Whats yours is mine

Doesn't Emerson look sweet in her red checkered dress? Or shirt? I'm not really sure what it qualifies as but it's a lovely Patsy Aiken consignment find. Emerson has been all kinds of fun lately...
But, also all kinds of naughty. Ha! What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine is pretty much her mantra these days. If it doesn't go that way there are some guaranteed tears. How quickly she has turned into a sassy toddler! Sorry Emerson you cannot have my iphone. It's just not gonna happen.
Her new word is No. So this morning when I gave her some cantaloupe I said,

"Is it good?"

Emerson- "No."

"Did you try it?"

Emerson- "No"

"Will you eat a bite?"

Emerson- "No, no, no"

All at the same time while shaking her head. Well, I'm glad we're clear.

New Hairstyle

We had a super busy morning running around so when Emerson woke up from her nap we had a lazy afternoon. I pulled out my camera to take pictures of this cutie pie. It was a little tough of course to get her to stay put. I put her on the bed and she tried to climb off. Yes, she will turn around and attempt to lower herself down! I guess that's better than head first!

I must say I just love the shirt she is wearing today. A consignment sale find!

I was admiring those cute little locks and decided to try out something. Pigtails!

So I didn't part exactly straight and the band fell out in two minutes but isn't she cute?!?

Imagine how cute this will be come summer's end when we have a couple more inches of hair! I am contemplating a new hairstyle as well. Hair color at least. I suppose I'm getting an itch after having the same natural color for two years! Wow, that has to be a record for me.

Thursday 5

Yay for Thursdays!!

All week I look forward to today..

I love reading what makes y'all happy..

that makes me happy..

I love having a day to reflect on the week and think about the positive's..

some weeks are easier than others..

but..

I can always find 5 things that have made me happy..

Wanna play?

just post 5 things that have made you..

Happy

Giddy

Grateful

Joyful

Elated

Appreciative

or all of the above..

after you do your post..come back here and link up..

My Five..

1. Emerson got a fabulous report from the church nursery. Her best week yet! They were so excited it kind of made me feel like she has been horrible the rest of the times but hearing how happy she was made me one proud Mama! She also followed that up with a good report from our small group sitter! Fantastic!

2. Emerson took a 2.5 hour nap in her carseat allowing me to do my Yoga DVD. Now I have that little sore feeling in my legs and it feels great!

3. Emerson slept from 8ish until almost 5am two nights this week. Wow! That's sleeping through the night, right?

4. I made homemade enchiladas this week. A mix match of my own idea and the pioneer woman's recipe. Yummy. I love mexican food.

5. We're headed to Conover this w.e. to see family and friends!

Spring is in the air...

Have I shared this with you? Our little bit of sunshine also known as Emerson Kaye. It's my new favorite picture, so much so that we ordered it on canvas. Exciting, no? It was one of those times where I took a picture and we were blessed with perfect weather, good timing, and the perfect look. Carrying around an adorable outfit and matching flower headband doesn't hurt either! Ha. Of course it was taken at our favorite location of choice, Duke Gardens.

Win an IPad and give to a great cause

I donated to Compassion through Mckmama's site for my chance to win an IPad. You should too! Compassion is a wonderful organization and this will help needy babies!

Waiting

As you can see we aren't quite ready for the walking thing yet!

Easter Bunny

The easter bunny did come to our house!

Happy Easter!

Easter was a whole weekend of festivities for us. Emerson and I went to an Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday. Then we all attending the Saturday service of church and served on Sunday morning in the nursery. Emerson was in our class and she was pretty excited that Mom and Dad weren't dropping her off! Haha. Over a 100 people ended up being baptized during the weekend of services.

Emerson was excited about the holiday

It also didn't hurt that she had two easter baskets! She was over the moon to have a bucket as you can see. She has also been trying to carry her sand pail all over the house this week with eggs in it. But, this wasn't the highlight of our week. Emerson taking her first steps were! Well she took one or two like a month ago but this seemed intentional!

Ready....

Set...

Go! Three steps total to be exact. It was so exciting and unexpected to see her go and to see how proud she was of herself. She hasn't done it since but is now going straight from sitting to standing. I'll be glad to keep her a baby a little longer.

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. "

John 3:16

Pool Day

The Easter Bunny was very good to Emerson and brought her a pool! To say she liked it is an understatement. Friday it kind of felt like June with the mid 80 temperatures and all of use wearing our bathing suits.

Emerson found it refreshing.

Look at this cute little grin.

We played in the pool for about an hour and Emerson had a blast!

And we had a blast hearing her giggles and seeing big teeth smiles.

It was the perfect Friday afternoon catching some rays in our tiny "backyard"

Obviously not everyone can sport a mohawk like this.

(Easter post to come shortly)

Thursday Five

Welcome to the first edition of Thursday Five!!

Thursday Five was created by Keely at MannLand5 because she thought it would be fun to have a day where we could post our favorite things that have happened throughout the week..

read each others..

and get inspired..

Five things..

that have made us either..

Happy..

Grateful..

Joyful..

Elated..

Appreciative..

or all of the above..

Wanna play..just post your five things..come back here and link up..or grab the mcklinky code and put in on your blog..

Really..can it get any easier than that?!

Here goes..

My Thursday Five are..

1. Watching an amazing sunrise at the beach with Emerson. She was excited and it was absolutely beautiful.

2. It's Easter weekend and I'm pretty excited about food!!! Not that food is what it's all about but you know a good deviled egg couldn't hurt. I'm also making the pioneer woman's rosemary rolls. I have a feel it's going to be awesome.

3. How vocal and chatty Emerson has been this week. It has been cracking me up as she talks away and has even started demanding attention from strangers!

4. The fact that it has been warm all this week and I feel like sweaters are a thing of the past. Today Emerson is wearing a light teal polo dress and she looks absolutely adorable!

5. Mark is off tomorrow! So we can do something fun and hopefully have a good breakfast. Hint, hint.