We have LOVED the warmer temperatures recently and are so excited for Spring!!! We have gone for wagon rides every night since it warmed up; around the neighborhood, to the playground and even for some ice cream!
This past weekend we traveled to Rochester to see Lauri, Jesse, their sweet little girl Alice (they're also expecting twins in the next few months!) and two other dear friends, Grace and Mary. It was so nice to finally have the opportunity to catch up with my girls! Emmy just adored Alice and was wanting to be her "big helper" all weekend. She was constantly trying to hug her and give her kisses :) Here are a few pics of them together...
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to meet Emmy's newest cousin, Oliver! My cousin, Lacy, had her second little boy and we couldn't be happier for her, her husband, and big brother Grayson. Emmy absolutely loved holding Oliver and she even got to help feed him. She still talks about, all these weeks later :) Here's a picture of Oliver and Emmy and then I couldn't resist sharing this latest one of her and Colt. She just LOVES all of her cousins!
For my birthday last weekend, Josh surprised me with a weekend away in Cincinnati, just the three of us. We had such a great time together. And we sure needed it....earlier that week we had painstakingly suffered through our third miscarriage. When we got married we never imagined this would be part of our story, but it is, and we trust God to write the rest. We also never dreamed we would be blessed with our sweet Emily Jane, who is healthy, happy and such a joy to us. After everything we've been through, we don't know how she's here, other than by God's amazing grace and her own stubbornness :) We don't know what the next chapter in our lives will bring, but we trust in the One who does and cling a little tighter to Him, and to each other.
Here's a quick picture I took of Emmy as we were snuggling in one of her favorite blankets this morning :)
Emmy got this new Purdue cheerleading uniform for Christmas from Grammy & Gramps and lucky for us, our Lapel Bulldogs are also Black & Gold! She got some poms for Christmas too and loves running around the house yelling "Go Bulldogs!" Tonight we cheered on our Bulldogs to a win and Emmy was so excited to wear her "cheerleader outfit" as she calls it. :)
We had our first big snow of the new year last night and we had so much fun (quickly) playing in it tonight when Josh got home. Emmy was so excited to put on her new snow pants! :) Sorry a few of the pictures are so blurry, I guess I must have been colder than I thought!
