Picture Perfect

Earlier this month, we were lucky enough to have some family photos taken. The session was a gift to me at my baby shower. A friend of mine hired a photographer to shoot my baby shower and take some maternity portraits and then come do a family shoot once baby made 3. The pictures turned out nicely...you couldn't tell that between shots our dear daughter had a major meltdown complete with screaming, arching backs and all. There were 95 pictures taken in all, but here are just a few of our favorites. Enjoy!!

Emma's Baptism

Today we had our sweet girl baptized. We were so blessed to have both sets of grandparents, aunts,uncles, cousins from both sides, and dear friends share in Emma's special day.

Emma looked beautiful in her Christening gown and did not cry at all when the pastor sprinkled the holy water on her head. After a great service, we had a reception at our home. It was so nice to have family all together.

A special thank you to my cousin Shannon for being my photographer, and to my sister in law Lisa for forwarding her pictures along to me. Please enjoy some pictures:

The ceremony:

Holy Water:

Big eyes:Going home to party- The cross was made from the palm branch for Palm Sunday service:

The Cake:

Emma with Mommy, Aunt Lisa, and her cousin Elle:

Sweet Dreams

Lullabye, and Goodnight. Emma now sleeps through the night...in her own room!!!! It has been about 2-3 weeks now and I feel like a new woman. Our little lamb goes down around 9:30pm and sleeps until between 7:30 and 8:30am!!! I have to admit that the first few nights she did this was scarey. I kept going in to check on her to make sure she was still breathing. So while Emma was sleeping away all night long, I was still waking up every 2-4 hours! I am now finally sleeping through the night again too and it's a beautiful thing. I never really realized how exhausted I was until I got a full 8 hours again. This mommy stuff is not for the weak!!

I realize its been a little while since my last post and I am sure you are all dying for more pictures. So without further ado...here is our sweet girl!

The tongue is always out these days:

A little smile:

More tummy time?

Well hello cute baby looking back at me in the mirror on my swing:

That's all for now. We had a family photo shoot this past monday so I will definitely be posting when I get the pics!!