Trick or Treat!

So after being told that my blog has "gone the way of the Dodo bird", ( you know who you are! :p) I am once again reviving my little blog.

I have to admit for all I have been doing lately I'm kinda proud of myself, I looked back and last month I posted 3 times! Granted it's basically the last day of the month and I'm just now posting but Hey if I can get a once a month thing going I'll be thrilled. You'll just have to trust me that once a month is WAY more that I used to post on my old blogs.

So I have some great pictures for you guys this time. This year was the first year Emily really got to dress up and go Trick or Treat, we kinda held off until now where she would have some understanding of what was going on.

We were invited over to our friends house, since you really can't Trick or Treat in an apartment complex and we used their neighborhood as a surrogate. It was a wonderful experience, even if I was really cold and Emily ended up Trick or Treating via umbrella stroller, she seemed to enjoy holding the pumpkin bucket and letting people put stuff in it.

So here are some pics:

Here are the three kiddos that went, Peter Pan (including a Tinker Bell, look on his shoulder), Miss Ladybug and Mr. Bones.
This was the beginning of our stair photo session which produced some really great pictures, including this one of Miss Ladybug and Mr. Bones.

Once the adults starting picking up their coats and cameras little Miss Ladybug had figured out we are going outside! She started looking out the window and trying her hardest to open the door.

These are my favorite pictures from the night. I have a feeling these will be the ones I'll pull out in a few years when she's not as small. Maybe those teen years when she doesn't want Mommy and Daddy around. I'll sit and remember how cute she was. Gosh! I'm really getting ahead of myself! I'm so glad we still have one or two more years before that happens! I definitely will not rush her to grow up I still can't believe she's running around the house!

She walked to the first house with me and I got a few pictures of her Trick or Treat.

(I didn't realize this picture was being taken, so yes, I am indeed checking my cellphone, I just wanted to show how cute she looked walking house to house.)

Emily (Miss Ladybug) and Momma Halloween 2011. Poor baby she was so tired she just couldn't keep up, she was begging me to carry her. So I broke out the umbrella stroller (so glad I never go anywhere without it!) This is what our Trick or Treat really looked like...Mr. Bones in the wagon and us in our stroller.

 We had so much fun with our friends!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Emily goes to the Zoo!

Nana and Papa took Emily to the Zoo, here are some pictures!

So if any of you live in the Metro area I'm sure you realize that the Jackson Zoo is no Audubon Zoo, but it's great for small children who really just get excited to see the animals!

First were the Giraffes

 We tried to have a theme going where the pictures clearly showed Emily looking at the animals.
Orangutans

Tigers

They even had a Papa on exhibit!

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Zach thought this picture was pretty funny, My dad (Papa) was in a walk through bird exhibit. Here is Emily and Nana in the same exhibit looking at some ducks, which aren't even in the picture. I have to say the animals were not entirely cooperative for cure photo opportunities that day.

Water creatures
Here's a turtle

Me and Emily in the viewing bubble looking at the beaver. She really thought this was neat.

Random water foul...I honestly wasn't paying attention...

So this picture is one of my two favorites from the whole trip. You can see Emily is bending down to try and look into the exhibit. It was so cute how she would bend over to look and see the animals.

So this picture here Emily and I are trying to find the otter that is supposed to be on exhibit here. Zach found him he was sleeping against an embankment and you could only see him when he poked his head up. But I really just love this picture, it's very cute, something I'll cherish for a long time. Zach is always good at getting these artsy photos, even if they are of my backside :P

About half way around the zoo Emily was getting really sleepy...

But we carried onward, Emmie and Papa saw the Kookaburra

Then Daddy showed her some Flamingos! (Grammy's favorite)

and Monkeys!

This is just one of the various monkey exhibits we saw but this is the cutest photo. She looks like she just wants to reach out and touch one! :)

There were times when we thought she would give in and take a nap

But she managed to hold it together and we made it to the petting zoo.

I was really surprised at her when she willingly touched the pot bellied pig. She likes cats and dogs but I just wasn't sure how she would react to a pig. But I should have known, Papa has been taking her to see the cows and I'm told she loves them.

Overall we had a really great day taking Emily to the zoo! Hopefully we can go again one day soon!