Falling babies, Peace and Traditions

It's crazy how fast little ones grow! I can't believe that Emerald used to weigh only 5 pounds and now she's talking up a storm and helping around the house. The past few months have been so fun to watch Emerald grow. She has really increased her vocabulary and I can see such a loving personality in her. She's so sweet with her baby dolls; she takes them for walks and tips over the little stroller and says, "Uh-oh. Don't fall baby. Baby, you ok?? You ok?" Then she picks up the baby and holds her tight while she says, "It's ok baby. Shhh-shh-shh." It is so adorable! She loves animals, babies, tractors, pumpkins (she sleeps with the pumpkin Grandma got her at Lee's), walks, horses, drawing, play-dough, and jumping. It's such a fun age to see her learn all these new words and to really be able to talk with her and connect more.

Emerald also learned the word "Peace" and I taught her how to sign the peace sign. One day she got in trouble for hitting Charlie on the head and Jacob was getting after her. He told her to go to time-out and sit. She quietly bowed her head, then popped up and said, "Peace, Daddy. Peace" while signing the peace sign. It was so heart-breaking..she is such a sweetheart. It's really hard to discipline such a sweet girl. It's going to be extra hard to discipline Charlie cause he's just so sweet and fat!!

So we've still got 2 weeks to pack and say Bye-Bye to Utah! The thing that I am excited the most about is that in December the temperature will be 60 degrees! Ahhh...and NO SNOW! It's sad that we won't be able to come back to Utah for Thanksgiving or Christmas this year...but we are excited to start our own little family traditions and make lots of new friends! What are some traditions that you do in your family? I wanna start some fun things this year so our Holidays won't be so lonesome and boring. Leave me a comment on some new traditions we could try this year!