March 2016

Helping grandpa wipe off the chairs he stained and built for our deck

Bridgestreet

Easter

In March grandma & grandpa came to visit.We dyed eggs with them to celebrate Easter and took them to Bridgestreet for pizza & icecream.  We put them to work while they were visiting, mom helped me dig up flowers and replant them and dad helped me build the headboard for Emma's new room.  Emma enjoyed her time with them!

Jan & Feb 2016

January Ultrasound of baby sister

Loves to wear hats

Loves to swing

Started working on Emma's new room

Enjoyed playing on the slide on some nice days in Feb

Dec 2015

This month we went to the downtown Madison Christmas light parade which Emma loved.  Her favorite part of the parade were the dogs and horses.  We also drove around town and looked at the Christmas lights and Emma sat in the back seat making the sign for "more" the whole time.  She enjoyed herself! I had an Ultrasound the week before we went home for Christmas and found out we are having another girl!  We drove through the night to Lincoln to spend the holidays at home.  Emma slept most of the trip except for stops to get gas.  We loved our time home with family and were excited to see snow on Christmas Eve.  Emma enjoyed carefully unwrapping her presents little by little this year, just as excited about the paper as the toy. We spent Christmas Eve with the Hiatt's and Christmas day with the Barry's.  Andrew & I got to see the new Star Wars movie while home with his family and I threw a baby shower for Teresa.  It was a busy but fun trip home.

Loves playing with the train around the tree from Meme & Papa

Enjoying a warm December in Alabama

Emma showing great grandma her new toy

 Grandpa's great grand children

Teresa's baby shower

playing in the snow with Tessa on Christmas eve

Sandbox from Meme & Papa
playing in tent from Aunt Teresa and Uncle Jesse

Nov 2015

Meme & Papa came to visit on Emma's birthday and stayed through Thanksgiving.  To celebrate Emma's birthday we opened presents and had chocolate cake.  Emma loved opening her presents and playing with her new kitchen set.  Unfortunately Emma was sick all week so when it was time to sing "Happy Birthday" and bring her the cake, she just cried and didn't want to eat any of it, so she got to go to bed and we all enjoyed some cake.  We walked through the Tinsel Trail in Big Springs Park while Meme & Papa were here and enjoyed all the lit up Christmas Trees and music.  We also went to the tree farm and picked out our Christmas tree.  Emma enjoyed helping Andrew cut the tree down and help me decorate it.  She helped me put all the non breakable ornaments on the bottom of the tree and surprisingly hasn't touched it since.  She also helped me put up my nativity set and added some of her animals to it.  Meme & Papa got her a train to go around the bottom of our tree which she loves and wants to turn on every day.  Every morning we have to turn on the tree lights and the train.  She loved having Meme & Papa here and coloring on Meme's phone and walking in Papa's shoes. 

yumm egg salad

playing at the park with Lilly

opening birthday presents

Celebrating Emma's birthday with Heather & Lilly

Loves to be outside

helping cut down the tree

coloring with Meme

tree farm

at Bridgestreet enjoying the lights

walking through the Tinsel Trail

October 2015

Grandma & grandpa came for a visit Oct 9-18 and we had a good time hanging out.  We went to Lyon Family Farms the first Saturday they were here and enjoyed the beautiful day.  Emma loved playing in the corn crib, crawling through a metal tunnel, climbing hay bales and watching pig races.  We went for a tractor ride to pick out our pumpkin.  Emma wanted to sit on all of the pumpkins and then hugged the pumpkin we picked out.  Grandma and her decorated her pumpkin with stickers.  The following Saturday we celebrated my birthday.  Emma unfortunately got sick with Croup on Friday but was feeling a little better by Saturday.  We got ice cream at Maggie Moos, walked around Bridgestreet and picked up sub sandwiches to eat at the park. We then let Emma play on the playground.  Emma was supergirl for Halloween this year.  Thursday night we took her to the library for a puppet show and trick or treating.  Friday she went to my nursing home with me and enjoyed visiting all the residents, playing balloon with some of our patients and playing with the balls in our therapy department. Saturday, Halloween, we went to a fall festival where she loved bouncing and crawling around in the bounce house and playing games.  Her favorite thing to do this month has been to play outside on her slide and swing.

Aug & Sep 2015

The end of August and beginning of September we got to go home to Lincoln for 10 days.  We decided to drive through the night, there and back so that Emma would sleep.  She did sleep except for when we had to stop for gas and then she was wide awake for the next couple hours, but it was still better than driving during the day.  We had a great time visiting with family and Emma loved being around everyone.  We went to the Lincoln Children's Zoo twice while home.  Emma enjoyed watching the camels & penguins and got to pet a rabbit, chicken and hedgehog.  We were able to tell our parents and siblings while home that baby Hiatt #2 is on the way and will arrive May 5, 2016. 

Fun at the park with Aunt Teresa, grandma, & grandpa

Playing with great grandma Barry

Loves Aunt Heather

Enjoys playing at the library

visiting with great grandpa Olson

Lunch with the cousins

Fun times!

watching the goats at the zoo

Fun in the gift shop with great grandpa

Had fun playing with great grandma Hiatt