Cake Face

The girls and I made Emrey birthday cupcakes.  Emrey enjoyed her birthday treat!  It wasn't her first taste of sweetness, but she was thrilled to taste it again!!  Can you tell??

Happy 1st Birthday, Emrey Belle!

 The day has arrived.  Our sweet little Emrey turned 1 today.  I have to say this was the fastest year so far.  I can't even believe that a year has passed since Emrey was born.  I remember that day like it was yesterday.  I have to admit today was bittersweet for me.  Normally, when one of my babies is celebrating their first birthday I'm already expecting another baby.  This year is much different.  Emrey is 1 and she's my last baby.  I definitely got teary eyed today looking back at the pictures of Emrey when she was born.  As happy as I am for Emrey to start the toddler stage of her life, I'm sad that I'm done having babies.  Three is definitely enough for us.  I just know I'm going to miss it.  But, like Trey says, four kids won't fit in the Jeep!  

The girls and I went out and got some balloons to help celebrate Emrey's birthday.  Hadley was happy because she got a purple balloon.  Riley picked out a princess balloon for Emrey and pink balloons for herself!  Emrey was amazed by the balloons.  She got so excited every time she held one and couldn't take her eyes off of them.  

As excited as Emrey was about her balloons, she was even more excited for presents.  Riley assisted in the unwrapping of gifts.  I think Riley was just as excited, if not more, than Emrey.

Emrey, you have been the perfect addition to complete our family.  We love you to the end of the earth.  Thank you for being such a sweet and loving baby girl.  I can't wait to see what the next year brings!

Smiling Faces

Just For Daddy

 It's only been a week since Trey left.  The girls are doing pretty well.  It's me I worry about!  It's such a lonely feeling waking up and seeing his side of the bed completely untouched.  It honestly makes me feel so sad.  Then I remind myself, he'll be home before I know it.  Then the sound of "mom" echos down the hall and my day is focused on the girls.  

It's after bath time that the girls really start talking about their daddy.  That's the time when he's chasing them down the hall and getting them all riles up, right before bed time of course!!  They miss their kisses goodnight from daddy.  Hadley, in particular, misses her daddy at night.  She starts crying asking for him.  I remind her that he's at work on the boat.  She just looked up at me tonight and said, "pwweease mommy.  pwweease, I just want daddy."  My heart literally sunk into my stomach and the tears ran down my cheeks.  How do I comfort this little girl from missing her daddy so much.  It's a hard concept for her to understand.  I can only hope it will get easier as the time goes on.  

I thought it would help if I told them we needed to send daddy some pictures to say goodnight.  It's never easy getting them all to look and smile.  But here are some shots for daddy of his girls says goodnight to him!  We all love you, Trey!!!

Mothers Day

 I always look forward to Mothers Day because it's day for me to be appreciated!!  Unfortunately this year I had to celebrate without Trey here to pamper me.  I practiced with the girls on what they were suppose to tell me.  I was pleased to have Riley wake up in the morning, come give me a huge hug and tell me Happy Mothers Day!  It made my day!!  

My friends little girl, Reese, wanted to bring me a flower.  She picked out a beautiful pink rose.  Sara told me that Reese originally picked out a dozen roses, but Sara convinced her one would be perfect for me!  I was tickled pink when she brought me my rose.  It was very thoughtful!  Riley made me a card in school with her handprints as flowers.  It was the best gift!  

The girls and I went down to the playground for a bit and enjoyed the beautiful day.  For dinner we went to my friend Sara's house.  It was nice not having to cook for one meal.  The girls got to play with Reese and run around like the wild girls that they are!  I couldn't be more blessed to have three beautiful little girls.  I love them with all of my heart.  I'm a lucky mother!

Taking Notes

The girls and I spent some time at the playground this evening.  It's the first time since Emrey has been walking that we've been down there.  Which means it was Emrey's first time to get out  of the stroller and explore what the playground had to offer.  She was tickled pink!  She must have been taking notes when she sat in the stroller for all those months watching her two big sisters run around the playground.  Emrey immediately walked over to the slides, climbed her butt up on the slide and attempted to climb all the way up the slide.  She kept slipping back down once she got about half way up.  And then after about ten tries she made it to the top with no help at all.  Emrey was determined to follow her sisters and climb to the top of the slide.  I couldn't believe my eyes.  I would've never let Riley do that when she was 11 months old.  It's amazing how much more relaxed you are with child #3!  I've got my work cut out for me now when we go to the playground!!

Awesome Shot

I have to say, I love technology!!  After only being gone a day, Trey sent me this picture.  I think it's an awesome shot.  Hopefully he'll send me more during his deployment so that I can share some with everyone!