wordless wednesday...

My view from here...

We've been busy. Not busy busy----just life busy. Work busy. Family busy. Friends busy. Busy. And to be honest I just haven't had any strong urge to blog, because even though we've been busy, I'm not sure it's even blog worthy! So I'm going to post my random photos as an attempt to let you know I'm still here! I've been reading all your blogs, but haven't been the best at commenting {sigh}. I'm going to try and get better at that! Here is what we've been up to, courtesy of iPhone pictures :-)



We've been growing! I feel like A has gotten so BIG in the last few weeks!






We've been practicing 'driving'.... Just call us B. Spears :) {don't worry, this is only in the parking lot at our apartments!}







We've been swimming! So thankful for a pool on these super hot Texas days!
















We've been baby lovin'






And Ava lovin' :-)
I hope y'all are enjoying life and the beginning if summer as much as we are!

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Wordless Wednesday...

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weekend recap...

What a great weekend!  On Friday, I got to keep sweet Preston for the first time so that Mommy & Daddy could go to a couples shower!  Baby boy was sooo good for his Auntie and cousin!  ((Man, I can't even begin to express how much I love this little guy!))  He has got us completely smitten!

Ava was so excited to see him, and wanted to love on him right away

We were even lucky enough to catch a few smiles from him! ((his mommy got him to smile lots and lots this week, and I was so happy to get to see one for myself!))

Not only was this the first time P was away from both his mommy & daddy, but it was also his first night to take a bottle!  He was a champ!! 

We spent the night and I offered to get up with P so Sarah could get some sleep, and she was all for it.  So off to be she went and little man and I stayed up watching TV.  Around 11 he finally passed out, and I layed him in his big boy bed.  He didn't wake up until 3:45 a.m.! ((a fluke, most likely, but I'm just going to pretend its because he was going easy on me ---it's been almost 5 years since I had a newborn waking me up in the middle of the night!))   Man, I felt like a rock star!  ha!  I am already looking forward to my next one on one time with him!  Thank you Sarah for trusting me with your sweet boy!  He is SO precious!

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On Saturday, The other Emerson's headed out for a little road trip, and Justin, Ava & I stayed to house/dog sit for them!  Baby girl and I decided to hit up the outdoor mall on Saturday afternoon :)  We found this super cute store called Charming Charlie.  They have tons of accessories and some clothing and shoe items too.  I ended up with this little guy:

Ava got some cute shades, pj's, and an outfit.  Here she is modeling the shades :)

After naps, we headed to Texas Road House.  I have been craving this bad boy for about a month now!:

((I may or may not have eaten every bit of this, plus 4 rolls with cinnamon butter.  and I may or may not be watching my waistline expand because of it.  whatev.))

After dinner Ava and I hung out while Justin went to a friends house:)

((she is getting too big))

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On Sunday we just lounged around Brad and Sarah's, and I spent a majority of the afternoon watching this:

((these women are CRAZY!))

 while kiddo took a 3/12 hour napped next to me!

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Hope y'all had a great weekend! 

I'm kind of a BIG deal...

On Tuesday, our sweet little baby girl graduated preschool!  Oh how she was so excited to have everyone come and help celebrate this special achievement!  They sang fun songs like Macarena Math.  They sang long educational songs like 50 states.  And they got to walk to get their sweet little diplomas!  We were are so proud of our little graduate!!

The required Daddy-Daughter-Mommy Photo:

Oh how these too look alike!:

My sweet girl and I:

Sarah & I:

Mommy, Ava & Sarah:

Uncle B, Princess & Aunt Sarah:

Ava's favorite:

Ava's other favorite :) :

And of course, Ava's other other favorite ( she adores  this little nugget!):

Sissy, Ava & Greg:

Ava with her Daddy Steve:

Ava and MeMe:

Ava & Uncle Micah:

and last but not least---Ava with her future husband (this is totally her words, not  mine!  But I will say that Carson is so adorable, and is Mom is super sweet, so I would be okay with it, as long as she waits until she is  35 to get married!!):

Happy Graduation Baby Girl!  We are so proud of you! We cannot wait to see what the future has in store for you. We know that no matter what you do, you will be spectacular!