Playing Catch Up

Lately we have been crazy busy with life. I have actually been really good about using my DSLR however I need to dump my card onto the computer so I can share those pictures. For now, I'm going to share what we've been up to via the ever trusty iPhone. 

I made this collage for my Dad for Father's Day and got SO many comments about how similar EC and I look!

 And this collage was for the hubs. Just a few of my favorite pictures of he and Emma Claire.

We were running really late for church on Father's Day so there was zero time for posed pictures. So i tried to get a few of Emma Claire and daddy as they walked towards the nursery.

And after church. At least I got one of them to look at me and smile. 

We went to lunch with friends after church and these two kept us laughing. 

Monday was a monogrammed bow type of day. Also, you can see my hydrangeas below the window are really blooming right now.  

 

Since someone is protesting her naps lately we just decided to work it out on Monday. It was my first walk/run of the summer.

 

And this is my new favorite picture of her. Does this face not completely sum up the toddler years? She is SO sassy! I love it! 

Tuesday night the Mr. and I went out on a DATE. Our first "real" date since having Emma Claire, actually. We were pretty excited!

We went to Pei Wei and had a great time. 

She is SO into the tiniest details of things, and has a pretty good attention span. I love it. 

I think this picture perfectly sums up how EC views her roll in the family. Totally in charge. ;-) And to be fair she started out in the wagon and the dogs were walking. Ha! I think they are living the life these days!

Yesterday Emma Claire and I had a girls day with our friends Bekah and Gracie. We went to a local zoo and had a blast. Miss Gracie is almost one and just loves Emma Claire. And I can assure you the feeling is mutual. Oh, and they were dressed in matching outfits. It was too cute. More zoo pictures to come once I upload and organize all of our pictures from the past few weeks!

I snapped this picture this morning. We had a play date with friends and EC wanted to "hooooode babeeee auuuu-beeey" {hold baby Aubrey} the entire time. It was precious.

Also, I have to say thank y'all for your kind comments and advice about our current sleep situation. I love having support during rough parenting times. Thankfully she is napping {LAYING DOWN} right now! Praise the Lord! It's still not smooth sailing but I'm just not giving in. She is not ready to give up nap time and I can't extend her awake period any longer without interfering with bed time. She's up most days from about 8 until 2pm. Today it was 3pm. So that's a good six hours awake. 

All of that to say I'm just going to keep on keepin' on with naps! It could be a million and one things causing her not to sleep right now. Toddlers are mysterious creatures.