Emmy Eats.

And eats and eats and eats. 

Seriously, girlfriend adores soup, enchiladas, chicken pot pie, applesauce (with pear is even better), the list goes on. Of course, Cheerios are probably her favorite, but why not? They are tiny and crunchy and sticky and make such a lovely round shape ;) I love that she's willing to try just about everything!!

2014: A Year in Review

It has been a crazy year for our family! But a good one. Here's a look at some of the 2014 highlights:

January

We went to Clinton's wedding, read about it here. 

Bryan and I partnered with Breanna and Jose to throw Grady and Marissa a going away party, read about it here. 

Mom and I took Clara to visit Marissa, Grady and Molly in Midland, read about it here, here, here, and here.

February

Dad hosted the Annual Happy M Quail Hunt, read about it here. 

I had the opportunity to get to know some really wonderful ladies and fellow moms who have since become sweet friends, read about it here. 

March

We celebrated Mr. Brody's 1st birthday at the Old MacDonald Farm, read about it here and here.

I was thrown a Surprise Sprinkle baby shower by my playgroup friends, read about it here.  

We celebrated Alexa's 2nd birthday, read about it here.

I turned 27 and celebrated with family and good friends, read about it here.

Clara went to her very first Rodeo, read about it here. 

We took pictures in the Bluebonnets the day before Emma was born, read about it here.

 And Emma was born!!! Read about it here, here, and here.

April

Baby Jonah was born! Read about it here. 

Auntie M, Uncle G and Molly came to Houston to meet Baby Emma, read about it here.

Emma was baptized, read about it here. 

Bryan turned 27, read about it here. 

May

Clara had tubes put in her ears, read about it here.

We celebrated Devon's 2nd birthday, read about it here.  

I celebrated my first Mother's Day as a mom to TWO precious little girls, read about it here. 

June

Mom and I threw Leah a baby shower for Cinco, read about it here. 

We celebrated Raegan's 2nd birthday, read about it here. 

Tyler came to visit us in Houston, read about it here. 

We celebrated Landon's 2nd birthday, read about it here.

Clara started ballet! You can read about the first ballet class here, but there are so many more after that as well.

Clara turned 2!! You can read about it here, as well as her celebrations here, here, and here. 

We went to the Miller Family Reunion, read about it here.

And we celebrated Bryan on Father's Day!

July

Breanna and Jan hosted a lovely Ladies Weekend Retreat, read about it here and here. 

We had an absolute ball at Schlitterbahn with good friends and family. You can read about it here, here, here, here, here, here and here. 

We went to the Cunningham Family Reunion, read about it here, here, and here.

 

August

Molly Mouse turned 1, read about it here. 

Bryan and I decided to have a porch built, you can read about the news here. We have loved it and it features in MANY future posts. 

School started up again and I went back to work.

September

We celebrated Meemaw's birthday, read about it here.  

Bryan and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary, read about it here. 

October

We had so much fun celebrating Halloween, read about it here. 

Marissa and Molly visited, read about it here. 

November

We celebrated Thanksgiving at the Happy M Ranch. You can read about it here, here, here, here and here. 

December 

There were so many fun Christmas activities - School Christmas Party, High School Team Party, and Anadarko Christmas Party. Plus over November and December we really enjoyed several get togethers with friends minus the kiddos, which was fun for Bryan and I.

We had lots of fun celebrating Christmas with so many friends and family. You can read about the holidays here, here, here, here, here, here and here. 

 

I really look forward to meeting 2015 and seeing what it has in store!!

Happy New Year!

xoxo

NYE: Butterfly C, Turkey E & 11:55pm

What did we do on New Year's Eve?

Drove around in a little pink truck

Sang for HOURS:

Dressed like a butterfly

Had goldfish

And cheerios

Played together

Investigated

Vacuumed

More eating

Yep, that's about right :) And Bryan and I made it until just shy of midnight before passing out like the lame parents we are :) It's ok - we embrace it!

Wishing you all of the best this year!

xoxo

Emma Lou is 9 months old! (Yesterday)

Emmy Lou Moo,

First of all you turned 9 months old yesterday and I took so many pictures that I had to make a collage because you, my dear, are ADORABLE no matter what silly face you are making.

Second of all you are growing and learning so quickly. You clap, wave, and pat your mouth to make the "Indian sound."You can say "hi" "yay" and "dada" - plus you babble to us ALL the time. You adore music and "sing" along with lots of "ahhhhh"ing. 

You think Clara is amazing and want to do absolutely everything she does and play with everything she touches. She thinks you are amazing about 95% of the time :) One of my most fervent prayers is that you two will continue to enjoy this beautiful sisterly bond. 

You really like watching football and Baby Einstein which cracks us up! 

You loathe the carseat and being put down to sleep. 

You still nurse like champ but also like pouches of baby food and eating whatever I'm eating (especially soup, chicken pot pie and enchiladas - all your favorites!)

You are allergic to sweet potatoes and penicillin. 

You still like baths, although you like them even more when Clara joins you. 

You DESPERATELY want to crawl and walk, but just haven't got it figured out yet. Instead you manage to do some combo of butt-scooting and lunching forward-sitting back up-and lunging forward again that gets you where you want to go. It's pretty impressive, actually. 

You are starting to resist diaper and clothes changes, but unfortunately for you we persist in making them. 

You have truly come out of your shell this past month. You've always been a fairly thoughtful and serious baby, but now you are flirting with everyone and giving us loads of smiles WITHOUT us having to work super hard for them! Your giggles are still these quick little bursts of laughter and not prolonged giggles, and we have to work rather hard for those still. We've discovered that you ticklish on your belly and on the backs of your thighs so that's made it a little easier :) 

You rock our world, Baby Girl.

Keep growing and thriving!

Love always, forever and more,

Mommy and Daddy (and Clara too)

Sister Love

***Welcome to 2015!***

Driving into a new year.