February Summer

We've had a bit of a warm spell lately. As a survivor of the Union University tornado on February 5, 2008, I realize the danger of warm weather in February. Thankfully the past couple of times it's been followed by cold fronts without the danger of tornadoes. This past one was a doozy and we spent some time with Emma in the bathroom to wait out the storm. Daniel is such a good leader and kept us all in good spirits! The plus side was that the next day was so, so beautiful! Emma and I went to the park and played on the playground. It has been months since we've been able to and it was a blast!

Louisville was Frozen

A few weekends ago Daniel had to head out of town for a bit so Emma and I took the opportunity to load up and head to visit Louisville! My dad travels pretty frequently so we love to keep Mom company when we can! And Emma adores her Nana! We FaceTime almost every day so they can chat! We had all kinds of fun! I was a little nervous about the drive because it was supposed to be snowy and icy. It did snow a lot of the way--but I just pretended we were in Narnia (which was easy because we were listening to Narnia audiobooks--we're cool like that!).

Snowy Drive

Bananas at Nana's

 One day my Mom had to teach so Emma and I had a special Mommy/Emma day! We went out to McAlister's for lunch and then we went to see the Frozen Sing-a-long. This was Emma's very first trip to the movie theater! I tried to make it special so we bought some snacks and it was so fun! Especially because it was snowy outside, so it made it seem more "real". There were only a few other people in the theater which was so wonderful because I was worried Emma would disrupt everyone. A little girl about 3 years old made friends with Emma and the girls shared snacks and danced around the theater together. It was darling!

Lunch date!

Hello Kitty Treats

So excited about the movie!

We headed to Ikea for a visit on Friday and I got some cute things for Emma's second birthday (which I can't believe is coming up in 4 months!!!).  Poor Emma got worn out during the shopping but on the plus side she slept on our way home!

Shopping wore this girl out!

We had the best weekend and were missing Nana the second we pulled out of her driveway! It was so wonderful to come to our home and be reunited with Daniel. Emma is a total Daddy's girl and I love that! Thanks for letting us come to visit, Nana!!!

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Mommy and Me

Recently we enrolled Emma (and Mommy) in a Mommy and Me gymnastics class. We found the best and most fun place in Franklin that is a Christian gymnastics place. Here's their link in case you're in the area and interested. I took Emma for a lesson as a test to see if she'd like it and she LOVED it! I will say it was pretty fun (and a pretty good workout for moms too!) Here are a few photos of her enjoying class. (I haven't taken too many because it's a hands-on experience for the parents too.)

This was on her first day of gymnastics! I'll use these photos when she is an Olympian and we'll make everyone cry on a commercial or something. Ha! Just kidding. I'm sure she'll grow out of enjoying gymnastics at some point and that's fine. We are loving being social with the other kiddos and moms in the class and having some fun bonding time together too! 

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