Emma Stories!

I know I write a lot about Carol, but of course, I have many stories about Miss Emma Rose Montgomery, too!

- We are snuggling in bed one morning and Emma is telling me about her dreams. (I never know how many of these "dreams" are real....I have a feeling many are made up on the spot. ;)  ) But she tells me, "Mommy I had FIVE good dreams last night and THREE bad dreams." I said "Well, that's a lot of dreams!" And Emma replies "Yep, that's EIGHT dreams."   The math teacher in me was very happy to say the least!

- We have a "candy bag" in the pantry. It usually holds some old Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, or Easter Candy. :)  Emma is a sweet-a-holic. So I look for it one night in order to fill up her Easter Eggs for her class party with the special Easter candy I had just bought. But, the bag is missing!!! Where do I find it? In her "secret" hiding place, underneath Carol's crib. The entrance to her hiding space was ingeniously hidden by our big Clifford the Big Red Dog and our big stuffed Horse. I think she had gotten it down during one "rest time" where Carol was asleep and I was either laying down or taking a shower and she was supposed to be lying on the couch watching a movie. Little sneaker.

- As I was taking a shower today, she was sitting on the bathroom counter, and had turned on the water and pulled up the stopper. She was just playing with the water, not making a mess. As I am getting ready, I notice that she has put her feet in, too. I thought, no big deal. Then she gets the towel and starts drying off her feet. I ask her what she was doing and she replied, "Washing my feet, like Jesus did".

Carol Joy's FIRST Birthday Party!!!

We had Carol's first birthday party last Saturday, April 9th at my Granny and Grandaddy's house. It was a great time with family, especially for my grandparents to have so many visitors there!

 Hmm..Granny, what baby is this?? (Her cousin Evan!)

 Aunt KK, I LOVE to eat!!!!

Mommy, what is this hat?

Ooooh...baby doll on the floor! Oh wait, this one moves! It's another cousin, Cage!

I want to hold him, Granny!

Hanging out with Cousin Chandler

 

Granny and G-daddy started singing Happy Birthday to the video camera, and Carol immediately turned around and started smiling and clapping!

 Silly Old Grandad!

 My beautiful sister and handsome Daddy....good looks run in the family.

I actually was going to (try) and make her birthday cake...and I did actually bake the flower cakes...I just ran out of time to decorate! Luckily, Brookshire's came to the rescue at the last minute!

When everyone started singing Happy Birthday, she just smiled and laughed and just looked around at everyone...she knew it was special just for her!

Hmm...Daddy what is this string on the side of your head??

What, you aren't supposed to pull and snap that string???

Silly Connor, this doesn't go on your nose!

 Now Chandler and Connor are getting into the fun!

Cake time!!!

OK, frosting in my ear is NOT fun.

Presents!!!!

Look what I got, Mommy!

 

Giving G-daddy a kiss!

As soon as we turned off my Grandparent's road, I hear this sweet little snore in the backseat. It's hard work to party like that!