Mommy's boots

I got some new what Shaun would call "hooker boots" today. After me trying them on for Shaun, Emmy thought they were pretty cool and had to try them on. She put the boots on her feet and then insisted that her Daddy zip them up for her. She was able to walk a little bit in them and enjoyed having them on. She's just so cute! Shaun commented that this gave new meaning to the term, "thigh high"!

Christmas Day

Christmas day was wonderful for us. It was so fun to watch Emmy open her presents and everyone else's too! She would open a present and then want to play with it for a little bit. When she got tired of playing with her new toy (which didn't take very long) she would come over to us and say "another one". She especially loved the LaLa Teletubbie doll that Santa brought her, but is thoroughly enjoying all of the fun presents that she got. Shaun and I also got wonderful presents that we have enjoyed playing with too. This was another scrapbooking Christmas for me, so I'd better get to work on those! I'm way behind. . .

Baking with Mommy!

I love to bake and apparently Emmy has developed that same love too! After watching and helping (kind of) with all of the baking that I did this Christmas she decided that she could now do it on her own. We were making a snowman cake for my mom and was sitting on the counter helping me make it. When it came time to mix it, she started by holding the mixer with me and then pushed me away because she wanted to do it herself! She was able to do it and didn't even spill any! She's getting so big!!! Her favorite part of baking is of course, licking the beaters. Yummy!!

Merry Christmas!

We hope the everyone has a wonderful Christmas this year! We have been busy doing all of the fun Christmas activities. Shopping (which I like more than Shaun!), baking (a lot!), and watching the cool Christmas specials on TV. Emmy really liked Rudolf and I made Shaun watch Nester, the long eared donkey for the first time. This year I even learned how to make Tamales for the first time with my Mom. I'm also looking forward to the annual Christmas Eve shopping trip with my Dad! It has been a fun season so far and the weather has been beautiful. It will be fun to watch Emmy open her presents although she doesn't know that Santa brings them yet. When you ask her what Santa says, she replies "Ho, Ho". She even attempts to say "Merry Christmas". Let's just remember to take some time and remember the birth of our Savior and the true reason that we celebrate Christmas. We are grateful to all of our friends and family for the love and support that we can show each other. We look forward to a great 2008!

Santa's Coming . . . and Emmy doesn't like him!

Last night we had our ward Christmas party. It was a really nice program and then Santa came to visit all of the kids. Emmy watched patiently as Mommy took pictures of all the kids with Santa, BUT when it came time for her to visit with Santa she wanted nothing to do with him! Her Daddy had to pry her off of his neck so we could put her on his lap. We put her on his lap because every kid needs a crying picture with Santa, right? Emmy took it to the extreme though when she tried to get away and then was crying so hard she stopped breathing (only for a second)! She did enjoy the candy cane that he gave her. She gladly said good-bye to him as he left. She even talked about him when we got home. As you can see she thoroughly enjoyed the candy!