More Cute Videos

This is Emmy trying to figure out how to crawl, and getting REALLY excited about it!

Here is Bryden making a craft and Emmy jumping in her Tigger jumper!

The Girls Playing

Funny story...yesterday Bryden was coloring on some paper and wanted to hang her art work on the front door. She was very proud of herself and wanted to show me. When I was looking at one page, I realized she had written letters, C A D E. I told her that her letters looked very good and that I was proud of her. She said, I wrote "Katie" (a friend of hers). I looked at it again trying to figure it out, and she then sounded out the word, which sounded like "C-A-D-E". I was stunned that A) she sounded the word out all by herself, B) she associated letters with each sound, and C) she was able to write the letters of the sounds she made. How cool! She spelt her friends name the way it sounded to her!
Here are some cute pics of the girls playing! Enjoy!




Emmy is working on pulling herself up and crawling.

Come on Emmy, you can do it...Cheerleader Bryden!







Grampa trying to encourage Emmy to crawl.

Funny Videos

Here are some cute videos of the girls recently. Enjoy! Bryden and Emmy have this incredible bond already, it is so neat to watch the two of them together. Emmy completely lights up when Bryden plays with her, and Bryden always wants to hold Emmy and love on her. Bryden can make Emmy giggle the best belly laughs, and we can tell she really enjoys making Em smile. Both girls' eyes sparkle when they make eye contact with each other and you can feel the love resonate like they have this unspoken language between them. This video is just a small glimpse of what the relationship is like between them and the fun they have.


This is a video of "The Emmy Rock" as I have affectionately named it. It is hilarious to watch, and we are trying to figure out if it means anything or is just something that makes her comfortable. It may not look like all that much from the video, but let me tell you, she does this ALL THE TIME! Anytime she is in the high chair, she will rock...not the whole time, but alot of the time. She gets this kind of zoned out look about her and places her palms on the table and just rocks, then, she just snaps out of it and smiles and interacts and plays, then goes back into it again after a while. She also does it in her exersaucer, and this is even funnier, because her legs get involved and go the opposite direction of her upper body. Her feet look like a marionette or something. It has really become quite comical for our family, so here is a little glimpse. Enjoy!

The Girls

Here are some recent pics of the girls. Emerson is thinking about crawling, she will go out on her hands, but still keeps one leg tucked under her, and she goes up on one foot. She gets out there and you can just see her mind thinking, "OK, what now?" So far, she hasn't gone the next step, although once or twice this weekend, she did walk out so she was on both knees! Bryden stayed home a couple days last week with a cold, but is feeling better now. We had company all weekend, and I didn't get the camera out too often, but Travis and Marcy did, so hopefully they will send us some pics because I know they got some good pictures of the girls.

Apple Pickin'

Second annual apple pickin' weekend! Aunt Chandra and I took Bryden, Emerson and Bryden's friend Rachael apple picking up in Charlottesville. The picks weren't as good as last year, but we managed to find some yummy apples to steal away with...about 75 pounds worth! We walked all over the orchard and were all pretty crabby when we left, but we had a great time while we were there! Enjoy the pics!

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Roller Skating

We decided to go roller skating yesterday for our family day! Whew! What an experience! The last time I took Bryden, she was about 2 1/2 and we made it around the rink two times before she was over it and I walked out with major back pain! Anyway, this time, each lap, Bryden got better, and was even skating by herself at the end. They tightened the wheels on her skates to make it easier for her, and she was so funny, she'd skate a lap or two, then go sit down by Jim and take a break or practice on the carpet, then she'd be ready to go again. Check out the video clip, you will see her progress from starting between my legs (that was no good for either of us!!!), to holding my hand, to eventually going by herself. There is also a little bit of her dancing...we were definitely in the minority, and the urban folk that go there have some smooth moves, and music, that Bryden was picking up on! Hilarious! Enjoy!
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Happy Birthday Bryden

Today is Bryden's fourth birthday! Yea! She had her birthday party yesterday at Jump Zone (inflatables) and had a blast with a lot of her friends. Then today, at school, she got to do the "Birthday Walk". They light a candle and place cards around the candle on the floor that have the name of each month on them. She holds the world (a globe) in her hands and finds the month of her birthday. Then she walks the "world" around the "sun" four times to symbolize each year of her life. We got to attend that today, so that was fun. We had a great weekend with family and friends (thanks Memere and Pepere for making the trip all the way from Maine) and cannot believe that our little girl is four! Enjoy the pics!

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Emmy getting in on the fun!