Today we visited the doctor for Emery's weight check. She had lost a lot of weight after birth, but she has since gained it all back and more. In the last week she has gained a pound and she now weighs in at 9 lbs 9 ounces. I told the doctor that she takes after her mom in that she can gain weight quickly! :-)
Emery had her first bath yesterday! I thought I had gotten her all clean until after the bath I realized that I hadn't cleaned the folds of her neck very well. I love her cute little rolls in her neck!
Andy and I were talking today about what food or drink item is most consumed by the public and we agreed that it had to be milk. Addy is proof that we love milk, as she took Dad on in the "Gallon Challenge" and won! Way to go Addy! And what is milk without a little Oreo cookie!
This year our family is starting some new traditions. One of them is the "Gratitude Box"--an idea that was inspired by an article written in this months Ensign about a family who made a thankful box and filled it with things they were grateful for starting on Thanksgiving. They opened the box on Christmas Day and read all the things they were grateful for. It has been a wonderful tradition so far! We are excited to open it up on Christmas and enjoy the gift of gratitude and reflect on the blessings we have received. What are some of your family's traditions? Please share!!
But the 11th went by (so did 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21).
Where, oh where was baby?She just didn’t want to come!
Everyone impatiently waited through 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28.
But baby had other plans. She said “You’ll just have to wait!”
UNTIL
November 29th at midnight (12:15 to be exactly right)
That’s when baby shouted “My living quarters are getting a bit tight!”
Only three hours later (almost out of thin air),
Arrived our sweet baby, our darling Emery Claire.
Written by: Grandma Gail
Addy learned how to walk about two weeks before Emery was born. She is busy here helping at the hospital. She is so cute with Emery. She walks around pointing at Emery saying "Baby, baby!" She also enjoys patting Emery on her head.
Addy and I visited the pumpkin patch with some friends from church. It was especially windy and cold, but we toughed it out long enough to pick-out a pumpkin and get a few cute pictures. Addy really enjoyed the pumpkin at first until she touched it's prickly stump, then she became a little wary, not to mention it was hogging up tons of space in her stroller. We had a blast and are looking forward to celebrating Halloween this year!!!
This is Addy celebrating her first birthday and getting ready to eat birthday cake. She was a little bit apprehensive about the candle, but once we got past that, she was excited to dive into her cake. (Sorry, the camera ran out of memory for the rest of the video and we decided to take pictures....enjoy!)
Addy had a chance to celebrate her birthday early with family while in Oklahoma for cousin Natalie's baby blessing. We had a blast!!! Thank you to everyone who made it a special day for her. Then we had another celebration for Addy on her birthday. Although Addy was very wary of her birthday candle, she really loved the taste of birthday cake. I had so much fun making Addy's it and hope that future cakes get even cuter after I take a cake decorating class next month. Addy's birthday cake extravaganza ended with a nice warm bath (with little cake chunks floating in the tub) and Addy playing with her new tub toys. We can hardly believe that she's been in our family for a year and that she will have a sister in only a few months!!! We love you Addy Jane!
Mom and Dad always do fish face for Addy (we also do dolphin sound effects, which she loves) and we finally caught Addy on camera doing her version of fish face. It's so amazing to see how she tries to imitate all the facial expressions that we do.
Addy is crawling now and she finds her way into the tiniest of spaces! Oftentimes, she gets stuck and cries out for Mom or Dad to come and rescue her from the pickle she's gotten herself in.
About a month ago, Andy and I noticed that Addy had two little teeth starting to come in. Since then, we have noticed one more chomper coming out on the top row. It's cute to see Addy smile with a toothy-little grin. We had to include the second picture because it's so cute when Addy gets upset and her little nose becomes bright red. And, of course, the last picture is Andy's creativity at work in the kitchen. That hot dog is dedicated to our number one girl!
Little Addy loves BBQ sauce as much as her Dad! The picture of Andy was taken the Christmas he came home to meet my family. Mom and Dad took us out to Sante Fe (a restuarant) and Andy ordered something with BBQ sauce and it was getting so messy, he decided to draw handlebars on his face. Addy was actually eating prunes when I suddenly had a flashback to Andy's handlebars and I knew we had to get out the BBQ sauce bottle and take a picture of our little cutie!
We woke up this morning to see Addy dangling her cute little legs out of her crib. She looked just like a pink jail bird! (Amy- the tongue picture is for you, since you liked the last ones so much, we were able to capture another one on camera for you and the kids!)
Today we visited the doctor for Emery's weight check. She had lost a lot of weight after birth, but she has since gained it all back and more. In the last week she has gained a pound and she now weighs in at 9 lbs 9 ounces. I told the doctor that she takes after her mom in that she can gain weight quickly! :-)
Emery had her first bath yesterday! I thought I had gotten her all clean until after the bath I realized that I hadn't cleaned the folds of her neck very well. I love her cute little rolls in her neck! 
