Spring Break!

I know y'all have been dying to see our spring break pictures! ;) Well, here they are!

Out to eat at Chili's after church on Sunday, March 11th (the preschool department had "Pajama Day" since it was daylight savings day)!

Trying out "The Choc'late Mousse Pie Bar" in Lubbock for the first time! It's sooo good! You pick out a crust and filling, and the put it in fun cups! I picked out chocolate graham cracker crust with chocolate mousse filling, and they topped it with their homemade whipped cream! mmmm! Emma was very interested in trying it :) (but we didn't let her, of course!)

On Monday the 12th, the first day of spring break, Emma & I went & picked up Colton from work & took him to lunch! Of course Colton had to take her around his office to show her off a bit on our way though :) On the left she was all ready to go, and on the right, she had fallen asleep at lunch (she wore herself out being veryyy friendly at Colton's office--she wanted everyone to hold her)!

Colton took us out to dinner that night at Olive Garden because we were leaving for Abilene & wouldn't see him for a few days!

She is such a cutie pie! :)

Emma is doing very well with eating "solid" foods! She is now eating rice cereal for breakfast and vegetables for dinner. We are going to start fruits in the next few days!

Here's her first taste of peas!

This is what Emma likes to do when I try to make her sleep in her crib! Goober!

Speaking of goober...haha! This was while we were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

Sleepy baby all snuggled up in her swing!

 My Mom (MiMi) and Will came to Lubbock on Tuesday the 13th, and then took Emma & me back with them to Abilene on Wednesday. We had a very busy week helping my Mom plan my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary party. MiMi & I hauled her all over town, and she was such a good sport about it! This was Emma all ready to head to Abilene for the rest of the week (notice Sophie's nose towards the bottom right corner...)!

We made it to Abilene! Pops (my Dad) was trying to get Emma to eat, but she wanted to watch Mickey Mouse! This was her solution!

 She tried sweet potatoes for the first time while we were there! And she loved them!

Here's the video clip of her first taste of sweet potatoes:

This was our family on St. Patrick's Day!

On Sunday afternoon, March 18th, we had my Memaw & Papaw's (my Dad's parents', Dot & C.M.) 60th anniversary reception at their church!

My family with Memaw & Papaw

Memaw & Papaw and 8 of their 10 grandkids (plus 2 spouses on either end)

Memaw & Papaw and the entire family (minus a few that couldn't make it)

Papaw, MiMi, Pops, & Emma

Emma got very tired of meeting people and posing for pictures!

My Dad hired a friend from work who does photography on the side to take pictures at the reception for us so we didn't have to worry about it. He took us outside to get some pictures of Emma as long as we were there! He got some really good ones!

Daddy & Emma

All 3 of us! It was super windy, so my hair kept messing up all the pictures! We finally gave up on me being in them!

Pops & Emma

Uncle Will & Emma (he should have taken off his sunglasses)!

Here's some great ones of just Emma

 We were all a bit tired by the end of the reception...Colton & Emma fell asleep while we were cleaning up!

Whitney (my cousin) brought Emma a bunch of cute outfits! Emma is modeling one here (except we had already put her bow bag in the car, so her head is naked!!).

This week Paxton's Mommy went back to work, and I am keeping him for her during the day. So far, it is going pretty well!

I think Emma has converted Paxton to a Mickey Mouse fan! :)

Sleepy girl!

Tummy time! Too bad Emma won't stay on her tummy...I don't know how she's ever going to learn to crawl!

Emma & Paxton napping together this morning

Daddy feeding Emma some sweet potatoes tonight (Wednesday, March 21st)!

Messy girl!

Emma after eating sweet potatoes & green beans tonight! Oh my!

Here's how she got so messy!

Reading her new book Aunt Lisa, Uncle Kenny, & Colin sent to her for Easter before bed! 

She loves it :)

Emma's RSV!!

Emma's stuffy nose and cough got worse (but she never did run a fever, thank goodness), so I took her to the doctor Wednesday, February 29th. Turns out, she had RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)! The doctor gave her some medicine to help with the cough and congestion, and sent us home. She had us schedule a follow up appointment for that Friday, March 2nd though.

 Waiting at the doctor's office

She still has been her happy self for the most part though!

All ready to head back to the doctor's office on Friday! We thought she was doing better because the medicine was making most of her symptoms much better, but as it turned out, she was worse. She was wheezing in her right lung, so we've been having to do Albuterol breathing treatments. They seem to really help though!

Taking a nap after our doctor's visit.

And waking up from another nap...Emma has been sleeping a ton since she has been sick! Poor baby :(

She has still been enjoying her rice cereal, although she hadn't had much of an appetite until about yesterday. She had lost a little weight between our doctor's appointments on Wednesday & Friday!

 Daddy & Emma at the table

Emma even fell asleep while watching Mickey Mouse Club House!

 She has been very interested in all foods. So to distract her from our Pei Wei one evening, we gave her the plastic spoon that came with one of our meals. She was so excited!

Relaxing watching Mickey Mouse Club House

Cuddled up taking a nap with Mommy

And another nap...

She sleeps in the cutest positions :)

Playing with her toys a couple of days ago, when she was finally starting to feel better!

Doing one of her breathing treatments

Playing with the pillows

Feeling so much better yesterday! Emma playing in the kitchen while I worked on a tutu order.

She has been so sleepy since she has been sick, she's been falling asleep in all sorts of strange positions!

Snuggling with Mommy again

 Like I said earlier, pretty much all she's been doing is sleeping...

...and taking breathing treatments. At least she's a good sport about it!

Here's a couple pictures of the pups! They're such little models...hahah

Raider (1 year 3 months old)

Sophie (1 year 5 months old)

Last night Emma got her first taste of green beans!

And she loved them! She ate 3/4 of the container (not to mention the part of it she & I were both wearing by the time she was done "helping" me feed her...haha)!

Here's the video of her eating the green beans for the first time:

Emma is doing much better now, although she is still coughing and a bit congested, and she is still sleeping quite a bit. But when she's awake, she is very happy and playful, and we can tell she is feeling much better! :)

Here's a video of Emma taking her breathing treatment last night (like Pops requested)! Just warning you, it's very long...

I painted Emma's toe nails (for the first time!) this afternoon while she was taking her nap! We now have matching green toes for St. Patrick's Day! She is very proud of them (and so am I)! :)

We will be going to Abilene next week for a visit while the family is on spring break! We will probably be there Wednesday through Sunday (Emma & I going on Wednesday, and Colton joining us for the weekend once he gets off work Friday). We are so excited about seeing all of our family next weekend (March 16th-18th) for Memaw & Papaw's 60th wedding anniversary party! You can bet I will have lots of pictures to post the following week! :)

Have a great rest of the week, and a great Spring Break! I will post more pictures when we get back from Abilene! :)