Snow everywhere!

This has just been the craziest winter. We are getting 10 years worth of snow in 2 months. We have missed 6 days of school because of the winter weather and they are calling for more. 2 weeks ago today came the heaviest snow storm yet. At 11:30 that morning we had 2 1/2 inches and at 3:30 we had 5. I believe total we had 8 inches with a layer of ice. We were one of the worst counties hit but fortunately we didn't lose power. To give you an idea had bad the storm was, a friend left work at 11 am and didn't make it home until 4:15pm. That is normally a 1 hour drive. Let's just say people were literally snowed in. Emma was still recovering from sickness so she didn't care much for being in the snow. She had ten layers of clothes on to only be outside less than 5 minutes. It was absolutely beautiful though. Here are a few shots.

busy january

Sorry it has taken so long to get the blogs going again. January was an incredibly busy month. We had at least 2 birthday parties every weekend. Here are a few shots from some of them. One was my niece's 8th birthday which I find so hard to believe. I keep looking back at the pictures from the hospital when she was born and it is incredible at how much she has grown and changing. Emma had a blast chasing after Katie and her friends as well as Bre. The girls even talked Uncle Bryan into playing twister :P. The other party was for one of my best friend's little boy. He turned 3. They rented a bounce house and blow up slide for the kids to play on. Emma wouldn't have anything to do with it this time but we now know why. She had RSV and a double ear infection. Honestly, I think the adults had more fun on the slides. January is also my birthday month, the weather was so horrible that we didn't do very much which is ok with me. We had dinner at Red Robin and did a little shopping on that Saturday and then on Sunday we went down for church and mexican with my parents. Hopefully sometime in Feb or even March I will get my hot fudge cake from my mom. Bryan and Emma got me the greatest cards and yes I cried reading them. I also received a book from one of my favorite authors, a gift card to purchase the new Lady Antebellum cd and tickets to their concert in Nashville in March. Yay! We have tons a video to post for you of Emma but until Bryan sits down and fixes it we can't post. It looks like we may be getting more snow this weekend so maybe we will have time to work on it.

Emma's First Haircut

I went and had Emma's hair cut for the first time a couple weeks ago. We went to a kid salon for her first experience. She did remarkably well. Here are a couple of pics.

14 months and snow!

It is truly hard to believe that our little girl turned 14 months yesterday and what better way than with snow! We did not get the 2-6 inches but what we did get was nice to watch fall around our house and to take Emma out in and walk around. She seemed to have fun walking around crunching in it and looking at everything covered in white. She also looked absolutely adorable all bundled up. Emma is growing by leaps and bounds and we don't just mean physically but verbally as well. We haven't attempted the scales lately but we do know she has grown in height because her 12 month pants are way to short. She is constantly running around playing with her toys. She is absolutely loving her princess mobile and her microphone. (She is definitely Bryan's with the music part) She is also at the age where she is testing the limits of things she can do such as standing on her riding toys, messing with the electronics of the house, and even throwing one big temper tantrum. Let's just say when she did that yesterday I had to turn my head because she sassed Bryan and how she did it was too funny. She is my child in that department I'm afraid (darn Lowery temper). She has woke up the last couple of morning asking that lovely question, what's that. She loves looking at all the pictures on the wall and pointing out who is in them. Her love for books has grown even more, we constantly find her sitting in the floor looking at books and trying to read. I really hope she keeps this up. Emma's vocabulary is also increasing and becoming clearer which is crazy to here from my little 14 month old. Emma now constantly chases Lilly and teases her with her toys and she has also decided at night to tackle daddy in the floor and jump on his belly and pull his nose and ears. She also seems to have an obsession of mouths. Her little laugh is constant and fills the house with happiness especially when funniest videos is on and showing puppy dogs. What did we do again before having her? I know as these next couple of months pass by she is going to be even more active and can't wait to see this little person change tremendously.

Trying mommy's boots on.
beautiful

walking around exploring

hmmmmm
bundled and ready to go
furball
she took daddy's keyboard from the office

Christmas Day with the Ross family

We spent Christmas Day with Bryan's family this year. They were gracious enough to come up from TX and spend Christmas this year in TN. They stayed in Nashville in a house that they rented which worked out great. The kids had a great time chasing each other and playing, we had a wonderful meal, and just a great visit with each other. We probably won't get to see everyone again until Thanksgiving next year. Thank you guys for coming our way this year.

Prepping for the family picture
Emma didn't want to cooperate
Kim opening her gift as Noah watched
Noah and Nana
David, Katie and baby Elena
Emma looking at Violet from Uncle Rob, Aunt Tiffany and Kim
Noah opening his gifts
Elena was even awake for present time
Nana's book from Popi of her adventures with the grandkids
Rob and Tiffany
Emma was fascinated with Noah's matchbox cars
Helping daddy
Our family