God Bless Emily Anne

Emily Anne was baptized today at the Stanhope United Methodist Church. It was a beautiful service and we were blessed to share it with so many family and friends. Emily was great during the whole thing and definitely enjoyed her special day. Thank you to everyone who had a part in making this day special for Emily and our family. The pictures are in reverse order, just in case you couldn't figure it out. We did not have a party before the 9:30 am service!

Liz, Me, Emily, Wendy, and Supurna

Godmother & Goddaughter

College friends

Nana and Emily

Emily with her 4 great grandmothers

Emily and her grandparents

Uncle Eddie and Aunt Erin - The Godparents

We are family

The four great grandmothers. Emily is so lucky to have so much love surrounding her.

Dad, Mom, and Emily

Sleeping after she was baptized

Pastor Tom during the service

Mommy and Emily before the service.

Emily is 23 Weeks Old Today!

Well, week 23 was a busy one! Emily had a lot of fun and is continuing to grow and become more aware of everything going on. She wants to be in the middle of everything and laying on her back is just not doing it!!! She wants to sit up and stand, but she just doesn't quite have the balance to do it yet. We had lots of visitors this week and a big party today for her baptism. Check out this week's fun!

Mommy showed me how to hold myself up in my crib! (She may regret doing it, but aren't I just so cute looking like a big girl standing on my own!)

This cereal is finger lickin' good!

Smile? OK!

Nana, Emily, and Great Grandma

Aunt Erin came all the way from Georgia to visit! She hadn't seen me since I was 5 weeks old, so it was exciting!! Emily loves her Aunt Erin.

Aunt Carrie, Uncle Eddie, and Millie (the newest addition to the family).

Mommy and Emily outside on a beautiful Saturday. Why couldn't we have had weather like this today!!

Emily is 23 Weeks old! Woohoo!
By the way, this picture was taken around 7 pm after such a busy day! Emily really is a trooper and still smiling!!!

Emily is 22 Weeks Old!

Well, another week has passed. Emily made it to 5 months!! (not that we doubted that at all!) She was officially 5 months old on Wednesday. I don't know where the time has gone. Emily is getting stronger every day. She holds her head up really well and is continuing her workout routine with her sit ups. I think she will be sitting on her own really soon. She's done it a little bit here and there but falls over really quickly so I don't think it really counts yet. We had a lot of fun visiting this week. The highlight was finally getting to meet Aunt Barbara and Eliot yesterday. They came all the way from Florida just to see Emily!!

Just being cute!

It's Pi Day again! (For those who don't know...22/7 is another approximation of pi, so July 22 is the day to celebrate!!) It also happens to be Emily's 5 month birthday! See, she knows her numbers, she's holding up 5 for her age!!!

Genius in the making (or math nerd at least!)

Enjoying some tummy time!

Sooooo Big! It's time to put the moses basket away for good!

First time on Daddy's shoulders. I'm sure this is the first of many pics like this!

Playing with Grandma and her bunny.

The shirt says it all...Too cute!!

Reading her book. This is Emily's new favorite toy. Thanks Grammie!!!

All dressed up for her 22 week picture!

21 Weeks!

Well, it's been 21 weeks since our little Emily was born. It's gone oh so fast. She is becoming so much more aware of everything going on (I know I say this a lot, but it's true each time...) She is grabbing for EVERYTHING and always has her arms out ready to reach for something! Then of course, it goes straight to her mouth. She also decided she needed to work on her abs a bit and has been doing sit ups on a pretty regular basis. Perhaps, Mommy should start joining her! Summer is flying by, but we are enjoying it. Check out our pictures this week...

Playing with my favorite link toy from my gym!

Showing off those abs! She's headed for a six pack by six months!!

How can you resist that little face??

Smile!

Backyard fun with Connor!

Hi Everyone! She always has her arms out, I don't know how she does it. I would be so tired!

Goofy Eyes

Just playing. Her knees are bent ready for another sit up!

Mommy and Emily after her nice church nap!

21 weeks old!!

Emily is 20 Weeks Old!!!

Well it seems like just yesterday I was sitting here posting for Week 19. But, another week has passed already. We had lots of fun and Emily has really found her voice. We have been waking up to her "singing" most mornings. I think we have a musician in the family! We had some more firsts this week, like the first time at the beach and the first overnight and Grandma & Grandpa's. Mike and I got to go to a wedding this weekend and left Emily all afternoon and evening! Don't worry, we all survived!!

That's our happy girl!

First time at the beach, not counting the time we walked the boardwalk and Emily slept through it all. Here she is with Grammie having some fun!

It was a cool day and we didn't want any sunburn, so I covered her from head to toe and she decided to take a nice beach nap in her new tent! There's nothing like a good beach nap.

Just look at that smile. She's having fun!

She's cute and she knows it!

Twenty Weeks Old!

Emily has had enough of weekly pictures. Uncle Eddie made a bet with us, so we were going to try to keep this going until 1,000 weeks! We thought the trouble would come in her teenage years, boy were we wrong!!! We'll keep trying, but it's time for a new sign!

Emily is 19 Weeks Old Today!

Well, there isn't a whole lot more to say about this week. We had a fun 4th of July weekend and Emily was good and enjoyed it along with us. She slept through her first night of fireworks, and I can only imagine how different next year will be!!! Our baby is 19 weeks old.......

Emily LOVES putting anything into her mouth as can be expected. She loves her jingly toys, they seem to be the perfect size for her little hands and mouth!

Connor came to visit this week. This is the closest picture of a smile I got!

Connor had fun playing with Emily's toys. Not so sure what Emily thought about it, but she had a nice lap to play in!!

Happy Fourth of July! Emily all ready for the party in her patriotic dress!

19 weeks old!