Moved!!!!

FINALLY....  We've moved into our new rental townhouse in Rosemount, MN!  Poor Elliott followed a weather system the WHOLE way here form Seattle.  He drove 7 days, with the dog and the cat, pulling a trailer.  Everyday we would look forward to his call to hear about what sort of weather he was driving through:)  But, Saturday he made it, and with the help of Auntie Becca, Uncle Chris, Grandpa and Grandma Loerch - we are "moved" in.  Of course there are LOTS of unpacked boxes and the garage is FULL (we were so excited to get one car parked in the garage, as it was -12 today!!!!!).  

Anyway, you can see both Emma and Cooper enjoyed "helping" Elliott get everything put together.  Emma doesn't need to be prompted to say "cheese" anymore - dang cute.

She's been SUPER busy reacquainting herself with Cooper and Thomas.  As a matter of fact she is OBSESSED with Cooper!  The first day she wanted him to follow her everywhere - "come puppy, come" is what she would say as she bent her knees and waved her hands at him.  

Active Emma

Emma has ALWAYS been an active girl, but things are in overdrive lately!  She LOVES to play with her babies (almost any baby will do!) and she LOVES to give them milk.  We even have to put the "bottle" in the microwave!  

Another favorite activity is putting on Mama's underwear and "bra's"!  although she prefers to have them either around her neck or her waist:)

She also LOVES the outdoors...  This is her new green  snowsuit, which we had to wear yesterday when we went out in the 13 degree cold!!!!  We stood and played with the 3 golden retrievers who live down the block, throwing them snowballs!

OK, happy new year and much love to all...

Christmas w/ Grandpa Jim and Nana

Grandpa Jim and Nana drove in from Michigan to spend an evening with us!  Emma had fun showing off her dance moves, eating whipped cream with Nana, and playing with Grandpa on the couch.  Em's great Aunt Judy made a lovely dinner and we enjoyed visiting with great Grandma Hinrichs.

This was the latest emma has ever stayed up!  She didn't get to bed until almost 9pm - party girl!!!

Cheesch

Sweet girl saying cheese for the camera, and her abrupt decision that the filming was over:)

Say Cheese!

Emma and Daddy's new favorite past-time - taking pictures, saying "cheese" over and over!

Em and her new "baby bed" with clothes and a quilt..

her new "creative keeper"

looking at dad's gift

loving her new bunny

and watching video very intently with her dad

Merry Christmas!

We were all very blessed this Christmas...  and thankful for all those loved ones we were able to spend time with, and sending all of our love to those much too far away...

Emma was quite the lucky girl!!!!  You can see her playing out in the snow with her new sled, talking on her tiny phone, all the goodies when she first went downstairs in the morning....

AND we just got her to say "cheese" for the camera!!!  Often she looks like a goon, but we got lucky with the last picture below.

So I know there are lots of pics of Em here, and I am going to post some more...  the grandparents who are not here need to see all of her they can!  

Much love to all....