Here we go again....

I promise this is the REAL thing now! NO MORE slacking... Life gets so crazy and there is nothing I love more than spending time with my sweet family.. Now I just need to do a lot better at capturing and remembering and BLOGGING about all these precious times!!!

I will make this "catch up" short and sweet.  The last time I posted Emery was 3 months old!! Holy Cow!!! How time flies... Now she is almost 18 Months and if she sees a 3 month old she'll run up to them and say, "baby, baby, baby" over and over and over again!!! She is seriously the funniest little girl I have ever known and she is MINE :)  Here are a few things about her, cause lets be honest, that's all anyone cares about :) Or is that just me...

-Emery started crawling at 5 months old
-She started crawling and standing up to furniture, etc at 8 months old and she was WALKING at 11 months old!!!
-Her first words were mama, dada, Jack (her cousin) and Papa and Nana
-Now she is a talking machine... it has been so fun to see her grow, I'll wake up to her talking and "teaching" herself words in her crib.  Some of her favorites are, Thank You, I love you, Baby, Apple, Apple Juice, Halle (her cousin) Mouse (mickey & "maycee her other cousin) Layla, Ellie (cousin, dog & friend) Airplane, No, Sorry, Pirates, Buckle (she is obsessed with buckles) Marshmallows (also obsessed with) Dog, Bye Bye, Love you Bye, Please, Sit, Now (she likes to taunt me and repeat when i say that word to her) little stinker ;)  Night Night, Again, More, Heavenly Father, Amen, Happy Day. 
The list just keeps going and I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of them. 
-She started going to the nursery at 16 months, Adam and I teach primary so they gave her permission to go in early.
-She loves folding her arms and saying her prayers.  We have taught her how to and now she insists on folding her arms and saying a "prayer" every time before she eats.  It is the cutest thing in this entire world!!!
- She loves basketball and can pass and shoot it in the basket better than I can ;)
- She has never been afraid of and LOVES dogs!
-Pretty much she loves every animal
-She took her first airplane ride last week when we went to Arizona and did so well.. she loves airplanes
-She has some dang good dance moves and can get LOW! She loves dancing to any kind of music whenever it comes on but especially the Hot Dog Dance on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
-She loves to brush her teeth and says "fluoride" as soon as she is done cause she knows that is the next thing and loves when I give her some drops in her mouth.
- She says her L's better than any kid her age I have ever seen.
- She continues to give the best hugs and kisses and has started making the "kiss noise" To. Die. For.
-Her best friend is her Papa (grandpa Chuck)
-She got a HORRIBLE case of primary Herpes last month. (15 months) She had cold sores all over her tongue, lips and gums and her gums were so swollen.. I'm not lying when I say it is the saddest thing I have ever had to deal with.  She did not eat for a whole week and would barely drink.  We took her to 3 different doctors and there really just wasn't much we could do for her.  It took about 16 days for it to go away and be completely healed... Worst 16 days of our life! I felt so bad for my sweet girl :(
-She still sleeps in her crib and still hasn't had very many all-nighters
-She has been completely spoiled and loves to sleep with her mommy and daddy
-She loves being rocked to sleep and sang to
-She loves reading books
-She loves riding her bike around the house
-She is obsessed with babies!!! 
-She has never been a picky eater.. some of her favorites are: Tuna fish, PB & J, Mac n' cheese, fish, chicken nuggets, yogurt, strawberries, bananas, blueberries, oatmeal, eggs, spaghetti, pork, chicken, and the list goes on... she really will eat ANYTHING!
-There are a thousand more things I'm sure I'm missing and there will be 1,000 more to come but she has been and continues to be the sweetest, BEST little girl who is such a Daddy's AND a Mommy's girl.  We are so lucky every day to have her and wake up to her sweet smile, which, by the way is the sweetest, cheesiest, funniest, smile EVER!!!  We love you Emery!

Pics to come soon...As well as an update on OUR life!!!