Thanksgiving

Emily had a fun couple of days. We had a playdate with Cary, Hannah & Spencer on Wednesday. Unfortunately schedules have been crazy and the girls haven't had many opportunities to play recently so it took them a little bit to warm up to each other. But they were soon running throughout the house screaming and laughing.
After leaving Hannah's we decided to stop and see dad at work. Emily just loves playing with Jeff - especially at his work. They had a blast with the big beach ball and of course on Emily's favorite - the stool. They rolled around the gym chasing each other and riding piggyback. Emily wasn't very happy when lunch was over and Jeff had to go back to work.

Emily then spent the majority of the rest of the afternoon looking like this:

Cousin Ally was coming for a sleepover and Emily was SO excited. After waiting for at least an hour Emily finally said, "Mom! I don't see Ally anywhere!" Ally did eventually come and they were soon laughing and playing. We spent Wednesday night having dinner, playing, visiting Jeff at the church, and getting shakes at Iceburg.

The next morning the girls read stories:

Dressed up:

Played with potato heads, beads, polly pockets:

And with all of Emily's babies and stuffed animals:

That afternoon we headed over to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving dinner. After the delicious meal, all the girls headed outside to see Lisa's new car.

It was a great day and it was fun to see so much family. I can't believe Thanksgiving's already come and gone. That means I only have 3 more weeks till the baby comes. It's really hit me now how close it is. As much as I want him here and the uncomfortableness and awkwardness of the pregnancy overwith, I'm really starting to dread the actual delivery part. Right now I'm just trying to keep my mind off of it by getting the last couple of things done on my checklist.

Play House

Several months ago when we got our new kitchen chairs we made a house for Emily out of the boxes. She has loved playing in it and hiding things in it. When I was making some flowers to glue on it, Emily had to make some pictures too. She'd color my scraps of paper and then run upstairs to her house and glue them to her walls. It was the cutest thing!
We told her it was a temporary thing since that's where the baby's crib has to go. She seemed to understand and always knew she had till December with her house. Well... a couple days ago we realized that we were going to have our carpets cleaned on Saturday and a cardboard house sitting on wet carpet isn't such a good idea. Emily wasn't very happy about it at first. But she was soon compliant - she's such a good girl.
I was pretty much gone over the weekend so Jeff and Emily spent Friday night playing in her house one final time and taking lots of pictures. It's kind of sad to see such a beloved "toy" be taken away. Especially when it was so cheap. But hopefully one day we'll have more room and then we can make her a new one.

Princesses!

Emily and I had a girls night with my family last week. We all went to see the Princesses on Ice at ESA. The girls just loved it. Emily was so excited to see Mickey & Minnie and all the princesses. She was especially thrilled whenever the princes joined the princesses and was in heaven when they kissed and danced. She is such a romantic.
Unfortunately our camera broke and I was relying on my mom's camera to take pictures. I was only able to snap a couple before the batteries died and we didn't have any replacements. So pictures were slim. (But on a side note - hallelujah! We just got our camera back and it works great).

Children's Museum

I've thought about taking Emily to the children's museum several times. But since it's $9 per person, we've never ventured there. I had a couple free passes that expired the end of October so I decided I didn't have anymore excuses. Jenn and her kids met us down there and I'm so glad they came. Emily had a lot more fun with Sara & Ally there. I think the museum was well put together and I'd love to visit more often. But seriously, having to pay full price for me to sit there and watch Emily play is a little much. Not something I'm going to cough up the money for very often.

Playing with all the balls
Loving the market
(Emily's favorite part and where we spent the majority of our time)

Gas'n up the car

Playing with Grace in the baby area

Miscellaneous pics of the girls favorite areas