Howling at the Moon

We were lucky enough to go out last Saturday with some very awesome and very old friends of ours who visited from Canada over the Christmas Holidays. Peter is Ewa's brother and I have known him since he was 16. He was lucky enough to marry beautiful Lindsay, who can Howl with the best of 'em. Emerson was home with her new BFF Ashlyn, so we were able to relax and have a good time. Angela came along as well, and even snapped this pic (which I swiped off her Facebook)....notice how she doesn't post any pictures of herself?!

All our requested songs were played because we request awesome songs! We had a good time and it was fun to get out with friends. Unfortunately morning came way to soon! Can't wait until we see you guys again! Next time, it's Bob Schneider in Austin!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas to All

I do love him, really I do......

I did not meet my goal of having Ricardo's stocking done by Christmas, so he may have to settle for a New Years stocking. In the meantime, this 'green' stocking will have to do.

HELP

There's a giraffe in the house. This a bath set that we got for Emerson before she was born and have recently pulled out. She thinks it's a toy and has been sleeping with the giraffe hand-puppet washcloth.

New BFF

This is Ashlyn, Emerson's new BFF. I sold my VW to Ashlyn's mom after it was repaired following our accident. We are very happy that she has agreed to babysit for us. Emerson and Ashlyn spent a few hours together last weekend and Emerson had a great time. Ashlyn did all the things that Emerson loves...read books (over and over), going outside to play, coloring and having a snack. I just need to figure out a way to convince the girl that she needs to not worry about silly things like friends, dates, graduation, college :)

A little Elf

I think it looks better this way :)

Goats and Lories and Fish, OH MY!

Last Sunday, we went to the San Antonio Zoo thinking that Emerson would really enjoy seeing all the animals. She is an animal lover and never passes up an opportunity to pet or interact with an animal (we often have to hold her back from completely overwhelming new animals she meets). So we thought that Emerson would get really excited about seeing all the different animals. We saw all the usual suspects - lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, hippo's, elephants, kangaroo's, and monkeys. Emerson's reactions was one of polite indifference. She looked but didn't get too excited. We thought she'd really like the monkeys, but she wasn't all that interested. However, there were a few animals that she just LOVED LOVED LOVED..........

GOATS!

LORIES!

And FISH!

Considering how much Emerson loved the fish, maybe a trip to the Texas State Aquarium is in order?

17 Monkey's sitting in a chair

This girl loves her monkeys, so it's a good thing she has lots of them. Perhaps she's the next Jane Goodall?