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!