Here is a video of Emma swinging at the park!

10 Months

At 10 months Emma is cruising around the house from chairs to coffee table to couch.  She is really enjoying her new ability to walk while holding onto sturdy objects.  While visiting family during Christmas Emma learned how to climb up stairs at her grandparent's house.  Kind of scary for mommy, but I am thankful we do not have any stairs in our home.  She has also started standing on her own, however it is not for very long.  She tends to stand by her self when both of her hands are full, but once she realizes she is not holding on to anything she sits down.  Below are a few pictures of Emma at 10 months. 

Disney On Ice

Every year I see the commercial for Disney On Ice and I have always wanted to go.  I have never been able to go due to school or other priorities.  Well, this year neither Kent nor I are in school so I thought it would be fun to take Emma.  Well Kent did not really want to go, so I decided to ask my friend Annie if she would want to go with her daughter Lilly.  Lilly just turned one so I thought it would be a great birthday gift for her.  We had so much fun with the girls.  Lilly stayed awake the entire show and Emma was awake for about 2/3 of it.  I definitely hope we can make this a tradition and go every year. 



 



The girls at lunch!

 



They are already such good friends!



All of the girls at Anthony's before the show!

Thank you Annie and Lilly for spending the day with us.  Emma and I had so much fun!

Emma's First Christmas Tree: Part 2

Well, once we moved the tree into the house we realized it was once again slightly too tall.  After cutting about a foot off of the bottom and trimming the top it fits perfectly in our home.  Emma was not as curious about the tree as I thought she would be when we first put it up, but once we hung the lights and ornaments she was definitely more interested.  We made sure to put all of the non-breakable ornaments on the bottom so she could take them off, which she seems to enjoy doing.  Kent and I are really enjoying watching Emma as she experiences new things such as Christmas trees and ornaments.  Emma definitely reminds us of what Christmas is all about and we are so thankful for her. 



Emma wearing her Christmas tutu Auntie Laura bought her!

 

Mommy and Emma hanging ornaments!

 

Mommy and Emma

 

Our stockings!



Our beautifully finished Christmas Tree!

 

Kent and I made our stockings for our first Christmas together and this year we made one for Emma!



Emma's First Christmas Tree: Part 1

While we were home for Thanksgiving we decided to pick out our Christmas tree and bring it back to Pullman with us.  After spending an hour or so looking for a tree we finally found one.  It came down to two trees and of course Kent and I both liked the ones we chose better than the other's.  Finally, Kent decided he liked my tree, but I am pretty sure he just wanted to be done choosing a tree.  Kent absolutely hates Christmas tree shopping because I am so picky and for the past two years we have come home with a tree two sizes to big.  The tree we chose was on a hillside which made cutting it not so much fun, but it was easier than last year since he was not cutting it in two feet of snow. 



Our pre-cut tree!

 

Emma's first Christmas tree!  She had so much fun that she fell asleep! :)



Daddy cutting the tree!



Daddy and Grandpa dragging the tree to the truck!

Daddy and Grandpa putting the tree in the truck!



Emma all tuckered out from picking out her first Christmas tree!



Snowy Adventures

Well our first snow has come and gone, but not without a few snowy adventures.



 I am not too sure about this.



I guess it is alright!

 

It is kind of cold!

 

I'M DONE MOMMY!



Four wheeling with daddy!

 

Sledding with daddy in our backyard! 
Thank you Molly and Eric for bringing the sleds!



Sledding with mommy!

WSU vs UTAH

A few weeks ago some friends of ours gave us tickets to the WSU vs Utah football game.  Though it was extremely cold outside and had just snowed we thought it would be fun to go since we have not been to a game this year.  Well, it wasn't as cold as we thought it would be and Emma seemed to really enjoy watching all of the people.  The actual game was not very interesting to any of us, so at half time we thought we would venture over to visit our friends Kristen and Kylan.  While we were visiting them the weather decided to turn to a blizzard, so we decided it was probably a good time to leave.  After viewing our friends pictures and walking through the blizzard we are very glad to left when we did. 



Emma stayed nice and toasty thanks to our friends Becky and Jason!



GO COUGS!

All snuggled up with daddy!

I'm a little tired so now it is time to snuggle with mommy!



Half time! (Before the blizzard)



BLIZZARD!!!!