Window

So in other family news, we had a window break on our van. I was driving Brian in to work so I could have the van on Friday, and the window behind me suddenly shattered. We were on Hwy 14, and a pickup was passing us, but I've never seen a side window go out like that. A small spot near the top broke out, and the rest was all cracked up. We turned around and came home, and every time I hit a bump, a little more glass fell out! Luckily this was the opposite side from where Emily was sitting, and none of the glass blew in. If it came in it just fell straight down the side of the door. We were able to find a company that had the window in stock, so it was fixed that afternoon. Otherwise we would have waited until Tuesday because of the holiday weekend. So that was our little adventure. I'm glad it turned out well, but I sure hope it doesn't happen again!

New Seat

Emily is now officially out of her highchair! For a couple weeks she's been trying (and succeeding) to climb into Brian's or my chair when it's time to eat. She didn't seem to like sitting in her highchair anymore. So now she has her own booster seat! She sits right up to the table like a big girl! The transition was so fast I don't think you can even call it that. I put her in her booster seat once, and there was no looking back. I hope all her big girl transitions can go this smoothly, even though I'm sure they won't. The next one up is when we move her out of her crib next month. I'll let you know how that goes.

This doesn't mean she still doesn't climb into our laps. On Sundays we'll occasionally buy a newspaper. Today Emily decided she needed to read it with Daddy.

Doing Dishes

Tonight Emily and I were doing dishes. She gets excited when the water starts running and tries to pull over a chair. She really just likes to play in the water. Well, tonight Brian caught us on tape, and then did some fun editing. If you listen closely and turn up the volume, you can even hear her latest word!

Books

In case there was any doubt, Emily still loves books. They've been great in the car because she'll sit and look at all the pictures while we drive. Last week we went to the library and she picked out two board books. When I had to take them away from her to give to the librarian to check out, she started crying. As soon as I gave them back, she was fine again. Here's a picture of her actually sitting in her book crate reading her books. I'm glad she likes them!

Caring Emily

A couple of weeks ago Emily and I were playing in her room. Her curtains were open and the sunlight was warming up the floor. Emily was pretty much playing by herself, so I stretched out on the floor to soak it up. Soon Emily brought over her 2 stuffed animals from her crib so I could hold them while I "slept." A few minutes later she was patting my head. At first I wondered why she was hitting me, but then I realized she was probably trying to run her fingers through my hair like I sometimes do for her when she's upset. She was so sweet.

And this last weekend little Jonathan was here with Jess and Tim K. He's almost 6 months old, and I wasn't sure how she'd do around him. She actually was very nice and gave him toys and stared at him. She only ran away if he started crying, or once when he sneezed on her. She didn't seem to mind if I held him, either. They were pretty cute to watch. I don't think either of them was quite sure what to make of the other one. But this weekend did make me feel better about Emily handling being a big sister.

Easter Dress

As some of you know, I made Emily's Easter dress this year. It would have been faster and cheaper to just buy one, but it gave me experience sewing for her. (Thanks for helping with the zipper, Mom!) It turned out rather well, so hopefully she'll get lots of use out of it during the summer. Here she's walking around on the rocks at Grandma and Grandpa U.'s after church Easter morning.

First Post

Hello family and friends,

This is our first official post on our new blog. I will try to keep it up to date with stories and pictures of Emily, and occasionally Brian and I. I hope this will be easy to use and read so it will let you get a glimpse of our daily life. Enjoy!