playing catch up

We had a lot of firsts this weekend with Emerson and if you're in need of an Eme fix, then you've come to the right spot.

Eme continues to be my good time girl and seems to be liking the Florida lifestyle.

Her first day of boating was on Saturday. It has been sizzling HOT down here and if you're not in the water, then forget it. She didn't like it when we had to go slow through the no wake zones, but was happy when we were going fast. She also did not like her new life jacket and we did a little swapping out for W's old one. I remember paying $65 for W's jacket because it was the only one we put on him that didn't make him cry. So though I was hoping the $20 pink life jacket would work, you can easily see why she hated it. It swallowed up her face and was just plain uncomfortable and hot. After the wardrobe change, all was well in the world.
Eme's first float in the Gulf of Mexico!

an island nap.... Sleeping away just like a drunken sailor...=0)

some tubing...

& wake boarding...which Cole does VERY well at, I was impressed to say the least.

W fell asleep on the boat while we were wakeboarding and I loved how he held on by the cup holder even while sleeping.

an afternoon swim in the pool

& W reminding Daddy to take some pics of him too...geesh.

Gearing up for her first bike ride. We forgot that we didn't have a helmet for her yet, so we stayed in the neighborhood and went slow. She did okay, as long as she could see me on the right hand side of Dad's bike at ALL times.

She experienced her first icecream cone & loved it. =0)

& of course there was this... made the Alison way. =0)

On Monday, G turned 13.

Let's all pause on that for a moment.....13.

((be still my heart))

We had already given G his birthday present early, which was a fabulous new set of clubs, he seemed to 'forget' that he had already rec'd his gift. & because I'm a PIA Mom, I created a scavenger hunt around our neighborhood that included 5 other homes where he had to perform tasks, aka: chores, for the homeowner in order to receive his next clue. He then made his way back to his clubs where he had another small gift of a golf shirt and golf shoes waiting. =0)

me giving G his first clue...

Happy Birthday G!

We are so proud of you and love you dearly, even your new & improved teenage 'tude=0)

Eme's 2nd float day in the Gulf of Mexico...

with an oreo and all!

A sleeping beauty in her cute little pj's from her auntie Doris in Canada, they are so soft!

Photos are out of order & I'm to lazy to change them.

Eme always likes to hold a hand. Rather she's in the car or going to sleep. Of course she'll only take my hand or G's. It's really sweet to see my newbie teenager turn into such a pile of mush over his new sister. He is so good with her and just hangs onto every little thing she does. She's rather fond of him as well.

& this is the pathetic look when Daddy is holding her....

All caught up on photos & now I'm out of time to blog.

Gotta scoot.... more later.