Emma Kate’s friend Brittain was baptized on November 5th. (Emma Kate is getting baptized in January!) Dan & Valerie asked me to take photographs during the service.

Dan, Valerie, Brittain, Alison, Emma Kate, and me:

Leah, Justin, Kate, Robert, Valerie, Brittain, Alison, Emma Kate, and me:

Robert and his girls:

Kate & Robert:

The little Parisian girl and her mother:

The guest of honor and her mom:

Chunky cheeks:

Seth pinching those chunky cheeks:

And these are some after we got home from church:

Tobi sticking his nose in a dangerous place:

 

Emma Kate’s bestfriend Brittain had planned to come over Halloween night to hang out and do a photo shoot. But Brittain’s mom had other plans. She decided she’d rather spend the night in the Emergency Room for a possible gall bladder attack. Emma Kate and Brittain talked and decided that even though Halloween was over, they still wanted to have a dress up night. They’re the cutest vegetables in Georgia!

Emma Kate getting dressed:

Two bestfriends have never been cuter!

A rarity… Brittain crying while Emma Kate sitting calmly!

Emma Kate giving love to her Starbucks teddy bears:

Brittain really tired of being a pepper!

Mom undressing EK:

This has nothing to do with Halloween, but the next day Emma Kate wears her Got Milk? outfit:

Emma Kate was an angel her first day of daycare. She was definitely the cutest girl on the block. Mom had to work for the first time in 12 weeks. As you can see, Emma Kate LOVES her bunny hat. :-)

 

Her second day of daycare. Isn’t she adorable?

Aunt Kaye and cousin Megan hang out for a couple days:

Nana and her pea in a pod on Halloween Day:

Nana, Papaw and the little pea in a pod:

Mom and baby pea:

Just adorable…

I’m a slacker. I haven’t updated the blog as often as I should. Here are a bunch of photos over the last couple of weeks. As always, click to enlarge:

 

 

We’re members at the First United Methodist Church in Griffin, GA. Alison & I joined the choir a couple years ago, and are so grateful to have a core group of friends there that we love doing stuff with. Amazingly, 3 out of the 4 couples that hang out together got pregnant at the same time. And the 4th couple is pregnant now! Valerie & Dan gave birth on July 13 to Brittain Olivia Gill. We gave birth to Emma Kate on August 15. And Kate & Justin gave birth to Robert John Evans on August 16. (They already have one daughter – Leah.) Steve & Erin are parents of Will and are expecting their second in February.

Friday night we went to a fabulous party at Justin & Kate’s. Kate’s desserts were heavenly! If you need a caterer for any event, contact me and I’ll put you in touch with her. We spent the night laughing and playing Cranium.

 

Kate (holding Robert), Valerie (holding Brittain), and Alison (holding Emma Kate:

Sunday after church we (everyone except Steve & Erin) joined Seth & Tara at Spicy Thai for lunch. The portions are small, but the food’s good.

Tara, Seth, and baby Brittain:

 

The rest of the crew:

Today Emma Kate her first unpleasant doctor’s visit. She had four painful vaccine shots. Alison cried about as hard as Emma Kate did. But it was only 30 seconds of screaming (from EK) and the pain was over. You couldn’t help but feel bad for the little girl. She was laying there without a care in the world and all of a sudden she feels not one, but 4 separate jolts of pain in her legs.

She is continuing to gain weight and is now up to 11 pounds 7 ounces! She’s in the 75th percentile. She didn’t get any taller this time, but her 21.5″ is still above average and the doctor thinks she will continue to be slightly above average height.

In two months EK goes back for another painful round of shots. Poor girl!

The pediatrician recommended a product called Gripe Water by Baby’s Bliss to help with her fussy spells. I found some at one of the small local pharmacies and we’re going to try it out. I’ll let you know if it works.

We can’t really tell if the chamomile tea is helping. At least it pacifies her while she’s drinking it. Beyond that, we’re not sure.

This weekend our good friends Chastin & LeAnna came for a visit from Knoxville. We went to Lindsey Morgan’s great restaurant South City Grill in Thomaston on Friday night. On Saturday we made LeAnna’s weekend by spending FOUR hours in IKEA! We tried to get reservations at the last minute in Buckhead for dinner, but had no luck, so we just went to Lenox Square and ate at California Pizza Kitchen. Sunday we ate bison burgers at Ted’s. Wow – I talk way too much about food. Anyways, the real reason you’re visiting the blog is to see more photos, so here ya go:

She loves it one day, hates it the next. The sling: