is it normal to take pics of your child's first dental visit?!?

this kind of a random set of pics but, of course, they're all delightful!! 

these first two are just after church but i thought they were adorable!

this is emma's first trip to the dentist! all the ladies were nuts over her... how can i really blame them?!? it was easier to be the cheesy mom and ask to take her picture since they were enamored by her- they definitely gave her way more stickers than most kids get!!

emma giving daddy a cuddle!

...and a smooch! she loves giving smooches!

of course sometimes she comes at you with her 

mouth open and tongue hanging out!!

our new little treasure...

i know some of you have seen these pics before but here are some pictures from one of the sonograms we had done a bit ago. we realized there was no mention of this little one on the blog yet so here he/she is, making his/her blog debut!!! 

here he/she is giving my belly a smooch!

this one is a little creepy but it's a good shot none the less!

aha!! i knew this little one was punching me... i can feel it!

i love this one! it kind of looks like he/she is drinking a nice cup of tea!

the best part of wakin' up...

i'm pretty sure emma is the happiest child in the world when i go in and get her after a nap! she's always funny but there's something about that post-slumber greeting that just makes me laugh! i decided to try and catch some of her antics on film and here's what i got...

  

as soon as i start to open the door i hear "mommy" 

ahhh... it just melts my heart everytime! 

of course this smile is generally what awaits me 

when i peek at her over the crib!

i can't get enough of that grin!

i'm not sure what she's doing here!

this is the famous monkey my mom got for her for 

valentine's day last year and she sleeps with it every night!

it even goes with us if we're sleeping somewhere else (great gift mom!)

here's a video of some of emma's favorite things to "talk" about!

you can judge me- i'm a little behind!

i know i know... it's been a while! i really have no excuses so i'm not even going to try and defend myself. instead we'll just skip over the last four months as though i'm not the negligent blogger we all know i am!

so here are some pics from the winter ball the youth group had a church in february. emma was a dancing machine... shocker, i know!

emma and stace movin' on the dance floor

isn't she such a little angel? i can sometimes hardly 

believe she's mine. the Lord is good!

i'm not sure exactly what emma is doing in this photo 

but i'm sure it was hilarious whatever it was!

emma and barb!

the girls with their favorite little munchkin!

emma at the park!!

before it turned into monsoon season around here, emma loved going to the park down the street from our house! of course we feel the need to capture every little thing she does on film so here are some pics and videos for y'all to enjoy...

this is of course one of emma's famous faces! 

honestly, i don't know where she gets all this drama?!?

she LOVES the slide!

her favorite mode of transportation these days!!

raggedy emma!

emma was raggedy ann for halloween this year! my mom made the costume, of course, and it was beyond great!!  the youth group had a party up at the church, "fall thing" and emma was the life of the party! she was such a good sport- she kept her hat on the whole night!! 

thanks mom, for the cutest costume ever!!!!!

the cherry's got emma her own little "trick-or-treat" bag!!

checkin' out her goodies!

she's so curious about everything

raggedy ann with her own raggedy ann dolly!

finding this ball was accompanied by emma's famous, " oooooh"

steve was dressed up as a nerd for the "fall thing" at the church!

she loved the pumpkins

here's the video i took right after we put her in her costume- 

she was so cute i could hardly stand it!!

random photos

here are a few random pics taken of emma this last week! the first two are of her playing peek-a-boo (one of her favorite games)!!!