The sweetest thing.

You wanna know what the sweetest thing is?  Watching a 6'4" 220 lb. man hold hands with his tiny little girl for a go of ring around the rosy.  I don't think a child has ever been more adored than Emma.  She is such a good little talker, too.  She goes around the house pointing and naming every object and every person in every frame.  She also says "I love you", or more, "I ie ooh".   She will be on the other side of the room and call "mommy?".  When I look at her, she flashes her sweet dimples and says "hi, mommy".  Seriously, this girl kills me with her cuteness!

We started gymnastics a few weeks ago.  It has been so good for her.  She is learning to wait her turn, do somersaults, and walk the beam. They also jump into the foam pit, jump on the trampoline, climb bars, dangle, tumble, swing from the bars (toddler sized that is), and use the little people spring board.  Towards the end of each class, they run to the little bench for their hand stamp and a sucker.  She really enjoys going.  The only thing that has me worried, is that she comes home and tries to turn our home into a gymnastics center.

We have had a lot of company lately.  My niece and nephew, Danny and Ana, came for the weekend a couple of weeks ago.  Last week, my nephew James came from Wednesday until Saturday.  Emma loves having other kids over, especially her cousins!  I really love having them here, also.  I had a skate night with the older kids, and with James here, we hit Fun Run.  We had an exhausting, but wonderful time!

We are so completely ready for spring.  Our home is covered in finger paintings and crafts as we try to stay busy, and I think the next couple of months of cold are going to be a little difficult for us to get through.  We kind of like to stay busy, and we have visited every indoor play place in the metro area already.  My husband is rushing me off of the computer now, so I will leave you with a few pictures from our trip to the aquarium from a couple of weeks ago, and a few other favorite January pictures.

Have a great week!