Fun in the Mountains

Last weekend we went to the mountains with our friends. We left on Friday morning and rented a cabin near Boone. On Saturday we went to Tweetsie Railroad. The girls had a wonderful time. Emma Grace loved playing with Hailey. They are so close in age. They had a wonderful time playing "lets chase Issy". As you can see from one of the pictures they loved piling on top of her. When she ran for her bedroom they followed behind and banged on the door. It is hard to believe how much Emma Grace has changed in just 4 months. She is growing like a weed and eating everything. She adjust to new places and people so quickly & this just lets us know how well she is bonding with us. She really took to Hailey's dad Mike. She loved playing with him and would scream "MIKE" when she wanted him. On Sunday we went to Grandfather Mountain before we came home. I had to post the picture of Aaron on the swinging bridge. Aaron doesn't do heights at all, this is the first time he has ever crossed the bridge. I took the picture as his proof. Our car ride home was a lot of fun. Emma Grace was acting silly in the back seat with Hailey and Issy. I had to post the picture of her screaming. We had a wonderful time and our weekend went by way to fast.

Emma Grace Is "2" Let's Celebrate!

Last weekend we celebrated Emma Grace's 2nd Birthday. I am sorry it took me so long to post but this week has been crazy. If you are reading this as an email update you'll have to visit the blog to see the slide show of pictures. We took way to many to put in the post.

Emma Grace's B-Day was Fri. Oct. 3rd. We kept her to ourselves on Friday. She spent the day home with Daddy and then when I got off work we took Emma Grace to a store called Plaster Creations. We wanted to make something special to remember her first special day with us. We painted her hand print on a heart and let Elisabeth make her a plate for her room. Emma Grace loved the painting. She did really well when we put the paint on her hand. Next we took her to Build A Bear to make her first Bear. She has a really cute panda that Aunt Heidi made for her on her Gotcha Day she loves to carry it around so I couldn't wait to see what she would pick out. She ended up with a large orange cat. We had a wonderful day. On Saturday we had a birthday party with our families. It was a Hello Kitty party & the day was beautiful. Emma Grace loved her yummy cake & ate way to much icing. It didn't take her long to figure our how to open the presents and that there was fun stuff inside. She has spent the week enjoying all of her new toys and games. As I held her in my arms Friday night I was in tears. I can't imagine how different this year was compared to her birthday last year. I thought a lot of her mother and wondered if she thinks of Emma Grace as often as I think of her birth mother. Did she think of her on her birthday? I wish I would talk with her. Let her know how happy and loved Emma Grace is. How well she has adjusted to her family and how thankful we are for her. I just want to tell her "thank you". Thank you for loving her enough to give her a chance. Thank you for making a choice as her mother that let me become her mommy!! Yes we have so much to Celebrate!