Emily's Baptism

I'm a little late with this post, but I wanted to share with everyone pictures from Emily's baptism at the end of February. We decided to do this the same weekend as Sarah's birthday since my family would be in town, and while it was a very busy weekend, it was definitely the right decision. It was so nice to have both my mom & dad here to celebrate with us and to see this very special moment in Emily's life.

Steve & I have become very close with our church family and it meant a lot to us to have Pastor Herb perform the baptism. Everyone at Clay is wonderful and has made our family feel so loved and we are blessed to have them in our lives. We look forward to watching our children grow in their faith and their love of God through the wonderful teachings and experiences Clay provides.


Pastor Herb performing Emily's baptism.





Steve, Emily, and Grandma. This is Steve Grandma and Emily's Great-Grandma!



Sarah & Emily at brunch following the service.

The two pictures below are from the "professional" shoot we did.

Emily - 8 Months

As promised, here are Emily's 8 month pictures. We're traveling right now and forgot to bring along "Mr. Ears," so my apologies for not including that one this time. Emily has finally mastered the art of sitting (without needing someone or something standing behind her) and she is beyond pleased with herself. :-) She is finally able to enjoy some of the toys she got for Christmas because she can actually sit with them and explore all of their sounds, textures, and movement.

She is also starting to scoot across the floor a bit on her belly so we're guessing crawling won't be too far off. She tends to get a bit frustrated from time to time when trying to get from A to B, but she figures it out.

She still loves to smile and flash those gums...no teeth yet. :-/ She'll smile for anyone, but Sarah is still the only one who can really get her to laugh. It's fun to watch the two of them interact and to see how Emily just stares at her. Very sweet!

Enjoy!








The kid has got some crazy hair so we're currently trying out hair bows. The jury is still out. :-)

Cool kid

I'm long overdue for some recent pictures of the kids, but I hope these two of Emily will make you smile. I promise to have her 8 month pictures up soon so be sure to check back. :-)