Mother's Day!

This past weekend I got to celebrate my 2nd Mother's Day with my little family. We had a wonderful day!

First, we went to brunch...

 

Emily enjoyed her eggs and bacon!

My sweet baby. 

With my girl!

It was a beautiful day, so after brunch, we went to the zoo...

We hung out with the goats. Emily was a bit unsure at first.

But eventually she got on board with petting the goats!

She loved taking her picture in the tiger! 

 Then we went home and had an ice cream picnic, which this girl LOVED!

Emily painted these footprint flowers for both grandmothers for Mother's Day (& her mom, obviously!). She made the finger print flower pot at daycare for me! :)

After our fabulous day, I'm feeling pretty lucky to be this girl's mama! 

A brief look into our last 2 weeks...

It's been a while since I have posted. I am terrible at remembering, and finding time, to update this thing. This post, as a result, will be a hogwash of random pictures and insights into the everyday life of Emily Raylynn. 

Enjoy.

 

 

First up, a picture from our trip to the zoo. This was when we were visiting the yak. Emily had been mostly quiet the whole trip, but upon seeing this yak, she had so many things to say to him.

 

This is a picture from Emily's actual 1st birthday, Thursday, April 17th. She wore this little get up to daycare. And then promptly had to be changed. Oh the joys of a young child.

Here's a shot from Easter morning. Luckily for Emily, Layla was there to help her go through her Easter basket. 

Emily has recently taken to lying down on any pillow she sees and going "night night." This causes her to demand pillows to be put on the floor for her, or, in this instance, she just uses the dog's pillow. I'm sure that's clean...

Here, Emily is cooking up something delicious in her new kitchen! For her 1st birthday, her dad and I got her a new kitchen and some wooden pots and pans. That kitchen is adorable and I love it. It did, however, take about 13 hours to put together. (And a couple of very strong drinks for mama.)

Just one of those times Emily demanded all the couch pillows be put on the floor, and the blankets, so she could do a little light reading.

I turn my head for 2 seconds and the kid has moved from the living room, to the kitchen, and is standing up, getting into who knows what. Out of control.

Lastly, my yoga baby! Loves to do downward facing dog with mommy!

Last week, Emily Raylynn was the first "research participant" in one of our new faculty's labs. She was weighed in there, and is weighing about 24 pounds. AKA, she's a hoss. We've also started brushing Emily's 2 teeth every night before bed. She does pretty well with this. I mean, it's just water for now, and because it's only 2 teeth, it takes all of 5 seconds, but nonetheless, she's doing pretty well!

That's it for now! This weekend is Mother's Day! I will try to post something with updates on our 2nd Mother's Day, including some artwork we've already done! Looking forward to a day of brunch and family time! Bonus: it's actually supposed to be warm up here!! So to all the mother's out there: 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!