Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to all! We didn't do much that exciting, except Emaline wore her little heart dress and ate probably too much chocolate. She got a lovely red hippo from her Aunt Stephy and some fun books from Nana & Pepere. All of us (that includes Josh) went to my parents' house for dinner and dessert. As per usual, everything was great. Here are a few other photos of the day:

Stephani's Baby Shower

We had my sister, Stephani's baby shower yesterday at my house. It turned out really well! As most of you know, I'm not really the "event planner extraordinaire", but somehow me, my mom and my other sister, Kayleigh, pulled through. It was a great turn out and Steph really cleaned up on goodies for the baby! It was really laid back and I think everyone who came out had a fun time. We had it catered by St. Louis Bread/Panera and it was great! Very affordable too, which is always a plus. We had soup, sandwiches, salad, cookies, chips, pickles, etc. and it was all really good. Then we of course played some typical baby shower games which I think everyone appreciated. The first was the "guess that baby food in the jar" game, then we did the melted candy bar in the diaper. Now for those of you those of you who have never played it, it can be pretty gross. Then we tested everyone's brains with a little word jamble and finally cake and then presents, yeah! (the best part) I'm pretty sure Stephani had a wonderful time with everyone and was grateful for everyone who came and brought her a little something for her new little one! Can't wait to meet her! Here are a few more pictures of the day:

"We're streaking. We're going up through the quad to the gymnasium."

Just like Frank the Tank and those before him, Emaline made a streaking run just before her bath a few weeks ago. I asked her what she was doing and she said, "Mom, we're streaking. We're going up through the quad to the gynasium". I replied, "who's streaking?"
"There's, there's more coming", she hesitated. It was then that I told her to take off my new running shoes and get in the tub.

Are You Funny?

We really have been relaxin' around here and haven't done much in the way of exciting things. Josh has been home for the past 2 weeks doing some DEA training, so its like we're a real family, with sit down dinners and trips to the park and everything! It really has been great. I was going through some files on the 'ol computadora about a week ago and was watching a couple videos of Emaline. There is one, which I'm sure everyone has seen, which showcases her laughing every time I say, "Are you funny?". Its actually pretty adorable and I know you all would love to see it again, although I sound like a total psycho in it. So here is that version that was taken in January of 2007.

Now I decided to do a little experiment a year later and see if she would laugh when saying, "are you funny?"--lo and behold the child is still a little laughter bug. I think its so funny to see her grow and start to become so independant and strong willed (she gets that from her father), but I can still lay her down and make her laugh. I almost don't want her to get any older from this point on, but hey, what can you do? I honestly can't wait to see her with her new cousin come March. Hopefully it will prepare her for another baby in the house--no, no news to report yet, but luckily sometime this year. Here is the updated video of laughing fits I love taken this January.