Happy Mother's Day

We took these pictures of Emily this weekend. The top ones (blue dress) were from today. We've been trying to put her in the dress for a couple of weeks now, but the weather each day I've planned on her wearing it has been too cold for it. Today was also too cold for it, so she just wore it inside for awhile. It's tough getting good pictures of her these days because she is always on the move and looking this way and that!

The other pictures on the swingset were taken yesterday. She just looks so grown up to me these days!

For Mother's Day, we took a hike in an area where General Washington and his troops spent several winters during the American Revolution. We'll hopefully do some more hiking and take Emily back there again. Emily (and Daddy) gave me 2 books, one on hiking here with children and the other on different areas of the Jersey Shore. We'd like to go down there this summer. Greg also made me a yummy dinner of steak, potatoes, and corn on the cob. He also baked a chocolate raspberry cake for Mother's Day.

Emily is adding to her vocabulary daily. The words that we hear the most are boom, uh oh, and she loves to say hi. This morning she was playing on the floor and Greg and I both heard her say "ABC." In all of her blabbing, we've never heard something that sounded like that before. Of course, she hasn't repeated it. Maybe all of our singing of the ABC's has gotten in her head!