Here's a bit of what we have been up to this past week...
Emma got really excited when she heard Mickey Mouse come on TV!
Emma got really excited when she heard Mickey Mouse come on TV!
Emma never wants to nap on Mommy like this any more, so Mommy was loving this nap!
Daddy made us breakfast for dinner one night!
Emma figured out how to open the snack doors even though they have child proof locks on them! She dumped the Fritos & started snacking on them. She was so proud, & was offering me some too! I think she thought she had made lunch, & that I would be so excited! :P
Since the weather has warmed up & been pretty nice recently, we have been playing outside almost every evening!
Emma & Daddy on a walk (Emma won't ride in her stroller anymore, she would rather push her baby in her baby doll stroller)! :)
Emma walking her puppies, Raider & Sophie
Rock collecting in the neighbors yard :)
Mommy & Emma drawing on the sidewalk with the chalk Memaw & Papaw gave her!
Emma giving some good smiles one morning while lounging on the pillow Aunt Hollie & Uncle Jared gave her for Valentine's Day :)
"Belly!"
Emma can now say & point to eyes, nose, mouth, & belly! But belly is her favorite :)
She had been digging in the snack cabinets again & brought me a bag of Tostitos to open for her. Thank goodness they were still sealed so they didn't end up all over the floor like the Fritos! :)
Emma had her baby & her Minnie Mouse & was ready to go to Abilene Friday evening! She was awake the entire car trip, and watched Mickey Mouse & played on the iPad for a while :)
Once we got to Big G's house, it was time for jammies! Emma LOVES playing on Big G's stairs! And his house has all of the light switches down very low to where Emma can reach them, which she loves as well :)
Emma loves drinking out of regular glasses like a big girl...she just needs help so she doesn't spill it all over herself :)
She thinks Big G's rocking chair & rocking ottoman are pretty awesome!
Daddy feeding Emma breakfast the next morning. Big G doesn't have a high chair, so Emma has to sit in a big chair, which she thinks is pretty awesome.
Emma & Mommy went shopping Saturday morning with MiMi, which wore Emma out! :) (Notice the lines from her zipper on her chin in the second picture)
Then we met Daddy, Uncle Jared, & Big G at the zoo! Emma was rested up & ready to push her baby all over the zoo :)
Looking at a hawk with Big G & Daddy
Walking with Daddy
The jaguar was pacing in circles around his enclosure, & kept coming right up to the glass! Emma was very impressed with the big kitty, even though she kept barking at him instead of meowing! :)
One of the monkeys was sitting right in front of the glass too! Emma loved getting to see some of these animals up close!
Posing with MiMi
Looking at the Llama's with Big G (I think they were actually called something else, but I thought they looked like llamas :P)
headed to Emma's favorite, the giraffes!
So funny seeing the giraffe bend down to eat grass! And Emma insisted on pushing her baby up the steep bridge all by herself :)
Emma's favorite part of the zoo, feeding the giraffes! She would hold out the cracker, and then when the giraffe would stick out its tongue to take it, she would back away yelling "Oh no!" and hand the cracker back to Daddy. It was hilarious!
Looking at the ocelots (Emma barked at them also, even though she knows that kitties meow!)
Feeding the fish & ducks
She was amazed by the fish!
Looking at a Cobra with Daddy! Gross!! :P
Bending down to get a closer look at the little ducks
Posing with Daddy by the Zoo sign before we left
After the zoo, we went to visit Memaw & Papaw! Papaw is now in Rehab at Mesa Springs.
Talking with Memaw
Emma had to bring her dust pan & brush that came with the broom that Miss Beth gave her so that she could make sure Papaw's floor in his room was nice & clean!
Goodbye kisses from Papaw & Memaw before we left
After that, we went to dinner at Texas Road House with Big G, Daddy, & Uncle Jared. Then we went back to Big G's house and Aunt Penny, Uncle Kenneth, & Cody came over to visit. Emma tried on her new squeaky boots MiMi had bought her that morning, and was sweeping in them. Those boots drove poor Zahara (Uncle Jared & Aunt Hollie's dog) crazy!
Sunday morning while Mommy was putting Emma's hair in pig tails, Emma found the cutest baby in the mirror! She had so much fun playing with that baby & giving her kisses! ;)
We went over to MiMi & Pops house to hang out with them for a little bit before lunch at Grandma & Grandpa Gragg's house.
Emma & Pops petting Sugar
Pops played the guitar for Emma
And showed Emma how to play too!
Kisses from Pops (with a very serious face!)
Pops sweeping with Emma's broom
Playing a game on Pops' iPad
And having a snack with Pops :)
Such a cutie :)
Model pose on the dog stairs! Haha!
Max is Emma's favorite dog! He usually thinks it's a pain to be the favorite, until Emma starts feeding him! I think she gave him about 20 Cheez-its that morning :)
Telling Uncle Will goodbye before he left to head back to school in College Station
Emma is a big fan of Valentine's Day already! She has already gotten quite a few Valentine's, & she loves them all! So thanks to everyone who has given/sent her Valentine's surprises! :)
Grandma & grandpa gave Emma a card & a box of chocolates at lunch on Sunday
She loved the chocolate, of course! :)
After lunch Emma went outside with Aunt Hollie & Big G to play in Grandma & Grandpa's backyard!
She wanted in the pool pretty badly, so Aunt Hollie had to stand guard :)
We had a lot of fun in Abilene this weekend, and we hope everyone we got to hang out with did too! :)
