Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
We started the morning with the ?th annual football game.
Don't be thrown off by the fact there are some men in shorts. (Oh hubby of mine!). It was FREEZING from the stands! =)
Uncle Mat wanted a way out of the cold, so he went and broke his collarbone during the game so he could escape to the ER. A very memorable Thanksgiving 2012.

Girlie Girl

My girlie girl has been begging for me to curl her hair lately.  Of course, her healthy hair won't hold any curl!  We tried a different approach today with these rollers.  When I first put them in, she was having a fit saying, "Mom, I want it to not be like Annie curly!"  Not to worry, these didn't help her tresses hold curl any better than the curling iron + massive amounts of hairspray.  Probably a good thing..I'm hoping this is a short lived request. I can't possibly get in the habit of adding one more thing to our "getting presentable to leave the house" routine!!!

Baby Cousins!

Colin and Emerson
(10 weeks apart in age)
I think they both had some gas in this pic!

Lucas came over to play today with Julia and we had to snap a few pics before they left!

Greats + Emerson

Great Grandma Schuette loves when the kids are little. She's not supposed to lift much, but Em's 10lbs works for her!

Great Grandpa Harriss drives into town to see his newest grandbaby and gives her lots of lovin' time.

Ok, so these aren't "Greats" although we think they are pretty great. =)
Em is for sure not short on attention!

Great Grandpa Schuette tries to make it over as much as possible to hug the baby (and big kids) too!

Mini Me

Emerson and Daddy chillaxin downstairs in the newly finished basement.
She looks SOOO much like Ryan when he was a baby!
Who looks SOOO much like Daddy!

Love Letters From 1st Grade

I found this note in Ryan's backpack this afternoon.
Eman is a sweet girl who was probably Ryan's first friend he made in kindergarten last year. They are in the same class again this year.
This is the second note from a girl he has brought home this year.  The other note actually had a phone number on it. When I questioned Ry about these notes from girls, he said, "Well, Mom! I had to get some playdates set up!"

Baby Love

Rock N Roll Marathon

Stacy, Crystal, Missy, Patrick and Jeff after finishing the St. Louis Rock N' Roll 1/2 Marathon!  Way to go!!

Rick, Ryan, Missy and Mary post-race.  Ry is really pumped about the medals they were given for finishing.

And the crowd goes wild looking out for our crew to pass by!

We Heart Uncle Jeff & Aunt Amy

Uncle Jeff & Aunt Amy were my angels today, saving my sanity and bringing Ry  & Jul on a fun afternoon outing!

Birthday Friends!

Elijah Avril Sones and Emerson Kate Harriss
These two cuties are sure to be friends someday.
Elijah's parents, Whitney and John go to Metro and do Fusion (youth) with us.
Our sweet babies were born at the same hospital, in rooms next door to one another, a mere three hours apart!!
This picture was taken on their first night of Fusion..someday they may get the award for "longest attended" or something like that! =)

Little pumpkin + spiderman

Obviously, this isn't the greatest pic, but I had to post so we can someday remember just how tiny baby Em was!

Emerson's Tricks

While I realize this video will be boring to the "average" viewer, I wanted to post it here to be able to remember Emerson when she was sooo tiny. Jeff has been calling her "Pip" because she seems to get the hiccups so frequently.

Ry's Pumpkin Farm Field Trip

Ry's class had a fieldtrip to the pumpkin farm today.  He begged for me to go as a chaperone.  I didn't think that was too feasible with a new baby. So he begged for me to just come out and meet them there.  So in a moment of insanity deciding to be a good mom, I loaded the girls up in the rain and we headed for the pumpkin farm.  

Fortunately the rain stopped and we had some fun!

The kids LOVE to hold Emerson. She's our little celebrity lately!

Julia and Eman stop playing long enough for me to snap a pic.

My incredibly handsome boy. =)

Pumpkin Farm

We headed to the pumpkin on this gorgeous day to let the kiddos have some fun.  The jump area is always a hit with the kids.  I braved it today with them to get my inner Tigger out!

Aunt Krista takes good care of baby Em.

Lucas, Tyler and Julia enjoy the tractor ride back to the farm from the pumpkin patch.

Nurse Visit

Today I brought Emerson to meet two of the nurses who helped with her prenatal care.
Kathy did our ultrasounds to make sure Em was growing appropriately (and so kindly often switched the machine to 3D mode so we could get awesome views of our angel!) and Beth did our weekly fluid checks and nonstress tests.