sweet emery kate

thanks for my funny farm exersaucer BeBe!

EK snuggling with Aunt Carey

playing with Anna at the church nursery

EK and MiMi

cute thing!

she loves sitting and playing with her toys now!

Emery Kate and Daddy are such a cute couple at David and Kristen's wedding!

thank you for the beautiful dress Joy!

It is hard being a parent. Blake and I are realizing this. You don't want anything to be wrong with your child and yet things happen. First, Emery Kate had her first cold this week. It is so sad seeing them with a fever and horrible cough and runny nose. The sweet thing was that she was so cuddly. She would snuggle with us to fall asleep which she normally doesn't do anymore. It melts my heart. I know she is just going to get more independent and so I cherish those moments.

Secondly, for those of you who read this blog I ask that you would pray for her. She has been having these little spasms starting last week. We were sent to a neurologist on Friday and he believes they sound like infant seizures. These can be very neurologically devestating if not treated. Obviously, Blake and I are very concerned. We did a short EEG on Friday and it was negative...praise God, but he wants us to do a 24 hour EEG this week and possibly an MRI. So, please pray that everything will be okay and that they will figure out what is causing this or that these spasms would stop. It hurts Blake and I to watch her go through these. She is the sweetest baby in the world. We love her so much!

Thank you for believing with us that God is our healer and He is GOOD! We know that he knows what is best for Emery Kate and we just have to trust Him.

Ribbie Clippies & other cute pics!

Blake's aunt Kim starting a company called Ribbies Clippies and she sells adorable clips that stay in little girls fine hair. They are so cute. Emery Kate's hair is too short for clips, but I just found out that she also sells these adorable headbands. She also sells pacifier holders. Check out her website at www.ribbiesclippies.com or you can buy them at target.com.
Emery Kate loves her Uncle J.

She is playing with the doll her Aunt B made her!

My Baylor cheerleader with her Coach!

Another cute headband from Ribbies Clippies!

first time in the high chair...still not eating, but enjoying the view

what's up?

Thanks for a great trip to the Cascades Mom & Dad!

Mount Rainier from the plane! Emery Kate on her first plane ride with daddy!

The first hike with Emery Kate on Blake's back! We went on a 7.5 mile hike and she did great!

Obviously she took time to take a nap during the hike!

The view from the top of the pass where we hiked! Gorgeous! Isn't God the most amazing Creator! How can you not believe?

Mimi changing her diaper...pretty nice view from a changing table :)

Our little family :)

A beautiful waterfall!

the girls

me & dad

A canoe trip on Baker's lake

Thanks Maria for coming to help with the kiddos! Emery Kate misses you...and we do too!

Random pic...Steph thanks for making this adorable outfit for EK. It looks so cute on her! Can't wait for Tucker to come!

We had a great trip to Cascade National Park in Washington state. It was so beautiful and I just loved the time with my family. We are truly blessed to all enjoy each other so much! We hiked a lot, went white water rafting, enjoyed canoeing and newcomb (sp?) ball. It was all so fun.

Family, I learned so much from all of you during our devotionals. Thank you for sharing your hearts and your passions. I am challenged by you all.

Dad & Mom, I love you both so much and am so thankful for getting to go on this trip together! We will have to do another one soon :)

Does this smile compete with the one on the header?

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy birthday Dad! I just want you to know that I love you and am SO thankful for you. We have had so many special moments from benny's bagels breakfasts, hiking, Europe & auburn. These are some fun(ny) pics of us through the years! I am so excited I finally get to celebrate a birthday with you. Due to Camp Ozark I think it has been since I was 8 that I have actually been with you to celebrate your birthday! Thanks for always being so understanding that we all missed it.

I pray that you feel LOVED and special today because you are!!!!

Emery Kate is 3 months old!!!

Look at those cheeks!

Emery Kate likes her Bumbo!


She loves her Daddy!
Will she be a Baylor Bear??

3 for 3 months...sic em!

Baby Blue was the color of her eyes :)

bath time!

She just started playing in her jumperoo this weekend...she really likes it! Check out her cute dimple.

Just checking herself out before church!

enjoying a laugh with her mom and dad!

Emery Kate is three months old today! What a joy she has been to me and Blake. She is smiling now and giggling. I love it! It melts our hearts. She is such a good baby. She sleeps 11-12 hours at night, takes good naps, nurses in 6 minutes and is content to run errands all day with her mommy. Could I ask for a better baby? I am so blessed and thank God each day for her. To all my pregnant friends...you are going to LOVE being a mom!

May the Fourth be with you!

July 4th at the Marable's always consists of the Valley Mills Parade. Valley Mills is a tiny town outside of Waco. Our family has made a float 3 previous years and we have won first place everytime. Most of the floats are trailers with hay or wagons with kids in it....nothing extravagant. Ours, on the other hand, is WAY over the top! This year we had 2 trailors hooked together and as you can see Brandon built the star wars space ship thing. I am not a Star Wars person, so I don't know the names of all the people, but you can see many were present on our float. The theme was "may the fourth be with you". Get it??

Anyway...we had this huge float with 26 people on it. We had two canons that shot ticker paper and candy and we had a portable mike and pc so his grandma could sing "God Bless America". It was, once again, over the top!

Much to your shock as well as ours...we didn't win!!! We lost to a trailor of 10 year old softball players on hay bails. Seriously! We think it was rigged :)

Or we think that Valley Mills was mad at us for littering the city with all that paper! It was so much paper that we shot out!

However, we once again had a great time...Emery Kate slept through the whole thing! Maybe she will enjoy it next year when we take home the prize!!!