The Tree

We decided to make a special trip to pick out our Christmas tree this year. We drove to a tree farm outside of Elon, NC about 30 minutes from our house. They have cut-your-own long leaf pine trees. We had a nice time walking around the farm and then we bought a frasier fir tree that was pre-cut from the mountains (apparently they only grow over 3000 feet in elevation)!

Haircut

As with everything about Emma, her hair is growing fast too! It was starting to get a bit uneven looking so Momma tried to cut the front to make it look less stringy. Ooops....so Emma then went in to get her first profressional haircut!!

A special occasion

One of our dear friends got married a few weeks ago and we had a blast at her wedding. We wish Sheri & Barry all of the best in their new life together!!

It was Emma's first dress-up function, so I decided to make her something special to wear. The dress is from toosweets patterns over at etsy...the 'best bubble dress'. I made the little flower to add some flare. The clip in her hair is an original too! I also made shoes to go with the outfit (maryjanes in the same material as the dress, with pearls on the buckle), but unfortunately I made one size too small and they didn't stay on for more than the first half hour. Needless to say, I was disappointed but I hope to try the shoes again soon in a larger size...maybe black to go with some of her church dresses.

Thank you to Lisa Albert for these great pictures!!

Emma's friend Jack with his daddy Brian.
Jack is about 4 months older than Emma.

Crawling....almost!

Emma took her first crawl last week. She actually moved using her knees right before bedtime. You can see the stages of the movement below.

She also loves to push up on the tips of her toes as far as she can go and then flop forward. She does this over and over again to get where she wants to go. It made me laugh the first time I saw it!

Hoooooot!!!!!!!

I made Emma an owl costume for this Halloween because her 'school' has a special time to dress up and do fun activities on Halloween. However, Emma didn't get to go to school yesterday (it has been a rough sickness week), but we did dress her up for the occasion!!

Emma is showing off her new favorite 'fish' face!

Newest Addition to the Brown Family...

...it's a boy!!!!!!!!!


Please meet Maximus Brown (note the 'M' on his forehead). He joined the Brown family yesterday evening. We inherited Maximus from Emma's teacher's mom (got that straight??)!!! He seems to fit in quite well around here. The first hour he was here, he ate at least 4 bugs, climbed half of the tree and pounced on countless leaves blowing in the yard. He is very curious but also sociable. We hope he will really like to eat mice, moles, and groundhogs :-) Emma LOVES Maximus, but he is a little more cautious about her so far!!

NC State Fair 2011

Leaving for the state fair.
One of our new Brown family traditions!!

Standing in line to see the animals.

Emma trying to find the rooster that kept calling...EAA--EAA--EAARRLLLLLL!!!!

I think she had a good time because we wore her out!!

Best Weekend EVER!!!

Catching Up

It has definitely been a while since I have posted on the blog. We got a bit busier once I started back to work. Now, we have high(er) speed internet (YEAH!!) so it should take a lot less time to post and keep things updated. Here's a quick tour of the past 3 months.

Baby dedication at our church.
Grandma got to come down and visit for the special day!!

Emma's very first feeding of oatmeal.

Daddy, can I have it please....????

The first bite of peas....

...and then the second bite of peas.

I think more of the carrots ended up on Emma than in her tummy,
but it was a learning experience.

The TV watching position

Anyone getting sleepy?

We visited Lake Greenwood, SC for 4th of July with Eddie's friends from college.
We all took a day trip to the zoo.

Our friends visited for an evening of tractor rides, feeding the horses, climbing in trees and catching lightning bugs.
Here are Ivy and Charlotte hugging on Emma.

Emma, Grandma, and Mommy travelled to New York to visit Mommy's relatives.
Emma is sitting on Great-Grandma Dann's lap.

Emma visits with Great-Grandma Tyson

Emma loves touching her Daddy's beard

Daddy responds by blowing on her neck. It always gets a laugh!

Momma and Emma after a bath

Our trip to Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Emma's first waves at the ocean.

Grandma is giving Emma a bath in her sink. I think she enjoyed it.

Eddie's birthday party

Emma is dressed for the first Clemson game of the season.
Daddy says she is a good luck charm.

Nana and Emma playing in our little 'house' we stayed in on our trip to SC to visit Eddie's family.
We picked lots of peanuts and got eaten by a few bugs, but it was a good time.

Pa-pa and Emma cooking breakfast the day we drove back home from SC

Grandaddy & Emma
He was making noises and she was laughing hysterically.

Emma enjoying the attention from Papa.

Granny Brown holding Emma
She likes to play with her ears!

 

Cole feeding Emma when the kids visited us in NC

 

The best weekend EVER...swim outing :-)
Cole, Emma, Grace, Annalese