Another Emily-ism
This picture is of one of the lovely Willow Tree figurines that Ashley has been collecting since we have been married. I believe we were given one for a wedding present and, as our family has grown, I have bought more that represent our family as gifts for Ashley. To most of us, this is a representation of a mother and a daughter — I got this for Ashley as Emily really started walking around as a toddler.
Yesterday morning, as I was brushing my teeth, Emily came into our room and seemingly noticed this figurine for the first time. What did she think it was? "Here is Daddy and here is Mommy!" Do you think that she may be saying that Ashley is a bit on the short side?
Snakes
This morning, Emily was in our room with me while I was putting on my socks and shoes. This is not all that unusual, but for some reason this morning, she was obsessing over one of the pillows that goes on Ashley's and my bed. I stopped pulling on my shoes and watched her for a few minutes; then, I realized that she was hissing as she was twirling the tassels on the pillow.
I asked Emily what she was doing and I got this response: "I see snakes." I asked her where and she pointed at the pillow and then swung her arm around to point at a random place on the floor. "Oh no! Snakes!" she exclaimed. I decided to play along, so we spent the rest of the morning, until time to go, chasing around the house, hunting for snakes and catching them.
This evening, after we got home, I was sure that she had forgotten all about the snakes. However, after dinner, she suddenly turned to me and, in that cute little two year old voice, whispered "Daddy! Snakes!! I get two snakes, kay?"
The great snake hunt of 2009 was on again.
Playing in the Warmth
Except for today, and probably tomorrow, it has been warm enough for me to break out the grill and cook out some. Emily likes to take those opportunities to play on her slide in the backyard. We have a few pictures of her sliding in the album.
Occasionally we go out to eat for dinner. In this picture, we had gone to Red Robin. Emily carried on for 15 minutes wanting a balloon that they give away to the kids. Finally, we relented and got one for her. She went NUTS with it!
You can see some more pictures in the At Play album.
Pictures of the Princess
Last week we had a friend come over for dinner. He brought his spiffy new camera and took some great pictures while visiting. It has taken me a few days, but I am finally getting around to posting links to the pictures. There are even a couple of really good pictures of Dante. Who knew he was so photogenic?
Hats off to Geof who took the pictures. They really are good 
Enjoy!
Cute Overload
I hope the internet doesn't explode from all this cuteness in one post 
I just couldn't help but snap a few more pictures of Emily this morning before she went to school. She was just too darn cute in the little purple dress and tights. Thanks for the outfit Nana!
So, behold the cute that is our daughter. Shield your eyes if the cute gets to be too much 
The last one is my favorite picture. The photos didn't turn out too badly considering I used my iPhone.
Stay tuned for more pictures. Our friend Geof was over with his spiffy new camera last night. I'm pretty sure he got a few good shots of all of us, even the dogs. I'll post a link to them when he gets them uploaded.
Until then, this will just have to do