The Matthews

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas this morning! We stayed in Albany since it is close to my due date, so we were here by ourselves. It has been fun being just the three of us. We are trying to soak up every minute we can since the time of us being a family of three is ending soon. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas.

Making cookies for Santa

Writing Santa and Mrs. Clause a note

Christmas morning

new baby clothes

Lucy in her new clothes

Lucy in her new baby bed

Dora doll from Uncle Jimmy

34 weeks

For those of you who don't see me very often, here is a picture of me at 34 weeks pregnant. Not much longer and Beckett will be here! We are getting the room painted and trying to put everything in its place. We can't wait to meet him!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Thanksgiving 2009

For Thanksgiving this year we got to go see Matt's parents in Snyder, TX. We flew out there and this was Emerson's first time to be on an airplane. She did great and she loved it. Brent and Julie flew out too and Papaw and Charlotte came over from Eastland. We flew into Midland so we got a chance to see Matt's other set of grandparents and some of that family was able to come for Thanksgiving dinner also.
It had been since last Christmas since Emerson had seen Pappaw, Mimi, Uncle Brent and Tia Julie. Thank goodness for web cams and that we had been using them because she didn't miss a beat and started playing with them immediately! Speaking of Pappaw, his name seems to have morphed. When we left it had turned into Bappop so who knows what he will really be called!

Her first flight

Playing games on Daddy's phone

A new Color Wonder book- Dora!

Sitting on the butterfly bench with Pappaw (or Bappop)

While we were there we got to see some brand new goats. These two little ones were two days old! They were so cute!

Gotta love that smile! That's about as good as your gonna get!

Matt's attempt to get a picture of Emerson with the windmill. He really wanted her to put her hands up where it looked like she was holding a pinwheel. As you can see, she wanted none of it!

These wind farms are everywhere and they are so neat to watch.

Puzzles with Mimi

Swinging with Tia Julie

Puzzles with Uncle Brent

Mimi's "funny tree". Emerson had to go and see it a lot. She thought it was so cute!

Brent & Julie

Renee and Ron (Mimi & Pappaw/Bappop)

The beautiful scenery while we traveled. Needless to say, I was quite excited to see trees when we got back home!

Matt & Emerson with their backpacks on

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Trick or Treating and Fall Festival

We had a busy weekend with ball games, trick or treating, a fall festival and Papa and Nana visiting. I wasn't sure if Emerson would get into a costume so we really didn't talk about it much until it was time. We were able to slip a bunny costume on her and head out the door. We never got the ears or the mittens on. I wasn't going to push it! I was just glad she was in it at all!
Once we got started she was having a lot of fun. After every house she would ask, "Are we going to another house?". Once she realized what she could get out of it, it was fun. Papa and Nana helped out a lot and she really wanted them anyway.

The whole crew

Mason- nerd, Katie Beth- rock star, Emerson- bunny

The ride

Trick-or-Treat!

Fall Festival at JoEtte's house (also known as Grand D)

Going fishin'

Her hair was so funny to watch. It went as high as it is long!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Chehaw Park

Emerson and I went to Chehaw Park today. We had a great time enjoying the weather and watching all the animals!

Mark's Melon Patch

Monday, October 26, 2009

Our Babymoon Cruise

Matt & I got to take a fun last trip by ourselves before the baby gets here. We went on a cruise to Progresso and Cozumel Mexico. We dropped Emerson off to stay with Papa and Nana in Vicksburg and headed down to New Orleans. We had never been on a cruise before so we weren't exactly sure what we were in for but we had heard a lot of good things. We really enjoyed ourselves and had a relaxing time away.