Pumpkin Patch!

Last Friday, Brody and I went to the Pumpkin patch with a playgroup.  Emery stayed with Grandma and Papa - they moved in on Thursday, and it is so great having them here!!  Brody and I had so much fun!  

This tunnel was huge, and Brody decided it was a little too dark to go all the way through!

This is the pumpkin Brody picked!  

They even had a blue snow cone!

In other news about Brody, he can now climb out of his crib!  Since this discovery, there is no such thing as a nap in our house!  It changes the game a little bit!  We are open to advice...

Emery is doing great - she is really just happier and happier every day.  She is starting to get up on all fours and rock, like she wants to crawl!  She has taken a couple of bottles for Grandma, which is a huge step!  Her 6 month appointment went well - 14lb 5 oz (15th%) and 24 and 1/2 in (5th%).

Playing outside

Brody is about to go on a "hunt", a nature walk in our woods and yard.  We both put on our boots, and he got the gloves because that is what Daddy wears when he cuts down trees and limbs in the woods - pretty cute!  We had fun on our hunt, and so did Emery!

Emery - 6 months; Brody 26 months

I can't believe Emery is 6 months old!  She is just so much happier now than she was even a month or 2 ago, and sleeps better too!  She can sit up really well and scoot to about anywhere she wants to go.  Her favorite toys to play with are a yellow duck, a slinky, Sophie the giraffe, and really anything of Brody's, which doesn't go over too well!  She is eating rice cereal now with a veggie and/or fruit a couple times a day.  She has gotten better at eating, and enjoys it!  She doesn't like veggies as much as fruit, but can you blame her?! Life is a little easier now that she can entertain herself some, and "play" with Brody.  I just love kissing and rubbing on her - that is an awesome thing about a baby!!!  She just giggles when I kiss on her head and neck - those moments are priceless!
Brody is a great big brother!  He is very busy and quite the talker as well.  Now that it is cooler, we enjoy playing outside a lot again.  He also loves making tents in the house, pretending to make hot dogs, and keeping the lawn looking good by mowing, weed eating, and blowing!
We can do baths together now...

Brody painted pumpkins with Jessica - we LOVE Jessica!!  She keeps Brody and Emery a couple times a week so I can do errands, or we can have a date night - she is just great with both kids!

Sweet babies!!! What a blessing!

Brody cam...

Pop and Gram came to visit last week for the day just to play with the kids...

We had fun!

Emery loves this thing... you put fruit in it, and she just chews on it without a risk of choking - it is awesome and it will entertain her for a long time!

This is Emery with Cooper - he is a month younger.  Cooper's brother and sister (twins) are Brody's age, and Melissa is one of my best friends ever, so we love any excuse to get together to play and chat!

Saturday, Jay and I took the kids to the zoo in Little Rock.  The day started out crazy - we were eating at Taco Bueno on our way out of town for lunch, and Emery knocked over an entire bowl of salsa into the diaper bag!!  We were able to save 1 diaper for each kid, so we just hoped for no poop while we were gone.  Our luck turned around though, and they day went very well - we had a great time!

Emery was so good, and ended up sleeping for a while too...

Waiting for the train...Brody's favorite parts were riding the train and seeing the zoo keeper's jeep!!

6 month pictures...

Our 6 month appointment is Wednesday, so I'll update the stats then!

Brody's first prayer!

Every night before dinner, we say the blessing, and Brody decides who will pray.  Tonight, he said "Broby" would pray, and it was the sweetest and most precious thing you have every heard.  There was some mumbling, but the words we heard very clearly were..."Dear Jesus, Thank you rice, thank you ketchup...baby....mama, daddy.....Amen."  It was the best thing ever!  There was rice and ketchup on his plate, and it is just like we pray- thanking God for our food and family!  What an awesome blessing to hear that!  We are doing well- things are a little easier now that Emery is doing better.  She can sit up, roll over, "scoot" to where she wants to be, and sleeps better most nights.  She has come a long way the past 2 weeks!  She loves her brother and he loves her!  Brody loves playing with the baby and talking to her, and she loves watching him. Brody likes to get in her face and kiss her, and Emery likes to pull his hair and touch his face.  There are moments that are hard, especially when Emery doesn't sleep, but overall...what an amazing time of life!!!

A couple of weeks ago, we went to a wedding in Greensboro, NC.  Renee and Kevin were great friends from residency, and we were so excited to get to spend the weekend celebrating them!  It was a beautiful wedding, and we had a wonderful time.  They are friends that we will have throughout our lives, and are so thankful for them!  Emery is halfway dressed here...she has her pretty panties on!  (Brody stayed at home with Gram and Pop!)

They are a beautiful couple and it was so sweet to see how much they love each other!  The wedding and reception were so much fun!  The Candy Shop at the reception was definitely a highlight, as well as the awesome cake!

Renee and Krista with Emery - she was so tired, but loved the music, dancing, and lights at the reception!

The Erie boys...Kevin, Brad, Joe and Jay

Jay's office organized a softball team this fall.  We were 4 and 4, so not that bad, and we had a really fun time playing!  Brody came to some games, and loved playing in the dirt and eating snow cones!

To be honest...Jay was for sure the best person on the team!

We took Brody to Little Rock last week to spend time with just him, and left Emery with a sitter.  We went to a shopping center with a kid's haircut place, so we decided to get his hair cut by someone other than Daddy for the first time - he didn't like it too much!  We asked him afterwards if he wants to go back to this place or have Daddy do it, and he chose Daddy!  I guess we will save some money at least!  

We went to "All Aboard" to eat dinner.  There were trains everywhere, and a train even dropped off our food at our table.  Brody loved it and had a great time.  He did say he wanted to "do that again" but wanted to bring the baby next time!  I guess he does like his baby sister!

Last weekend we went to Fort Smith to help Grandma and Papa pack up their house...they are moving to Conway! They bought a new house and are leaving their house of 30 years to come here, so we are very excited!  It was sad to leave Jay's house that he grew up in, but we look forward to lots of great memories to come here!