Emma's Blessing Day

We blessed Emma Labor Day weekend so that Brandon, Melinda and family could make it. She wore my blessing dress that my Grandma made almost 30yrs ago! It was crazy to think it is that old. Ginger was kind enough to come and take some pics for us. They turned out wonderful. Here is some of my favorite. We of course had to start out with the boys club, or peanut gallery whichever you would like to call them.
Here is my little poser doing a fake cheesy smile!

One of the whole family together. Cache was insistent on having the croquet mallet and ball with him.

Three generations of beautiful brunettes!

Emma with the proud grandparents minus my dad.

Brandon does actually clean up nice?! Or maybe it is just the cute kiddos!

My personal favorite picture! Cache gives this look all the time!

The poor little missy was all done and ready to take a nap. It is exhausting to look beautiful and take all those pics!

The Greatest Big Brother

Being a big brother has many duties which Cache takes very seriously!

The Protector...
The Personal Assistant...

The Adventurer...

The Fashion Consultant...

The Babysitter...

The Entertainer...

The Pyro...

The Comforter...

The Gunslinger...

The Gamer...

The Lifeguard...

The Repairman...

Greatest of all.... BIG BROTHER

Bath Fun!

Cache helped me give Emma her first bath. As you can see she wasn't too keen on the idea.
The look on Cache's face is my favorite. He couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about!

Nice and warm in her little towel!

All clean!

Since that first bath Emma is getting a little better about getting them. Although every time we give her one Cache says, "She isn't going to like us very much!"

A birth story...

It's a Girl! the nurse says....and so the journey has begun. She is 19 inches long and 7lbs.6oz.

The delivery went well and we were all very happy to meet our new little addition.

After going to the nursery or should I say spa? she came back all clean with her hair done all cute!

Cache was sleeping when daddy brought him to the hospital. When he woke up he was trying to figure out what we were doing. We then introduced him to his new baby sister. He said, "she is pretty cool!" He gave her lots of kisses and kept telling us that she liked him!We asked Cache what he thought we should name her and he decided she should be named BLUE TOADY!(like in mario brothers).

Both Grandmas were very excited to have a new baby girl.

Cache falling into his role as big brother. Although, he does prefer to hold her all by himself.

After much thought we decided to name her EMMA. So far this is one of my favorite pictures!

I would say she was definitely worth the suprise!

Grandpas Motorcyle

"Grandpa will you take me for a ride on your motorcyle?"

" Grandpa you are sooo lucky.....you have two motorcyles!"

Cache is King!

Kites

Cache has been waiting since Easter to fly kites with daddy and we finally had a great day for it. After just a little instruction Cache had his Bumble Bee kite up and away. He then decided he was ready for the Buzz kite and daddy could fly the Bumble Bee kite.After Rich crashed his kite many times trying to avoid entanglement, Cache let him know that he wasn't doing a very good job. In fact he said, "Dad is not as good as me at flying kites. I am great!" As you can see in the bottom picture it is actually Cache's kite that is in the air and Rich's that is on the ground! It was a lot of fun! Nothing beats having an almost 3 year old telling you what you are good at and what you need to improve!