Finally updated

Hey there -

So sorry for the lack of updating our blog. It has been a rough few months at the Hays house - but it seems like we might be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel! Here are a few pics of Em. I will try to do better at keeping up with this during the summer - which by the way is in 2 and a half days!

Cute little MESS!

Here are a few of Em running around in our yard last weekend - it was pretty nice here...a little cool - Em LOVES being outside! I can't wait til we can go out more often! Spring and Summer can not get here fast enough!

Our little Hissy-Fit pitcher!

Boy can Em pitch a hissy fit! A couple of these pics are before and after shots...she got my phone and was running around with it - the other is after I took it away from her! She is a MESS and a half! She's just like her Dad....

Finally updating!!

Hi everyone! I have really dropped the ball these past few months on updating the blog! I hope everyone had a blessed holiday and your new year is going well! Em is growing like a weed! We go this Thursday for our LAST shots - 18 mos - so I am so excited! She is more a toddler and less a baby everyday. She is putting 2-3 word sentences together - like today, I was telling her I needed to change her diaper and she said "SHHH - I playing!" - KID YOU NOT!! Danny and I are in for it aren't we?! Papaw - you'll love this! She our DVD of McClintock and John Wayne is on the cover - she immediately said - PAPAW!! PAPAW! So Papaw Davis, you are like John Wayne in Em's eyes! We thought it was too cute...

Time flies doesn't it?! I would LOVE to hear from y'all! Please email us and give me a line about how everyone's doing...my classroom's TAKS test is in 1 week - please keep me and my kids on your prayer list! Lot's of pressure - but I have high hopes for my "extended babies".

I will try to do better about keeping the blog updated - when our azalea's start blooming around town, my plan is to take Em and get pics made - so new ones are coming soon! Take care and we love you all!!!

Most of these pics are from over the Christmas holidays...the one where her and Danny are sleeping is NOT POSED! That's what I had to look at when I drudged out of bed one morning - they almost look too comfortable! :-)

New Pictures

Well I took Em out for a little photography outing...I figured maybe I could catch a good picture instead of paying someone for MEDIOCRE ones!! I have ranted enough I know, but boy was I dissappointed with those pictures! I tried and some actually turned out pretty cute! I would LOVE to get some more during Thanksgiving...maybe with her precious little cousins? I would like some by the creek out at Papaw's, SO Allison and Kathy, I will be calling!

WHAT? It isn't a JOHN DEERE??

I took Em out for some new pics one afternoon - this one is too funny...we took pics in our pasture and beside Mamaw's house...Emma wasn't in the best mood, but we got her to smile a couple of times!

Sleeping Beauty

Em has been having a hard time sleeping, UNTIL she is in between her Dad and I! She sleeps like a baby when she is in the room with us! This is a picture of her before I went to work one morning....and yes, we could kick her out of the bed with us(but we haven't yet)

....could you?!

Em's whoopsie...

Em had a major whoopsie this past Wednesday...she fell off our bed and almost bit through her lip! It was so traumatizing (I'm not sure who was worse, me or Em!)...we both were covered in blood! I first thought she had bit the end of her tongue off when I got to her...and mind you, I was only about 5 feet away - she isn't really scared of anything, so I've got to always be on my toes I guess! She was a trooper - most of the week she had a puffy lip, but now it is scabbing over. Looks a lot better! I don't have a great pic of the lip - she wouldn't cooperate with me taking a pic, but if you look close at this one, you can see it...

Mamaw's 86th!

We celebrated my Mamaw's 86th birthday on Saturday. Em had a great time eating cake and ice cream! Mamaw is the best looking 86 year old I've ever seen! We are so blessed to have her in such good shape...we love you Mamaw!
Also, some of these pics are from Mamaw's front yard - Em ran around with Rylee and Caly while we were letting our cake settle in our stomachs...oh to have that much energy again!

Goin' to the Fair!

Hello! We took Em to the fair for the first time - and no we didn't even eat a funnelcake!! What we're we thinking? There were a lot of people and things going on, so Em had a ball people-watching! Her dad went to our local western store and bought her some news 20X jeans and John Deere boots...even a belt to match! I thought it was so cute that he thought about dressing her up for the occasion! Some of these pics are by the pig exhibit - which Em loved - and some are by the John Deere exhibit...we thought it would be cute to get her pic with her boots by the tractors...yes, we are that cheesy!

Love to all!