sunglasses

i think their smiles portray just how great a mother's day i had! this was a great shot of my two beautiful children dressed for church with just enough time to put on their sunglasses and snap a few shots! can you see how much they love those sunglasses!
i haven't posted an update lately so here it goes . . . i thought emersyn was getting really big because she's been outgrowing lots of clothes lately. erik took her to the doctor for her 15 month well check, and she's 29" long and 21 lbs. i thought "well that sounds like she's really long!" haha! i checked out the averages, and she's just like momma. . . 10-25% in height. but that tiny little girl doesn't let her size hold her back. she climbs on EVERYTHING! her favorite is the bathroom step stool which makes her just tall enough to either see in the mirror or spit in the sink. both are equally fun to her. also, she loves talking on the phone (pretend phone for now), making anything with a handle into a purse, destructing all towers brody builds and tidy stacks i create, and WALKING! yep, she started walking on those tiny little feet just last thursday, and now she's proudly motoring all over the house.
brody still builds and sports like a madman. also, he's started the first phases of reading where he's memorizing his short stories and telling them back to us. he's getting more and more animated in his story telling and is starting to sing songs from school when he's at home. he is super-persistant and will try to position something to you so that you buy into his idea. i'm very scared of where this will lead us and have begun polishing up on my own negotiating skills :) he loves anything that involves a ball. and the funniest thing is he'll watch sportscenter instead of cartoons these days!
wow! it had been a while since i wrote down what the kids are up to, and i'm glad i did . . . hopefully one day i'll print this out so that i have some fun memories to share with brody & emersyn of when they were little!