Friday, September 30, 2016

emery cate | september














avery claire | september

About that day:

almost 22 months old
these pictures rescheduled due to getting a black eye from the park & huge meltdowns all day long
You sitting on the bench and immediately saying "cheese!"
pigtails, my favorite
wanting to pet every dog that walked by
being bribed to smile with goldfish ... That I didn't realize I had left in the car until after I had mentioned giving you some
That "cheese" smile

Photos by EmersonIrisPhotography








Thursday, September 29, 2016

avery and emery | september

photo credits: emersonirisphotography 
(check her out on instagram - she did a great job!)
















Saturday, September 17, 2016

letter to emery | 9 months old



You are 22 pounds and 28.5 inches. You still have brown hair and blue eyes. You have TWO (bottom) teeth! YAY! The first tooth you sprouted was a huge surprise! I wasn't even checking your mouth hardly because you weren't showing any signs (no drool AT ALL) and ave didn't get a single tooth until a few weeks before she turned one...so, needless to say, I was shocked! If it is even possible, your smile got even sweeter with those two teeth shining!

You love, and I mean LOVE table food. You never really took to baby food so I was eager to start you on table food. You have taken to it like a pro! You love everything that you have tried and as soon as your tray gets empty, you are fussing for more!

You can clap your hands together and you love to play peek-a-boo! You love to look at yourself in the mirror or phone and you still love to watch Mickey! You also love to dance. When music plays or we sing to you (emmy, emmy jump up and down) you start doing what I call the "two step". You will start stomping your foot on the ground. It is so cute!

You can say MaMa, DaDa, PaPa, and ByeBye ... and a bunch of other sounds! You can get really loud when you are squealing! You have the sweetest laugh and no one can make you laugh quite like your cousin bryson can!

You are so active! You love to crawl after Avery wherever she goes and you pull yourself to standing so you will be able to play with her.  You are already standing by yourself and you love to push a push walker. You get so proud of yourself when we all clap!

You are so patient with Avery. If you have picked up her paci on the ground and slipped it into your mouth & she runs to take it, you let her and just carry on. If she wants you to "walk" holding her hands, you will let her drag you along. If she wants you to eat a crumb she has bitten off of her bite of food, you let her put it in your mouth. If she wants to "holds you" you let me pretend to put you on her hip. If she wants to feed you a bottle, you always let her...even if she pulls it out of your mouth a million times.  If avery doesn't want you to have a toy you are playing with and runs over to you saying "no ma'am emmy" you just move onto the next toy. You love to grab up her cups when they fall on the floor...you have already learned that her drinks are better than yours so you never miss an opportunity. :)
You are the best little sister!

You are wearing size 4 diapers and size 12 month clothes & sleepers. I am already predicting that you will catch up to Avery next year! There is only a 4 pound difference & 5.5 inch height difference between the two of you right now!

You are a complete momma's girl and I love it! You usually won't go to anyone else if I am holding you and if you spot me across the room, you always crawl to me or whine for me. Believe you me, I am soaking it in!

We love you so much Em! Keep growing big and strong ...  we sure are enjoying watching you rock your milestones!