Emerie's Blessing

Sweet little Emerie was blessed on Sunday June 7th.

Emerie One Month Old

Emerie has been growing and changing so much. We have been needing to catch up on all the progress she has been making. Emerie has been such a sweet wonderful baby! She has survived Madison thus far and I think Madison has learned not to take her binky. At one month old Emerie was learning to goo and she loves to stretch out. She wasn't a swaddle baby for sure. Often when you would pick her up she would stretch out her arms and legs into super baby mode. She loves being held and has already traveled to many places. She has traveled from D.C. to SLC and in many of our pictures can be seen sleeping in the stroller or under my nursing cover. Not many babies can say they were nursed in the House Chambers of the Capitol Building, our Nations Botanical Gardens, Library of Congress, and various other memorable places. What a little traveler!

New Dance Moves!

Dr. Snow!

Here are a few pictures from graduation! Congratulations Jake! I am so proud of you. It takes an amazing person to work so hard and graduate from medical school. What a bumpy road of studying, taking test after test after test, enduring weeks of being apart on away rotations and trying to make it through. You truly have been a wonderful husband and father throughout all the challenges of med. school. I think however now that we have started residency I will miss the "nice schedule" of Jake being a student. Especially all the extra time he had off at the end of his fourth year. Residency has proved to be a busy time. At least we now have a paycheck:)
Jake's parents came out for graduation and we were grateful to have them there. Not only to support Jake but I know I wouldn't have heard a word of Jake's graduation without them. Madison was quite the challenge at graduation. It's hard for a 18 month old to sit through three hours of talking and clapping. Luckily there were quite a few other kids in the crowd so Madison wasn't the only one making noise and yelling out daddy.
This is a poem that Madison gave Jake for graduation. I got it from my friend Tracy. I am not sure if she wrote it or found it from someone else. I'll have to ask her. It's a really cute poem. I wrote it out in little kid hand writing with each letter a different color. Jake, we know you will be a wonderful Dr. congratulations, you made it!
When Daddy writes his name,
He always writes M.D.
That’s so people all will know
That he belongs to me.

So, M.D. means My Daddy,
or something just the same.
And that is why he always
Puts those letters on his name.

Some letters in his name are small
But those are big, you see.
He always makes them big like that
Because he’s proud of me.

D.C. Trip

Toward the end of May we drove down to D.C. for a family wedding. The drive was only about 7 hours (give or take a few stops with little ones). We had a ton of fun site seeing and spending time with family. It is amazing to visit the sites and learn more of the history of how our nation began.
In the picture where I am holding an angry Madison she was frustrated that I wouldn't let her walk down the very wet and slippery stairs of the Lincoln memorial. Seeing the monuments was not among Madison's favorite memories:) Both girls did extremely well site seeing considering
the fact that naps often are short or non-existent when you are on the go. Luckily Emerie was in the sleepy baby stage where sleeping anytime and anywhere isn't a problem.
One of my favorite places was the Natural History Museum and the National Botanical Gardens. Madison loved petting the giant bugs in the insect museum and she had a ton of fun playing in the water at the children's garden.
The wedding was beautiful and we were glad that we were able to be a part of it. Thanks Courtney and Christian for falling in love! It was great to spend time with the Pratt and Pena families!

Emily and Jaimie Visit Toledo!

The next few posts will go way back to catch up on some fun times a few months ago. A few weeks after Emerie was born two of my sisters came out to visit and help out. Having a spring baby was great because we were able to get out around Toledo and visit all of our fun places. The zoo, Wixy Bakery, Likity split, The 577 foundation, Walbridge park, Buddy and the Train Shop. So much fun and so many fun memories. It was so hard to see them go. Thanks Jaimie and Emily for all your help with the girls and for making us some yummy meals!