Fly Eagles Fly

Emily singing one of her favorite songs.

GG

The girls & I had a special visit from Mimi & GG last week. :)

Westport Week

We headed to Westport for a weekend for the 4th of July Family Meeting, and the girls & I ended up staying the week.  Lots of quality time with cousins and Mimi & Papa. :) 

 Adara loves finger foods

 These rocks seem much smaller than they did in the days my brother & I spent hours on them

 Blue eyes!

 Morning trips to Lee Park playground.

Fun on the dock.

Coordinating bathing suits.

Rowing with Papa

Highlight of the week: helping Mimi & Papa turn an overgrown raised garden bed into a sandbox!  Emily would sit here for hours, until I dragged her in for dinner or bedtime.

Ice Cream

Adara's first taste of ice cream.  

9 Months

Yikes, another month already!

She's still not-quite-crawling, but can scoot herself across a room sitting up.  She still loves to eat, and since discovering finger foods is much less excited about purees.  She still loves to wave, clap and generally be paid attention to.  She had a great week with her cousins & grandparents at Westport this week, enjoying her first time in Lake Champlain and not enjoying her time wearing an infant life jacket.

Emily is "Free" (3)

Emily is three!  I can't put words on what it's like to see my little girl grow up and see her little personality develop from baby to toddler to little girl.   Sweet, sensitive, and smart are still the words that come to mind. This has been a big year, with the arrival of her baby sister and move to a new house.  She enjoyed new activities (gymnastics, romp & stomp) and spent a lot of time with friends.  She still loves to read books, do puzzles, play with her animals, and visit family.

A few interview questions with the birthday girl, asked over the course of a few days.

Who is your best friend? Rosalie

What is your favorite color?  Purple, and pink

What is your favorite book- The cat in the hat

What is your favorite animal?  An owl.  "Did you know that when owls are really still, they let people pet 'em?...[Giggle...]  That doesn't really happen."

What is your favorite food?  Cupcakes

What is your favorite game?- Daddy's chess

What is your favorite thing to drink? Grape juice  [not sure where this one came from - she won't really drink anything besides water lately.  Or chocolate milk.]

What's your favorite thing to do outside?   Ride tricycles

What animals do you sleep with? My night night animals.  [Papa Bear, Monkey, Baby bear & bunny]

What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Plant something in the garden 

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy? Read a book together

Months ago, we started talking about her birthday and going to visit Granny in Philadelphia and go to the zoo.  The big event did not disappoint!!  We enjoyed perfect weather and made it through the majority of the zoo.  Some favorite animals were the rhino, giraffes, and kangaroos, as well as a close encounter with a tiger.    More pictures are here in our June album.

Getting close!

Adara has started really wanting to crawl.  Uncle Alden took this video today:

A post on Emily at age 3 is coming soon.  Things have been a little chaotic around here.   In the meantime, a quote.

Lauren: Emily, what lives in a garage?

Emily: [thinks] Stuff!