Peanut Butter

Three years ago I started having a traveling mascot in my classroom. Each week a student takes the mascot home to share in some adventures. Then the students are to write about their fun and share or draw pictures about their week. Every year I think the kids won't buy in to the whole idea and every year they love Peanut Butter more and more. Best part about Peanut Butter is that he was a carnival prize! My class this year was extremely concerned about where Peanut Butter would stay over the holidays. I made a big deal of packing him up and taking him home and then remembered on Sunday night that I forgot to take a few pictures. Peanut Butter and I went on a short trip through our house and I captured the fun for my class. I just had to share the funny photos. I especially love the one of Emma!

Walking is Overrated

So, Emma really has no interest in walking on her own. She cruises quickly all over the house while hanging on to something (tables, chairs, toys, dogs). She will walk holding your fingers, but the minute she loses contact she sits. We have caught her several times standing on her own. She also has taken about three steps, but that is with much bribing. I am sure she will become more brave when she sees her new friends in the Penguin Room this week at school. Emma graduated to the next room and they are all walking in there. I just need to be sure the teachers don't tell me if she does walk at school so it is a surprise to us at home!

Holidays

This year was a fantastic holiday for our entire family. Emma was big enough to enjoy the gifts and the whole process of opening them. We were blessed to have two new babies in the family (one on each side) to add to the holiday fun. I created a slide show with photos from our celebrating and it is on the left side of the blog. There are pictures from the Wood Christmas with my parents, grandma, brother, sister-in-law, nephew Carter and niece Sadie. There are photos from the Trees Christmas with my sister-in-laws, brother-in-law and niece Hannah and nephew Cole. I even included a couple of photos of our most creative gifts. Enjoy!

Birthday Memories

We finally have a working computer and I can now share some of what has happened in the month of December. Here are pictures from Emma's BIG day. As you can see, she really enjoyed her cake. It was evident that she knew she was the center of attention. Emma was such a good girl the day of her party. Everyone had a grand time!

Santa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emma will either love or hate this picture some day. Happy Holidays!

Computer Down

Our computer is in the shop. It is so frustrating. I have tons of photos to post. I hope to do this later with Matt's work computer. Stay tuned!

Off to watch my beloved Hoosiers play basketball. Can Coach Crean beat those UK Wildcats? Growing up near Kentucky has fostered a bigger rivalry for UK than Purdue. I sure hope my Hoosiers look decent. This is always a memorable weekend for us. Four years ago Matt proposed to me on the way to the IU/UK game. True love. True fans.

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!!

I cannot believe Emma is one year old today. The year has flown by, but it has been magical. Emma is the most precious gift and I treasure every moment with her. This picture was taken last night by Kristi Hibbetts. Doesn't it just capture Emma's personality? You can see another picture of Emma on Kristi's website: http://www.khibbettsportraits.com/ (Click on Visit Blog)

Happy Birthday, Emma Katherine!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!