Safety First.

At the Elmo show, Emma scored a new bike helmet. (She was big enough to be fitted for one.) She wanted to try it out on the way home.





Then we finally tried it out with the Princess Tricycle.

Ashler cousins.

While Phil was getting ready for a game against Buffalo, Emma and I went to Sea World Saturday morning to see some of our Ashler family. Heidi, Scott and Riley Jane all came to Orlando for Riley Jane's 5th Birthday. We also were able to visit with Andy, Uncle Philip and Aunt Betty. It took Emma a little bit to warm up to everyone initially but she soon was excited to have a playmate to watch all the shows with.

Emma and Riley Jane watching the Shamu show.

Game Time.

Football season began with a home opener against Samford. (a win.) Here is Emma with her new UCF shirt and her black skirt. She wanted her hair pulled up "like the cheerleaders."

Dinner! (Pregame while waiting for kickoff)

Pregame warm up. (Yes, the stadium did fill up by kickoff)

I CAN DO IT!

Emma has been helping me sometimes with laundry and she decided on this particualr day that she would get ALL the clothes from the washer. It took her a while but she did accomplish it.

Pool Safety (at its best).

So Emma accomplished the ultimate in pool safety. She is using her "floaty" in the kiddie pool. On the warmer days we bust out the little pool and most of our time is spent filling up the pool, then finding all possible toys to throw in there. She will jump in and out, water the trees with buckets of water from the pool and other exciting activities that randomly come to her. (Luckily, I am able to sit in the shade on our porch.)

The GG's.

Another great adventure we had while Mimi was here to visit...we went to see GGDad and GGmom!! We hung out at their house, ate Subway and watched it rain. Emma disovered GGDad's table of treats and she walked away with some great new stickers from GGMom.

August

It has been a while since we have posted anything, sorry about that. The month of August has been busy with usual everday life excitement. As most of you know, we are expecting Ashler #2. yipee! Here are a few photos of Emma at some random moments. One day we escaped the heat with a trip to Monkey Joe's. Emma received her first pair of swimming goggles. She was pretty excited. Since Phil has beeen busy getting ready for football season Emma and I decided to decorate cookies for him. (Since decorating was the real fun, we skipped over the hard part and just used slice-n-bake.) Emma's other big excitement...Mimi came for a visit!! While she was here we went 'big girl bed' shopping. Here is a pic of Emma trying our her new bed and hew new butterfly sheet/comforter. She seems to love it. I will try to update the site a little more often. :)