God is Good

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Green dress

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Red dress

2012-01-07T17:28:00.000-06:00

Butterfly dress that Oma made.

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Thank you!!

Emily's new skirt

2012-01-07T17:03:00.000-06:00

Present opening on Dec. 2nd

2011-12-04T16:06:00.001-06:00

Mommy couldn't wait to open presents.

Emily's 1st 60 piece puzzle completed! (with help) :)

Decorating the tree

2011-11-30T17:07:00.001-06:00

Emily and Jessica put up the Christmas decorations. Emily is talking to Daddy and decorating the tree. :)

New Curtains

2011-11-30T17:05:00.001-06:00

Thank you Mom (Oma) for making curtains for our kitchen. They are perfect and look like they have always been there. You have blessed our home. Thank you!

Family pictures 2011

2011-11-25T14:48:00.001-06:00

Grandma's baby

2011-11-08T15:44:00.000-06:00

Grandma has special babies at her house (and a monkey) that she allows Emily to take home for awhile. Emily always returns the baby in a couple of weeks or trades it for a new baby. They always ask each other how the baby is doing and if they are taking care of the baby. It is a sweet connection they have. This is Emily sleeping with one of Grandma's babies.

Pumpkin farm with Oma & Opa

2011-11-07T15:36:00.001-06:00

Pumpkin Farm with Preschool

2011-11-03T16:41:00.002-05:00

Trip to the zoo

2011-11-01T18:48:00.000-05:00

First day of Preschool

2011-10-04T14:34:00.001-05:00

Emily didn't want to look at the camera on her first day of preschool.

Sasha, Emily's friend from summer preschool, is going to the same fall preschool.

Emily and Daddy were taking pictures of each other.

On the horse

2011-10-03T14:46:00.002-05:00

Emily's birthday

2011-09-30T15:44:00.001-05:00

Blacktop feet

2011-08-31T14:27:00.001-05:00

Emily and Joey

2011-08-30T14:22:00.001-05:00

Paint supplies

2011-08-29T14:12:00.002-05:00

Emily loves her new paint supplies. Pictures of the easel to come. Thanks Oma and Opa for a great birthday present!

Peeling carrots

2011-08-25T15:43:00.002-05:00

Emily painting

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Our train trip

2011-08-23T14:18:00.000-05:00

August trip to Michigan

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Summer preschool

2011-08-19T14:00:00.002-05:00

Emily made a new friend named Sasha. They will be going to preschool together on Fridays beginning this fall.

Jessica is painting.

2011-08-19T13:49:00.004-05:00

This painting is almost done. A finished product to come.

Summer 2011

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Where's my brain?

2011-07-16T20:59:00.002-05:00

As Emily watched her mommy leave the room for the night, she tapped her little head and asked, "Mommy, Is your brain inside your head?"

What goes on up there, anyways?
-eric

Chocolate

2011-07-12T15:42:00.001-05:00

I went in to check on Emily during nap. She was sitting on my lap when she said, "Mommy, you smell like chocolate." I said, "I like chocolate." Emily replied, "I like chocolate too." :)

Flowers

2011-07-12T15:40:00.000-05:00

I was painting in the garage when the neighbor, Al, came home. He stopped by to see what we were doing. In his arms he was carrying flowers. Emily looked at him and said, "Are those flowers for my Mom?"

June 2010

2011-07-11T14:20:00.002-05:00

Words

2011-07-11T14:08:00.001-05:00

Emily said, "Daddy, would you please fix your puter [computer] so that we can watch "Nanny and the Fessor [Professor]."

Michigan Trip - June 2011

2011-07-02T15:32:00.000-05:00

Airplanes

2011-06-12T08:02:00.001-05:00

Emily and I were watching airplanes. She said, "Someday I will be a helmet."
I said, "Do you mean a pilot."
"Yes, a pilot." she said.

Emily Counting

2011-06-09T07:42:00.003-05:00

More coloring

2011-06-06T15:02:00.000-05:00

Months of the year

2011-06-06T06:47:00.002-05:00

Tomorrow

2011-06-05T14:28:00.002-05:00

Just chatting

2011-06-05T13:39:00.002-05:00

New Hula Hoop

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May 2011

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Our trip to the #1 Fire station

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Mother's Day weekend

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Pictures from a spring day

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Our little girl is growing up.

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Helpful hint

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I have started using Picasa for slideshows. If you click on the picture, you will be taken to our Picasa website where you will be able to see the pictures full screen.
I hope you enjoy them.

April 2011

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Michigan in April 2011

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Winter 2011

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Yeah Daddy! (Driving Advice from Emily)

2011-05-08T15:39:00.001-05:00

Saturday morning as I'm backing out of my parking space but paying attention to my iPod, I hear a little voice from the back seat, "Daddy, don't hit Haley's car. Don't hit Haley's car." I quickly looked up and realized I was heading straight for it.

After manuevering safely around it, Emily piped up with "Yeah! Daddy didn't smash Haley's car!" Thanks for the vote of confidence, dear.

Recent Pictures

2011-05-05T19:11:00.001-05:00

Where is Thumbkin?

2011-05-03T15:31:00.003-05:00

Haircut Part 3

2011-05-03T14:55:00.001-05:00

Haircut Part 2

2011-05-03T14:40:00.002-05:00

Haircut Part 1

2011-05-02T17:59:00.002-05:00

Yeah!

2011-03-18T21:01:00.002-05:00

Emily tinkled in the potty for the first time today! We are on our way!

Potty Training

2011-03-18T18:54:00.002-05:00

Emily really would like Hello Kitty stickers, so I told her she needed to tinkle in the potty. She put on underwear and was sitting on the potty. She was standing in the kitchen when I heard her say in a questioning voice, "Mommy, I'm leaking."

Emily doesn't need socks in her snuggly bed

2011-02-08T16:30:00.002-06:00

Facebook

2011-01-04T17:29:00.002-06:00

Tonight Emily was reading a One Step Ahead catalog. On the back was a symbol of an "f" letting the reader know that this catalog was also on facebook. Emily looked at me, pointed to the "f" and said, "Daddy have that."

A Daughter of Eve

2011-01-01T00:03:00.003-06:00

Emily easily confessed to breaking my plastic bucket until I told her that "Daddy is sad the bucket is broken." She quickly replied with "Mommy broke it."

Spanish

2010-12-31T21:39:00.001-06:00

The other night I decided to read Emily's number book in Spanish. I was soon to discover that Emily can independently count to five in Spanish and knows the rest of the numbers to ten with a bit of help. I told Eric late that night and he had no idea she could do that. It is amazing what videos will teach.

Froggies too

2010-12-31T21:37:00.003-06:00

As Emily was praying tonight, she was thanking God for everyone in Michigan. It goes like this, "Oma and Opa and Ferb and Scotter and what's the other cat, and Aunt Dani and Andrew and Uncle Tim and Amber and Omama and Opapa and Misha and froggies." (For those of you who don't know, Omama has a huge collection of frogs.)

Life must be good

2010-12-27T15:55:00.001-06:00

While singing Row, Row, Row your boat the other day, Emily got a bit carried away. Her boat went 'merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily' down the stream.

Happy Birthday Jesus

2010-12-24T12:49:00.001-06:00

Learning to Ride a Horse!

2010-12-24T12:40:00.002-06:00

Singing the ABC's before nap

2010-12-13T16:34:00.001-06:00

Hiding in the garland

2010-12-08T14:33:00.000-06:00

Playing with Makeup

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Emily riding her tricycle - August 15, 2010

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Licking...

2010-11-05T14:45:00.000-05:00

Looking out the back door the other day. I found myself saying something I never thought I'd say. "Emily, Don't lick the car."

Emily's Big Girl Bed!

2010-11-01T15:57:00.000-05:00

The many faces and friends of Emily.

2010-10-15T15:55:00.003-05:00

Singing the ABC's

2010-09-28T18:47:00.002-05:00

Playing with Emily in the Living Room - July 13, 2010

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Emily singing Happy Birthday to herself.

2010-09-04T10:29:00.001-05:00

Singing Happy Birthday to Emily

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The Interloper

2010-09-03T22:40:00.001-05:00

Reading with Grandma

2010-08-27T08:00:00.001-05:00

Up North 2010

2010-08-26T16:31:00.001-05:00

Singing the ABC's

2010-08-25T17:08:00.000-05:00

Okay Daddy.

2010-08-05T13:37:00.003-05:00

I was trying to put Emily down for a nap and she really wasn't excited about it. We are trying to start having Emily sit on the potty before and after nap. Today she was screaming and didn't want to. Eric was upstairs and offered to help. He took Emily into his arms and said gently, "Emily, you need to sit on the potty before nap." Emily tearfully replied, "Okay Daddy." I praise the Lord that Emily has such a great Daddy!

Daddy, Where are you?

2010-07-15T22:39:00.001-05:00

Emily was supposed to be napping; instead she was calling 'daddy' over and over again. After about 5 minutes, I heard in the monitor an emphatic "Where are you?"

New words

2010-07-06T10:42:00.002-05:00

It is great to hear Emily learning new words. I know when she has mastered a new word when she uses it correctly. Yesterday we were driving along and we smelled a skunk. In the back seat, I heard Emily say, "Stinky."
Today, she was down for a nap and I heard her talking. She was saying, "Blanket stinky. Mommy. Blanket stinky." I haven't checked the blanket yet, but I will.

Our visit to Michigan

2010-07-05T12:00:00.000-05:00

Filling the yard with bubbles

2010-07-04T12:00:00.000-05:00

Playing with the sprinkler

2010-07-03T12:00:00.001-05:00

Our trip distilled - shining rocks

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Schaefer's riding horses

2010-07-01T12:00:00.001-05:00

Washing her bike

2010-06-30T16:03:00.002-05:00

June pictures 2010

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Tim too!

2010-06-18T13:55:00.001-05:00

Today Emily and I were talking about seeing Oma and Opa and the horses next week. Emily responded with, "Tim too."

May Pictures 2010

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Emily is SO STRONG!

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Let a Professional Handle This

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Emily's New House

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Emily's Old House

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Donny playing with Isaac & Emily

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Emily dancing with Larisa and Donny

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Trying out for American Idol

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