Forced Excitement

Since Sidney Kate has grown out of her automatic smiles when I get the camera out...I force her to be happy.

hahaha...expressions!

9 Months!

She's been out as long as she was in!!

Getting long and fiesty!

Told ya!

Time for lots of girl shots...much harder to take these days. :)

Bows for a Princess

So many bows, so little time.

A bow for this...and a bow for that.

and a crown to top it all off!

Happy Folks

Embree Claire LOVES this bouncer. I am afraid that she's going to be over it soon though. With all this crawling she loves to roam. But she sure has had a good time with it and we're very thankful that Macey let us borrow it!

The dogs haven't loved dinner time this much in years! It's like they've been taken back to their childhood when food freely fell from the sky.

Embree Claire loves having them nose around her too-she thinks they are visiting.

Movie night! Aww

Lazy bones... :)

Shoe Overload!

This is

Sidney Kate's

hot mess of shoes.

Thank you Gran Mary! This is much better!

Randoms

I never need to get this far behind on blogging again-have mercy! On that note-I know it'll happen again!
I love hats and bows on babies-this one is no exception. She has some of the best hats for winter.

Morning bonding...before we all rush out the door.

Looks like a cheese to me!

I love it!

Time at the Grandparents

Sunday evenings revolve around play, eat and play. At some point ECV ends up in the floor tossing toys all around with Papa.

These three got into a "how high can we get" game...stressed me out! I was waiting for ECV to get knocked in the head. Sidney Kate go more and more excited with each blocked. She ended up needed a chair to pile them on...then they fell on Grandma!

A mini me...

see her snapping those fingers to get ECV's attention? Classic.

Just sweet!

Awww

Sweet little girls...

Cheese!

Girl's Got Game

Check out that vertical! ;)
One Saturday we had a little basketball time as a family. Sidney Kate warmed up and got us a little intimidated by her mad skills. Maybe she'll be skilled like those neighbors of ours. :)

Embree Claire had front row seats to the show and, I'm sure, can't wait to be apart of the action.

Sweet Buster...he's been experiencing seizures lately but he's still the sweetest daggone puppy I'll ever know. (Kevin calls him something else but he's just a furball of sweetness!)

And then there is Indy...he was Papa Cox's favorite and I'm pretty sure Kevin's too. :P

Gettin' in on the game. Such a great passer. :)

A Girl and Her Burro

Who's hiding behind the hat?

It's Embree Claire!

All I can say is..."Aunt Linda would be proud."

Aunt Linda got SKV this hat when she went to Mexico...and it fits ECV perfectly right now. And I can't stop laughing. Mixed with that adorable outfit...she's such a culturally diverse child.

SKVs signature

Here is SKVs signature at age 3 years 9.5 months. The front of the card says "And that land mass over there is called a "stick out" because of the way it sticks out of the water." It has an old guy describing something in the water to an old lady.
This was on Papa's birthday card-pretty funny if I do say so myself. :)

First tub party

This didn't last long...SKV pulled a toy from under ECVs foot while she was standing. It scared her for life...maybe next time. :)
Be prepared to hear scream when poop is actually present-I won't even need to blog that. It'll be the scream heard round the world.