Emily's first steps

Emily took her first steps and both Arianne and I were able to be here for that special moment. We were able to capture the second trip on video and lucky we did because after that she would have nothing to do with standing or walking.
Hope you enjoy.

Emily and the Beer Bottles

Kuerzburg Beer is he the best in the World. We brought these bottles back from Germany and now use them as Change holders, Emily has found them and loves to play with them, I think she knows they used to hold a great source of carbs in them.

One Year

September is here and our baby is growing up. She already seems to know how to use the telephone and she is getting closer and closer to walking by herself.



On Thursday We gave Emily a little riding toy that she can ride or push around and she loves it. We also gave her a Fudge Round with a candle, since we were going to have the birthday cake on Sunday.



Here is the birthday girl posing in front of the birthday cake. Adrianne made her birthday dress.



And here we are opening presents. We had a great party yesterday and we are so thankful for all our gifts. We truly are blessed with a great family and great friends.



We can't wait until next year.

Our Church

We have join a Church and we are sooooo excited about it. Check it out at http://www.gracechurchsc.org/ . After moving around in the Army we are happy to be somewhere were we can really get involved.

Last weeks of Summer

This is going to be a random blog about the last couple of weeks... First My birthday was last Sunday and we celebrated with my family. Jeff's (seen in the picture) birthday is next week so we had a combined party. This is the last year of my twenties so I guess I am officially OLD. We went to Outback for dinner and back to my Dad's and Terri's for cake and ice cream.



Emily has started sitting up and standing up on her own a little but sometimes she does not remember how to lay back down. In this picture she just decided to bind over and nap instead of laying back down. This makes my back hurt just looking at it.


Battle Scares from the first couple of days on the grill. I got burned a couple of times my first few days on the grill. The burn on my wrist was from a waffle iron and the one on my forearm is from an egg pan. I am sure there will be many more where that came from. I am enjoying working. I like cooking but, I need to get faster. I have not learned the art of cracking an egg with one hand yet.


The last photo is Emily and Ansley swinging at our neighborhood playground. Emily loves swinging. Ansley is her first best friend and we were able to witness Ansley's first steps the other day while she was at our house playing. Now if we could just convince Emily to walk on her own.