Jan 2015

Went for a walk on the greenway close to our house where Emma loved to watch the horses

Emma is now 14 mos old. It is not as easy to get a good picture of Emma these days.  She is constantly moving or has her hands in her mouth due to more teeth on the way! I also lost a bunch of pictures of her on my old phone when I broke it, sad! Emma got tubes in her ears this month which has seemed to put her in a better mood lately.  The Dr said there was lots of fluid in both ears.  She is getting Speech and Physical Therapy to help her catch up. Her new favorite things to do are open and shut doors, dresser drawers, the entertainment center, try and touch the cats food & water, try to plug cords into the outlets.  She still loves books and wants us to read the same ones over and over again until we can't take it anymore.  We've started going to storytime at the library on Wednesdays where she enjoys listening and watching the other children. She goes to our neighbors house on Tues & Thurs where she plays with her friend Lily who is 9 mos old and her friend Maggie (the Chocolate Lab). 

Dec 2014

Emma just waiting to knock over the tower Uncle Jesse is building for her

 We drove to Lincoln for a week to celebrate Christmas with family.  Our drive to and from Lincoln were not the best as Emma was very fussy due to her molars coming through, but thank goodness for the portable DVD player which kept her chill for a while.  We were thankful for decent weather and no road delays which allowed us to make good time traveling. We enjoyed our time visiting family as always.  The trips home & time with family are so important to us considering we only get to do it twice each year. Emma loved having so many people to play with and chasing Sadie (grma & grpa's dog).  Sadie was good and tolerated Emma grabbing her face, paws, tail and stealing her toys.  Emma was more interested in Sadie's toys than her own.  2014 did not end the best as Andrew got the flu, Emma got another ear infection and has to get tubes, our washing machine needs to be replaced, and we came home to find our furnace broke needing to be replaced.  But, those are just small things that can be fixed.  God is good and takes care of us and we are very thankful for the many many blessings he pours out on our lives. 

Grma, Grpa, & Emma Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve 2014

Emma loved playing with Tessa!

"Watch me play this game Uncle Andrew" -Daniel

Visiting with great grandpa

All of the great grandkids at the Olson X-mas party

Emma slurping spaghetti at Olive Garden celebrating Aunt Teresa's birthday.