Surprise Shower

The staff in Day Surgery completely surprised me this month by throwing me a little baby shower. I seriously had no clue, and they did such a great job making me & baby feel so special. Thanks again ladies, for the food, presents, decorations and all the well wishes. I'm so lucky to work with you all!! :)

 

Mother's Day 2016

 

Mother's Day with my girl :)

At one of our favorite places, the Children's Museum!

I love you Emmy Jane!!!

My Little Baker

Here's a quick picture of Emmy as we were baking homemade chocolate chip cookies yesterday. She of course wanted to wear her apron and hat, so cute! She did such a good job, pouring in the  ingredients, cracking the eggs and helping mix the batter all together. We of course made a mess, but isn't that the best part of baking?? Besides eating the cookies!! We even used the same bowl that my mom and I used when we would make cookies together too. :) I love you my sweet girl, and all the memories that we are making together!!

Our precious tree....

Almost 2 yrs ago, when we moved from our old house, Josh and I were so torn with what to do with our memory tree. We didn't want to leave it, but were so worried it wouldn't survive the move. In the end, we decided to take the chance. And this year, it bloomed just as pretty as before the move....if not more. We couldn't help but feel as the baby's arrival draws near, this was an extra special blessing for us this year. The tree now represents the three little ones we lost, and we are so proud of how beautiful and proud it stands in our little yard. Here are just a few pics of our precious tree...

Great Wolf Lodge + Newport Aquarium

For Spring Break this year, with baby on the way, we decided it would be best to stay close to home. Josh's parents had a great idea for all of us to go together to Great Wolf Lodge in Cincinnati instead. We had never been there before and had SO MUCH FUN!! Especially Emmy, of course. :) She absolutely loves the water so she enjoyed every minute of the slides, wave pool, lazy river, etc. And the fact that she got to be with her cousin Colt, made it that much sweeter. Josh and I also really enjoyed getting to spend some extra time with Justin, Whitney and the boys, I can't believe they are almost 6 months old already! The next day we headed to Newport Aquarium together, shopped at Jungle Jim's and stopped by Tom + Chee for lunch. Such a great Spring Break, thank you so much Chuck & Sue!!!

 

 

Grammy & Gramps with all the grandkids!! :)

 

Leaving Great Wolf Lodge, still with her wolf ears on :)

Emmy and the diver blowing kisses to each other :)

SNAKE!

Now this was a HUGE alligator!!

Emmy and Colt both had their faces painted for the first time!

 

Emmy got a shrimp and Colt a dinosaur eye

Here's to a great Spring Break!!!!

Easter FUN

Happy Easter Everyone!! :)



Emmy by her daffodils we planted in the fall, Grandma Nancy's favorite



 

Emmy peeking down the stairs at her Easter basket



Emmy got to see this movie with Colt in the theater so was super excited she could see it at home too

Emmy took this one! ;)

Colt and Emmy getting ready for the big egg hunt in Grammy & Gramps' backyard

Run Gramps, Run!!

Emmy thought Beau and Judd looked so cute in their little ties :)

Grammy & Gramps w/ all the grandkids

Bulldog Proud

This past month we have had so much fun following our Lapel Boys Basketball Team through the tournament, all the way to the State Finals!!! And they WON!!!! Woo-hoo!!! Being back in a small town is so fun :) I think literally everyone in Lapel made it to the Semi-State and State Finals games, it was so neat to be a part of and we are so proud of our team and our little town. Way to go Bulldogs!!!!



How sweet is this? :)

 



At the parade in town, after the big win!!!

We even made the paper, yikes!! After a long day of cheering, you can see Emmy is almost passed out on Josh's shoulder!

Emmy and her new furry friend, the Lapel Bulldog mascot