Beach Vacation at WaterSound

Here are some pictures from our recent trip to the beach. We went for almost a week and it was nice to get away and relax!!! We spent lots of time by the pool....got to celebrate Jordan's birthday....went shopping...and had a blast with the entire Barrow family. Emily Kathryn seemed to really like the pool and her tent. I can't wait until she is a little older and can sit up so we can try the kiddie pool.

We are headed to the beach again in two weeks with my family and can't wait. I could seriously become a beach bum:)

Baby Dedication

We had Emily Kathryn's baby dedication at our church on May 10th...which was also my first Mother's Day!!! My entire family came to Birmingham for the weekend. The church service was so special and I know I'll always remember it.

Our prayer for Emily Kathryn is that she will come to know the Lord at and early age and serve Him wholeheartedly. Jordan read Psalm 25:4-5 as our verse for her dedication. We are so thankful that God has given us Emily Kathryn...she is absolutely precious. Special thanks to our families for all they did to help make this such a special weekend for us -- especially Holley and her cooking skills:) I'm sure I've posted way too many pictures, but it's too hard to decide.

"Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long." Psalm 25:4-5

4 Months

I'm a little behind in my blogging. It's hard to believe 4 months have already passed by. I know I say that every month. When we went to the doctor she weighed 14 lbs. 12 oz. and was 241/4 inches long.

Emily Kathryn is becoming so active. She loves her activity mat. She also likes to face forward when you hold her so she can see everything that's going on. We love to watch her smile....and love hearing her laugh. She is talking up a storm. I think my favorite time with her right now is first thing in the morning. When I go into her room and say "good morning" she just giggles and gets so excited!!! Last week she rolled over for the first time....of course I wasn't with her....my mom was keeping her...but it was still just as exciting the second and third time she did it:)

Emily Kathryn is almost sleeping through the night. Several weeks ago she started waking up at random times throughout the night and crying. This new mommy thought no big deal and would go in and give her paci to her...which worked great!!! Well, after about 3 weeks of that, it became a little old getting up several times a night just to give her a paci. Last week we tried to give her oatmeal at night (suggested by our pediatrician) to help her sleep better at night...after 5 days she still seemed to hate it so we gave up. Then we went to crying it out!!! How tough!! I had several friends from my playgroup tell me it would work if I stuck with it...and I'm happy to report it did!!! We are now sleeping until around 5am and if she wakes up before that she goes back to sleep on her own. I'm sure we will have moments where we regress, but I'm thankful for now that it's working.

We have a very busy summer and can't wait to introduce EmK to one of our favorite places this weekend...the BEACH!!!

Happy Easter!

Jordan, Emily Kathryn, and I spent Easter with my family. We headed to Robertsdale on Friday and had a fun (packed) weekend. On Friday I got a chance to visit with my good friend, Amberly, and have dinner with my family. Saturday Jordan and I had a lunch date at the Wharf where we ate some delicious seafood....did some window shopping...and admired the huge boats. Saturday afternoon my sister, Jordan, Elizabeth (my niece), and I went to an arts and crafts festival. The main attraction at the festival ended up being some amusement park rides that my niece wanted to rider. Jordan got her way too many tickets and off she went. The adults quickly decided to help get rid of the tickets so we rode the Sizzler with Elizabeth and her friend, Anna. I'm not sure if the ride made us feel young again or just very old but either way I'm glad we only had to ride once! Sunday we went to Easter service at my parent's church, had a great lunch with the family, and hunted Easter eggs with the kids. I have to say that Jordan spent most of his free time riding the go-kart with my sister's kids. He was a very fun uncle!!!

Jordan and I are so thankful for Emily Kathryn, for our family and friends, and for a God that loves us more than we could ever imagine. We hope all of you had a fabulous Easter too!

p.s. Take note of EmK's Easter dress....my sister made it!! It's beautiful Holley! You inspire me to want to learn how to smock:)


our Easter pajamas


our first Easter basket
(filled with books, a bathing suit, summer outfit, and sandals)