New Camera!

Smile if you are excited that Mommy got a new camera!
Smile if you are really excited because the pictures of your youth can only get better...I thought so. :)
Daddy got Mommy a new camera-bye bye point and shoot cameras!
I'm just about excited as one can be...I have no idea how to do all of the fancy things I dream of doing...but I can learn and until then...I'll at least have clear-er shots and more sweet moments.

8 Months

And growing and growing and growing...where is that slow button?!



At 8 months Embree Claire is sitting, rocking, rolling and eating cereal and baby food. She's loving Sidney Kate and her Daddy, along with Mommy and she's starting to pull up more each day.

Disney Princesses on ICE!

In early December we hit up Disney Princesses on Ice...and-it-was-UH-MAZING!
Sidney Kate really enjoyed seeing her favorite princesses and I believe I had a blast myself! It was amazing how the stories unfolded without you really paying much attention to the stage hands-they were constantly hitting you with new characters along with surprises left and right!
The stories we were told were: 1) Princess and the Frog 2) Cinderella and 3) Tangled. Wow wow was Tangled awesome-they even flew from Rapunzel's hair! And at the very end all of the Disney Princesses came out with their menfolk. Sidney Kate loved it, Mommy loved it and Daddy said that all his dreams came true because of it...hahaha!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Venables!(Now I have a new camera which means way more pictures than I can ever post...ahhh!) :)

Day 12

Tonight is Pluto's last night of flying to Santa and returning to us. He thought about complete destruction but felt it better to just hide really well. SKV's search and rescue skills aren't finely tuned yet so it might be awhile before he is found. Until next year dear Pluto! Feel free to return randomly throughout the year!

Produce stop

These two are trouble together!

Surprise field trip!

So after hearing us talk about seeing Christmas lights tonight, Pluto got excited and flew to see Santa while SKV napped. He asked if he could take a field trip and Santa said yes! So Pluto returned, hopped in a jar and left a note explaining the deal.
He got an afternoon and evening full of excitement with us. We traveled around town and saw two sets of Christmas lights-and he got to eat at chile rojo!

Day 11

Pluto is such a friendly elf! He has invited everyone to his spa for a relaxing evening. All that playing is tough on a toy. Nothing like a dip in the hot tub and deep tissue massage to get you ready for another day of play!

Day 10

Pluto managed to grab every giraffe in the house...which is a lot because Aunt Linda loved them and gave Sidney Kate plenty. She also has giraffes from her wonderful Aunt Peggy and friend Deborah, at church. Pluto also took Sidney Kate's Wolfpack book and put in on the shelf...probably because Aunt Linda loved them so much...maybe he wanted to remind SKV of that.

So this night of mischief was dedicated to Aunt Linda!

Shoes!

Have mercy! This is how I spent my early release day! I came home to clean and organize and found myself in a mess of shoes. I am so glad I have two girls and that they are April babies so they can get plenty of use out of the mass of shoes! I can bet there are some Grans that are also happy about this-they supplied most of them!
Talk about feeling blessed!

Day 9

Pluto pulled out Sidney Kate's baby blocks and spelled out some fun for us! On the oven he left the words "Elvz=Fun" and on the floor he made a staircase of blocks with "Whoops" spelled out. He's too much fun!

Day 8

Pluto is really having too much fun...panties on the tree and all! Sidney Kate's response was, "What are we gonna do with him?!"