tuned...

Toddler Group

We joined a local Toddler class in September (LWTG-Lake Washington Toddler Group) with a few of the other moms (and "babies") from our original birth classes.  Emmeline's buddies, the three O's, Oren, Owen and Ollie all come to play and learn too.  She's also making some other friends (and so is mommy!). It has been so nice because the class is on Monday from 11:30-1:30 which allows for daddy to go with us when he comes home for his "long weekend" every 2 weeks (*he will be home for good November 4th! yay!).  It is so cute to see Aaron interact in this type of setting with her (as if I ever had any doubt he'd be an awesome dad!).  I'll forever remember the image of him singing a "peek-a-boo" type song with a pink scarf on his head sitting in the circle with all the other kids and moms (plus one other dad).  I am so grateful that he has been able to share this time with us as well.

From Halloween week.

The whole gang in costume (minus a few sickies and vacationers)