Lu, the dancer...

Lu has loved watching Mae at her dance class and finally Lu is old enough for her own--and boy was she excited! She looked soooooooo cute in her little tutu and felt like such a big girl! She is a little timid (can you imagine that???) but has sooooooo much FUN!

Stickers!!!

Doing something and going FAST!!!

Somersaults!

Her finished paper with her stickers on it. And the best part.........................

A SUCKER!!!

I had such a fun time watching this little tomboy in her tutu! I sure love this girl.

Emme Joy Coonradt

Since all of our family was going to be here, we combined Lu's bday part with Emme's blessing in our home. It was such a special day and we feel sooooooooooooooo blessed to have this little one here in our family! Her dad gave her such a sweet blessing and we felt so grateful so have so many wonderful people come share this day with us! Emme looked sooooooooo beautiful in her blessing dress.

A few days later I was able to take a few portraits of Emme in her blessing dress and I love the way they turned out.

She is such a sweet baby and has brought such a wonderful feeling into our home. Our family is complete with her sweet spirit and I cannot imagine it without her. We love you Emme Joy!

PARTY HARDY!

For Lu's bday party, we went with an E.T. theme--as Miss Luey LOVES (and I mean L-O-V-E-S) E.T. Those of you who know me well, know how I feel about that little extra terrestrial, so I think this shows how much I love this little girl!

I used my mad cake skilz (that's right) and made Lu an E.T. with Reeses Pieces

and I think she liked it!

Look at those cute lips blowing her candles out--a little early I might add...

Lu's little baby from the crocheted baby bag/bed Grandma Barbara put so much effort into making for her and Lu was thrilled!

What's Lu so excited about??? Oh, yeah--big girl PANTSIES! Who'd have thunk you could get so thrilled about underwear?!!

Present from Miya, Josh and Capri--Play-doh...Thanks guys! Pay backs a WHAT???

And a "special" present from Adam and Shanelle--not to be opened til April...shhhhhh!

From me and Coby we got on good old Ebay and found Lu a vintage E.T. doll that talks and lights up....

I found him a little creepy, but Lu thinks its the Best.Present.Ever.

LOVE

At the end of the day, Lu was soooooooo hopped up on sugar from all the cake and ice cream, Root Beer and Reeses Pieces--her mouth is FULL of Reeses in this picture and she has remnants of everything else still on her face....

This was such a FUN day for our FUN little girl! We love you soooooooooooooooooooooo much Lulu! You make our lives soooooooooooooooooooooooooo FUN!!!

Look Who's TWO!!!

On August 31st our WILD CHILD turned 2!!! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by since this little whirlwind came into our lives! She is such a funny girl and ALWAYS keeps us entertained with her CRAZY antics!

On her actual birthday we had gotten her a bunch of little things so she'd have a few things to open that day, which she found right away!

Mae was more than willing to "help" her sister open (and play) with her "prizes."

Mae had picked out a movie for Lu, "Marley: the puppy years" because Lu LOVES (and I mean LOVES) dogs! This first pic is her "cute" face and...

this is her "yay" face!

Mae was just as, if not more, excited than Lu and she jumped for joy at all the new things to play with!

Lu showing off her new Dora watch

Giant dinosaur coloring book--I think she likes it!

Modeling her new dress up shoes--you wouldn't believe how good she can actually walk in these...

Lu has been obsessed with "bucs" lately, so we got her these toy bugs that both she and Mae are a little unsure of!

And little Em enjoying the party in her bouncer chair, yes on top of the table, away from little birthday girl's hands...

Funny girl with her birthday candle sausage!

And here is the birthday girl all decked out for the day in her new digs!

I cannot tell you how much we love this little girl! She has brought so much silliness, laughter and happiness into our home! Luey--we love you SOOOOOOOOO much and you make us SOOOOOOOOO happy! Happy birthday babe!

Emme's first photo shoot

I gave Emme her first photo shoot a few days after she was home from the hospital and she was a CHAMP! She was sooooooooo good I couldn't get her to wake up no matter what I did. Here are the pix I got and the announcement I made to send out....

About a week later, Ashley (Coby's sis) came over and we tried again to get some more pix, but this time she wasn't as cooperative. We still managed to get some cute ones though! Here are my finished ones of little Emme...

I love that yawn...

Me and my sweet little girl!

Oh how I LOVE this little babe!