Emmy at 9 Months

       Our little love is 9 months old!!!  Hard to believe she is already 9 months old!  Oh is she just a joy.  She truly is probably one of the most loved babies on the planet.  Her siblings just love her so much and they love to play with her and make her smile.  She is one lucky little girl to have 3 awesome older siblings to look out for her and love her.
       Emmy is bound and determined to walk soon.  We got out the stroller that her older sisters used to learn to walk.  She just loves to push it around and always has a huge smile on her face.  She is pulling herself up all the time.  She will be walking soon!
      Emmy is also more verbal and she just babbles all day long. She says "Dada" and also has started to say "Mama".
     She is such a great baby and I just love seeing her grow and learn new things!

Best buds!

Pushing her stroller

Graceyn's First Day of Pre-School

Gracie at her back to school event

    Gracie is attending preschool this year.  We enrolled her in preschool through a local church near our house.  It seems its the popular preschool with our neighborhood which is nice because she will know some kids going into kindergarten.  Gracie attends school three days a week from 9-1.  She was very excited to start school and she has done very well there.  It's a great school and her teacher is really nice and Gracie really likes her.  While it's very hard to have her gone, she was ready to be around more kids and have someone to play with besides her mom and sister.  I think she is really going to grow and flourish this year and will be more than ready for kindergarten next year!

First day

Heading in her first day

   

North Pole

       Once the kids went back to school, my mom and I decided to take the girls to the North Pole.  Dawson and Ashlyn are just getting a little to big for the North Pole, so we decided to wait until they were back in school when it is less crowded.  We picked a perfect day to go.  The weather was very warm and it was not crowded at all.  Gracie had a blast riding all the rides.  I think she rode almost every ride once.  Emmy even got to go on a few.  She loves the carousel. We had a really fun time.  

Emmy was not afraid of Santa at all.  I was surprised!  

First Day of School

 
  Not sure how in the world we now have a 5th grader and a 2nd grader???? Ashlyn is so very excited to be back at her old school again.  She has her first male teacher which she is also happy about.  The best part is her best friend, Luci, is in her class.  I know she is going to have a great final year in elementary school.

Beautiful girl looking so grown up!

    Dawson is now a second grader.  His teacher seems very nice and Ella is in his class again this year.  I know he is going to have a great year and will do great as a second grader!

End of Summer Fun

   We ende our summer with a few final trips to the cabin and lots of pool time.  We will miss both immensely during the long, cold winter months.  We had a great time at the cabin this summer and we loved getting to introduce Emmy to the cabin.  Like all her siblings, she was a big fan and I see her making lots of memories there.

Emmy watching Gracie through the glass at Gracie's gymnastics class

Feeding the chipmunks

Brave girl!

Emmy really wanted to pet a chipmunk

In front  of the general store

Getting in some final splashes at the pool