Round 1

This Saturday was Round 1 of the playoffs for the Bears. They took on the Del Valley Cardinals in Waco on Saturday night. GranSan and Patsy came in town to watch Emerson so that I could head to Waco-she loves to cheer her Daddy to victory but that is a pretty long drive for so late at night! The Bears beat the Cardinals 42-20...it was awesome!! I am still hoarse from yelling so much. All of a sudden all those long hours seemed more worth it!

Patsy hasn't seen Emerson in a few months-she made up for lost time getting plenty of sugar!

Are those pjs cute or what?! Thanks GranSan!

What am I doing in the toy basket?

It's game time!

We were only favored by 6 points...I think we did a little better than that! Way to go Bears!

Time for the school song.

Bi-District Championship trophy

I love my championship coach!!

Lunch with Friends

Emerson and I got to meet Alli, Dade, Luke, and Audrey for lunch on Friday. I am so glad we live close enough to do that pretty often! Alli looks great and we can't meet the newest addition...it could be on Emerson's birthday!

Neither of our girls were to0 thrilled about us holding the other, so we had to get a picture quick before Audrey was ready to be in Mommy's lap!

Dade kept Emerson entertained!

Sweet girls!

Mommy's Big Surprise

Shawn had a big surprise a couple of weeks ago, now it was my turn. Last Friday, Emerson was taking a nap to be ready for the game and I was on the computer getting some work done and talking on the phone to one of my coworkers when the doorbell rang. I ignored it because when Emerson and I are home by ourselves I never answer the door. Well, they kept knocking and ringing. My Mom beeped in while I was talking to my coworker but I did not at all associate that with the doorbell ringing. Finally, after the doorbell kept ringing I went to the door in an effort to keep Em from waking up. It was my Mom and Janet!!! Talk about a big surprise! I was so excited. Janet had called Mom on Thursday and told her that she needed to see Emerson and asked if she would come with her to Houston. Of course GranSan would never turn down a trip to Houston! They stayed with Emerson and let me go to the game by myself-I actually got to watch the game and go to the get together afterwards, what a treat! On Saturday morning, I got out to run a few errands by myself and then we all went to lunch and to the mall for a girly day...so much fun!

Yea!!! GranSan's here!!

Thank you for coming to see me Aunt Janet!!

Wow, I really get spoiled when company comes!

Really? We're trying shoes again? When will you people learn?!

Ok, I'll try them just this once since you both drove all this way to see me.

Shopping hard with the big girls.

Shopping is hard work! Notice that the shoes are still on after a whole day of shopping!

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Emerson was an adorable little spider for Halloween. The funny part of the whole thing was that we didn't even take her anywhere in her costume! It was more for Mommy and Daddy than anything-it was worth it! I thought that she would hate having the hat on or freak out with the legs but true to Em she just sat there laughing when we put it on her!

These first few are from "dress rehearsal" to see how she would react.

They asked that the kids not where costumes during the day to day care but she still looked very festive!

Is this how a spider crawls Mom?

I need to get a better look at these legs now that it is off of me!

BEARS WIN!!!!

Friday night the Bears beat the Willis Wildkats making it official that we will be in the playoffs! It was perfect football weather-nice and cold! Emerson loved every minute of it right up until she fell asleep at the start of the 4th quarter. She even slept through her favorite part of game night-meeting Daddy out on the field after the game. Way to go Bears!

Miss Social Butterfly made the rounds as to who she was going to sit with!

Yea!!! Daddy's team won!

Lil' Punkin'

I got the bright idea today that since I never made it to a pumpkin patch with Emerson, I would just buy a few pumpkins to bring home and get her picture with them. Well, she discovered the pumpkins before I got her changed into her cute little Halloween outfit. By the time she got changed into her outfit she was completely over the pumpkins. By then, all she cared about was the cardboard insert from her new Halloween tights and wanted nothing to do with the pumpkins! Oh well!

What are these? Note how subtle Mom was with the pumpkins-they were beside her toy basket!

I don't know what they are...I better hold on to them so they don't get away!

I wonder what they taste like.

Get back here!

Mom, is the headband really necessary? I am pretty sure these tights and shoes are already asking a little much!

What is the point of these things? I already tried eating them...no luck there!

Enough with the pictures Mom!

Can I go play now?!

I do not want this in my lap...MOVE!!!

Daddy's Fun Surprise

For Uncle Jeremy's birthday, Aunt Kristi bought him a plane ticket to come down for a visit. We all somehow managed to keep it a secret from Shawn and Jeremy was able to surprise him after his freshman game on Thursday night. I would give anything to have a picture of his reaction but surprise surprise Em was sick so we had to drop Jeremy off at the game. Shawn was shocked-it was a great surprise for a very tired coach! Luckily he was able to get off work at about 1 on Saturday so that they were able to spend some time together. Thank you Aunt Kristi! Wish you had been here too!

Welcome to Houston Uncle Jeremy!

Em had so much fun playing while he was here!

It is a shame that Emerson doesn't get much attention!

Uncle Jeremy, did you see my dog? Her name is Maggie.

From the pictures, it looks like the surprise was more for Em than for Daddy! It was a great weekend for all of us!

8 Months

Our little angel turned 8 months yesterday and it is pretty overwhelming how much we love her. She is so much fun now. Her little personality is adorable-happy and in motion ALL the time. I am blown away by how fast she can learn new things and love watching her as she works at it. She is on the verge of walking which is too cute. She can walk behind her push toy as long as she has a little help to steer it. As suspected I think we are going to quickly skip over walking and get to running as quickly as possible. I love that she rarely meets a stranger, flashing that precious smile at anyone that looks her way. Her beautiful blue eyes and that smile can just make me melt. On the one hand it is sad that she is growing so quickly but on the other each stage has been so much fun that I can't wait to see what the next holds. She absolutely loves being outside which is where we spent all day yesterday in the amazing fall weather...Mommy got a little camera happy again so enjoy!

The loves of my life!

Jesus Loves Me This I Know

Miss Social Butterfly loves Sunday school! Not only do they call her their little daredevil but when I picked her up today they said that as usual she was the only one that didn't cry at some point during the class! She was completely indifferent when I went in to pick her up today-I think she would have been perfectly content if I had just let her keep hanging out with her new little friends!

Hey, is it time to sing yet?

Is anybody going to sit by me?!

Don't cry Autumn...we're about to sing! It will be fun, I promise!

Fellowshippin' can really take it out of a girl!

Somebody's Rotten!

Emerson had a big week this week when Grandma and Papa came for a visit! I had to be at a meeting Monday-Wednesday so she had their undivided attention! They did lots of shopping and even more playing. She now can give butterfly kisses, shakes her head no, waves bye, says "aaahh" when she is ready for a bite to eat and "mmmm" once she has gotten it, and loves for you to chase her. They got into town last Saturday and were able to stay until this Saturday so they were able to catch Shawn's freshman game on Thursday and the varsity game against Huntsville on Friday. Unfortunately we didn't come out with a win but it was a good game. We soooo wish Grandma and Papa lived closer so we could have this much fun more often!

I love you Grandma and Papa!!

Yay! You're finally here!!!

Aaahh!

Practicing bye-bye.

Hey guys-my Papa came to spoil me!

Papa couldn't even lift weights without his little shadow.

Grandma helped me cheer for Daddy and the Bears!

Trying to stay warm eating her puffs.

Fun with Papa

Catching some Zs in the 3rd quarter after a very busy, very fun week!

Cutie Patootie!

I got a little carried away with the camera over the last couple of days! I couldn't help myself! She is too cute for words...only pictures can somewhat capture it!

Weekend with GranSan

We had so much fun this weekend when GranSan came to town! She picked Emerson up from school on Friday and they headed to the house to play. She brought a new toy that was a hit! We headed to the homecoming game Friday night and watched the Bears beat Waller! Yea!! Unfortunately the weekend didn't turn out quite as we had planned being that Em and I were at the pediatrician's office on Saturday morning with 102.4 temperature. We had planned to spend Saturday shopping but instead spent it nursing a sick baby! Thankfully by Sunday morning she seemed almost back to normal and we were able to get some more playing in. It was great getting to spend time together regardless of what we were doing.

Hello...phone is for you GranSan!

Daddy's cheerleader is ready for gametime!

I love my GranSan!

It is so fun to have another cheerleader for the game!

The best part of the game...getting to see Daddy afterwards!