Emerson's photo shoot...

Here are the pictures from Emerson's photo shoot on her birthday! A little slow in getting them uploaded! :)

This picture is awesome in black and white - the way I ordered it...

I only have one leg?

The end of another month...

Wow! The month flew by! Emerson is resisting standing, but I make her do it anyway. Maybe it will prod her to do it sooner!

I also decided to test Will's fireman skills as I decided to start a kitchen fire early one morning (it is not advisable to leave dishtowels on the stove when the stove is on).

Emerson thinking hard! Really, she's "working" in the corner!

We enjoyed our nice spring weather, but left Little E on the inside...

Webb is all about the architectual structure of things...he was quite proud of his tower.

We went to Marbles Kids Museum for our friend Carter's 3rd birthday! Webb had a good time pretending to be a fish, a lobster, a fireman, playing in the "peas and carrots" and playing w/ the giant legos.

One more month to go until the big day!

Miss Emerson hit the big 1-1 month mark this past Monday. To commemorate the occasion, we decided that she should have tubes in her ears...well, not really to commemorate, but to help w/ the yuck that has taken up residence in her ears for the past few months. After 30 consecutive days of antibiotics, I'd had it. So we visited the ENT on Friday, Feb. 27 and were at the hospital on Monday, March 2 for tubes. Nothing like speedy service. Emerson was a trooper and actually did better coming out of the anesthesia than Webb did. Now, we're looking forward to breaking her evil habit of getting up in the middle of the night...

Emerson has sprouted another tooth...on the bottom. I guess it's keeping w/ her Polish heritage of doing things differently. She now has one (almost two) on the top to join the three on the bottom.

She is crawling like a madwoman...into everything...laughing and clapping...such a happy little chickie! Pulling up to see what she can get off the couch or Webb's table...

Mom was chasing me around the house trying to get one good picture for my birthday invitation...did I cooperate? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Working on my escape route!

HUGS!
I'm just so happy about life!

Webb has discovered the world of Elmo! An adult in an Elmo costume made an appearance at daycare a few weeks ago, much to my dismay. "I cwied (cried) Momma!!" Apparently, a huge Elmo scared more than just Webb b/c there were many kids hugging the teacher's legs w/ tears running down their face. Since that day, Elmo has been a fixture in our world. Webb now watches Sesame Street just to see Elmo. He also has an Elmo puppet. Webb has decided that Elmo needs to wear a diaper. Webb will also "change" Elmo...complete w/ needing a wipe to "clean" him. (Elmo usually gets cleaned from head to toe, not just the private area). It's pretty entertaining to watch his imagination take hold.

Webb...riding off into the sunset...

On a rainy afternoon, we went to visit No-no (our friend Nolan).

His house is like a huge indoor Toyland! It's great!
Emerson is constantly trying to keep up w/ Webb and tries to participate in everything!
(much to Webb's dismay!)

What?

Yea! I'm big into clapping for everything!

Working on mastering the sippy cup...we want to shed the bottle in a few weeks! :) Webb, sporting his new casual Friday shirt...

So coy...

Seriously, what is up w/ the tongue?!?!Aren't I sweet?

See you soon!

The airport...

In anticipation of our trip to NM for spring break, Webb and I visited the observation deck at the airport on Saturday. We will do regular visits to try to make him more familiar w/ airplanes and the airport, hopefully, lessening any stress an out of the blue trip might cause. Webb will tell you he saw "big airplanes" and "little airplanes" and they are "loud".

Here comes a BIG airplane! "What's that momma?" Inquiring minds want to know...
Going undercover so the paparazzi won't notice his arrival...

In awe of the take-off!

And just for fun...Emerson pulling up on EVERYTHING! We think she'll skip the official "crawling" stage and head straight to walking. And proof that Punxatawny Phil might be wrong about his winter forecast...we shall see!

She's getting old...

Emerson just passed 10 months on Monday! How time flies!!! She's crawling very efficiently backwards. She has pulled up a few times, but mostly enjoys scooting around backwards and then sitting up (which she does like a pro)! Many times, we find her under the furniture w/ just her head sticking out (see below)...

Her estimated weight is around 24 pounds or so...She really needs to become mobile to lose the thighs!

Here are some pics from the Superbowl and beyond..

Webb is experimenting w/ his new fashion sense!

Practicing walking in mommy's shoes...

Sporting the new rain boots in anticipation of snow...not even a flake, though!

Sooo tired...

Here she is...under the couch again! A product of crawling backwards!

Wild and out of control hair!

Ms. Angie getting ready for the Super Bowl commercials in 3-D!Mr. Brian & Ms. Roxanne watch intently!

One day before her 10 month anniversary!

Webb and Nolan hugging...almost looks like a wrestling move...