Last Days Before ECV

Here are some pictures of our events the Friday and Saturday before Embree Claire's big debut! We hit up some Mexican food Friday night...surely Mexican food and a trip to Wal-Mart induces labor...right?! Well, it's didn't that day but it might have helped. :) Here are Daddy and Sidney Kate in the beautiful tree outside the restaurant.

We're all pretty sure this induced labor for Miss Embree Claire! Uncle Josh is getting his MBA and part of his project this semester involved none other than KRISPY KREME! We spent Saturday evening with friends at Uncle Josh and Aunt Jill's. We ate super yummy food and taste tested doughnuts for dessert! Sidney Kate, Brett and Lindsay went first for the taste testing. Giving numbers 1-5. Very intense!

Anytime we talk about going to Aunt Jill's, SKV whispers to me that she wants to "feed her rat." Haha! I think he's technically a Brazilian rat...it worked out for everyone. Jill fed our kids a lot of doughnuts and our kids fed hers a lot of raisins.

Day of Celebration!

Who is this adorable baby girl you ask? It's Sammi, Brett's little sister. Sidney Kate was sooo excited (see facial expression) that she got to hold her. That's all she ever wants to do-hold a baby! Her time is coming soon!
 
A fun shot to end the big girls' birthday celebration.
We met up with Daddy to head to the big city to build a bear for "Jetta," among other exhausting things. I noted this to be my last trip down the road-getting too far along. :)
So excited to make a bear for her baby sister, with heartbeat in the bear's arm!
Even as the lady was stuffing her bear she was talking about giving it a bath. She's going to be a huge help come "Jetta's" arrival!
 

Party with Brett

We've not had a party with Brett and friends in awhile so we scheduled one right before Christmas. Brett and Sidney Kate had such a good time that when it was time to leave she told us, "But I'm not done with Brett yet!"
Aunt Jill, Uncle Josh, Uncle Andrew, Jason and Grayson (future in-laws) all gathered, ate and laughed at a dancing reindeer and the kids paid us no mind. They only needed each other and a house to roam in.

We'll have to do this again soon!

April Birthdays!

To celebrate everyone's April birthday (all except me, I celebrated my 1/2 birthday), we headed to Grayson, Jason and Brett's house. I love seeing these two play together. They pay close attention to what the other one is doing. We were all impressed that they actually sat and ate!

Sitting in the time out chair together.



We're remaking our picture from last year...and a million years ago...

Brett Turns 2!!

Our best birthday buddy Brett turned 2 three days before Sidney Kate and we all went to celebrate! Pucker up!

He was very excited over his cake and yelled for Saul to see it. Glad he was so happy!

Party people! Grayson and Jason had his party at the most fun place around! The kids had just enough attention to last for the hour party and then plenty more to take them through the 2 stories of fun!

This is so like something on Yo Gabba Gabba! Uncle Josh had to get all technical on us, but Sidney Kate just liked that she could make music by sticking her arm in it. :)

Valentine's Ice Cream Party

We headed over to Aunt Jill's for our Valentine's Ice Cream party...any reason to have ice cream you know.
Here is Sidney Kate giving Brett her Valentine.

Sidney Kate's favorite activity when visiting Aunt Jill and Uncle Josh is to ride the bicycle. She gets the easy part of sitting while Aunt Jill gets the workout. She and Brett weren't sure about the sharing part, but they'll work on that.

We attempted to make candy necklaces, Brett did much better than SKV. (Shhhh, don't tell Jason.) Sidney Kate was way more interested in eating them and told me, "No! Mine!" when I tried to make her necklace.

"My Boyfriend's Back..."

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Saturday we had a playdate with Aunt Jill, Uncle Josh, Grayson, Jason and Brett. It has been awhile since we've all gotten together and we were all looking forward to an evening of fun!
Check out her earrings, bracelets and headband...ready to impress!

No better way to start a (play)date than to clean house. They both wanted to vacuum; I get the impression that lil Brett is going to make a great husband one day!

When Uncle Josh saw the Sit n' Spin he couldn't resist...turns out it's just like getting back on a bicycle!

Sidney Kate wanted to show him how it was really done.

Random note from the evening: Sidney Kate has yet another new thing...responding with, "What Honey?" This cracks us up every time because we never know when she'll say it. She said it to Brett after he called for her-we all died and wished we had a video camera on that moment!

Playdate Continued (aka: My Boyfriend's Back)

Toys, toys, toys! I'm sure these two think Christmas is every day now!
Sidney Kate and Brett opened up their gifts and then wanted the other's...it's a process at this age and overall they played pretty well together. Here are a few of the cool things they opened.

This is no regular Elmo, this guy floats in the tub and if you wind him up he'll go!

Brett knew that SKV wanted her own tool set and got her this awesome little toolkit. (I had a big time with it after everyone left!)

Leave it up to Aunt Jill and Uncle Josh to find the best gifts ever! They each got a faucet thing (for lack of a better word) that shines a blue light for cold water and a red light for hot water. LOVE IT! I would like one for every faucet in the house...do you know how often I stand with my hand under the water waiting for it to warm up? I can see a lot of potential with this invention!

Playdate Part 3

Who couldn't love a face like that? Especially decorated with pink shades?!

No playdate is complete without ice cream...and this wasn't just any ice cream! This was unbelievable ice cream! Grayson took butter pecan ice cream sandwiches (I didn't know those existed) and put them in a dish covered with sweetened condensed milk, pecans...I can't even recall it properly (maybe they'll comment the recipe for us)...anyway, it was fabulous! Sidney Kate had two...yes two servings.

Sidney Kate and Brett found another function for her new toy-a bed. So precious!

This was the scene toward the end of the night-both standing on the tiny stool with Grayson playing the role as their base. I guess standing on the ground just didn't have the same appeal.

Playdate Part 4

If you haven't figured it out by now...we had a BIG time! I hate not to represent each fun part of the evening, so I can't leave this hiliarious part out...
It all started innocently enough with Bretty and Sidney Kate trying to figure out how to share the Sit n' Spin.

Next thing we know Uncle Josh and Aunt Jill had found a great solution! Aunt Jill was too busy holding babies, so Uncle Josh kindly grabbed her big toe and took them for a spin...poor toe!

You know Sidney Kate wasn't going to let her turn on Aunt Jill's shoulders go!
It all reminds me of this...

Then they wanted to do Uncle Josh's part...it's amazing how much they soak in!

Playdate Ending

By the end of all our fun, these two figured out how to spin together. What a fun way to end a big evening!

I guess the adults were in some type of deep conversation and we missed them exiting the living room...when someone (Grayson I believe) went to see why all was quiet, she found this.
We all ran down the hall with cameras in tow when she called us...then Kevin looked at Jason and said, "You didn't have the talk with him did you?!" hahaha!