Thanksgiving Newport Beach, CA

We had a great time this Thanksgiving, we had lots to be thankful for, especially family. The week before Thanksgiving we spent it with my family but we didn't take any pictures, it was lots of fun though, we all ate so much it hurt. Great times!

Then the week after that we spent Thanksgiving with Phillip's side of the family, where we all stayed in Newport Beach, CA for a week.


Very windy day on the beach.



Turkey bowl!! Lots of fun.



Emmett enjoying walking with daddy and cousin Ben.



Mommy's turn.



This was Emmett's first trip to the beach, he really enjoyed it, he loved playing with the sand.



Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch! Emmett would not look at the camera because he wanted to play with the wheel, (he is such a boy) we took a ton of pics and this was the best one.



The great pumpkin!



Emmett loved ridding on daddy's shoulders throughout the cornmaze.



Say "Haystacks" I mean "cheese".



Emmett's first pumpkin, he was definately intrigued by it, he kept touching, hitting and even tried licking it, lol.

Emmett's 1st Birthday

Emmett's beautiful Elmo cake. (created by Amanda Miller)



We also got Emmett an Elmo pinata, which we didn't break, maybe next year!



Happy Birthday my handsome prince!



Emmett loved all his gifts, thanks everyone!



Mommy and Daddy blew out Emmett's candle for him cause he wanted to touch it :-)



Discovering a new taste...



Dig in!



Emmett's 1st taste of cake (not so fond of it now)

Our 10 month old

Emmett at 10 months old.


"I love my mommy"



"Mommy loves Emmett"


Emmett loves taking pictures.



Zoolander pose, lol.
I love my lil guy.

So much has happened

update:

Well, where do I start. Emmett began crawling about 2 months ago. Last week he discovered that he can pull himself up to stand by holding on to something. He can also walk sideways as he is holding on to the couch, he doesn't really care for his walker anymore. Just yesterday as he was reaching for a toy, he held it with both hands, he didn't realize he had stopped holding on to the table for support, so he actually stood up by himself for 5 seconds. When he realized he was wasn't holding on to anything he panicked and almost fell but I caught him.

Also he got yet another haircut 3 days ago. Pics to follow.

Emmett's First Haircut

Too long for a faux hawk.



Loved being in the car seat.


All done, nice and fresh new do. With a dramatic finish and a tear drop to prove it.

Emmett's First Haircut

After a lot of thought and convincing from Phil. We took Emmett to get his first haircut. He did very well up until the last part when the stylist used the trimmer on his neckline. Here are some before and after shots.