Monday, January 11, 2010

3 Months!!!

It is very hard for me to believe that my sweet little Emeline is 3 months today. At times, I feel like we only brought her home yesterday! She is such a sweet little girl with the sweetest smile.

A lot is going on with this little girl. She is on a 4 hour schedule and takes 3 long naps a day. She has been sleeping through the night from 8pm to 8 am for about two weeks now. Mommy loves it!!! I also love that when I walk into her room first thing in the morning or after a nap Emeline has the biggest smile!

Em has also become very independent. She just loves to lay in the floor and look around. She also loves her Jenny Jump. We will hang it from a door way and she spins herself and looks around. She loves to examine her surroundings.

I cannot believe that a quarter of Em's first year has already gone by. We can't wait to watch her continue to grow and develop her personality.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Hello To My Houston Family!!!

Today I took some video of Emeline playing in her activity jumper. She was too cute. We started talking about her family down in Houston. So here is the video, it is about 2 minutes. I couldn't come up with a more appropriate ending.

Yes, I know that Em is only 2 months old and I have her in her jumper but, look at her she does pretty good. I do have to put some blankets in there with her for added support. She looks like she enjoys it. And yes, I know I need to work on my camera skills.

So many blessings....

This past year, Justin and I were blessed with the birth of our first child. What an amazing gift from God. We continue to fall more in love with her each day. We were not the only ones blessed. No, several of our friends were blessed as well.

Thank you Lord for the gift of each of the following babies....

  • Emeline Dillard
  • Jackson Green
  • Whittaker Waters
  • Piper Taylor
  • Parker Brann
  • Claire Davison
  • Virginia Houston
  • Sarah Maerschel
  • Mason Gross
  • William Taylor
  • Drew Alderton (Christmas Eve Baby)
  • And any others that I missed

and Lord, we pray for those on the way....

  • Baby Coward
  • Baby Schlieder
  • Baby Garcia
  • Rylan Mitchell
  • and any others that I might not know about yet!
To close out the post here is a picture of Emeline, Allison Green, Jackson Green and me. I think Jackson was about 5 weeks in this picture and Em was 2 months. Yes, I know that she is a big girl.

December in a Nutshell

The Dillard family was very busy over Christmas. We started on Christmas Eve at my Aunt and Uncle's house then Christmas morning at my parents, followed by a short drive to Houston for Christmas dinner with Drew and Erin. Then, we kept the celebration going on the 26th with the Payne family and topped it off with one final get together on the 28th with Justin's sister and her kiddos. We were so busy that we didn't take to many pictures. So, here are a few.


Just about everyone at Aunt Vicki and Uncle Mike's.

Chandler showing Em and my dad his new toy. If you look closely you can see Em's green legs.

I think this one is from the church Christmas Party.

Showing off what Santa brought Em.

And, she is done!

To keep with the theme...here is one last picture of Em snoozing with Gram.