Bathing Beauty

Emily Phelps


Emily Phelps


She has a new purple swimsuit now, with floatie panels in the front and the back.
Between that and the arm floaties, she can swim on her own now
with no help from Mama or Daddy!



Home At Last

 Here are the first pictures of our new apartment in North Portland. I know most people don't care much about the apartment itself - you all are just waiting for pictures of our beautiful girlie. So, without further ado, here is Emily in her new home on the Columbia River.


Red Kitchen
Ok, so Emily's not in this picture...we're getting there.


Breakfast 


Taking a Break 


Emily's New Room 


Emily in the Tent


 Cooking Dinner


 




Emily's 3rd Arts Festival

Art Festival Collage


We took Emily to the Lubbock Arts Festival on Saturday, and she had a great time! She didn't even object (much) to being in her stroller the whole time. She got very excited about the model trains. She kept saying "chugga-chugga choo-choo!" (That's the picture in the top left.) She looked at lots of pictures, and listened to music. She even got out of the stroller and danced while the band was playing, and after every song was over, she clapped her hands and shouted "Hooray! We did it!"


 



Pretty Flower

Our rosebush in the backyard is taking off again. When we went outside to play, it had just one red rose on it. Emily learned how to smell the flower, and how to be careful of the thorns.


Flower




Wanna Color?

So we're going to the grocery store after picking Emily up from "school" - and when I opened her door to get her out of her seat, I found that she'd been amusing herself with a pen along the way!


Colored


This is nothing, actually - you should see her baby!




Birthday Party

Birthday Cake


It was a small gathering, but you'd never know it by the mountain of presents!
We all had cake and ice cream, and Emily didn't have to have a bath with all her clothes on this year -
by now, she knows what cake is and what to do with it!


Elmo Bus 


She got a Sesame Street Alphabet Bus from Nana Jo & Grampa.
They took her to Toys R Us and let her play, then bought the toy she played with most!


Bowl & Spoon 


She also got a cool little bowl with a spoon & fork from Aunt Meaghan & Uncle Michael.
She really liked trying these out - they're just her size, and they have fishies on them!