Almost 3 and 22 months

Emma will be 3 in like 15 days!!! :/ I can't believe it! She is transitioning into the school district right now. She will have her IEP the first week in Demcember. She qualifies for the preschool. YAY! So hopefully seeing other children talk more she will too! She will get Speech and OT and APE is on Wednesday so she will get to go to that too. She will go 3 days a week. It looks like Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday stinks because that is her dance day and she LOVES it! So we will see what time they start on Tuesdays. I'm hoping she can do both. This is going to be a big chapter in her life and I sure hope she likes it. :) She qualifies for the bus but Steve can't let her 3 year old go on a bus yet by herself. I think she would LOVE it, but it also is kind of scary to think your little girl riding a BIG bus by herself. Emma is loving dance, her sister, the i-pad, and princesses. She's still our happy, social, loving, hugging little girl. Bailey is talking up a storm. She is starting to put two words together and loves play with her sister. I don't know what she is going to do when Emma goes to preschool. Maybe we can actually work on her name. She still says Emma is her name. Silly girl. :) Bailey loves to eat! She wants to eat and drink all day long if I would let her. She is growing up so fast. It's a good thing we have another one on the way. ;) She loves to play with her sister, loves to be held, loves to sing, read books, and watch Disney Junior. I can't believe she will be 2 in January! We love having Bailey in our family. She is so much fun with her looks she gives and her cuddles. We love you Bay!

May-September

A lot has happened in 5 months. The biggest news is I'M DONE WITH WORK!!! Steve is teaching now at UVU so it was time for me to stay at home with the girls. It's been such a blessing. I love being home with them, I just now need to come up with a routine with them now. We are still busy with Dance, Music class and KOTM appointments. We love it though. We get to spend more time with family now that Steve parents are home from their mission. The girls love having both sets around. Steve is almost done with his Masters degree and will graduate in March. We are going to Disneyland next week with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson. I don't know who is more excited me or the girls. ;) We went to Vegas in May for my cousin Megan's wedding. We have been enjoying our Thanksgiving Point passes to the farm, dinosaur and children's museum. It's been a great 5 months spending time together and with family. More adventures to come!

2 1/2 and 21 months

It's been a long time...Ready, set, GO! Emma is almost 3!!!! She will be three in like 2 months. :( I'm so sad. She leaves Kids on the Move and moves on to new adventures with the school district. Wish us luck. I am so thankful I've been involved with IEP's. Emma is still working with Shauntell and April right now. She loves to play with them. Emma is doing awesome. Her language is coming more and more and starting to put two words together more and more. Now that Bailey is talking I'm hoping that will help Emma with her language. She loves the i-pad and I'm trying to use that to potty train her. She did awesome the first day but the next day I gave up. She is just not letting me know she has to go potty. When we try again in another month. She loves to play around with her sister, swing, slide, run, and watch Disney Junior. We got a play set from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson for Christmas/Birthdays. The girls love it. Emma has all her teeth now but still drools. We are working on having her swallow it but I think it will be a long process. She is back in dance and loves it. She is taking dance with Ella, Maggie and her other friends Briley and Amalia. She loves the tumbling after. It makes a long day for me but its totally worth it. Emma can say Thank you Mom. Bailey come her. Up please. Hold you (hold me). She is getting bigger and bigger and I want her to stop growing! She loves Tangled, Brave, and Ariel right now. We are going to Disneyland in 7 days and I'm so excited to see her excitement again. She loves her family and her Bay! She is still a loving girl and loves to laugh. I'm so thankful I have her in my life. Bailey is in NURSERY!!!! Best day ever. She is now having a hard time now that her nursery teacher left our ward but she will go in with Emma. Hopefully next year she will like it cause Emma will be a Sunbeam next year. Bailey loves her sister Emma. She loves her so much that if you ask her her name she says Emma. :) Bay came home from Nursery one day with a necklace around her neck that said Emma. I asked Steve if she was wearing Emma necklace and he said no its Baileys. I then started to laugh and asked Bailey what her name is and she said Emma. So I'm sure the nursery worker asked her her name and she said Emma. I have been working on her name is Bailey but she still says Emma. :/ Hopefully she can say her name by the end of the year. Bailey is now in dance too and LOVES it! She was loves to help teacher Hillary push the girls over when they are trying to do their somersaults. She loves to do whatever sister is doing. She gives the BEST looks. She can give you a great stink eye or the best smile ever. She loves Mickey Mouse, Ariel, Bubble Guppies, reading, singing, and being by mommy at all times! I can't even go to the bathroom without her following me. She is working on growing her hair. ;) She is a sweet, loving little stinker.

30 months and 17 months

Emma did such a great job at her dance recital. She came out with her friends and was like what is this place and why is it dark and didn't really dance at the beginning but by the end of the song and her second song she did AWESOME! She loved it! She wanted to go back on the stage when it was all over. We are so proud of her and she was the cutest dancer out there! Her speech is coming along more and more. We are now trying to put to words together at the same time. When I think back at the day they told us about Emma I didn't think how AWESOME she would be. I mean she has her struggles with drooling still and her words are not quite there but she has been betting all the odds and we love her more and more everyday! She still is into Bubble Guppies and loves to watch Disney movies. Lately it has been Brave. She loves to wrestle with her sister and play dress ups with Maggie. She is wearing size 3T clothes and is still our skinny minnie. She loves to be outside and is always on the go. We are so proud of Emma and everything she has accomplished this far in life. She is on to move mountains. Bailey has been getting new teeth and boy has she been moody! :) Let me tell you Steve is in for a treat with these two girlies. :) Bailey loves play with her sister and follows her around. She is FINALLY climbing up and DOWN the stairs. Although she is still pretty lazy and she will whine at the bottom of the stairs until someone helps her climb up. (walking up) She loves to watch Bubble Guppies too and asks for Bubble when she wants to watch it. She is talking more and more and hopefully that will help Emma with her speech to. Bailey loves to dance and I think we will put her in dance when she turns two. She loved watching Big sister on stage and wanted to go up there with her. She loves to be outside to and to explore with her sister. She is saying Hi, Bye, Emma, Elmo, Mom, Dad, Grandpa for both Grandma and Grandpa. She says TACO for thank you, more and please. She is such a fun, loving, little girl. We are so happy she is here with us and we can't believe she will be 18 months next month! Nursery bound! Steve is a little excited about that. :)

January-April

We have had a busy 4 months. January we celebrated Bailey's 1st Birthday! Our little caterpillar is growing up! She had friends and family come over to celebrate her Birthday. I decided to have A Very Hungry Caterpillar Party since she loves to eat. :) It was a fun day. Then we celebrated my 30th in Disneyland! It was the BEST Birthday ever! The girls loved it! Little Mermaid and Monster's were by far their favorite. They loved the Parade and Emma went crazy when she saw all the princesses. I wish I would have recorded it. It was priceless. Between birthdays, work and finishing the season of UVU basketball we are having a blast. We are excited to have Grandma and Grandpa Anderson here in two months from their mission. Mike, Bione and Maggie got here a couple days ago to live here and we are so excited to have cousin Maggie here closer. They were so excited to see each other. They actually live around the corner from us. We can't wait to see the other family here in July. We are so excited about summer! Let the fun begin!

Emma 25-28 months

Emma is almost 2 1/2! Crazy! Emma is doing awesome. She is still working with Paul OT, Shauntell, and Appril Speech. She actually failed her hearing test on the right side again so we have an appointment with Dr. Park May 20th. Hopefully we can figure out what is wrong and fix it. Maybe that is why her speech is not quite there yet. She is saying more and more each day but its just not clear. She is such a funny, loving, caring little girl. She will give anyone and everyone a hug and kiss. She is so sweet that way. If we could have that cuteness all day, that would be GREAT! lol She loves to watch Disney JR and Bubble Guppies is her new favorite show. She still is my tech baby and loves to watch her shows on my phone or the ipad. Frozen is her and Bailey's new show and they LOVE to sing along with it. Emma even sings to the wall when singing Do you want to build a snowman. It's the cutest thing in the world! She is about 25 lbs so just a pound difference between the two girls. She loves to watch the older kids at school and actually pretend played with me yesterday!!! It was a proud parent moment. I asked for some ice cream while she was playing in the playhouse at work and she gave me some ice cream. Then she kept coming to me and say Ice Cream. I love her so much! We may have our struggles communicating to us but she has come a long way. Her Neuro Dr. said that if she continues to do great then she wouldn't have to see him again tell she is 5.:) She loves going to dance still with Ella and has her end of the year dance recital at the end of May. Can't wait for that cuteness! She may have her moments but she is so fun and we love her to pieces. :)

Bailey 13-15 months

WOW! I am way behind on blogging. Bailey is now 15 almost 16 months! I can't believe she is that old. Two more months and its nursery time!!!! Steve is Very excited about this. He has her while I am doing singing time. Bailey is such a loving, mischievous little girl. She is very patient with her sister and they love to get into things together. She is walking, saying momma, dadda, emma, more, up, all done, bye-bye, Taco for Thank you, (That is my favorite word of hers) Elmo and signs please. :) She will try to repeat words you tell her to. She loves to walk by herself...that is fun walking through a parking lot. :/ She LOVES to eat. I'm pretty sure she will eat anything that is in front of her. Except maybe some veggies. She is still a mommies girl and while whine until I pick her up. She is 24 lbs. and i think it was 30 almost 31 inches in height. Still has no hair except the back. Business in the front...Party in the back I guess. Bailey is like the total opposite of Emma at this age. Emma was all about watching you tube videos and Bailey will watch for a little but gets bored. She is sleeping through the night still and when she wakes up she wants to wear her Minnie Mouse ears from Disneyland. Disney girl at heart. :) Bailey is such a fun, loving girl and we are so happy she is in our family.

Happenings October-December 2013

We have been super crazy this year! We had our annual Halloween Party at our house, Trips to Cornbelly's, trip to Colorado for Thanksgiving, Steve's 30th Birthday, Disney on Ice, Emma's 2nd Birthday, Emma's Dance recital, and Christmas. It has been super crazy but full of fun with family and friends. We are truly blessed with amazing girls and the best family around us.

12 months and 25 months

My baby is ONE!! She is getting so big! It's crazy to think last year it was Emma 1st Birthday and I was pregnant again. I'm happy to say we are not pregnant again yet. :) I mean we want more children but not that close again. The girls LOVE playing together right now. I hope it stays. Bay is still scooting on her butt to get around and moves pretty fast now that we have hardwood flooring on our main floor. She loves to watch sister run around, watching movies, and loves to eat! I'm pretty sure she eats 24/7. She loves to wave bye and blow kisses still. She has 5 teeth now but I think her other front tooth is coming soon. She takes 2 naps a day still and we are thankful for those naps! :) She had a fun birthday with family and friends and we can't wait to see what this year will bring. :) We love you Bay! Emma is doing awesome! She is picking up more and more speech. I would say she knows about 20-30 words now. She still will come up to you in her little language and tell you something but if you say really and reply's YEAH! It's the cutest thing when her and her dad have a full on conversation. Emma is such a fun, loving girl but boy does she have attitude! She can turn it on and off so quickly. I hope she grows out of this stage soon. She is still working with OT, Speech and play therapy. She is still in love with Monster's University, iPads, iPhones, and Elmo. We love our Emma and couldn't be happier that she choose us to be her parents. We love you Emma!

This was the best picture I could find at this age. lol showing off her Elmo christmas ornament

Oldson Family Reunion in October 2013

We had a blast in October with the Oldson Clan. Our family left a few days early and we went to Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland. It was a blast! The lines to the rides were short because everyone was trick or treating. They gave out good candy and handfuls of it! It was so fun to dress up the girls and enjoy Disneyland. We then met everyone else in San Diego and went to Legoland and Sea World. It was fun to be with everyone and the girls had fun with there cousins.