Mommy & Me

Here are just about the only 2 pics I have of me and Emma. I think I'm going to have to pay someone to take our picture. She is always making me laugh. The two of us were laying down in the floor playing and I thought I'd try to take our picture. I held the camera up in the air and she just started laughing. That was the moment that I realized that I have ruined this baby. SHE LOVES TO GET HER PICTURE MADE! It really is comical!!!

She just looooooves to give her mommy kisses!!! Or wait... maybe she just likes to try to eat my nose????

5 & 6 Month Photos

Sorry, I've been so busy I haven't posted in FOREVER! Here are Emma's 5 and 6 month photos. The pink ones are 5 month and the black ones with the crazy feather headband are 6 month.

Kylie Grace Photo Shoot

Well, we don't have recent pics of Kylie, so I attempted to take some the other day at grandma's. You really have to be quick because when you tell her to smile, she just squints her eyes and smiles for like a split second. Here are a few of the pics.

This one is my MOST favorite!!!

She almost looks chinese here because she squints her eyes so much!! :) She was so funny!

I like this one, but she looks soooo sad.

Baby Miss Folk Festival Princess

At her recent pageant in Mountain View, Emma won Baby Miss Folk Festival Princess along with Best Personality, Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Hair, and Most Photogenic.

4 Months Old

Emma is now 4 months old. Look at that belly hanging over the top of those pants. She rolled over today for the first time.... finally!!! She's been rolling from her back to her side for a couple of weeks now. She rolled from her belly to her back first. I guess she thought that was fun, because then she rolled from her back to her belly and back over again. I was so excited. It's hard to believe she's getting so big. We enjoy every single minute of her!!!

Pageant Photo

I had one of Emma's pictures retouched for us to use when we did pageants. I think it turned out wonderful. Ms. Amy at www.freewebs.com/faithfotos really knows her stuff. Obviously the one in the back is one that I took here at home. The picture on the left is for "natural" photo contests and the one of the right is for "glitzy" contests. I can not wait to see how Emma does this weekend. It's her very first 'glitz' pageant. I'll post again and let you know how things went!!! :)

Daycare...

Well, I have started back to work... And Emma has started....... DAYCARE!!! I think it was harder on me than on her. She seems to really like it. And truth is ... I really like the daycare she goes to also. There are always 2 adults in the room with 4 infants. And then when the 5th kid shows up there is another adult. :) It's really nice to know that there are plenty of people there to take care of my angel. Here are a few more pictures that I've taken of her.

I really like this one... but it's kinda blurry!

Just for fun...

We were just playing around with our camera....

BumboSeat

Ok... for all you mom's out there. GET A BUMBO SEAT!!! It's wonderful. Emma has gotten to where she LOVES to sit up. She spends most of her day trying to sit up and see the world. So... I got her a bumbo seat. As you can see, SHE LOVES IT!!!

3 Months Old.

Well... in just a few days, we will hit the 3 month mark. I can hardly believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was telling the story of how she was born. I have to start back to work next week also. We had our first big scare. Emma got the flu. It actually isn't that bad, but it's no fun watching a baby cough until she gets choked. She is such a happy baby, I was able to take a few pictures of her... even with the flu.

This is my all-time favorite picture.

This is her GREAT BIG smile!!

This is her little bitty smile!

This is her serious face!

Flower Girl

Here are just a few more pics we took one day after our bath. She was getting very uncooperative by the end. And if you look real close, I'm pretty sure that's squash up her nose. I obviously didn't do a good job washing....

2 Months Old!

Emma is now 2 months old. It doesn't seem like she should be that old yet. We went for our shots today and it wasn't near as bad as I was expecting. There were a total of three and she would stop crying before the lady could give the next one. She's such a tough little thing. We absolutely LOVE having her around. Her cousin Talin has introduced her to pageants. She's only done one so far... and didn't do that great. But we had a great time and it was to benefit the American Cancer Society so that's what really matters. Here are just a few of the pictures I took to celebrate her 2 months birthday!!! I actually made the tutu. It's just a shame you can't actually tell that's what it is!

Pretty Smile!

I finally caught Emma's first smile on film. She is just now getting to where she smiles on purpose!

She is growing up SOOO fast!

You can't really tell, but she has on an ADORABLE mini skirt. She was trying to sleep here and wasn't real happy about getting her picture made!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our Little Valentine! It still amazes me to see her everyday. We often wonder why we bothered getting up everyday before she came along. It's such a blessing to have such a healthy baby girl. She has already started sleeping thru the night. If you have a baby or are ever going to have a baby, you should read Baby Wise. It is WONDERFUL!

There was always love in daddy's hands..

I love this picture. I saw it done and tried to duplicate it. It isn't perfect, but it will work.

My camera has this awesome function to enhance color.... I like this one!

This one didn't really work out as expected. She kept trying to bury her face in the blanket.

Pretty in Pink!!!

I just love hair bows. I'm not so sure she likes them that much...

I really like this picture. Her little feet are just precious!

Smiling baby!! (A little one anyway) She is just now getting to where she will smile at ya. And it's only every once in a while.

One Month Old

I got this bright idea to take Emma's picture naked. Boy was that crazy. The goal was to take her picture with her asleep. The first 10 times I tried, she woke up. Then, she peed all over the place. Needless to say, the rest of the pictures were taken with her diaper on. After about 10 more attempts, she stayed asleep long enough for me to take a few pictures. Actually, I took about 60. Here are my favorites!!!