Happy 4th Birthday, Emerson!

Emerson had the best 4th birthday that a sick pregnant mom can give him.  His day started out with Eggo Waffles and sprinkles.  He thought that was the best!

 Then he got to make his own birthday cake.  He loves helping out in the kitchen. 

Then we spent the rest of the day at Out of This World Pizza with his best friends. (I didn't get pictures there, but he had the time of his life there.)

We went and picked up Daddy from work and came home to skype Grandma and Grandpa Bush and open his presents. 

 He absolutely loved his Tag reader the most.  I was thinking that I didn't want to get him one, but he got it from the Bush grandparents and he absolutely loves it...show you what mommy's really know.

 I do know though that Emerson's favorite food it fruit, so I did get him an edible arrangement.  He loved it, especially the chocolate covered strawberries.

 We ended off the day with his birthday cake that he made that morning.  He was very specific that he wanted chocolate cake with white frosting and blue sprinkles.  He got his wish. 

I think that he had a great birthday.  I can't believe that my baby is already 4.



Favorite Emerson Quotes {Age 3}

3/03/11

The other day while driving Emerson saw a big flock of birds. He was saying hi to them. When we were almost out of sight he said “Mommy say 'Have a good day. Have fun playing.'” So I said it. Then he said “Those birdies have fun playing baseball.”

6/16/11

While wanting breakfast, he said, while holding two bowls, “I want cereal in this one and milk in this one. Is that going to be a problem?”

6/19/11

After fixing breakfast burrittos, he said “I don't want eggs. Eggs make me SICK.”

8/19/11

On our way camping, Me:“What is camping?' Emerson: 'Take a marshmellow on a stick and cook it on the fire. Then fall asleep under the stars. It is just like camping.”

8/22/11

After turning on a show, he said, “that is clever mommy”.

9/06/11

Starting calling Jason “MaDaddy”

9/11/11

“I am glad I'm here, and I am safe.”

Instead of singing “Follow the Prophet”, he sings “Walk on the Prophet”

9/23/11

Said “no way jose” for the first time.

10/16/11

“You looks just like a beautiful Cinderella with that on {wearing a big t-shirt and sweatpants}.”

11/26/11

“Sorry Grandpa; your Grandma's awake.”

12/2011

Started calling me mama.

12/07/2011

“If you need that, just let me know.”

12/10/2011

“I not cute today. I'm just normal.”

12/15/2011

“Look Mama, that car has a wreath on its nose.”

12/29/2011

Talking about a game he played the day before.

“Remember last year when we played that game for 20 hours a day.”

2/4/2012

While looking at the calendar.

“Look it's 4 day (February 4), that means it is my birthday. I am 4 today!”

2/8/2012

“Everybody is my best friend sometime.”

2/12/2012

While we were talking about someone that was old enough to babysit, Emerson said “She can sit on babies. HAHAHAHA.”

2/15/2012

“Goodnight. See you on my birthday!”

Prayer

Last week Emerson came home with a paper that said that he gets to say the prayer in primary next week.  He was so excited to get to be one of the kids that get to sit up front and talk in the microphone.  Jason and I decided that we wanted him to be able to go up and say it all by himself and taught him how to say a prayer for church.  He completely came up with the prayer that he wanted to give and practiced it many times through out the week. 

We went into the Primary room today to have a final practice up at the potium (that is when I got the picture).  He did a great job.  It was such a sweet prayer.  Then primary started.  First off the microphone didn't work.  Then, they sang their opening song, and Emerson went up to the potium and the leader went up and whispered the prayer in his ear!  (She didn't know, and given that he his a sunbeam, I probably would have helped too.)  I was so sad.  He practiced his prayer many times, and he was ready.  I made sure that I didn't go up because he needed to do it himself.  I was very proud of him for being prepared but very sad that he didn't get to give it.

But he is sure cute up at the potium...right? 

Here is the prayer that he was prepared to give:

"Dear Heavenly Father.

Thank you for church.

Thank you for Primary.

Thank you for our teachers.

Help us to be good.

I love you.

In the name of Jesus Christ,, Amen."

Christmas

The Christmas Pictures

I wanted pictures in front of the Christmas tree for Emerson's Christmas picture this year.  So I moved the couch and brought in a little table for Emerson to sit on and had some fun.  Emerson is hilarious when taking pictures now.  He doesn't know how to be serious.  I am always happy when I end up getting a good picture because I never know how they are going to turn out. 

Here are a bunch of my favorite that I got this year. (the thumbs up is his new favorite thing to do in pictures)

 

 

 

 

The Little Tree

Emerson gets a little tree in his room during the Christmas season, so today we made some decorations to go on it.  For the decorations we made a paper chain and some paper snowflakes.  He had such a fun time making the decorations.

 He wasn't really able to cut the snowflakes, so after attempting himself, he just told me where to cut.

 

 Here he is in front of his tree with his many silly faces.  He just cracks me up!

 

 

 

 

Fall Leaves

 I was driving down the road today and looked over and the sidewalk was covered with leaves that had recently fallen from the trees.  So I asked Em if he would be good for pictures in the leaves and he agreed.  So, I just pulled off to the side of the road and took these cute pictures.  I love how cooperative he is sometimes.  He is such a fun kid to have around.  I am completely in love with this sweet boy.

Apparently he got cold and this is the only way he could get warm.  So he sat there like this until I said that we can go.  He is so funny.

Happy FALL!

Keep Calm and Thank On

I was wanting a Keep Calm sign for Thankgiving that was about thanking.  After looking a bit, I decided that I would just make one.  I love that it focuses on what I really should be doing during this season.

You can download them too.  Just click on the color link below for color you want to download.

Brown

Orange

Yellow

My Test Subject

I have the cutest son.  I made him come out with me to test some place to photograph, and he was the best sport.  It was freezing and very bright, but he still listened and went along with all my craziness.  I am so grateful that he is occationally willing to be the model for me because I absolutely LOVE the moments I am able to capture.  I will be able to cherish them forever.

Aren't those big brown eyes to die for?

The Bats

So today, I started putting away all the Halloween decorations. I told Emerson that he should say "bye bye" to the bats because they were going away until next year. He immediately got the sadest look and started bawling. Then said "I don't want the bats to go. I love them." Then continued bawling for about 5 minutes. I finally convinced him that they are going to have to go no matter what and asked him if he wanted to help them go bye bye. So he sat and took them down one by one and put them away.

I had no idea that he was so attached to these bats. He is such a sweetheart.