Butterfly Exhibit!!

This Good Friday all the grandkids on the Porter side (along with their mommys and Grandma) got to go to the Botanical Gardens to see the Butterfly Exhibit. If you've never been I would definitely recommend going. Every year about this time they have this big tent full of hundreds of butterflies flying around for everyone to see. I guess they ship the little guys in from somewhere back East to live out the rest of their lives here in AZ...Needless to say, the kids LOVED it. I think pretty much every one of our kids had a butterfly land on them....yes, even Miss Emery

Mommy and Sweet Em

Emerys mommy on Thursdays, Eda!

Lily

Corinne, Lily, Olivia and Tatum
(Olivia wasn't so sure she liked the butterflies...)

Do you see the little butterfly on her flower?? Yes, I did hope when I put that on her head that one would land on it and low and behold one did!

Olivia and Isabella

Brodee and Tate

Porter and Maddy

Peyton Sue

The whole crew!!

Pooped!

Emery Jane I Love You So....2nd Verse

Your lovely, shining eyes

Are just like the stars that twinkle

Way up in the bright blue skies!

Lately....

This girl is growing up right before our very eyes! So as of late she gets tired of her toys pretty quick so sometimes we have to get a little creative with what to entertain her with...for example...

a highlighter. With the cap securely fastened (until she figures out how to take it off)

music on the computer. She loves rocking out with dad :)

her binkie! She pretty much only has it in her mouth when she's sleepy...otherwise its in her hands, then back in her mouth, then back in her hands, then on the ground...you get the picture

aw the exersaucer....the only thing that keeps her entertained for more than 2 minutes!! (besides her mom and dad of course!)
ps...don't you love her little mohawk in this pic?? It make the perfect little pony tail! (see pic #1)

a towel or blanket. Apparently they taste really good because she can't seem to keep them out of her mouth

and my personal favorite....her feet! Now these I know are delicious!!

"Emery Jane I Love You So....

Your happy smiling face

Is such a joy to look at

You make home a lovey place"

Ouch...

Looks like it's sunscreen season again! I hate sun burns...how embarrassing...

So Far This Year....

We have taken advantage of the beautiful weather!! The three of us headed over to my parents Sunday afternoon and lounged around in the grass under the Ash tree...it was lovey :)


Saturday, Emery had a ball playing outside with her cousins...I love that she's big enough now for Corinne to tote around...

Emery also had her first pony tail!! (well kind of....)

see it??


She also did a lot of hanging out with dad....

She had lots of baths in Grandma Porters sink...

AND swung in the swing at Grandma and Grandpa Porters for the first time!

She is such a fun age right now and seriously only gets cuter...I can't stand it!

And So it Begins!

My life for the next two years has officially begun! I started the nursing program at MCC this semester and it has been a change to say the least...I leave my sweet baby with Grandma Porter on Mondays, Grandma Pew on Tuesdays, Daddy gets her Wednesdays :) and her Aunt Eda (my sister) on Thursdays...I'm always home by 2 or 3 which isn't as bad as some girls have it but it still has been the hardest thing i've ever had to do! So needless to say, things are pretty crazy around here which explains the lack of posting :) I know that school is going to be a good thing not only for me but also my family...I have to tell myself that everytime I drive away and I know that she is in the BEST hands! But it really doesn't make it easy I don't think it'll ever be easy....Anywho! I'll post some new stuff soon I just thought I'd update real quick while I print off my 66 page Power Point for tomorrow! haha....ya thats right, 66 pages...