a princess?

Aaron and Kristin bought the cutest princess dress up treasure box for Emma this Christmas. She absolutely loves it. This is just one of her funny photos from the night. I'm not sure why, but she insisted that the crown was in the proper spot...I couldn't think of a more attractive place than right behind her ears!

Mi angelita Mia

They are just so precious and pure

Mia's Baby blessing

James flew in from Ventura to be here!

Emma is super shy when she is first around somebody, but James got her to warm up to him!

Thanks for sharing your special day with us Ellie!

Mia' Baby Blessing

Mia received her baby blessing on November 22, 2009. It was so wonderful. I am so grateful for everyone who came and supported us in this, it meant a lot!

This is my sweet Aunt Jill. She has crocheted hundreds of thousands of things I'll bet. Some of which are these darling baby blessing outfits. Mia and her cousin Elle were blessed in their beautiful white dresses on the same day. Thanks Aunt Jill!

Fay and Vance, even though they had just left Salt Lake a few days before, flew back up just for the blessing.

Mom threw a wonderful party up at her house after both of the blessings, fully equipped with Schmidt's bakery eclairs!

First snow

A few weeks ago Salt Lake had its first storm that actually stuck long enough to play in. Emma is sure going to miss this snow in Texas. (yes, I said Texas...we are moving in just one week!)

For those of you wondering where you can buy your own, one of a kind, neon green one piece snow suit with purple, pink and yellow stripes, I have some sad news for you-- no one carries them anymore!

2 months

Ay yai yai, mi hija is two months old. She has definitely come out of the "premie spell" that existed her first month of life. I love sitting and "talking" with her, especially in the morning. She is always so full of smiles and coos when we wake up that it's hard to get up and going. I think it's her own little way of saying, "hey mom, thanks for taking care of me at random hours through the night." (maybe, maybe not:) She loves to hang out on any warm body all day and night. She is horrible at sleeping by herslef. But, just this past week I realized that if she was set down on her belly to sleep, she actually stayed asleep-most of the time:) I wouldn't say she's reached Emma's level of neediness as a baby, but some days I think she's pretty dang close. From the pictures, one could probably deduct that being a month early, she has shown no signs of malnourishment. I love those cheeks!

Festival of Trees

The girls and I met Sarah and her boys out at the Festival of Trees today. They had the cutest Santa Clause there--Emma actually sat on his lap, I couldn't believe it. Mia was wide awake and was the cutest chubbiest thing ever. I was so bummed when I looked at the pictures on the cd I bought and none of the pics with just Mia were even on there...arg! Tis the season!

I love this time of year. Christmas music, treats everywhere, shopping for gifts, etc etc. It's so fun to play up the whole Santa Clause thing with Emma. I am so looking forward to Christmas morning this year. Emma has informed me that she wants two books from Santa Clause, a Christmas book and a pony book. I'm pretty sure Santa Clause was happy to hear what she wanted for Christmas and that he'll be able to handle that:)

Emma's Prayer Last Night

All kids have their own little routine when they go to bed. Emma knows her routine all too well and loves to stall as long as possible. The other night I took her up to bed, we sang songs, told stories and then finished with a prayer. As I was tucking her into bed, she said she would like dada to come up and give her a kiss goodnight. Aaron came back down about fifteen minutes later and told me they had gone through the whole routine again, and this is how her prayer went:
"Heavenly Father, thank you this day, thank you nana Gabbart, thank you nana Jacobs, thank you Jack Jack not eat my toys." Then she turned to Aaron and said, "dada, Jack Jack not eat my toys." Then, she decided to end the prayer, "name Jesus Christ, Amen." After she had said amen it dawned on her that she forgot something. She turned to Aaron and said, "dada, forgot prophet and Jesus." He asked her if she needed to say them again so she could include what she thought she had left out. Of course she said yes (it would prolong the inevitable bedtime just a little bit more!) She starts again "Heavenly Father, thank you this day, thank you nana Jacobs, thank you nana Gabbart, thank you Jack Jack not eat my toys, Amen."