Happy big FOUR Emma!!

Today our Emma-Bemma-Boo turns the big FOUR!  I have no idea how this happened!!  She is a beautiful, sweet and always goofy Emma.  Jason used to always say she should be a comedian because so far she always keeps us laughing!  She has such a sweet motherly instinct and loves babies and takes such good care of them.  Her excitement for life and the little things makes us always appreciate them and remember its these little moments that make life so special.  Poor babes....she had been so looking forward to her birthday and her date with Papa, but all the girls in the house got a fever cold bug.  So we are resting and taking it easy today.  But she will get her date with Papa soon and we will celebrate her birthday next Saturday.  So today she is enjoying all the birthday phone calls and messages and opening her cards.  She still wanted to do the ice cream sundae tradition, I guess you are never too sick for that.  We love you Emma Bemma and look forward to another fun, healthy and happy year ahead!

Hunter Farms 2011

This was our first year going to Hunter Farms without our friends the Campbells.  And since I didn't go during the week, it was our first time to go on the weekend and Jason, Michaela and Brendan's first trip there too.  It was Brendan's first pumpkin patch!  We went with our good friends the Kellers.  It was a busy Saturday but didn't feel too crowded.  They had all kinds of yummy food vendors there by their store which is different than going during the week.  It was a beautiful day and we actually didn't need to wear the coats and stuff we brought towards the end.  It is usually always muddy so boots are a necessity.  All the kids LOVED the wagon ride and we took two different ones and the ride back was very bumpy which they all approved of.  We let the kids play and had some lunch in the greenhouse which was very HOT!  We took the traditional pumpkin board pictures, saw the animals, played on the slide and each found a pumpkin that they will paint.  A good day had by all...and nothing like hot kettle corn to munch on on the way home. 

Kellers with new baby Patrick

Brendan's First Pumpkin Patch

First Family Hunter Farms Pic

They did not want to get pics taken

loved every second of wagon ride

Me and my lifelong bud and our new little boys

she loved watching kids come down the slide

not quite tall enough

Michaela's first pumpkin board pic

Brendan's first pumpkin board pic, so serious!

me and my little Mister

I love this picture of my four little pumpkins!

Hunter Farms 2010

(catch up post)
Every year we have been making it a tradition to go to Hunter Farms.  The kids love the wagon rides out to the pumpkin patches and the rule we have is: "If you can carry the pumpkin, you can get it."  They also love the big barn with all the animals (usually pigs, reindeer, bunnies, goats, emu, chickens, roosters) and the big hay maze and big tunnel slide.  It really is a fun place to go and when not raining and cloudy you can see all the beautiful fall colors around the farm!  We have been going with our good friends the Campbells as part of our preschool field trips with Eddie and Angelica.  So we usually go during the week and it isn't too crowded unless you get a big school trip there at the same time.  This year Emma got to come too so she was in heaven!!  I was big and pregnant (Michaela would be born two weeks later) and was a little worried that the bumpy wagon ride might make my water break.  We have made it a tradition with the Campbells that we picnic lunch at a local park on the way home.  Another fun time and year at Hunter Farms.  (We are sad though because the Campbells are moving and next year we will miss them at this special event!)

the tunnel slide thru the hay

Our traditional pumpkin board pictures

loving every moment of wagon ride

getting lost in the hay maze

they love the picnic park lunch mainly because they can throw rocks in the water

Emma's Fourth Year in Pictures

November 2010

December 2010

January 2011

February 2011

March 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

October 2011

November 2011

Another Sullivan on the way...

Taylor (or Tay-Tay as the girls call her) showed up at our house the other night with some exciting news to share:

They are thinking end of July time frame...selfishly hoping for a little boy so Brendan will have a buddy!  Although that could mean double trouble!  :)

Thanksgiving 2010

Last year we had a fun Thanksgiving (although I was feeling a bit nauseated with the pregnancy) with family and our good friends the Browns.  Mr. Brown was in Afghanistan for the year so we had Jessica and her four boys over...a change from all the girls we usually have around!  Angelica and Emma had a blast helping me make everyone turkey place cards, a tradition that we like to keep going of creating a place card every year.  Although I do think they ate as much candy corn as they glued on the paper.  Another Thanksgiving Day tradition is trying to take an automatic family picture by putting the camera up on a shelf in my parents family room.  To our surprise, we usually always get a good one each year, which is a miracle with kids in general!  My mom always has a beautiful table, we ate delicious food and had so many blessings to be thankful for!  Looking forward to another one next week!

Last Thanksgiving with just the girls (didn't know I was having a boy yet)

The Sullivans (my sister Caitlin & family)

With Cousin Taylor

The Traditional Automatic Picture - NOT BAD!

The Adult Table

The Kids Table

Always time for Dress UP with Aunt Alli