starting to smile

I know this picture is a little blurry but I had to show a pic of Molly starting to smile...it's so sweet. She is cooing too! So fun!

On Monday Blake was off so we took the girls to the zoo. It was really nice out. I didn't get any good pics at the zoo, but here are a few from before.

sweet EK loving on molly

Molly was in her turtle shirt from Amy and Emily...so cute and perfect for the zoo :)

even though...

I didn't get much sleep in that bed last night,

I sure do love this little girl!

B

My youngest sister Mary Beth, known as "B" in our family, leaves for Uganda tomorrow for NINE months. I am so excited for all that God is going to do in and through her during this time, but I am SO SAD to have her go. She graduated in May from Baylor and moved up to Dallas and actually was Emery Kate's nanny all fall. It has been so wonderful to have her here. Christy and I both have enjoyed having our sister around for everyday life.

B is one of those people you don't forget. She is hilarious b/c she is SO different than her siblings. She will say what everyone is thinking and what NO ONE is thinking...it's hilarious. She is completely honest with her emotions and is always an encourager. She is a photographer and is SO talented.

The best part of having her here in Dallas was seeing her love her neices and nephews. She is SO good with them and they all love their B. We said goodbye to her today and of course Emery Kate doesn't understand b/c the doorbell rang at our house earlier and she ran smiling to the door saying "B". I wanted to cry b/c it is going to happen a lot until she realizes she is gone. OK I'm crying now. I am going to miss her so much but so excited for her journey. You can follow her trip at prayforrestoration.blogspot.com and please pray for her and her friends Macy and Whitney, especially tomorrow as they travel.

Isn't B beautiful?

sweet

B is going to miss these two...how precious are they?

Molly will be 10 months old when she gets back! Crazy!

We are going to miss you B! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

happy valentine's day to my loves

molly- i love that you are a part of our family now, i love your cheeks, i love your little cry, i love your wide eyes on the lookout for emery kate, i love your crazy hair, i love that you allow emery kate to treat you like a baby doll, i love that we are just getting to know you, i love that you are my daughter.

emery kate- i love you, i love your personality, i love your laugh, i love your silly face and excited face, i love the way you say i love you, i love that you make sure we pray before meals, i love how you say molly, i love that you are a big sister, i love your creativity, i love how you love your cousins, i love how you love molly, i love your big blue eyes, i love you in your pjs, i love that you want to include molly in everything, i love that you are easy going, i love how you adore your daddy, i love that you are my daughter.

blaker- i love you, i love that we have been together over half our life, i love that you know my faults and weaknesses and still love me, i love the way you adore your girls, i love that you make me feel beautiful when i don't feel it, i love the way you wake up and calm molly in the middle of the night, i love that you pray with ek every night, i love that you make our home a place of worship, i love your heart to serve, i love the way you love your parents and siblings, i love your mind and how you figure everything out, i love that you enjoy your job, i love that you helped me pursue my goals, i love watching you hold molly, i love that you let emery kate help you with stuff around the house, i love that emery kate looks like you, i love your blue eyes, i love your heart, i love that you are my husband.

and happy valentine's day to my family...i love all of you so much. So thankful and blessed to have the best family in the whole world :)

toy story 3

Emery Kate has a thing for toy story 3. It's funny b/c it is the only movie we have ever taken her to in the theatre. She lasted about 45 minutes of it. One time she was with blake at blockbuster and it was on the TV and she kept pointing to it so blake decided to buy it b/c he had never seen the end of it. When she got sick this christmas though and her asthma flared up she had to start doing a ton of breathing treatments and we would turn it on so she started liking it and now she has to do a pulmicort breathing treatment every morning so we will turn it on for a bit. Anyway, with the weather and molly's arrival we let her watch more of it than we normally would and she is hooked!

Last week we were at the mall and I let her go in the Disney store and they had all the toy story characters...emery kate had as many as she could hold in her arms and would not put them down. It was so cute! Blake and I decided to get some for her for an early valentine's gift and she has loved it! They come with us everywhere and she involves them in many activities around the house.

here we were reading with them and molly is mixed in there too...she would make sure buzz and molly saw the pages.

she loves to hold as many as she can

buzz was a part of her breathing treatment

woody, dolly, buzz, baby and jesse enjoying a ride in molly's swing

snow!!

we ventured out into the snow today...blake made this awesome snowman!
i love EK in her hat and coat

B went into the snow with us

yes she is still into her "aci"...i know i need to get rid of it soon!

Emery Kate wanted to swing...so we let her...

jason and MB

this is a pic of EK in the snow when we had that huge amount last february....

not to happy in either!

i had actually just bitten it pretty bad!
it really did hurt my ankle!

isn't the snowman awesome?

blake worked on it for awhile...we had all gone inside!

of course mary beth had a pipe in her car for the finishing touch!

uh oh!

i came in to get emery kate from her nap yesterday to find one leg hanging over the crib! I wasn't quite ready to transition her to her toddler bed yet, but it looks like the sooner the better!
she loves playing on her bed and jumping on it, but i don't think she knows it is for SLEEPING! we'll see how it goes!

sweet molly always has this look on her face like i have no clue what my big sis is going to do to me next....so cute!