when life hands you lemons...

make lemonade!

Emma is learning that lesson early in life... she likes lemons and has the drool and smile to prove it!! She has been teething pretty bad this week with lots of whining, fussiness and pain.. I feel for her and am trying lots of things to help her out.. some successful, some not so much!


We did have a great weekend with beautiful weather and some visitors.. we never made it to Alabama to see my dad, but Jimmy and Chad came to visit and that was a lot of fun.. We drove the "8-wheeler" all over the land and even into Lake Jennie.. We watched football on the deck and played lots of games of Catch Phrase and Uno. Emma was a doll and let Chad and Jimmy hold her.

This week we are stuck inside with constant rain and weather in the 40s.. so our heater is back on! It is ok until Emma gets grumpy! We are trying to get ready to make the drive to CS to see all the grandparents.. it is tough to pack and hold a baby at the same time.. Daniel says, then just put her down, but it is hard when she clamps her legs around me and then when I successfully get her undone and close to the ground she stiffens her legs so I can't put her on her butt.. she is not that good at standing, but is getting better with balancing on things, especially on the dogs. They are being good sports and allowing it, though!

Pigtails, puppy dog tails and pecans...

This blog is for Maw-maw, Brett Tyler & Maggie..





We hope you are having fun in Texas and missing us.. we are here in Louin and going to see Pop-pop tomorrow and watch some football!! We miss you and can't wait to see you next week!! We hope you enjoyed the Halloween pumpkin pics we sent! Emma did not like being in the pumpkin, but said it was ok for the pictures!! She can't wait to crawl over and see ya'll! Everyone loved her pigtails she sported yesterday and we got so many compliments about them!! She is now at the perfect height sitting up to have Dixie and Gauge's tails hit her in the face.. ouch! She has been playing on the deck here and trying to eat all the pecans that keep falling... it is hard work to make sure she doesn't get them in her mouth!! Have a great weekend! We love you!!



Erica, Emma, Daniel, Dixie, & Gauge

1st tooth and more...

Trying to "bear crawl" .. it isn't working really well!

What a change we have seen in Emma this past week... She is

• finally getting her 1st tooth!!! (I am so excited that her fussiness can be related to something and her diarrhea and her low fever have a reason)



• crawling - she is really moving now.. quickly!



• pulling up on things, people, animals... and falling quite a bit!



• babbling like crazy.. I swear she said "Mama"... Daniel said he didn't hear it.. but I think he is jealous it wasn't Dada first!

We are having to move her crib matress down so she won't crawl out.. and she has been eating so many new things.. soon we will be saying good bye to baby food and only eating adult food! She loves spaghetti and ravioli and all kinds of fruits.. She also loves crackers and her sippy cup!

We are so excited to be coming to College Station next weekend for a little while.. We hope to see our friends and to celebrate Halloween with everyone!! Here are a few pics of the last few days and there are of course new pics on the Snapfish Picture link!!

Our Family Pictures we took last week.. there was some good ones!!

7 months old

Born March 10, 2007 at 4:44 p.m.; 6 lbs. 15 oz. and 19.25 inches long

Emma is 7 months old today... I can hardly believe it was 7 months ago today that we were in the hospital in College Station, TX bringing her into the world.. she is so sweet and special! She has been doing so great lately.. she is sleeping well, eating great, chatting and moving too! She had her 1st spaghetti with Daniel's homemade sauce and loved it!! She also can go from crawling to sitting up by herself! On a sad note, she still has no teeth and it's not looking like they will be here anytime soon.. but that sure isn't slowing her down! We are so proud of our beautiful, little outside girl and her still very blue eyes.

at the park today..her shirt says Yo quiero a mi papa...I love my daddy!

Spaghetti time. YUM!

So cute in pink!