sunny beach days in february???

a day at the beach in february is pretty foreign to a girl from iowa but i'm certainly not complaining! emma had a great time until she got a little bored...

happy valentine's day

our little sweetheart was full of love this valentine's day! all dressed in hearts and full of smiles she was the cutest valentine ever:)

we gave her a plate to pose with

of course it was only a matter of time before she ate her prop!

aren't these the cutest pants ever?!?

emma's first time eating cereal...

as you can tell emma was really having a great time with the cereal-
of course we had a great time giving it to her as you can clearly tell:)

she loves to laugh..

emma was sitting with her aunt sarah and she was getting quite a kick out of steve's mom!

more christmas pics...

we took emma to the mall to have her picture taken with santa...

right before her first introduction to santa- she looks a little skeptical


"mom, are you sure about this?"

a little help from mom


such a little princess


this one was at home, but i just really like it!

christmas...

well, christmas has been a bit crazy! steve graduated from DTS (yeah!!) we packed up and moved away from dallas and to sunny florida, we were able to spend christmas with steve's family and then fly home to surprise my mom for christmas in the snow! we are currently living in central florida and continuing the search for a job now that the holidays are over.

emma has been a precious joy and we can't even remember life without her! she was so fun to dress up in all her christmas outfits and watch her eyes get so big as she tried to take in all that was happening around her. she has of course been totally spoiled but we wouldn't have it any other way (at least not when she's too young to know what's going on!) we got a nintendo wii for christmas and although i've never considered myself a "gamer" i love it! so we all look pretty funny running, bowling, swimming, and doing the high jump at the olympics (among other things) all in the basement of the house!!!

okay, i've added some pics of the little princess and will be adding more- i promise. it's been a bit chaotic so i'm sorry it's been a while since i've added any pictures but i'll try to add some more asap!

we hope everyone had a wonderful christmas...

a trip to a football game

as many of you know steve is a ref for elementary school kids at the YMCA. he's at the football field all day on saturday and emma and i have made it a tradition to go and visit dad at the field. he are some pictures from our trip a couple of weeks ago- it was chilly...