Gingerbread House

I found this gingerbread house at Trader Joe's. I was surprised when I was setting it up for Emi that the big cookie pieces were actually soft (I almost wanted to eat it!). This house is not your traditional looking gingerbread house, the box said it was a German gingerbread house, so here's to Emi's German heritage! She has a lot of fun making the house, especially when we were almost done putting on the candy decorations and she pretended to pop on in her mouth. Since we were almost finished I told her you can try a piece and her eyes lit up and the rest of the candy was history!

Christmas Tree

Here are some pictures we took of Emi by the Christmas tree before our first attempt to get Santa pictures. It was a Saturday morning and we were already off to a late start, you can probably guess, there was a huge line for pictures. I took Emi back on a weekday after musik class and we were the only ones!This one is for her aunties :)


Emi really wanted a picture with her monkey on the stairs, what a silly girl.

32 week check up

We had our 32 week pre-natal check up this week and an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed that the cyst had shrank from about half the size that it was at 28 weeks, so that was a relief! The baby is continuing to grow, she's still on the smaller side (her head and legs are average but her tummy is a little small than average). Everything seems to be on track with my weight and belly size. We will have another ultrasound on the 27th!

Time is already flying by with Christmas just around the corner. The room is almost painted and after that we will just have to put the furniture back together, decorate and put clothes in the closet. There are a few things (like the circle that I had for Emi to take a picture for the baby's stats and announcements) I hope I can make for baby #2 while Erich is home on vacation.

I have more updates to post from last week so stay tuned!

Emi's First Hair Cut!

Emi finally let me cut her hair today! I did tell her if she let me cut it I would give her a treat...ice cream :) I should have taken a before and after shot but once she agreed I had to get the scissors out quick before she changed her mind!

She sat nicely on Daddy's lap while I cut away...


These pictures don't really show her new do very well but hopefully you will notice in the next few posts the difference.

Nathan and Emi

This week flew by! I am just now posting pictures from last Friday! As usual these two buddies had a fun morning together.

Snack time! They usually prefer to sit on the couch together like this...sometimes they even try to re in act the Hannah woa woa conversation they had a while back, Emi started it off today.

Nathan must be thinking, "The customer is always right."

Little Home Depot guy!
Swiping the credit card!

Emi and Nathan both wanted tissue to put over their snack bowls to make sure there wouldn't be a mess left over in the microwave...too funny!

Josh Books

Emi is hooked on these Bob Books that her friend Josh (one of the boys that I tutor) brought over. She loves these books so much we got her some of her own, she doesn't call them her Bob books though, she calls them her Josh books! It's so funny. She recognizes a lot of the titles and I love hearing her "read" them to herself.




Lately Emi and I have been reading Josh books together before bedtime and she's so sweet because she has started to put her hand on my belly and includes the baby when we are reading.

Emi, Grammie and Uncle Justin

Grammie, and Uncle Justin came over to visit and here are some pictures I found on our camera.

Popcorn and Fun!

Who knew that watching popcorn pop could stir up so much excitement? Nathan and Emi were laughing and hugging while waiting for their snack, it was so funny! After lunch they also had fun dancing to the "Super Why" song and chasing each other around...their laughter and smiles make me so happy!
I heard Nathan say to Emi, "Let's hold hands!"





They are waiting for the song to start (we replayed it a few times so they could dance) Emi is saying, "Let's snap!" And Nathan is just playfully trying to hug and catch Emi. They bumped heads at the end but both were okay and wanted to hear the song again!