Big Sister Emily

We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our second child around January 20th! We went to the doctor yesterday and heard the heartbeat! That was so exciting. I found out a couple days after Mother's Day. That was the best Mother's Day gift ever. We had an ultrasound at 6 weeks and everything looked great (I guess that is a perk of having infertility issues in the past). I wanted to wait to officially announce it until after I heard the heartbeat. Please keep us in your prayers throughout this time! We have 2 more months until we find out if Emily will have a baby brother or sister. I'm a little over 11 weeks along.

3 Year Check-Up

Emily went to her 3 year-old well child visit this week. Just so I don't forget, here are her stats:

Weight: 28 lbs. (25 %ile)

Height: 36 in. (25 %ile)

Dr. Silvey said she was perfect! She has mastered all the skills required at age 3. ;) I am concerned that she is such a picky eater. He gave me some suggestions, so we'll see if she works. He seemed to think it was her age. haha This girl will not eat breakfast lately, just wants chocolate milk to drink. She used to love waffles, toast, and cereal. She will not touch it now. ;(

Go Diego Go!

Caleb, Emily, and Brandon all excited to watch Diego with their rescue packs and backpack!

Emily just loves Caleb!

We went to see Go Diego Go Live this weekend at the Walton Arts Center! I thought it was a great show! Diego was excellent, but Dora could have been better! Emily was mesmerized by the whole experience. She really got into it. It was such a neat outing with our friends! We can't wait to go to another theater show! My friend Andi http://babyonthehip.wordpress.com/ took some really cute pictures from the show. I love the one of their backpacks!

First Fish!

Feeding the ducks!

2nd fish she caught!!!

She was very proud of catching her first fish!

Roy has been wanting to take Emily fishing since the day she was born. We both decided that 3 would be a good age to start taking her. He gave her a fishing pole for her birthday, so today we decided to try it out. She caught one on the very first try! She's a natural! We also enjoyed feeding the ducks while we were at the park until we got attacked by ALL of them. I was actually a tad bit scared of some of the geese. We were planning on going to the water park today, but it turned out to be cloudy and cool so we'll have to do that again.

Little artist

Emily loves to paint and draw on the chalkboard! This was a great gift by Cita and Poppy! Thanks!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Here's the cake Roy and Emily made for me. She helped decorate it too... :O) SO cute!

Yes, it's my birthday and I don't know who else would write on here... ;) I came home from the hospital after having Emily on my birthday, so I'll always remember that. I've had a great day so far. We even got a little bit of swimming in with some friends. Roy is taking me out to one of my favorite restaurants tonight! Thanks for all the cards, emails, and well wishes!

Happy 3rd Birthday!!!!!

The birthday girl!

Opening presents with her friends.

Having fun!

Emily and Jordan used almost all their tokens on this ride. ;)

Hanging out friends!

Blowing out her candles!

Emily blowing out the candles on her birthday muffins.

I can't believe you are 3 today!!!! You had a wonderful birthday weekend. We had a birthday party Saturday here with tons of family and a few of your friends. You all enjoyed playing with the bubbles outside and then got to swim in your new baby pool with a slide!

Today we were going to meet some friends at the FAC pool, but we had to change to Fun City due to the rain. You still had a great time with your friends today! We are planning to take Emily out tonight for dinner and then ice cream! We love you baby girl! You are growing up too fast.