Flowers

So this is a little late but better late than never right?  Emmie got her first flower delivery the day before her baptisim from Abby and Ben Novak who live in DC.  The flowers were beeeautiful and I know Emmie felt special getting flowers sent to her!

A Great Weekend!

For Memorial Day weekend we went to Summerville so Paul and Blake could play in the Miler golf tournament.  We went down on Friday and came back Sunday evening and we had lots of fun hanging out with friends!  Friday, after Emmie went to bed we went to Miler for some shagging which is always fun (Papa Coach stayed at the house with Emmie).  Saturday morning we got up, feed Emmie some avacodo, which she loved, and went to the pool...Emmie's first time!  She had so much fun playing in the water and we had fun taking pictures of her (I'm sure the lifeguards thought we were crazy...we had 2 cameras and everytime she moved we took a picture)! 

(LOVE this picture)

We all got really good naps Saturday afternoon and then when the guys finished golf we all went over to Miler for a yummy steak dinner and we got to show Emmie off to some people who hadn't met her yet (and she found a nice place to take a nap)! 

(Emmie with Rita Purvis)

After Emmie went to bed I headed back over to Miler for some karaoke...VERY entertaining and GG and Papa Coach kept Emmie.  Sunday morning the guys went to play golf while the rest of us went to chuch and then to lunch.  That afternoon, after golf was done, we headed back to Columbia where we spent Monday running errands and hanging around the house and fnished up the day by grilling some steaks for dinner...yummm!

Vanity

A girl who falls asleep with a mirror under her head might be considered vain....

unless she's 5 mo. old and then it's just cute!!

Sunday Style Section

Her Sunday outfit this week...one of my favorites!  We got to show it off to a new crowd...we went to Summerville Baptist with Paul's parents.

Cute little ladybug outfit!  This was a consignment store find.  You can't really see it in this picture but there are ruffles on the bottom of the dress!

LOVE the shorts!  This is Emmie's first pair...they're courtesy of Alyson in NJ (she was my roomie freshman year of college)!  The other great thing about this outfit?  She can wear her flower with it!

What a cool cat!  This was her little pool cover up and her HOT sunglasses...also courtesy of Alyson.

And...saving the best for last...

Look how happy she is to be at the pool!!!!!!!  That's a girl after my own heart!

Ever since Emmie learned to roll onto her stomach this is what she looks like about 5min after I lay her down on her back in her crib....

The first night she did this we went through a few minutes of me turning her back over and her waking up, getting mad, and turning back onto her stomach and then we compromised by me letting her sleep on her stomach if she wouldn't sleep with her face smashed into the side of the crib!  LOL. 

One of my favorite things is sometimes she'll be laying on her stomach playing and she'll get tired and lay her little head down and suck on her thumb and just zone for a few minutes...so cute!

Baptisim

So as I mentioned yesterday, Emmie was baptized yesterday.  We had such a wonderful day and I can't wait to tell you all about it! 

We've been going to the early service at church but we baptized her at the later service so it was quite nice to get to sleep in a bit and not be running around to get to church in time.  The early service is good for us now because Emmie is so much more pleasant in the afternoon if we go to the early service but now that she gets food and nurses at breakfast time I feel like I'm running a mad dash getting us together in time to be at church at 8:30!  So it was nice to sleep in some, plus my mom was at our house so she could help me get Emmie "together".  We got to church and put Emmie in her gown and took some pictures.  I LOVED her gown which my mom smocked so it makes it extra special!  Because we were there early we got to take some with extended family as well.  Both sets of grandparents were there, both uncles, and both great-grandmothers!  Emmie did sooo well during the baptisim.  I was sure she was going to cry but she did GREAT! 

It's funny because I was excited about having her baptized but I didn't think it would be an emotional thing.  It definitely was.  It made me really think about the responsibility we have to teach Emmie about Jesus and grow her in the Lord.  It also meant so much to me to have so many of our family members there.  It made me think of all they did for us and what wonderful Christian examples they have been for us.  Emmie's baptisim was also special because Duff James baptized her and he helped marry Paul and me and he's also our Sunday School teacher. 
After the service we went back to our house where Emmie took a nice long nap while we ate a yummy dinner (thanks mom!) and had beautiful flowers on the table (thanks Gin-g and Abby and Ben Novak who sent flowers to Emmie!) and enjoyed each others company.  Emmie got up after we finished dessert and we were able to get lots of family pictures...including the elusive picture of the 4 generations on both sides of the family!

To finish the day off Emmie, Franklin and I went over to Rebekah and Ryan's house for a spontaneous play date for the girls!  They had a great time playing with all Addison's "big girl" toys.  It hadn't even occured to me to go get Emmie toys other than her little hanging toys but she had so much fun so I made a quick

wal-mart trip today!

Sunday Style Section

We had some cooler, rainy days earlier this week and I dug these pants out of the drawer.  I had found them at Children's Place quite a few months ago and I LOVE them.  They are so mch fun and they go great with Emmie's flower!

Emmie was baptized today (more on that tomorrow) and this was the dress she wore.  My mom smocked it and also made the slip and it's FABULOUS!  I included some detail pictures below.

This is the cute Strausburg dress she wore afterwards...it's one of my favs!