Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Swimming Lessons

Ivy started taking swim lessons again - she had her third lesson today.
She is the youngest in her class. It's a group of 4 kids, the other children have been 4
for some time. So she's quite a bit less experienced than they are but the instructor feels like
she is in the right class. Ivy is having a hard time learning to put her face in the water. She'll jump off the side of the pool all day long, her whole head going under water. But to kick and do her arms and put her face in, she just can't do it... Hopefully she'll be doing it soon.

Waiting for her lesson to start...
She looks so sweet in this picture...

Goofing off while waiting for her lesson to start...

The beginning of the lesson...

Working on kicking..."Straight legs!"

Practicing arms...

Arms and legs... See, no face in the water. :)

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Emily's FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!

Emily celebrated her FIRST BIRTHDAY!! It's been over a week now and I still can't believe she's one. No one warned me how fast time flies with the second child...

Some things about Emily:
She is a sweet and happy baby!
She isn't walking yet.
She has LOTS to say. Some words that she says and can be understood by most people are:
Hi, ball, cow, moo, quack, Mama, Dada, No, okay, good
She tries to say Ivy but it comes out "I-ya". So cute.
She went to her 1-year well baby check and she is in the 95th % for height and weight.

Here's Emily on the morning of her birthday

Her presents!! (Thank you everyone!)

Ivy and Grayce dressed up for the festivities.

Emily wasn't too sure about the cake to begin with...
But she figured it out pretty quickly!



PRESENT OPENING TIME!!

Kaitlyn and Emily playing together

Winston, Emily and Kaitlyn looking out the front door

Playing with some of her birthday toys