Christmas Eve

Our Christmas Eve was spent at our home with just the three of us. I was scheduled to work for five hours however when I checked my email this morning I found that all federal employees were excused from work for the day to celebrate the holidays. Our day was spent sleeping in, napping, and snuggling with our sweet pea. We also went to Christmas Eve service at our new church here in Columbus. We left the house about 15 minutes early in order to get a good seat however found that upon arriving we were a little late. Church was completely full so we were set up in the back with some other families. It actually proved to be great seating for us as about halfway through Emerie was getting antsy. We are excited to travel back to Wood River tomorrow for the Wagoner Christmas! 

 

 

 

 

Christmas One

Tyson and I hosted Christmas at our house on the 22nd for my side. It was great to have everyone over to celebrate Christmas and enjoy soup and sandwiches on the cold day. I think Emerie especially enjoyed every ones company as she slept great that night. Here's to I hope many more Christmases at our home.

 

 

Our Christmas tree with all of the gifts, complete with a yummy box of FFA fruit from Grandpa and Grandma Bruns.

 

Emerie showing off her strength to Gigi

Hanging out with Great Grandma Mary, Emerie could not get enough of Grandma's sweatshirt.

 



 

My little gift! We had fun opening Emerie's presents together!

 

Emerie got a pretty cool highchair from Grandpa and Grandma Lambrecht. Notice how she is loving the new view. She is also enjoying the bright musical toy that Gigi got her.

 

Just a close up to show how content the little lady was while I baked sugar cookies for the neighbors.

 

 

 

Our cutie..

Love this picture of tummy time on the Boppy....

Daycare



The day I was dreading came on the 12th. After 12 weeks with my angel, it was back to work for me which meant to daycare for her. I will admit it was a very hard day for me. I literally glanced at the clock every minute! My sweet husband had flowers delivered to me with the sweetest note and the flowers were in my crystal vase (that sneaky Ty). Upon arriving to the daycare they said she was great and the most laid back baby there! She was very wore out and cranky when I brought her home the first week. She always has the biggest smile and is ready to talk to me when I pick her up. I am looking  forward to the long weekends approaching for some quality time with my amazing man and little sweet pea!

 

 

 

 

He even picked them out!

 

 

 

 

Pooped out after a day at daycare...

Headbands...

I have become addicted to Etsy and the beautiful headbands for baby girls. However I am not in love with how much they cost!! After contemplating purchasing I thought,  "why the heck can't I make them myself!" So that is exactly what I am doing, it has proven to save me money and be a constructive hobby! So if anyone wants a headband let me know!!

 

 

 

 

 

Hands

Emerie is currently infatuated with her hands and putting them as far into her mouth that she can. She does have a pacifier but is starting to find that chewing on her hands is a little more delicious. I hope we don't have a thumb sucker on our hands!

 

 

 

3 Months Old

Emerie is already 3 months old!! I wish time would slow down a bit! I will be anxious to see her stats at her four month well baby visit next month.

 

 

 

 

Daddy

These two are so special and words could never express how thankful I am that God has blessed me with them both. Emerie already has her daddy wrapped around her little finger!

 

 

 

 

So Strong

Emerie is getting stronger by the minute. She loves to have control of her own head instead of me always supporting it. She still gets extremely frustrated during tummy time but it is getting better. They really do grow up too fast!

 

 

Christmas prepping

I am running way behind on posting our family updates. Tyson had our Christmas lights up the Sunday after Thanksgiving! I also took the time that day to decorate the house. I always love getting out Christmas decorations, they create such a warmth when you are snuggled inside from the cold. Now I am just hoping it will snow a little!

 

Tyson did a great job on the lights..such a handyman!

 

 

 

 

Sweet Emmy's first Christmas...

 

 

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving

We headed back Thanksgiving morning to celebrate at my Grandma's house. It was so nice to hang out with the family all day and eat good food.

 

 

 

 

 

Emmy looked like a little cub in my brothers giant bear arms!

 

Friday we headed over to the Wagoner Thanksgiving to enjoy even more good food and company!

 

Playing with Aunt Sonya

 

All Husker'd out for the big game!

2 Months

Our sweet little baby is two months old already!! Emerie is now in the 35 percentile for her weight while she is in the 85 percentile for her height. Her doctor said she is a beautiful baby and will be tall and skinny. I am wishing time would just slow down a bit so i can enjoy her little longer.

Mommy's girl

It is true....she's mommys little girl!

 

She sure knows how to make us laugh!

 

 

Too Cute

Time is passing by so quickly :( Everyday our little string bean does something new and it is occurring to me just how fast they grow up. I have always heard people say it but you never realize how fast they grow until you have one of your own. She is now smiling, squealing, and cooing on a regular basis.

Happy Halloween!!

Emerie didn't have a Halloween costume this year. She still looked pretty cute in her pink zebra onsie and pants. Next year we will go all out.

 

 

 

This is her expression when I am trying to get a smile...

 

Did capture a good smile while she was falling over.

 

Couldn't resist the cute zebra butt!

 

Chilling with dad, waiting for our trick or treaters.

Bath Time

Who doesn't love a picture of a naked baby taking a bath?

 

Happy Baby!

I have become a lot better at recognizing when our little sweet pea needs a nap. After her naps she is the happiest babe on the block!!

Pre-nap

 



 

Thinking about shutting her eyes....

 

After nap.....Happy Baby!!

Fall

Tyson has been very busy raking leaves and getting the yard ready for Winter. Yesterday was one of the nicer days we have had, even though it was still in the low 60's. I tried to get Emerie strapped in her Ergo only for her to scream the entire time. It is very obvious when she is ready to take a nap as I just put her in her swing and seconds later she was asleep. It gave me a chance to take my new camera outside to play around. The pets proved to be pretty good models for me!

 

Smokey watching Ty rake leaves. All four pets assisted him!

 

Our gorgeous burning bush in the front yard

 

Just playing around with the camera options

 

Cope loved getting his picture taken!

 

Can you spot the Kitty?

 



 

 

Jesse wasn't the greatest model...

New Camera

I finally invested in a new canon rebel t3 in hopes of capturing better pictures than I was getting with my regular digital camera. Let's just say that I wish I would have gotten this camera a long time ago! With Emerie in our lives I wanted to have a good quality camera to capture her precious moments and I know I made the right choice. I have been playing around with the camera and have noticed a huge difference in the picture quality and I am having loads more fun taking pictures! So here is to more blog posts with better pictures!!

 

Hanging out with Aunt Taylor

 

 

 

 

 

Mommy's little cupcake...