Family Pictures & Merry Christmas

Well once again, i am finally making some time to blog an update of our life. Things are going good. We are getting excited for Christmas, we are ready and can't wait. Emree keeps trying to unwrap the presents she can reach and loves to pull the red ornaments off the tree. She is so much fun i just want to freeze her at this stage. I love all the new tricks she is doing, like the newest one is singing "once there was a snowman" with me. She puts her hands high in the air and makes some loud noise for one whole breath. It is pretty funny. She loves to walk around the house with her little push walker thing. She gets going so fast and then rams the tree. She loves to feed herself and i am not sure if i like it or not it is such a mess but very entertaining to watch her do it. Emree loves watching tv, and gets so excited when she sees the little caterpiller from baby ein. come on the screen. The other night i rented UP and i turned it on and for the first ten minutes of the show she giggled and loved it so we laid her pillow done and we all snuggled up on the floor and watched the show it was pretty fun. She still loves her daddy, he has been pretty busy doing his parents house and with work, so we both love when we get to spend some time with him. Every morning and nap i wake up to daddadada, and wonder why am i the one getting her:) jk it is cute. My favorite is the clapping, she claps everytime i sing or dance or doing anything for her. She is my little cheerleader/biggest fan. As you can tell we love our little Ems and love watching her grow. It is crazy how fast it is flying by.

We finally got some family pictures done. Candis my cousin took them last weekend and they turned out pretty good considering that Emree was not very excited about it. She didn't like sitting on our laps and smiling she wanted to be all alone. As you can see she picked her nose for us and clapped through most of them because i was trying to make her smile and dancing behind Candis. It was a workout. It is crazy i look at the picture and think wow i can't believe this is my little family, pretty cool!

I better be done, we are on our way to go pick up Elder Derek Hanks( travs little brother) from the airport. He has been serving in Bolivia and we are so excited to see him!! Trav has been going crazy! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and happy holiday's. Remember the reason for the season, we are so grateful for our Savior and his birth and life. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be able to be with my cute little family forever. All because of this little baby that was born on this earth, lived and dead and now lives again i too can live forever with those that i love. Merry Christmas!!!

Pictures, Tylenol, Teeth, Halloween....fun fun

Ok so i have lots of random pictures to post. Emree is now 6 months old and weighing in at 14.5 lbs and 25.5 inches. Still a little peanut but the doc said she looks good and healthy. We went and got some pics of her and also her cute ducky costume. Here are a few of my favorites.

She thinks she is so funny in the costume everytime she has it on she just laughs. She now has 2 teeth and got her shots the other day and they usually don't bother her but either her teeth are driving her crazy or the shots, but i am about to go crazy. We just keep pumping the tylenol and motrin and watching lots of baby e. Last Saturday trav was suppose to go hunting and he had been gone all week out of town on work so he decided to stay home so if was so nice we just spent the whole day together and Emree loved it being with her dad and having somebody else besides me to play with. We went and did some Christmas shopping and then got dinner. So since we were going to town Trav wanted her to wear a cute going to town outfit. We called it the Grandma Sandra outfit because she loves black and white. She also is finally big enough to eat in her highchair, the tray goes almost to her neck, but she loves it. Everything gets really messy especially when she gets a hold of the spoon.

Ems loves being outside so i have been bundling her up and if we are lucky we will catch grandpa doug outside and he will take us for a Rhino ride. Emree loves it because buster (the dog) comes to. Well other than surviving the teeth we are doing good just playing and learning new things. Hope everyone has a great Halloween!!!

Getting so big!

Hello everyone...yes Emree and i are alive. So sorry for being so slow on posting, so i will do a quick update on everything. Jeri thanks to you i am finally posting more pics of my little cutie pie. She is so much fun and just full of energy and smiles. We have been busy reading stories and playing with her farm animals (they are her new favorite toy). We recently got to spend some time in the spud truck with grandma peggy and with daddy in the digger. She thought that was great she loves her daddy almost as much as her daddy loves her. I can't believe she is 6 months old. Her doc app is Tuesday and then i will post again her stats. I am curious to see how much she has grown. We are finally getting to wear some new outfits and it has been fun. I have been wondering if Emree is teething, but not sure since this is all new to me, and on Saturday I put my finger in ems mouth and felt something sharp and thought o my goodness that is a tooth. It has finally popped through and you can see it. So bottle feeding is going to be on my to do list. Some of her favorite things have also been sucking on her big toe and watching her baby einstein videos. She loves it. I but down a pillow and lay her down and as soon as the little caterpiller guy comes on the screen she gets excited. It is nice because i can leave her there and get dinner down or whatever i need to do with two hands. It is so funny because i will be in the other room and hear her laughing so i will come in to see what is so funny and it is usually a weird toy or funny puppet on the tv and her full attention is on that screen.

Trav still is busy with work and farming. He has had to go on lots of out of town trip to work on pumps, pivots, and whatever else and it is not fun we really miss him when he is gone, but the one good thing is it gives me an excuse to go to Malad and hang with the fam. It is nice to go and have all the cousins and grandma and grandpa to play with Emree. I have the funniest picture on my phone but not sure how to get it off, i walked in the kitchen the other day and my dad was holding emree and she has something in her hands and in her mouth and looks like a little chipmunk. My dad said she wanted an oreo. She was going to town on it and gave me that look like don't u take it away. My dad thinks she can eat anything and is always give her whatever she reaches for he is already spoiling her.

Happy grandma with Emree and Joseph.

Well that is probably long and boring enough, but we are doing well and enjoying everyday. Winter is coming and i am trying to figure out how i am going to entertain ems all day inside, so if anyone wants to do play dates we are game. Hope all is well with all of you.

Please pick me!

OK so i saw this on Lindsey's blog, and fell in love with this girls stuff. If i win i would love some of the adorable booties for emree ( not like she has enough shoes all ready) and a headband to share with little ems. Anyways and i am think i will definately need to order a bag for me for christmas. Kristy i love your work.

O how cute!!!

Today i went and got pictures done at JC Penney and it was so fun. I have been wanting to get some of her because she is smiling and giggling and is getting really strong. She holds her head up so good, loves to stand, and chews on everything. I was nervous that she would not smile, because everytime i get the camera out she just stares at it. But it was so funny she laughed and laughed at the lady and the camera. Everyone couldn't believe how funny and cute she was. I know she is my baby, but everyone else that sees her is in love with her cute face, what a doll! We are just loving every minute of her. She is stubborn and determined, but its all good. She loves her daddy to, it is so fun to watch them together. Anyways just thought i would hurry and post these, because i loved them.

Pictures of Emree

Ok, I know i am so bad at posting pictures. But i spend more time just visiting with her that i only get the essential stuff done, and posting has been essential. She looks so cute in blue with her daddy's blue eyes.

Trav has been wanting me to make ours private (so everyone send me your emails so i can add you when we go private), so i was waiting to post more after i did that but it hasn't happened and everyone keeps telling me to post more, so I am just going to put lots of pictures up of the little cutie. Grandma DD is so proud of these to sweethearts and is so good with them, and we always have to have a blanket on them when she is around. Emree is smiling and trying so hard to visit, and even little giggles. It has been alot of fun. Her dad can't get enough of her, when he FINALLY gets home, he only wants to spend time with her, yes i get very jealous! jk it is good. She is growing so fast she now weighs 10.5 lbs and 21.5 in long. It has been fun to dress her in new clothes and look forward to more sunshine so i can put her in her cute swim suits and sun dresses. We love to go for walks and mainly just visit after naps and full tummies. She is her daddy though when it comes to sleep. She gets very cranky if she hasn't got a good nap or if it is time for bed and she is still awake. We also went to Island Park a couple of weeks ago with Beth and her kids. Emree loves them, she is always smiling at Bridger and gets a little nervous when she hears Brynlee but loves her to. We loved feeding the fish and just hangin out.

Here is a random picture of Emree on the day she was blessed all the good pictures are on my dad's camera. She looked beautiful!

Last week we went to Malad for Joseph's blessing it was so fun to have them together again. He is so cute, and they are about the same size. Doesn't She look adorable in this cute dress the evans family gave us. I just loved it.

Jason and Trav and two very proud daddy's!

Anyways we just love her and love the joy and happiness she brings into our home.

Baby Emree is 1 week old

Ok i finally have made some time to get some pictures up of our little additon to our family. Wow, i can't believe how fast the time has went by already. Emree is a week old today and has already blessed trav and i so much. Trav is the proudest father and just loves to kiss on her and look at her. He comes right in from work and wants to spend the rest of the night with her (i am a little jeaouls...jk) I won't do details on the long labor, but we did have her on April 3rd at 4:36 am. It was crazy and i was so grateful for trav and a wonderful nurse. Trav said that she looks just like me but i can see a little bit of him in her. She definately has his skin, dark and beautiful. She has cute dark hair and it is curly when it gets wet. She is such a sweetie. She loves to just visit and especially at 3:00 am. She has been so good, and i hope it continues to go well. I have loved dressing her in all her cute clothes even though they are a little big. She was 7lbs 19 inches, and now is 6lbs 9 oz so she is little but growing already. It is amazing how much time they require but i am loving it. She has had a little bit of jondus so the two days of sunshine she sun tanned and loved it. My mom went home on Wednesday and i was really sad and nervous but we are doing good. She was so helpful, she cooked, cleaned, let me sleep, you name it most of all it was just nice having her here. Moms always know best. We still miss her, but we will just have to make lots of trips to Malad. Anyways i have just posted lots of random pictures of our little cutie pie. We love her so much and we are so glad she is here and so blessed to have her apart of our family.

Baby's Room

The babies room is finally i think ready. Everything is ready for her to come except her i guess. I keep thinking i need to leave my house messy or think of something that isn't prepared and then she will come. . . jk it is all good. On Thursday the doctor said I was at a 2 and 70%, so anytime would be great. But until she comes I thought I would post some pictures of her room and all the help I have had. A couple weeks ago my sister came up and helped me paint. It took us all day to do one wall and then the next day Trav and Beth did the other two walls in a fourth of the time it took us. I must have not been much help. Bridger and Brynlee also came up and it was so fun to be with them. They are such good kids. While we painted the walls they painted some CTR rings that we found in Desert Book. They turned out pretty good. Trav has been really good to help get her room all ready even though she won't be in there for a little while. Everytime another box would show up on our porch he would bring it in and get it put up so fast. It is so nice to have a husband that can just do everything, he is my little Mr. fix it. He is all ready being a true dad because he thinks she has way to many clothes and things already, so we are in big trouble because what he doesn't realize is she will grow out of what we have so fast. I took a picture of what i have hung up, and Trav says she is already like her mother and has too many clothes and shoes. Shoes are my weakness and i have brought her some cute ones. Anyways it needs a little more work, but we are good for now. Thanks Beth again for all your help. It was so fun to spend the weekend with ya and get me all ready and prepare for this little angel to come. So hopefully next time we post it will be picutres of her. Wish us luck, Trav is going to need all the help he can get...jk He is going to do great.