All in a weekend.....

Now that Fall is in full swing we have football games every Friday night, as well as Soccer and Dance on Saturday mornings! It's only for a few weeks that everything overlaps but it sure makes our weekends busy! Here is Emmy sporting her weekend wardrobe this Fall!! :)

Emmy loves wearing her cheerleading outfit to Daddy's games :)

Luke loves the football games too!!

This is Emmy's 2nd season playing soccer, I couldn't believe she went up two shoes sizes just since the Spring!!

She's on the Red Cardinal team with some friends from school!

Our little ballerina :)

Holiday World, part 2

Brian and Amy sent us a few extra pics that they took last weekend and we couldn't help but share these too! :)

Holiday World 2017

It has been 2 yrs since we traveled down to Holiday World to spend the Labor Day weekend with the Erwin family. We had so enjoyed the little tradition we had begun, so this year we decided to start it back up again! And we are so glad we did! The kids had a ball together and are already looking forward to next year. :) Our first day we stayed around the cabin and went fishing, played on the playground, went swimming, grilled out and made smores by the campfire. And the second day we headed to Holiday World where we spent the entire day from open to close! We were able to ride a ton of rides in the park AND play at the water park too! It was SO fun!! And then today we headed to Santa's Candy Shop to pick up a few favorites before heading home. Thank you Brian, Amy, Ian, Clare & Eryn for making this such a fun tradition we all enjoy, we love you guys!!

Posing for a pic in front of the cabin together before we left

Wheeeeee!!!

Even Luke enjoyed the blue ice cream!

The girls had SO much fun playing together!

This was Emmy's1st roller coaster!!!!

Emmy-almost 5 yrs old!

Emmy-almost 3 yrs old!

The "Fishies" was Emmy's 1st ride ever, here she is at almost 2yrs old!!!

The gang w/ Santa

Luke actually loved Santa, or maybe just his white beard!! He just kept staring at him!

So cute!!

This one just might make the Christmas card, stay tuned!!! :)

Luke-14 months!!

Here are a few things our little man is doing at 14 months....

-Walking!! He started taking steps not long after his birthday but is now walking everywhere! (And he has mastered going up and down the stairs too) I absolutely love watching him "find his feet" as he toddles along, his cute belly leading the way :)

-Teeth!! He has 12 or 13 now and 4 or 5 of those are coming in all at once, poor guy! Speaking of teeth, Luke absolutely loves getting his teeth brushed! He opens his mouth wide and laughs, every time

-Still such a good eater!! He loves meat, peas, green beans, cheese, and all berries!!

-He has such a fun personality! I love heading in to his room in the morning or after a nap....he always has the biggest grin on his face and is completely excited to see us. It is precious. He also loves to wave and say "bye bye" especially to Daddy :)

-He loves to play! And when you get down on the floor on his level, watch out....he loves to attack!

-He still absolutely loves Emmy Jane! It is so fun to watch the two of them play, they truly enjoy being together.

This was Luke's 1st day at Miss Ashley's, she will be watching Luke on the days I work now that Carol has retired. Seeing those smiles made my day!!!

Playing in the playroom with Big Sis

Luke & Bridgette, don't they look adorable?!

Now that Emmy is in school, Luke and I have had lots of fun being silly, just the two of us! 

He looks like such a little man!

Red Robin.....YUM! 

(What you don't see on his tray is the mac n' cheese, he gobbled that down first!)

He loves trying to feed himself too....sometimes he makes it to his mouth, but most of the time he ends up wearing it!!! :)

"How did I grow so fast?"

Today was Emmy's first day of school....and she loved it!! Josh and I knew she was ready for Pre-K, but still, it's all day, every day, and at the elementary school!! Ahhhh!!! How is our baby going to school already?!?! Last night as we were walking home from "Meet the Teacher" night, she looked back at me said, "How did I grow so fast?!" I laughed and then stopped right there on the sidewalk and just hugged her and said, "I don't know hunny, but you sure have!" I couldn't help it, but my tears had officially begun! And then they came again before bed as we read the book her teacher had given her, "The Night Before Preschool" But thankfully this morning as we walked out the door, the Kemerly's happened to be walking by on their way to school too. Emmy was so excited to walk with Ashlynne and can you believe they even had the same outfit on?! Just their shirts were different colors, but the same skirt!! Haha, they looked adorable. Being the first day, we got to walk Emmy all the way to her class. She was such a big girl as she told Luke she loved him, gave me a kiss and sat down in the seat marked especially for her. I was so glad to have Gabbi to walk home with, or I know I would've bawled the whole way! And when Luke and I anxiously met her after school, she ran in to my arms and yelled, "Mommy, I had the best first day of school ever!!!" I was so proud and of course started crying again!! Emmy Jane, Daddy and I are so proud of you as you begin this new chapter in your life, we love you sweet girl and will always remember this special day!!

Emmy right after school today!!! Yay for a GREAT first day!!!!!

Daddy and his girl :)

Can you see how red my face was? Josh and I both were trying to hide our tears!

For the first time ever in his life, Luke didn't want to eat his breakfast this morning...almost like he knew something was going on!!!

Ready for her first big day!

So stinkin' cute, and we totally didn't plan it!

Could her smile be any bigger?? So precious!!

Happy Birthday Papa!!

Over the weekend we got to surprise my dad for his birthday. It was GREAT to see how surprised he was and to see how excited Emmy was to pull off the surprise! By the way, the necklace my dad is wearing in the picture was made especially for him by Emmy :) Happy Birthday Papa, we love you!!!

Grandma Baker

Today we said goodbye to Grandma Baker. She went to be with the Lord on Aug 1, at 96 years of age. Josh did a wonderful job honoring his grandma at her funeral. The speech he gave was simply beautiful, we were all so proud. And Grandma would've been too :)

Below is a picture taken of Josh, Emmy, Sue and Grandma on her 92nd birthday and then a few family pics from today.

June 2013, Emmy was 8 months old

The Baker Clan :)