Monday, October 18, 2010

Fall

We took our annual trip to Gene The Pumpkin Man


Emma is holding a "baby pumpkin" she picked out for Abigail and another one she picked our for herself "Oh, this is a berry heaby one!" Emma grunted. She then had Daddy put it in the wagon for her.

Emma loved pushing the wagon full of pumpkins. You'll notice behind her, the wagon is full of baby Abigail:).

Poor Abigail slept through her first visit to Gene's.




Pizza for dinner during Saturday football. Abigail is quite proud to be sitting at the table with us for the first time!

She had her first rice cereal that Saturday before going to the pumpkin patch.















THE TRAIN RIDE


Because Nanny is Nanny she had a great idea! She found out that we could take the train (Emma is obsessed with trains) from Bangor to St. Joe. Right where the train drops you off is a fabulous children's museum. Nanny offered to watch Abigail and pick us up in St. Joe (the train home wasn't until 8:00pm). So, Andrew took Friday off and we boarded the 9:03 train from Bangor to St. Joe. It was a double decker and Emma couldn't have been more thrilled! Just as Nanny had promised, right where we got off the train, there were stairs that took us up to a great children's museum. Nanny and Abigail met us there and we played, had lunch, and headed home. It was a super fun day for our little Miss Emma Doris.


Emma driving an ambulance


Emma giving Nanny her change for her groceries

"Nanny Sit" Emma ordered. "I'm going to doctor you up!"
Baby Kitty needed some medical attention in the mock veterinarian clinic


Chugga Chugga Choo Choo









Dion gave us matching hair cuts:)













A fall picknic with our sweet Zack




Zack and Emma are good buds







Emma's new favorite play spot is a school playground about a 1/2 mile from our house!"Here Belle, you can eat some sand"














Emma and Elmo visited the Grand Rapids zoo with some little friends





Emma made her first apple crisp with apples we picked at Gull Meadows Farm


Yes, Abigial is on Belle's bed... learning how to make apple crisp:)







Apple picking!



... and donuts





Sunday, October 17, 2010

Summer 2010


The girls Up North in Glen Arbor on Lake Michigan (August 2010) Emma was allowed to watch DVDs (for the first time) on the way Up North:)
Daddy and Uncle Jeff spoil Emma with campfires and smores
The fam out for dinner in Glen Arbor

Baby Elmo enjoyed his vacation too!

Our morning walks

Emma spent a lot of time creating "stew" in the sand

We loved having almost a week with fun Uncle Jeff!



Collecting rocks for Nanny's garden

Family photo

Beautiful Girls!

Abigail's friend Farah came for a visit


Baba enjoyed reading the Wall Street Journal to Abigail:)

Mommy and Emma rowed around Lake Michigan in a blow up boat!!

Smores inside... it was way to cold for a fire outside:)

The girls in the BOB while on a hike

The lookout on Alligator Hill


Abigail's first visit to Art's!

Enjoying the water with Mommy

Emma's first time Kayaking on Lake Michigan


Daddy's Little Girl



Abigail's Baptism
August 15th












Abigail's first swim in Gull Lake
Sitting on the dock

Wild Thing!

Sweet Angel
Emma claimed Abigail's moses basket as her boat this summer! So, Abigail had to learn to share:). In this picture, we are in Emma's boat on the boat.
Our little Diva!
The Red Tub at Gull Lake:)


Sweet Cousins