Birthday aftermath...

Emma had a lot of fun at her party but the day after was even better because she was rested and ready to play with her new toys!!!

Warning: This is a long video/picture show. You aren't required to watch it!!!

Birthday continued

Aunt Cassie and Uncle Chris sent Emma an adorable wooden rocking giraffe.

Emma was pretty pooped after her party!

Here is a video of Emma's birthday highlights...

More Birthday Fun...

Even Sydney joined in the party fun!


Emma loved her cards...
And loved her gifts even more!
Theo Mike and Aunt Emily sent her 2 books. Emma LOVES books!
And Grandma sent her a cool bug-themed music set.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!!

Today Emma turned 1 year old. I can't believe it. Yiayia, Papou, Thea, Jager, and Uncle Jeff all came over to celebrate.

Baby Exercises

There's a big push to get kids exercising because all they seem to want to do now is play video games and watch TV. So Mommy and Daddy are making sure that Emma gets plenty of exercise every day...

Clemson vs SC State

HELLOOOO! I'm here! I'm ready! Let's play some football!!!!
Maybe after a nap...
OK, NOW I'm ready! GOOOOOOOOO Tigers!
Football is a family affair!
And we finally got a picture with Aunt Marsha!

Until the next game...

Jager Alert!!!

Thea and Uncle Jeff came over to visit so Emma got to play with Jager for a while.
If you think this is funny, wait until you see his Halloween costume!
A slight size difference here!`
He's pretty cute, isn't he?

Playing Catch Up!!!

Since I haven't had time to keep up with the blog this month, I'm just posting a few pictures to get you up to speed...

OK, it's not exactly Doc but it's still a horse! Mommy and Thea used to play on this when they were little!
9/14/2008
Emma loves pointing!
9/16/2008
9/16/2008- She's so pitiful, isn't she?
Babies can sleep anywhere!
Emma stood up on her own for the first time on 9/13/2008 but this is the first picture we were able to get of it...9/17/2008

Clemson vs The Citadel

Ahhhh...Football Season! It's like Christmas for Mommy. Great food, great friends, tons of fun, and utterly exhausting (especially for Yiayia who organizes it all!). Our first home game was against the Citadel. For those of you who don't know, The Citadel is the military college in Charleston, SC. Uncle Barney went to the Citadel. You would know this if you ever ask him where he went to college because he will tell you, "I didn't go to college. I went to The Citadel." Even so, Mommy's loyalties will always be with her Tigers and so, by default, so will Emma's!

She makes a great centerpiece, don't you think?
So I know everyone is saying that Emma is looking more and more like Daddy but don't you agree that there is a little resemblance to Mommy in this picture?
"Hey, Mommy! You grew ears!!!" What you don't see here is that we also both have tails!
"Cool! A cup! Look, Yiayia! I have a cup!"
The best part about football season is the tailgating with the people you love. Emma has really taken to Uncle Eldon! She just crawled right up into his lap and made herself comfortable.

Emma's Gameday Experience.

There's even MORE to football season than tailgating...there are football games, too! Emma decided that she just had to find out what all the fuss is about since she was too young to appreciate the games last season. So into the stadium we went. Although you don't see much of Emma in this video clip, believe me, she was smiling as she watched those Tigers run down the hill. Mommy was very surprised that Emma wasn't scared as loud as it was in the stadium. Even Don had to cover his ears!

Emma's verdict: This IS the most exciting 25 seconds in college football. Don't believe her? Come to a game and see for yourself!



I am sorry for the quality of this video. I don't know why it is so poor. I tried 3 times to fix it but for some reason, once it gets on the blog it gets blurry so I gave up. I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Fun in the stadium!

Here we are with Uncle Donald watching the game. Uncle Donald attended Clemson with Papou and they are still best friends! Uncle Donald is Don's dad. You met Don in the previous video. He was covering his ears because it was so very loud in Death Valley!

"Hey! Another cup!"
3 generations of Clemson fans!!!
Emma never ceases to amaze me. Here we were in 90+ degree weather in a stadium with 83,000 of our closest friends screaming and yelling for 3 1/2 hours and Emma never complained once. She played and watched the game and made friends with our neighbors...I never expected her to last the first quarter much less the whole game! What a great baby. She, too, reminds Mommy and Daddy every day that there are more important things in this world than sports. We are VERY blessed!

Our Puppies...

Do you remember Mowgli? He was raised by wolves so he thought he was one. Though Emma was not raised by dogs, Mommy may be raising Emma like a dog! Oh well. As well as our dogs live, that may not be a bad thing! Aww, Syd...My first daughter. I love my baby...uh...babies!
Some quiet time to digest our treat!