Frankenstein!!!

Ok, sorry for the red eye, but it is too late in the evening to edit it out... so here we go...

Emma-Grace is walking! Whooo Hooo big girl! She is so cute doing the Frankenstein walk! The theory was, to keep dressing her in dresses so she couldn't crawl.

This is my fault... I can't blame it on her because she can't dress herself, and she is too big for Anna to wrestle down and dress up by herself... I can't believe that I am an active participant in this...

Daddy Love

Not sure who took this picture....

This is from today. This picture is on the camera, so Grammy must have taken it.

She is either sleeping or having an emotional moment... I think it is probably an emotional moment... Drama....

Emma-Grace and Anna love snack time together. Yes, those are Anna's PJs.

Penguin and other funny stuff

Emma-Grace got a penguin from Aunt Sara and Uncle Mike for her birthday. It is a big hit. Here she is loving it up!

Troy had a free block party last week with fun bouncers, slides, free food and Target sponsered gifts. We went and Anna spent more of her time on the slides and bouncers. Here she is sliding down the purple dragon.

In preparation for Ken's fishing week up north at my parents house while I was at a conference he spent some time practicing casting a fishing pole... with Anna's pink princess fishing pole. So Anna and Ken developed this game where Ken tries to catch the Anna-whale. It is a tricky Anna-whale and he never does reel one in!

Good Bye Old Friend!

The Boppy is the greatest invention ever and all new parents should have one whether or not you breastfeed. It holds baby perfectly in your lap or on your bed or on the floor. There were several times when I was feeding Anna where I would fall asleep feeding her, but she wouldn't go anywhere because she was tucked securely around me with Boppy. Well, when I bought mine, it was $20 and was light blue checked. We have used Boppy at least three times a day with both girls from ages 0 to 1 year, and at least once per day with Anna until she was two and up to this July with Emma-Grace. So we finally had to say good bye to our good friend Boppy. It was far past the time to put it out of its misery. So long Boppy! Thanks for all the cuddling time! We bought a new one, and now they are much more expensive and come with all sorts of colors and covers. You can buy Bobby "naked" and then pick your cover too. So here is in memory to our old Boppy! It got so bad that Emma-Grace was getting in the habbit of reaching around and pulling out its guts while we were feeding her!

Birthday Wrap Up and Up north fun!

Big Girl! The one year old!

She is there somewhere!

Emma-Grace's Birthday Cake,t he Wilton Giant Cupcake

The last week of July, I had a week long conference in Mt. Pleasant. Ken ended up having some time at work to take off, so he and the girls came too. But, more fun for them, the stayed at my parent's cottage most of the days and had a lot of fun while I was at the conference. I am a bit jealous... but here are some pics of them, mostly taken by Aunt Sara.

I took this one of Ken, we went fishing at 6:00am the Saturday after the conference. He caught a 16" walleye. I caught nothing. He sure looks cute!

This was not a keeper perch! Emma-Grace trying kayaking!

Anna and Daddy on the kayak.

Ugh... super model Anna.

Bath time Mohawks. Can you see Emma-Grace's? This is a strange thing for a kid to want, especially one who is all about princesses. Ever since the first time she saw the infomercial, Anna has wanted a Topsy Turvey tomato plant grower. After the 100th time we saw the commercial, we got her one, but chose cucumbers instead of tomatoes since her and I don't like them. Well this Topsy Turvy is doing great! It is a fun little planter. Here is Anna showing off her cuke!

The four of us celebrated Emma-Grace's birthday on her birthday, then had a party for her up at my parent's cottage. So here we are wrapping things up. Anna picked out Emma-Grace's birthday present, a pink tea set, which I am pretty sure Anna picked out for her self...

Just a cute Picture of Emma-Grace
Anna helped Ken wash my car a few weeks ago. Of course, she was dressed for the occasion.

One Year Old Emma-Grace

Well, Emma-Grace turned one three weeks ago. She is a gigantic child, weighing it at 24lbs and 2 oz, about 5 lbs heavier than Anna when she was a year old. Her height and weight is in the 90th percentile and the circumference of her head is in the 97th percentile! That makes for a pretty big noggin'. She is big, happy and healthy and that is perfect for us! She can stand (not walking yet), sign eat, more, cat, dog, hat, and banana and can say kitty, Dada, and buba (bottle). So here are some pics of my baby girl #2...

The first few days...
We celebrated her one year birthday with pizza, which is her favorite and cupcakes. She ate two pieces of pizza and wasn't too into her cupcake. We had a party a week later at my parent's cottage. I will post pics of that later. It's getting late, time to go to bed!

You can see the aftermath of her enthusiasm for pizza!

Zoo Trip

A few weeks ago, we went to the zoo. Since it was the four of us, we hit up the train, which is always a big hit!

The girls had tea time outside with Grammy. Emma-Grace needs her own table because she gets in Anna's "business"... I am not sure what kind of "business" Anna has, but apparently, Emma-Grace gets in it.

Catching Up

These pictures are from my sister before Anna's hair cut. Aunt Sara hanging out with the girls.Super Model AnnaLike this wasn't staged! Can't blame me, I wasn't there!
This is the best picture of Emma-Grace ever! How can you not be happy when you look at it!