Happy 7th Birthday, Emily!

Emily,

I can't believe you are seven years old already.  Wasn't it just yesterday that you were Tyler's size?  I never knew I could love someone so much before I had you!  You truly made me whole when you finally came into my life!
I love the girl you are becoming.  I love your sense of humor, your brains, your helpfulness, your caring so much about other people, and your spirit.  You are definitely not perfect, but are perfectly wonderful for our family.  I thank Heavenly Father for you every day.  I love you so so much!

Love,
Mom

 My precious newborn

First birthday

 Turning 2

 Three already

 4

 5

6

Now (By the way, didn't her school pictures turn out so cute!)

Twins

The Day family has the misfortune of having very weak teeth (we hope our kids inherit my teeth) so Kenny's dad has little by little lost his teeth over the years.  Since Emily's front tooth still doesn't want to come in (5 months and still no tooth!!) we couldn't resist getting a picture of the twins before Grandpa got his new teeth. :-)

Coming Home

This is what I get to come home to each night:

That smile just melts my heart!  Am I lucky, or what? :-)

Boy, does Ashley love preschool!

Ashley LOVES preschool.  We are so grateful that we chose to put her in preschool again this year.  She loves her teachers (btw, both named Ashley!) and loves all the things she learns.  She picks up on things so easily and is learning so many letters that she didn't know before.  My stress level that she'll be ready for Kindergarten keeps going down each week.  I am so grateful for great teachers that work hard and make learning fun.

 Working on shapes

 Examining spiders

Writing the word spider--I love the "s"--you don't know how much we've worked with her on her s.  Oh well, someday she'll get it!

 Ash with one of her Miss Ashleys

 Playing

 She loves stamping

 Her favorite thing about preschool is recess.  She LOVES getting to play on the big kid playground

Going down the slide; she's so cute :-)

One of the many projects she's made; this is from the book "10 Apples up on Top"

Ashley with her 2nd grade buddy reader

**A big thank you to Miss Ashley for taking all these pictures and putting them on her class website so I can have them too.  I hope my parents appreciate pictures of their students as much as I do!**