this past weekend emma had some wonderful visitors! elly flew in from iowa on thursday and stayed until this afternoon. she was such a great help- cooking meals, cleaning up, even doing some of the laundry by hand!! what a friend?!? she also got to spend time with our little sweet pea and of course we had a great time reminiscing about old times and laughing about, well lots of stuff! our friend emily came up from austin for a couple of days as well- good to have the iowa girls all together. steve and i were able to go on our first date since wee emma was born while emily and elly stayed home with her for a couple of hours. we missed our little sweet pea but had a great time out on the town!

elly doing the laundry

emma giving emily a wee cuddle

emma's first babysitters (emily and elly)

our first date as parents!

it looks like emma is trying to stand up all on her own

emma's first trip to the mall- she already has expensive taste!