Dora Party!

My friend, Dana, had a Dora party last Friday just for the fun of it. There were four 2 year old girls so it was pretty perfect. Dana did such a good job planning it out and had the Dora music going in the backyard also. Emerson had SO much fun and is still telling Ryan all about it.

They decorated their own sunglasses for their adventure.

Courtney had a Dora doll that Emerson never did set down.

The girls all set to go with their backpacks. Dana even made maps for them to look at- you can see Emerson's sticking out. (If you've never seen Dora it won't make much sense but if you have- pretty cute, huh?)

"Where are we go-ing?" clap clap clap...

"First, we have to go through the singing trees, then we'll go water the garden."

"Swiper, no swiping!" My mom had just gotten back from Vegas and given her that t-shirt. Perfect timing and she didn't take it off for 3 days. Pick your battles, right?

Getting ready to go over "Troll Bridge."

Easton just chilled on the deck while the girls explored. Such a good baby...

Dan turned on (what else) Dora for them and they went comatose.

Not letting go of that Dora...

Easton is so much more fun these days- it's like she's a real baby who acually sees you and recognizes your face. She's entertained by toys and will bat at a toy hanging on her car seat handle. I'm glad the "infant" stage is over (even though she was still pretty good!)

4 Months! (And some other stuff...)

1 Week 1 Month
2 Months
3 Months

4 Months! She's found her feet and loves playing with them so she can keep herself pretty entertained these days.


A few weeks ago we went to a wedding in Iowa and Emerson had a blast blowing bubbles...
eating...

and dancing! She asked just today if we could do the Chicken Dance.

Easton relaxing on the farm.

Emerson and her Grandma.

Easton rolled all the way over and does it constantly now. I'll lay her on her back and about 5 seconds later she's on her belly- she'll be crawling after Big Sister in no time...

Dora big girl underwear? Check. Big girl pottie? Check. Telling mom and dad she has to go? Not so much. We're working on it. At least she has all the gear. Oh, and my favorite thing about this picture is her shoes... We're working on that too...

Like father...

Like daughter...

Swimming!

I took the girls swimming last week- it was awesome. The pool was like bath water (so wierd for June) and Emerson picked up where she left off last summer. We don't have her pacifier to give her so she'll keep her mouth closed this summer so she swallowed her fair share of water. She'll learn that way I guess...

It's so fun to get out Emerson's old stuff and put Easton in it.


Emerson her first summer in the same suit... And people say they look alike. I don't see it...

Emerson and Griffin by the baby pool she puked in last summer.

The best shot we could get of everyone...

After the pool we went to Amber's parent's house and the kids played out back. They were awfully quiet (which means they're up to something, of course) and I went out there to find this...


Finishing up her "Pinkalicious" cupcake...

I guess Griffin went in for the hug and bonked Emerson in the nose. I looked a bit later and it was a little bloody! She looks tough, right?

The Girls

We had a great weekend home with the girls- we went to a park and just hung around the house mostly. Emerson is getting good use out of her sand table from last summer so we try to hang out on the deck as much as we can.

I think Easton really likes watching Emerson.


One of Emerson's favorite books is "Pinkalicious." It's about a little girl who turns pink from eating so many pink cupcakes so we made "pinkalicious" last night. They were awesome.

Easton was due for a bath and I don't think I had taken many pictures of her bathtime yet...

Happy baby...

Angry baby...

Happy baby.

Happy mom.

I think this counts as rolling over, right?

She gets stuck on that bottom arm so she's not all the way on her belly but I think I'll count it...