Emma, already our “little helper”

Emma was so cute this morning! I (April) was pulling her laundry out of the dryer and placing it in her basket. She was playing in the laundry room while I was doing this. She crawled over to the dryer and pulled herself up and started to pull out her clothes and hand them to me one at a time. She was an awesome helper! I loved it because I didn’t have to bend over and get the clothes out! I said “Thank You” every time she handed me a piece of clothing. When she would stop, I would say “I need more please” and she would continue to hand me items of clothing until they were all out of the dryer. So cute!

Welcome Home Grandma!

Grandma Furlong moved to Indiana this last weekend. It was such a long trip for her from Sarasota. We’ve (Jerrod, April, and April’s family) been working very hard the last couple of months on finishing the basement so she can her own space. We’ve done EVERYTHING ourselves. We’ll be experts on any home improvement project when we are finished. Unfortunately, we did not get it done in time for her arrival, but it is very close to being finished. We are really excited to have Jerrod’s mom living with us. It will be so awesome for Emma to grow up with Grandma close! A big thank you to April’s parents and family. We could not have done it without you guys! Also a big thank you to Brittany, our babysitter, she watched Emma several nights a week so we could work on the basement.

Happy Birthday Tiffiny!

Happy Birthday to our good friend Tiffiny. She's down in Mississippi cooking for the hurricane relief volunteers. We hope you had a terrific birthday! We miss you!

Emma’s 9 months old!

Emma turned 9 months old on the 18th. I think this 9 months went a lot quicker than the 9 months of pregnancy! Emma is at such a fun age, we have so much fun with her.
She’s now crawling on her hands and knees exclusively. She’s a pro at pulling herself up on the furniture and cruising around. She even has tried to stand by herself a couple of times and is successful for a couple of seconds until she lands on her bottom. Emma’s now saying Da, Da, Da, Da and Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma and Nuh, Nuh, Nuh, Nuh (only when she’s unhappy). And she has 4 teeth (2 bottom and 2 top)! They came in one right after another. Her favorite toys now are the remote control, her shoes, and the window blinds. Why do we even buy this girl real toys??!! Discipline has started, as she gets into things she’s not suppose to. She knows what the word No means, and is pretty good about obeying us.