Fall...well, sort of!

Here are a few pictures we took this week while on a nature walk with Emma! We got to the park, and the light was perfect, so we ran home and got our camera, and went back. She is such a ham and loves posing for pictures (and insists on taking pictures of us too!). We're ready for some fall weather...we got a little "taste" a couple of weekends ago but it's back to hot! Come on fall!

Our addition is going well - coming along quickly - and Emma loves touring it often to check progress! Enjoy some pictures...

Addition

We are making major progress on our house addition! Emma and I check it out every morning, and then we all check it out [and play in the dirt] every evening! Here are a few pics from this week...Monday and Tuesday they put the second floor up including walls, and today they installed the trusses. Emma is excited...but is not sure of the loud noises. It is a treat every morning though for Emma [bright and early at 7 am on the dot] to see what trucks are in our driveway!

Hipstamatic

I bought this new app on my phone, called Hipstamatic, and have been having a blast getting some cool new photos of Emma [and my other "children"]! It has different film, lenses, and flashes that you can select to create a variety of old fashioned photo images! Enjoy my favs!

Emma & Lena

Our friends Amy & Seth and their adorable daughter Lena visited us last weekend from Pennsylvania! We had a great day - had snacks, lunch, swam in the pool, and had a great dinner. The girls got along great from the first moment! They were very sweet together and enjoyed each others company - and gave each other hugs and kisses when Lena left!

School Days

Emma started 2 year old pre-school last week! She will be going to pre-school 2 days a week, from 9 am - 1 pm. So far, she's doing pretty well. We definitely had some tears, but day 2 was better than day 1 - so we have our fingers crossed! Her "First Day of School" pictures were so cute - we had to share them!

Haircut

I posted these on Facebook - but here are the hilarious pictures from Emma's first "Salon Haircut." I took her to where I get my haircut - since she has been there many times and I thought she would do better. Well, not exactly. She was very weary of this whole ordeal - and started going down hill when they tried to wash her hair (she doesn't even like US to wash her hair). So we bailed on the hair washing and just spritzed her hair to wet it. But then the cape was not a hit - so eventually, she sat in my lap, with no cape on and we finished. Her hair looks good (just a trim all around) but boy, I may have to learn to cut it myself. What an ordeal...for both of us!

Beach in July

Emma had her Granny in town visiting last weekend - and had a wonderful time showing her around! We started off at the beach - and enjoyed a beautiful day in the sun. Emma had a great time digging, building sandcastles and turtles in the sand, and running in the waves. She got lots of swimming time in "the big pool" as well. We then spent a relaxing weekend at home swimming and playing ("riding my bicycle"). Enjoy some great beach pics!