Father's Day

Father's Day was fairly uneventful this year as Joe has been sick with a strange dizzy/stomach flu thing since Thursday. The stomach flu part only lasted a day or two, but the dizziness/vertigo has really stuck with him. So as he is recovering, we took it easy and had a low key celebration at home.

In the morning, after presents, Hannah and I made buttermilk pancakes for breakfast. Yummy!

And then at some point, we decided to try to take a few pictures of Daddy and his girls. Emme wasn't exactly happy about it.
OK, she settled down a bit. But good luck trying to get a smile out of her.

Later in the day, we tried again. Not sure what the girls are doing here, but I thought they looked sweet.

Watching golf. Emme seemed to like it too! And Hannah looks pretty annoyed with me taking another picture.

Hannah and I baked a cake for Daddy too! Lemon poppy seed which we thoroughly enjoyed after having a "pizza picnic" in the family room. Such simple things to make everyone happy!

Emme - 3 months

My how time flies....Emme turned 3 months old last week. It is amazing to me the changes in her in just 3 short months (which at times felt more like 3 years).

It is such a fun time now as she is full of smiles and starting to babble much more and will have full conversations with us. : ) Hannah told me one day that she said "milk". Too cute! And then this week, we've started hearing giggles too! Every day seems to be something new! Eating still seems to be going smoothly. She had her 1st cold last week which has caused a bit of trouble, but other than that, she nurses like a champ and is growing before our eyes! And of course, looking more and more like her Daddy! Sleeping is getting better and better too! I think getting her on a routine has really helped! She goes to sleep by 7p every night and then Joe wakes her up at 10p for a "dreamfeed" of sorts and gives her a bottle of expressed milk. That usually lasts her until 4a. After a quick feed at 4, she sleeps until 630 or 7a. Not too bad at all. Mommy is no longer sleep deprived! Yay!! During the day, she takes about 3 naps or so and as long as I get her down before she is overtired, she goes right to sleep. All in all, a very easy baby! We couldn't be happier! Well, maybe technically I could do without the 4a feed, but even that doesn't bother me too much!

This month, Emme has found her hands and boy are they tasty! She loves to put her whole fist in her mouth, well try anyway. She's also started to "play" with a few toys. By play, I mean she bats at them (purely accidental for the most part) and will hold onto toys that are put in her lap or hung in front of her in her carseat. And yes, if she can, they too go into her mouth.

Here's Emme "playing" with her very first baby doll.

Adoption Day

Today is the 3 year anniversary of Hannah's adoption. As a family, we celebrated yesterday! Our annual tradition is to watch the DVD of our time spent in Kazakhstan along with the first few months of life with Hannah, do something fun as a family, barbecue (if the weather's nice), and finally cake! Hannah especially loves that part!

We also get Hannah a little gift to help celebrate the day. This year, a purple and pink (her favorite colors) teeball set.

Learning how to play with Daddy.

And now on her own.

In the early afternoon, we went to Beaver Brook Park and had a picnic lunch.

And then onto the spray park at Beaver Brook. It was our first time this year (Hannah and I often have picnics and playdates here in the Summer) and Hannah was so excited!

Hannah and Emme today before our big outing to the grocery store. : ) I just thought they both looked cute in pink.