Summer of Fun!

This has been a very busy and fun summer for our little Family! After we got back from Seattle in July, we started our summer-of-guests!

Early in the summer, Grandpa Mike spent some time with us after a business trip to Washington DC, and helped us pull out the dead bushes in front of our house! We're actually going to plant new ones this weekend, weather permitting.


Emily loves hanging out with her Grandpa Mike!...and chewing on his thumb!


After we got back from Seattle, my friends Lynn and Sooz came down to visit!




Then, my friend Katie came down from Boston!


Then Jenn came down with her family when the Red Sox were playing Balitmore!


Then Uncle Jeff and Aunt Keiko came up from Atlanta. Grandpa Mike eventually joined us too!


After that, Grandpa Timothy (Emily's Great Grandpa) and Grandma Susan came from Seattle! Uncle Ryan and his dog Soba joined us the next day.




Overall, it was a very very fun summer. It will be so lonely without visitors this Fall! We have one more friend Steph coming to visit us from Texas over Labor Day weekend.

9 things about Emily on her 9 month birthday

9 things about Emily on her 9 month birthday!

1. She loves to cross her ankles when in her stroller or car seat. She does it all the time.
2. She can wave! But not consistently. Or at the appropriate time. Or to the appropriate people. (For example, she just waved to her toy before she picked it up to play with it.) But she waves!!
3. She prefers to drink her bottles in 3 courses.
4. She gives eskimo kisses! Violent eskimo kisses. That often result in my nose being bit, or us knocking heads.
5. Her most tickelish spot is right below her collar bone.
6. She has recently found the joy of laying in her bed talking to herself. I love to listen to her over the monitor.
7. She's a roller! Why crawl when you can roll?
8. She loves to dance. Sometimes it's a head shake, other times it's rocking side to side or spinning around the room in our arms - it doesn't matter. This girl loves to cut a rug.
9. Emily loves to give big, wet, sloppy kisses. But watch out - those four chompers she has can do quite a bit of damage!

My big girl. Already 9 months old! We love you sweetie!

Aug 3, 2009

Happy I've-been-on-the-outside-as-long-as-I-was-on-the-inside day sweet Emily!

A full term (40 weeks) baby spends 266 days in the womb. Emily was 6 days late. So today, on her 272nd day of life, she has been on the outside of my belly as long as she was on the inside!!

It really feels like she's been a part of our world so much longer than that. We can't imagine life without her now :).

Happy special day to you sweetheart! We love you!

an assortment of photos

She's up to something!


Bathtub mohawk


We love finger painting!




And it's tasty! (and non-toxic, dont worry!)


Yup, we most certainly love fingerpainting.


Pretty in pink

Hangin' with the Joneses

Here's the other half of our trip to Seattle - our time spent with Chris' side of the family.

Lucky for us, Grandma and Grandpa Roush and the Montagues all came up to visit for the 4th of July!

We went to a 4th of July parade in Enumclaw (small town parade). They threw candy at us!!


There was even a patriotic llama! (Only in Enumclaw!)


Then we came home for the most complicated and difficult croquet game we've ever seen! Some of us just played in the shade.



That evening we had a wonderful feast and a spectacular fireworks show out on the sports court, followed by SMORES.


Keiko's first smore


Emily also got to go to her first Mariner's game! Unfortunately they lost - but we still had fun.


We met the Mariner Moose!




Family photo! (Emily was to tired to cooperate).


We also went to the Seattle Aquarium. Emily and her cousins Molly and Kylee had matching rockstar outfits on!


Splashing in the water!


Watch out for the octopus!


Emily thinks "come over here fishy, I want to play with you".


We had lots of fun just hanging around the house with family.



Playing DDR with Aunt Keiko!


Family picture with the Milonas'


Playing with cousin Molly

Extremely overwhelemed

I've been trying to put together a post about our time in Seattle with pictures, but I keep getting overwhelmed. So much to talk about. So many photos. So I'm going to break it up into a couple posts.

We had lots of fun with the Schneider side of the family! Grandpa Paul and Oh Ma babysat while I went to a wedding. We also met lots of family that came in town for Uncle Cam's wedding! Here are a few pictures of the fun we had.

Playing on the floor with Oh Ma


Reading the newspaper with Grandpa Paul


I want to be just like Grandpa when I grow up!


We helped Oh Ma paint the entry way and hall!


First taste of ice cream! Apparently she's not a fan of the cold. Once it melts, it's very delicious!


We got hungry waiting for our food at Red Robin


Snuggles with Great Grandpa Schneider


Playing with Great Grandma Marie




Breakfasts with Grandpa in the morning before he left for work!


Great Grandma Virginia has the tastiest necklaces!


We also met Crystal and her daughter Mischa!


We also got to see Uncle Cam get married to Aunt Kristin! Aunt Kristin was so beautiful on her wedding day.



Hanging out with Uncle Joe and Jolene!


Emily is so lady like in her stroller.