Emmett turned 1 on the 16th! We had a small party with family. Uncle David, Tia Maria, and cousin Felipe made it down from MA too! We had a nice time and Emmett seemed to enjoy himself.
The cousins and their lovies - Doogan, Fante & Gary
We went to the farm this morning and picked fruit, played and had a picnic. Then we went out for ice-cream this evening. It was a nice day full of family time.
This last picture cracks me up! 
This is what happened when Kevin had to work this evening and I played with the kids. Aria got into her dress-up and naturally little brother got dressed up too! Hey - at least we didn't put bows in his hair :-) Unfortunately this is the best picture I've gotten of the two of them together.
We have a pretty standard routine every weekday. I pick Aria up on my way home from work at 4. When we get home we get settled, play and start dinner. We eat at 5:30 and then we have some more time to play before bath at 7. I live for this family time and enjoy my children so much :-)
Emmett takes a break from chasing after Aria.
We lock them up when they misbehave. Just kidding! But don't they look so sad in this picture...haha.
If you remember back earlier this year Aria lost Doogan, the bear, at the mall and he was thankfully returned to us by the mall security. While we impatiently waited for the call from mall security, Kevin got online and found a Doogan on e-bay and ordered him. So Doogan was returned and the new bear showed up in the mail a couple days later.
Just recently Emmett has been crazy for Doogan. Aria and I came up with the idea of giving the extra bear to him. Emmett LOVES his bear almost as much as Aria loves Doogan. He even named him Gary! ...well he made a sound like "ggaarrrieeee" and the bear was named.
