Hop on Pop

Sharing a book just after bath and just before bed. Emma's not too sure about "Hop on Pop."

I haven't dropped off the face of the earth

Goodness gracious, I haven't posted on the blog(s) in 2 months! Sorry! I have many photos to sort through: fall fun, Halloween, and Emma's first birthday. For now, I will post a photo taken on Emma's birthday: a photo of the two sisters having a tea party together. Love this! I promise I will post more very soon!

Another Thursday night at home

Emma loves this toy car (yet another hand-me-down from Madeleine).


Someday we will be able to take more photos of Madeleine without her making a crazy pose like this. As you can see, Lester Holt is not amused.

Emma's baptism

On Saturday, July 16th, Emma was baptized at St. Joseph's in Marietta. Here are some photos from the fun morning. Above is Frank, Megan, Emma, and our deacon, who baptized Emma.

Prior to the Baptism:



Madeleine waiting for the Baptism:




Anointing:

Madeleine and other children/siblings blessing the waters with the deacon:


Emma and her godparents!

Emma at the aquarium

Yesterday was Emma's first visit to the Georgia Aquarium (hopefully not her last). At certain times she was absolutely transfixed by the fish. Yet when we got to the big "Ocean Tank" (always a highlight for her mother), she was sound asleep. Ah well.

For photos of Madeleine at the Georgia Aquarium, she http://madeleinesmiles.blogspot.com

Our CAT babies

Needless to say, in our family, we have a few Caterpillar baby items (bibs, shirts, even books). Among these is a white t-shirt with the CAT logo. We have a photo of Madeleine when she was around 6-7 months old, wearing this shirt (see the last photo in this blog entry). I decided it would be fun to take some photos of Emma wearing the same shirt. Here are a couple of the outtakes of Emma's photo session, along with one of Madeleine's photos from early 2007:

More Disney World

Here are a few more photos from Disney World (apparently, I can only add 5 at a time---silly Blogspot!) The top two were taken at the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" play area at Hollywood Studios. There's a family photo (the sweaty Campbells), a photo of Emma, and one of Madeleine looking at fish at Epcot. I will try to post a few more, if Blogspot will let me!

Random Disney photos

Hi, everyone,

Well, it's been nearly a month since we went to Disney World and the Space Coast for vacation. Frank and I have so many photos to sort through and the thought of creating a detailed, chronological photo account is completely daunting to me. So I decided to just randomly select a few photos and post them. I will try to get around to posting more photos from our trip at a later date. Keep your eyes on Madeleine's website, too (http://madeleinesmiles.blogspot.com), as I will try to create a post featuring vacation photos of her.

But for now, here are a few pics:

This photo was the last photo I took at Disney World. It was actually taken at our hotel, after a very hot morning walking around Magic Kingdom. I am sure that this photo will be blackmail material for Emma in about 15-20 years:

Another photo of two tired girls. I should note that, while I am taking these photos, Frank's outside, trying to jump-start the dead car battery.

Our dinner at Crystal Palace with the characters from Winnie the Pooh. Everyone's favorite, Eeyore!:
Classic photo: Emma checking out Pooh's nose. She has a little stuffed Pooh toy that she adores, so she was pretty amazed to see a BIG, live version of her toy!:

The girls and Pooh. Madeleine's introducing Emma to Pooh:

We had a very, very late lunch at Cinderella's Castle. Here's Madeleine decorating her dessert cupcake:
Emma checking out the fish as we wait to see the "Talk with Crush" show at Epcot:
Emma sitting pretty in the hotel:
A snowman in late May?!? This was at Hollywood Studios:

Emma at the Indian restaurant at our hotel, Animal Kingdom Lodge:

Looking for animals roaming around the grounds at Animal Kingdom Lodge, during our first night there:
Emma looking at fish at Epcot again. Love that little round head.:
Madeleine waiting for the Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster ride! She was so brave and LOVED riding the roller coaster:

Watch this space for more pics!!

Sweet potatoes and peas

For some reason, the blog site jumbled these all together, but I'm sure our blog followers can figure out what Emma's eating based on the puree color. She loved both the peas and sweet potatoes. She also liked yellow squash and fennel. Surprisingly, though, she HATED banana, and spit it out! I guess we've got a veggie baby (for now).

Rice cereal!

Yummers!