Happy B'day To Clark!!!

I am SO, SOOOO far behind on blogging, but I am going to attempt to catch up!!!! Can't think of a better place to start than documenting celebrating our favorite little guy's 5th birthday!!! We were so excited back in August to get to celebrate with Clark on his birthday!!! Emily LOVES her sweet cousin, and they always have a blast when they can be together to play!!!

The kids first silly string war!!!!

Fall is in the air!!!!

Ahhhhh....can you feel it??? The feeling of Fall is in the air!!! It's my favorite time of the year, and I got the fall decorating kicked off today with this front door wreath!!! Cute idea I found on Pinterest, and super easy too!!! Now on to the rest of the house!!!

Kindergarten....Days 3 and 4!!!

On our way to day 3 of Kindergarten!!!!

Yea!!!! We FINALLY made it to FRIDAY....Day 4 of Kindergarten!!! We are all exhausted with our new routine at this point and are so thankful for the weekend to rest up!!!

Kindergarten....Day 2!!!

At some point, I'm sure I will stop snapping pictures EVERY morning before school, but I cannot get over how adorable she looks everyday with her backpack :) And this morning, she was SO proud because she got to wear her Twinkle Toe shoes! She has been begging for Twinkle Toes forever, and I had put her off as long as I could, but she finally got her way :) It was another great day in Kindergarten....she got dropped off at the gym....she did great, but Mommy almost had a break down. Watching her walk into that gym with all the other big kids, she grew up instantly in front of me. She was smiling again when I picked her up, and couldn't wait to tell me about all the kids that got in trouble....that has been the first thing she has told me about both days so far. She got to go to art class today, and she said that was her favorite part of the day! So thankful that she is enjoying it so much!!!

1st Day of Kindergarten!!!

Monday, August 15th, was officially Emily's 1st day of Kindergarten!!! She has been so excited for a long time about starting to big school!!! We started the morning with a great breakfast...Em's choices were a waffle and a cereal bar! Then it was time to pack her lunch and get all dressed up for the first day, and of course....make LOTS of pictures!!! I walked her to her class, and she did so GREAT!!!! No tears, no clinging...and Emily did great too...LOL....it was the best possible first day drop-off!!! When I picked Emily up after school, she was all smiles walking to the car! She talked non-stop from 2:30 until she finally crashed around 8:00 in the bed. I'm so thankful for an exciting first day for her....hope the ones to follow are just as great!!!

Emily was featured on the Huntsville Hospital Foundation's website for the upcoming Miracle Bash, a benefit for the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial Fund. Follow the link to see....

http://miraclebash.blogspot.com/2011/07/emily-grace-clark.html

Look At Me Now!!!

In April 2008, Emily was invited to the Huntsville Hospital NICU class of 2006 reunion. Basically, they invite all the preemie's that were born in 2006 and spent time in the NICU to come and meet back up with the doctors and nurses that took care of them! We bought Emily this "Look At Me Now" shirt at the reunion, and at the time, it swallowed her. I snapped her picture in the shirt just the other day, and it's just amazing to see how much and how fast she has grown these last few years. Pretty soon, that little t-shirt won't fit at all :(