Emily gets her shots

Emily is now 14 pounds!

She only cried for a few seconds. Brave Girl



Ouch!

Tyler loves Dr. Lawindy

My future little doctor

Today emily visited Dr. Lawindy for her 4 month old shots. She got two on both sides..poor girl. She did so good though. She only cried for a few seconds then recovered. We love Dr. Lawindy, he has been Tyler's doctor ever since he was a newborn. He is excellent. Tyler loves to go visit him. Lawindy lets Tyler play with all his gadgets, and he likes to pretend he is the doctor.

My baby is 4 months old

My Princess in her new bumbo seat, which she loves. Thank you Auntie Kim
One of many of Emily's signiture tongue out poses

Look at her gorgeous blue eyes..thanks to daddy

Here we go again with the tongue..looking at tete Diana

Emily Ann turned 4 months old on November 21st. I cant believe how fast its going. She is more beautiful each day. Its so fun watching all the new things she can do. She gazes at any little noise with her big blue eyes. She smiles all the time, and has begun to giggle more often. She loves sticking out her little tongue and making an owl whoo sound. Its so cute. You will see her infamous tongue pose in alot of pictures. She is the best baby ever! She sleeps wonderfuly, and has slept through the night very early on. She very rarely cries. Only when she really wants some attention. She is very calm and peaceful all the time. I Love her so much!!!

Gobble Gobble

Tyler's Finished Turkey Craft Ethans work of art
Erech very proud of his project

Celebrating Thanksgiving is so much fun. Food is great, and crafts are even more fun. Tyler enjoyed making these fun turkey crafts with his cousins Ethan and Erech. We traced out their hands and feet to make these cute little turkey's. Tyler did a lot of watching as mommy did most of the work, cutting out little hands...not the fastest, easiest thing to do I might add. But he had fun, and loved the end result. I asked him if he was thankful for mommy and daddy, and he said yes. I hope he has many things he is thankful for, and will express them to us later on.

Emily is Trying Baby Food

Yummy Yummy Bananas

My little princess is growing up. It goes by so fast when you have two children. Since she is growing, little rolls and all, she is trying new foods. Her first taste test included bananas, which she gave 5 thumbs up. She has not quite perfected the fine skill of eating, but is enjoying it in every messy way she can. Its a bit of work, you have to plan it just at the right time with her. If you feed her too late, she is too cranky and makes a big fuss, and too soon, she wont eat because shes not all that hungry. Its a fun adventure, and its fun to see her facial expressions with the new things she tries.

The boys in my life

My Handsome Blue Eyed Boys

I just had to quickly write about what lucky girls Emily and I are to have such wonderful boys in our life. I feel so lucky because, not in a boastful way, but I feel like I have such a wonderful family. I have my son, and my daughter, and on top of that a wonderful husband. He is so great to me. He is the most patient man I have ever met in my life. I nag him sometimes, because he is not as romantic as he used to be, but I forgive him for that because he has so many other great qualities that it makes up for that one flaw. He is such a great dad, and for that I am blessed. Its so hard to find that great guy, who is great at everything. I know his children love him so much. I truly hope that Tyler grows to follow in his footsteps. Tyler and daddy are such a fun pair, they make me laugh all the time. Did I mention how incredible cute the both of them are?

Finally some cold weather

I have to mention that although I grew up in Brazil with 100 degree weather, and have lived in Florida most of my life, I really cant stand hot weather. So I am in love with the little bit of chill we have been getting. Its been in the 60's on average, and thats just right for me. I love being able to put on a sweater, and not sweat to death. Tyler loves it too. On this day he wanted to go to the park so bad that he was willing to bear the agony of wearing all this clothing, not to mention his gloves. He loves the park that much. I thought he looked so cute all bundled up. I love winter, I wish we even had a little bit of snow for him to enjoy.

Our Anniversary Camping Trip

It has been two years, although it feels like much longer, that Chris and I have been married. This happens to be our first time celebrating our anniversary, because last year we both were so busy planning our temple marriage that we forgot our own anniversary. We were both to blame for that one, so neither one of us got in trouble.. My parents, and sister were kind enough to watch Tyler and Emily for us for two days. We had a great time. We went with Sarah and Aaron, and John and Nikki. Our first night had more downfalls that good ones. Everything that could go wrong did. First it was pretty hot, secondly it rained on us at least twice. Our tent got accidentally wet inside, so we had to sleep on a wet bed with wet blankets. Our last day was great though, it got cold, and we enjoyed great food thanks to Aaron and Chris. I had so much fun, and I wish I could do it more often.

Sarah and I ready to have a blast!




Out on the canoes

Talk about being scared..up close with the gators..

Delicious Abelskivers Aaron made for us to try, kind of like a pancake, but so much better. You add some sugar and syrup on top. Awesome!!